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New Study Links Mums Eating Habits To Preschooler's Obesity Risk

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A new research has revealed that a mother's eating habits and behavior at the dinner table can influence her preschooler's obesity risk. As a biology major and student fitness instructor, Washington State University alumna Halley Morrison knew that she wanted to focus on health and the human body. She learned about the childhood obesity and prevention research of Tom Power, chair of the WSU Department of Human Development. Together, they ...

Bad Stomach Bug May Be Beneficial In Controlling Diabetes

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Researchers have found that a stomach bacterium which is believed to cause ulcers and gastric cancer may also help to balance the stomach's ecosystem and control body weight and glucose tolerance. Usually the villain in studies of gastric cancer and peptic ulcers, Helicobacter pylori infects about half the world's population, although most infected individuals do not get sick. The bacterium's dwindling numbers coincide with the epidemic of obesity and ...

New Skin Cell Treatment Holds Promise In Treating MS, Myelin Disorders

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Researchers have claimed a patient's own skin could be used to repair the damage caused by multiple sclerosis, which is currently incurable. A team of researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Centre used advances in stem-cell research to attempt to repair the myelin, a protein that nerves insulate themselves with, the BBC reported. They took a human skin cell sample and converted it into stem cells -capable of becoming any other type of cell ...

Drug That Treats Low-grade Ovarian Cancer Developed

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Researchers have provided the first evidence of a drug that shows a relatively high response rate for low-grade ovarian cancer patients. In the first-targeted therapy clinical trial for low-grade serous ovarian cancer, eight out of 52 (15 percent) patients had a complete or objective partial response (tumor shrinkage) and 34 (65 percent) had no disease progression during the two-year course of the study. "These are remarkably encouraging results for ...

Researchers Unveil New Strategy To Fight Rheumatoid Arthritis

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Scientists have unveiled a new strategy that could pave way for improved treatments for arthritis and other auto-immune disorders in people. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute scientists have demonstrated a new strategy for treating auto-immune disease that successfully blocked the development of rheumatoid arthritis in a mouse model. The scientists report in the Journal of Clinical Investigation that infusing a highly specific type of cell that regulates ...

'Feminist Tsunami' To Hit Globe On Valentines Day

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To raise awareness at the shocking number of women and girls who are raped or abused, one billion people across the world will join a 'feminist tsunami' on Valentines Day. The idea by campaigner Eve Ensler, the One Billion Rising movement, referring to the number of women and young girls alive today who will be raped or attacked, is supported by Jane Fonda and Robert Redford in the United States, as well as by high-profile women in the UK. According ...

Food Aphrodisiacs Offer No Help In Boosting One's Love Life: Nutritionist

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A nutrition expert belonging to Kansas State University has disclaimed the link between food aphrodisiacs and love life. The dietitian asserted that food aphrodisiacs may not promote romantic feelings or sexual desire. It's been said that food is the language of love but a Kansas State University nutrition expert and registered dietitian has asserted that food aphrodisiacs may not promote romantic feelings or sexual desire. The aphrodisiac effects of ...

Indian Capital Holds Meet To Encourage Cancer Survivors

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In an bid to support and encourage patients and survivors in the country, more than 200 people came together in New Delhi on Saturday. Organised by the Cancer Sahyog, a unit of Indian Cancer Society, the event aimed at celebrating life after cancer on the occasion of Cancer Survivors Day. A poetry reading session by noted poet Surendra Sharma and a performance by classical singer Alka Sheel, a cancer survivor, were organised on the occasion. "There ...

Some Contraceptive Raises Diabetes Risk For Obese Women

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Obese, reproductive-age women who use long-acting reversible contraception (LARC) that contains the hormone progestin have a slightly higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes when compared to those who use non-hormonal contraception, according to researchers. The research concludes that progestin-releasing LARC appears to be safe for use by such women but needs further investigation. Nicole M. Bender, assistant professor of clinical obstetrics and gynecology ...

Meet Stressed Out Young Adults

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A recent report from the American Psychological Association has revealed that young Americans between 18 and 33 years old are really stressed out as compared to the rest of the population. The reasons for this stress are finding jobs, holding on to jobs, maintaining productivity and managing their finance. A survey of 2000 Americans in the millennial generation revealed that on a scale of 1 to 10, they are about 5.4 stress-wise. "Clearly there ...

Reduction in Deaths Due to Paracetamol Overdose

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Researchers have said that reduction in sizes of paracetamol packets has resulted in a 43% cut in the number of deaths due to poisoning. To help prevent overdoses, packs have got their sizes reduced to a maximum of 32 tablets through pharmacy sales and 16 for non-pharmacy sales. The results were noticeable with an average of 17 fewer deaths for every three months. The reduction in size of paracetamol packs was successful in witnessing a 43% reduction ...

