We have come across many reasons for a fat belly – too much beer, fast food, irregular eating habits – but this one is one of the strangest reasons for a mid-riff…
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Discovery may pave way for preventing diabetes-associated blindness
Diabetic retinopathy is one of the most common cause of vision loss in adults suffering from diabetes and currently available medicines, though slow the progression of the diseases, do not offer complete…
Research suggests link between vision problems and dyslexia unlikely
Researchers at Universities of Bristol and Newcastle have suggested through a first of its kind study that the possible link between vision problems and dyslexia are unlikely and that bodies in the…
Depression increases risk of death by heart failure, researchers say
According to a research presented at the Heart Failure 2015, depression is known to increase the risk of deaths by heart failure by as much as 5 times and that the increased…
People with metabolic syndrome at higher risk of death from cardiovascular diseases
According to a new research published in the Endocrine Society’s Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, people with metabolic syndrome are at a greater risk of dying from cardiovascular diseases than people…
Researchers develop vaccines for H5N1, H7N9 avian influenza strains
Researchers with Kansas State University have developed vaccines for two new strains of influenza strains – H5N1 and H7N9 – which can be transmitted from poultry to humans. Researchers employed a new…
Traditional Chinese medicine could be a possible treatment for obesity
A traditional Chinese medicine, which is an extract from the thunder god vine, holds the potential of being used for treatment of obesity as experiments in mouse model have shown the extract…
Genomic landscape of prostate cancer reveals ‘clinically actionable’ mutations
A trans-Atlantic involving researchers and institutions from US and UK has led to creation of a genomic landscape of advanced prostate cancer and the discovery that many patients may carry some type…
Cancer drug efficacy increased using device that unboiled the egg
Researchers in Australia have used the vortex fluidic device – the same device using which researchers unboiled an egg – to produce a four-fold increase in efficacy of carboplatin, a commonly used…
Prolonged paracetamol use during pregnancy a risk to unborn baby boys
Extended and frequent use of paracetamol by pregnant women poses a risk to unborn baby boys as researchers have found that prolonged exposure to acetaminophen reduces testosterone production by the human fetal…
Discovery could lead to prostate cancer cure
Researchers could have discovered ‘clinically actionable’ mutations after creating a comprehensive map of genetic mutations within lethal prostate cancer that have spread across the body in one of the largest studies of…
Making adult sensory neurons from human blood
In a major breakthrough, scientists have converted adult human blood cells to sensory neurons of central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) as well as peripheral nervous system (rest of the body)…
Tesco takes action on sugar; commits to reduce added sugars by 5% incrementally
Tesco is the first supermarket to take action on sugar content in its soft drink products by committing to reduce added sugar by 5 per cent incrementally – a step that will…
Coffee lowers risk of erectile dysfunction by up to 42%
Erectile dysfunction (ED) affects hundreds of million of men globally and now a new research claims to have found the means to reduce the risk of this condition by as much as…
Younger generation more prone to obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart diseases
Ever wondered why there are so many overweight kids and youngsters around you? Well it seems there is a scientific reason behind it as according to a new research published in PLOS…