Here’s a fun fact about your DNA, only 2% of it contains actual genes!
The rest of…
Category: 6. Health
-
Blind date: ‘Did we kiss? It’s the flu season’ | Dating
Aaron on Tara
What were you hoping for?
Someone to split a mortgage with. If not that, a nice night with someone new.First impressions?
Great smile and really well dressed. Tara and I arrived at exactly the same time, which took some of that nervous…Continue Reading
-
Blocking platelet-activating factor reduces liver damage in cirrhosis
Researchers from Miguel Hernández University of Elche (UMH) in Spain have identified an effective strategy to reduce structural liver damage and improve hepatic vascular function in cirrhosis. The study, published in Biomedicine &…
Continue Reading
-
Can cheese protect brain health? This is what the science says | Science
Eating more high-fat cheese and cream may be associated with a lower risk of developing dementia, according to a study published on December 17 in the academic journal Neurology. The analysis — based on data collected from nearly 30,000 people…
Continue Reading
-
Inspiratory muscle training and trunk control exercises on respiratory strength and motor function in spinal muscular atrophy: randomized controlled trial
Lefebvre, S. et al. Identification and characterization of a spinal muscular atrophy-determining gene. Cell 80, 155–165 (1995).
Verhaart, I. E. C. et al. Prevalence, incidence and carrier…
Continue Reading
-
The Promise of Immunotherapy to Cure HIV
Drs. Rachel Rutishauser and Steven Deeks, University of California, San Francisco For nearly three decades, antiretroviral therapy (ART) has turned HIV from a fatal infection into a manageable chronic condition, where the virus is not…
Continue Reading
-
What’s really going on with flu this winter?
James GallagherHealth and science correspondent
Getty ImagesFlu should always be taken seriously. It is a virus that kills thousands of people every winter and puts intense strain on hospitals.
However, I can’t remember a flu season that has played…
Continue Reading
-
The future looks bright for malaria prevention
Evidence suggests people who have survived regular exposure to Plasmodium can develop natural blood-stage immunity over time. If successful, this class of vaccines could help minimize or even prevent the manifestations of Plasmodium clinical…
Continue Reading
-
Mitochondrial-targeting drug attacks cancer cells from within
Researchers at MUSC Hollings Cancer Center have identified a promising new weapon in the fight against head and neck cancers. The preclinical drug attacks cancer cells from within by damaging their mitochondria, the cells’ energy factories.
Continue Reading
