New research from The University of Queensland has found that women who have hot flushes and night sweats after menopause are 70 per cent more likely to have heart attacks, angina and strokes. School of Public Health PhD student Dr Dongshan Zhu has found women of any age who experience hot flushes and night sweats,...
Month: <span>July 2020</span>
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Oat and rye bran fibres alter gut microbiota, reducing weight gain and hepatic inflammation
In a newly published experimental study, the consumption of dietary fibre from oat and rye brans supported the growth of beneficial gut microbiota, which in turn ameliorated cholesterol metabolism, enhanced gut barrier function and reduced hepatic inflammation. In addition, diets enriched with oat or rye bran were shown to attenuate weight gain. The effects of...
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Antioxidant treatment in acute ischemic stroke may delay the onset of Alzheimer’s dementia
Authors: Anamaria Jurcau, Simion Aurel BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBLISHERS WITH NORMAL AGEING OXIDATIVE STRESS INCREASES AND IS INVOLVED IN CAUSING DEGENERATIVE DISEASES LIKE ALZHEIMER’S DISEASE. AN ISCHEMIC STROKE SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASES OXIDATIVE STRESS IN THE BRAIN, AND THIS MAY… view more CREDIT: © BENTHAM SCIENCE PUBLISHERS Currently we are facing a dementia epidemic, estimations showing that by...
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“Targeting peptide” discovery offers hope as new, highly effective anti-inflammatory
Designer peptide could become effective in reducing damage caused by COVID-19 infections UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO – FACULTY OF DENTISTRY TORONTO, ON (June 30, 2020) — A collaboration between the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Dentistry and the National Jewish Health in Denver — the top-ranked respiratory research hospital in the U.S. — has yielded a...
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Marine alga from the Kiel Fjord discovered as a remedy against infections and skin cancer
GEOMAR research group successfully applies bioinformatics methods and machine learning in marine drug discovery HELMHOLTZ CENTRE FOR OCEAN RESEARCH KIEL (GEOMAR) BALTIC SEA SEAWEED FUCUS VESICULOSUS AND ITS FUNGAL SYMBIONT WERE INVESTIGATED IN THIS STUDY. view more CREDIT: LARISSA BÜDENBENDER Healing with the help of marine organisms is no utopia. Already 12 life-saving drugs, e.g....
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Research team develops technology to improve effectiveness of stem cells in regenerative medicine
by The Spanish National Cancer Research Centre Stem cells have been holding great promise for regenerative medicine for years. In the last decade, several studies have shown that this type of cell, which in Spanish is called “mother cell” because of its ability to give rise to a variety of different cell types, can be...
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There was a crooked man: Scoliosis and the deep history of the brain’s inner sanctum
by John Hewitt , Medical Xpress Lurking just beneath the surface of just about every common nursery rhyme is a complex record of times long gone. For example, the “crooked man” who “laid a crooked sixpence upon a crooked style” was none other than the great 17th-century Scot General Sir Alexander Leslie. The crooked stile...
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How the immune system generates a vast antibody repertoire to fight infections
by Research Institute of Molecular Pathology It has long been known that the acquired immune system can generate a vast antibody (immunoglobulin) repertoire by gene recombination in developing B-cells. However, it was not understood how the different immunoglobulin gene segments can meet each other in the three-dimensional space of a B-cell nucleus to undergo recombination,...
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Study finds drug beneficial for shrinking mesothelioma tumors
by National Cancer Institute A drug that is designed to boost the immune system against mesothelioma, when combined with immunotherapy, was found to be beneficial in a small study involving ten patients. The results, which appeared July 1, 2020, in Science Translational Medicine, suggest that the drug LMB-100 could prolong the life of some patients...
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In mouse study, black raspberries show promise for reducing skin inflammation
by Laura Arenschield, The Ohio State University Eating black raspberries might reduce inflammation associated with skin allergies, a new study indicates. In a study done with mice and published earlier this month in the journal Nutrients, researchers found that a diet high in black raspberries reduced inflammation from contact hypersensitivity—a condition that causes redness and...