Researchers at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) School of Medicine have discovered that blocking an intracellular signaling enzyme in a key pathway may lead to effective new treatments to fight rheumatoid arthritis.
It’s not clear from the study if women were born with extra-flexible joints or obtained them through a lifetime of exercise and stretching, according to Tim Spector, a professor of rheumatology at St. Thomas’ Hospital in London.
A spinal fluid protein may prove useful in identifying people with the earliest stages of multiple sclerosis (MS), say researchers at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore.
Worried about sugary drinks rotting your teeth? A new study suggests the acid in popular refreshments can cause dental damage, too.
A procedure known as the “middle cranial fossa” approach can help preserve hearing when surgeons remove small acoustic neuromas — benign tumors that grow on the nerves that connect the brain to ear.
Levels of unhealthy blood pressure are on the decline worldwide, a new study shows, but experts aren’t sure why.
Breast-fed babies, so the prevailing wisdom goes, are less likely to have weight problems later in life. Introducing solid foods later — at about four or six months — is also thought to reduce the risk of being overweight later in childhood.
A study attempting to find out exactly why we prefer fatty foods could help manufacturers to design tasty, low fat diet and foods that are less likely to make people overweight.
Many soy food products carry health claims stating that they reduce the risk of heart disease. A review of the evidence, however, suggests that soy?s cardiovascular benefits may have been overestimated by the early studies that formed the basis for its health claim.
A compound found in fruits like olives, mangoes, strawberries and grapes fights cancer in human and animal cells, shows recent research.