28 February, 2017

Watching birds can improve your mental health

 If you are living in a neighbourhood surrounded by trees and shrubs, with birds chirping all the time, there are less chances for you to suffer from anxiety or stress, a new study has revealed. According to researchers at the University of Exeter, the British Trust for Ornithology and the University of Queensland, lower levels of depression, anxiety and stress were associated with the number of birds people could see in the afternoon. The study published in the journal BioScience found benefits for mental health of being able to see birds, shrubs and trees around the home, whether people lived in urban or more leafy suburban neighbourhoods. 

“This study starts to unpick the role that some key components of nature play for our mental well-being. Birds around the home, and nature in general, show great promise in preventative health care, making cities healthier, happier places to live,” said Daniel Cox from University of Exeter. A recent research by Cox also found that watching birds makes people feel relaxed and connected to nature.  Did your weekend trip to the beach leave you feeling relaxed and refreshed? Well, now there’s science that proves residents with a view of the water are less stressed. The study, co-authored by Michigan State University’s Amber L. Pearson, is the first to find a link between health and the visibility of water, which the researchers call blue space. ‘Increased views of blue space are significantly associated with lower levels of psychological distress,’ said Pearson. ‘However, we did not find that with green space.’ Using various topography data, the researchers studied the visibility of blue and green spaces from residential locations in Wellington, New Zealand, an urban capital city surrounded by the Tasman Sea on the north and the Pacific Ocean on the south. Green space includes forests and grassy parks. 

Source: www.thehealthsite.com

28.02.2017

Peace begins when expectation ends

27 February, 2017

5 crore people suffering from depression in India: WHO

Depression cases are fast increasing in India with over 5 crore people suffering from the disorder, the highest in WHO's South East Asia and Western Pacific region, which includes China. The latest assessment by the UN agency shows that China and India are by far the worst affected countries accounting for nearly 50% of the total 322 million people living with depression across the world, data shows.

Data shows the total estimated number of people living with depression globally increased by 18.4% between 2005 and 2015.

Apart from depression, anxiety another major reason for suicides in India and other middle income countries is also highly prevalent in both India and China. In India 3.8 crore people suffered from anxiety disorders in 2015 with a prevalence rate of 3%.

The data shows 78% of global suicides occurred in low and middle income countries, whereas suicide accounted for close to 1.5% of all deaths worldwide, placing it among the top 20 leading causes of death in 2015.

India accounted for the highest estimated number of suicides in the world in 2012, according to a WHO report published in 2014 which found that one person commits suicide every 40 seconds globally. Both depression and anxiety were also found to be far more common in women than in men.

Source: www.timesofindia.com

27.02.2017

If you have heartbeat, there is still time for dreams

25 February, 2017

Air pollution deaths, a distress signal

The State of Global Air 2017 report, prepared by prestigious US agencies and released last week, presents an alarming picture of air pollution in India both in relative and absolute terms. It is common knowledge, gained from experience, that the quality of air is deteriorating in all parts of the country. The report, as similar studies have done in the past, backs it up with facts and figures. Deaths from the most polluting particulate matter, called PM2.5, have increased by 48% in the country since 1990 while ozone-related deaths have increased by 148%. There are more deaths due to air pollution in China than in India. But the numbers are falling there while they are increasing in India. The report has said that 91 people out of one lakh died prematurely of air pollution in 2015. More people died of air pollution in India for the first time since 1990 than in China, which recorded 85 deaths per lakh. 

The government claims that there is no scientific evidence that air pollution caused deaths. It has always been an untenable claim because it is well known that pollution causes a wide range of ailments including respiratory, cardiac and skin diseases, some of which lead to death. The first step in the fight against pollution must start from its acceptance as a serious health hazard. Even when it is partly accepted, the steps are nowhere near adequate. Improving public transport, reduction of diesel pollution, better garbage management and curbs on the burning of agricultural waste are important steps that need to be taken. But the plans are hamstrung by shortage of funds, misuse of available funds, lack of initiative in the implementation of plans and failure to communicate the message of clean air to all stake-holders. For example, farmers have to dispose of their agricultural waste before the next crop, but the best practices to recycle the waste have not been provided to them. The smoke from the burning of crop waste in neighbouring states was a major factor that caused an emergency situation in Delhi last winter. 

