Researchers have shown that cell therapy may be used in liver disease to regenerate liver cells, says a study.
Investigators discovered that a human embryonic stem cell can be differentiated into a previously unknown liver progenitor cell, an early offspring of a stem cell, and produce mature and functional liver cells, reports Science Daily.
A drug used to control Type II diabetes can help repair the spinal cords of mice suffering from the inherited disease adrenoleukodystrophy which, untreated, leads eventually to a paralysis and death.
This is an important step along the road to the development of a therapy for the human disease for which current treatment options are scarce and only partially effective.
Washington, June 7 (ANI): Spanish researchers have described nine molecular indicators of ageing in mammals that could serve as a framework for future studies.
Writing in the prestigious journal Cell, the researchers contend that by understanding and combating aging we can also fight cancer and other diseases of most incidence in the developed world.
Melbourne, June 7 (ANI): Young people consuming more than one can of soft drink daily are more likely to suffer from type 2 diabetes, heart disease or a stroke, a new study has claimed.
The health of 1400 teenagers were followed by The Telethon Institute for Child Health Research in Perth, as part of its ongoing long-term Raine Study into children’s health.
Doctors suggest that, in spite of popular belief, people who use public transport are no more likely to catch flu than those who drive or cycle.
In fact, people who do not take public transport are slightly more likely to catch it than the poor souls who cram themselves into trains and buses every morning, according to a research.
A new study has found that one in four men seeking medical help for newly-developed erectile dysfunction (ED) was younger than 40 years, and nearly half of young men with the condition had severe ED.
While larger population-based studies are needed, the findings suggest that erectile dysfunction in young men may be more prevalent and more serious than previously thought.
Erectile dysfunction is a common complaint in men over 40 years of age.
Prevalence increases with age, but the prevalence and risk factors of erectile dysfunction among younger men have been scantly analyzed.
Commercial TV viewing in the home was found to be related to greater junk food consumption among children, according to a recent study by researchers at the University of Michigan.
The researchers at the University of Michigan interviewed over 100 parents about a wide variety of home and family characteristics, including child and parent media exposure, and child dietary intake.
Kristen Harrison and Mericarmen Peralta, conducted separate interviews with children in preschools to get a sense of what children thought made up a healthy meal.
Scientists have discovered a mechanism that guides the exquisite wiring of neural circuits in a developing brain-gaining unprecedented insight into the faulty circuits that may lead to brain disorders ranging from autism to mental retardation.
Intravascular ultrasound, an advanced imaging technique mostly used in Japan, has become popular in India in dealing with quite a high volume of complex angioplasties.
“In India, the use of Intravascular ultrasound (IVUS) is steadily gaining acceptance and is clearly likely to rise in coming years,” Debdatta Bhattacharya, consultant cardiologist and chief of Cath Lab services, Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences, here told PTI.
A recent study has shown that people suffering from type 2 diabetes and heart disease are at an increased risk of dementia and other cognitive diseases.
Lead author Christina E. Hugenschmidt, PhD, an instructor of gerontology and geriatric medicine at Wake Forest Baptist, said the results from the Diabetes Heart Study-Mind (DHS-Mind) suggest that cardiovascular disease (CVD) plays an important role in the development of cognition problems, and these may take time before becoming clinically apparent. A report of the study appeared in Science Daily.
Researchers have found that the offspring of obese mothers may be spared health problems linked to obesity, while their own children then inherit them.
A new study suggests that health problems linked to obesity – like heart disease and diabetes – could skip an entire generation.
Currently, concern about the obesity epidemic is mainly focused on the health of obese women and their children, rather than the wider family.
In a miraculous incident, a woman in Minnesota who was hospitalized after complaining of severe back pain gave birth to a daughter a day later.
Trish Staine, an aspiring half- marathon runner, thought her unbearable back pain was cause by a two-hour training session.
The 33-year-old said she had no idea she was pregnant before the surprise birth on Monday, Stuff.co.nz reported.
The Duluth mother of three said she hadn’t gained any weight or felt fetal movement in the months before. And besides, her husband had a vasectomy.
Scientists at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, have discovered how HIV triggers a signal telling an infected immune cell to die.
This finding has implications for preserving the immune systems of HIV-infected individuals.
HIV replicates inside infection-fighting human immune cells called CD4+ T cells through complex processes that include inserting its genes into cellular DNA.
