It’s no secret that exercise is essential for good overall health. Experts suggest that healthy adults get at least 30 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise, 4-5 times per week, to stay in good shape. Moderate-intensity exercise is at a brisk pace, which makes it slightly difficult to have a conversation while working out. You should also [Read More]
It’s no secret that exercise is essential for good overall health. Experts suggest that healthy adults get at least 30 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise, 4-5 times per week to stay in good shape. Moderate-intensity exercise is at a brisk pace which makes it slightly difficult to have a conversation while working out. You should also [Read More]
Sleep might just be the most important thing you do all day. Experts agree that not getting adequate sleep can be devastating to your health, and there’s even been a link discovered between too little sleep and Alzheimer’s Disease! Sleep is essential for peak physical and mental performance. In this post, we’ll discuss why sleep [Read More]
When we think of bacteria, we often think of illness and infection. However, there are many bacteria that are essential for the normal functioning of our bodies, especially our gastrointestinal system. We are just scratching the surface of what we know about gut bacteria and the role it plays in our overall health, but research [Read More]
For the last decade, doctors have been injecting stem cells into the hearts of cardiac patients. Although it has not been understood why, it has been clear that for some patients these stem cells have helped to regenerate heart tissue. However, new research suggests that the immune system plays a very large role in this. [Read More]
It is estimated that over one million Americans are infected with the HIV virus. HIV, or human immunodeficiency virus, is an infection that eventually leads to AIDS, or acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Once AIDS has set in, most patients die within five years due to complications from cancers, diseases, viruses, or infections. Doctors and researchers [Read More]
The use of stem cell transplants for different diseases has been widely researched in the last few decades, with varying results. More research is still needed to determine the ways that stem cells can be used to treat disease. Yet there have been some success stories. Most recently, evidence suggests that HIV and AIDS can [Read More]
Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute, a not-for-profit biomedical research facility, have developed a new approach to make cells resistant to the HIV virus. In laboratory experiments, the HIV-resistant cells promptly replaced infected cells. The method offers a potential cure for people with HIV. The findings were published in Proceedings of the National Academy of [Read More]
A group of researchers in Canada, led by Dr. John Dick at the University of Toronto, have discovered the reason for the mysterious relapse of acute myeloid leukemia (AML) in some patients. The findings provide insight into why certain patients are fated to relapse while others achieve remission with standard chemotherapy.
A researcher at Israel’s Ben-Gurion University of the Negev claims to have developed an innovative stem cell treatment that could potentially cure leukemia. The per capita fatality rate from leukemia in Israel is the fourth highest in the world. In the United States, the disease claims nearly 25,000 lives each year.
Recent results from a phase 2 clinical trial using stem cell transplantation have offered new hope for the treatment of aggressive multiple sclerosis. Multiple sclerosis (MS), while not a deadly disease, is known as severely debilitating, slowly deteriorating a patient’s entire nervous system. An aggressive form of MS rapidly results in failure of the nerves [Read More]
