Although sitting down to watch your favorite TV show may seem like a relaxing way to unwind, it could also stimulate your appetite, leading to binge eating. A study, published by Elsevier in the February edition of peer-reviewed journal Appetitefound that adults tend to eat more when they are stuck to their screenswhether it’s a … Read more
Scientists have launched the world’s largest protein study, to analyze 300,000 blood samples from UK Biobank volunteers, in a groundbreaking project that could revolutionize the treatment of disease. This ambitious research, supported by 14 pharmaceutical companies, aims to understand how proteins influence various diseases, potentially transforming healthcare by the end of this decade. Professor Sir … Read more
A left ventricular assist device – credit: HeartWare Inc. / Framingham via AHA freely available. A study of artificial heart wearers has found that a subset of them can regenerate heart muscle tissue – the first time such an observation has been made. This could open the door to new ways to treat and perhaps … Read more
– credit, Getty Images for Unsplash + In a new study, scientists seeking to better understand how physical activity protects against neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s found that it’s because exercise enlarges the brain. 2 to 3 days of moderate to vigorous physical activity correlated with a significant increase in total brain matter and in specific … Read more
Environmental factors like prolonged stress, chronic inflammation and toxic exposure could play a key role in triggering Parkinson’s diseaseeven in people without genetic risk, according to a Canadian study. A team from McGill University in Montreal published an article last month in Natural neuroscience this may have uncovered a new link between the immune system … Read more
Various brain MRIs – Photo from the National Cancer Institute on Unsplash A breakthrough in understanding how and why some cancerous tumors are particularly aggressive and unresponsive to treatments has put the blame on mischievous strands of DNA. The discovery implicates several documented forms of cancer, including breast, lung and brain, and also offers hope … Read more
Caterpillar infected by Cordyceps militaris, the pretty orange fungus that produces Cordycepin – By Daniel Winkler, Mushroaming British researchers have discovered one of the secrets of a traditional Chinese medicine based on an orange caterpillar fungus and are touting its potential in the fight against cancer. The mechanism that triggers the anti-inflammatory effects and other … Read more
Natalia Blauth / Unsplash+ There’s no doubt that exercise does the body good – building muscles and strengthening our bones, blood vessels and immune systems – but MIT engineers have discovered that it also has health benefits. individual neurons. They observed that when muscles contract during exercise, they release a soup of biochemical signals called … Read more