A woman’s exposure to polluted air before pregnancy may increase the risk of heart defects in her baby, the American Heart Association reported, citing a study by scientists from Sichuan University. Congenital heart defects are the leading cause of infant mortality worldwide. More than 80 percent of heart defects have no known cause, but previous…
Climate change and antimicrobial resistance are two of the greatest threats to global health, according to a new report from the United Nations Environment Programme. The Report, titled “Bracing for Superbugs,” highlights the role of climate change and other environmental factors contributing to the rise of antimicrobial resistance. It was announced Tuesday at the Sixth Meeting…
Researchers at the University of Michigan School of Public Health studied the effects of phthalates on women’s health. They found that these chemicals in plastics increase the risk of developing diabetes by up to 63%. The results are presented in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. Phthalates are phthalic acid esters, endocrine disrupting substances…
Coffee with milk has an anti-inflammatory effect on the body, according to an article by scientists from the University of Copenhagen in The Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. Whenever bacteria, viruses or other foreign substances enter the body, the immune system reacts by using white blood cells and various chemicals to protect itself, causing…
Japanese scientists have developed a device for detecting brain tumors by analyzing urine. The study by Nagoya University researchers has been published in ACS Nano. Early detection of many types of tumors has increased cancer survival, but the survival rate for brain tumors has remained almost unchanged for more than 20 years. This is because…
An anti-aging gene discovered in long-livers reduces the biological age of the heart by 10 years. Researchers at the University of Bristol and the Italian medical organization MultiMedica Group have come to this conclusion. The findings were published in the journal Cardiovascular Research. A single injection of the mutant gene, found in a population of…
Coronavirus booster and flu vaccine can be given on the same day, it is allowed by the world requirements for vaccination, Gennady Onishchenko, an academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, said this during a Moscow-Minsk-Erevan-Bishkek-Tbilisi video conference. He explained that the immune system will not be overloaded. “Today we have a binary pandemic, a…
Frequent use of antibiotics may stimulate the development of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and ulcerative colitis. This is especially true for people over the age of 40. An increase in these diseases has been seen worldwide in recent years, The Health Site reported. Researchers analyzed medical data from Danish citizens collected between 2000 and 2018.…
A new drug for obstructive sleep apnea syndrome showed promising results in the first human trial. The study was conducted by specialists from Flinders University, and its results were published in the journal Chest. Scientists have tested a drug that affects the receptors located on the surface of the upper airways. The drug activates airway…
Ever since your stress-free getaway ended, you haven’t been feeling yourself lately; right? It’s like reality suddenly hit you in the face and all the happiness you were feeling while on a vacation vanished into thin air. Don’t worry dear traveler, you are experiencing “post-vacation blues”. What is post-vacation blues? Post-vacation blues, also known…
