Archive: 08/02/2017
Electroacupuncture can relieve pain during alcohol withdrawal
(HealthDay)—Electroacupuncture (EA) can alleviate hyperalgesia during ethanol withdrawal, and this effect may involve mu opioid receptors (MORs) in the habenula, according to an experimental study published online Feb. ...
Feb 8, 2017
New study reinforces the contribution of S6K1 kinase in obesity and aging
Researchers from the Bellvitge Biomedical Research Institute (IDIBELL) and Barcelona University (UB) Dr. George Thomas, head of the Metabolism and Cancer research group, and Dr. Sara Kozma, are reporting in Nature this week, ...
Feb 8, 2017
Analyzing gut microbes and their byproducts essential to understanding human health
To best understand the potential of microbes in the gut to affect human health, clinicians need to look not just at the bacteria present in fecal samples but also at metabolites like amino acids that those bacteria produce, ...
Feb 8, 2017