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Recommendations for Treating Thyroid Dysfunction During and After Pregnancy

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The 2007 Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) for management of thyroid disease during pregnancy and postpartum have been revised by the Endocrine Society. The CPG provides recommendations for diagnosis and treatment of patients with thyroid-related medical issues just before and during pregnancy and in the postpartum interval. Thyroid hormone contributes critically to normal fetal brain development and having too little or too much of this hormone can ...

Plan to Set Up Call Centers in Prisons Mooted in UK

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New documents have revealed that the Ministry of Justice in the UK is planning to set up call centers inside prisons. The details of the plans have emerged after marketing material from an MoJ-supported company, which described the call centre scheme as a 'rehabilitation revolution', were passed to the Guardian. The MoJ stressed that the company, UrbanData Ltd, was no longer involved in the programme as it had filed for liquidation, but the department ...

Hello Kitty Books Being Used by Venus Williams for Fashion Designs

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Wonder where Venus Williams gets inspiration for her Eleven by Venus range? The tennis star has revealed that she uses Hello Kitty pads to sketch clothes for her tennis fashion line. The 32-year-old star is known for her style on the court, but her method of visualizing her tennis fashion line is surprising. "I have a soft spot for all things Hello Kitty, and the notebooks are my sketch pads," the New York Post quoted her as telling Departures magazine. ...

List of Email Blunders Office Workers Should Avoid

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A new study has revealed that spelling or grammatical errors in official emails can leave a lasting negative impression. Two-thirds of the people surveyed, said that they regard simple mistakes as 'shoddy' and would 'have no faith' in the sender. The report, by Staples UK, found that taking time over an 'Out of Office' email over the summer holidays and Olympic period can actually have a positive effect on relationships with colleagues, clients and ...

Soon, Disposable Wristband That Tells You When to Get Away from the Sun

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Preventing over-exposure to the sun and reducing the risk of cancer may soon be possible via a paper wrist strap similar to the bands worn at festivals. The device tells people when they have been exposed to a certain amount of UV (ultra-violet) radiation by changing colour. The monitor works by turning from yellow to pink as the strength of UV radiation increases. The wristband operates through an acid-release agent, which picks up ultraviolet ...

Songs That Inspire You to Work Out

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A new study has found that most people seem to prefer plugging themselves into Queen, Madonna, Lady Gaga or Prodigy while working out. Some 57 percent of 2,000 fitness enthusiasts surveyed claimed music significantly helped them train. But while British bronze-winning gymnast Louis Smith listens to reggae to get into his sporting zone, and American swimmers Michael Phelps and Ryan Lochte both opt for rapper Lil' Wayne, the general public are much more ...

Engineers Develop a Folding Car to Squeeze into Tiny Parking Spaces

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Engineers have created an uber-compact electric car, which folds completely and squeezes into the tightest of parking spots. The pint-sized Hiriko Fold city car is expected to hit the market next year, Discovery News reported. The proposed cost of the car is 16,000 dollars and it gets 75 miles between charges. The Hiriko Fold features wheels that have a zero turning radius and are capable of turning sideways. Created by DENOKINN ...

Scientists Clarify Why It is Impossible to Live in the Moment

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Newuroscientists have revealed that living in the moment is impossible for a healthy person. They have identified a brain area responsible for using past decisions and outcomes to guide future behavior. The study conducted at the University of Pittsburgh is the first of its kind to analyze signals associated with metacognition-a person's ability to monitor and control cognition (a term cleverly described by researchers as "thinking about thinking.") "The ...

Scientists Describe New Approach of Resistant Tuberculosis

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Detecting resistant tuberculosis was hardly feasible until now, but scientists of the Antwerp Institute of Tropical Medicine have breathed new life into a forgotten technique and have succeeded in detecting this deadly condition. Tuberculosis bacilli that have become resistant against our major antibiotics are a serious threat to world health. If we do not take efficient and fast action, 'multiresistant tuberculosis' may become a worldwide epidemic, ...

