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Obesity
Obesity: a chronic, relapsing, multifactorial, neurobehavioral disease, wherein an increase in body fat promotes adipose tissue dysfunction and abnormal fat mass physical forces, resulting in adverse metabolic, biomechanical, and psychosocial health consequences. There are a number of methods to quantitatively define and categorize obesity, such as body mass index, abdominal circumference, and body fat percentage.
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JUL 16, 2021Cancer
Exercise releases molecules into the bloodstream that reduce the growth of bowel cancer cells, say researchers from the ...Written By: Annie LennonJUL 07, 2021Microbiology
Mounting evidence is illustrating that the gut microbiome has a powerful influence on human health. Scientists have link ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 29, 2021Cancer
A study by researchers in Germany suggests that patients with heart failure are more likely to develop cancer than those ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 28, 2021Genetics & Genomics
We carry two copies of each non-sex chromosome, and thus, two copies of most genes. For simplicity's sake, it's ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 27, 2021Microbiology
The many microbes in our gastrointestinal tract affect us, and they, in turn, are affected by what we eat. Scientists ar ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 26, 2021Cancer
Research shows that obese patients with cancers including ovarian and melanoma may respond better to a certain kind of i ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 18, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
A new medication called ‘Wegovy’ produced by Novo Nordisk has been approved by the Food and Drug Administrat ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 14, 2021Microbiology
Since researchers were able to use genetic technologies to reveal how important the gut microbiome is to human health, t ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 11, 2021Neuroscience
Researchers led by the Queensland University of Technology in Australia have found that children who consume excessive a ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 08, 2021Cannabis Sciences
While cannabis is known to increase appetite in what is known as the ‘munchies’, some say they are able to l ...Written By: Annie LennonJUN 04, 2021Cancer
A new study presented last week at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting after its publication in the ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 04, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers at the Vinmec Research Institute of Stem Cell and Gene Technology in Hanoi, Vietnam have found that stem cel ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 31, 2021Cardiology
Researchers have found that adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) are over 3 times more likely to have an isch ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 23, 2021Neuroscience
Thinking of cracking open a cold one this weekend? Researchers from the University of Oxford have identified a connectio ...Written By: Tara FernandesMAY 19, 2021Immunology
A research group from Switzerland hypothesized that immune cells in the gut (gastrointestinal tract) must trigger chroni ...Written By: Caroline WallaceMAY 17, 2021Cardiology
Researchers have found an association between healthier hearts and better cognitive abilities, like faster reaction time ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 17, 2021Microbiology
The circadian rhythm is the body's clock, and it influences physiology at the cellular level; it can help animals, inclu ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 15, 2021Drug Discovery & Development
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2016, around 2 billion adults around the world were overweight ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 14, 2021Cancer
A study published this week in JAMA Network Open shows that although obesity-related cancer deaths are falling, they are ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 12, 2021Cannabis Sciences
Researchers have found that hospitalized cannabis users with arrhythmia, a heart rhythm disorder, are 4.5 times more lik ...Written By: Annie LennonMAY 09, 2021Cancer
Researchers from the University of Glasgow have conducted a study on biomarkers in order to glean more information on th ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 09, 2021Cell & Molecular Biology
Chronic kidney disease is estimated to affect about 700 million people around the world. High salt diets are known to ma ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 06, 2021Neuroscience
Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have found a link between obesity and reduced blood flow to the brain. For t ...Written By: Annie LennonAPR 28, 2021Health & Medicine
Globally, more than 2 million people have died with SARS-CoV-2 infection. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates ...Written By: Caroline Wallace
JUL 16, 2021
Cancer
Exercise releases molecules into the bloodstream that reduce the growth of bowel cancer cells, say researchers from the
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUL 07, 2021
Microbiology
Mounting evidence is illustrating that the gut microbiome has a powerful influence on human health. Scientists have link
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 29, 2021
Cancer
A study by researchers in Germany suggests that patients with heart failure are more likely to develop cancer than those
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 28, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
We carry two copies of each non-sex chromosome, and thus, two copies of most genes. For simplicity's sake, it's
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 27, 2021
Microbiology
The many microbes in our gastrointestinal tract affect us, and they, in turn, are affected by what we eat. Scientists ar
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 26, 2021
Cancer
Research shows that obese patients with cancers including ovarian and melanoma may respond better to a certain kind of i
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 18, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
A new medication called ‘Wegovy’ produced by Novo Nordisk has been approved by the Food and Drug Administrat
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 14, 2021
Microbiology
Since researchers were able to use genetic technologies to reveal how important the gut microbiome is to human health, t
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 11, 2021
Neuroscience
Researchers led by the Queensland University of Technology in Australia have found that children who consume excessive a
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 08, 2021
Cannabis Sciences
While cannabis is known to increase appetite in what is known as the ‘munchies’, some say they are able to l
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
JUN 04, 2021
Cancer
A new study presented last week at the American Society of Clinical Oncology Annual Meeting after its publication in the
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 04, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
Researchers at the Vinmec Research Institute of Stem Cell and Gene Technology in Hanoi, Vietnam have found that stem cel
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 31, 2021
Cardiology
Researchers have found that adults with obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) are over 3 times more likely to have an isch
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 23, 2021
Neuroscience
Thinking of cracking open a cold one this weekend? Researchers from the University of Oxford have identified a connectio
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
MAY 19, 2021
Immunology
A research group from Switzerland hypothesized that immune cells in the gut (gastrointestinal tract) must trigger chroni
...
Written By:
Caroline Wallace
MAY 17, 2021
Cardiology
Researchers have found an association between healthier hearts and better cognitive abilities, like faster reaction time
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 17, 2021
Microbiology
The circadian rhythm is the body's clock, and it influences physiology at the cellular level; it can help animals, inclu
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 15, 2021
Drug Discovery & Development
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), in 2016, around 2 billion adults around the world were overweight
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 14, 2021
Cancer
A study published this week in JAMA Network Open shows that although obesity-related cancer deaths are falling, they are
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 12, 2021
Cannabis Sciences
Researchers have found that hospitalized cannabis users with arrhythmia, a heart rhythm disorder, are 4.5 times more lik
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
MAY 09, 2021
Cancer
Researchers from the University of Glasgow have conducted a study on biomarkers in order to glean more information on th
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 09, 2021
Cell & Molecular Biology
Chronic kidney disease is estimated to affect about 700 million people around the world. High salt diets are known to ma
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 06, 2021
Neuroscience
Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have found a link between obesity and reduced blood flow to the brain. For t
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
APR 28, 2021
Health & Medicine
Globally, more than 2 million people have died with SARS-CoV-2 infection. The World Health Organization (WHO) estimates
...
Written By:
Caroline Wallace