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Atkins-style Diets can Increase Cardiovascular Disease Risk: Experts

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Women who regularly eat a low carbohydrate, high protein diet are at greater risk of cardiovascular diseases such as heart disease and stroke, than those who do not, a study published on bmj.com has found. Although the actual numbers are small (an extra 4-5 cases of cardiovascular disease per 10,000 women per year) the authors say that this is a 28% increase in the number of cases and that these results are worrying in a population of young women who may be exposed ...

Minerals: Not Just the Gold and Silver

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Minerals are important for our body and are helpful to keep the vital organs functioning. Hence we should know the right amounts of the important minerals to be included in our daily diet.

Used for Warfarin-Treated Patients Following Stroke, Clot-Busting Medicine is Safe

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tPA (tissue plasminogen activator), clot-busting medicine is safe to administer in acute stroke patients already on the home blood thinner warfarin, state researchers from Duke Clinical Research Institute (DCRI). This study helps allay previous concerns that tPA was too dangerous to use in patients on home anticoagulation and would lead to high risk for potentially fatal intracranial bleeding. "To date, we have no randomized trials or large cohort studies to guide ...

In Innovative US Patents, Foremost Are Foreigners: Study

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Foreign students are making waves at US universities leading avant-garde innovation, and are responsible for an awe-inspiring number of patents for new inventions, states new study. "More than three out of every four patents at the top 10 patent-producing US universities (76 percent) had at least one foreign-born inventor," said the report "Patent Pending: How Immigrants Are Reinventing The American Economy." The study came from "The Partnership for ...

Religious Circumcision Outlawed, German Court Ruling

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German court ruled that circumcising young boys on religious basis does dreadful corporal harm in a landmark decision that the Jewish community said quashes on parents' religious rights. The regional court in Cologne, western Germany, ruled that the "fundamental right of the child to bodily integrity outweighed the fundamental rights of the parents", a judgement that is expected to set a legal precedent. "The religious freedom of the parents and their ...

Blood-Sugar Control With Critically ill Gets Help from Computer Program

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Computer-software program more efficaciously controlled blood-sugar levels in critically ill people compared to the attention offered by nurse-directed care, states the first of its kind large clinical trial. The results will be presented at The Endocrine Society's 94th Annual Meeting in Houston. The computer program, known as LOGIC-Insulin, was designed to assist healthcare providers in closely controlling patients'' blood sugar, or glucose, with the hormone insulin. ...

New Insulin Lets Elderly Diabetics Have Lesser Bouts Of Hypoglycemia At Night

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Insulin degludec, new kind of long-lasting insulin, reduces the threat of nighttime low blood sugar in elderly diabetic adults in comparison to insulin glargine, finds a systematic review of diabetes studies. The meta-analysis of phase 3 clinical trials will be presented Monday at The Endocrine Society''s 94th Annual Meeting in Houston. "Insulin degludec is a well-tolerated and appropriate therapy for elderly patients with diabetes, who are particularly vulnerable ...

Study Offers Evidence to Link Type 2 Diabetes Risk and Low Vitamin D Levels

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Latest study offers more evidence of a possible link among low vitamin D levels and an elevated risk of Type 2 diabetes and heart disease. The results will be presented Saturday at The Endocrine Society's 94th Annual Meeting in Houston. The study found an inverse relationship between the level of vitamin D in the blood and the presence of the metabolic syndrome, which is a group of risk factors that increases the risk of heart disease and Type 2 diabetes. People ...

Deposits of Inflammatory Bacterial Hang On Post Antibiotic Treatment

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Bacterial spirochete iB. burgdorferi/i causes Lyme disease, by which it is transmitted to humans via tick bites. The disease typically begins with a skin rash and is followed by fever, joint pain, and other flu-like symptoms. If diagnosed early, Lyme disease can be successfully treated with antibiotics; however, up to 25% of patients experience arthritis-like symptoms after treatment. The cause of this condition, termed antibiotic refractory Lyme arthritis, ...

Study Lists Healthy Eating Tips to Help New Mothers Beat Child Obesity

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A child's risk of becoming overweight or obese can be reduced by teaching the new mum about healthy eating and active play, a study published today on bmj.com finds. Childhood obesity is a serious health challenge affecting more than 43 million preschool children worldwide (6.7%) with studies showing it could have adverse effects on later health. Preschool children who are obese or overweight have a high chance of carrying this into adulthood and it has been argued ...

