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World Liver Day is celebrated across the world on April 19. The day focuses on raising awareness about liver-related disorders and diseases as the highly complex organ of the body is responsible for immunity, digestion, as well as metabolism, making it important to keep the liver healthy. In India, liver ailments amount to the 10th most common reason for death, World Health Organisation (WHO) said. World Liver Day is focused on making everyone adopt a healthy lifestyle, avoid eating oily foods and spread more awareness about liver diseases. #WorldLiverDay #healthyliver #healthylifestyle #liverdiseaseawareness

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Health is the greatest wealth. Happy World Health Day 2023!

Added sugar is extremely prevalent in modern food and drinks. A high intake is linked to obesity, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend keeping added sugar intake below 10% of your daily calorie intake, while the World Health Organization recommends slashing added sugars to 5% or less of your daily calories for optimal health. #sugar #sugarfree #sugarfreelife #sugarfreediet #obesityrisk #diabetes #type2diabetesrisk #heartdisease #calorieintake #dietaryguidelinesforamerians #worldhealthorginization #optimalhealth

Added sugar is extremely prevalent in modern food and drinks. A high intake is linked to obesity, type 2 diabetes, and heart disease. The Dietary Guidelines for Americans recommend keeping added sugar intake below 10% of your daily calorie intake, while the World Health Organization recommends slashing added sugars to 5% or less of your daily calories for optimal health. #sugar #sugarfree #sugarfreelife #sugarfreediet #obesityrisk #diabetes #type2diabetesrisk #heartdisease #calorieintake #dietaryguidelinesforamerians #worldhealthorginization #optimalhealth

Polyphenols are a group of molecules found in plants and plant-derived foods, which have a range of known health benefits due to their antioxidant activity. They are known to bind with amino acids—the building blocks of proteins—which also occur in foods, and can enhance their antioxidant effects. Previous studies have looked at the effect of polyphenol-binding with the proteins found in meat. A team of researchers has now shown that when the polyphenols found in coffee bind with an amino acid found in milk, the antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects in mouse cells in vitro are enhanced. One group of researchers from the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, previously looked at the effect of polyphenol binding to proteins in meat products, milk, and beer. Recently, they decided to investigate coffee. Their latest research sought to explain how the binding of this particular polyphenol with the amino acid cysteine affected its inhibitory effect on inflammation in cells. #polyphenols #antioxidant #proteins #antiinflammatory #aminoacids #coffee #caffeine #milk

Many people spend long periods of time looking at their phones, tablets, computer monitors, and televisions. After all, modern jobs often require people to focus on screens for several hours per day. On top of this, many people rely on digital media or TV to relax after work. Therefore, there is little respite for the eyes. Viewing digital screens for long periods of time can make a person’s eyes work harder than usual. This can put the eyes under strain, which may lead to the development of vision problems. Other factors also can contribute to computer eye strain. For example, some people view screens from inappropriate distances and angles. This can lead to the adoption of uncomfortable and tense postures, especially if the person has underlying vision problems. Additionally, one review notes that people’s blinking rate drops dramatically when viewing screens. However, blinking is an important biological function that keeps the surface of the eyes clean and lubricated. This reduction in blinking may also explain some of the symptoms of computer eye strain. #eyestrain #visionproblem #eyecaretips #computervisionsyndrome #digitaleyestrain

Intense cold weather and vulnerability of elderly with comorbidities and declining immunities is providing an environment for Omicron sub-variants to keep mutating, eventually bypass vaccine immunity. The Covid-19 outbreak in China has caused the world to go into panic mode again, exactly three years after the first episode of SARS-CoV-2 was reported in December 2019. In the absence of clear reporting from China, the highly infectious and transmissible Omicron sub-variant BF.7 has left health experts and scientists across the world concerned because new sub-variants are not easily affected by the monoclonal antibodies of those who recovered from Covid-19 and even those who got vaccinated and took their booster. #COVID19 #Omicron #BF7Variant #vaccineboosterdose #CovidPandemic #SARSCoV2 #subvariant #matterofconcern #ColdWeatherSafety #virusmutuation #vaccineimmunity

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas 🎅🎄 May this festive season embrace you all with the joys of love & laughter. ❤️ #christmaseve #merrychristmas #christmastime #christmas2022

People with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) live with terrifying memories of traumatic events. Psychotherapy is the primary form of treatment offered to people with PTSD and other acute fears. Drugs may supplement such treatments. A new study in mice suggests that blocking serotonin receptors may help individuals unlearn fears. The new research zeroes in on serotonin, a neurotransmitter and hormone that sends messages throughout the body and between nerve cells in the brain. Psychological and physiological disorders have been linked to abnormally high or low levels of serotonin, and research suggests it is implicated in PTSD and anxiety disorders. #PTSD #traumatized #trauma #stressdisorder #phychotherapy #acutefear #serotonin #nervecells #brain #phychologicaldisorder #physiologicaldisorder #anxiety #anxietydissorder #medicalresearch

