A compound common in pickled capers, quercetin, activates proteins required for normal human brain and heart activity, researchers report. In a new study in Communications Biology, the researchers report that quercetin can directly regulate proteins required for bodily processes such as the heartbeat, thought, muscular contraction, and normal functioning of the thyroid, pancreas, and gastrointestinal...
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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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Charcoal a weapon to fight superoxide-induced disease, injury
Nanomaterials soak up radicals, could aid treatment of COVID-19 ARTIFICIAL ENZYMES MADE OF TREATED CHARCOAL, SEEN IN THIS ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPE IMAGE, COULD HAVE THE POWER TO CURTAIL DAMAGING LEVELS OF SUPEROXIDES. HOUSTON – (July 1, 2020) – Artificial enzymes made of treated charcoal could have the power to curtail damaging levels of superoxides, radical...
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Research shows COVID-19 is an independent risk factor for acute ischemic stroke
THE MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL / MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE PUNEET BELANI, MD, ASSISTANT PROFESSOR, RADIOLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY, ICAHN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AT MOUNT SINAIview more CREDIT: MOUNT SINAI HEALTH SYSTEM Journal Name: American Journal of Neuroradiology: http://www.ajnr.org/content/ajnr/early/2020/06/25/ajnr.A6650.full.pdf Title of the Article: COVID-19 is an independent risk factor for acute ischemic stroke. Corresponding Author: Puneet...
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One-time treatment generates new neurons, eliminates Parkinson’s disease in mice
by University of California – San Diego Xiang-Dong Fu, Ph.D., has never been more excited about something in his entire career. He has long studied the basic biology of RNA, a genetic cousin of DNA, and the proteins that bind it. But a single discovery has launched Fu into a completely new field: neuroscience. For...
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The regulation of glycemia after stroke improves neurological recovery in diabetes
In a study in mice, researchers at Karolinska Institutet have discovered a new potential therapeutic approach to facilitate neurological recovery in people with diabetes suffering from a stroke. The treatment strategy is based on the chronic normalization of hyperglycemia after stroke. The scientists hope that these new results, presented in the scientific journal Diabetes, open...
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For years we were told that ‘good’ cholesterol reduces the risk of suffering a heart attack, but new research may be about to change that advice
By BARNEY CALMAN FOR THE MAIL ON SUNDAY Doctors have been advising patients to take ‘good’ cholesterol when possible They warned against LDL, which is deemed bad and promoted HDL as good However, new research indicates that very high HDL levels could be bad Patients with too much ‘good’ cholesterol could be at higher risk...
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What happens when you mix cocaine and alcohol?
Cocaine and alcohol can produce dangerous side effects when people combine them. In some cases, the effects of cocaine and alcohol can cause life threatening complications. In this article, we look at the effects of combining cocaine and alcohol. We also explain what precautions to take and the treatment options. What is cocaine? Consuming cocaine...
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‘Time is vision’ after a stroke
A person who has a stroke that causes vision loss is often told there is nothing she can do to improve or regain the vision she has lost. New research from the University of Rochester, published in the journal Brain, may offer hope to stroke patients in regaining vision. The Rochester team found that survivors...
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Social isolation increases the risk of heart attacks, strokes, and death from all causes
by European Academy of Neurology Those who are socially isolated are over 40% more likely to have a cardiovascular event, such as a heart attack or stroke, than those who were socially integrated, new research has shown. The German study, due to presented tomorrow at the European Academy of Neurology (EAN) Virtual Congress, found that...