Well, this is going to change everything. Scientists link obesity to gut bacteria
Obesity in human beings could be caused by bacterial infection rather than eating too much, exercising too little or genetics, according to a groundbreaking study that could have profound implications for public health systems, the pharmaceutical industry and food manufacturers.
The discovery in China followed an eight-year search by scientists across the world to explain the link between gut bacteria and obesity.
Researchers in Shanghai identified a human bacteria linked with obesity, fed it to mice and compared their weight gain with rodents without the bacteria. The latter did not become obese despite being fed a high-fat diet and being prevented from exercising.
The bacterium – known as enterobacter – encourages the body to make and store fat, and prevents it from being used, by deregulating the body’s metabolism-controlling genes.
A Common Blood Pressure Drug May Lower Your Risk Of Getting Alzheimer's - beta blockers
Men get the most health benefits from dark chocolate
Chocolate gives men more protection against heart attack and stroke than women for some reason. The dark chocolate helps by preventing fatal blood clots.
Basic errors killing 1000 NHS patients a month a study has revealed -
First cases of 'incurable' antibiotic resistant gonorrhea found in North America as CDC warns of public health nightmare. Predictable.
Justin Binik-Thomas in Obamacare and my daughter explains why he's lucky she wasn't born two years later.
We have met with various medical professionals to discuss treatment options. There were several possibilities discussed, and we were able to weigh these options for the best fit: Zoe’s surgery is scheduled for the day after Christmas.
We knew that surgery was likely in the near future and chose to select a top-notch full coverage insurance plan this year.
The hospital informed us that this is a fairly new operation perfected over just the last five years. However: this surgery will “cease to be available in two years for insurance patients due to ObamaCare.” This is a quote from the flustered nurse at the hospital.
This plan pays all costs incurred after the deductible, provided the services are provided in-network. The plan goes away in 2014 as a result of the health law. The best new plans to replace this will pay for 90% after deductible, and will cost more. If our daughter was born just two years later we would pay more for insurance, have inferior treatment options, and be triaged (meaning delayed) for treatment. That, in my mind, is regressive. It is not progressive as many would have us believe.
World first as scientists create cancer-killing cells that can be injected into patients
Scientists have created cells capable of killing cancer for the first time. The dramatic breakthrough was made by researchers in Japan who created cancer-specific killer T cells. They say the development paves the way for the cells being directly injected into cancer patients for new cancer and HIV treatments.
It's hoped injecting huge quantities back into a patient could turbo-charge the immune system.
Pill developed that could help paralyzed patients walk again. It works on mice with no side effects.
Posted by Jill Fallon at January 13, 2013 6:49 PM | Permalink