Category: Health News
Ketogenic Diet: Health Benefits And Possible Side Effects
How Does the Ketogenic Diet Work? Ketogenic diet or keto diet is a low-carb, high-fat, moderate-protein diet. So, you basically replace carbohydrates with good fat. Macro-nutrients intake is 55-60% …
Weight-Loss Surgery Can Cause Pregnancy and Birth Complications
Women who have previously undergone weight-loss surgery are at a higher risk of developing pregnancy complications. Their babies are more likely to be prematurely born, have congenital anomalies and …
Intriguing Effects of LSD Microdoses on The Mind Study Shows
Microdosing is a productivity hack that is popular among business leaders and Silicon Valley engineers. Microdosers take small regular doses of LSD. Rather than experiencing mind-bending, hallucinatory trips, they …
Humanization of Antibodies That Can Deal With Human Herpesvirus 6B
Professor Yasuko Mori led a research group that succeeded in humanization of mouse antibodies. These antibodies can neutralize infections caused by the human herpes virus 6B (HHV-6B). Infections by …
The Effects of Horny Goat Weed on Sexual Function
When you hear the word, “horny….”, the first thing that crosses the mind is sex. Clearly the Chinese sheep herder noticed an unusually high amount of sexual activity from …
A New Method of Transmitting HIV Among the Injection Drug Users
According to studies from Western University and Lawson Health Research Institute, HIV is transmittable through sharing equipment that is used to prepare drugs before injection. The study also found …
Micro-Robots That Can Wipe Out Dental Plaque Are Now A Reality
Visiting a dentist is normally time consuming and involves unpleasant scraping using mechanical tools to remove plaque from teeth. Dentists can now be able to deploy tiny robots to …
Drinking Alcohol is Never Safe During Pregnancy According To Study
An international team of researchers takes a major step in finding biological changes in the brain driving fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD). New work that uses chaos theory in …
Cell Encapsulation Device Raises Survival Rate Of Cells In Injectable Tissues to 85%
An injection which can help damaged tissue re-grow has for a long time been patients’ and physicians’ dream alike. A new study by researchers at UBC Okanagan brings that …