The Dublin road in EdgeworthstownImage: Googlemaps.com
GARDAÍ ARE INVESTIGATING the case of a woman who was found naked and beaten in a field in Co Longford.
Researchers from Mount Sinai School of Medicine have found high levels of food toxins called Advanced Glycation End products (AGEs) in infants. Excessive food AGEs, through both maternal blood transmission and baby formula, could together significantly increase children’s risk for diseases such as diabetes from a very young age. A second study of AGEs in adults found that cutting back on processed, grilled, and fried foods, which are high in AGEs, may improve insulin resistance in people with diabetes. AGEs — toxic glucose byproducts previously tied to high blood sugar — are found in most heated foods and, in fantastic excess, in commercial infant formulas. Read more…
A new oral drug has been shown in a large international clinical trial to significantly reduce the relapse rate of people with multiple sclerosis and to slow the progression of the disease. Read more…
When the virus that causes AIDS infects the central nervous system, it can lead to the development of a severe neurological disease called HIV-associated dementia (HAD). Read more…
A researcher at MIT’s Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer research has identified a gene that controls the process by which antibodies gain their ability to combat retroviruses. Edward Browne shows that the gene TLR7 allows the antibody generating B cells to detect the presence of a retrovirus and promotes a process by which antibodies gain strength and potency, called a germinal center reaction. The findings are published in the Open Access journal PLoS Pathogens on October 6th. Read more…
New research based on post-hospital arrival data from U.S. trauma centers finds that even after adjusting for differences in injury severity, gun use, and other likely causes of race difference in death from assault, African-Americans have a significantly higher overall post-scene of injury mortality rate than whites. Read more…
ARMY BOMB DISPOSAL experts have made safe an unstable chemical after sealing off several streets near St Stephen’s Green in Dublin.
Gardaí in the local area confirmed to TheJournal.ie that Kelly Jones, 41, was found alive at around 12.30pm today.
The Spinney in Roscommon (File photo)Image: Google Street View
A MAN HAS been arrested after a woman was found stabbed to death on a roadway outside a house in Roscommon this afternoon.
