Researchers in Russia and the United States have discovered the structure of the BLT1 leukotriene receptor, which is involved in inflammatory processes and plays a role in the development of infectious, allergic, and oncological diseases. A respective study published in the journal Nature Communications paves the way for new treatments for type 2 diabetes. Researchers…
Some morning habits are very harmful to health and can contribute to the development of serious diseases and bring death closer, MK reported. Refusal to eat breakfast is unhealthy. If a person does not eat breakfast, it increases the risk of death from cardiovascular disease by 87%. The lack of breakfast affects a person’s weight.…
Paul Hunter, a professor in Medicine at Norwich Medical School, University of East Anglia, says COVID-19 might turn into the common cold. As stated in the article published in The Spectator magazine, according to the professor, Sars-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid, is not going away. Like other coronaviruses, it will likely infect us all…
Eating large amounts of sugary or high-calorie foods not only leads to excess accumulation of adipose tissue, but also to the death of pancreatic cells, endocrinologist Zukhra Pavlova reported. “In the adipose tissue, systemic inflammation with oxidative stress inevitably occurs, against the background of which insulin resistance develops and the cells of the pancreas that…
The Delta strain of coronavirus has the highest pathogenicity among other variants of the virus, scientists from the University of Tokyo noted. According to TASS, during the study, specialists artificially created viruses carrying the P681R mutation – the most characteristic mutation for all strains of the Indian variation of the coronavirus. It also turned out…
By 2050, the number of people with dementia in the world will triple, experts said during the virtual International Conference of the Association Against Alzheimer’s Disease. Scientists estimate the number of dementia patients will reach 152 million by 2050. At the same time, the greatest burden in terms of the increase in incidence will be…
About half of people hospitalized with COVID-19 develop hyperglycemia (high blood sugar) within a few months of infection. In the future, this could lead to an increase in the number of patients with diabetes mellitus, as Italian scientists warn. The study assessed the health of 551 people hospitalized in Italian hospitals from March to May…
Medicine is not yet aware of methods of effective treatment of Alzheimer’s disease and other age-related diseases of the nervous system, but it is believed that lifestyle changes can at least reduce the risk of its development or delay it. The authors of the new study recommend that people over 80 continue to regularly “train”…
Air pollution from small particles from forest fires is contributing to an increase in the number of people infected with coronavirus in nearby cities. This is reported in a study published in the Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology. Forest fires are a source of air pollution in nearby cities with particles with a…
Patients with various learning disabilities were at risk during the pandemic: the largest study conducted in England showed that such people are very vulnerable to COVID-19. According to Medportal.ru, people with Down syndrome are very vulnerable to coronavirus infection. A study by the University of Oxford in the first wave of the pandemic showed that…
