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CREATININE CHEMISTRY

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Saturday 10 February 2018

USEFUL MEDICAL BITS-4



Fatty Liver

1. A recent study revealed that a chemical present in Kiwi fruit, Papaya, and Celery is known as pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ)
is preventing the development of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in mice whose mothers were fed with high fatty food.
2.NAFLD is a condition in which there is heavy fat build up around the liver and the liver functions are damaged.
3. Obesity, high cholesterol level, hypertension, hypertriglyceridemia, are the main causes of NAFLD, and these conditions often arise as a result of taking high fatty diet.
4. It is well-established proof that a child can get NAFLD if its mother took high fatty food when it was in her womb.

Breast Cancer

5. A new study has shown that fats derived from fish liver oil and soy can able to prevent breast cancer as well.
The omega-3 fatty acids derived from fish liver oil such as docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) are well established in reducing LDL cholesterol third omega-3 fatty acid derived from soy known as a-linolenic acid (ALA) also plays an important role in preventing cholesterol-based cancer tumors.
6. A new research study published in the magazine ONCOGENE has revealed that some macrophages present in the breast cancer tumor's microenvironment cause the tumor to spread to other parts by secreting insulin-like growth hormones (IGH). 

Weight Loss

7. A new finding regarding weight loss has been published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition that worries about weight gain and thinking of hardness to lose weight may psychologically helpful to shed off your weight successfully. Albeit it is a joke but serious.

Schizophrenia(Psychosis)

8. Treatments for this mental disorder sometimes become difficult for some people who are refractory to antipsychotic drugs or they may need heavy doses to be controlled. To prevent this a Taiwanese Doctor Hsien Yuan Lane from the China Medical University of Taiwan with his team has found out that a common food preservative Sodium benzoate can enhance the effect of the anti psycho drug clozapine if taken along with it and thereby one can reduce the dose of clozapine an atypical antipsychotic drug.

Collagenous Colitis

9.A rare noncancerous inflammatory bowel disease in which a thick nonelastic band of collagen has formed under the lining of the bowel. 
The symptoms are as follows:
.Watery non-bloody diarrhea
.Stomach ache
.Dehydration
.Weight loss
.Nausea, and Vomiting 
.Bloating
.Exhaution
.Fecal Incontinence
.Reduced nutrition
.Anemia

Itchy Mole-Melanoma(Skin Cancer)?  

10. Not all itchy moles are necessarily cancerous but sometimes it may be one of the first signs of melanoma fatal skin cancer. Hence if your mole becomes itchy, change color, irregular border, larger than the hole of a pencil eraser, painful bleeding, and anything abnormally disappear or reappear on your skin should be diagnosed by a skin specialist.


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