Paula Tudoran, Author at Health Thoroughfare

New Therapy Could Be Efficient in Treating Many Cancer Forms

Researchers at Mount Sinai developed a therapy that showcases efficiency in vitro at cutting off a biological pathway that helps cancer survive. The paper is available in Cancer Discovery, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. The therapy is a…

July 23, 2021 · by Paula Tudoran · 0

Obesity Associated With Advancement of Alzheimer’s Disease

A new study from the University of Sheffield has discovered that being overweight is additional trouble for brain health and may aggravate Alzheimer’s disease. The groundbreaking multimodal neuroimaging research revealed that obesity might contribute to neural tissue weakening while keeping…

January 31, 2021 · by Paula Tudoran · 0

Understanding The Way Infants Perceive Language

Numerous scientific reports have previously proposed that infants group sounds into native vowel- and consonant-like phonetic labels through a statistical clustering system called ‘distributional learning.’ This early phonetic learning concept that infants learn phonetic categories has been recently challenged by…

January 31, 2021 · by Paula Tudoran · 0

Exercising Alone Helps Muscles Fight Chronic Inflammation

A team of biomedical engineers at Duke University has finally demonstrated that the human muscle has a native ability to eliminate the damaging effects of chronic inflammation when exercised. The finding was possible because of laboratory-grown and engineered human muscle,…

January 24, 2021 · by Paula Tudoran · 0

Study Shows the Benefits of Growing Up in a Bilingual Home

A new study has found that growing up in a bilingual family can have some unexpected cognitive advantages later in life. The research, published in the journal Scientific Reports, shows that adults who started speaking a second language as a…

January 22, 2021 · by Paula Tudoran · 0

Research Finds 13 Percent People Worldwide Show PTSD Symptoms Because of the Pandemic

People worldwide became a lot more fearful of what could happen to them or their loved ones, even from the start of the pandemic last year. New research of 1,040 participants from five different countries published in PLOS ONE analyzes…

January 22, 2021 · by Paula Tudoran · 0

Vitamin B12 Deficiency Can Cause Delirium in Serious Cases – How to Treat It

Vitamin B12 deficiency doesn’t just trigger visible changes in the body but can also cause neuropsychiatric issues. One such sign of low B12 levels is delirium. Vitamin B12 is a nutrient that helps in maintaining the body’s nerve and blood…

December 18, 2020 · by Paula Tudoran · 0

Physicists Develop the First Time-Reversed Waves of Optical Light

A team of physicists has managed to demonstrate a new method for the time-reversal of a wave of optical light. It doesn’t mean that the researchers have actually handled the reversal of the flow of time – instead, they have…

December 18, 2020 · by Paula Tudoran · 0

Study Finds Nurturing Hope Makes You Happier With What You Have

A new study led by the University of East Anglia found that having hope for the future could safeguard people from risky behaviors such as gambling and drinking. The scientists analyzed ‘relative deprivation,’ which is the feeling that other people…

December 16, 2020 · by Paula Tudoran · 0

Study Finds Water is Effective in Treating Metabolic Syndrome

Scientists at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus found that fructose triggers the release of vasopressin, a hormone associated with obesity and diabetes. The team also discovered that water is able to curb the hormone and mitigate metabolic syndrome…

December 15, 2020 · by Paula Tudoran · 0