Category: Research

Eating a high-fat diet may rapidly injure brain cells that control body weight

Obesity among people who eat a high-fat diet may involve injury to neurons, or nerve cells, in a key part of the brain that controls body weight, according to the authors of a new animal study. The results will be presented Tuesday at The Endocrine Society’s 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston.

New computational tool for cancer treatment

Many human tumors express indoleamine 2,3-dioxygenase (IDO), an enzyme which mediates an immune-escape in several cancer types. Researchers in the Molecular Modeling group at the SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics and Dr. Benoît J. Van den Eynde’s group at the Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research Ltd (LICR) Brussels Branch developed an approach for creating new [...]

I Would Like to Become a Medical Analyst… Any Guidelines on Why I Should Be MD, MD/PhD or PhD?

I Would Like to Become a Medical Analyst… Any Guidelines on Why I Should Be MD, MD/PhD or PhD?

well.. .my idea is always that before you decide to set yourself on one of these paths do a little clinical shadowing and several lab research.

Tea have increased risk of rheumatoid Arthritis is women.

Tea have increased risk of rheumatoid Arthritis is women.

Annual congress of the European League against Rheumatism is Rome, Italy, shows that women who drink tea have an increased risk

Resveratrol as antioxidant

Resveratrol as antioxidant

Antioxidants are often added to foods to prevent the radical chain reactions of oxidation and they act by inhibiting the initiation and propagation step leading

Bacteria as a predicter of colorectal cancer

Bacteria as a predicter of colorectal cancer

Scientists form the University of Florida found that bacteria residing in the human intestinal tract may be associated with an individual risk of developing colon cancer. “Our findings suggest that some bacterial signatures are more frequently detected in subjects with polyps, early lesions that can develop into cancer, while other bacterial signatures are less frequently [...]

Hyperemesis gravidarum induced Wernicke’s encephalopathy

Hyperemesis gravidarum induced Wernicke’s encephalopathy

Wernicke’s encephalopathy is an acute neuropsychiatric disorder caused by thiamin deficiency. It is most often observed decreased with alcohol abuse and poor

Phostphatide precursors and cofactors improved memory in Mild Alzheimer’s disease (AD)

Phostphatide precursors and cofactors improved memory in Mild Alzheimer’s disease (AD)

According to Alzheimer’s and Dementia, Volume 6, Issue 1, January 2010, Pages 1-10.e1; conclude that supplementation with a medical

Low vitamin D levels Associated with more asthma symptoms and Medication Use

According to researches at National Jewish Heath; low levels of vitamin D are associated with

Depression associated with obesity and vice versa.

Depression associated with obesity and vice versa.

According to Archives of General Psychiatry, obesity is associated with an increased risk of depress and depression is also associated with an increased risk of developing risk. Floriana S luppino one of the researcher, Leiden University analyzed the previously published studies involving 58745 participants that examined the relationship between obesity and depression.They found bidirectional association [...]

Masturbation relieves nasal congestion

Sina Zarrintan, a neurologist from the Tabriz Medical university in Iran found that masturatbating or having sex may help men relives from Nasal congestion .According to him that the nose and the genitals are both connected to the same part of the systemic nervous system that control the reflex . Swollen and inflamed nasal vessels [...]

New test to detect active pulmonary tuberculosis

New test to detect active pulmonary tuberculosis

According to a journal “Tuberculosis”, a new breath test was developed to detect active pulmonary tuberculosis. Dr. Michael Philips CEO of Menssana research and developer of this test said that this breath test was 85% accurate to detecting active pulmonary tuberculosis. Breath test detects volatile organic compounds produced by the infecting organism, mycobacterium tuberculosis. According [...]

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