Category: Education
Calming the activity of a nuclear receptor could lose weight
Blocking the effects of the nuclear receptor PPARGamma in a small amount of brain cells in mice not only reduced the animals’ appetites, it increased their metabolism to a point where they could be described as “resistant to a high […]
Eating pistachios may benefit diabetics: study
Eating pistachios daily may reduce the body’s response to the stresses of everyday life in diabetics, a new study has claimed. “In adults with diabetes, two servings of pistachios per day lowered vascular constriction during stress and improved neural control […]
Arthritis cases among youngsters rising: Study
A study says there has been a rise in the number of youngsters diagnosed with knee arthritis and other problems of joints and ligaments. According to researchers arthritis or the damage that sets up in our body joints is considered […]
Now, mathematical formula to predict happiness
Scientists have used a mathematical equation to accurately predict the happiness of more than 18,000 people around the world. The equation was developed by researchers at UCL, with results showing that moment-to-moment happiness reflects not just how well things are […]
One third of the world’s hepatitis C genotype 1 carriers reside in East Asia
In one of the largest prevalence studies to date, research indicates that genotype 1 is the most prevalent hepatitis C virus (HCV) genotype worldwide, with over 83 million patients infected. The study also found that one third of the world’s […]
Feeling stressed without your phone? You may be suffering from nomophobia
Do you constantly check your smartphone for notifications or find yourself unable to focus at work or at school without your smartphone? You are likely to be suffering from nomophobia, an abbreviation for no-mobile-phone phobia. According to The Telegraph, the […]
Why isn’t there a treatment or vaccine for Ebola?
In the four decades since the Ebola virus was first identified in Africa, treatment hasn’t changed much. There are no licensed drugs or vaccines for the deadly disease. Some are being developed, but none have been rigorously tested in humans. […]
Light at night may interfere with breast cancer drug
Light at night has already been widely linked to poorer sleep quality, but now even dim light is being shown to interfere with a breast cancer drug’s ability to do its job. So says a new study on rats out […]
NTU scientists up ante in malaria fight
Scientists in Singapore have discovered how the malaria parasite hides in the human body to avoid being hunted down, and a possible way to prevent this. This could lead to new and more effective ways to fight the infectious, mosquito-borne […]
If you can run for 5 minutes a day, you may add years to your life
People who jogged or ran for as little as five minutes a day reduced their risk of premature death by nearly one-third and extended their lives by about three years, according to a new study. Compared to those who didn’t […]