Pollution of any kind is a result of a particular style of development. There is the need to reorient development without these side effects, and it is necessary to take the problem of pollution more seriously. It is spreading from big cities to towns and even villages. The report says outdoor air pollution is the third leading health risk in the country. It should be realised that health costs will be much more than the cost of taking steps to curb pollution.

Source: www.deccanherald.com

25.02.2017

Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve

23 February, 2017

Researchers estimate life expectancy to exceed 90 by 2030!

A study has estimated that average life expectancy will be able to exceed 90 years by the year 2030. If this happens, it will be the first time. The international study said that many countries will witness the rise in life expectancy, with South Korea likely to top the list, whereas the US may be one of the lowest among developed countries.

Led by Imperial scientists in collaboration with the World Health Organization, the study found that among high-income countries, the United States is likely to have the lowest life expectancy in 2030, with men and women expecting to live 79.5 and 83.3 years respectively – similar to middle-income countries like Croatia and Mexico.

This was partly due to a lack of universal healthcare in the United States, and also due to factors such as relatively high child and maternal mortality rates, and high rates of homicides and obesity, the study said. In Europe, French women and Swiss men were predicted to have the highest life expectancies, averaging 88.6 years for French women and nearly 84 years for Swiss men. South Korea came out top of the predictions, with the researchers predicting a girl born in South Korea in 2030 should expect to live 90.8 years, while a boy could reach 84.1 years.

"Many people used to believe that 90 years is the upper limit for life expectancy, but this research suggests we will break the 90-year-barrier," Ezzati said.

"We repeatedly hear that improvements in human longevity are about to come to an end.. (but) I don`t believe we`re anywhere near the upper limit of life expectancy - if there even is one."

The study, published in The Lancet medical journal on Wednesday, covered 35 developed and emerging countries, including the United States, Canada, Britain, Germany, Australia, Poland, Mexico and the Czech Republic.

South Korea`s much greater average life expectancy would be due to several factors including good childhood nutrition, low blood pressure, low levels of smoking and good access to healthcare, new medical knowledge and technologies, the researchers said.

Source: www.zeenews.india.com

23.02.2017

No beauty shines brighter than good heart

22 February, 2017

Malaria superbugs, a major threat

A spectre is haunting Asia in the form of drug-resistant malaria superbugs which may pose a serious threat to public health, not only in the continent but all over the world. Parasites which are carried by mosquitoes and cause the disease are very active in Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and parts of Myanmar and may soon spread to India and elsewhere. In the countries where the superbugs have been detected, there is an upsurge in the incidence of malaria and deaths caused by it. Since the parasites have acquired resistance to drugs which are used to treat malaria, there is little defence against them. Scientists and experts have warned that the consequences could be grave if drug resistance is not tackled from a global public health emergency perspective. Malaria is a major killer and it afflicts about two million people every year. Over 4 lakh people die of it every year. The medical journal Lancet has warned that the last wave of drug-resistant malaria parasites had killed millions and so, vigil has to be stepped up in the affected areas.

Chloroquine was once used to treat malaria. But another drug came to be used later when a chloroquine-resistant strain developed. The parasite developed resistance to this drug also and in the last many years, artemisinin, discovered from traditional Chinese medi­cine for which the scientist who developed it got the Nobel Prize, has been used effectively to treat the disease. But the bacteria causing the disease has mutated into a strain which is resistant to artemisinin, too. This has caused alarm among doctors and scientists. The World Health Organisation had noted that the use of artemisinin, supported by other drugs, had nearly halved the deaths from malaria over the past 15 years. But the progress in checking it may be reversed now. Since artemisinin is crucial to the fight against malaria and there is at present no replacement for it, resistance to it will leave the world defenceless against malaria. Newer drugs were being developed when the parasite acquired resistance to drugs in the past. Though research is taking place all over the world, there is still no sign of the discovery of a drug which can take the
place of artemisinin. 

Attempts to eradicate the drug-resistant strain have been ineffective. Since resistance was developed in the natural course of evolution of the bacteria it is still more difficult to counter it. Separate cases of malaria drug resistance have also been reported from some parts of Africa. An early medical breakthrough is needed to ward off an approaching health disaster.

