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Digital health in spotlight as pandemic shifts tech show focus
Digital health care is in the spotlight at the tech industry’s big event this week amid a pandemic that has highlighted the importance of remote services, with a potentially lasting impact on medical delivery.
Wine and cheese is good for your brain
A study finds that daily intake of red wine and cheese could help protect cognitive function as we age.
Study links protein involved in removing Alzheimer's buildup to circadian rhythm
CHICAGO, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have reported that protein YKL-40 is both regulated by clock genes and involved in clearing away potentially toxic buildup of Alzheimer's proteins in the brain.
What is gene therapy?
Advances in medical technology means that some diseases can be treated using human DNA.
WHO: Heart disease in Philippines worst in South-East Asia
MANILA, Dec 13 (Philippines Daily Inquirer/ANN): In the last 20 years, heart disease has remained the leading cause of death in the world and is still “killing more people than ever before,” the World Health Organisation (WHO) said in its 2019 Global Health Estimates, and the Philippines is the worst in South- East Asia (SEA).
When to call a spade a spade
From DR ANG PEI SOO, DR YEO SIANG LEE and DR LEELA KORAN Faculty of Languages and Linguistics Universiti Malaya.
Novel form of Alzheimer's protein in spinal fluid indicates stage of disease
CHICAGO, Dec. 7 (Xinhua) -- A novel form of an Alzheimer's protein found in the fluid that surrounds the brain and spinal cord indicates what stage of the disease a person is in, and tracks with tangles of tau protein in the brain, according to a study from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.
Poo may hold secret to tackling ageing
From slathering mud to eating strange roots, people have tried different ways to stay young, but an experiment on mice involving faecal matter is giving hope that humans may slow down the ageing process while tackling conditions such as dementia.
M’sian receives Mountbatten Medal
ASSOC Prof Dr Tang Tong Boon from Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP) created history when he became the first Malaysian to be awarded the Mountbatten Medal, one of the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Achievement Awards.
Vitamin B2 powers many antioxidant processes in the body
Also known as riboflavin, this vitamin plays an essential role in managing oxidative stress and aiding digestion.
