BP drug may help treat skin cancer
A drug commonly used to treat high BP may protect against the sun-induced cell damage that leads to skin cancer, a new study claims. US researchers found that the drug called carvedilol surprisingly showed some protective effects against skin cancer. They then conducted experiments with cell cultures and mice to see if carvedilol could prevent skin cancer caused by UVB, the portion of sunlight that tends to damage the skin’s top epidermal layers and plays a key role in skin cancer development. Researchers found that carvedilol exhibited a protective effect in cultured mouse skin cells exposed to UVB and in hairless mice given the drug after UVB exposure. Experiments showed that carvedilol acted by protecting cells against the cancer-causing DNA damage and cell death produced by UVB. Hairless mice exposed to UVB and given carvedilol showed decreases in both the severity and number of tumours that developed compared to those not given carvedilol.
stick to a routine, curb obesity
Eating meals and going to bed on time as well as limiting the number of hours spent watching television may boost emotional health and lower the risk of obesity of your children later in life, a new study has found. Researchers from Ohio State University in the United States studied about 10,955 children. They evaluated three household routines when children were three-years-old: regular bedtime, regular mealtime and whether or not parents limited television and video watching to an hour or less daily. Researchers compared those to parents’ reports of two aspects of children’s self-regulation at that same age. They then investigated how the routines and self- regulation worked together to impact obesity at age 11, defined based on international criteria.
protect brain ageing with chocolate
Dark chocolate has been conveying solace to millions over the globe. There is no genuine reason to treat yourself to a bar and make the most of its enrapturing taste. Not exclusively is dim chocolate hit with chocolate darlings, gourmet specialists and pastry specialists the whole way across the globe, it has picked up fame among wellbeing devotees and specialists as well. Presently, you have another motivation to enjoy that bar and even take a greater nibble. Specialists have connected dim chocolate utilisation with a flock of medical advantages. Dim chocolate is accepted to be useful for the heart, memory and additionally maturing. This fortune sustenance, that goes back to 2000 BC, is trusted to have age-switching, skin-profiting properties. “Cocoa is rich in plant chemicals called flavanols that may ensure the heart.