Drug Abuse Amid Children: Study by National Panel

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Study to estimate the degree of drugs and substance abuse by children will be addressed across the country, National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) said on Monday. The study, to be conducted by the NCPCR in collaboration with All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) and 142 NGOs, will be the first of its kind to focus on children. The survey will take place in 100 cities across the country, and is expected to cover over 4,000 children. ...

Global Warming Probably To Intensify Rainfall In South Asia

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With progressing CO2 and global warming, South Asia can anticipate in general more rainfall, owing to the likely rise in atmospheric moisture, including more variability in rainfall is the conclusion of review of more than 100 recent research articles. The vagaries of South Asian summer monsoon rainfall impact the lives of more than one billion people. In spite of the rise in atmospheric CO2 concentration of about 70 parts per million by volume and ...

Jogging More Beneficial for Mental Health Than Gym Workout

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Jogging through a forest improves mental health, finds study. Jogging is twice as good as compared to a trip to the gym. Researchers found that anything from a stroll in the park to a run through woodland can have a positive effect on people suffering from depression and anxiety. The study also showed that the positive effect on people's mental health was 50 percent more than they might expect from going to the gym. The researchers at ...

S. Africa Health Officials Agonise Over Rare Birth Defects

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Concern voiced at the soaring number of children born with rare deformities by health officials in South Africa's Eastern Cape region on Monday. "There have been 50 cases of rare deformities in the past two years and five conjoined twins in less than 18 months," provincial health department spokesman Sizwe Kupelo told AFP. The latest birth defect registered last week was that of a baby girl born to a 16-year-old, with what looked liked a small penis ...

Sleep Apnea With Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Raises Risk of Prediabetes, Say Researchers

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Women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) are at an increased risk of having prediabetes compared with women who do not have PCOS, reveals new study. "In the last few years, sleep apnea has been found to be a frequent comorbidity [coexisting condition] with PCOS, and our study shows that women who have both conditions are at greatest risk of metabolic disturbances such as prediabetes," said the study's senior author, David Ehrmann, MD, a University of Chicago ...

Coffee Consumption Lowers Prostate Cancer Threat

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Since ages coffee has been infamous for its caffeine content and adverse effects. Recent researches have revealed an important aspect of coffee consumption. Drink enough water to compensate the dehydration caused by coffee. Avoid other forms of caffeine such as energy drinks and soda that do not yield health benefits. Studies conducted at the Harvard Public School in Boston have revealed that daily consumption of six or more cups of coffee helps you reduce ...

Decline of Binge Eating from Adolescence to Adulthood

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Binge eating disorder is a common eating disorder affecting both males and females. It involves episodes of uncontrollable eating. Binge eaters usually eat more quickly than others. They eat until uncomfortably full and eat even when they are not hungry. To avoid embarrassment, they usually eat alone. They feel depressed and guilty after over-eating. Compensatory behaviors are a common feature of binge eating. They are further divided into ...

New Study Reveals Benefits of Exercise in Combating Alzheimer's Disease

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Exercise is the key in the fight against Alzheimer's disease, shows study. The most common cause of dementia, Alzheimer's disease results in the loss of cognitive faculty. In the majority of cases, Alzheimer's disease occurs after age 65, and factors such as diet and exercise appear to play a role in its development, with high-fat diets as a risk factor. Kinoshita's research compared the effects of 1) diet control, 2) voluntary exercise and 3) ...

Mobile Internet Users on Rise

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Americans moving to mobile internet, says survey. The Pew Internet (and) American Life Project found 88 percent of US adults had a cell phone of some kind as of April, and 55 percent of them use their phone to go online. One out of six, or 17 percent of cell phone owners do most of their online browsing on their phone, rather than a computer or other device. Most do so for convenience, but for some their phone is their only option for online ...

Touch Therapy Benefits Cancer Patients

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Touch therapy reduces nausea and pain in cancer patients, say researchers. The study, conducted by researchers from University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center, included 159 current cancer patients. Before and after each Jin Shin Jyutsu session, Jennifer Bradley asked patients to assess their symptoms of pain, stress and nausea on a scale of 0-10, with 0 representing no symptoms. The study found that in each session, patients experienced significant improvement ...

