Wednesday, November 27, 2024

Health & Medicine

The Novel Coronavirus’ Spike Protein Plays Additional Key Role in Illness

Coronavirus' spike proteins help the virus infect its host cell. Now a new study, found that the proteins also play a key role in the disease itself.

Heart Disease: More Belly Weight Increases Risk

Abdominal obesity and excess fat at waist area increase the risk of heart disease even if BMI index is within normal weight range, states the journal Circulation.

Probiotic Strain Helps Pregnant Women Maintain Healthy Iron Levels

Probiotic supplement improves iron levels in healthy pregnant women decreasing risk of premature birth, underweight newborns, and neonatal death, a new study found.

Coronavirus Does Not Infect the Brain but still Inflicts Damage

Coronavirus that causes COVID-19, likely does not infect the brain but can still inflict significant neurological damage, according to a new study.

Covid-19 Is Predominantly Transmitted Through Air: The Lancet

Strong evidence indicates that the SARS-CoV-2, that causes COVID-19 is predominantly transmitted through the air, according to a new report published in Lancet.

Good Dental Health May Help Prevent Heart Infection from Mouth Bacteria

Maintenance of good dental health is more important than use of antibiotics in dental procedures for some heart patients to prevent a heart infection caused according to a new study published in Circulation.

Less Sugar, Please! New Studies Show Low Glucose Levels Might Assist Muscle Repair

Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University have shown that skeletal muscle satellite cells, key players in muscle repair, proliferate better in low glucose environments.

Covid-19: US Deaths Change from 2% Each Year to 23% in 2020

Extended surges in the South and West in the summer and early winter of 2020 resulted in excess deaths, both from COVID-19 and from other causes, a 50-state analysis found.

Genome Sequencing Shows Coronavirus Variation Drives Pandemic Surges

Genome sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 shows surges of COVID-19 cases are driven by the appearance of new coronavirus variants,

Researchers Discover Why Cold Induces Tooth Pain and Hypersensitivity and How to Stop It

Researchers report in Science Advances that they have uncovered a new function for odontoblasts, the cells that form dentin, the shell beneath the tooth's enamel that encases the soft dental pulp containing nerves and blood vessels.

Supplement Prevents Strokes in Patients with Rare Genetic Disorder

CHOP Researchers found that a nutritional supplement may reduce the risk of fatal strokes and could be used to prevent formation of amyloid plaque deposits.

Consumption of Ultra-processed Foods and Drinks, and Colorectal Cancer risk

Consumption of ultra-processed foods and drink could increase the risk of developing colorectal cancer, concluded a large study undertaken by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal).

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