A study that links drinking salinated water to lower blood pressure attributes the effect to benefits of calcium and magnesium…
Does sunscreen compromise vitamin D levels? Maybe not
Sunscreen can reduce the sun’s adverse effects, but there are concerns that it might inhibit the body’s production of vitamin…
The heart ‘talks’ to fat cells
Like sending a letter through the mail or a text over a cellular network, the heart can generate messages that…
Painting a fuller picture of how antibiotics kill
Researchers have used machine-learning algorithms to discover a secondary mechanism that helps some antibiotics kill bacteria. This mechanism involves disrupting…
Stem cells provide information about neuron resilience in ALS
Researchers have developed a stem cell based model in order to study the resilience and vulnerability of neurons in the…
Medical News Today: Global alcohol intake has increased by 70%, study warns
A large new study shows that global alcohol intake increased sharply between 1990 and 2017. This pattern is set to…
Athletes with sickle cell traits are at more risk to collapse: here’s why
A genetic variation known to affect sickle cell disease might be the reason why some college football players experience adverse…
Older adults with obesity may have fewer years of healthy life
A study conducted of older Singaporeans (above 60 years) showed that those with a higher Body Mass Index (BMI) might…
Detection of unusual hybrid schistosomes in Malawi
Medical researchers have described the unusual occurrence of novel schistosome hybrids infecting children along the Shire River Valley.
New treatment could become first targeted therapy designed for ‘untreatable’ childhood brain cancer
A new type of drug that targets a genetic weakness in an untreatable childhood brain cancer could become the first…