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- Paralympic Athletes Strangle One's Own Testicles To Boost Performance
- Super-fertility May Hold Clues to Recurrent Miscarriages
- Hives / Urticaria - Symptom Evaluation
- UP CM Abolishes Admission Fee in Government Hospitals
- Workplace Stress Augments Diabetes Risk In Women
- Mom's Emotions Can Impact Child's Dental Health
- Pregnant Women Warned Against Taking Ayurvedic Pills
- Speech Recognition in Babies Begins Very Early
- Parental Role Model Promotes Increased Activity in Children
- Study Says Many Medications for Elderly are Prescribed Inappropriately
- Milk Production in Haryana on the Rise
- Gullet Cancer Originated in UK in 1950s
- 10 Dead in DRCongo Ebola Outbreak
- French Intellectuals Question Government's Goal to Eradicate Prostitution
- Making Friends Easier for Women
- Substance That Causes Cancer Identified in Smokeless Tobacco
- Being Focused on a Goal and Enjoying It Makes Time Fly
- Bengal Reports Surge in Dengue Cases
- Survey Finds Many Teens Using Illicit Drugs in School
- Roma Migrants Living on the Streets of Paris Desire to Lead a Normal Life
- Collapse of Ancient Maya can be Attributed to Climate Change and Deforestation
- MRI Findings Lend Further Clarity on Multiple Sclerosis
- Women Want to Visualize Breast Reconstruction Results Before Cancer Surgery, Says Survey
- Research Finds Common Antifungal Drug Decreases Tumor Growth and Shows Promise as Cancer Therapy
- Study Finds Babies Born to Older Men at Greater Risk of Genetic Disorders
- Researchers Develop Device That can Detect Even Small Amounts of Toxins in the Atmosphere
- Over (Dollar) 165 Billion Worth of Food Thrown Away by Americans Every Year
- New Finding Brings Communicating Aid to Paralyzed Patients Closer to Reality
- Akhilesh Yadav Flags off Free Ambulance Service in Uttar Pradesh
- Difficult Pregnancies are a Major Problem In Madagascar
- Abnormal Protein Deposits in Alzheimer's Patients Reduces Levels of Enzyme Crucial for Neurotransmitter Production
- Profiles of Individual Brain Cell Contents Could Help Understand Root Cause of Memory Problems and Pain
- Hospital Sandwiches Killed Eight in Britain Over Past 10 Years
- Study Finds Lack of Food Increases Hospital Use by HIV-infected Urban Poor in San Francisco
- Popular Cartoon Characters Could Help Guide Kids Towards Healthier Food Choices
- Stronger Statins Linked to Worsening of Muscle Wear and Tear
- Daily Training for 30 Minutes as Good as an Hour of Exercise
- Men Should Get Fit Before Attempting to Reproduce
- Contaminated Tattoo Ink Linked to Skin Infection Outbreak in US
| Paralympic Athletes Strangle One's Own Testicles To Boost Performance Posted:  The Paralympics GB chef de mission, Craig Hunter, has warned the athletes against indulging in self harming practices to boost their performances. Paralympic athletes routinely use self-harming acts like strangling one's own testicles, breaking bones and stimulating muscles with electric shocks, used to create an adrenalin rush to enhance performance at the Paralympic Games. Boosting is an illegal practice and is often compared with doping in physically able athletes. ... |
| Super-fertility May Hold Clues to Recurrent Miscarriages Posted:  Super-fertility may be a significant factor behind recurrent miscarriages in some women, according to experts. They explained wombs of some women are too good at letting embryos implant, even those of poor quality, which should be rejected. When poorer embryos are allowed to implant, the resulting pregnancies would then fail. One expert welcomed the findings, published in the journal PLoS ONE, and hoped a test could be developed for identifying ... |
| Hives / Urticaria - Symptom Evaluation Posted:  Hives are a common result of allergic reactions. In addition, physical factors, systemic diseases and hormonal changes can also result in hives. |
| UP CM Abolishes Admission Fee in Government Hospitals Posted:  Uttar Pradesh has waived the admission fee of Rs. 35 for out-patients in all government hospitals with effect from Thursday. The orders in this regard were issued by Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav Wednesday and were to be implemented with immediate effect. However, it would practically be enforced from Thursday across the state, a health official told IANS. Besides this, the ambulance service has also been made free for the poor, pregnant women and children, ... |
| Workplace Stress Augments Diabetes Risk In Women Posted:  A study by Canadian researchers have found that women who suffer from excessive workplace stress are at an increased risk of developing diabetes. The same is not true for men. "Men and women react differently to workplace stress," Peter Smith, lead author of the nine-year study by researchers at the Institute for Work and Health and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences in Toronto, told AFP. Smith suggested that women under stress ... |
| Mom's Emotions Can Impact Child's Dental Health Posted:  A new study has suggested that a mother's emotional health and education level during her child's earliest years influence oral health at age 14. Researchers from Case Western Reserve University's School of Dental Medicine started with the oral health of the teens and worked backwards to age 3 to find out what factors in their past influenced their oral health outcomes. While mothers were interviewed, lead investigator Suchitra Nelson, professor in the ... |
| Pregnant Women Warned Against Taking Ayurvedic Pills Posted:  A study by US researchers have warned pregnant women against taking Ayurvedic medicine, after they found high levels of lead in some of the traditional pills. New York City health authorities probed six cases since last year of women -- all but one born in India -- found to be at high risk of lead poisoning due to Ayurvedic medicine, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said. Ayurveda, or long-life science, is a system of traditional medicine ... |
