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Dubai Launches Quit-smoking Helpline

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Physical Activity Does Not Help to Fight Depression: Study

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A new research has found that physical activity intervention does not help to reduce symptoms of depression despite the current clinical guidance recommending the same to alleviate the symptoms of the condition. Depression is one of the most common reasons for seeking GP help and reportedly affects one in six adults in Britain at any one time. Until now, most of the evidence for the positive effect of physical activity in treating depression has originated from ...

US FDA Warns Against Using Seafood From South Korea

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Health authorities in US have issued warning against using seafood imported from South Korea. They have urged restaurants and food outlets to stop selling all fresh, frozen and canned oysters, clams and mussels that came from South Korea over contamination fears. "These products and any products made with them may have been exposed to human fecal waste and are potentially contaminated with norovirus," the Food and Drug Administration said in a statement issued late ...

Sunstroke-related Deaths Rise to 37 in Odisha

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Authorities in Odisha Friday confirmed one more death due to sunstroke, taking the number of heat-related deaths in the state this summer to 37. The latest death was reported from Kantia village under Sukinda police station area in Jajpur district, about 80 km from here, a senior official of the state disaster management department told IANS. Although the mercury dipped slightly in some places including the capital Bhubaneswar due to a spell of rain ...

Urgent Action Sought To Contain Cholera in Haiti

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Doctors Without Borders have called for urgent action to fight against cholera in Haiti which continues to claim lives. "We are worried about the lack of support from the international community and the lack of action from health authorities in Haiti," Thierry Goffeau, head of the group's Haiti operations, told AFP. Since the start of the epidemic in October 2010, 7,500 people have died from the disease that is spread through poor sanitation. This year ...

Homelessness Leads to Health Risk Among Kidney Disease Patients

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A study has found homelessness to be a cause of premature death and kidney failure among patients with moderate to advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD). The study also adds that the use of emergency services is more common among them than impoverished peers with stable housing. The findings indicate that greater efforts are needed to address the unmet needs of homeless patients with CKD and other chronic conditions to improve their health and reduce public costs. ...

A Blood Test to Predict Breast Cancer Recurrence?

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Are circulating tumor cells important in predicting if a breast cancer will recur? A study conducted at the University of Texas indicates that the outcomes are worse in patients with circulating tumor cells, in those with non-metastatic breast cancer (cancer that has not spread to distant organs). The study was conducted on 304 patients with operable breast cancer. The levels of circulating tumor cells were measured at the time of surgery. The ...

Efficacy and Safety of Vismodegib in Advanced Basal-Cell Carcinoma

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Basal-cell carcinoma originates in the upper layer of the skin, known as the epidermis, which experiences frequent exposure to sunlight and ultraviolet radiation. Majority of non-melanoma skin cancers, nearly 80%, are basal-cell carcinomas in which mutations of hedgehog signaling pathway result in uninhibited multiplication of basal cells. Generally basal-cell carcinomas are treated by surgery though some progressive cancers are not responsive to radiotherapy ...

Teens Engage in Sexting With Little Knowledge of Legal Consequences

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Teenagers are found to be 'sexting' without being aware of the legal consequences of engaging in such an activity. Some of the teenagers who are aware of the serious legal consequences still engage in 'sexting', throwing caution to the winds. Teens that send or receive nude pictures of individuals under 18, can be booked for possession or distribution of child pornography. This can cause them to be penalized and they can even be ...

Rare Medical Condition Affects Normal Life of a Teenager

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Fifteen-year-old Stacey Comerford is like any teenager except that she experiences unusual fatigue and keeps falling asleep. What began as sleeping spells for couple of days progressively got worse, and extended to two months without a break. The 15-year-old, from Telford, missed celebrating her birthday and could not take her exams. Doctors have diagnosed it to be a rare 'Sleeping Beauty' condition, affecting about one in thousand ...

Better Strategies Needed to Reduce the Rate of Re-admission of Patients After Discharge from Hospital

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Fish Oil may Not Prevent Mental Decline

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We have always been fed with the information that Omega-3 supplements help prevent mental decline in old age, but a recent study seems to refute this claim. The study showed that the benefit for cognitive health among older people taking omega-3 supplements is negligible. Dr Marie Janson of Alzheimer's Research UK, the UK's leading dementia research charity, said: "While taking omega-3 supplements may not be the key to staving off cognitive problems, ...

