Sleep-wake cycle impacts beta cells
Circadian rhythm is defined as the body’s natural process of sleeping and waking up according to the 24 hours caused by earth’s rotation. A new research study published in the...
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Physical activity is essential
In the last few years majority of the world population has stayed indoors to safeguard themselves. People across the globe have experienced a drastic change in their everyday routine. A...
COVID-19 vaccine researcher with Type 1 Diabetes wins Nobel prize
Physician and scientist Drew Weissman, who earned both an MD and a PhD at Boston University, and his research collaborator, Katalin Karikó, have won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physiology...
Air pollution and Type 2 Diabetes
A recent research study published in the journal BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care highlighted a link between long term exposure to fine particulate matter of diameter less than 2.5ìm...
Lack of sleep could damage DNA
An adult aged between 18 and 60 should ideally sleep for at least seven hours every night. People are aware of health problems caused by lack of sleep such as...
Plant-based foods reduce the risk of heart disease, Diabetes, and...
In a recent study published in BMC Medicine, researchers conducted a meta-analysis to evaluate the effects of replacing animal-based foods with plant-based alternatives on cardiometabolic health and all-cause mortality. In...
Genes matter
Genes, a component of deoxyribonucleic acid or DNA, are important as they give instructions to the body to make proteins essential for the smooth functioning of the body. Each body...
Type 2 Diabetes and Colorectal Cancer Risk
The study, published in the journal JAMA Network Open, included 54,000 adults, 66 per cent of whom were African American and 53 per cent of whom had incomes of less...
Semaglutide, Heart health, and Obesity
A research study called the select trail sought to find if semaglutide (a glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist) can reduce the risk of adverse heart related events in patients who did...
New Alzheimer’s drug slows disease by a third
In Alzheimer’s disease, brain cells waste away (degenerate) and die. People with Alzheimer’s may repeat statements, forget conversations, routinely misplace possessions, get lost in familiar places, eventually forget the names...