| Speech Recognition in Babies Begins Very Early Posted:  The ability of infants to recognize speech is more complicated than was previously thought, says a new study. Researchers at the Department of Psychology, New York University (NYU), have shown that babies, even nine months old infants, are capable of distinguishing between speech and non-speech sounds in humans and animals. Athena Vouloumanos, an assistant professor at NYU and the study's lead author says that their research has proved ... |
| Parental Role Model Promotes Increased Activity in Children Posted:  According to a new study parents can play a very active role in motivating their children to lead more active lives. Assistant Professor of Medicine at National Jewish Health, Kristen Holm and her colleagues have discovered that when parents improve their daily activities, their children are likely to be more active as well. This interventional study, which correlates the activity levels of parents and children, is the first of its kind. 83 ... |
| Study Says Many Medications for Elderly are Prescribed Inappropriately Posted:  One in five prescriptions to old people is inappropriate, states study published in PLOS ONE. The authors of the study, led by Dedan Opondo of the Academic Medical Center in Amsterdam, conducted a systematic review of English-language studies of medication use in the elderly and found that the median rate of inappropriate prescriptions was 20.5%. Some of the medications with the highest rates of inappropriate use were the antihistamine diphenhydramine, the antidepressant ... |
| Milk Production in Haryana on the Rise Posted:  Murrah breed of buffaloes boost milk production in Haryana. Haryana's milk production has gone up by over 14 lakh tonnes, says the state's animal husbandry and dairy farming department. "The total annual milk production in Haryana has increased from 52.59 lakh tonnes in 2010-11 to 66.61 lakh tonnes in 2011-12," a spokesman of the department said here Wednesday. "The per capita per day availability of milk in the state has shot up to 708 grams ... |
| Gullet Cancer Originated in UK in 1950s Posted:  Global epidemic of gullet cancer (adenocarcinoma) seems to have started in the UK during the 1950s, suggests research. There are two distinct types of gullet (oesophageal) cancer-squamous and adenocarcinoma, the latter typically affecting the lower third of the oesophagus. It was first realised that diagnoses of adenocarcinoma were increasing rapidly in several regions of the world in the mid-1980s. But the reasons behind this dramatic increase ... |
| 10 Dead in DRCongo Ebola Outbreak Posted:  Ten people have died in an outbreak of the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of Congo, says the World Health Organisation. The deaths occurred in three different locations, with the healthcare workers among eight dead in the town of Isiro in the north of the country, according to a WHO statement released Tuesday. The outbreak struck in mid-August and comes on the heals of another Ebola outbreak -- albeit of a different strain -- in western ... |
| French Intellectuals Question Government's Goal to Eradicate Prostitution Posted:  Some of the leading intellectuals in France have poured scorn on the goal of eradicating prostitution. Writing in Thursday's edition of the weekly political magazine Le Nouvel Observateur, a collection of academics, artists and writers suggest efforts to get rid of the world's oldest profession are bound to fail and question whether the Socialist administration should even be trying. Najat Vallaud-Belkacem, the minister for women, caused a stir ... |
| Making Friends Easier for Women Posted:  A survey seems to have given better points to women at making long-lasting friends and forging life bonds. One out of three women said their best friends were those they met during school. Only one out of six men is best friends with a school friend, the survey revealed. Men mostly made friends at university or at work. As time goes by, the number of friendships dropped and most people had only three close friends on average by the age of 60. ... |
| Substance That Causes Cancer Identified in Smokeless Tobacco Posted:  Researchers have identified a substance in smokeless tobacco that causes oral cancer. Around 9 million people use chewing tobacco, snuff and related products. They have also called upon the federal government to regulate or ban the substance. "This is the first example of a strong oral cavity carcinogen that's in smokeless tobacco," said Stephen Hecht, Ph.D., who led the study. "Our results are very important in regard to the growing use ... |
| Being Focused on a Goal and Enjoying It Makes Time Fly Posted:  Time flies and though this may sound cliched, scientists took time out to unravel the mystery of time, to understand what makes time fly. Researchers say that goal motivated fun is what makes time go by quickly. The excitement of performing a goal oriented task just seems to make time go by in the blink of an eye. When we are driven by the challenges in life and wish to achieve a goal with a positive approach, all our energies are so focused that we keep unwanted ... |
| Bengal Reports Surge in Dengue Cases Posted:  A senior health official in West Bengal has reported spike in dengue cases with more than 100 people affected by it. "So far there are 109 patients who have been confirmed as suffering from dengue. We are keeping a close watch on the situation. The menace is on rise but we have taken measures to control it and it will bear results very soon," director, health services B.R. Satpathy told IANS. When the endemic first came in fore in the second week of ... |
