A new study shows that mixing artificial sweeteners with carbohydrates alters a person’s sensitivity to sweet tastes, which may impact insulin sensitivity. Taste is not just a sense that allows us to enjoy gourmet delicacies. It plays a very practical role in maintaining health. Our ability to taste unpleasant flavors has helped humans steer clear […]
Category Archives: Health
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With sudden outbreak of infections with a coronavirus has spread global anxiety and concerns that virus might spread too far and too fast and cause dramatic harm before health officials find a way to stop it. But what are the realities of the new coronavirus outbreak? We investigate. In December last year, reports started to […]
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Nutrition is wrapped in multiple confusions. Why is it so hard to determine whether a food is good or bad for health? In medical science, proving any theory is difficult. The science of nutrition is no different, but it also has some unique challenges. In this feature, we outline just some of these stumbling blocks. […]
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Coronaviruses are types of viruses that typically affect the respiratory tract of mammals, including humans. They are associated with the common cold, pneumonia, and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) and can also affect the gut. A coronavirus was first isolated in 1937 from an infectious bronchitis virus in birds that has the ability to seriously […]
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A new longitudinal study that analyzed data from hundreds of thousands of men found a link between height and the likelihood of developing dementia. Dementia — an umbrella term that encompasses various conditions involving cognitive impairment, the most common of which is Alzheimer’s — affects around 50 million people worldwide, according to data from the […]
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Neuroprotection refers to mechanisms and strategies that aim to protect the nervous system from injury and damage, especially in people who sustain an injury or develop a health condition that has neurological effects. Researchers are looking for ways to protect the body after acute events, such as a stroke or nervous system injury, and to […]
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Recently, reports of a coronavirus outbreak in the city of Wuhan in China’s Hubei Province have flooded the world’s news. The 2019 novel coronavirus (2019-nCoV) causes respiratory illness of varying severity. Initially, the authorities believed that viral transmission was occurring solely from animal-to-human at a particular animal market in the region. However, in many later […]
Health, Nutrition, Physical and Mental Health
Histamine: A protection against heart and kidney damage…
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Histamine is a blessing complex of organic nitrogenous involved in local impervious responses, as well as regulating physiological function in the gut alongwith acting as brain’s neurotransmitter, uterus and spinal cord. It is also involved in inflammatory response having important function as a mediator of itching. Cognitive heart failure, or heart failure affects more than […]
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The role of bacteria and our microbiome in health and disease is at the forefront of medical research. We are a long way from answering the many questions posed by recent findings, but it is now firmly established that without our personal fleet of “friendly” microorganisms — our microbiome — we would not thrive. Medical […]
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As per data from National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, around 1 in 4 people more than 40 years of age in United States, experience a change in their sense of smell. This change could be fractional or total smell loss, smell distortion, or even phantom smells, and these issues can result from […]