CARBOHYDRATES are often hailed an undisputed no-go zone when it comes to dieting.
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Monday, May 2, 2016
Do carbs REALLY lead to weight-gain? Expert reveals whether banning bread is best
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Here’s a vitamin that can slow down ageing: Study
According to the research, Vitamin B3 has the potential to revitalise certain organs. (Photo: Thinkstock)
Researchers have discovered that vitamin nicotinamide riboside, which is a source of vitamn B3, has the potential to revitalise certain organs that lose the regenerative capacity with age.
By administering nicotinamide riboside (NR) to elderly mice, the researchers restored their organs’ ability to regenerate and prolonged their lives.
The findings, published in the journal Science, have implications for treating a number of degenerative diseases.
“This work could have very important implications in the field of regenerative medicine,” said one of the researchers, Johan Auwerx from Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL).
“We are not talking about introducing foreign substances into the body but rather restoring the body’s ability to repair itself with a product that can be taken with food,” Auwerx explained.
The researchers believe this work on the ageing process also has potential for treating diseases that can affect — and be fatal — in young people, like muscular dystrophy.
Under normal conditions, cetain stem cells, reacting to signals sent by the body, regenerate damaged organs by producing new specific cells, at least in young bodies.
“We demonstrated that fatigue in stem cells was one of the main causes of poor regeneration or even degeneration in certain tissues or organs,” Hongbo Zhang from EPFL noted.
This is why the researchers wanted to “revitalise” stem cells in the muscles of elderly mice.
“We gave nicotinamide riboside to two-year-old mice, which is an advanced age for them,” Hongbo Zhang said.
“And our results are extremely promising: muscular regeneration is much better in mice that received NR, and they lived longer than the mice that didn’t get it,” Hongbo Zhang pointed out.
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Sunday, May 1, 2016
Worried about your gums? Here are six signs to watch out for
Prevent gum disease by watching out for the symptoms. (Photo: Thinkstock)
Worried that you may have gum disease? Red and swollen gums, sensitivity of teeth and receding gum line and appearance of slightly elongated teeth might hold the answers to your doubts, says an expert.
Kamlesh Desai, a renowned senior aesthetics dentist in the country, lists down some warning signs to watch out for:
* Bleeding: The first tell-tale sign of gum disease is the presence of blood on your toothbrush. If you happen to spot blood during and after brushing your teeth or while eating food, be cautious. Unexplained bleeding of the gums is most certainly the sign of gum disease and should not be ignored as it could be the first sign of a more serious underlying condition as well.
* Red and swollen gums: Periodontal infection causes gums to swell and become tender. These sore and swollen gums can be extremely painful and cause great discomfort. Red, swollen and puffy-looking gums are a dead giveaway of gum disease.
* Sensitivity of teeth: The first thought that comes to mind when teeth start getting sensitive is that tooth decay could be the cause and you start avoiding foodstuff that aggravate this sensitivity. Chances are that the sensitivity has been caused due to the onset of gum disease and not tooth decay and needs more care than just avoiding certain foods and beverages.
* Bad breath: Generally, people who have this hugely embarrassing condition avoid particular foodstuffs thinking they can do away with bad breath. But, the solution is not as simple and the cause is often deep rooted. Presence of plaque, bacteria and decomposing food particles present in the mouth result in gum diseases that are responsible for Halitosis, also known as bad breath.
* Receding gum line and appearance of slightly elongated teeth: A strong indicator of periodontal disease is recession of the gums where the margin of the gum tissue pulls back, exposing more of the tooth or the tooth’s root. This is due to the bacterial gum infection that destroys the gum tissue. Additionally, recession of the gums can make your teeth appear to be ‘longer.’ If you notice that your teeth look longer all of a sudden, it could be a muted sign of the underlying gum disease.
* Loose teeth: Destruction of the bone and gum tissue due to periodontal disease results in loose and shifting teeth. As the tissue deteriorates, there is a high chance of teeth becoming more loosely attached. And, there are big gaps between the teeth due to the shifting.
If one begins to notice any of these signs, the first step would be to switch to an effective gum care toothpaste with zinc citrate. Zinc Citrate protects gum and also helps reduce gum bleeding.
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Breast milk boosts brain growth of premature babies
Breast milk helps in the brain growth of premature babies. (Photo: Thinkstock)
Feeding premature babies mostly breast milk — irrespective of whether that came from the babies’ own mothers or donated by other women — during the first month of life appears to spur more robust brain growth, compared with babies given little or no breast milk, says a study.
“The brains of babies born before their due dates usually are not fully developed,” said senior investigator Cynthia Rogers from St. Louis Children’s Hospital in the US.
“But breast milk has been shown to be helpful in other areas of development, so we looked to see what effect it might have on the brain,” Rogers said.
“With MRI scans, we found that babies fed more breast milk had larger brain volumes. This is important because several other studies have shown a correlation between brain volume and cognitive development,” Rogers explained.
The findings are scheduled to be presented at the annual meeting of the Pediatric Academic Societies, in Baltimore on May 3.
The study included 77 preterm infants. The researchers retrospectively looked to see how much breast milk those babies had received while being cared for in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) at St. Louis Children’s Hospital in the US.
Then, the researchers conducted brain scans on those infants at about the time each would have been born had the babies not arrived early.
All of the babies were born at least 10 weeks early, with an average gestation of 26 weeks, or about 14 weeks premature. Because they are still developing, preemies typically have smaller brains than full-term infants.
In gauging the effects of breast milk on the babies’ brains, the researchers did not distinguish between milk that came from the babies’ own mothers and breast milk donated by other women. Rather, they focused on the influence of breast milk in general, first author Erin Reynolds, aresearch technician in Rogers’ laboratory, said.
“As the amount of breast milk increased, so did a baby’s chances of having a larger cortical surface area,” Reynolds said.
“The cortex is the part of the brain associated with cognition, so we assume that more cortex will help improve cognition as the babies grow and develop,” Reynolds said.
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Saturday, April 30, 2016
Studies say Maharashtrians at highest risk of developing diabetes
People in Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Madya Pradesh are the safest in terms of their risk of developing the debilitating disease. (Photo: Thinkstock)
People in Maharashtra are at the highest risk of developing diabetes, followed by those in Karnataka, New Delhi and West Bengal, says a study by seeDoc, a Haryana-based online medical consultation company.
People in Uttar Pradesh, Haryana and Madya Pradesh are the safest in terms of their risk of developing the debilitating disease, the study said.
These findings are based on 20,000 users’ online diabetes assessment test over the past three months, an official statement said.
Users who have a high risk of developing Type-2 diabetes showed the following common characteristics — high body mass index (BMI), low physical activity, working in high stress environment, family history of Type-2 diabetes and symptoms of heart diseases, the statement added.
seeDoc designed the digital ‘Diabetes Test’ to assesses a user’s risk of developing diabetes in the next five years.
“The Diabetes Test has been researched and designed by top doctors with both international and Indian experience and functions in a simple manner by asking users certain basic information about their health and lifestyle, and mathematically provides a risk score which conveys the risk to the user as mild, moderate, high and very high risk,” the statement added.
“Once a healthy person develops diabetes, the task is an uphill battle for both patients and their doctors,” said Anuj Agarwal, co founder and chief medical officer at seeDoc.
“Early detection and then preventing patients from developing the disease is the key to tackling the diabetes epidemic in India,” he added.
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Kids With Two Dads as Well-Adjusted as Other Kids, Study Finds
But many of the fathers say they still face societal barriers
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Bullying Can Turn Victims Into Bullies
Greater risk for aggressive behavior when both cyberbullying and in-person taunting took place, study found
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