According to the WHO, obesity and overweight are no longer just a problem for individuals, but a global epidemic — which it refers to as “globesity” — that is taking over in many parts of the world. Primarily, obesity is driven by the change in our diets to more energy-dense foods, a more sedentary lifestyle, and environmental factors, such as urbanization also play a role. But combating the global problem of obesity will take more than just telling people to eat less and exercise more. Culinary medicine uses a high-quality, tailored diet, to prevent and treat disease and maintain well-being. The aim is to enable individuals to use food and drink safely and effectively to achieve desired health outcomes. So might culinary medicine be an effective way to combat obesity? Each individual will respond differently to this approach and thus have varying degrees of success. So it could help, but is not a universal solution. #obesity #overweight #overweightproblems #globesity #healthydiet #healthyfood #healthylifestyle #exercise #stathealthy #culinarymedicine

Hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a risk factor that can lead to more severe health problems. People can take proactive steps to improve their blood pressure through lifestyle modifications. A​ recent study found that yoga may provide more benefits for controlling blood pressure than other stretching methods. A pilot study recently published in the Canadian Journal of Cardiology looked at the effectiveness of yoga as a way to help manage high blood pressure. Compared to the control group, the group that did yoga saw more significant improvements in resting blood pressure and heart rate compared to stretching. #Hypertension #HighBloodPressure #Yoga #YogaBenefits #HealthProblems #Lifestyle

For the first time, a new study explored vitamin D levels in the human brain and the potential effect on cognitive outcomes. Researchers found that higher levels of vitamin D are associated with a lower risk of dementia in older adults. Vitamin D is involved in cell-signaling pathways that may be part of neurodegeneration. The researchers found that higher brain vitamin D concentrations in all four brain areas were associated with a 25% to 33% lower chance of developing dementia or mild cognitive impairment by the time of individuals’ last visit before death. Despite the findings, the exact role of vitamin D in cognitive function is not yet fully understood. #VitaminD #Dementia #HumanBrain #cognitive #neurodegeneration #DementaiRisk #researchstudy

A new study suggests that people who eat walnuts tend to have a lower risk of heart disease and healthier eating habits. Nuts, including walnuts, are generally considered part of a healthy diet because of their high levels of protein, fiber, and healthy fats. Researchers from the University of Minnesota found that people who consume walnuts have a better heart disease risk profile than those who do not eat walnuts. The research team also reported walnut eaters ate an overall healthier diet, gained less weight, and enjoyed more physical activity compared to non-walnut eaters. #walnuts #healthylifestyle #heartdiseases #car #cardiovascularhealth #healthydiet

Turns out omicron variant less likely to cause long Covid than Delta. However, because far more people were infected during omicron wave, the total number with long Covid might be higher 😵‍💫 #covid #vaccines #delta #omicron #doctors #corona #coronavirus #india

What is Haemophilia and why is this potential treatment important? Haemophilia A is a rare genetic condition that affects the 🩸 blood’s ability to clot after a cut/wound. This occurs in 1/5000 male births a year annually and even more rarely in females! People with this condition can experience bleeding episodes that can cause irreversible joint damage and life-threatening issues. What is this trial? The study focused on efanesoctocog Alfa as an effective treatment for bleeding with 96.7% of bleeds resolved with a single 50 IU/kg dose. This has been a joint collaboration between Sanofi and Sobi. #innovation #research #worldnews #news #blood #collaboration #collab #pharma

Every year India requires est. 5 Crore units of blood, however, only 2.5 Crore Units are available. Will you answer the calls for Blood Donation this year? Visit: http://nbtc.naco.gov.in/page/eligibility/ to see if you are eligible to donate. #blood #blooddonor #life #redblood #giftoflife #transfusion #accidents #loss #india #facts #donate #call #blooddonations

Like a truck on a highway, vesicles import, transport and export cargo. However, instead of gasoline they are pulled by special motor proteins across the microtubule highway (coolaboo) Cool right! #highway #truck #vesicles #vehicle #import #export #cargo #health

A fibroblast is a connective tissue cell that plays an important role in wound healing. When normal they have smooth edges, but if they are missing the necessary protein for proper construction of the cell’s skeleton they look SPIKY! Why is that an issue? The spiky shape makes it impossible for the cell to move normally thereby compromising wound healing. This abnormal movement can lead to birth defects, faulty immune function, and other health problems. #fibroblast #tissue #cell #immunesystem #birthdefect #healthproblems

Did you know that the relationship between fruit flies (Drosophila melanogaster) and human genes is so close that often sequences of newly discovered human genes, including disease, genes can be matched with equivalent genes in the fly? An estimated 75% of the genes that cause disease in humans are also in the fruit fly! This is just one of the reasons to study the amazing fruit fly. Other reasons include its short reproduction cycle of 8-14 days allowing several generations to be observed in a matter of months. Also, they are inexpensive to maintain as they are only 3mm long but not so small they can't be seen without a microscope. Allowing scientists to keep millions of them in a lab at the same time (Your Genome 2021). #research #fly #flies #timeflies #specimens #insectworld #insects #generation #wealth #genes #DNA #genetics #disease #microscope