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Experts have recommended consuming lots of 'healthy' fats like oily fish in your diet (Getty Images)For a number of years, experts have talked about cholesterol in terms of “good” and “bad”.The former - known as HDL - is said to clear away cholesterol so that it is processed by the liver and removed from the…

For decades we’ve been told there’s ‘good’ cholesterol and there’s ‘bad’ cholesterol.The bad type, known as LDL, is responsible for damaging blood vessel walls and contributes to the build-up of inflamed fatty deposits known as plaques, which raises the risk of a heart attack or stroke.The good type, called HDL, does the opposite – clearing away…

Scientists from Scripps Research have shown how anesthetics cause clusters of lipids in the cell membrane to break apart, triggering downstream processes that lead to a loss of consciousness.Share on PinterestNew research sheds light on the mechanisms that explain the effect of anesthesia.Anesthesia is one of the biggest mysteries of neuroscience. Despite health professionals using…

If a two-year-old child living in poverty in India or Bangladesh gets sick with a common bacterial infection, there is more than a 50% chance an antibiotic treatment will fail. Somehow the child has acquired an antibiotic resistant infection – even to drugs to which they may never have been exposed. How?Unfortunately, this child also…

If a two-year-old child living in poverty in India or Bangladesh gets sick with a common bacterial infection, there is more than a 50% chance an antibiotic treatment will fail. Somehow the child has acquired an antibiotic resistant infection – even to drugs to which they may never have been exposed. How?Unfortunately, this child also…