TECH & INNOVATIONResearchers in Singapore have developed EndoPil, a self-inflating weight-control pill that overcomes the limitations associated with endoscopically administered intragastric balloons.
Monkeys show a new way of properly dieting. In a study on crab-eating macaques, a team of researchers at Wake Forest University found that the primates on a humanlike Mediterranean diet chose not to eat all the food available to them and maintained a normal weight; by comparison, the animals on a Western diet ate far more than they needed and gained weight; the study also provided the first experimental evidence that a Mediterranean diet protects against non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, or NAFLD, compared with a Western diet.
The human taste cells contain many vital molecules known to be present in olfactory receptors The functional olfactory receptors, the sensors that detect odors in the nose, are also present in human taste cells found on the tongue, according to a report by scientists from the Monell Center.
Our favorite food may not taste the same to us in a few years Our sense of taste is complex. It takes all five senses working together to make us appreciate and enjoy our food and drink.
Pet cats that are allowed outdoors can be infected with parasites and pathogens Pet cats that are allowed to go out of the house are likely to become infected with parasites or pathogens about three times more than those that are confined inside the house as reported in the Royal Society journal Biology Letters.
There are more reasons than ever to encourage women with cardiovascular disease to move more Researchers at John Hopkins Medicine have used data from a national survey representing more than 19 million U.
Men and women are different in many ways in their thought processes, response to surroundings etc. Speaking generally, both genders have their own inclinations on their thought processes. It would be extremely interesting to know how they differ at the workplace.
The virus is in the reproductive organs of the mosquito The dengue fever mosquito common to the north and central Queensland poses the greatest danger of spreading the Zika virus in Australia, according to the researchers at QUT and QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute.