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Sports Injuries Cannot be Prevented by Mere Research

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Sometimes sports injuries occur due to contact with some hard object. This can result in torn tendon or ligament or even a broken bone. For instance runner's knee is a painful situation related with running and tennis elbow is associated with stress injury to elbow. Injuries are quite common and frequent in professional sports and teams have a trained and specialized staff for handling players' injuries. The common symptoms of sports injuries ...

Eye Twitch - Symptom Evaluation

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Eye twitching is a consequence of an abnormal, involuntary, uncontrollable contraction or spasm of the eyelid muscles or muscles surrounding the eyes.

Death Risk Increases 3-fold for Patients Smoking After Stroke

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Recent research reveals patients who resume smoking after a stroke increase their risk of death by three-fold. The research was presented at ESC Congress 2012 by Professor Furio Colivicchi from San Filippo Neri Hospital. The researchers also found that the earlier patients resume smoking, the greater their risk of death within one year. "It is well established that smoking increases the risk of having a stroke," said Professor Colivicchi. "Quitting smoking after ...

Omission of Aspirin from Antiplatelet Regimen is Safe, WOEST Study Reveals

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Lifelong anticoagulation is necessary for the prevention of stroke in patients with rhythm disturbances and with mechanical valves. For the first time a study showed aspirin could be safely omitted. Patients who have a coronary stent implanted also need the antiplatelet drugs aspirin and clopidogrel to prevent the rare but lethal complication of stent thrombosis. For patients taking oral anticoagulant drugs (for atrial fibrillation or mechanical valve) who also ...

Aspirin Increases Prostate Cancer Survival

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An aspirin a day lowers risk of death in men with prostate cancer, suggests study. Preclinical studies have shown that aspirin and other anticoagulation medications may inhibit cancer growth and metastasis, but clinical data have been limited previously. Dr. Kevin Choe, assistant professor of radiation oncology at UT Southwestern, and colleagues looked at almost 6,000 men in the Cancer of the Prostate Strategic Urologic Research Endeavor (CaPSURE) ...

Deep Brain Stimulation Benefits Parkinson's Patients

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Deep brain stimulation stops uncontrollable shaking in patients with Parkinson's disease, states study. DBS uses an electrode implanted beneath the skin to deliver electrical pulses into the brain more than 100 times per second. Although this technology was approved by the Food and Drug Administration more than 15 years ago, it remains unclear how it reduces tremor and other symptoms of movement disorders. With the help of electroencephalography ...

Study Finds Reducing TV Time Can Prevent Weight Gain in Adolescent Children

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A community-based randomized trial concluded limiting television-viewing duration may be an effective strategy to prevent excess weight gain in adolescent kids. The findings were based on a one-year community-based randomised trial that included 153 adults and 72 adolescents from the same households. The researchers from the University of Minnesota, School of Public Health Obesity Prevention Center measured Television viewing hours, diet, and physical ...

New Pain-blasting Pen

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Ballpoint-like pen could provide relief to millions crippled by arthritis pain, say scientists. The handheld device contains a tiny needle-like tip that is cooled to minus 20c using liquid nitrogen - this is inserted just a few millimetres under the skin against a nerve. Early tests show that the pen, gives instant relief with each treatment session taking just 30 to 45 minutes. The therapy can be repeated continually in a GP surgery or pain clinic ...

Coffee Cuts Bowel Cancer Risk By 40 Pc

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Six cups of coffee every day reduces the risk of bowel cancer, say researchers. Those study participants who drank four cups a day saw their risk of a tumour drop by about 15 per cent. But volunteers who downed six or more cups were up to 40 per cent less likely to fall victim to the disease, the Daily Mail reported. Bowel cancer is responsible for high mortality rate - around 16,000 a year - because many victims ignore early warning signs ...