Source: www.deccanherald.com

22.02.2017

It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you do not stop

Confucius   

21 February, 2017

Your AC may be negatively affecting your sleep

Configure the airflow velocity of your Air Conditioner to a comfortable sleepingenvironment, as a study reveals when airflow is directed at a human body at an insensible velocity, it may increase your heart rate and affect sleeping positions.

The results, in the journal of Energy and Buildings, indicated that the participants have significantly greater body movements, an increased heart rate and a higher frequency of waking in the room that has the AC with a mean velocity of 0.14 m/s. It implies that the cold airflow may have a greater impact on the overall sleep of the participants with lower physical strength or a greater sensitivity to cold.

According to researchers of Toyohashi University of Technology in Japan, airflow from an AC stimulates the human body while sleeping and impacts on sleep conditions even if the mean airflow velocity is lower than an insensible level. It suggests some AC setting may have an unintentional negative impact on sleep quality despite the comfort the person feels.

The research team, led by professor Kazuyo Tsuzuki, had the subjects sleep in two bedrooms using ACs set at different airflow velocities. Then they made a comparison of the depth of sleep and body temperature control using electroencephalogram (EEG) measurements as well as subjective reporting by the subjects.

In this study, a comparison was made on the influence of two types of airflow, mean velocity of 0.14 m/s (general AC) and 0.04 m/s (customised AC), both at a room temperature of 26 A°C. The participants felt cooler with the higher airflow velocity during wakefulness and sleep.

However, no significant difference was observed in the feeling of comfort, length of sleep depth, skin temperature, rectal temperature or sense of warmth or coolness in each subject before sleeping. The result is useful clue as to how to configure the airflow velocity of an AC to create a comfortable sleeping environment.

Source: www.timesofindia.com

21.02.2017

The beast dreams happen when we are awake

20 February, 2017

If you thought emotions are ‘inborn’…you’re wrong

We never decide first and then react in a situation, we react according to the present state of mind! A study has found that emotions are not innately programmed in our brains, but, in fact, are cognitive states resulting from the gathering of information. The research appeared in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The team observed, “the brain mechanisms that give rise to conscious emotional feelings are not fundamentally different from those that give rise to perceptual conscious experiences.” “We argue that conscious experiences, regardless of their content, arise from one system in the brain,” said Joseph LeDoux from New York University’s center for neural science. “Specifically, the differences between emotional and non-emotional states are the kinds of inputs that are processed by a general cortical network of cognition, a network essential for conscious experiences,” LeDoux added. The findings suggest that the existing work posits that emotions are innately programmed in the brain’s subcortical circuits.

As a result, emotions are often treated as different from cognitive states of consciousness, such as those related to the perception of external stimuli. In other words, emotions are not a response to what our brain takes in from our observations, but, rather, are intrinsic to our makeup. However, after taking into account existing scholarship on both cognition and emotion, the researchers saw a quite different architecture for emotions — one more centered on process than on composition. They concluded that emotions are “higher-order states” embedded in cortical circuits. Therefore, unlike present theories, they see emotional states as similar to other states of consciousness.

Source: www.thehealthsite.com

20.02.2017

Life is about making an impact, not making an income

Kevin Kruse

18 February, 2017

Those overweight at age 20, 60-80% more susceptible to develop stomach cancer in later life!

Excess of anything is detrimental to health and excessive weight probably features on the top of that list. Maintaining a healthy weight that is complimentary to your age, height and body structure is ideal, especially because so many things can go wrong if you're overweight.

Obesity can negatively affect most of your organs – especially the heart – make you vulnerable to diabetes, joint pains, arthritis, make it difficult for women during pregnancy – basically, impact your overall health.

Now, a study has revealed the downside of being overweight in youth, saying that excessive weight during the early 20s puts one at an increased risk of developing cancer of either the oesophagus (food pipe) or upper stomach in adulthood by three times.

The findings showed that those who are overweight at the age of 20 are nearly 60-80 percent more likely to develop these cancers in later life, compared to those who maintained a healthy weight throughout life. Those who gained more than 20 kg during adulthood were also twice as likely to develop oesophageal cancer compared to people who had little weight change.

Carrying excess weight can trigger long-term reflux problems and heartburn that can lead to cancer.

It can also change the levels of sex hormones, such as oestrogen and testosterone, cause levels of insulin to rise, and lead to inflammation – all of which are factors associated with increased cancer risk, the researchers said.

