Episode Details

Today you’ll learn about how spider and silkworm silk is being used to repair injured nerves, about a simple trick backed by science to get your kids to eat their vegetables, and about a new study on third trimester ultrasounds and healthier babies. 

Find episode transcripts here: https://curiosity-daily-4e53644e.simplecast.com/episodes/spider-silk-family-meals-pregnancy-ultrasounds

Spider Silk  

• “Silk from spiders and silkworms found to be a promising material to repair injured nerves.” n.a. 2023.
  • https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/2023-04-03-silk-spiders-and-silkworms-found-be-promising-material-repair-injured-nerves-0
• “Peripheral nerve injuries.” Mayo Clinic. 2022.
  • https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/peripheral-nerve-injuries/symptoms-causes/syc-20355631

Family Meals     

• “Effect of Longer Family Meals on Children’s Fruit and Vegetable Intake.” by Mattea Dallacker, PhD, et al. 2023.
  • https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/fullarticle/2802987

Pregnancy Ultrasounds

• “Giving Pregnant Women Routine Third Trimester Ultrasound Scans Could Reduce Rates of Undetected Breech Pregnancy by 71%, Enabling Better Care Before and During Labor and Improved Outcomes for Newborns.” n.a. 2023.
  • https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/984712
• “Impact of point-of-care ultrasound and routine third trimester ultrasound on undiagnosed breech presentation and perinatal outcomes: An observational multicentre cohort study.” by Samantha Knights, et al. 2023.
  • https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.1004192

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