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London, Sept 19 (ANI): Intake of at least three cups of tea every day can reduce the risk of diabetes by almost half, concludes a new study.

To reach the conclusion, researchers studied more than 40,000 people whose consumption was monitored for 10 years.

After analyses, boffins discovered that chemicals found in all types of tea cut [...]

New Delhi, Sep18 (ANI): Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad on Friday said that to improve the standard of public health, there is a need for introducing a robust and vibrant public health system in the country.

Speaking after presenting the Indian Council of [...]

Washington, Sept 18 (ANI): Shedding extra pounds can preserve kidney function in obese people with kidney disease, according to a new study led by Indian origin scientist from Cleveland Clinic.

Weight loss can improve a number of health problems, like it can improve control of diabetes, lower blood pressure and cholesterol levels, and reduce the effects [...]

Washington, Sept 15 (ANI): A popular diabetes drug called metformin has been found to be effective in fighting breast cancer.

The findings of the study from Harvard Medical School showed that metformin, along with conventional chemotherapy, shows promise for treating and delaying recurrence of breast cancer.

“We have found a compound selective for cancer stem cells,” [...]

London, Sep 14 (ANI): British scientists have identified the master gene, called E4bp4, that causes blood stem cells to turn into disease-fighting ‘Natural Killer’ (NK) immune cells.

The discovery, by researchers at Imperial College London, UCL and the Medical Research Council’s National Institute for Medical Research, could one day help scientists boost the body’s production of [...]

Washington, September 9 (ANI): Researchers at the Carnegie Institution’s Department of Plant Biology have discovered a key missing link in the so-called signaling pathway for plant steroid hormones.

Many important signaling pathways are relays of molecules that start at the cell surface and cascade to the nucleus to regulate genes.

This discovery marks the first such [...]

Washington, Sept 8 (ANI): Scientists from University of Maryland School of Medicine have discovered a human protein that appears to play a crucial role in developing celiac disease and other autoimmune disorders, such as multiple sclerosis and diabetes.

They have identified zonulin as a molecule in the human body called haptoglobin 2 precursor.

Pinpointing the precise molecule [...]

London, Sept 7 (ANI): An international team of researchers have discovered a new gene that appears to affect how insulin works.

The new discovery could lead to better treatment of type 2 diabetes, and provide deeper insight into how this widespread disease develops.

The novel gene, called Insulin Receptor Substrate 1 (IRS1), affects how the body [...]

Melbourne, Sept 4 (ANI): The thinner your thighs, the greater your risk of heart disease – that’s the conclusion of a new study.

According to the research, which looked at more than 2800 men and women with an average age of around 50, thigh circumference is linked to the risk of heart disease and premature death.

The [...]

London, Sept 3 (ANI): Canadian researchers have come across a novel mechanism that may be instrumental in the development of new, more effective cancer therapies.

They have discovered that activation mechanism of the RAF protein kinase which, when mutated, is responsible for more than 25 per cent of [...]

London, Sept 2 (ANI): Five pints of beer in an evening can have greater effect on men’s waist size than a regular tipple, suggests a British study.

The researchers found that men who binged had a waist size 2.3 inches (6cm) bigger than men [...]

London, Sept 1 (ANI): Overweight and obese kids as young as 12 are showing early signs of heart disease, warn Spanish researchers.

During a study, scientists in Barcelona analysed 80 obese and overweight kids with an average age of [...]

London, Sept 1 (ANI): A healthy lifestyle, including keeping weight down, exercising for 30 minutes a day and limiting alcohol to a single drink a day, is the simplest and best way for women to cut the risk of breast cancer, says a new study.

The study by the World Cancer Research Fund (WCRF ) has [...]

Melbourne, Aug 31 (ANI): A new poll conducted has shown that up to a third of Australians believe that mothers should not breastfeed their babies in public.

The Newspoll survey also showed that another third think a baby should stop breastfeeding within six months, despite 65 per cent of people saying that breastfed babies had a [...]

London, Aug 28 (ANI): Weight-loss surgery can help eliminate the symptoms of type 2 diabetes in nearly 80 percent patients, an international study has found.

The research team led by Professor Henry Buchwald of the Department of Surgery at the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, observed almost 135,000 patients for the study.

The findings concluded that 78 per [...]

Washington, Aug 28 (ANI): Uncovering the molecular mechanisms of tungstate activity in diabetes, researchers have now identified the pathways through which sodium tungstate improves pancreatic function and beta cell proliferation.

Led by Professor Ramon Gomis at the Hospital Clinic de Barcelona in Spain, the researchers studied the effects of sodium tungstate [...]

Washington, Aug 27 (ANI): Researchers at University of Central Florida have identified a new genetic mechanism that controls the body’s fat-building process, paving way for treatments for obesity and type 2 diabetes.

The discovery has the potential to help hundreds of millions of people and dramatically cut health care costs.

Led by Pappachan Kolattukudy, director of UCF’s [...]

Washington, Aug 25 (ANI): Pop star Nick Jones has revealed that he dreams of becoming the US President.

The 16-year-old star revealed his ambitions during diabetes awareness press conference National Press Club in Washington, D.C.

“I’ve always had this dream of becoming [...]

London, Aug 24 (ANI): Kids under the age of 15 are at a higher risk of developing type 1 diabetes in winters, finds a new study.

Researchers from National Institute for Health and Welfare have found that this winter trend was more prevalent in boys as well as in both sexes from the older age groups [...]