London, Aug 30: Even low levels of exposure to toxic chemicals in the environment like arsenic, lead, copper and cadmium pose a significant risk to cardiovascular health, finds a study, led by one of an Indian-origin.Although often naturally occurring, these contaminants have made their way into water supplies and, via irrigation, into...
London, Aug 30: Struggling to cut down your body fat? Eating breakfast late, but having an early dinner may help, suggests a pilot study.The findings showed that people who delayed their breakfast by 90 minutes and had their dinner 90 minutes earlier than usual lost more than twice as much body fat...
London, Aug 30: Do you often suffer from acne? Take heart, a potential vaccine that targets the bacterial toxins may soon be on the anvil, say researchers.Instead of invading pathogens, the new vaccine would be the first to target bacteria already in human skin. The researchers demonstrated that antibodies to a toxin secreted...
London, Aug 29: Drugs currently undergoing development to treat anaemia -- lack of blood -- could be repurposed to help prevent people with Type-2 diabetes from developing heart failure, according to a new research.Researchers found that after a heart attack, a protein called HIF acts to help heart cells survive. In people with diabetes, fats...
New York, Aug 29: A strain of Escherichia coli (E.coli) found in retail chicken and turkey products may cause a wide range of urinary tract infections in people, a new study has found.While it was known that E. coli could be passed from person-to-person in the community and in hospitals, the study, provided evidence...
New York, Aug 28: Gestational anaemia -- lack of blood -- may be a marker for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and stroke later, a study has found.Simple blood tests during pregnancy may reveal cardiovascular disease and stroke, up to 25 years before the disease outbreak, said researchers from Soroka Medical Center and Ben Gurion University,...
Munich, Aug 27: Sleeping less than six hours or waking up several times in the night is associated with an increased risk of asymptomatic atherosclerosis, which silently hardens and narrows arteries, warns a study.Failure to get enough sleep and restlessness during the night should be considered risk factors for blocking or narrowing of the...
New York, Aug 27: Researchers from University of Central Florida in the US have taught a computer how to detect tiny specks of lung cancer in computed tomography (CT) scans, which radiologists often have a difficult time identifying.The Artificial Intelligence (AI) system is about 95 per cent accurate, compared to 65 per cent when...
London, Aug 26: Scientists have developed a smartphone application that can help in screening for atrial fibrillation -- the most common heart rhythm disorder.The disorder leads to an irregular, often rapid heart rate that commonly causes poor blood flow. It is also behind 20-30 per cent of all strokes and raises the risk of premature...
