The A&P Professor Science & Education Updates - Issue #181

Life Science

Layla Davis, 17 months, has blonde locks that defy all attempts to comb them straight. Mom Charlotte Davis, 28, said her daughter has officially been diagnosed with uncombable hair syndrome (UHS), a condition characterized by dry, frizzy hair that cannot be combed flat.

If true, millions more people could be at risk of dangerous temperatures sooner than expected

Getting children closer to green spaces as they grow up could improve their lung health, according to a study published Wednesday in the European Respiratory Journal [1]. 

The research found that children tended to have better lung function if their exposure to vegetation close to their homes increased in the first ten years of life.

Widespread milk consumption might not have been the force behind an ability to digest dairy

Thin, sticker-like wearable electronic tattoos may help you continuously track your blood pressure someday, revealing trends and changes during stress, sleep, or exercise.

There have been recent signs that we may be forced to pay attention again to polio, a plague we thought was safely in the rear-view mirror.

The omicron subvariant known as BA.5 was first detected in South Africa in February 2022 and spread rapidly throughout the world. As of the second week of July 2022, BA.5 constituted nearly 80% of COVID-19 variants in the United States.

Teaching & Learning

Research has shown community college stigma is real, and it’s a problem. Community college students often end up with fewer resources and less respect than students at other colleges and even find themselves fighting assumptions that their education is somehow inferior.

For several years, a small startup has quietly been building technology to move the needle on suicide rates among the people at highest risk. That includes college students!

TAPP News & Notes

Sectional Anatomy | Expiration Dates / Deadlines | Slide Tricks (Again) | Book Club: I Am Multitudes by Ed Yong