A new study conducted by researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital might pave the way for new and more efficient treatments for diabetes patients. The study evaluated a drug called ertugliflozin, an SGLT2 inhibitor that is usually prescribed to patients who have type 2 diabetes to help keep their blood sugar in control. The study …
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Researchers from the University of Texas embarked on a mission to determine how a healthy brain affects cognition, and the study was also aimed at providing a clearer picture of what happens as the brain ages. The researchers used an imaging technique called diffusion tensor imaging to understand the influences and effects of cognitive degradation …
Trauma can be deeply rooted in the human brain that it ends up causing dissociative symptoms such as emotional numbness and amnesia, among others. Interestingly, these disorders are aimed at helping humans to cope with the pressures of life. The problem comes when the dissociative symptoms start to affect the subject’s ability to function normally …
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Parkinson’s disease is one of the most unfortunate illnesses because it does not have a cure and the severe impact of its symptoms on the patient. Rigid muscles, speech impediment, loss of balance, and deterioration of automatic movements are just some of the symptoms that make life difficult for people suffering from Parkinson’s disease. Collaborative …
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Sexual orientation has been highly debated in our modern culture and, of course, something that scientists have been interested in. Migraines are also an interesting phenomenon that scientists have been tracking, and it would be absurd to think that there might be a link between the two, but scientific research suggests that there might be. …
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Researchers advocate for affordable genetic testing as one of the avenues through which oncology can improve the treatment of gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GIST). Genetic testing is important because it allows doctors to determine whether a particular treatment will be effective against the GIST. A bit of backstory behind this, GIST is one of the rare …
Scientists have suspected that Alzheimer’s disease and sleep apnea might be related, but it wasn’t until recently that they were able to confirm those suspicions. A team of Icelandic and Australian researchers, together with the RMIT University, recently published the recently concluded study results in a sleep journal. The new research indicated that the two …
A team of researchers from North Carolina State University recently published the findings of a study in which they observed how vitamin D affects growth. The study findings indicate that Vitamin D deficiency can cause stunted growth and obesity in zebrafish. The researchers used post-juvenile zebrafish in the study, where they divided them into three …
A team of scientists from the University of Pennsylvania’s school of medicine recently discovered that the process in which enzymes self-destruct causes cell and tissue damage over time, leading to age-related illnesses. They also believe that this discovery might hold the answer to combatting age-related diseases. The self-destruct process that the scientists observed in enzymes …
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The medical fraternity recommends that women get a regular pap smear because it could be the key to saving their lives. A pap smear can be used to detect HPV, which is known to cause cervical cancer. Cervical cancer is one of the most common types of cancers globally and one of the leading killer …