| Survey Finds Many Teens Using Illicit Drugs in School Posted:  A recent survey has found that many American high school students use illicit drugs, most of which they have access to in school. Survey results show that roughly 2.8 million children abuse drugs during the school day. There is an increase in drug use in both public and private schools. Nearly 54% of private high school students said that drugs are available in their schools Teens also seem to be swayed by social media - 75% of teens are influenced by ... |
| Roma Migrants Living on the Streets of Paris Desire to Lead a Normal Life Posted:  While the French Government is mulling over a solution to the problem of Roma Migrants, all these people want is a normal life. "I want to work," said Marcel Stoican, a 24-year-old father who was part of a small group of families camping Wednesday on the Place de la Republique in the centre of the capital. As government ministers met for emergency talks on the handling of an estimated 15,000 Roma currently living in camps across France, Stoican explained ... |
| Collapse of Ancient Maya can be Attributed to Climate Change and Deforestation Posted:  Multiple factors - some natural, like climate change; some human-made, including large-scale landscape alterations and shifts in trade routes - led to the 9th century collapse and abandonment of the Central Maya Lowlands in the Yucatan Peninsula. These findings, resulted from a new analysis of complex interactions between humans and the environment preceding the collapse of the ancient Maya, have lessons for contemporary decision-makers and sustainability scientists. ... |
| MRI Findings Lend Further Clarity on Multiple Sclerosis Posted:  New magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) research points out that alterations in brain blood flow associated with vein abnormalities are not specific for multiple sclerosis (MS) and do not contribute to its severity, despite what some researchers have speculated. Results of the research are published online in the journal iRadiology/i. "MRI allowed an accurate evaluation of cerebral blood flow that was crucial for our results," said Simone Marziali, M.D., from ... |
| Women Want to Visualize Breast Reconstruction Results Before Cancer Surgery, Says Survey Posted:  Kim Sport is passionate about educating other women who are facing breast cancer. That is but natural as she survived two battles with breast cancer and also had a mastectomy and breast reconstruction at the same time. "I feel that it is very important to share my experience with other women because I don't want them to just have to look at a photo. I want to show them what reconstruction really looks like," said Sport, who has shared her reconstruction results ... |
| Research Finds Common Antifungal Drug Decreases Tumor Growth and Shows Promise as Cancer Therapy Posted:  A molecule that would inhibit the action of yeast genes was being searched by Cha, a graduate student in cell and molecular biology at the university. She found that thiabendazole did the trick. She then tested the drug in developing frog embryos. These are fast growing vertebrates in which scientists can watch blood vessel growth in living animals. Cha found that frog embryos grown in water with the drug either didn't grow blood vessels or grew blood ... |
| Study Finds Babies Born to Older Men at Greater Risk of Genetic Disorders Posted:  Children born to older men are at a greater risk of developing genetic mutations that could increase the risk of a number of genetic disorders including autism and schizophrenia. A father's age is by far the biggest factor determining the rate of new, uninherited genetic mutations in his offspring, according to a paper published Wednesday in the journal Nature. From a man's peak reproductive years in adolescence, the rate of new or "de novo" gene mutations ... |
| Researchers Develop Device That can Detect Even Small Amounts of Toxins in the Atmosphere Posted:  An "electronic nose" which can help detect the presence of even small quantities of harmful substances in the air, ranging from pesticide agents to chemical warfare agents, has been developed by researchers at University of California. The device has potential applications in agriculture (detecting pesticide levels), industrial sites (detecting gas leaks, combustion emissions), homeland security (warning systems for bio-terrorism) and the military (detecting chemical ... |
| Over (Dollar) 165 Billion Worth of Food Thrown Away by Americans Every Year Posted:  A new report published by the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) reveals that more than (Dollar) 165 billion worth of meats and produce are thrown away by Americans every year. According to the Washington Post, the analysis found that waste exists from farm to fork, even as an ongoing drought threatens to boost food prices. Relatively low U.S. prices make it easy to waste food, the report said. These wasteful tendencies have worsened over time, with the ... |
| New Finding Brings Communicating Aid to Paralyzed Patients Closer to Reality Posted:  A team of Israeli and American researchers have found out the process through which brain cells encode the pronunciation of individual vowels in speech, leading to hopes that a new technology could be developed to help paralyzed people to communicate with others. The discovery could lead to new technology that verbalizes the unspoken words of people paralyzed by injury or disease. "We know that brain cells fire in a predictable way before we move our ... |