Men Tell More Lies Than Women: Study

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Men are more likely to lie than women, reveals study. The average man tells 3 lies a day - or a whopping 1,092 a year, whereas women in comparison fib just twice a day or 728 times a year, the Daily Express reported. But a role reversal happens when it comes to hiding new clothes from a partner, in that situation, 39 percent of women feel the need to lie about their latest wardrobe additions, compared to just 26 percent of men. Women ...

Nuts During Pregnancy Reduce Chances of Childhood Allergy

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Eating nuts during pregnancy cuts asthma risk in children, states study. The new study was a part of the Danish National Birth Cohort and analysed data of 61,000 women. Earlier, women had been advised to avoid eating peanuts during pregnancy and while breast-feeding if they or the father had an allergy, the Daily Express reported. Parents were also recommended not to give peanuts to kids until they were at least three years old. However, ...

White Teeth Signal Health and Beckon Mate

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Recent research has confirmed the well-known truth, that teeth enhance a person's beauty and renders them more attractive to a potential mate! Mate selection is a behavior seen in all members of the animal kingdom, and there are various methods by which the male and the female of a species select their potential mate. Many animals and birds exhibit sexual display as a part of luring their mate. Some show off their physical prowess, others preen themselves, ...

Study Explores Long-term Weight Loss Plans After Menopause

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It may be easy to shed weight quickly in the early phases of a diet, but studies have found that it is difficult to keep the weight off in the long term. For post-menopausal women, natural declines in energy expenditure could make long-term weight loss even more challenging. A new study finds that in post-menopausal women, some behaviors that are related to weight loss in the short term are not effective or sustainable for the long term. Interventions targeting ...

Lifestyle Changes Could Prevent Cardiac Events

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Healthy lifestyle could prevent up to 400 cardiac events and 200 deaths in Swedish PCI patients, states research. The results were presented at ESC press conference by Professor Joep Perk from Linnaeus University and at the scientific session by Dr Roland CARLSSON. The benefits of adherence to a heart healthy lifestyle in combination with drug treatment after an acute myocardial infarction treated with coronary artery balloon intervention (PCI) have recently ...

Glue Mixture Could Improve Safety of LASIK Eye Surgery

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An adhesive may reduce risks after laser vision correction surgery, say Kansas State University researchers. Stacy Littlechild, a recent bachelor's degree graduate in biology originally from Wakeeney, is the lead author of two studies that describe a new protocol involving (and) #64257;brinogen, ribo (and) #64258;avin and ultraviolet light that could improve the safety of the corrective surgery. One study that demonstrates the ability of a glue to bind corneal ...

Better Vaccines for Tuberculosis Could Save Millions of Lives, Say Researchers

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Researchers say that better vaccines for tuberculosis - a global health threat could save millions of lives. The review published online in iTrends in Molecular Medicine/i. "Tuberculosis is a highly communicable disease that may influence practically anyone and everyone," says senior author Javed Agrewala of the CSIR-Institute of Microbial Technology in Chandigarh, India. "There is a serious need and challenge for the scientific community to develop alternative ...

Newer, More Effective Drugs Needed to Treat Multidrug-resistant TB

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Study finds more research is needed for the use of newer drugs, a greater number of effective drugs, and a longer treatment regimen to improve survival of patients with multidrug resistant tuberculosis. This large study by a team of international researchers is published in this week's iPLOS Medicine/i. Global efforts to control tuberculosis are being challenged by the emergence of strains that are resistant to several antibiotics including isoniazid and rifampicin, ...

Memories, Tributes For Neil Armstrong Stirred By Apollo 11 Capsule

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Matt Hehman did something that would have been unimaginable when Neil Armstrong set foot on the moon 33 years ago while coming upon the Apollo 11 capsule at the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. He snapped a photo of the spacecraft with his smartphone, then immediately posted the digital image onto his Facebook account for his hundreds of friends around the world to see. It was his way, he said, of paying tribute to the first man to walk on ...

