Contagious obesity? Identifying the human adenoviruses that may make us fat
There is a lot of good advice to help us avoid becoming obese, such as "Eat less," and "Exercise." But here's a new and surprising piece of advice based on a promising area of obesity research: "Wash your hands." There is accumulating evidence that certain viruses may cause obesity, in essence making obesity contagious, according to Leah D. Whigham, the lead researcher in a new study, "Adi...Adenoviruses Could Help Kick Drinking
A single injection of a type of virus known as adenoviruses can help give up the habit of drinking, a study indicates. Researchers have found that rats bred to crave alcohol were found to drink 50 percent less for more than a month after being injected with engineered adenoviruses. Many people in East Asia react badly to alcohol because of mutations in the gene for ald...