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TEHRAN – Low consumption of fruits and vegetables, smoking, lack of activity, obesity and hypertension are 5 main non-communicable risk factors affecting 52% of Iranians, Fars news agency reported. Dr. Jalil Koohpayeh Zadeh, director of the department of non-communicable risk factors at Health Ministry, said Only 10 to 12 percent of people take . . . → Read More: 52 % of Iranians are vulnerable to non-communicable diseases This case-control study was carried out in a university-affiliated teaching hospital, Tehran city, Iran. A total of 312 newly diagnosed cases aged less than 40 years old participated and were matched for age and ethnicity with 312 controls. The results showed that in women who never married (OR=2.42 95%CI=1.51-3.88) (P<0.001), had a family . . . → Read More: Risk factors for breast cancer in Iranian women Iranian researchers at the University of Kashan used carbon paste electrodes modified by gold nanoparticles to measure the atenolol medicine doses. This method can be an alternative for the complicated and expensive chromatography methods. Atenolol is an effective drug for the treatment of blood pressure, angina pectoris and cardiac attacks and arrest. . . . → Read More: Alternative Method for Chromatography Invented to Measure Medical Doses Researchers identified a genetic switch that controls oxidative stress in stem cells, and thus, governs stem cell function. The human body has a remarkable ability to heal itself. Due to the presence of dedicated stem cells, many organs can undergo continuous renewal. When an organ becomes damaged, stem cells in the organ are . . . → Read More: Scientists Unlock One Mystery of Tissue Regeneration Iran has unveiled some deuterated compounds produced at its heavy water reactor, which is located near Arak in Markazi Province. Atomic Energy Organization of Iran Director Ali Akbar Salehi, who is also the acting foreign minster, and ambassadors to the International Atomic Energy Agency from Egypt, Cuba, Syria, Algeria, Venezuela, Oman, and the . . . → Read More: Iran unveils nuclear products A new study revealed underlying causes for the degeneration of synapses in Alzheimer’s disease and identified promising pharmaceutical solutions to the disease. The Blanchette Rockefeller Neurosciences Institute (BRNI) study published in the Journal of Neuroscience is the first to achieve fundamental molecular understanding of how synapses are lost in Alzheimer’s Disease before the . . . → Read More: New Therapies Identified for Prevention of Alzheimer’s Disease A newly-conducted research showed that a single exposure to acute stress affects information processing in the cerebellum – the area of the brain responsible for motor control and movement coordination and also involved in learning and memory formation. The researchers by Iaroslav Savtchouk, a graduate student, and S. June Liu, PhD, Associate Professor of . . . → Read More: Emotional Stress Can Change Brain Function Scientists investigating the cancer-fighting properties of artesunate – a drug commonly used to treat malaria – have found early evidence that combining it with an existing cancer drug has the potential to make each drug more effective than when used alone. They also found that regular treatment breaks could improve success levels. The . . . → Read More: Malaria Drug Could Help Combat Cancer A Finnish study of 245 epilepsy patients over 40 years showed added risk occurs in patients whose seizures persist. The study reported that 60 died. Causes of these deaths are shown; non-epilepsy deaths were mainly due to pneumonia and heart disease.NEJM Epilepsy that strikes in childhood and lingers into adulthood triples an individual’s . . . → Read More: Lasting Childhood Epilepsy Triples Mortality Iranian researchers at the University of Tabriz took a successful step in the improvement of the Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) by producing a stable nano-fluid of iron oxide nanoparticles. One of the shortcomings of MRI is the lack of sufficient distinction between the damage and healthy tissues due to the relatively low sensitivity . . . → Read More: Nano-Fluid of Iron Oxide Used to Improve Magnetic Resonance Imaging Iranian researchers at Razi Univeristy of Kermanshah made a low-cost nanosensor for detection of the trace of toxic lead ion in water and aqueous solutions by means of gold nanoparticles. This nanosensor, having rapid operation, is produced by supersensitive azacrown ether-functionalized gold nanoparticles with no need to expensive materials and methods. Noting . . . → Read More: Lead Ions Detected in Water by New Low-Cost Nanosensors Findings of a study showed that caffeine consumption in children is often blamed for sleep problems and bedwetting. Information on childhood caffeine consumption is limited, and many parents may not know the amount or effects of their child’s caffeine consumption. In a study published in The Journal of Pediatrics, researchers found that 75% . . . → Read More: Caffeine Negatively Affects Children A small area deep in the brain called the perirhinal cortex is critical for forming unconscious conceptual memories. The perirhinal cortex was thought to be involved, like the neighboring hippocampus, in “declarative” or conscious memories, but the new results show that the picture is more complex, said lead author Wei-chun Wang, a graduate . . . → Read More: Where Unconscious Memories Form A new study uncovered a mechanism linking a specific type of cellular stress with brain damage similar to that associated with neurodegenerative disease. The research, published by Cell Press in the Dec. 9 issue of the journal Neuron, is the first to highlight the significance of the reduction of a specific calcium signal that . . . → Read More: New Mechanism Links Cellular Stress Brain Damage Iranian researchers at Malayer University succeeded in the coprecipitated synthesis of zinc-aluminum-hydroxide nanolayers and used them in drug delivery systems. “This nanohybrid is classified as a nano-layer structure. Various useful factors such as medicine, magnetic materials, polymers, etc can be loaded on the space between the layers,” Mohammad Yeganeh Qotbi, member of the . . . → Read More: Controlled Drug Delivery with Organic-Inorganic Nanohybrids |
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