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The next step in the fight against paracetamol overdose
The liver, which is a part of the gastrointestinal tract is the largest organ of the human body. Its function does not end at helping the digestion of food. It plays a key role in the homeostasis of...
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Beneficial parasites a new perspective for treating autoimmune diseases
There is a hope that researchers found a new weapon in the fighting autoimmune diseases. According to an article published in FASEB Journal some parasitic peptides influence immune system leading to...
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Botox – an effective remedy for stomach cancer?
Botox, which is a botulinum toxin, has been inextricably connected with medicine for many years. It was first used in ophthalmology and neurology in early 1920s. Currently, it became an integral part...
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Tapeworm diet … miracle, if you do not lose your health …
Nowadays, look is very often the determinant of success both in personal and professional life. Slim people are better perceived by the society which put more trust in them. That is why so much...
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Compulsive overeating – a way to improve the mood or have a disease?
Stress, problems at work, difficult life situation are almost indispensable elements of the modern world. The constant rush additionally increases the tension and makes it difficult or even impossible...
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Obesity: Will simple tablets replace operations on the stomach?
Obesity has become an epidemic of the modern world – a decrease in physical activity, improper diet and stress contribute to the ever-increasing number of people with a BMI over 30. WHO raises the...
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Salicylic acid protects against the development of Barrett’s esophagus
The use of salicylic acid (ASA) reduces the risk of developing Barrett’s esophagus, which is considered as the main factor affecting the occurrence of esophageal cancer. A study describing the...
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What is „obesity paradox”?
Obesity, which is pathological accumulation of body fat in an organism, is an affliction causing dysfunctions of proper body functioning and leads to development of additional diseases and chronic...
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Targeted restoration of the intestinal microbiota – a key to C. difficile...
Clostridium difficile infection is a serious medical problem. Frequent relapses and terrible consequences such as pseudomembranous colitis make the lives of infected patients miserable. Scientists in...
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Obesity, diabetes, depression and osteoporosis – current nightmares of humanity
Obesity is linked with excessive accumulation of fat tissue and with adverse effects on health. Type 2 diabetes has become one of the main lifestyle diseases and is one of the most common problems in...
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Organs from the printer
Modern sciences – such as medicine and technology are developing at a very fast pace. The result of this development is the emergence of ever new devices, tools and techniques. The purpose of these...
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Glybera – a drug that will replace a defective gene
Glybera is the first drug authorized in Europe which is based on gene therapy. It is also known as the most expensive drug in the world – a therapy with the use of it is expected to cost about 1.2...
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Endoscopic transplant of islet cells – a success of Polish surgeons
What was only a dream for diabetics a few months ago became a fact today. A team from Institute and Clinic of General and Transplant Surgery of Baby Jesus Clinical Hospital in Warsaw had conducted...
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Depression related to Clostridium difficile infection – is it a coincidence?
Clostridium difficile colitis has its source in an alteration of the normal bacterial flora of the colon and the release of toxins causing damage to the intestine. Several modifiable risk factors have...
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Helicobacter pylori infection is a risk factor of colorectal cancer
Helicobacter pylori is a Gram-negative coccobacillus which exists in stomach. World Health Organisation estimates that around 70% people in developing countries and 30% people in developed countries...
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Oral bacteria may be responsible for triggering colonorectal cancer
Colonorectal cancer is a major health problem across the globe. Its occurrence is highest in the developed countries in North America and Europe. It is considered as the second most common cause of...
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The more you sleep, the more weight you lose?
Scientists from The University of Pennsylvania have decided to check whether sleep time and the number of sleep hours are an additional factor predisposing to putting on weight. Researchers were...
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Importance of newfound mutation of HBV virus: W4P/R
Korean Scientists, Lee et al., in their epidemiological molecular investigation identified specific W4P/R preS1 mutation of hepatitis B virus (HBV) in male patients with genotype C of chronic...
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Mediterranean diet decreases the risk of a stroke
Research conducted in the latest years have shown that the use of Mediterranean diet significantly decreases the risk of a stroke occurrence. It is the third most frequent cause of death and the main...
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Pancreatic cancer – breakthrough in diagnostics?
About a year ago appeared incredible information about 15-years-old Jack Andraka, an American high school student, who devised a test which detects pancreatic cancer in the early stage. The test is...
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