[ad_1] T cells, or body cells involved in immune responses, are responsible for causing fat and muscle loss during infection, new research in mice has revealed. Fat and muscle loss, a process called wasting, was brought about by different groups of immune cells, researchers from the Salk Institute for Biological Studies, California, US, found. Further,…
[ad_1] After having struggled with the sweltering weather, the arrival of the monsoon brings a great respite to each of us. As much as people love to be drenched in the rains, the monsoon brings with it a lot more than that. Yes, it is this time of the year, when the digestive system of…
[ad_1] Dentures could play a role in causing pneumonia, if they are not cleaned properly, according to a study. Unclean dentures provide a new surface where disease-causing microbes can colonise. People who wear dentures may then be aspirating (inhaling) saliva containing harmful microbes into their lungs, where an infection can then take hold, said the…
[ad_1] A man in Florida developed a rampant “flesh-eating” infection that tore through his thigh just days after a relative bit his leg during a fight at a family gathering. The 52-year-old Riverview resident, Donnie Adams, initially noticed a small bump on his left thigh, which emerged two days after he’d broken up a fight…
[ad_1] The nervous system of people with post-Covid fatigue was found to be underactive in key areas, increasing the risk of fatigue one of the most common symptoms of long Covid, according to researchers. A team from Newcastle University in the UK carried out a battery of behavioural and neurophysiological tests on people suffering…
