High insulin levels directly linked to pancreatic cancer
Updated: 2023-10-31 19:01:39
Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search High insulin levels directly linked to pancreatic cancer October 31, 2023 University of British Columbia A new study from researchers at the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Medicine reveals a direct link between high insulin levels , common among patients with obesity and Type 2 diabetes , and pancreatic . cancer The study , published in Cell Metabolism provides the first detailed explanation of why people with obesity and Type 2 diabetes are at an increased risk of pancreatic cancer . The research demonstrates that excessive insulin levels overstimulate pancreatic acinar cells , which produce digestive juices . This overstimulation leads to inflammation that
, Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search For the sunflower , turning toward the sun requires multiple complex systems October 31, 2023 PLOS ONE A sunflowerâ s ability to track the sun east to west during the day , and to face east again before the next sunrise , relies on multiple types of photoresponses , according to a new study publishing October 31 st  in the open access journal PLOS Biology  by Stacey Harmer and colleagues at the University of California Davis , US . The results deepen the understanding of this well-known plant behavior , and upend previous assumptions about its dependence on a canonical light-dependent response . pathway Because plants are rooted in place , they canâ t get up and move when
Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search Extreme heat projected to increase cardiovascular deaths October 30, 2023 U.S . National Institutes of Health Cardiovascular-related deaths due to extreme heat  are expected to increase between 2036 and 2065 in the United States , according to a study supported by the National Institutes of Health . The researchers , whose work is published in Circulation predict that adults ages 65 and older and Black adults will likely be disproportionately . affected While extreme heat currently accounts for less than 1 of cardiovascular-related deaths , the modeling analysis predicted this will change because of a projected rise in summer days that feel at least 90 degrees . This heat
Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search Study of 1,000 selfies helps explain how we use them to communicate October 30, 2023 Frontiers In From a painting on the wall to a photo on your phone , selfies have always been a form of communication . But what are we trying to communicate with them and how are we doing it To develop semantic profiles of this visual language , scientists asked people to look at a thousand selfies and describe their first . impressions People have used self-portraits to communicate information about themselves for centuries â and digital cameras make it easier to share a self-portrait than ever before . But even though selfies are now almost ubiquitous , we donâ t understand how people use
Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search Killer whalesâ diet more important than location for pollutant exposure October 30, 2023 McGill University Both elegant and fierce , killer whales are some of the oceansâ top predators , but even they can be exposed to environmental pollution . Now , in the largest study to date on North Atlantic killer whales , researchers in the American Chemical Societyâ  Environmental Science Technology  report the levels of legacy and emerging pollutants in 162 individualsâ blubber . The animalsâ diet , rather than location , greatly impacted contaminant levels and potential health risks â information thatâ s helpful to conservation . efforts As the largest member of the dolphin
Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search Want to achieve your goals Get angry October 30, 2023 American Psychological Association While often perceived as a negative emotion , anger can also be a powerful motivator for people to achieve challenging goals in their lives , according to research published by the American Psychological . Association âPeople often believe that a state of happiness is ideal , and the majority of people consider the pursuit of happiness a major life goal,â said lead author Heather Lench , PhD , a professor in the department of psychological and brain sciences at Texas A M University . âThe view that positive emotion is ideal for mental health and well-being has been prominent in lay and
Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search AI can alert urban planners and policymakers to citiesâ decay October 29, 2023 University of Notre Dame Yong Suk Lee More than two-thirds of the worldâ s population is expected to live in cities by 2050, according to the United Nations . As urbanization advances around the globe , researchers at the University of Notre Dame and Stanford University said the quality of the urban physical environment will become increasingly critical to human well-being and to sustainable development . initiatives However , measuring and tracking the quality of an urban environment , its evolution and its spatial disparities is difficult due to the amount of on-the-ground data needed to capture
Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search Mammalian cells may consume bacteria-killing viruses to promote cellular health October 27, 2023 PLOS ONE Bacteriophage particle interacting with mammalian cells . Bacteriophages , also called phages , are viruses that infect and kill bacteria , their natural hosts . But from a macromolecular viewpoint , phages can be viewed as nutritionally enriched packets of nucleotides wrapped in an amino acid shell . A study published October 26 th  in the open access journal PLOS Biology  by Jeremy J . Barr at Monash University , Victoria , Australia , and colleagues suggests that mammalian cells internalize phages as a resource to promote cellular growth and . survival Phage
Skip to content Menu Follow us on Threads Our Bloggers Google News Substack FaceBook Contribute Contact Search Excess fluoride linked to cognitive impairment in children October 27, 2023 Tulane University Long-term consumption of water with fluoride levels far above established drinking water standards may be linked to cognitive impairments in children , according to a new pilot study from Tulane . University The study , published in the journal Neurotoxicology and Teratology was conducted in rural Ethiopia where farming communities use wells with varying levels of naturally occurring fluoride ranging from 0.4 to 15.5 mg L . The World Health Organization recommends fluoride levels below 1.5 mg . L Researchers recruited 74 school-aged children and rated their ability to draw familiar