Medicine

A new pilot study, carried our in Kenya, has found a link between chronic pain and consumption of monosodium glutamate, a common flavor and taste enhancer in food. The pilot study data suggest an abnormally high prevalence of pain in Meru, Kenya, and that monosodium glutamate intake, combined with dehydration, …

Women who regularly use cleaning sprays or other cleaning products appear to experience a greater decline in lung function over time than women who do not clean, according to a new study led by University of Bergen researchers. Women cleaning at home or working as occupational cleaners had accelerated decline …

Reproductive stem cells of male fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) use a genetic trick to stay perpetually young across generations, according to new research published in the journal eLife. A fruit fly (Drosophila melanogaster). Image credit: Sanjay Acharya / CC BY-SA 4.0. Certain sections of the fruit fly genome get shorter …

Slowing down the speed at which you eat, along with cutting out after dinner snacks and not eating within two hours of going to sleep may all help prevent obesity and lower the associated health risks, according to a study conducted by researchers from Kyushu University in Fukuoka, Japan. Interventions …

A team of researchers led by the University of Edinburgh has grown human egg cells (oocytes) — which were removed from ovary tissue at their earliest stage of development — to the point at which they are ready to be fertilized. The research is published in the journal Molecular Human …

Scientists have revealed that senescent naked mole rat cells downregulate key metabolic processes and are more resistant to DNA damage than their mouse counterparts, providing insight into the resistance of naked mole rats to cancer and aging. Researchers have demonstrated that cells of naked mole rats (Heterocephalus glaber) undergo cellular …

A study published in the journal EBioMedicine has shown the potentially negative impact of acetaminophen (paracetamol) — one of the most common medications used for management of pain in the world and the most commonly used analgesic by pregnant women — on sex hormones, which has significant implications for reproductive …

The future of cardiovascular disease prevention and treatment will not be discovered in your medication cabinet, rather in your kitchen cabinet or in your back yard growing on a tree. Pomegranate Found To Prevent Coronary Artery Disease Development A research study released in the journal Atherosclerosis validates that pomegranate extract …

Low doses of far ultraviolet C light can inactivate airborne influenza and other viruses without harming human tissues, according to a study published in the February 9, 2018 issue of the journal Scientific Reports. Welch et al show for the first time that far-UVC efficiently inactivates airborne aerosolized viruses. These …

An international research team led by University of Manchester scientists has generated human kidney tissue within a living organism which is able to produce urine. The results appear in the journal Stem Cell Reports. Section from a kidney progenitor-derived mass harvested from a mouse intravenously injected with low-molecular-weight, fluorescein isothiocyanate-labeled …