Overweight children have higher levels of stress hormones, which make them at a higher risk of developing serious health problems – new research suggests. Prolonged stress can cause build-up of cortisol and other stress hormones in the body, which can cause major health problems overtime. Published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabo
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Scientists from the National Institute on Aging, and the University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, Harvard Medical School have discovered a cause of ageing that fortunately, can be reversed. By administering a molecule naturally produced by the body, the research team were able to restore the communication network in older mice, which resulted to
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Imagine this. One Saturday morning, a great idea came to your mind – what about a road trip? So you packed a number of clothes. It’s going to be fun, that’s all you are certain of. As the engine starts, you suddenly realised that you haven’t thought of where to go yet. “Wherever these wheels take me”, you said. Okay. So yo
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It’s true – stress can kill you. In a new study, researchers from Duke University have found that the gene which has been known to make some people especially sensitive to stress, also appears to be responsible for the 38 per cent increased risk of heart attack or death in patients with heart disease. "We’ve heard a lot about personal
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Let’s face it – this time of the year is often centred on food. There are special dinners and get-togethers everywhere. Potluck parties are irresistible, knowing that each one will be bringing their specialty dish. This is the time of the year when we get to enjoy great food and we have a very good excuse to indulge! But overeating during holida
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An apple a day could really keep the doctor away. And if everyone would do, there will be 8,500 fewer deaths in the UK yearly, new research suggests. According to the researchers from the University of Oxford researchers, apples benefits heart like medicines do, yet carry none of the side-effects. The Victorian mantra “an apple a day keeps the doctor
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A group of American researchers have studied the neurochemical basis of addiction using a newly developed technology that allows them to control the activity of specific populations of brain cells, or neurons, using light. The technology, called optogenetics, helped Wake Forest Baptist Centre researchers address critical questions regarding the role of dopa
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Blood pressure measures how strongly blood presses against the walls of your arteries or the large blood vessels as it is pumped throughout the body by the heart. Also known as the “silent killer”, high blood pressure rarely has obvious symptoms, according to the NHS. And if left untreated, it can lead to heart attack, stroke and other cardiovasc
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A group of American researchers have studied the neurochemical basis of addiction using a newly developed technology that allows them to control the activity of specific populations of brain cells, or neurons, using light. The technology, called optogenetics, helped Wake Forest Baptist Centre researchers address critical questions regarding the role of dopa
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Researchers from the University of Washington School of Medicine and the Puget Sound Department of Veterans Affairs in the US have found that a little bit of exercise could help lower the risk of developing painful kidney stones in postmenopausal women. Kidney stones are usually formed following a build-up of substance in the body. Such build-up can be of c
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