"The study highlights how weight gain over the course of our lives can increase the risk of developing these two cancer types, both of which have extremely poor survival rate," said lead author Jessica Petrick from the National Cancer Institute in Maryland, US.

For the study, published in the British Journal of Cancer, the team pooled data from more than 400,000 people and analysed their reported height and weight at ages 20 and 50.

The study highlighted the importance of keeping a healthy weight throughout life to reduce the risk of developing these cancers.

Small steps like taking the stairs more often, keeping an eye on the quantity of food consumed and switching to sugar-free drinks are simple things we all can do to keep a healthy weight, the researchers suggested.

Source: www.zeenews.india.com

17.02.2017

If you can dream it, you can achieve it

Zig Ziglar

17 February, 2017

Premature babies more likely to face anxiety issues later

Premature babies born with extremely low birth weight are not only at risk of physical problems but are also more likely to experience later in life mental health problems -- mainly involving attention, anxiety-related and social problems, a study says.

"Our findings provide evidence that individuals born at extremely low birth weight are at higher overall risk for psychological difficulties than their normal birth weight peers," said lead author Karen Mathewson from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.

"These difficulties most frequently involve attention, anxiety-related and social problems," Mathewson said. Because of improvements in recent decades in neonatal intensive care, premature babies who are born at extremely low birth weight (less than 1,000 grams) have a greater chance of surviving than ever before.

Mathewson and her colleagues analysed 41 studies that followed 2,712 individuals who were extremely low birth weight babies and 11,127 who were normal birth weight babies.

The studies took place over a 26-year period (1990-2016) in 12 different countries.

Extremely low birth weight babies were found to be at increased risk for particular mental health problems, beginning in childhood and extending at least into their 30s, according to the study published in the journal Psychological Bulletin.

As children, they were significantly more likely to have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in almost every study included in the review. Adolescents were also at greater risk for ADHD and social problems.

Adults born with extremely low birth weight reported significantly higher levels of anxiety, depression and shyness, as well as significantly lower levels of social functioning.

Source: www.timesofindia.com

17.02.2017

Trust that an ending is followed by a beginning

16 February, 2017

Children born to older mothers are more intelligent, says new research

A new study suggests that women who give birth in their late 30s are more likely to have intelligent children. The new study differs with the previous scientific beliefs that suggested children born to younger mothers are healthier and smarter.

 "Our research is the first to look at how the cognitive abilities of children born to older mothers have changed over time and what might be responsible for this shift," said study lead author Alice Goisis, researcher at London School of Economics and Political Science.

This shift is due to the changing characteristics of women who have children at an older age, the study said.

As per the new study, older mothers today tend to be more advantaged than younger mothers - for example, they are well educated, are less likely to smoke during pregnancy and are established in professional occupations. This was not necessarily true in the past.

For the study, the researchers analysed data from three longitudinal studies in Britain - the 1958 National Child Development Study, the 1970 British Cohort Study and the 2001 Millennium Cohort Study. Children's cognitive ability was tested when they were 10/11 years old.

In the 1958 and 1970 cohorts children born to mothers aged 25-29 scored higher than children born to mothers aged 35-39.

In the 2001 cohort, this result was reversed.

When the researchers took the mothers' social and economic characteristics into account, the differences across cohorts disappeared. This indicates that the changing characteristics of women who have children at an older age were highly likely to be the reason for the differences.

"Cognitive ability is important in and of itself but also because it is a strong predictor of how children fare in later life -- in terms of their educational attainment, their occupation and their health," Goisis said. The new findings could come as a good news for career women who want to delay pregnancy till age 35.

The study has been published in the International Journal of Epidemiology.

Source: www.zeenews.india.com

16.02.2017

Success is a series of small wins

15 February, 2017

Is your elder sibling smarter? Blame parents

Elder siblings have higher IQs and better thinking skills as they receive more mental stimulation from parents in their early years, according to a new research. First-borns score higher than their siblings in IQtests as early as age one, researchers from University of Edinburgh have found. They said that first-born children received more support with tasks that developed thinking skills. Researchers said the findings could help explain the so-called birth order effect, when children born earlier enjoyed better wages and more education in later life.

Researchers examined data from the US Children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Nearly 5,000 children were observed from pre-birth to age 14. The tests included reading recognition, such as matching letters, naming names, reading words and picture vocabulary assessments.

