Does air pollution affect your heart? Acute exposure to air pollution was found to be associated with an increased risk of arrythmia—irregular heartbeat—in a large study of 322 Chinese cities published in CMAJ (Canadian ...
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A recently published article in Experimental Biology and Medicine addresses the mechanisms by which air pollution worsens COVID-19, highlighting the apparent protection offered by a dietary antioxidant, astaxanthin.
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A randomized clinical trial is looking at whether fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) from healthy donors into adults with early-stage amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS—one of the most common forms of motor neuron disease) ...
Apr 17, 2023
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Inhibition of the PREP enzyme was successful in stopping the progression of frontotemporal dementia in a mouse model of the disease, according to a new study published in Science Translational Medicine. PREP inhibitor treatment ...
Apr 13, 2023
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A pilot study conducted at the University of Eastern Finland found metabolites related to oxidative stress and the transsulfuration pathway of one-carbon metabolism to be associated with a history of sexual or physical abuse ...
Apr 11, 2023
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A key enzyme in sugar metabolism is inactivated particularly easily and efficiently by oxidative stress. Scientists at the German Cancer Research Center (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum, DKFZ) have now shown that with this ...
Apr 6, 2023
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A new study published in Genome Biology has challenged the traditional view that aging is a result of the accumulation of damage to the body's hardware, such as the molecular damage to cells caused by oxidative stress. Instead, ...
Mar 28, 2023
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A cup of wild blueberries a day may keep low energy at bay. The berries have long been hailed as a superfood. While they're known for a plethora of health benefits, new research from California Polytechnic State University ...
Mar 27, 2023
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During the Utah winters, you can step outside and see a hazy cloud hovering over the valley. Contaminants or chemicals in the air come from a mix of human and natural sources and can harm our health. Air pollution causes ...
Mar 14, 2023
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Most people think that as the fetus grows in the womb, the mother will be the most important factor influencing the child's future health, and this factor will undoubtedly prevail over all other possible ones. This belief ...
Mar 3, 2023
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