Monthly Archives: November 2021

Antihistamines Can Enhance Response to Immunotherapy. New Study

Antihistamines are medications commonly used to treat allergies, such as hay fever, hives, conjunctivitis and reactions to insect bites or stings. They are also sometimes used to prevent motion sickness and as a short-term treatment for insomnia.  Most antihistamines can be bought from pharmacies and shops, but some are only available on prescription.  What is […]

New Synthetic Tissue Able to Repair Different Body Tissues

Combining knowledge of chemistry, physics, biology and engineering, scientists from McGill University develop a new biomaterial tough enough to repair different body tissues, including heart, muscle and vocal cords.  Injectable hydrogels can be delivered via needle–syringe injection into the human body with low invasiveness. They have found significant use in many branches of medicine, including […]

Health Benefits of Glutamine Supplementation

What is Glutamine?  Glutamine is the most abundant and versatile amino acid in the body, and is of fundamental importance to intermediary metabolism, interorgan nitrogen exchange via ammonia (NH3) transport between tissues and pH homeostasis.  In almost every cell, glutamine can be used as a substrate for nucleotide synthesis (purines, pyrimidines and amino sugars), NADPH, […]

New Study Finds Increased Risk of Dementia in Individuals that Practice Box

Boxing is a very  popular sport. In some countries like Wales, many have seen it as a means to rise above the poverty of everyday life. The popularity of the sport has been enhanced by a large number of professional foxers. Boxing involves the potential for repeated head trauma that may increase risk of traumatic […]

What are the Health Benefits of Taking Omega and Coenzyme Q10?

What is Omega?  Omega-3s (short for omega-3 fatty acids) are a kind of fat found in foods present in plants and marine life, and in the human body. They are also sold as dietary supplements. Fish oils come from fatty or oily fish, such as trout, mackerel, tuna, herring, sardines, and salmon. They contain omega-3 […]

New Medication for Type 1 Diabetes Could Even Prevent the Disease

Researchers from Yale University have developed an oral medication to treat diabetes that controls insulin levels while simultaneously reversing the inflammatory effects of the diseases. The results were published in the journal Nature Biomedical Engineering.  The drug has 2 critical advantages over the standard treatment for diabetes because it can be taken orally. It’s much […]

New Study Shows That Vitamin D Could Stop Inflammation in COVID-19

A large number of patients with COVID-19 develop severe and life-threatening hyper-inflammation and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) and mortality from severe COVID-19 remains high, in part due to the limited range of specific immunomodulatory therapies available.  Patients who survive and those with milder disease, may lose significant tissue function from persistent inflammation and fibrosis, […]

What are the Health Benefits of Using Probiotics?

What are Probiotics? Probiotics are live bacteria and yeast that may benefit a person’s health. They are present in the human digestive system and in some foods and supplements.  Probiotics are useful bacteria. They exist throughout the body, although people largely associate them with the stomach and intestines. As evidence of a link between the […]

Stem Cell Therapy for Heart Failure Lowers Risk of Adverse Outcomes

Stem cell therapy can help heart failure patients decrease their risk of non-fatal myocardial infarction (MI) or stroke, according to new research presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2021.  Heart failure is a condition when the heart is unable to adequately pump blood to meet the body’s need for oxygen and nutrients. In […]