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- Read more about Sit-Stand Desk at Offices can Fight Obesity
A new research suggests that replacing sitting desks with sit-stand desks at offices could offer a cost-effective and sustainable approach to fight obesity. The study was published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
- Read more about Knowing High-Status People may Be Detrimental to Health
A new study has found that knowing people who enjoy comparatively higher status may be detrimental to your mental health. The findings appeared in the journal Social Science and Medicine.
- Read more about Despite Exercise Benefits, Some People Like to Strive More to Prevent Diabetes
While exercise is good for everyone, it is also a well known fact that some struggle more than others, suggested a recent study by researchers at Lund University. The researchers studied the effects of exercise in people with increased risk of type 2 diabetes caused by being immediately related to someone with the disease. The study is published in Journal of Applied Physiology.
- Read more about High-Fructose Diet Hampers Recovery After Brain Injury
Researchers have now warned that a diet high in processed foods which are often sweetened with high-fructose corn syrup may impair the brains' ability to heal after a serious traumatic brain injury (TBI). The study was published in the Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism
- Read more about New Powder To Stop Bleeding After Gunshot developed
Researchers created self-propelled particles in the form of powder that can stop severe bleeding in such cases as post-partum hemorrhage or gunshot wounds. This study was published in the journal Science Advances.
- Read more about Protein that Controls Fight Stress Identified
TRPV1 protein controls the nerves that release noradrenaline and affect core body temperature. This opens the doors for the development of new strategies to treat the effects of stress on the body. The study was published in The FASEB Journal.
- Read more about Sound Sleep Necessary to Boost Memory of Immune System
New research reveals that a sound sleep not strengthens the response-memory of your immune system when it comes to killing bad bacteria and viruses as they enter your body. The paper was published in the journal Trends in Neurosciences.
- Read more about New Test Spots All Viruses that Infect People and Animals
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine have developed a new test that detects virtually any virus that infects people and animals. This is helpful in early detection of future outbreaks of deadly viruses such as Ebola, Marburg and severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS). The study was published online in the journal Genome Research.
- Read more about Beware: Toppled Television Set can Harm Your Child
TV sets falling onto young children are causing an increasing number of severe neck and head injuries. The team looked at 29 studies from seven countries analyzing TV-related head and neck injuries. The paper was published in the Journal of Neurosurgery: Pediatrics.
- Read more about Now Lidocaine can be produced in mass
One of the world’s most in-demand anaesthetics can now be produced on the spot, thanks to the thermos-flask sized device that recently won Flinders University inventor Professor Colin Raston an Ig Nobel prize.