Researchers at the University of Toronto and UC San Francisco have discovered that the intestine is the source of immune
Month: January 2019
Researchers take a Step Closer to Successfully Treating Alzheimer‘s with New Designer Molecules
As amyloid beta peptides bind to prion proteins, a cascade of events, which include the accumulation of plaques, abnormal immune
Egg metabolites in blood lowers the risk of type 2 diabetes
Consumption of one egg every day seems to associate with a blood metabolite profile that is related to a lower
Obesity is a disease
Rather than laziness and overeating, people become dangerously fat because of ‘health inequalities, genetic influences and social factors’, the Royal
Painless and accurate device for monitoring diabetes
A more comfortable and reliable blood-sugar monitoring system is being designed by researchers in Sweden for people with diabetes. After
Treating Alzheimer with new compound
Yale researchers have identified a drinkable cocktail of designer molecules that interferes with a crucial first step of Alzheimer’s and
How ‘Dry January’ Benefits Your Mind and Body
Now that the spiked eggnog and Champagne are gone, the new year offers a convenient opportunity to seriously look at
The Dangerous Allure of Breech Birth at Home – and a Problematic New Paper
At first glance, I thought I’d misunderstood it. I just didn’t expect to see a paper with so much spin about high-risk
Bumble and Bumble: what’s black and yellow and maybe more than one species?
During the dark afternoons of December in New England, I like to scroll through my old field photos and think
Sex differences identified in deadly brain tumors
For decades, scientists have recognized that more males get cancer and die of the disease than females. This is true