Learn about how Japanese honey bees protect themselves from murder hornets, how a new link has been discovered between ADHD and hoarding disorder, and how your over the counter pain meds, might actually be making your pain worse!

Honey avoiding murder.

• “Key genes enable Japanese honey bees to roast hornets” by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
  • https://www.pnas.org/post/journal-club/key-genes-enable-japanese-honey-bees-roast-hornets
• “Murder Hornets vs. Honeybees: A Swarm of Bees Can Cook Invaders Alive” by Mike Baker
  • https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/03/us/murder-hornets-asian-giant-hornet-bees.html

Does having ADHD mean you’re more likely to be a hoarder?

• “A Curious Link Between Inattention and Hoarding Could Lead to New ADHD Therapies” by Sarah Sloat”
  • https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/adhd-hoarding
• “Hoarding: People With ADHD are More Likely to Have Problems - New Research” by Sharon Morein
  • https://theconversation.com/hoarding-people-with-adhd-are-more-likely-to-have-problems-new-research-176211

Hold the meds.

• “Anti-inflammatory Medications Raise Risk of Chronic Back Pain in Patients” by Joseph Cariz
  • https://www.aaas.org/news/anti-inflammatory-medications-raise-risk-chronic-back-pain-patients
• “Acute inflammatory response via neutrophil activation protects against the development of chronic pain” by Marc Parisien, Lucas V. Lima, Concetta Dagostino, Nehme El-Hachm, Gillian L. Drury, Audrey V. Grant, Jonathan Huising, Vivek Verma, Carolina B. Meloto, Jaqueline R. Silva, Gabrielle G.S. Dutra, Teodora Markova, Hong Dang, Philippe A. Tessier, Gary D. Slade, Andrea G. Nackley, Nader Ghasemlou, Jeffrey S. Mogil, Massimo Allegri, and Luda Diatchenko.
  • https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.abj9954

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