Peri-menopause: Hot Flushes could be linked to heart disease The research study, presented at the European Congress of Endocrinology in Istanbul, showed an association between hot flushes, night sweats and metabolic syndrome – a major risk factor for heart attacks and stroke. What’s “really key”, said Dr Nighat, during an appearance on ITV’s This Morning, is that the study involved […]

Maybe you too have bought into the idea that men with numerous sexual partners are actually admired, while women with the same are condemned—the so-called sexual double standard. But that turns out to be a myth, according to a new survey. “We haven’t found that women are subjected to the traditional double standards,” says Leif Edward Ottesen Kennair, a professor […]

There are many contributing factors that affect our life expectancy including genetics, diet and where you live. The health of your bones could also have a part to play, scientists have said in a new study published in the journal eLife. In the study of more than 1.6 million adults, researchers from The University of Technology Sydney (UTS), found that […]

An old antibiotic may provide much-needed protection against multi-drug resistant bacterial infections, according to a new study published May 16 in the open access journal PLOS Biology by James Kirby of Harvard Medical School, U.S., and colleagues. The finding may offer a new way to fight difficult-to-treat and potentially lethal infections. Nourseothricin is a natural product made by a soil […]

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Artificial sweeteners, used to replace sugar in a vast range of products, do not help in losing weight and can have serious health effects, according to the World Health Organization. The United Nations’ health agency released new guidelines on Monday advising against using so-called non-sugar sweeteners or NSS. A systematic review of available evidence “suggests that use of NSS does […]

Diet drinks often contain a mix of non-nutritive sweeteners that also enter the bloodstream after consumption. As a new pilot study shows, even dietary intake levels of saccharin, acesulfame-K and cyclamate are enough to modulate the copy rate of various genes in white blood cells. “Our data suggest that this modulation sensitizes immune cells to certain immune stimuli,” says Dietmar […]

Psychotherapy is one of the two main treatments for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD). The other is pharmacologic therapy, and selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are the first-line treatment. With this approach, however, response rates rarely exceed 60%, and fewer than 20% to 30% of patients achieve full remission. But new strategies bring hope to individuals who suffer from the condition. […]

Years ago, a top chemical biologist pondered ditching his cancer research to take a more lucrative commission growing healthier apples. Michael Milken stopped him. "I told him we could probably eat the same apples for the next 20 years and be OK, but we wouldn't be OK if he didn't continue his potential groundbreaking work," Milken, 76, said. "Then we […]

The third edition of the BIAL Foundation's international award, the BIAL Award in Biomedicine, is now underway, with nominations open until 30 June. With the amount of 300.000 Euros, this award aims to recognize a work of a broad biomedical nature with exceptional quality and scientific relevance results published within the last ten years. The winner will be chosen by […]