Tag Archives: blood

[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.November 17, 2020 Obesity is a serious global health problem and a risk factor for diseases such as type II diabetes, heart disease and fatty liver disease. A central element in the development of obesity is adipose tissue, which includes adipose cells (the so-called adipocytes, …

[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.November 16, 2020 Alzheimer’s disease is the most common cause of dementia. Still incurable, it directly affects nearly one million people in Europe and indirectly millions of family members and society as a whole. In recent years, the scientific community has suspected that the gut …

[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.November 16, 2020 The tipping point for people with COVID-19 typically comes in the second week of symptoms. As most people begin to recover, few others find it increasingly difficult to breathe and end up in the hospital. It has been theorized that those whose …

[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.November 15, 2020 A single daily pill that combines blood pressure and cholesterol medications, along with the addition of a daily dose of aspirin, reduced cardiovascular disease events in people at risk for heart disease, according to recent research presented in a study today. late …

[ad_1] A research team in India recently described how the field of proteomics could be pivotal in helping tackle the current 2019 coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Since the COVID-19 outbreak was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization (WHO) on 11 Marchth, 2020, scientists have struggled to develop therapies for …

[ad_1] The COVID-19 pandemic has plunged all of us into a state of uncertainty. In a rapidly changing situation where it is difficult to know what will happen next, making decisions can be difficult. Researchers from the University of Cambridge and University College London have created a simplistic model of …

[ad_1] Newswise – While COVID-19 infected patients should be treated with standard anticoagulant therapies, such as blood-thinning medications, a new study by George Washington University (GW) researchers shows that anticoagulant patients at higher doses, without the traditional medical indications for doing so can be ineffective and even harmful. The study …

[ad_1] The 2019 coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic calls for better and faster tests to ensure more accurate diagnosis, monitoring and surveillance of the disease and its spread. Serological testing is used to identify severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection after the acute phase. A new study published on …

[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.November 12, 2020 A team of researchers has for the first time found a correlation between the levels of bacteria and fungi in the gastrointestinal tract of children and the amount of common chemicals present in their home environment. The work, published this month in …

[ad_1] Speed ​​is important when it comes to detecting antibiotic resistant bacteria in the blood – the sooner these superbugs are found, the sooner doctors can prescribe the correct treatment. In addition to significantly improving the outlook for patients and limiting the spread of these insects, faster diagnosis also means …