Washington, June 19 (ANI): University of Leicester scientists have discovered a potential genetic contributor to the increased risk of heart disease among men.

Washington, June 18 (ANI): An artificial sweetener produced by fungi, bacteria, and algae could help treat those suffering from Parkinson's disease, according to a new study.

Washington, June 18 (ANI): How kids eat their food may turn out to be just as important as what they eat, according to a new study.

London, June 17(ANI): Women having a higher risk of breast cancer could be benefited from being screened for the disease at a younger age, a new research has revealed.

Washington, June 16 (ANI): Researchers have identified two gene variants that may predict which women are likely to benefit from a long-term drug treatment that can cut the risk of developing the disease in half.

Washington, June 16 (ANI): A new study suggests that a promising brain-imaging technique has the potential to improve diagnoses for the millions of people suffering from Parkinson's disease.

Guwahati, June 14 (ANI): The United Nations resident coordinator, who was present during a two-day seminar, which was recently organized here to raise awareness and sensitise people about HIV/AIDS, has praised India for its efforts to fight the disease.

Washington, June 14 (ANI): A new study has found that postmenopausal women who use antidepressant medication or suffer from depression might be more likely to have a higher body mass index (BMI), larger waist circumference and inflammation-all associated with increased risk for diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

Washington, June 14 (ANI): To answer why was there a sudden drop in the incidence of leprosy at the end of the Middle Ages, biologists and archeologists reconstructed the genomes of medieval strains of the pathogen responsible for the disease, which they exhumed from centuries old human graves.

Washington, June 13 (ANI): Researchers at The Mount Sinai Medical Center have found that multiple drug classes commonly prescribed for common medical conditions are capable of influencing the onset and progression of Alzheimer's disease.

Washington, June 13 (ANI): Researchers have engineered a virus that is capable of delivering normal genes to difficult-to-reach retinal cells that need fixing.

Washington, June 13 (ANI): A new study has revealed that a few cups of hot cocoa may not only fight off the chill of a winter's day, but they could also help obese people better control inflammation-related diseases, such as diabetes.

Washington, June 12 (ANI): A new study has found that female mice have innate protection from certain digestive conditions.

Washington, June 12 (ANI): A new study has found that one in four men seeking medical help for newly-developed erectile dysfunction (ED) was younger than 40 years, and nearly half of young men with the condition had severe ED.

Washington, June 11 (ANI): According to a new study, elderly mice suffering from age-related heart disease had a significant improvement in cardiac function after being treated with the FDA-approved drug rapamycin for just three months.

Washington, June 10 (ANI): Liver transplantation is the mainstay of treatment for patients with end-stage liver disease, but a new research from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai has suggested that it may one day become possible to regenerate a liver using cell therapy in patients with liver disease.

Washington, June 10 (ANI): Scientists at the Gladstone Institutes have uncovered how a protein called Arc regulates the activity of neurons-providing much-needed clues into the brain's ability to form long-lasting memories.

London, June 9 (ANI): United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF) has expressed concerns that Syria's traumatized, malnourished children may start dying from preventable diseases with Syria's conflicts reaching its third year, where scores of civilians have been subjected to aerial bombardments, executions, torture, rape and massacres.

Washington, June 9 (ANI): Doctors at Duke University Hospital created a bioengineered blood vessel and implanted it into the arm of a patient with end-stage kidney disease.

Washington, June 8 (ANI): Researchers from University of Missouri have suggested that a person can attain a heart-healthy diet by using soybean, canola, corn and sunflower oils.

Washington, June 8 (ANI): A drug used to control Type II diabetes can help repair the spinal cords of mice suffering from the inherited disease adrenoleukodystrophy which, untreated, leads eventually to a paralysis and death.

Melbourne, June 7 (ANI): Young people consuming more than one can of soft drink daily are more likely to suffer from type 2 diabetes, heart disease or a stroke, a new study has claimed.

Washington, June 7 (ANI): In a breakthrough that could help researchers develop new treatments for diseases such as obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) and Tourette's syndrome, MIT neuroscientists have shown that they can block a compulsive behavior in mice by activating a brain circuit that controls compulsive behavior.

Washington, June 7 (ANI): The herpes simplex virus type-1 (HSV-1), which affects an estimated 50 to 80 percent of all American adults, exploits an immune system receptor to boost its infectivity and ability to cause disease, according to researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and colleagues.

Washington, June 7 (ANI): A new study has found that one in four men seeking medical help for newly-developed erectile dysfunction (ED) was younger than 40 years, and nearly half of young men with the condition had severe ED.