Discover how a simple metabolic marker, the TyG index, combined with obesity measures, can help predict and manage hypertension risk in American adults—offering new hope for cardiovascular health. Study: Association of the triglyceride glucose index with obesity indicators and hypertension in American adults based on NHANES 2013 to 2018. Image Credit: Naeblys / Shutterstock In a recent … Read more
New Mosquito Control Strategy Uses Fungi to Combat Malaria Through Sexual Transmission Scientists have developed a groundbreaking approach to fighting malaria by leveraging the mating habits of mosquitoes. This innovative method involves genetically engineered fungi that spread during mosquito copulation, offering a promising solution to reduce malaria transmission in high-risk regions. Malaria remains a persistent … Read more
Scientists have unveiled a novel mosquito control strategy: genetically engineered fungi that spread through mating. This strategy offers hope for reducing malaria in high-risk regions. Research: Transmission of transgenic mosquito-killing fungi during copulation. Image Credit: Kateryna Kon / Shutterstock In a recent study published in the journal Scientific Reports, a team of researchers in Burkina Faso and … Read more
Researchers discover a gut-microbe-driven pathway involving pantothenate and GLP-1 that could revolutionize sugar consumption management and metabolic health strategies. Study: Free fatty acid receptor 4 modulates dietary sugar preference via the gut microbiota. Image Credit: ya_create / Shutterstock In a recent study published in the journal Nature Microbiology, researchers in China investigated the role of the free … Read more
Liver cancer is a leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide, with distinct geographic patterns in its incidence. In particular, China bears a disproportionate share of the global burden. The disease is strongly associated with chronic infections from hepatitis B and C, alcohol use, and increasingly, metabolic disorders like non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). As obesity … Read more
A new tablet combining albendazole and ivermectin is safe and more effective than albendazole alone in treating Trichuris trichiura and other soil-transmitted helminths (STH), according to a clinical trial conducted by the STOP consortium and led by the Barcelona Institute of Global Health (ISGlobal), a centre supported by “la Caixa” Foundation. The findings, published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, open … Read more
Diarrhea and related infections continue to be a leading cause of death among children under five years and the elderly, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia, even though deaths from these conditions have dropped globally by 60 per cent between 1990 to 2021, a study says. Published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases journal, the … Read more