Regular drinking of coffee can reduce the risk of a rare autoimmune disease known as primary sclerosing cholangitis (PSC), reveals new research by Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. PSC is an autoimmune disease of the bile ducts in the [...] Continue Reading…
Mild iodine deficiency during pregnancy could harm child’s future IQ levels, found researchers from Surrey and Bristol universities. Women who are deficient in mineral, give birth to babies who likely to have low IQ scores and poor reading ability [...] Continue Reading…
Mediterranean diet could slow down the onset of dementia more effectively by boosting and preserving brain power in old age than low-fat diet, claim researchers from the University of Navarra, Spain. Eating like the Spanish and Italians could also [...] Continue Reading…
Youngsters who are diagnosed with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) in elementary school are more likely to grow up as obese adults, suggest a new study by the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester. Adults with a history [...] Continue Reading…
Researchers from King’s College London have discovered that vitamin D could help asthma patients breathe more easily. The sunshine vitamin has the potential to significantly cut the symptoms of the asthma patients. Asthma is an inflammatory disease of the [...] Continue Reading…
Fish oil can offset the negative impact that junk food has on the brain, found research team from the University’s Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease. Diets rich in high-fat affect the brain by disturbing neurogensis, a process that [...] Continue Reading…
New IVF technique called time-lapse embryo imaging which takes thousands of snapshots of a developing embryo could treble couples’ chance of a baby, claim its creators. It could also avoid miscarriages and improve live birth success. The technique is [...] Continue Reading…
For the first time researchers from the University of Bath has discovered a link between epilepsy and autism. They found that epileptic adults shown higher traits of autism and Asperger syndrome. These traits include impairment in social interaction and [...] Continue Reading…
Women live longer than men as their immune system age more slowly, revealed a new study in Japan. Immune system mechanisms not only defend the body from infection and cancer, but can cause disease when not regulated properly. Inflammation [...] Continue Reading…
Eating your whites is as important as eating your green, revealed a new study by Purdue University in Indiana, U.S. People often overlook potatoes and other white vegetables from a nutritional point of view, but these vegetables are just [...] Continue Reading…
A type of gut bacteria have been discovered by researchers that could offer new treatment for obesity and diabetes. Food that triggers the production of the bacteria in the digestive system could help burn off pounds faster than by [...] Continue Reading…
Living close to busy roads could increase your risk of developing kidney problems, suggests new research by the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. The study found that traffic fumes could harm the arteries which supply the kidneys. [...] Continue Reading…
Feeding underweight newborns formula milk along with breast milk immediately after birth can help mothers to breastfeed for longer, revealed a new study by the University of California, San Francisco. An amalgamation of formula and breast milk can facilitate [...] Continue Reading…
Men and women who ate a small breakfast and did not eat more to compensate may control their weight, found a study by the Medical Research Council’s nutrition centre in Cambridge. To see the impact of a much smaller [...] Continue Reading…
Researchers from exercise physiology at the Human Performance Institute in Orlando, devised a seven-minute exercise regime that requires just a chair, a wall and seven minutes. Using high-intensity circuit training, the exercise regime is devised for ultimate fat-burning while [...] Continue Reading…