Bottled 100 Percent Olympic Atmosphere for Sale on eBay

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The atmosphere at London 2012, which athletes and commentators unanimously believe is the best in Olympic history, is to be bottled and sold by a few enterprising individuals. Every day, incredible scenes at all the venues are seen as thousands of cheering and flag-waving fans get swept along by the Olympic euphoria and regular British success. Bottles and jars have been appearing on eBay in the past few days purporting to be full of that rarefied Olympic ...

Lawyers Claim 'Dark Knight' Shooting Suspect is Mentally Unbalanced

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James Holmes, who allegedly killed 12 people during the screening of 'The Dark Knight Rises' at a movie hall in the US, is mentally ill, his lawyers have claimed. Attorneys for James Holmes, while speaking at a court hearing in Denver, also said that their client tried to get help before the massacre. Defense attorney Daniel King made the revelation about Holmes as he argued defense attorneys need more information from prosecutors and investigators to ...

The Power to Heal: Now, at Your Fingertips

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Researchers have mimicked and recreated the intricate properties of the fingertips by using semiconductor devices. The devices, shown to be capable of responding with high precision to the stresses and strains associated with touch and finger movement, are a step towards the creation of surgical gloves for use in medical procedures such as local ablations and ultrasound scans. Researchers from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Northwestern ...

The Journal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society Probes First Antibiotic Stewardship

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The most rigorous evaluation of the impact on reducing the days of antibiotic therapy in a children's hospital using a prospective-audit-with-feedback antibiotic stewardship program (ASP) has been released by the iJournal of the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society/i (iJPIDS/i). The study utilized a control group of the 25-member children's hospitals of the Child Health Corporation of America. A companion article describes how the ASP was created within ...

Researchers Report Potential Nipah Vaccine Passes Primate Test

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A vaccine for the deadly Nipah virus in monkeys has been successfully tested by researchers. This has raised hopes that it could provide similar protection for humans. With greater than a 75 percent fatality rate and the ability to be transmitted directly from person to person, Nipah has long been a significant concern for infectious-disease experts. The virus, which is carried naturally by fruit bats, was first discovered in Malaysia in 1998. Outbreaks have occurred ...

Debts Force Shutdown of Africa Village

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Organizers have confirmed that Africa Village, the first joint hospitality venue at an Olympics, was closed permanently due to unpaid debts. The hospitality house, set up in Kensington Gardens in central London, had laid on cultural, sporting and culinary festivities to showcase the continent to athletes, VIPs, business chiefs, sports fans and passers-by. The venue, sponsored by 20 countries under the Association of National Olympic Committees of Africa ...

Researchers Develop Hair-Raising Chair to Enhance Your Response to Scary Movies

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A chair that is digitally linked to a movie and artificially induces body hairs to stand up has been developed by researchers. By resting a forearm inside a black tube on the arm of the "Chilly Chair", movie watchers get a hair-rising experience. Doctoral student Shogo Fukushima, who studies at the University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo, wanted to try artificially inducing the hairy reaction to intensify people's responses to movies and games. ...

Sticky Tape Kinesio Claims to Cut Pain and Boost Performance for Injured Olympians

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Kinesio, the neon tape, swathing sprinters and swimmers alike at this year's Olympics is taking London by storm. "It's all over the Olympics," ABC News quoted Dr. Jennifer Solomon of New York City's Hospital for Special Surgery as saying. "Athletes love it," she said. Developed by a Japanese chiropractor, Kinesio claims to cut pain and boost performance, and judging by its prominence at this year's Games, athletes think it works. "If ...

Study Finds Self Reflection About Giving Motivates People to Help Others

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A new study has revealed thinking about what we have given, rather than what we have received, may lead us to be more helpful towards others. Researchers Adam Grant of The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and Jane Dutton of The Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan wanted to understand how reflection, in the form of expressive writing, might influence prosocial behaviour. They observed that when we reflect on what we've ...

