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Obesity alone does not increase risk of death

New study could change the way we think about obesity and health Healthy woman. 1 out of 20 individuals with obesity had no other metabolic abnormalities. (stock image) Credit: pixfly / Fotolia Researchers at York Universitys Faculty of Health have found that patients who have metabolic healthy obesity, but no other me...

The right diet can boost potency of Cancer drugs

Consuming the right foods can tweak a tumours metabolism, making chemotherapy more effective. The proper diet can make certain cancer drugs more effective in mice.Credit: Alfred Schauhuber/ullstein bild via Getty Boosting the power of some cancer drugs could be as simple as modifying what you eat, according to two rece...

Quantum dots in brain could treat Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s diseases

Quantum dots may break up proteins in the brain that cause Parkinsons disease May C. Schiess, Roger Back, UT Medical School/Science Photo Library By Clare Wilson Tiny particles called quantum dots reduce symptoms in mice primed to develop a type of Parkinsons disease, and also block formation of the toxic protein clump...

The representatives of NAS participated in the Inaugural Forum for Childhood Pertussis (2018)

The Forum for Childhood Pertussis (2018) held its inaugural 2-day academic conference on 27th and 28th March 2018 in Yafeng International Hotel in Futian, Shenzhen, China Organised by the Shenzhen Pharmaceutical Association and Shenzhen Childrens Hospital, the conference was attended by recognized experts and speakers f...

Dual-action cancer-killing virus developed by Oxford scientists

The virus targets carcinomas, which are the most common type of cancer and start in cells in the skin or tissues that line or cover internal organs . A microscope image of a human colorectal adenocarcinoma showing the fibroblasts (brown) surrounding the cancer cells (blue), protecting them from the immune system (PA/Me...