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Vitamin D Deficiency Associated with Melanoma: Skin and Bone Health

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023 Pooja Kashyap

Vitamin D plays an important role in regulating normal function of human body. It helps the body to absorb and retain calcium and phosphorus, which are critical for building bone. In addition, it also helps in boosting energy levels. Epidemiological studies too, have shown that Vit-D deficiency is closely associated with common chronic diseases such as bone metabolic disorders, tumors, cardiovascular diseases, and diabetes. In addition, similar corelation between vitamin D and skin cancers have also been investigated.

Can you be allergic to water: Aquagenic Urticaria

May 21, 2020May 29, 2020 Pooja Kashyap

Earth is a watery planet, in fact, water covers nearly 71 percent of our planet. It exists in our atmospheric air as water vapor and in ground flora as moisture within the soil. Water is one of the main components that we look for in extra-terrestrial planetary space.

Molecules That Could Delay Aging Discovered: Achieving Healthy Longevity

September 9, 2016September 9, 2016 Neha Shukla

With ageing come problems like sagging skin, brittle bones, hearing loss, deteriorating mind and many other issues. Aging is an inevitable process however, science has helped in prolonging this certainty.

Regeneration of Eye’s Outermost Layer via Hydrogel Films: Corneal Transplantation

August 23, 2016August 23, 2016 Neha Shukla

In a breakthrough study, a team of scientists from the Melbourne University has achieved success in growing cornea cells in the laboratory. Scientists have successfully implanted laboratory grown cornea cells in the eyes of sheep. They are expecting to begin clinical trials in humans soon.

Obesity May Trigger The Progression Of Brain Ageing: Neurobiology Of Aging

August 4, 2016 Pooja Kashyap

Over the years, various researches across neurobiology of aging have suggested that brain shrinks with age. A recent study led by the University of Cambridge has added that obesity may also trigger the progression of brain ageing.

Bionic Eye allows blind man to see again: The Eyeborg

July 24, 2015 Neha Shukla

Experts at Manchester Royal Eye Hospital have successfully restored the vision of 80 years old Ray Flynn, through implanting ‘bionic eye’. For the last eight years, Mr Flynn suffered from dry age-related muscular degeneration (AMD). AMD is a condition in which photoreceptor cells in the central region of the retina are damaged leading to loss of central vision. The condition is very common, affecting nearly 5,00,000 people in the UK.

Music Lessons facilitate Neurodevelopment: Enhancing the Teenage Brain

July 22, 2015July 22, 2015 Neha Shukla

According to a study conducted by Northwestern University, music training may help in enhancing brain’s responses to sound, hone hearing and language skills in teenagers even if it is introduced as late as in high school. The study suggests music lessons helps improving skills that are considered important for academic success.

Cytosponge Pill can detect Csophageal Cancer at an Early Stage: Cure for Cancer

July 21, 2015 Neha Shukla

A research team from the University of Cambridge has found a way for early detection of esophageal cancer, which is also the eighth most common cancer type worldwide. Conspicuous symptoms of the cancer so far can be marked only in the advance stages.

Drinking Orange Juice helps in tackling Cognition in Elderly: Brain Health

May 18, 2015May 18, 2015 Pooja Kashyap

Reading University’s researchers were able to prove that consuming orange juice daily can help in enhancing brainpower especially in elder people.

Higher intake of Salt delays Puberty Onset: Reproductive Health

May 18, 2015 Pooja Kashyap

In a recent investigation by researchers at University of Wyoming, it was revealed that intake of high amount of salt can affect reproductive health of future generations.

Chewing Gum helps in removing catchy tones from Mind: Brainworms Effect

April 27, 2015 Pooja Kashyap

In an interesting research, scientists at the University of Reading have concluded that chewing a gum helps in eradicating the humming of song which is catchy of course and tends to go on and on within our head for days. The effect called an earworm or brainworm have been observed before but was poorly understood. However, this time, the researchers did come up with a solution and that is, having chewing gum as soon as one hears a catchy song, helps in thinking the song less often. Chewing helps in…

Brain Shrinkage associated with Birth Control Pills: Hormonal Contraception

April 13, 2015 Pooja Kashyap

Until now, mood swings, weight gain and nausea have been some of the major side effects from birth control pills. Now, brain shrinkage too has been associated with the drug.

Perceptive Perfume eclipses Sweating with strong Odour: Body Odour Solution

April 3, 2015April 2, 2015 Neha Shukla

No one likes the idea of using perfumes or deodorants to do away sweating as a matter of fact, no one likes to sweat except if one is gyming. However, climate change is making summers unbearably hot every year and making humans to sweat more.

Combating Dental Microbial Infection with Coconut Oil: Oral Hygiene

March 20, 2015 Pooja Kashyap

Researchers at Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT), Ireland tested coconut oil samples on steptococcus mutans, the bacteria that is responsible for dental erosion, and noted that the oil inhibited the growth of the bacteria. Further observation also revealed that the oil was equally harmful to the yeast Candida albicans that leads to oral thrush.

Revering Aging Clock at Cellular Level: Extending the Telomeres

February 4, 2015 Pooja Kashyap

In an interesting research in the field of microbiology, experts at the University of Stanford have tried to explore the process that might lead to eternal youth by maneuvering the key that is responsible for making human cells old.