Motion-Capture Animation Shows Olympic Athletes Swimming Like Dolphins

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Motion-capture animation technique has been tried with Olympic athletes by researchers - taping sensors to swimmer Dana Vollmer and diver Abby Johnston to give them computer-generated effects much like the blue Pandorans in 'Avatar'. Researchers from New York University set up a company called Manhattan Mocap, and shot video of the athletes from myriad angles. They produced some beautiful pieces of computer animation - but the real purpose was to see ...

Wait! Instant Decision May Not be the Best Decision

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Modern technology has taken its toll on waiting that is now a lost art, as the need to speed up is making people take their decisions and actions instantly, a book claims. Author Professor Frank Partnoy said that the 'crush of technology' drives us to 'make instant decisions' and follow our short-term animal instincts. But he insists that it is often better to be patient and take time to think things over. In Wait: The Useful Art of Procrastination, ...

Two Women Get Married in Taiwan's First Same-sex Buddhist Wedding

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In Taiwan's first same-sex Buddhist wedding, two women tied the knot on Saturday. Rights groups hope this wedding will help make Taiwan become the first place in Asia to legalize gay marriage. Fish Huang and her partner You Ya-ting, both wearing traditional white bridal gowns, said "I do" in front of a Buddha statue and exchanged prayer beads rather than rings in a monastery in Taoyuan, in northern Taiwan. Nearly 300 Buddhists chanted sutras to seek ...

Grapes Protect Heart Health of Men

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Grapes good for heart health in men with metabolic syndrome, states study. Researchers observed a reduction in key risk factors for heart disease in men with metabolic syndrome: reduced blood pressure, improved blood flow and reduced inflammation. Natural components found in grapes, known as polyphenols, are thought to be responsible for these beneficial effects. The randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover study, led by principal investigator ...

World's First Eyeless Spider Discovered

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An eyeless huntsman spider named Sinopoda scurion has been discovered by a scientist. With a leg span of only 6 cm and a body span of around 12 mm, the spider is certainly not one of the largest representatives of its kind, with more than 1,100 species. "I found the spider in a cave in Laos, around 100 km away from the famous Xe Bang Fai cave," reports Peter Jager, head of the arachnology section at the Senckenberg Research Institute in Frankfurt, ...

Curiosity Rover to Undergo Brain Transplant

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Mars rover Curiosity will undergo 'brain transplant' with a software upgrade to prepare for new tasks ahead, says NASA. The upgrade will take place as part of a series of steps to prepare the rover for its future tasks such as driving and using its strong robotic arm, Xinhua reported Friday. A new version of software will be installed in the rover's redundant main computers, according to Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California. "We ...

Study Says Adolescents Consuming Less Iron, Vitamins

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Adolescents intake of nutrients has fallen in recent years, shows study. Because nutrition and fitness are intertwined -- for example, iron forms part of haemoglobin, which carries oxygen to muscles, and antioxidants such as vitamin C aid in rebuilding damage after intense training -- these two findings could be related, the Journal of Applied Physiology reports. Luis Gracia-Marco of the University of Zaragoza, Spain, and colleagues, have found that ...

Text-speak Messages Increase Risk of Accidents

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Messages with text-speak up risk of crashing, states study. The study by Canterbury University PhD student James Head found that reading a text message with text-speak required more focus than correctly spelled words, placing the driver in a state of "inattentional blindness" and increasing the chance of missing critical signals. Text-speak refers to words that have been abbreviated, such as "ttyl" (talk to you later) and includes leaving out ...

Depression may Boost Peripheral Artery Disease Risk

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Depression to be linked with an increased risk of peripheral artery disease (PAD), reveals study. PAD is a circulatory problem in which narrowed arteries reduce blood flow to the limbs - usually the legs and feet - resulting in pain, reduced mobility and, in extreme cases, gangrene and amputation. Marlene Grenon, MD, CM, a vascular surgeon at San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California (SFVAMC) and an assistant professor of ...

India: 18th Most Religious Country in the World

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According to a recent survey, India has been ranked the 18th most religious country in the world. The polls results released by the Win-Gallup International Religiosity and Atheism Index showed that only 13 percent Indians considered themselves as "not religious" while 3 percent claimed themselves as "convinced atheists". According to the survey, percentage change in atheism in India was found to be -1 percent, while the percentage change in religiosity ...