The findings showed that advantages enjoyed by first born siblings started from just after birth to three years of age.Researchers found that parents changed their behaviour as subsequent children were born. They offered less mental stimulation to younger siblings and also took part in fewer activities.

"Broad shifts in parental behaviour are a plausible explanation for the observed birth order differences in education and labour market outcomes," said Ana Nuevo-Chiquero.

Source: www.timesofindia.com

15.02.2017

People inspire you or they drain you. Pick them wisely

14 February, 2017

Regular naps may help toddlers learn language better

Toddlers who regularly take naps may develope better language skills than those who do not take a nap, researchers say. The findings showed that three-year-olds who napped within about an hour of learning a new verb performed better than those who stayed awake for at least five hours after learning, regardless of whether they were habitual nappers. While an infant between birth and six months old may take up to six naps a day, many children are down to one nap or no naps a day by preschool. The learning benefit of napping could come from what is known as slow-wave sleep, the researchers said. “There’s a lot of evidence that different phases of sleep contribute to memory consolidation, and one of the really important phases is slow-wave sleep, which is one of the deepest forms of sleep,” said Rebecca Gomez, Associate Professor at University of Arizona in the US. 

“During this phase, what the brain is doing is replaying memories during sleep, so those brain rhythms that occur during slow-wave sleep and other phases of non-REM sleep are actually reactivating those patterns — those memories — and replaying them and strengthening them,” Gomez added, in the paper published in the journal Child Development.Preschool-age children should be getting 10 to 12 hours of sleep in a 24-hour period, whether it’s all at night or a combination of nighttime sleep and napping. If they do not get enough sleep it can have long-term consequences including deficits on cognitive tests, Gomez said. For the study, the team tested 39 typically developing 3-year-olds, divided into two groups: habitual nappers and non-habitual nappers.  Parents may want to consider maintaining regular naptimes for preschoolers, who are at an age at which naps have a tendency to dwindle, the researchers suggested.

Source: www.thehealthsite.com

14.02.2017

Do what is right, not what is easy

13 February, 2017

New beating 3D heart tissue may improve cardiac treatment

Researchers have created a 3D heart tissue that beats in synchronised harmony, like a heart in love, that will lead to better understanding of cardiac health and improved treatments.

Researchers at York University in Canada have devised a way to stick three different types of cardiac cells together, like Velcro, to make heart tissue that beats as one.

Until now, most 2D and 3D in vitro tissue did not beat in harmony and required scaffolding for the cells to hold onto and grow, causing limitations.

In this research, Professor Muhammad Yousaf and his team from York University made a scaffold free beating tissue out of three cell types found in the heart - contractile cardiac muscle cells, connective tissue cells and vascular cells. The researchers believe this is the first 3D in vitro cardiac tissue with three cell types that can beat together as one entity rather than at different intervals.

"This breakthrough will allow better and earlier drug testing, and potentially eliminate harmful or toxic medications sooner," said Yousaf.

In addition, the substance used to stick cells together (ViaGlue), will provide researchers with tools to create and test 3D in vitro cardiac tissue in their own labs to study heart disease and issues with transplantation.

"Making in vitro 3D cardiac tissue has long presented a challenge to scientists because of the high density of cells and muscularity of the heart," said Dmitry Rogozhnikov from York University.

"For 2D or 3D cardiac tissue to be functional it needs the same high cellular density and the cells must be in contact to facilitate synchronized beating," said Rogozhnikov.

Although the 3D cardiac tissue was created at a millimeter scale, larger versions could be made, said Yousaf, who has created a start-up company OrganoLinX to commercialize the ViaGlue reagent and to provide custom 3D tissues on demand.

The study was published in the journal Scientific Reports.

Source: www.zeenews.india.com

13.02.2017

Difficult roads often lead to beautiful destinations

11 February, 2017

Soak rice overnight to reduce risk of heart disease, cancer

Are your a rice lover? Then know the healthier method to cook it. Before eating rice, soak them overnight to reduce the chances of increase in heart disease, diabetes and cancer, suggested a new study. According to researchers from the Queens University Belfast in England, the chemical from the industrial toxins and pesticides in the soil contaminate the rice that is endangering the health of millions of people, reports The Telegraph. The findings revealed that by soaking rice overnight the level of toxin — arsenic — was reduced by 80 percent. For the research, Andy Meharg from the University, tested three different ways of cooking rice.