Sperm Count Not Affected by Smoking, Drinking, or Being Overweight

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A new study has said that drinking, smoking or being fat does not make much of a difference to sperm count. The researchers found that the risk of low sperm count was high among men who wore briefs rather than boxer shorts, or had undergone testes surgery, or worked in an environment which involved exposure to chemicals. However, the risk of low sperm count was found to be negligible with consumption of alcohol, use of tobacco or recreational ...

People With Williams Syndrome Have Poor Regulation of Emotional Hormones

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It has emerged that scientists used one of Elvis Presley' classics to shed light on Williams syndrome, a rare genetic disorder. In a study led by Julie R. Korenberg, Ph.D., M.D., University of Utah/USTAR professor, Circuits of the Brain and pediatrics, people with and without Williams syndrome (WS) listened to music in a trial to gauge emotional response through the release of oxytocin and arginine vasopressin (AVP), two hormones associated with emotion. The ...

Japanese Town to Bear Expenses to Train a Vietnamese Student as Doctor

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A Japanese town will be meeting all the expenses required to train an 18-year old Vietnamese girl as a doctor as it struggles to deal with a desperate shortage of physicians. Ichinohe in the country's north has a population of 14,000 people but only four doctors in private practice, so has decided to shoulder the cost of putting 18-year-old Luu Hong Ngoc through medical school in Japan. Town officials say they will meet her living expenses and educational ...

A Smile can Get Your Kid to Eat His Vegetables

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A smile is all that it may take to get your kid to eat his vegetables after a new study found that children were more likely to eat food that they hate if they see adults smiling when they try to eat it. Children as young as five were more willing to taste vegetables they had previously rejected if they saw an adult savouring them. The findings suggest that youngsters' immature brains are susceptible to the emotions of others, the Telegraph reported. ...

(Dollar) 1.1 Million to be Spent by Bill Gates on Bracelets to Monitor Kids' Attentiveness

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Microsoft bigwig Bill Gates wants to fit school students with mood bracelets in order to see how interested they are in their lessons. The Bill and Melinda Gates foundation is spending 1.1 million dollars for testing testing galvanic skin response bracelets to see if they can measure whether students find their teachers engaging, the Daily Mail reported. The move is a part of the 56-year-old billionaire's mission to evaluate and improve the quality of ...

Cochrane Study Finds Weekly Fertility Injections to be as Effective as Daily Jabs

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A new study by Cochrane researchers has found weekly fertility hormone injections to be as effective as daily injections. The researchers compared weekly and daily hormone injections in a Cochrane systematic review and found no difference in pregnancies or serious side effects between the two regimens. Women undergoing fertility treatment are usually given daily injections of follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) to increase the number of eggs that their ...

Cheaper Nevirapine as Effective in Treating HIV Among African Woman as Lopinavir

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An international study appearing in the journal PLoS Medicine reveals that nevirapine is as effective in treating AIDS among African women as more expensive drugs such as lopinavir/ritonavir and can be safely used as an affordable treatment option. This finding is important as it confirms the recommendations from the World Health Organization that an increasingly common nevirapine-based treatment regimen is an affordable and effective option for the initial treatment ...

Cooling Freshly Laid Eggs Could Increase Shelf Life to 12 Weeks

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A new study conducted by a group of American researchers has found that cooling down a freshly laid egg could increase its shelf life to more than 12 weeks and also prevent risk of salmonella illnesses. The rapid-cooling process, developed by Kevin Keener, professor of food science at Purdue University, uses liquid carbon dioxide to stabilize the proteins in egg whites so much that they could be rated AA, the highest grade for eggs, for 12 weeks. Previous ...

Spanish Furniture Manufacturer Invents Robotic Bed That Makes Itself When Not Occupied

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Needing to make your bed when you get up could now become just a bad memory after a Spanish furniture manufacturer unveiled a new robotic bed that makes itself within a minute when it is not occupied. The device by OHEA features a mechanised system that swings into action when the person gets off the bed. The mechanical arms then grab the edges of the duvet, while levers lift and straighten the pillows, the Sun reported. The entire process ...

Study Finds Liposuction Effective in Treating Submental Lymphedema in Patients With Head and Neck Cancer

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A new study published in the journal Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery reveals that liposuction can be an effective mode of treating patients with a history of head and neck cancer who have persistent submental lymphedema. "Submental lymphedema is a common problem encountered by patients following treatment of head and neck cancer," the authors state. It causes fluid deposition and persistent swelling of the soft tissues of the neck, leading to disfigurement ...

