Matter of Death and SEX
Queen's University is advocating the use of gender-based treatment for mitigating cardiovascular risk factors related to diabetes.
Research has shown women with Type 2 diabetes and high cholesterol are less likely than their male peers to reach treatment goals to lower their bad cholesterol. With treatment, only 64 per cent of women lowered their lDl cholesterol to the recommended level compared with 81 per cent of men. Research has shown women have poorer adherence to taking their statin medication to treat high cholesterol, perhaps due to somewhat dissimilar pharmacological properties in a woman's body than a man's. For example, women often have more side effects such as muscle pain, explains Dr Farahani.
Crab might treat bowel diseases
Yoshimi Shibata, PhD, professor of biomedical science in the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University, has received a $380,552 grant from the National Institute of Complementary and Alternative Medicine of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to further investigate how microparticles called “chitin” found in crab, shrimp and lobster shells have anti-inflammatory mechanisms that could lead to the development of novel preventive and therapeutic strategies for individuals who suffer from inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and others diseases.
Green tea COUlD reduce Cancer Risk
Green tea and its extracts have been touted as potential cancer treatments. Scientists have struggled to explain how green tea and its extracts may work to reduce risk of cancer. A study recently published by the journal, Metabolomics, offers an explanation that researchers could open a new area of cancer-fighting research. The study reports that EGCG, the active biologic constituent in green tea, changed the metabolism of pancreatic cancer cells by suppressing the expression of an enzyme associated with cancer, lDHA. Researchers also found an enzyme inhibitor, oxamate, which is known to reduce lDHA activity.
Research for aids cure Progresses
HIV-1, the virus responsible for most cases of AIDS, is a very selective virus. It does not readily infect species other than its usual hosts — humans and chimpanzees. While this would qualify as good news for most mammals, for humans this fact has made the search for effective treatments and vaccines for AIDS which was earlier much more difficult. Without an accurate animal model of the disease, researchers have had few options for clinical studies of the virus. They have coaxed a slightly modified form of the HIV-1 virus to not only infect pigtailed macaques but to cause full blown AIDS in the primates.
E-cigarettes Not healthy
An article in the June issue of Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, the scientific journal of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI), examines risks, including the ongoing dependence on nicotine and the dual use of e-cigarettes and regular cigarettes.The article examines the idea that one of the initial health benefits proposed by e-cigarette makers was that it would help those who smoke cigarettes cut back. The authors say that theory hasn't been proven, and there's no evidence to support the claims.Another cause for concern is that many people use e-cigarettes in public and still smoke regular cigarettes at home.