Medically Speaking

What to eat and what not to for healthy gums, teeth

11 Jan 2022 08:15 AM IST

You are what you eat’, the proverb reflects best on one’s teeth. When it comes to maintaining a healthy gum and teeth, it all depends on what you eat throughout the day. Good food not only helps to repair your body but helps in maintaining healthy gum and teeth too.

TARGETING CANCER WITH IMMUNE CELLS: A CHANGING PARADIGM IN ANTI-CANCER THERAPY

11 Jan 2022 08:09 AM IST

The focus of research and treatment of the deadly disease has now shifted from using mere chemicals to enhancement of the immune system through various methods.

COVID PATIENTS DIAGNOSED WITH OXIDATIVE STRESS, GLUTATHIONE DEFICIENCY

06 Jan 2022 06:37 AM IST

Patients hospitalised with COVID-19 had significantly increased levels of oxidative stress and oxidant damage, and markedly reduced levels of glutathione, the most abundant physiological antioxidant, according to a new study. The results, published in the journal Antioxidants, suggest that supplementation with GlyNAC, a combination of glutathione precursors previously shown to

COVID-19 VACCINE DOES NOT INCREASE RISK OF PRETERM BIRTH

06 Jan 2022 06:35 AM IST

Pregnant people who contract COVID-19 have an increased risk of disease severity and death, yet only 31 per cent of pregnant people in the United States had received vaccines as of September 2021. One barrier to vaccine acceptance is the concern that vaccination might disrupt pregnancy. A Yale co-led study,

Study finds scale of prevalence of condition that causes type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure

06 Jan 2022 06:34 AM IST

A research at the University of Birmingham has shown for the first time the scale of the impact of a condition associated with benign tumours that can lead to type 2 diabetes and high blood pressure. Up to 10 per cent of adults have a benign tumour, or lump, known

Early autism screenings can improve diagnoses chances

06 Jan 2022 06:32 AM IST

Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) typically develops in children before age 3, but less than half of children are accurately diagnosed with ASD before age 4. Although paediatric advocates recommend that children at risk of ASD receive screening through early intervention (EI) services provided by states, the program often lacks effective

PEOPLE SHOULD BE CAUTIOUS, SHOULD NOT TAKE 3RD WAVE LIGHTLY: HEALTH EXPERTS

06 Jan 2022 06:30 AM IST

As 81 per cent of Delhi’s COVID cases report to be that of the highly transmissible Omicron variant, health experts are of the belief that the virus can mutate further and have warned all to be very cautious and not to take the third wave lightly. The national capital has

Study finds sildenafil as candidate drug for Alzheimer’s disease

04 Jan 2022 09:57 AM IST

A new study by the Cleveland Clinic has found that sildenafil, an FDA-approved therapy for erectile dysfunction and pulmonary hypertension, is a promising drug candidate to help prevent and treat Alzheimer’s disease. The research team, led by Feixiong Cheng, Ph.D., of Cleveland Clinic’s Genomic Medicine Institute, used computational methodology to

Identifying seizures in newborn babies

04 Jan 2022 09:57 AM IST

A seizure occurs due to abnormal electrical firing in the brain and is characterised by a change in behaviour, uncontrolled jerking movements and may be accompanied by loss of consciousness. Most seizures last for a few seconds to two minutes. Any seizure that lasts for more than five minutes is

RESEARCH: IMMUNE SYSTEM CAN DETECT DISEASE DURING PREGNANCY

04 Jan 2022 09:53 AM IST

A recent study has found that pregnancy is a challenge for the mother’s immune system from the outset as half of the genes in the foetus are foreign to her body. The immune system has to strike a balance between tolerating the foetus and protecting the mother and foetus from

Study explores how value decisions are coded into the brain

04 Jan 2022 09:52 AM IST

A recent study by the University of California has discovered the area of the brain where value decisions are made. An area within the cerebrum known as the retrosplenial cortex (RSC), they found, is the site that we use to make value choices such as which restaurant we decide to

STUDY FINDS SARS-COV-2 EVADES OUR IMMUNE SYSTEM

04 Jan 2022 09:50 AM IST

Researchers in Japan and the United States have found SARS-CoV-2 can knock out an important molecular pathway linked to an immune complex called MHC class I.