Crack Down on Cocaine Trafficking By Brazil

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Brazil after being faced with rising cocaine consumption linked to economic prosperity is cracking down harder on trafficking along its borders with three top neighboring coca leaf producers. The producers are Bolivia, Peru and Colombia. "Our country is making headway economically and rising income translates into higher drug use," said Oslain Santana, head of the federal police's anti-organized crime task force. "Cocaine consumption is the highest ...

Fukushima Begins Testing Rice for Radiation

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Bags of rice are being checked by the Fukushima Prefectural Government in Japan for radiation. Governor Yuhei Sato, who visited an inspection center in Nihonmatsu on the first day of the inspections, said that he 'wants safe Fukushima rice to be delivered across the country'. According to the Japan Times, the checks were considered necessary to allay fears caused by the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima No. 1 power station. On the first day ...

Helping Confused Parents Decipher Their Kids' Text Messages Is A New App

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When parents receive a text message from their child, littered with abbreviations and text speak which they do not understand, they are often confused. Some of the abbreviations are 2go2 [to go to] or 2nyt [tonight]. Now, a company called DML has created a new app, which will help baffled parents decipher what their children mean in their text messages. Called TextGenie, the app deciphers text langue and slang from incoming SMS messages and translates ...

The Reason Behind Why Your Manager Gets Paid More Than You

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A new study has found that the average manager is worth 1.75 employees. The new research also suggests that the average boss motivates and teaches employees skills that last. A report by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) set to find out just how important the role of supervisor is. By studying data based on the productivity of a technology-based services company, the effects of the average supervisor are estimated and found ...

Tsunami Made Worse By 'Pop-Up' Movement Of Large Amounts Of Residue

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A new study has suggested that Tsunami created by undersea earthquakes can be made much larger by the "pop-up" movement of large amounts of residue. These earthquakes release huge amounts of energy as tectonic plates, which stick as they pass each other, suddenly slip. However, the new study suggests that wedges of sediment scraped from the plates can pop up, thereby boosting the resulting tsunami. The new study suggests that spotting these ...

Development Of Smartphone App That Helps Teachers Keep Track of Straying Kids

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A new application has been developed that alerts teachers when a student is wandering away from the flock. This could help teachers prevent anyone from getting lost. The new app - RubberBand, uses a sensor attached to each child's knapsack that broadcasts a radio signal to all the other kids' sensors once every second. The signals are then collected by a smartphone running software that measures the signal strength between every pair of children in ...

Ancient Turkey Was The 'Birth' Place of The English Language

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A new study has revealed that English has descended from a language that emerged about 8,000 and 9,500 years ago in Turkey. Scientists from New Zealand, have traced the origin of languages classed as Indo-European to Anatolia, an ancient region of western Asia, which now covers most of the modern Turkey, the Daily Mail reported. English is a part of the Indo-European language family, which includes more than 400 languages and dialects like German, French, ...

Even One Glass of Alcohol Per Day Increases Cancer Risk

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Drinking just one glass of alcohol every day increases the risk of cancer, a new study conducted by Italian researchers reveals. Researchers at University of Milan revealed that light drinking is linked with more than 34,000 deaths across the world every year. The researchers observed more than 150,000 men and women, of which 92,000 were light drinkers, and found that drinking just one glass of alcohol every day increases the risk of mouth, pharynx, oesophagus and ...

Face Yoga as an Anti-Aging Tool

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Following claims of curing obesity, cancer and even AIDS, yoga has now branched into anti-aging industry with hundreds of women in Australia shunning expensive face creams and botox treatments and joining face yoga classes. There are a number of videos on YouTube, books and even smartphone apps that provide information and "postures" that help reduce wrinkles and slow down the process of aging. Even celebrities are followers of the practice with well known names such ...

Key to Climate Change are Ocean Temperature Patterns

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The role of sensitive triggers built into our climate system that can cause abrupt shifts in global climate has been uncovered by an analysis of past oceanic temperature patterns. "Evidence is mounting that the Earth's climate system has sensitive triggers that can cause abrupt and dramatic shifts in global climate," said geological oceanographer Matthew Schmidt from Texas A (and) M University. He points out that if ocean temperatures were to warm along the ...

