The bacterial composition of the intestines changes with the seasons, and this may be associated with the susceptibility of some people to depressive conditions during the cold season, the UK scientists reported. “Our microbiome is influenced by changes in the weather, susceptibility to infections that intensify in winter, and nutritional levels and physical activity, which…
Menthol cigarettes are very popular today: the cooling flavor reduces the harshness of tobacco smoke and suppresses coughing, leaving people with the dangerous illusion that menthol cigarettes are safer than regular cigarettes. However, a new study has clearly shown that this is not the case at all. Moreover, banning such cigarettes could save hundreds of…
Autumn berries such as cranberries and lychees have a positive effect on health and the immune system, says Russian nutritionist Irina Lizun. “They have a fairly low sugar content of no more than 10 percent, and they contain a lot of organic acids which are very useful, a number of vitamins and trace elements. In…
The palms of your hands can be used to determine dangerous blood sugar levels, Daily Express reported with reference to the UK experts. Diabetic patients usually develop stiff arm syndrome or diabetic chiroarthropania, when joints become unmoved. According to experts, with this disease, first a feeling of stiffness occurs in the little finger, then it…
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, anticoagulants – blood thinners – have been widely used in the treatment of COVID-19. Scientists from the United States, Canada, Germany, India, and the UK have conducted a new study to get the most complete data on the effectiveness of anticoagulants for the treatment of hospitalized patients. According…
People with high levels of interferon alfa, high lymphocyte counts in the blood, and carriers of certain genetic markers may have increased protection against coronavirus, said Areg Totolyan, Academician of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Director of the Pasteur Research Institute of Epidemiology and Microbiology. According to Izvestia, there are other factors that provide protection…
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…
