Monthly Archives: February 2022

In a research published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, researchers from the University of California, Irvine and Japan’s University of Tsukuba found that even very light workouts can increase the connections between some parts of the brain that intervene in the formation and storage of memories. Physical exercise has beneficial […]

Colorectal cancer is a disease in which cells in the colon or rectum grow out of control. Sometimes abnormal growths, called polyps, form in the colon or rectum. Over time, some polyps may turn into cancer. Also colorectal adenomas that persist and grow for long periods can become malignant.  Not counting some kinds of skin […]

Traumatic spinal cord injury (SCI) has an immediate and catastrophic impact on movement control and on all aspects of a patient’s health and quality of life. Primary trauma injury causes direct damage, which often leads to death of cells, disruption to blood-SC barrier, and degradation of extracellular matrix (ECM). All of these processes cause an […]

When a woman goes to a prenatal visit the physician typically focuses almost exclusively on her behaviors, but new research findings suggest that science should be looking more closely at the father’s behavior as well. Whether maternal background can mitigate sperm-inherited alterations in developmental programming and modify penetrance of growth defects induced by preconception paternal […]

Epidemiological studies have demonstrated that breastfeeding has a protective effect against breast cancer. However the mechanism behind this has remained unclear.  Studies using mice models suggest that this could be due to changes in breast tissue that occur during breastfeeding causing long lasting epigenetic changes. But the exact mechanism has been difficult to investigate because […]

Being obese and overweight can increase the risk of developing multiple health conditions including hypertension, cardiovascular disease, and type 2 diabetes. According to studies excess weight can also cause a chronic inflammatory state in the body.  Obesity is associated with this increased inflammatory state in which there is an increase in markers of inflammation and […]