To Fight Germs Bugs Bask in Sunlight

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According to a new discovery, a North American bug species basks in sunlight to fend off germs on the body. Western Boxelder Bugs (WBB), found largely in the interior regions of British Columbia, are known to group together in sunlit patches, and while there, they release monoterpenes, strong-smelling chemical compounds that help protect the bugs by killing germs on their bodies. "Prophylactic (protective) sunbathing defends these bugs against pathogens ...

Methods To Reduce The Side Effects of Treatment for Prostate Cancer

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New research which investigated ways of treating side effects of therapy for prostate cancer has made a new finding. The research has found that tamoxifen, an anti-estrogen used to treat breast cancer, is also able to suppress gynecomastia and breast pain in men. The research is published in BioMed Central's open access journal iBMC Medicine/i reassessing clinical data from trials. Prostate cancer is one of the most common cancers in men and early treatment ...

Secondary Damage After Traumatic Brain Injury Prevented By Targeted Oxidation-Blocker

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According to a research team, treatment with an agent that blocks the oxidation of an important component of the mitochondrial membrane prevented the secondary damage of severe traumatic brain injury and preserved function that would otherwise have been impaired. The team is from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Graduate School of Public Health and Department of Chemistry and the report is published online today in iNature Neuroscience/i. Annually, ...

Pain-Free Alternative to Dentist Drill Developed

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You can enjoy a painless visit to your dentist in future after a team of American researchers revealed that they have developed a new device that could be a pain-free alternative to the dentists' drill and can also increase the lifespan of the fillings. The new device created by researchers from the University of Missouri in the US is like an electric toothbrush and cleans out cavities with high energy gas and liquid particles. It does more than cut ...

Two Anti-Clotting Drugs Provide Similar Results in Preventing Deaths

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Researchers at Duke University Medical Center have found that two anti clotting drugs, prasugrel and clopidogrel, provide similar results in preventing occurrence of death, heart attack or stroke among acute coronary syndrome patients who do not undergo coronary stenting or bypass surgery. The study also showed no difference in serious bleeding complications. At the same time, the Duke researchers observed an unexpected reduction in heart attack, stroke ...

Potential to Noninvasively Identify Significant Coronary Artery Disease With New Test

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New research says that among patients with suspected or known coronary artery disease, use of a new method demonstrated improved diagnostic accuracy vs. CT angiography alone for the diagnosis of ischemia. The method applies computational fluid dynamics to derive certain data from computed tomographic (CT) angiography. The study is being published online by iJAMA/i. The study is being released early to coincide with its presentation at the European Society of ...

Mayo Clinic Develops Pills as Alternative to Drinking Laxatives Before Cancer Screening

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Researchers at Mayo Clinic have developed four new pills that are an effective alternative to drinking "unpleasant" laxatives in bowel cleansing that is required prior to virtual colonoscopy for cancer screening. "Some become so anxious about drinking so much liquid that they avoid the entire procedure, putting them at risk of undiagnosed cancer," the clinic said. That effect has added to colorectal cancer being the second leading cause of cancer deaths ...

Risk of Losing the Job Makes Commercial Vehicle Drivers Provide Incorrect Reports of Their Sleep Apnoea Symptoms

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A European study has found that commercial vehicle drivers often provide incorrect reports of their symptoms of sleep apnoea in order to avoid the risk of endangering their employment. The research will be presented on 1 September 2012 at the European Respiratory Society's (ERS) Annual Congress in Vienna. All the abstracts from the ERS Congress will be publicly available online today (26 August 2012). People with the sleep apnoea suffer frequent disruptions ...

