Red Meat helps boosting a food poison Germ

Tags: bacterium, food poisoning, HUS

Dairy products scientists say that they have found a bacterium that become the cause of food poisoning by targeting a non-human molecule that can be absorbed into the body through red meat.

A potent bacterial toxin known as Subtilase cytotoxin is produced by some kinds of E. coli bacteria that targets on human cells with a non-human cellular molecule on their surface. It seems that N-glycolylneuraminic acid (Neu5Gc) is one of its favorite targets. N-glycolylneuraminic acid is a type of glycan or sugar molecule and its high levels are found in red meat and dairy products.

Subtilase cytotxin leads to bloody diarrhea and can become the cause of haemolytic uraemic syndrome (HUS) that is a potentially fatal disease.

The study has been published online in the journal Nature Oct. 29 issue.

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More drinking, more Shrinkage of the brain

The excessive alcohol drinking, shrinks’ brain, a new study has found.

“The take-home message is that, if you drink a lot, you’re going to hurt your brain. This is something we knew, but this is a huge study that quantifies that.” said Rajesh Miranda, an associate professor of Health Science Center College of Medicine.

Brain degenerates naturally with aging, at a rate of about 1.9 percent per decade. Simultaneously, the brain gains white matter lesions. Both of these changes are accompanist of dementia and cognitive decline.

For the study, researchers conducted MRI and health examination on 1,839 adults, aged up to 60. None of the participants had evidence of clinical dementia or had suffered a stroke.

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Women with Psychiatric Disorders Likely to Face Bizarre Delusions

A recently concluded Swedish research suggests that the women who are suffering through a history of psychiatric disorders should undergo careful clinical risk assessment for postpartum psychosis.

The Swedish researchers obtained such evidences that de-destabilize the existing premise that obstetric variables are of only minor importance.

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Fighting the War against Cancer: Use Diet as Your Weapon

There has been a continuous war against the deadly disease known as cancer from the time it first came into the picture. The medical science has conducted the research on the number of fronts that could prove to be beneficial as the remedy for this disease. The healthy diet has proved its essence in preventing as well as curing some severe diseases. Thus, it has been looked as the potential option for treating the cancer of any body part as well.

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Causes And Symptoms of Sore Throat

Does your throat hurt? If you have a sore throat, no one has to tell you that you don’t feel good. You are probably rubbing the outside of your throat and swallowing kind of hard. You may even feel a little feverish or just plain tired. Sore throats are truly no fun. Fortunately, they don’t last very long and are very treatable.

A sore throat can be caused by either a viral or bacterial infection. A sore throat is most commonly caused by a cold, which is a viral infection. Other viral infection causes include laryngitis and mononucleosis. A bacterial infection that causes a sore throat might be strep throat or tonsillitis. Each of these has other symptoms that may help you and your physician determine if you have that particular infection.

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Mediterranean Diet Wards Off Child Asthma

Researchers have discovered that children who eat a Mediterranean diet are much less likely to suffer from asthma. In fact, women who eat this diet while they are pregnant pass the benefits along to their unborn child.

The study was published in the British Medical Journal’s Thorax and detailed the benefits for children whose mother’s stuck to a Mediterranean diet during their pregnancy. They discovered that women who ate primarily fresh fruit, nuts, grains and vegetables passed on benefits to their children that reduced the risk of asthma symptoms.

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More Effective Ways to Deal with Asthma and Allergies

A new ray of hope is there for the people who frequently suffer from asthma, rheumatoid arthritis or are susceptible to allergies or other inflammatory diseases.

A new study conducted by researchers at ‘Barts’ and ‘The London School of Medicine and Dentistry’ has found a key component of the body’s own responses to allergens. Allergens are the substances that cause the immunity system of the body to trigger a fight against the foreign bodies. These foreign bodies could be just dust, pollen, peanut, milk, penicillin etc. and since they are not recognized by our immune system, body reacts to them. The symptoms occur in the form of inflamed airway or runny nose or itching in the eyes or rashes on the skin. So this key component which triggers this fight can be targeted to reduce the allergic reactions.

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