Daily treatment with Crestor, a new statin drug apparently reduced the rate of heart attacks and strokes by 44%, including people with normal levels of cholesterol. British experts believe that this study can keep fatal heart related problems in control. This cholesterol-lowering statin drug has become one of the most commonly prescribed medications in the [...]
Low fitness levels in older people are more often than not responsible for giving them a number of problems particularly related to the bone. Nearly 50% of elderly women are known to face some or the other kind of fractures due to osteoporosis. A novel study now brings out in the open a dietary supplement, [...]
Nearly 7% of pre school children are affected by language disorder. However a novel research brings in some much needed hope for children on the front seat of language disorder. Scientists from the Wellcome Trust Center for Human Genetics at Oxford University claimed to have found the gene responsible for speech impairment in children.
Specific language [...]
Studies show that pancreatic cancer cells do not have the ability to produce the main element required in cell division, immune function and hormone regulation - amino acid arginine. This is said to be the first study of its kind to find a successful metabolic pathway that can be used to interrupt cancer growth.
These [...]
A new research by scientists at the Mayo Clinic reveals that people who have suffered a heart attack have the highest risks of experiencing death from sudden cardiac arrest.
The first 30 days after a heart attack researchers assert are of great danger with the risks eventually reducing over a period of time. The long term [...]
Technology is certainly proving to be a boon for medical science. For the first time ever researchers from the Washington University have decoded the entire DNA of a cancer patient and traced the disease back to its genetic roots. Now that’s groundbreaking news for sure!
As part of the research, scientists from the Genome Sequencing Center [...]
If researchers from the University of California at Irvine are to be believed then vitamin B3 may help protect the brain from Alzheimer’s disease along with boosting memory in healthy people. Vitamin B3 is a common nutrient found in found in meat, fish and potatoes.
According to Dr Kim Green, who led the study, “Nicotinamide has [...]
Some studies reveal that women palms are a denser breeding ground for small microbes as compared to men! The researchers of the Colorado University, Boulder have online published a paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) on the 3rd of Nov’08. Their study reveals that women’s hands are more bacteria friendly [...]
A study by researchers at the Medical Research Council epidemiology unit at Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, recently revealed that individuals with diabetes should consume fish around twice a week to cut their risk of kidney diseases.
“Protein in the urine is one of the earliest signs of kidney disease,” remarked study co-author Dr. Amanda Adler, of the [...]
Pregnant women who enjoy that extra dose of coffee need to watch out. A novel study by researchers at the Leicester and Leeds universities have found that mothers who consume food high in caffeine have increased chances of giving birth to under weight babies.
Caffeine is a key ingredient of coffee and is also found in [...]