Researchers Indicate Naturally Occurring Protein Has a Role in Chronic Pain

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The body's own proteins play a critical role in the onset of chronic pain in rats, according to a new study conducted by a team of Swedish and French researchers which has been published in The EMBO Journal. Chronic pain is persistent and often difficult to treat. It is due, at least in part, to changes in molecular signalling events that take place in neurons, alterations that can ultimately disrupt the transmission of nerve signals from the spinal cord to the ...

Teen Paralyzed After Spinal Cord Injury Walks to Stage to Collect Diploma

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A 17-year old boy who has been paralyzed for nearly all his life following a spinal cord injury after a car accident when he was just 14 months old walked up to the stage to collect his high school diploma. San Diego's Patrick Ivison had promised all of his friends and relatives that he would walk on stage to collect his diploma after completing his education at Scripps Ranch High School. The 17-year old was accompanied on stage by his trainer, his service dog and ...

Woman Who Underwent Gastric Bypass Surgery Chokes to Death

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A 64-year old woman who had recently undergone a gastric bypass surgery choked to death as the food clogged her throat and she was unable to breathe. Pathologist Hugh Jones, from the Royal Cornwall Hospital, revealed the tube that connects the mouth and the stomach, known as the esophagus, had swollen and food had accumulated all the way up to the throat due to which she was unable to breathe. Dianne Cooper-Clarke, of Cornwall, had undergone a gastric bypass ...

Baby Soaps may Lead to Positive Marijuana Tests

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A new study conducted by researchers at University of North Carolina has found that certain baby soaps used to wash new born babies soon after their birth may be responsible for the rising number of positive tests for marijuana. The researchers tested the urine samples of babies and found that those that contained even a small amount of any of the five popular brands of soaps, including Johnson (and) Johnson's Head-to-Toe Baby Wash, J (and) J Bedtime Bath, CVS Night-Time Baby ...

NICE Rejects Vemurafenib for Melanoma Citing Costs

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The National Institute of Clinical Excellence's (Nice) decision not to recommend Vemurafenib as a treatment option for melanoma patients since it is too expensive has attracted criticism from a skin cancer patient support group. Factor 50 has urged Nice to reconsider its decision to not recommend the drug as it could prove to be a "potentially lifesaving" drug and added that the decision was same as passing a death sentence. Vemurafenib, manufactured by Roche, ...

GSK's Combination Meningitis Vaccine Receives FDA Approval

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GlaxoSmithKline has announced that its combination meningitis vaccine, MenHibrix has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration as a protective vaccination for infants against two bacterial diseases. MenHibrix is a combination of GSK's meningococcal and Hib vaccines and is administered in a four-dose series at 2, 4, 6 and 12 through 15 months of age. The company said that the vaccine will prevent diseases caused by Neisseria meningitidis serogroups C and ...

Speedy Detection Of Flu Virus Using SMART Biochip

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Invention of a new biochip brings storming changes. This new biochip - appropriately named SMART - can reliably and speedily detect the flu virus, can be carried in a first aid kit and can be used as easily as an iPhone. The biochip, designed by Brown University researchers, zeroes in on the infected RNA sequence and separates it from the larger strand with the help of tiny magnets. SMART stands for "A Simple Method for Amplifying RNA Targets". Physically, ...

Conferring Good Health And Busting Stress With The Help Of Sahaja Yoga

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According to a new study conducted in Australia Sahaja Yoga founded by Mata Nirmala Devi, that is gaining greater acceptance worldwide for calming the mind and busting stress, contributes to promoting mental and physical health. The essence of Sahaja Yoga, described as mental silence, is much more than mere tranquillity, having several dimensions, including medically beneficial ones, Ramesh Manocha, senior lecturer of psychiatry at the University of Sydney Medical ...

Rs. 50,000 To Be Given To Encephalitis Victims Families In Bihar

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Officials said on Wednesday that the families of children, who died of acute encephalitis syndrome (AES) will be paid a monetary compensation. The state government has announced a compensation of Rs.50,000 each through the chief minister's relief fund to the kin of children dying of AES. "This decision was taken by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar in view that most of the victims belonged to poorest of the poor section," an official in chief minister office ...

Royal College Clinical Exams Will Now Be Held At Kokilaben Hospitals As Well

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An official said on Monday that the Mumbai-based Kokilaben Dhirubhai Ambani Hospital (KDAH), which had been the centre for written exams of Britain's prestigious Member of Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (MRCPCH) since 2009, will now also conduct the clinical examinations. This will enable Indian doctors to obtain the globally-recognised qualification without having to fly to Britain, the official added. "MRCPCH is a prestigious international ...

