Archive: 25/04/2017

Risk of obesity influenced by changes in our genes

These changes, known as epigenetic modifications, control the activity of our genes without changing the actual DNA sequence. One of the main epigenetic modifications is DNA methylation, which plays a key role in embryonic ...

Apr 25, 2017

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Link between alcohol consumption and cardiac arrhythmias

Researchers who studied beer drinkers at the Munich Octoberfest have found that the more alcohol consumed the higher was the likelihood of developing abnormal heart rhythms called cardiac arrhythmias.

Apr 25, 2017

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Women with aortic aneurysms fare much worse than men, new study finds

The findings, published today in The Lancet, show women fare worse than men at every stage of treatment, leading to the study's authors to call for urgent improvement in how the condition is managed in women.

Apr 25, 2017

Popular belief that saturated fats clog up arteries 'plain wrong', say experts

The widely held belief among doctors and the public that saturated fats clog up the arteries, and so cause coronary heart disease, is just "plain wrong," contend experts in an editorial published online in the British Journal ...

Apr 25, 2017

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Genes associated with resilience against brain pathology identified

The pathologies (damage) in the brain that stroke, Alzheimer's disease and other neurological conditions cause in older adults only partially explain the memory loss, reduced reasoning ability and other cognitive impairments ...

Apr 25, 2017

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AANS: women rising in numbers of U.S. neurosurgeons

(HealthDay)—The proportion of female neurosurgery residents is slowly increasing, according to a report presented during the 2017 American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) Annual Scientific Meeting, being held ...

Apr 25, 2017

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Researchers find cold weather linked to mortality risks in Texas

Cold weather increases the risk of mortality in Texas residents, according to researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health. The findings were recently published ...

Apr 25, 2017