Burns are tissue damage that results from heat, overexposure to the sun or other radiation, or chemical or electrical contact. Burns can be minor medical problems or life-threatening emergencies. The treatment of burns depends on the location and severity of the damage. Sunburns and small scalds can usually be treated at home. Deep or widespread […]
Depression (major depressive disorder) is a common and serious medical illness that negatively affects how you feel, the way you think, and how you act. Fortunately, it is also treatable. Depression causes feelings of sadness and/or a loss of interest in activities you once enjoyed. It can lead to a variety of emotional and physical […]
Alzheimer’s disease (AD) is the most common neurodegenerative disease and despite the existence of treatments that can alleviate these symptoms, no treatment has been proven to completely halt AD progression. In the past decade, an increasing number of randomized control trials (RCTs) have demonstrated promising findings regarding dietary interventions for AD, especially probiotic and prebiotic […]
The gut microbiota plays multiple roles in our immunological, nutritional, and metabolic functions, such as sustaining gut homeostasis for the host, fermentation of indigestible dietary fibers, and production of essential amino acids and vitamins (like vitamin K). Different environmental and genetic factors have an influence on the gut microbiota, and changes in the state of […]
There is a plethora of literature that is continuously published on the role of nutritional agents and skin conditions. The different agents include vitamins, minerals, amino acids, antioxidants, diets, and gluten. A new study by researchers from the Atal Bihari Vajpayee Institute of Medical Sciences and Dr. Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital in Delhi, India, did […]
The regenerative capacity of skin starts declining with age, but the exact mechanism of why this happens is still unknown. Researchers from Japan have recently identified a mechanism to explain why this happens and potentially how it can be fixed. The study results were published in the Journal of Cell Biology. Researchers from Tokyo Medical […]
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a developmental disability that can cause significant social, communication and behavioral challenges. There is often nothing about how people with ASD look that sets them apart from other people, but people with ASD may communicate, interact, behave, and learn in ways that are different from most other people. The learning, […]
Ketamine is an N-methyl-d-Aspartate receptor agonist with well-established safety and efficacy as an analgesic and anesthetic. Since it was developed in 1964, largely as a replacement for phencyclidine, it has been used primarily in veterinary and pediatric anesthesia, but in recent years it has also been used in psychiatry after reports of its rapid-acting antidepressant […]
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) targets the immune system and weakens people’s defense against many infections and some types of cancer that people with healthy immune systems can fight off. As the virus destroys and impairs the function of immune cells, infected individuals gradually become immunodeficient. Immune function is typically measured by CD4 cell count. […]
Pain is a normal defense mechanism that alerts the body of potential damage to prevent further injury. A painful stimulus causes sensitivity, which triggers the transmission of pain signals, via afferent sensory nerve fibers, to the dorsal horn of the spinal cord and up into the brain. Pain information then travels from the brain through […]