Stanford has found a new way to chemically produce two compounds which are present in plants and can activate and bring out dormant HIV from the host’s T cells. And thus in this way the virus is susceptible to attack by the antiretroviral medicines.
HIV often moves back into the host’s T cells to getaway […]
The World Hepatitis Alliance along with 200 hepatitis patients is gearing for Monday, May 19, the World Hepatitis Day. Have you started preparing yourself for the day? If no then there are possibilities that you are unaware of the fact that every 12th person on earth is afflicted with Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C. […]
Younger women afflicted with epilepsy are at a greater risk of developing osteoporosis if they are treating themselves with the epilepsy drug Dilantin. New York’s Columbia University has put forth a study which says that women under the medication of Dilantin for a year were most likely to lose out their bone density.
The researchers […]
The culprits behind the common problem of heart disease and kidney problems have been identified by researchers. No, this time they are not the high calorie foods or bacteria or viruses but our very own genes.
According to a study published in the journal Natural Genetics, a gene called Osteoglycin (Ogn) that causes the heart […]
A newly conducted study has found a link between vitamins and micronutrient supplements which lower the risk of recurrence of TB during TB chemotherapy. This study has been published online in the June 1 issue of The Journal of Infectious Diseases.
Eduardo Villamor, MD, DrPH, of the Harvard School of Public Health in Tanzania carried […]
A finding has stunned researchers at the University of Minnesota Children’s Hospital in Minneapolis. A study by the experts at the university suggests that boys are at a greater risk of heart disease due to natural changes occurring in them during their teens.
Health records of over 500 school children in Minneapolis, Minnesota, from the […]
A case of mad cow disease discovered in Canada in December which involves an “atypical” strain of the infection, has now been observed in Europe, Canadian officials said on Wednesday. Canada has noticed the 11th case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), providing evidence that multiple strains of the affliction exist around the world, as […]
Women who have an intake of diets which are on the lines of the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet, could stand a decreased risk of coronary heart disease and stroke, shows a new report. The DASH diet is high in plant proteins, fruits and vegetables, moderate in low-fat dairy products and low […]
2 percent of Americans, which amounts to around 4 million, across the US, suffer from the blood-borne infectious disease chronic hepatitis C, which is four times the number of patients infected with HIV. Very often chronic Hepatitis C does not show any symptoms, and can lead to progressive liver disease. However, there may just […]
On conducting an experiment on laboratory labs, U.S. scientists have zeroed on to the conclusion that transplanted neurons from reprogrammed stem cells reduced symptoms of Parkinson’s disease.
According to lead author Marius Wernig of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research in Cambridge, Mass., this is the very first experiment showing that “reprogrammed cells can integrate […]
