PARIS (AFP): British and French researchers have discovered numerous alternatives of a solitary gene that increases the menace of obesity, a study published on Sunday in the British Journal Nature (BJN).

Earlier investigation had revealed that an unusual transformation in the similar PCSKI gene can itself go ahead to massive gains in corpulence making it the merely recognized source called as “Monogenetic Obesity”.

Meanwhile, a team escorted by Philippe Froguel of Imperial College London wanted to explore if PCSKI might lead amalgamation with other genetic factors to more multifaceted and prevalent forms of stoutness also. …click here to read more

Alzheimer emerged as one of the most dominant cognitive disorders influencing millions of people especially in the United States.

There are different symptoms of Alzheimer including cognitive decline, hyperactivity, panic disorder, sleep apnea, fatigue, snoozing, hallucination, dreams, memory variations, dizziness, abdominal ache, poor digestive system, breathe throbbing, chronic headache, irritation, quietness, poor expression of language and chronic mental changes.

The major causes behind Alzheimer are hereditary factors, head injury, drugs, lack of exercise, binge eating, lack of sleeping, societal burdens, tensions, unemployment, chronic melancholic behaviors, etc. …click here to read more

According to the research lead by Edward Giovannucci, M.D, Sc.D (Harvard School of Public Health and Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston) and colleagues, men who have low levels of vitamin D are at higher risk of heart attack (myocardial infarction). The study is published in the June 9 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.

The deaths due to cardiovascular diseases are most commonly seen in the people of higher latitudes area where there is less sun shine as compared to higher altitudes. The Researchers relate these findings with the hypovitaminosis – a term refers to vitamin D deficiency disease which is common at higher latitudes and lower altitudes areas during the winter month. The study shows that vitamin D deficiency affects body in such a way that may cause the risk of heart attack and heart disease. …click here to read more

When the Scientists have first developed vaccines for cancer treatment they were hoping that this therapy would fully cure the cancer. Scientists were using the body’s own immune system to fight against the infected cell. But the advanced studies prove it wrong as treatment shows the risks of harmful side affects.

To comment on the findings published the June 10 issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, relating to the harmful after effect of skin cancer immunization therapy, Dr. Louis M. Weiner, director of the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. stated that all treatments have potential side effects, and we have to be very thoughtful about how and to whom we apply those treatments, and how we follow the patients we treat to assure appropriate safety.

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World Health Organization (WHO) is planning to take major step towards ban on advertisement, promotion and sponsorship of tobacco. This step will protect 1.8 billion world’s youth population from getting addicted to it. WHO is insisting all the government to restrict all their tobacco industry from doing their cultured marketing of their products.

Young population has more tendencies to adapt and acquire to what they see. Industry advertises their product and tries to link them with glamour, sex appeal and energy to attract young people. Thus imposing ban on advertisement and promotions reduces the risk of youth becoming tobacco smoker.

Dr. Margaret Chan, the director general of WHO said, “In order to survive, the tobacco industry needs to replace those who quit and die with new young consumers.” The industry markets their product so well that millions of people become addicted worldwide. This results in the decreased health condition among the young people. So she is constantly demanding government to put ban on all advertisement and promotions of tobacco.

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According to the study of Journal of the American society of Nephrology(JASN) , the non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) also known as type 2 diabetes may be risk factor for diabetes related chronic kidney disease (CKD),

Lead authors Dr. Giovanni Targher of University of Verona in Verona, Italy and Dr. Michael Chonchol of University of Colorado Health sciences Center in Denver, Colorado commented that identifying patients with NAFLD would highlight the subgroup of type 2 diabetic individuals and they could be targeted for more intensive therapy to decrease risk of CKD.

The studies conducted on 1,760 Italian adult patients shows that Type 2 diabetes has NAFLD and CKD in common. NAFLD, the most common type of chronic liver disease caused by deposition of fats in the liver may lead to serious liver condition or even cirrhosis. This study does not include patients with fatty liver disease caused by common causes such as alcohol abuse, chronic viral hepatitis and some medications affecting the liver.

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