Factors That Keep You Fat

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More than 100 reasons which are responsible for making losing weight so difficult for people have been revealed by researchers. Experts say that everything from using a remote control to change TV channels to having the wrong sort of friends can help us gain weight. Other things to be taken into account include our genes and the temptation to drive, rather than walk, short distances. According to the British Nutrition Foundation, ...

Vitamin Supplements may Increase Risk of Kidney Stones

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Long term use of calcium and vitamin D supplements increases risk of kidney stones, finds study. The results will be presented Tuesday at The Endocrine Society's 94th Annual Meeting in Houston. "The use of calcium and vitamin D supplementation may not be as benign as previously thought," said principal investigator J. Christopher Gallagher, M.D., professor and director of the Bone Metabolism Unit at Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, NE. "Pending ...

Neural Fingerprints of Memory Associations Identified

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Researchers say that it is possible to use brain recordings to reconstruct aspects of an image or movie clip someone is viewing. A new study by University of Pennsylvania and Thomas Jefferson University scientists brings this work one step closer to actual mind reading by using brain recordings to infer the way people organize associations between words in their memories. The research was conducted by professor Michael J. Kahana of the Department ...

Study Says More Accurate Diagnostic Test may Reduce Deaths

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In babies, a more accurate, faster diagnostic test for Group B Streptococcal infection may reduce deaths, reports study. Group B streptococcus (GBS) infections, caused by the bacterium iStreptococcus agalactiae/i, are the most common cause of meningitis, septicaemia and pneumonia in newborns. In 2010 there were 506 cases of GBS infections in infants across England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Health Protection Agency (HPA) researchers have developed ...

Coffee Drinking may Reduce Heart Failure Risk

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Regular, moderate coffee consumption may reduce risk of heart failure, say researchers. The findings of the study published in the American Heart Association's journal iCirculation Heart Failure/i. In contrast, indulging excessively may be linked with an increased chance of developing serious heart problems. "While there is a commonly held belief that regular coffee consumption may be dangerous to heart health, our research suggests that the opposite may ...

Longer Labor for Women With a Fear of Childbirth, Research Reveals

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New research suggests women who are afraid of childbirth spend longer in labor than women who have no such fear. The result is published (27 June) in iBJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology/i. Between 5 and 20% of pregnant women have a fear of childbirth. Various factors have been associated with increased prevalence of fear of childbirth, including young maternal age, being a first-time mother, pre-existing psychological problems, lack ...

Higher Female-to-male HIV Transmission Risk for Women with Bacterial Vaginosis

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The risk of female-to-male HIV transmission is increased three fold for women with bacterial vaginosis, a common disorder in which the normal balance of bacteria in the vagina is disrupted, according to an investigation led by UCSF. "Previous research has shown that bacterial vaginosis can increase a women's risk of becoming infected with HIV as much as sixty percent. Our study is the first to show that the risk of transmitting HIV is also elevated. Our findings ...

Study Links Genetic Variant to Obesity and Insulin Resistance

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A direct link between the presence of a small genetic alteration in a hormone receptor and increased body fat and insulin resistance was established in a large study involving people at risk of diabetes. The results presented Tuesday at The Endocrine Society's 94th Annual Meeting in Houston, suggest an adverse role for a previously described genetic variant, the BclI polymorphism. "Our findings support the idea that even small variations in hormone receptor sensitivity ...

'Save the Children' Charity Finds 50,000 Teenagers Die Each Year of Pregnancy and Childbirth Complications

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British charity Save the Children on Wednesday highlighted that 50,000 teenagers die each year due to pregnancy and childbirth complications and called it a 'global scandal.' The charity urged the world to renew its focus on family planning with a summit set to take place in London next month highlighting UN figures showing pregnancy and childbirth as leading causes of death for adolescent girls, In a report entitled "How family planning saves children's ...

UN Report Shows 27 Million Problem Drug Users Worldwide

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A UN report released Tuesday revealed about 27 million people around the world are problem drug users, with almost one percent every year dying from narcotics abuse, while cannabis remains the most popular drug. "Heroin, cocaine and other drugs continue to kill around 200,000 people a year, shattering families and bringing misery to thousands of other people, insecurity and the spread of HIV," director Yury Fedotov said as he presented the 2012 World Drug Report ...