Sunlight linked with lower COVID-19 deaths, study shows — ScienceDaily
Sunnier areas are associated with fewer deaths from Covid-19, an observational study suggests.
Increased exposure to the sun's rays -- specifically UVA -- could act as a simple public health intervention if further research establishes...
Mice eating less of specific amino acid — overrepresented in diet of obese people...
A new study in mice, published recently in the journal Cell Metabolism, shows that cutting down the amount of a single amino acid called isoleucine can, among other benefits, extend their lifespan, make them...
Men and women of Roman Herculaneum had different diets, new research shows — ScienceDaily
Researchers -- led by the University of York's BioArCh team -- developed a new approach to analyse amino acids, the building blocks of proteins, from 17 adult skeletons found in the aftermath of the...
Natural molecule found in coffee and human body increases NAD+ levels, improves muscle function...
A research consortium led by Nestlé Research in Switzerland and the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS Medicine) made a recent discovery that the natural molecule trigonelline present in...
Scientists find that a special omega-3 lipid might prevent fatty liver disease — ScienceDaily
Long-running research by Duke-NUS Medical School into the omega-3 transporter protein Mfsd2a has shown that it plays a key role in a specific mechanism that prevents the liver from storing too much fat from...
Vegan diets boost weight loss, lower blood sugar in adults with overweight or type...
A 12-week vegan diet may result in clinically meaningful weight loss and improve blood sugar control in overweight adults and those with type 2 diabetes, according to a meta-analysis of 11 randomised trials involving...
Poor diet can lead to blindness, case study shows — ScienceDaily
An extreme case of "fussy" or "picky" eating caused a young patient's blindness, according to a new case report published today in Annals of Internal Medicine.
The University of Bristol researchers who examined the case...
But no evidence for protective effect of garlic and onions, tea, coffee, or fish...
Folate, magnesium, and dairy products may all help stave off bowel cancer, but there's no evidence that garlic or onions, fish, tea or coffee protect against the disease, finds an overarching analysis of published...
The sunshine vitamin that ‘D’elivers on cardio health — ScienceDaily
Free from the sun, vitamin D delivers a natural source for one of the hormones essential to our bodies, especially the bones. But when you're down on this essential nutrient, it's not only your...
Bringing multidrug-resistant pathogens to their knees
Multidrug-resistant bacterial infections that cannot be treated by any known antibiotics pose a serious global threat. In the journal Angewandte Chemie, a Chinese research team has now introduced a method for the development of...
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Take it from the rats: A junk food diet can cause long-term damage to...
A new USC-led study on rats that feasted on a high-fat, sugary diet raises the possibility that a junk food-filled diet in teens may...
Repurposing non-pharmacological interventions for Alzheimer’s disease through link prediction on biomedical literature
The complete workflow is depicted in Fig. 1. To investigate the association between NPIs and AD, we initially conducted preprocessing and integration of biomedical triples...
Degenerative Dementias and Their Medical Care in the Movies
Compared with other neurologic problems, few films have been dedicated to degenerative dementia. To our knowledge, this is the first systematic review about the...