Category: Education
Doctors attempt to gene-edit a living person’s DNA – a medical first
Brian Madeux was born 44 years ago with a rare medical disorder called Mucopolysaccharidoses II, known as MPS II or Hunter syndrome, which causes progressive damage to the body’s cells. But good news may come his way: recently, in a medical […]
Babies born by C-section more likely to become obese children
A large new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health has found that individuals born by caesarean delivery were 15% more likely to become obese as children than individuals born by vaginal birth—and the increased risk may persist through adulthood. Furthermore, individuals […]
Antibodies may offer protection against tuberculosis
Despite being one of the body’s first lines of defense against infection, the role of antibodies in tuberculosis (TB) has gone largely unstudied. Now, by harnessing a unique technology for rapidly analysing human antibodies, a team of researchers led by Harvard […]
Disaster causes elderly people more likely to develop dementia
A new study has found that elderly people tend t develop dementia in the aftermath of disasters, such as tsunami. Elderly people who were uprooted from damaged or destroyed homes and who lost touch with their neighbours after the 2011 tsunami […]
15 minutes of time alone increases happiness
A new paper in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, a research team led by They-vy Nguyen at the University of Rochester, explains shows how 15 minutes solitude can have beneficial effects on our emotions. Their results suggest that if you want to […]
Being optimistic reduces early death among elderly women
Elderly women who have an optimistic outlook of life – a general expectation that good things will happen – tend to live longer, a study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health says. The study found that women who were […]
Menopause hits women in their early to mid-50s the hardest; becomes easier later
Menopause symptoms such as hot flashes and night sweats impact on the quality of life for women in their early-to-mid-50s the most, a small U.S. study suggests. Women age 60 or older had better overall quality of life scores and […]
Some findings on dementia
New study has given some clues on dementia: Inflammation in middle age may increase the risk for brain shrinkage and dementia in old age. The researchers tested more than 1,600 people for five “biomarkers” of inflammation in their blood when they […]
Dozens of new genetic regions found linked to breast cancer
Two large genome-wide association studies of thousands of women have identified 75 new genetic regions that influence the risk of breast cancer. The findings—from an international team including Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health—add to the roughly 100 known breast cancer risk […]
Healthy lifestyle reduces heart attack, stroke risk after gestational diabetes: NIH study
Women who have had gestational diabetes may be able to reduce or even eliminate their risk for cardiovascular disease by following a healthy lifestyle in the years after giving birth, according to a study by researchers at the National Institutes […]
