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Fresh honey could provide alternative to antibiotics
The bacteria produced a number of active anti-microbial compounds, the findings showed. At a time when antibiotic resistance is increasing, researchers have found that lactic acid bacteria found in fresh honey could offer a possible alternative to antibiotics. The bacteria […]
1,000-year-old Iraqi hangover cure now modern favorite
If today’s hangover cures don’t work, you might consider trying a 1,000-year-old home remedy recently uncovered in a 10th-century Iraqi cookbook. A meat and chickpea stew with a fermented yogurt mixture known as “kashk” – still common in regional cuisine […]
Not salt but high BMI triggers hyper-tension
ISLAMABAD – If you are suffering from high blood pressure, check your Body Mass Index (BMI) first as a new study indicates sodium intake has less impact on overall health than previously thought. Using the data from a cross-sectional analysis […]
Singapore hospitals use maggots to speed up healing for diabetics
Diabetic patients may find a new friend in maggots, which may save them from amputations. A treatment called Maggot Debridement Therapy uses maggots to speed up the removal of dead tissues while helping to reduce the bacteria within the wound. […]
Eating fish could help preserve women’s hearing
Higher consumption of fish and increased intake of long-chain omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) in the women’s diets showed benefits for hearing preservation. According to researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, two or more servings of fish per […]
Sapota’s anticancer properties studied
Study has shown that certain chemicals in sapota fruit can inhibit tumour progression Now, sapota joins the list of fruits that have proven anticancer properties. Proof of principle study using human cancer cell lines and mice induced with breast cancer […]
Now, electronic skin to detect breast cancer
Scientists have come with a new ‘electronic skin’ that can help detect early signs of breast cancer by “feeling” and showing small lumps that fingers can miss. Ravi F. Saraf and Chieu Van Nguyen pointed out that early diagnosis of […]
7 Healthy foods that are dangerous if you eat too much of them
You know that eating an entire box of cookies in one sitting isn’t good for you—but experts say overdoing it with certain more nutritious foods could be just as dangerous. There’s no need to ditch these foods from your diet […]
New treatment option for enlarged prostate
Men here suffering from enlarged prostates have a new treatment option which some doctors say could result in less bleeding and shorter hospital stays. Rather than scraping out the prostate, doctors at Tan Tock Seng Hospital have begun using the […]
S’pore researchers unlock the genetic code of cancer-causing liver parasite
An international team of scientists from Singapore, Thailand, China and Australia has cracked the genetic code of a liver fluke parasite, furthering research into the development of treatments for bile duct cancer – a condition caused by the parasite. The […]
