Category: Education
Low-glycemic diet may not benefit heart health
Diets that classify high-carb foods by how much they increase blood sugar don’t improve risk factors for diabetes or cardiovascular disease as previously thought, according to a new study. “The study results were very surprising,” says lead author Frank M. […]
South Korea increases efforts to contain foot-and-mouth outbreak
South Korea is intensifying efforts to contain an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease by inoculating all hogs in affected areas, the agriculture ministry said in a statement on Thursday. South Korea earlier this month confirmed a fresh case of foot-and-mouth disease […]
Healing tunes: What surgeons should and shouldn’t play at work
Almost three quarters of surgeons’ operating theaters are thronging, or throbbing, with music when patients go under the knife, according to study in the Christmas edition of the British Medical Journal (BMJ). Around 80% of theater staff say music boosts […]
Heart patient must avoid rush hour traffic: Study
The researchers observe that obese people and those with diabetes may be at higher risk of cardiovascular effects of pollution. According to a study that Avoiding rush hour traffic could curb your exposure to air pollution, thereby reducing risk of […]
FL118 demonstrates potent antitumor efficacy
A research team led by Fengzhi Li, PhD, and Xinjiang Wang, PhD, of Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) has reported new findings regarding therapeutic targets of the anticancer agent FL118. Previous studies from these researchers have showed that FL118 induces […]
Marker for aggressive breast cancer identified
Scientists at A*STAR’s Genome Institute of Singapore (GIS) have identified a biomarker which is strongly associated with triple negative breast cancer (TNBC), a highly aggressive carcinoma that often has early relapse and metastasis following chemotherapy. The newly identified biomarker, a […]
The cause of SEA’s malaria resistance pinpointed
Growing resistance to malaria drugs in Southeast Asia is caused by a single mutated gene inside the disease-causing Plasmodium falciparum parasite, according to a study published in Science. This finding provides public health officials around the world with a way […]
Major reason behind headaches may be salt rich diet
A new study has revealed that the major cause of headaches may be diets containing high salt content. The study found that people who ate foods high in sodium (8 grams a day) had nearly one-third more headaches than people […]
How poor home hygiene spreads cold and flu
Dubai – Have you ever noticed how cough, cold and flu are uninvited guests at your home, moving from one family member to another? Well, now we know why. The culprit is poor home hygiene that makes these germs take […]
East, West medicine join hands to study dry eye
In a novel study, researchers will look into how effective traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is in treating dry eye and whether this works well with Western medical treatments. Physicians from the Singapore Eye Research Institute (Seri) and the Singapore Chung […]
