Washington, Mar 31 : A boffin at Kansas State University is delving deeper into the use of Chinese wolfberries for improving vision deficiencies characteristic of type-2 diabetese.
Dingbo “Daniel” Lin is studying wolfberries and their potential to improve damage to the retina.
His findings show that the fruit can lower the oxidative stress that the eye undergoes [...]
London, Mar 31 : Here’s some happy news for chocolate lovers: A bar of the sweet treat can slash your risk of heart disease and stroke by 39 per cent, according to an expert.
Dr Brian Buijsse believes a 50g treat has the greatest effect, reports The Sun.
To reach the conclusion, Buijsse studied nearly 30,000 people [...]
Washington, Mar 31 : Women with serum uric acid levels over 5 mg/dl have a significantly lower risk of developing gout than men, Boston University School of Medicine have discovered.
The study, the first to examine the relationship between uric acid levels and gout risk in women, also evaluated purported risk factors for gout and found [...]
Washington, Mar 30 : Researchers have claimed that Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) in pregnant patients is more likely to occur on the left side, and in particular in the left leg.
The researchers reported the finding in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
“In nonpregnant patients, DVT, the formation of a blood clot, is most common in the [...]
Washington, Mar 30 : A visit to the dentist provokes extreme fear and anxiety in many people. Now, a new study has suggested that acupuncture can prove helpful in the management of the uneasiness related to dental treatment.
The small study has been published in Acupuncture in Medicine.
The fear and anxiety ahead of the dental visit [...]
Washington, Mar 30 : A team of researchers has discovered that binding of a potent inhibitor of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) to the genetic material of the virus causes a major conformational change that may adversely affect the ability of the virus to replicate.
This discovery, published in the March 29 early edition of the [...]
London, Mar 30 : Here’s some happy news for chocolate lovers: A bar of the sweet treat can slash your risk of heart disease and stroke by 39 per cent, according to an expert.
Dr Brian Buijsse believes a 50g treat has the greatest effect, reports The Sun.
To reach the conclusion, Buijsse studied nearly 30,000 people [...]
Washington, Mar 30 : Researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago claim to have explained the reason behind the aggressiveness and frequency of pregnancy-associated breast cancer.
According to the new research, expression of inflammatory-related genes in breast tissue of women who have previously given birth may be behind the crime.
Pregnancy at a relatively young age [...]
Washington, March 28 : A new study by researchers in the US has suggested that moderate exercise helps middle-aged women avoid putting on the pounds, but only if they are already a normal weight.
Study author I-Min Lee of Brigham and Women’’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, Mass, found that women who are overweight [...]
London, Mar 28 : The ability of breast cancer to spread around the body can be reduced with the help of blood pressure drugs, researchers have said.
According to a joint UK and German study, the drugs may block hormones that trigger the spread of cancer cells.
However, the boffins emphasized on the fact that more evidence [...]