Oxysterols guide gut immune cells and are involved in inflammatory bowel disease Anjali Nimesh Nimesh17 Jan 2018 7:15 PM ISTResearchers at Karolinska Institutet in Sweden report that cholesterol metabolites cause specific immune cells in the large intestine to move, which...
Spontaneous labor progression for vaginal births is slower than expected in many women Anjali Nimesh Nimesh17 Jan 2018 7:10 PM ISTCervical dilatation during labour for vaginal births can progress more slowly than the widely accepted benchmark of 1 cm/hour in many women, according...
The combination of two proteins exerts a regenerating effect in Parkinson's disease Anjali Nimesh Nimesh17 Jan 2018 7:05 PM ISTParkinson's disease is currently the second most widespread neurogenerative pathology. It is a motor disorder caused by the loss of dopaminergic...
Surfers three times more likely to have antibiotic-resistant bacteria in guts Anjali Nimesh Nimesh17 Jan 2018 7:00 PM ISTRegular surfers and bodyboarders are three times more likely to have antibiotic resistant E. coli in their guts than non-surfers, new research has...
Girls menstruating before 12 at heart disease, stroke risk in adulthood Anjali Nimesh Nimesh16 Jan 2018 8:30 PM ISTStarting periods early--before the age of 12--is linked to a heightened risk of heart disease and stroke in later life, suggests an analysis of data...
Spinal Cord Stimulation - A clinically valuable treatment option for chronic pain Anjali Nimesh Nimesh16 Jan 2018 8:00 PM ISTBoston Scientific Corporation (NYSE: BSX) today announced positive results from the WHISPER randomized controlled trial (RCT). The data, presented at...
New study reveals adverse impact of both type 2 and type 1 diabetes on pregnancy outcomes Anjali Nimesh Nimesh16 Jan 2018 7:30 PM ISTA new study published in Diabetologia (the journal of the European Association for the Study of Diabetes [EASD]) reveals that both type 2 (T2D) and...
Dietary fat, changes in fat metabolism may promote prostate cancer metastasis Anjali Nimesh Nimesh16 Jan 2018 7:28 PM ISTProstate tumors tend to be what scientists call "indolent" -- so slow-growing and self-contained that many affected men die with prostate cancer, not...
Patient's psoriasis improves with initiation of hepatitis C therapy Anjali Nimesh Nimesh16 Jan 2018 7:25 PM ISTResearchers report the first case of a patient whose psoriasis improved when therapy for his hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection was initiated. Findings...
Stop the clots, spare the coagulation Anjali Nimesh Nimesh16 Jan 2018 7:20 PM ISTOne of the most important and fraught processes in the human body is inflammation. Inflammatory responses to injury or disease are crucial for...
Remote-controlled cancer immunotherapy system Anjali Nimesh Nimesh16 Jan 2018 7:15 PM ISTA team of researchers has developed an ultrasound-based system that can non-invasively and remotely control genetic processes in live immune T cells...
Preterm babies may suffer setbacks in auditory brain development, speech Anjali Nimesh Nimesh16 Jan 2018 7:10 PM ISTPreterm babies born early in the third trimester of pregnancy are likely to experience delays in the development of the auditory cortex, a brain...