Professor Releases New Weight Management and Healthy Blood Sugar Control Products

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Michael Zemel releases new weight management product called NuShape and a healthy blood sugar control product NuControl. "NuSirt Sciences seeks to use our understanding of how molecules function and relate to one another and combine it with our knowledge of metabolic pathways," said Zemel. "This can uncover metabolic activities in safe, natural products that prevent metabolic diseases such as obesity, metabolic syndrome, diabetes and cardiovascular ...

Bengal to Launch Dengue Awareness Campaign

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Bengal decides to increase awareness throughout all the dengue affected areas. The government has also decided to train 142 medical officers of Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) to tackle the menace, as most of the confirmed cases are reported in Kolkata. "So far there are 80 patients who have been confirmed as suffering from dengue. We are keeping a close watch on the situation. But there is no need to panic," said Minister of State for Health ...

Prince William Warned to Act Soon or Risk Going Totally Bald by 40: Expert

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According to a leading hair transplant surgeon, Prince William will be completely bald by the time he is 40 if he takes no action. Doctor Asim Shahmalak said that Propecia, which Justin Bieber suggested that William should use, could halt the royal's hair loss but it would not restore the lost hair. "He would have to take Propecia for the rest of his life and it would not help him to grow new hair," the Daily Mail quoted Shahmalak, who runs the ...

Major Breakthrough in Understanding the Earth's Climate Machine

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The history of the climatic change over the last 1.5 million years has been revealed by scientists in a recent research. The study, carried out by researchers in the University of Cambridge Department of Earth Sciences, offers new insights into a decades-long debate about how the shifts in the Earth's orbit relative to the sun have taken the Earth into and out of an ice-age climate. Being able to reconstruct ancient climate change is a critical ...

Indonesia Reports Ninth Bird Flu Death

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In Indonesia, bird flu claims ninth victim this year, say sources. "The deceased was a self-employed 37-year-old male," according to the report on the ministry's website. The man was hospitalised on July 24 with a high fever and was placed on a ventilator five days later, according to the report. He died on July 30. Authorities do not know how the man contracted the virus, but said he lived near poultry farms. Indonesia has ...

New Mechanism Behind Resistance to Cancer Treatment Discovered

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Scientists have identified the key factor behind resistance to cancer treatment. They describe their findings online Aug. 5 in advance of print publication in iNature Medicine./i"Cancer cells inside the body live in a very complex environment or neighborhood. Where the tumor cell resides and who its neighbors are influence its response and resistance to therapy," said senior author Peter S. Nelson, M.D., a member of the Hutchinson Center's Human Biology ...

Sitting at Your Desk the Whole Day?

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Office workers who are at their desks during the day gain a lot of weight during their fist year on the job, a recent research has revealed. The weight gain during the first year of a desk job could be an average of 10 pounds, revealed the research. The main reason could be inactivity during a desk job as well as wrong eating habits and the tendency to snack in-between. Nearly 75% of people who answered a survey as part of the research said that they ...

Take It Seriously and Give Up Smoking

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Smoking is bad for health and the list of its adverse effects on health just seems to be going up. A recent research has pointed out how the risk of cancers of the bone marrow and immune system goes up with smoking. The study which evaluated the risks showed that the chances of developing cancer were almost eight in every 1,000 smokers. Women who smoked close to 20 cigarettes a day face a two-fold risk of Hodgkin's lymphoma and some bone marrow cancers. ...

Try Sleeping on Your Tummy Tonight

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Recent research from Shue Yan University in Hong Kong has offered a clue of what you might be in for if you decide to change position and sleep on your stomach tonight. Those who sleep on their stomach report having erotic dreams. When researchers conducted a study, participants who slept on their stomach reported erotic feelings and sensations associated to persecution. Some of them reported 'being tied up', 'being locked up' and 'unable to move'. The ...