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Researchers have discovered a scorpion toxin that targets the ‘wasabi receptor,’ a chemical-sensing protein found in nerve cells that’s responsible for the sinus-jolting sting of wasabi.

Diseases Medicine and Health News The nervous system

Insomnia tied to higher risk of heart disease and stroke

20th August 2019 Ibezim chukwuemerie 0 Comments

People suffering from insomnia may have an increased risk of coronary artery disease, heart failure and stroke..studies have found an association between insomnia, which affects up to 30% of the general population, and an increased risk of developing heart disease and stroke.

Medicine and Health The nervous system

Chemists found a simple route to synthesize azetidines

12th August 2019 Ibezim chukwuemerie 0 Comments

Chemists found a simple route to synthesize azetidines..These synthetic azetidines could help simplify drug design for neurological diseases..

Diseases Medicine and Health News Technology

Artificial intelligence could read biopsies, detect and diagnose breast cancer more accurately

10th August 2019 Ibezim chukwuemerie 0 Comments

New Artificial intelligence helps interpret medical images used to diagnose breast cancer that can be difficult for the human eye to classify more accurately

Medicine and Health News

Researchers identify a pair of proteins that precisely control when sound-detecting cells, known as hair cells, are born in the inner ear.

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Using genetic tools in mice, researchers at Johns Hopkins Medicine say they have identified a pair of proteins that precisely control when sound-detecting cells, known as hair cells, are born in the mammalian inner ear.

Living well Medicine and Health

Taking too much caffeine during pregnancy could impair baby’s liver development

27th July 2019 Ibezim chukwuemerie 0 Comments

Having too much caffeine during pregnancy may impair baby’s liver development and increase the risk of liver disease in adulthood, according to a new study.

Bizarre Diseases Medicine and Health Mind and brain The nervous system

Could gut infection lead to Parkinson’s disease??

24th July 2019 Ibezim chukwuemerie 0 Comments

A new study demonstrates that a gut infection can lead to a pathology resembling Parkinson’s disease (PD) in a mouse model lacking a gene linked to the human disease.

Circulatory system Diseases Medicine and Health News

Scientists identify a cellular connection between diabetes and blood vessel narrowing

21st July 2019 Ibezim chukwuemerie 0 Comments

A team scientists and physicians has identified a cellular connection between diabetes and one of its major complications blood vessel narrowing that increases risks of several serious health conditions, including heart disease and stroke.

Medicine and Health Mind and brain The nervous system

New type of cell that may serve as the brain’s long-hypothesized clock or metronome.

20th July 2019 Ibezim chukwuemerie 0 Comments

Neuroscientists have discovered a new type of cell that keeps time so regularly that it may serve as the brain’s long-hypothesized clock or metronome.

Living well Medicine and Health

Vast majority of dietary supplements don’t improve heart health or put off death

20th July 2019 Ibezim chukwuemerie 0 Comments

In a massive new analysis of findings from 277 clinical trials using 24 different interventions, researchers say they have found that almost all vitamin, mineral and other nutrient supplements or diets cannot be linked to longer life or protection from heart disease.