By Ted Ranosa Tech Times The Food and Drug Administration is warning the public against using medical strips not authorized for sale in the United States. Consumers should avoid buying and using pre-owned or unauthorized home use test strips through online marketplaces, according to the FDA. Many of these products might prove to be unsafe to use by patients. ( Martin...
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32 Percent Of Gluten-Free Restaurant Food Contain Gluten: Study
By Rubi Valdez Tech Times A new study has found that about 32 percent of restaurants serving gluten-free menu may be untrue to the promise, making people with celiac disease vulnerable. About one-third of the foods served in restaurants in the United States tested positive for gluten despite being labeled gluten-free. People with celiac disease might become...
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What is Sjogren’s Syndrome?
By Ratan-NM, M. Pharm.Reviewed by Dr. Liji Thomas, MD Sjogren’s syndrome is an autoimmune-mediated systemic inflammatory disorder found in about 0.5-1% of the population. It affects different parts of the body, but the most severe symptoms are typically associated with the tear glands and salivary glands. The condition is specifically characterized by the presence of a dry...
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Eating elderberries can help minimize influenza symptoms
UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY IMAGE: BLACK ELDERBERRY. view more CREDIT: PIXABAY Folk medicines and herbal products have been used for millennia to combat a whole range of ailments, at times to the chagrin of modern scientists who have struggled to explain their medicinal benefits. However a recent study by researchers at the University of Sydney has determined exactly how...
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Study: Mediterranean diet deters overeating
WAKE FOREST BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. – April 23, 2019 – Eat as much as you want and not gain weight? Sounds too good to be true. But in a study published in the April 23 issue of the journal Obesity, scientists at Wake Forest School of Medicine found that nonhuman primates on a Mediterranean...
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Number of women who aren’t physically active enough is high and growing
by Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Credit: CC0 Public Domain Using data from a national survey representing more than 19 million U.S. women with established cardiovascular disease, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers say that more than half of women with the condition do not do enough physical activity and those numbers have grown over the last...
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The benefits of an anti-inflammatory diet
by Len Canter, Healthday Reporter (HealthDay)—The body’s immune system is designed to fight off threats, like infection-causing germs, through a process called inflammation. But a steady state of inflammation can lead to everything from diabetes to autoimmune diseases to heart disease to cancer. Many of these health threats don’t come from foreign invaders like scary bacteria, but...
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How the flu vaccine fails
by Sarah Haurin, Duke University Credit: CC0 Public Domain Influenza is ubiquitous. Every fall, we line up to get our flu shots with the hope that we will be protected from the virus that infects 10 to 20 percent of people worldwide each year. But some years, the vaccine is less effective than others. Every year,...
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SOME WATER DISINFECTION MISSES DRUG-RESISTANT GENES
POSTED BY SARAH MCQUATE-WASHINGTON Huan He examines how well bacteria grew on agar plates containing an antibiotic. (Credit: Mark Stone/U. Washington) Current water and wastewater disinfecting methods work well to deter bacterial growth, but have varied success in fighting an antibiotic resistance gene, according to new research. Each year, antibiotic-resistant bacteria infect at least 2 million...
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New immune pathway involved in resistance to parasite worms found in undercooked pork
Scientists from Lancaster University have discovered that immune responses originally found to prevent fungal infections are also important in eliminating Trichinella spiralis, a round worm and the causative agent of Trichinosis. People acquire trichinellosis by consuming raw or undercooked meat infected with the Trichinella parasite, particularly wild game meat or pork. Coiled larva of Trichinella spiralis in muscle. Image...