Funky Future Workplaces That Are Casual Yet Fun While Being High-tech And Green Friendly

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There are very few people who don't wish for funky workplaces like those shown in movies. In the near future you might actually find yourself working in one of the funky workplaces seen in movies like 'The Social Network.' A new research by Colliers International has suggested that the growing influence of Gen Y workers will change the design of offices, making them more casual, high-tech, green friendly and fun. Doug Henry from Colliers said employers ...

Remarkably Similar In Nature: Human And Animal Illness

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Researchers have discovered the remarkable similarities between human and animal illnesses in a new study. According to the new study by a heart expert in the U.S cancer, drug abuse and self-harm, which are often seen as being the ills of modern society and can be portrayed as signs of human weakness, are not exclusive to humans. They are also prevalent in the animal world and have been for millions of years. Now, through the work of Barbara ...

Anorexia Taking Over Brit Boys As Young As Six

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A new study has made some shocking revelations about UK Boys as young as six who are getting treated in hospital for anorexia, with some being so dangerously thin that they have to be given life-saving medication. According to figures from NHS trusts in England and Wales, 167 boys aged under 18 were given emergency treatment at hospitals or specialist units between 2007 and 2011, the Sun reported. It is a shocking 65 per cent increase from the previous ...

Staying Fit With A Healthy Diet Is India's Oldest Grandmother

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Sowmi Akka, 120, who is India's oldest grandmother says she stays fit due to a healthy diet. Interacting with reporters here, Akka said that a healthy diet had helped her live a long and problem free life. "I eat everything. Yes, I take healthy diet, which provides me strength," she said. She said that she was self-reliant to perform all kinds of domestic work, such as cooking, cleaning the house and buying vegetables from the market. Akka's ...

Offering Hope For Victims Of Female Genital Mutilation Comes Reconstructive Surgery

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Recollections when sweet are memorable but what about those which are painful and humiliating. Pain and hurt were a part of Fatima Sheriff's life till she underwent reconstructive surgery for genital mutilation. She has sketchy recollection of the day her mother pinned down her four-year-old body while a stranger slashed at her genitals. "I remember I was fighting," the 32-year-old told AFP, pointing to her back where she bears a scar from flailing about on the ...

Going Green With Bamboo Buildings: Bali

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Bamboo is omnipresent across Asia as scaffolding thanks to it's nature of being strong, light and cheaper than steel poles. So much so that in recognition of the material's versatility, the Indonesian island of Bali has made it an emblem of sustainable construction, replacing buildings of concrete and steel with far greener alternatives. An entire school, luxury villas and even a chocolate factory are the latest structures to rise from bamboo skeletons ...

Study Delinks Obesity Risk From Soft Drink Consumption

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Consuming soft drinks or other sweetened beverages do not increase the risk of obesity in children and youth than those who drink healthy beverages, reveals a new study. The study examined the relationship between beverage intake patterns of Canadian children and their risk for obesity and found sweetened beverage intake to be a risk factor only in boys aged 6-11. "We found sweetened drinks to be dominant beverages during childhood, but saw no consistent ...

Internet Blamed For Global 'Explosion' of Fake Medicines

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Pharmaceutical experts warned that the rapid growth of Internet commerce has led to an explosion of counterfeit drugs being sold worldwide. The experts have pointed China as the biggest source of fake medicines. The illicit trade is now believed to be worth around 75 billion dollars globally, with criminal gangs increasingly using the web to move their products across borders, said Scott Davis, Pfizer's top security expert for Asia. "The Internet has ...

Folic Acid Consumption During Pregnancy Reduces Autism Risk

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Intake of folic acid has been associated with the reduced the risk of autism in kids. Children born to women who consume the recommended daily dosage folic acid during the early stages of pregnancy are less likely to develop autism, a new study has found. The study by researchers at the UC Davis MIND Institute furthers the earlier investigations, which found that women who take prenatal vitamins around the time of conception have a reduced risk of having a child ...

Health Benefits of Hidden Vitamin in Milk Unveiled

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A new study has unveiled the remarkable health benefits of a novel form of vitamin B3 found in small quantities in milk. The study was conducted on mice by researchers at Weill Cornell Medical College and the Polytechnic School in Lausanne, Switzerland. The findings, recently reported in the June 2012 issue of the journal, ICell Metabolism, /Ireveal that high doses of the vitamin precursor, nicotinamide riboside (NR) - a cousin of niacin - prevent obesity in ...