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Medical researchers recently concluded a study of more than 22 million patients that suggests a strong connection between Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and the development of heart disease and heart attacks. Source: Link between heart attacks and inflammatory bowel disease
Continue Reading →Whether you pick low-carb, low fat or another diet plan, scientific research indicates each can help some people achieve modest long-term weight loss with potential improvement in health risks, according to a statement on managing obesity. Source: Little difference among diet plans' long-term effectiveness
Continue Reading →High school students may prefer seasoned vegetables more than plain, according to researchers who hope that this will lead to students liking and eating more veggies, and result in less food waste in school. Source: Spicing it up: High school students may prefer seasoned veggies over plain
Continue Reading →Researchers have identified a crucial link in the process of how plants regulate their antiviral responses. Source: Linking virus sensing with gene expression, a plant immune system course-corrects
Continue Reading →The NHS Health Check program is estimated to prevent around 300 premature deaths and results in more people living free of cardiovascular disease in England each year, according to a new study. Feasible changes in the delivery of the program could result in up to a three-fold increase in the benefits. Source: Estimating lives saved […]
Continue Reading →A mosquito’s ability to replicate and transmit a virus depends on the metabolic environment of tissues in its midgut: the primary site of infection. By targeting the sphingolipid pathway, which links together several pathways important for cell signaling and subcellular structure that are altered by virus infection, researchers could devise strategies that stall viral replication […]
Continue Reading →A dying worm experiences rigor mortis early in the death process, rather than after the main event as it is for humans, according to a new study. Source: Rigor mortis in worms offers new insight into death
Continue Reading →Researchers have long known that RNA viruses called coronaviruses cause the common cold and pneumonia. In the last two decades or so, though, researchers have found that these viruses can jump between animal and human hosts. In recent years, coronaviruses have caused lethal outbreaks of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and Middle East respiratory syndrome […]
Continue Reading →If you’ve ever wondered how strenuous exercise translates into better endurance, researchers may now have your answer. Scientists have shown that the protein ERR? (ERR gamma) helps deliver many of the benefits associated with endurance exercise. Source: Scientists find power switch for muscles
Continue Reading →It is the pancreatic islets that have the overall responsibility for maintaining normal blood glucose levels in our bodies, according to a new study. The findings have important implications for certain diabetes treatments. Source: The body's 'glucostat' identified
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