In the first, he used a ratio of two parts of water to one part of rice, where the water was “steamed out” during cooking. In the second, with five parts of water to one part of rice, with the excess water washed off, levels of arsenic were almost halved. And in the third method, where the rice was soaked overnight, levels of the toxin was reduced by 80 percent. But experiments suggest that the way rice is cooked is key to reducing exposure to the toxic and naturally occurring chemical.Cultivating rice varieties that accumulate less amount of arsenic can tackle the challenge of exposure to the carcinogen that affects the population in over five Indian states, an expert said here Wednesday. Though drinking water contamination is known to be the prime cause of arsenic exposure, toxic effects have been observed in people whose only source of the carcinogen is rice.

 ‘India’s major problem in terms of environmental mutagens (mutating agent) is arsenic. Five states have been affected and more reports are coming in everyday. ‘Very recently we have proven a link between rice containing high levels of arsenic and DNA damage and this becomes crucial since rice is a staple in India,’ Asian Association of Environmental Mutagens Societies (AAEMS) president Ashok K. Giri told IANS on the sidelines of the 4th Asian Conference on Environmental Mutagens at the Indian Institute of Chemical Biology (under the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research) 

Source: www.thehealthsite.com

11.02.2017

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement

10 February, 2017

Many Hospital Workers Are an Unhealthy Lot: Study

More than three-quarters of workers at six Houston hospitals are overweight or obese, a new study shows.

Researchers surveyed 924 employees -- mostly technicians and administrators -- about their health status and diet. Doctors weren't part of the survey.

The results showed that 78 percent were overweight or obese. Fruit and vegetable consumption was generally low in all weight groups. Those who were obese had much higher daily consumption of white potatoes such as french fries, regular-fat foods (versus reduced- or low-fat), sugary beverages and added butter and margarine than those of normal weight.

The study also found that 65 percent of respondents had no days of vigorous physical activity. About half had no days with moderate physical activity. Compared to those with normal weight, overweight and obese respondents spent more time doing things such as watching television, playing computer games and sitting.

The study was published recently in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine.

The 78 percent rate of obesity/overweight is "higher than the national average but not shocking because our study probably attracted employees who wanted to lose weight," said study first author Shreela Sharma, an associate professor at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston's School of Public Health.

"Regardless, it is troubling because these are hospital employees active in the workforce and we need them to be healthy. Because obesity is linked to so many cardiometabolic risks, such as elevated glucose and lipids, this calls for immediate intervention to prevent chronic diseases," Sharma said in a university news release.

The study also found that nearly 79 percent of respondents were dissatisfied with their workplace wellness programs and dissatisfaction was highest among obese people.

"These results highlight the need for hospital employers to better understand, support and nurture the health of their employees," Sharma said.

Source: www.medicinenet.com

10.02.2017

I survived because the fire inside me burned brighter than the fire around me

Mahatma Gandhi

9 February, 2017

Migraines more common among females – Know why

A new research has found that women are more prone to migraines and other stress-related disorders. This is because of of distinct differences found in mast cells, a type of white blood cell that is part of the immune system, says a study.

Mast cells are an important category of immune cells because they play a key role in stress-related health issues that are typically more common in women such as allergic disorders, auto-immune diseases, migraines and irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS.

"Over 8,000 differentially expressed genes were found in female mast cells compared to male mast cells," said lead researcher Adam Moeser, Associate Professor at Michigan State University in the US.

"While male and female mast cells have the same sets of genes on their chromosomes, with the exception of the XY sex chromosomes, the way the genes act vary immensely between the sexes," Moeser noted.

A further in-depth analysis of the genes within the RNA genome -- a primary building block in all forms of life -- revealed an increase in activity that is linked to the production and storage of inflammatory substances, according to the study published in the journal Biology of Sex Differences.

These substances can create a more aggressive response in the body and result in disease.

"This could explain why women, or men, are more or less vulnerable to certain types of diseases," Moeser said.

With this new understanding of how different genes act, scientists could eventually start developing new sex-specific treatments that target these immune cells and stop the onset of disease, Moeser said.

Source: www.zeenews.india.com

09.02.2017

A negative state of mind never brings a positive outcome