40 Percent of Americans Expected to Develop Type 2 Diabetes in...
Close to half (40%) of the adult population of the USA is expected to develop type 2 diabetes at some point during their lifetime,...
Common Household Chemicals Responsible for Declining Reproduction and Death in Mice
Virginia Tech researchers using a disinfectant when handling mice accidentally discovered that two active ingredients in it cause declines in mouse reproduction.
Although the chemicals responsible...
Aspirin, NSAIDs cut Breast Cancer Recurrence in Overweight Women by 52...
Recurrence of hormone-related breast cancer was cut by half in overweight and obese women who regularly used aspirin or other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs),...
Eating Instant Noodles Such as Ramen Linked to Heart Disease, Diabetes...
Instant noodle eaters, take heed. Recent Baylor research shows that significant consumption of the convenient food product – ramen included – may increase a person's risk...
Leukemia: Scientists Report Major Breakthrough in Understanding Disease
Scientists from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) have discovered mutations in genes that lead to childhood leukemia of the acute lymphoblastic type – the...
Human Tumors Shrink Following Injection with Bacteria
A modified version of the Clostridium novyi (C. novyi-NT) bacterium can produce a strong and precisely targeted anti-tumor response in rats, dogs and now...
Brain Tumors Use Stealth Coating to Evade Body’s Immune System, New...
Brain tumors fly under the radar of the body's defense forces by coating their cells with extra amounts of a specific protein, new research...
Yale Researchers Reverse Alzheimer’s with New STEP Drug in Animal Study
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine have discovered a new drug compound that reverses the brain deficits of Alzheimer's disease in an animal model....
Consuming Whey Protein Reduces Blood Glucose Spikes and Improves Diabetes Control
Blood sugar surges – after-meal glucose "spikes" – can be life threatening for the 29 million Americans with diabetes. Diabetic blood sugar spikes have been linked...
Developing Diabetes in Middle Age Increases Loss of Brain Cells Later...
People who develop diabetes and high blood pressure in middle age are more likely to have brain cell loss and other damage to the...
Blood-Oxytocin Levels in Normal Range in Children with Autism
Autism does not appear to be solely caused by a deficiency of oxytocin, but the hormone's universal ability to boost social function may prove...
Healthy Lifestyle Habits Buffer Stress and Slow Cellular Aging
A new study from UC San Francisco is the first to show that while the impact of daily stress accumulates overtime and accelerates cellular...
