New research suggests that insufficient sleep may cause dehydration by disrupting the release of
a hormone that is key to regulating hydration. Not only does insufficient sleep impair attention
and judgment, but prolonged sleep deprivation raises the risk of type 2 diabetes, high blood
pressure, obesity, and respiratory disease.
More recently, some studies have...
Scientists have developed a simple way of altering antibiotics that could make them much more powerful against infections caused by drug-resistant microbes.The method made the antibiotic vancomycin much more powerful against two strains of bacteria that had become drug-resistant.
The researchers suggest that the simple chemistry involved in modifying the drug...
According to data from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston, MA, about 54 percent of all adults in the United States drink coffee on a daily basis. A 2016 study from the University of Ulster in Coleraine, United Kingdom, concluded that the health benefits of moderate...
The p53 gene promotes the expression of the p53 protein, which helps maintain cellular health and has a protective role against the formation of cancer.
However, researchers have found that many forms of human cancer present mutations of the p53 protein.
Recently, specialists from the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical...
Nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+) is called the “anti-aging molecule” because research has shown that its levels fall with age and that restoring them can extend years of good health and even longevity itself.
This molecule plays a key role in several biological processes that help cells get energy and stay healthy,...
Malaria was responsible for 445,000 global deaths in 2016, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). In total, 216 million infections were registered worldwide that year.
In the United States, doctors diagnose about 1,500 cases of malaria each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Although the number...
Do bacteria have an unlimited supply of nutrients in the gut? In the past, scientists tended to believe that the gut is a kind of paradise for these microorganisms; but, as it turns out, that assumption is incorrect — which is good news for us.
According to recent research, our bodies...
In a study published last year, scientists led by Marcus E. Peter — the Tomas D. Spies Professor of Cancer Metabolism at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine in Chicago, IL — revealed not only that certain RNA molecules can kill cancer cells, but that they can also simultaneously prevent...
The EU has just pushed out a study designed to spread paranoia with regard to drugs commonly used to treat cancer and cardiovascular disease, respectively.
First the study:
Common drugs that doctors prescribe to treat heart problems, arthritis, and cancer can actually pose a threat to lung health, and this problem “affects...
The concept of people improving their intestinal health by eating live organisms is not a new one but dates back almost 100 years.Today, however, the idea is mainstream. Grocery stores across the United States sell a range of products that contain probiotics and offer the promise of improved gut health.
Despite...
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