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Lack of access to fresh food may lead to early heart disease
Lack of access to fresh food may lead to early heart disease
Lack of recreational facilities, healthy food stores and neighbourhood walkability may contribute to heart disease.(Source: Wikimedia Commons) Lack of recreational facilities, healthy food stores and neighbourhood walkability may contribute to heart disease.(Source: Wikimedia Commons)Lack of access to nearby stores selling fresh food may increase residents' risk of developing signs of early heart disease, according to a new research.Greater access to healthier foods may have promoted healthier diets and, in turn, less coronary plaque formation, suggested the study, published in the journal Circulation.
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Fast-advancing fungal disease may wipe out bananas in less than a decade
Fast-advancing fungal disease may wipe out bananas in less than a decade
LOS ANGELES: Bananas - one of the world's top five staple foods - may become extinct in just five to 10 years due to fast-advancing fungal diseases, scientists have warned.Researchers at the University of California, Davis discovered how three fungal diseases have evolved into a lethal threat to the world's bananas.The discovery better equips researchers to develop hardier, disease-resistant banana plants and more effective disease-prevention treatments."We have demonstrated that two of the three most serious banana fungal diseases have become more virulent by increasing their ability to manipulate the banana's metabolic pathways and make use of its nutrients," said Ioannis Stergiopoulos, from UC Davis."This parallel change in metabolism of the pathogen and the host plant has been overlooked until now and may represent a 'molecular fingerprint' of the adaption process," he said.The banana is one of the world's top five staple foods.About 100 million tonnes of bananas are produced annually in nearly 120 countries.However, the global banana industry could be wiped out in just five to 10 years by fast-advancing fungal diseases.That would prove devastating to millions of small-scale farmers who depend on the fruit for food, fibre and income.
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New, non-invasive way to monitor progression of Parkinson's disease may help improve treatment
New, non-invasive way to monitor progression of Parkinson's disease may help improve treatment
A new, non-invasive way to track the progression of Parkinson's disease could help evaluate experimental treatments to slow or stop the disease's progression.University of Florida researchers used functional magnetic resonance imaging to reveal areas where Parkinson's disease and related conditions cause progressive decline in brain activity.The study, funded by the National Institutes of Health, was published in the journal Neurology.While current treatments focus on controlling symptoms, biomarkers provide a quantifiable way to measure how medications address not just symptoms, but the neurological changes behind them.
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