How Exercise Reduces Belly Fat in Humans Some of you may have made a New Year’s resolution to hit the gym to tackle that annoying belly fat. But have you ever wondered how physical activity produces this desired effect? A signaling molecule called interleukin-6 plays a critical role in this…

Florida Family Sues Hospital for ‘Causing Father to Overdose After A Back Surgery’ A Florida doctor may never be able to walk or breathe on his own after his family claims medical staffers — at the very hospital he served for more than 30 years — gave him a lethal…

Japanese Scientists Implant First Parkinson’s Patient with Replacement Neurons Derived from Stem Cells Currently, more than 10 million people worldwide live with Parkinson’s disease (PD). By 2020, in the US alone, people living with Parkinson’s are expected to outnumber the cases of multiple sclerosis, muscular dystrophy and Lou Gehrig’s disease combined. There…

Reservoir of Blood-Forming Stem Cells Discovered in the Human Gut Scientists at Columbia University’s Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons report a surprising new finding: the human intestine may provide up to 10% of blood cells in circulation from its own reservoir of blood-forming stem cells. Previously, blood cells were thought to…

Very Low Calorie Diets Trialledby NHS to Tackle Diabetes Hundreds of thousands of people will receive NHS help to battle obesity and type 2 diabetes under radical action set out by Simon Stevens, Chief Executive of NHS England. Very low calorie diets that have been shown to put type 2…

Researchers Explore What’s Behind Mediterranean Diet & Lower Cardiovascular Risk A new study by investigators from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, and the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health offers insights from a cohort study of women in the U.S. who reported consuming a Mediterranean-type diet. Researchers…

New Study Finds that Fat Consumption is the Only Cause of Weight Gain Scientists from the University of Aberdeen and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have undertaken the largest study of its kind looking at what components of diet—fat, carbohydrates or protein—caused mice to gain weight. Since food consists of…

The Age Eraser PRP has gained fame with the trademark Vampire Facelift, and is now opening doors for a range of cosmetic and wellness possibilities. PRP is a treatment with seemingly endless areas for application – from turning back the clock on ageing to helping with sexual dysfunction. And that’s…

Lab-Grown Oesophagus Implanted in Mice Scientists in London have grown a bio-engineered oesophagus which was successfully implanted into mice. The work, published in Nature Communications, was led by scientists at UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health (ICH), Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) and the Francis Crick Institute. The team…