Gravity leads to baldness among men
The force of downward pull caused by the gravity on the scalp may be key contributor to the events leading to progressive hair loss in male pattern baldness, a new study claims. The effects of gravity may explain the apparently paradoxical effects of testosterone in male pattern baldness, or androgenic alopecia (AGA), researchers said. “The new theory’s unparallelled ability to explain even the details of the hair loss process and the formation of the pattern in AGA is apparent,” said Dr Emin Tuncay Ustuner, a plastic surgeon in Ankara, Turkey. Ustuner’s Gravity Theory seeks to reconcile some puzzling observations related to the development and progression of AGA.
Do Aerobic exercise for memory
Aerobic exercise can boost memory in people with multiple sclerosis (MS) by up to 54 per cent, a new study has found. The study led by Victoria leavitt and James Sumowski, from Kessler Foundation, US, provides the first evidence for beneficial effects of aerobic exercise on brain and memory in individuals with MS. Hippocampal atrophy seen in MS is linked to the memory deficits that affect approximately 50 per cent of individuals with MS, researchers said. Despite the prevalence of this disabling symptom, there are no effective pharmacological or behavioural treatments. “Aerobic exercise may be the first effective treatment for MS patients with memory problems,” said leavitt, research scientist in Neuropsychology & Neuroscience Research at Kessler Foundation.
Sugar has no link with liver disease
A new study has claimed that sugar intake is not directly associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, as it was earlier believed. Rather, high-calorie diets promote the progression of this serious form of liver disease. Researchers conducted a double-blind study of healthy, but centrally overweight men to compare the effects of high intakes of two types of sugar, glucose and fructose, in two conditions — weight-maintaining (moderate-calorie diet) and weight-gaining ( high-calorie diet). In the weight-maintaining period, men on neither diet developed any significant changes to the liver. However, in the weight-gaining period, both diets produced equivalent features of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, including steatosis (fatty liver) and elevated serum transaminase and triglycerides.