A new birth control pill for men appears to be safe when used daily for a month, with hormone responses consistent with effective contraception, study researchers say. Their study results, in 83 men, will be presented Sunday at ENDO 2018, the Endocrine Society's 100th annual meeting in Chicago, Ill. Like the pill for women, the…

A daily dose of baking soda may help reduce the destructive inflammation of autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, scientists say. They have some of the first evidence of how the cheap, over-the-counter antacid can encourage our spleen to promote instead an anti-inflammatory environment that could be therapeutic in the face of inflammatory disease, Medical College…

KATHMANDU: One per cent of people above 60 years of age suffer from Parkinson’s disease, a degenerative neurological disorder that affects the central nervous system. But now-a-days, youth are also being diagnosed with the disorder, showed a documentary screened at Moksha in Jhamsikhel. In the documentary – Living with Parkinson’s Disease – various personalities including…

A study testing the efficacy of a precision nutrition approach, which categorized diets as low fat or low carb based on participants' DNA profiles, revealed intriguing results. The study involved 600 overweight individuals from Stanford University who underwent genetic and insulin testing before being assigned to either a low-fat or low-carb diet. Researchers analyzed genetic…

Zinc deficiency may play a role in high blood pressure Link found between zinc, blood pressure and kidney sodium transporter in mouse study. Lower-than-normal zinc levels may contribute to high blood pressure (hypertension) by altering the way the kidneys handle sodium. Zinc deficiency is common in people with chronic illnesses such as type 2 diabetes…

Sleeping time is sometimes considered unproductive time. This raises the question whether the time spent asleep could be used more productively -- e.g. for learning a new language? To date sleep research focused on the stabilization and strengthening (consolidation) of memories that had been formed during preceding wakefulness. However, learning during sleep has rarely been…

Effective blood test would be useful diagnostic tool Current Alzheimer’s tests are expensive and invasive Brain-wasting disease affects 50 million people worldwide Researchers in Japan and Australia say they have made important progress in developing a blood test that could in future help doctors detect who might go on to get Alzheimer’s disease. In a…

Feb 4, 2018-Lumbini is polluted than Kathmandu by more than one and a half times, said the Department of Environment (DoE). Data received from the air quality monitoring system shows that Lumbini has more polluted particles than Kathmandu, said Joint Secretary of the DoE Mohan Dev Joshi. Air pollution from the Indian border, and dusts…