Can we protect two babes with one shot? This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Neither early nor late, we want childbirth right on time. But nature has other ideas. Like pre-eclampsia. It limits blood flow to the placenta, giving mom high blood pressure. This slows
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Windblown hair? Don’t care! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Who doesn’t love a drive with the windows down! Gets you fresh air… or does it? Enter Michael T. Young and the University of Washington. They had sixteen participants drive three different days through Seattle
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One Yoplait please…doctor’s orders! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Loading up my grocery cart – with yogurt! Which is healthy, right? Yes! Maybe more than you think! Enter University of South Australia’s Alexandra Wade and colleagues at the University of Maine. They asked around
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One Yoplait please…doctor’s orders! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science. Loading up my grocery cart – with yogurt! Which is healthy, right? Yes! Maybe more than you think! Enter University of South Australia’s Alexandra Wade and colleagues at the University of Maine. They asked around
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You wanna talk about HIGH blood pressure! This is Sandra Tsing Loh with the Loh Down on Science, saying ask a giraffe! Giraffes have loooong necks. So pushing blood ALL the way up to their brains requires VERY high blood pressure! But in humans, high blood pressure causes heart damage.
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