Category: Education
Fish Oil Can Boost the Immune System
Fish oil rich in DHA and EPA is widely believed to help prevent disease by reducing inflammation, but until now, scientists were not entirely sure about its immune enhancing effects. A new report appearing in the April 2013 issue of […]
Chew Gum and Get Chubby
A new study found out that chewing gum could be responsible for making people fat due to its minty taste that makes sugary food more tempting. Scientists found people given to chew gum eat more high calorie sweet foods. This […]
Scientists Claim Listening to Bee’s Buzz can Help Detect Diseases
Scientists have claimed that eavesdropping on the buzzing of honey bees in their hives can reveal whether they are suffering from disease. Researchers have found that they can detect subtle changes in the vibrations honey bees use to communicate with […]
New Discovery Might Boost Nerve Regeneration Research and Therapy
Scientists have found a new mechanism for guiding the growth of nerves that involves cell-death machinery. The scientists are from the University of Nevada, Reno. The discovery might bring advances in neurological medicine and research. The team obtained the evidence […]
Coffee might protect alcohol drinkers from liver disease
BEIJING- Coffee might protect male drinkers from liver disease, suggested Finnish researchers who published a new study in the journal of Alcohol and Alcoholism. The researchers asked nearly 19,000 Finnish men and women aged from 25 to 74 about their […]
Energy drinks may increase blood pressure, disturb heart rhythm
Energy drinks may increase blood pressure and disturb your heart’s natural rhythm, according to a research presented Thursday at the American Heart Association’s 2013 scientific sessions. Researchers analyzed data from seven previously published observational and interventional studies to determine how […]
Immortality in pill no longer science fiction
Man’s search for immortality is another step closer to reality with a major breakthrough in creating a drug capable of fighting the aging process — a drug that could be available before 2018 — after pioneering work led by an […]
Smoking Affects Fracture Healing: Study
Smoking affects the healing of fractures involving long bones, says study. The analysis of data from 20 studies found an overall 2.3 times higher risk of nonunion (bones that do not heal properly) in smokers. Similarly, for all fractures, the […]
New Discovery Sheds Light on Stroke Research
Modifying the signals sent by star shaped brain cells – astrocytes may help limit the spread of damage after an ischemic brain stroke, states study published in The Journal of Neuroscience. The study in mice, by neuroscientists at Tufts University […]
Vitamin D Supplements Not Much Helpful During Pregnancy
Research published in The Lancet says that taking vitamin D supplements in pregnancy seems to make no difference to a child’s bone health, in contrast to guidelines in some countries. University of Bristol investigators in western England looked at vitamin […]
