DNA testing has been used by a team of researchers to give a unique view of the diet of large mammals which roamed the northern hemisphere in the last ice-age.

A whole diet which focuses on increased intake of fruits, vegetables, nuts, and fish, has more evidence for reducing cardiovascular risk than strategies

v. Instead, it is hunger, with its stomach-growling sensations and gnawing pangs that propels us to the refrigerator - or the deli or the vending machine. Although hunger is essential for survival, abnormal hunger can lead to obesity and eating disorders, widespread problems now reaching near-epidemic proportions around the world. Over the past 20 years, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) neuroendocrinologist Bradford Lowell, MD, PhD, has been untangling ...

Brain development occurs when your child is asleep, which is why, a good night's sleep is important for your kid too!. According to baby sleep expert, Jo Tantum, babies don't just sleep through the night so it is necassary to take care of few things in night so that your babies can have brighter mornings, reports femalefirst.co.uk. * Set the scene: Try to set a scene that is appropriate for bedtime such as ensuring that lights are switched off or ...

The display of electronic cigarettes in some publications of the Air India and civil aviation ministry has been found to violate the laws against tobacco advertising. In separate letters to the ministry of civil aviation and Air India sent this week, the health ministry said Air India through discount booklets "Air Bazaar", distributed during flights, is selling "Electronic Cigarette" with a picture of a model smoking. Most e-cigarettes consist of battery-powered ...

Diaphragm pacing stimulation in spinal cord injury patients doesn't just successful in weaning patients from mechanical ventilators, but also help them respire independently. The stimulation is provided by the Diaphragm Pacing System (DPS), a technology providing electrical stimulation to nerves running through the diaphragm, the major muscle involved in breathing. When stimulated, the diaphragm contracts, allowing patients to breathe more naturally than having ...

Septic shock is basically caused due to systemic reaction of the body against bacterial infectious agents. The number of deaths by septic shock in intensive care units is very high and is still increasing, despite numerous large scale clinical trials. Scientists of VIB and UGent, supervised by Peter Vandenabeele, demonstrated in a mouse study that a potential novel treatment for sepsis may consist of the simultaneous neutralization of two harmful cytokines in the blood circulation, ...

A review published ahead of print in iInfection and Immunity/i says that the current standard of care treatment for chlamydia sometimes fails to eradicate the disease and the culprit may be in the gut. iChlamydia trachomatis/i not only infects the reproductive tract, but abides persistently-though benignly-in the gastrointestinal tract. There it remains even after eradication from the genitals by the antibiotic, azithromycin, says first author Roger Rank, ...

In recent years, the scientific community has agreed that autism has its origins in early life-fetal and/or postnatal. The team led by Yehezkel Ben-Ari, Inserm Emeritus Research Director at the Mediterranean Institute of Neurobiology (INMED), has made a breakthrough in the understanding of the disorder. In an article published in emScience/em, the researchers demonstrate that chloride levels are elevated in the neurons of mice used in an animal model of autism, ...

A link between a mutation in a gene called RAB 24 and an inherited neurodegenerative disease in Old English sheepdogs and Gordon setters has been identified by researchers from North Carolina State University. The findings may help further understanding of neurodegenerative diseases and identify new treatments for both canine and human sufferers. Hereditary ataxias are an important group of inherited neurodegenerative diseases in people. This group of ...