The scientists discovered that during this integration step, a cellular enzyme called DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PK) becomes activated.
Ageing process seems to go hand-in-hand with an annoying increase in clumsiness -difficulties in dialing a phone, fumble with keys in a lock or knock over the occasional wine glass while reaching for a salt shaker.
While it`s easy to see these failings as a normal consequence of age-related breakdowns in agility, vision and other physical abilities, new research from Washington University in St. Louis has suggested that some of these day-to-day reaching-and-grasping difficulties may be caused by changes in the mental frame of reference that older adults use to visualize nearby objects.
Researchers found that obese teenagers who reduced their body mass index (BMI) by 8 percent or more had improvements in insulin sensitivity, an important metabolic factor related to the later development of type 2 diabetes.
The teens followed a family-based, lifestyle-modification weight loss program that offers the potential to become a broader model.
BMI is a measure of body weight adjusted for height.
People need to talk about excessive use of antibiotics without getting emotional or mixing politics into the discussion, Ada Yonath, who won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, said.
“Perhaps we committed errors in using antibiotics for treating viral diseases … but we learned that that does not work. We learned a bunch of things … so it is incorrect to say we are abusing antibiotics,” Yonath said.
Yonath is one of the scientists participating in the 3rd World Summit on Evolution on Ecuador`s Galapagos Islands.
Australian scientists claim to have developed a test to check if certain types of stem cells were unsafe and could mutate at a later stage resulting in tumours.
According to an Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) report, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) has been working for the last five years developing a safety test for induced pluripotent (iPS) stem cells.
Cadila Healthcare today said Indian drug regulator has approved its new chemical entity, Lipaglyn to be used for treating a type of diabetes for launch in the country.
Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) has approved Lipaglyn to be used for treating `diabetic dyslipidemeia` for launch, the company said in a filing to BSE.
A new study has found that the percentage of middle-aged men in the United States taking testosterone to treat symptoms of low testosterone, or “low T,” has increased substantially in recent years.
According to the study, over the last decade, prescriptions for testosterone therapy among men ages 40 and older increased more than threefold, from 0.81 percent in 2001, to nearly 3 percent in 2011, the Huffington Post reported.
Night Shift workers, who work at night are at an increased risk for developing Type 2 diabetes, a new study has suggested.
The results showed that peak glucose levels were 16 percent higher during one night of simulated shift work, compared with one day of a simulated daytime work schedule.
Compared with the daytime protocol, insulin levels during the night shift protocol were 40 to 50 percent higher at 80 minutes and 90 minutes after a meal.
High heels may increase the risk of a woman suffering from serious medical conditions, which includes arthritis, muscle damage and trapped nerves, a study has suggested.
According to a study conducted by The College of Podiatry, women start feeling the pain after wearing the heels for just one hour and six minutes, on an average and a fifth of them feel the burn after walking for just 10 minutes.
The study also found that almost 50 percent of women have suffered from foot problems and a third have worn heels they knew did not fit simply because they looked good.
In four out of ten cases, women who suffer from long-term have some form of physical complaint, a new study has suggested.
Within the Population Study of Women in Gothenburg, researchers at the University of Gothenburg’s Sahlgrenska Academy have followed around 1,500 women since the late 1960s.
The latest study within the project, which focuses primarily on stress linked to psychosomatic symptoms, showed that one in five middle-aged women had experienced constant or frequent stress during the last five years.
Researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden and Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, have found that patients with type 2 diabetes have an altered gut microbiota.
Their findings have led to a new model to identify patients at increased risk of developing diabetes.
The human body contains ten times more bacteria than human cells.
Most of these bacteria comprise the normal gut microbiota.
Our bodies thus contain a vast number of bacterial genes in addition to the genes in our own cells, and are collectively known as the metagenome.
Vegetarian diets have been linked with reductions in risk for several chronic diseases, including hypertension, but a new study has claimed that they are also associated with reduced death rates.
Michael J. Orlich, M.D., of Loma Linda University in California, and colleagues examined all-cause and cause-specific mortality in a group of 73,308 men and women Seventh-day Adventists.
Before sending their kids outside to play most parents covered them with sunscreen to protect their skin from too much of the sun`s UVA and UVB rays.
But they should also do something to protect their children`s eyes, says an expert.