Hospital Staff in Aleppo Brave Shells to Treat Wounded

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The staff begin preparing for another influx of patients on the first floor of the Dar al-Shifa hospital in Aleppo as a rocket fired from a helicopter hits a nearby building. They barely flinch at the sound of the attack, which hits a fifth-floor apartment some 150 metres (yards) from the facility. The hospital itself has been shelled four times, forcing the evacuation of all but two of its floors. "My God, it's like this every day," a nurse sighs as ...

Smartphone Case Reduces Cancer Risk Through Antenna Radiation

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A smartphone case, developed using the same material which is used in NASA's spacecrafts, not only protects your handset but also your health as it reduces antenna radiation and cancer risks. Although it's still unclear as to exactly how bad the problem of cellphone radiation is, the WHO has already reclassified it as "potentially carcinogenic for humans." The problem Pong claims to be resolving is that mobile devices emit microwave energy, and the majority ...

Virtual Reality Helps Amputees Get Used to Prosthetic Arms

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Amputees who have been fitted with new prosthetic arms can now get accustomed to their new arms by taking part in a virtual reality training environment developed by Austrian researchers. Prosthesis manufacturer Otto Bock has teamed up with researchers from the Interactive Media Systems Group at the Vienna University of Technology in Austria to develop ProsthesisTrainer. Wearing a VR headset and sensors to track arm movements, users can practice their ...

Diet and Exercise Could Prevent Bone Damage in Astronauts

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Following the right diet and exercising hard could help prevent bone damage among astronauts who fly beyond the low Earth orbit in the future. In the new study, research evaluated the mineral density of specific bones as well as the entire skeleton of astronauts who used the Advanced Resistive Exercise Device (ARED), a 2008 addition to the space station that can produce resistance of as much as 600 pounds in microgravity. Resistance exercise allows ...

Computer Simulation to Show How Cancer Cells Enter the Bloodstream Developed

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American researchers have made use of a technology often utilized in computer animation to develop a new computer simulation that sheds light on how cancer cells enter the bloodstream, a new study published in the journal Physics of Fluids reveals. To create the simulation, a group of scientists from the University of Southern California in Los Angeles, Oregon Health and Science University in Portland, Ore., and The Scripps Research Institute in La Jolla, Calif., ...

Belly Fat Linked to Heart Risk Even If You are Not Overweight

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Belly fat may be a worrying sign for your heart even if you are not technically seen as overweight, a new study conducted by researchers at Mayo Clinic reveals. The researchers analyzed health records of more than 12,700 people over a period of 14 years with the average of the participants being 44 years. The researchers noted down the body mass index (BMI) and the waist-to-hip ratio of the participants. At the end of the study period, the researchers found that around ...

Vitamin B3 Could be Useful in Fighting Off MRSA

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Vitamin B3 can provide a massive boost to the immune system against antibiotic-resistant staph infections, according to a multi-institute study including researchers at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University and UCLA. According to the study, published in the Journal of Clinical Investigation, high doses of vitamin B3, or nicotinamide, can help the immune cells fight against antibiotic resistant Staphylococcus aureus by more ...

Regular Use of Cannabis During Teens Linked to IQ Loss

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Regular use of cannabis during teenage years may come with a long term problem after a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences revealed that people who used cannabis when they were teenagers suffered from an IQ loss during their adulthood. The study was conducted by researchers at Duke University, in the US, who followed more than 1,000 people in Dunedin over a period of 25 years. The researchers recorded the IQs of the participants ...

US FDA Approves Generic Version of Wockhardt's Drug to Treat Parkinson's Disease

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US FDA has granted its approval to Wockhardt Ltd for marketing a generic version of 2mg, 4mg, 6mg, 8mg (and) 12mg extended-release tablets containing Ropinirole hydrochloride, used in the treatment of Parkinson's disease. Ropinirole extended release tablet is the generic name for the brand Requip XL, marketed in the US by Glaxo SmithKline. Wockhardt has announced that it will launch the product very soon. According to IMS Health, the total market for this product ...