MEDICINE & HEALTH

Measles Outbreak Causes the Shutdown of a School in New York

Jewish school gets shutdown after refusal to present health documents to the Department of Health. As the controversy in anti-vax issues continue, New York City Department of Health has issued an exclusion order last December that prevents unvaccinated students from attending school in some neighborhoods.

Researchers Restored Silenced Cancer Genes to Fight a Broad Range of Cancers

Findings could lead to a new strategy to fight a broad range of cancers After a due study of human colon cancer cells and mice, John Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center researchers and experts confirm that they have successfully blocked the activity of portions of a protein referred to as UHRF1 and restored the function of hundreds of cancer-fighting genes that became misregulated by the disease.

Diabetes in Children Connected to Maternal Gestational Diabetes, Study Says

Maternal gestational diabetes mellitus is a risk indicator of diabetes in children and youth In recent research, "Gestational diabetes associated with incident diabetes in childhood and youth: a retrospective cohort study" published in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal), it was discovered by researchers that children and youth of mothers with gestational diabetes during pregnancy are at risk of diabetes themselves.

How to Train Brain to Strengthen Communication

People can now have access to their brain activity in real time and gain control over it The main discovery of a new study conducted at D'Or Institute of Research and Education (IDOR) indicated that brain training with neurofeedback in less than one hour leads to the strengthening of neural connections and communication among brain areas.

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