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Immune system’s role in bone loss uncovered

Washington, August 26 (ANI): Researchers at the University of California-Los Angeles (UCLA) have shed light on the role that the body’s immune system plays in bone loss.

Writing about their work in the journal Clinical Immunology, they say that their findings may pave the way for new immune-based approaches for treating osteoporosis, the disease that causes [...]

How obesity leads to diabetes

Washington, July 9 (ANI): Monash University researchers have found how obesity leads to type 2 diabetes – a finding that could lead to the design of a drug to prevent the disease.

Though obesity is associated as a leading cause of diabetes, no one has understood the exact mechanism of how obesity inhibits the body’s [...]

Bone marrow extract therapy after heart attack improves cardiac function

Washington, June 30 (ANI): A new study has found that an extract derived from bone marrow cells is as effective as therapy using bone marrow stem cells for improving cardiac function after a heart attack.

The study was conducted in mice using a novel stem cell delivery method developed by researchers to show that the extract [...]

An ordinary cuppa of tea helps ward off heart disease, boosts brain

London, May 22 (ANI): Besides giving you a kick start in the morning, your favourite cup of tea has the potential to keep heart attacks at bay, a dietician has claimed.

What’s more, a daily cup of tea also boosts the brain, according to a major review of research into the potential health benefits of the [...]

Lupus patients ‘have decreased sense of smell’

Washington, May 01 (ANI): A new study had found that patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) have a decreased sense of smell.

SLE is an autoimmune disease that sometimes involves the central nervous system in a condition known as neuropsychiatric SLE (NPSLE).

The sense of [...]

Folic acid ‘helps treat allergies, asthma’

Washington, Apr 30 (ANI): Folic acid, or vitamin B9, may suppress allergic reactions and lessen the severity of allergy and asthma symptoms, according to new research from the Johns Hopkins Children’s Center.

Folic acid is essential for red blood cell health and long known to reduce the risk of spinal birth defects.

In what is believed to [...]

Scientists try to mend ‘broken heart syndrome’

Washington, Mar 27 (ANI): Love surely hurts – in fact you really can die from a broken heart, say a new research, which has shed light on “broken heart syndrome”.

The condition, known medically as Takotsubo cardiomyopathy, was first described by Japanese researchers in the early 1990s. However, it is still a mystery to many in [...]

Chronic marijuana abuse linked to severe vomiting sickness

Washington, Mar 22 (ANI): A new study from Creighton University of Omaha has revealed that chronic marijuana abuse is linked to a severe vomiting sickness.

Lead researcher Dr. Sontineni said that doctors and health care workers currently under recognize the syndrome leading to delayed diagnosis and expensive diagnostic investigations.

With the increasing [...]