| Akhilesh Yadav Flags off Free Ambulance Service in Uttar Pradesh Posted:  Keeping his party's election promise of providing better health care, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav announced the availability of 200 new ambulances for specific districts in the state. Speaking before the flagging-off ceremony, Yadav said the Samajwadi Party (SP) government had prioritised healthcare in its election manifesto and he was happy that the first steps in this direction were being taken. He also announced that in the second ... |
| Difficult Pregnancies are a Major Problem In Madagascar Posted:  Alphonsina Zara experienced three days of excruciating labour at the age of 20 and even though she was in a health centre, her baby was stillborn. Doctors found that she had developed a hole in her birth canal, a severe medical condition called obstetric fistula. She not only lost her baby, it disrupted her life for the next 14 years. The injury is usually caused by complications during childbirth, such as a prolonged labour that can cause muscle tissues ... |
| Posted:  A new study published in the journal Molecular and Cellular Proteomics reveals that a team of German researchers has identified why the signals between nerves cells are disrupted in Alzheimer's patients following abnormal protein deposits in their brains. They varied the amount of APP protein and related proteins associated with Alzheimer's disease in cell cultures, and then analysed how this manipulation affected other proteins in the cell. The result: the amount ... |
| Posted:  Researchers are hoping to provide insights into why people suffer from chronic pain, memory loss and other problems by creating profiles of the contents of individual brain cells by making use of a material that is so small that it requires over 50,000 units to make up a single drop. They described the latest results of this one-by-one exploration of cells or "neurons" from among the millions present in an animal brain at the 244supth/sup National Meeting (and) ... |
| Hospital Sandwiches Killed Eight in Britain Over Past 10 Years Posted:  An independent health watchdog has revealed that listeria-infected sandwiches prepared at hospitals have killed at least eight patients in UK hospitals over the past 10 years. The victims died after being infected with the listeria bacteria, which thrives when food is not chilled properly, The Sun reported. Half of those affected were cancer patients already weakened by chemotherapy treatment that left them less able to fight off the deadly bacteria, ... |
| Study Finds Lack of Food Increases Hospital Use by HIV-infected Urban Poor in San Francisco Posted:  UCSF researchers found poor HIV-infected individuals living in San Francisco and lacking access to food of sufficient quality and quantity for a healthy life are significantly more likely to visit emergency rooms and to have hospital stays. "In the prior three months, a quarter of participants in the study reported an ER visit, and just over a tenth reported a hospitalization, which shows that we are dealing with a population with high levels of illness. But the ... |
| Popular Cartoon Characters Could Help Guide Kids Towards Healthier Food Choices Posted:  Using stickers of popular cartoon characters could help influence children's dietary habits and make them choose healthier foods according to a new study published in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine. The study was conducted by researchers at Cornell University. The researchers offered the choice of cookies or apples during lunch to a group of 208 children between 8 and 11 years of age at suburban and rural schools over a period of one week. ... |
| Stronger Statins Linked to Worsening of Muscle Wear and Tear Posted:  Researchers at University of California, San Diego state that taking stronger statins could come with an increased frequency of muscle side effects compared to taking weaker statins to lower cholesterol. Muscle problems are one of the common side effects among those who take statins with rhabdomyolysis being one of the more severe problems that could lead to kidney damage. The researchers looked into the severity of the muscle problems caused by taking statins and ... |
| Daily Training for 30 Minutes as Good as an Hour of Exercise Posted:  A new study published in the American Journal of Physiology reveals that 30 minutes of daily training is as effective in shedding the excess kilos as an hour of exercise. The study was conducted by researchers at University of Copenhagen who recruited 60 men who were "heavy but healthy" and wanted to get into better shape over the next three months. The researchers divided the participants into two groups with the first group connected to heart rate monitors ... |
| Men Should Get Fit Before Attempting to Reproduce Posted:  Researchers at University of Melbourne in Australia say that not just women but men too should get themselves fit by losing the excess kilos before attempting to have a baby. According to the study, to be presented at the Endocrine Society of Australia and the Society for Reproductive Biology 2012 annual meet, being overweight negatively impacts the sperm and also affects the growth of the fetus and placental development while also reducing the chances of success. ... |
| Contaminated Tattoo Ink Linked to Skin Infection Outbreak in US Posted:  Health experts looking into the outbreak of skin infections in four American states last fall revealed that contaminated tattoo ink was the culprit behind more than 22 skin and soft tissue infections. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed that it has so far identified 22 confirmed cases of infections with an additional 27 possible cases and 4 probable cases in Iowa, New York, Washington and Colorado. The report revealed that four companies ... |
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