Depression and Suicide Risk After a Stroke

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Nearly 6 million Americans have suffered a stroke and studies point out that one-third of stroke survivors develop depression. One out of 12 survivors of stroke has contemplated suicide and thought things would be better if they are gone, a recent federal survey revealed. It just goes to show how much depression following a stroke is a reality and more serious than imagined. Therefore, it is important that patients have their depression treated, so they are in a ...

Liver Gene That Regulates Cholesterol and Fat Blood Levels Identified By Study

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A microRNA liver gene, miR-27b, which regulates lipid (cholesterol or fat) levels in the blood was identified by researchers. Multiple genes involved in dyslipidemia-abnormal blood cholesterol levels that can contribute to heart disease are controlled by this regulator gene. Study details published in the February issue of iHepatology/i, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), describe a new in silico approach to identify the significance ...

Chagas Disease Highlighted as a Growing Health and Socio-economic Challenge By New Study

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A new report that examines the global economic burden of Chagas disease was published in iThe Lancet Infectious Diseases/i. Researchers measured the health and economic impact of Chagas disease and found that the total economic burden of Chagas disease matches or exceeds that of many more well-known diseases such as rotavirus, Lyme disease and cervical cancer. The study was a first of its kind. Chagas disease infects an estimated 10 million people worldwide, ...

Cancer Drug Doxil Receives U.S FDA Approval

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Sun Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd. (SUNP), has received the approval by the U.S FDA for the company's generic version of Johnson (and) Johnson (JNJ)'s cancer drug Doxil. The U.S. Food (and) Drug Administration has permitted the sales of Sun Pharma's version of the drug to help with the treatment of patients with ovarian cancer that has progressed or recurred. According to statistics, a revenue of nearly (Dollar) 402 million has already been generated for J (and) J in 2011 ...

Anticancer Drug Does Not Accelerate Tumor Growth After Treatment Ends: Findings

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Concerns that tumors may grow faster after the anticancer drug sunitinib is discontinued were raised by studies on animals. Despite this oncologists and physicists who collaborated to analyze data from the largest study of patients with kidney cancer convincingly demonstrate that such tumor acceleration does not occur in humans. The findings, publishing online on February 7th in the Cell Press journal iCell Reports/i, suggest that sunitinib does not cause lingering risks ...

Immune Systems of Healthy Adults 'Remember' Germs to Which They've Never Been Exposed: Researchers

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The immune system develops a "memory" of a microbial pathogen, with a correspondingly enhanced readiness to combat that microbe, only upon exposure to it - or to its components though a vaccine. This is an established dogma. But a discovery by Stanford University School of Medicine researchers casts doubt on that dogma. In a path-breaking study to be published online Feb. 7 in iImmunity/i, the investigators found that over the course of our lives, CD4 cells ...

Scientists Discover Key Protein Which Acts As A Trigger for Stem Cell Development

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Scientists discover a natural trigger that enables stem cells to become any cell-type in the body. Researchers have identified a protein that kick-starts the process by which stem cells can develop to into different cells in the body, for instance liver or brain cells. Their discovery could help scientists improve techniques enabling them to turn stem cells into other cell types in the laboratory. These could then be used to test drugs or help create ...

New Discovery Finds Sea Urchins Can Help Battle Global Warming

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Sea urchins can soak up tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air and help in the battle against global warming, according to a new discovery. Every year, humans spew a average of 33.4 billion tonnes of CO2 -- around 45 percent of which remains in the atmosphere. Typically, a petrol-driven car will produce a tonne of CO2 every 4,000 miles. Newcastle University researchers have identified a nickel catalyst that can convert captured CO2 rapidly and ...

New Rules Will Govern Birthday Celebrations at Daycare Centers in Australia

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Childcare centers will now be governed under very strict hygiene rules and with this new guideline, children will no longer be allowed to blow out candles on a communal birthday cake. According to the new rules, children celebrating their birthday will need to bring a separate cake with a candle on it, to protect against germs being spread when blowing it out. The new rules also mean that staff at daycare must ensure that floors cushion covers, door knobs ...

Indian-origin Professor Claims Personalized Health Care Will Revolutionize 21st Century Medicine

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An Indian-origin professor at the New Jersey Institute of Technology has said that personalized health care will revolutionize 21st century medicine. Professor Atam Dhawan's made the prediction at a recent international conference in India, which focused on a closer look at personalized or point-of-care healthcare. Dhawan, an electrical engineer, pointed out that the last century witnessed a technology revolution in medicine and health through instrumentation, ...

Race to Top of Empire State Building Won By Aussie Racer

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The 36th race to the top of the Empire State Building was won by Australian Mark Bourne who dethroned seven-time champ Thomas Dold of Germany, who was ill. Bourne, 29, of Canberra, was first to the top late Wednesday, tearing up the stairs of the 86-story tower in 10 minutes and 12 seconds, trailed by compatriot Darren Wilson (10:45) and American Rickey Gates (11:01). "I'm very happy to win. It was pretty hectic at the start," Bourne said. "I was not ...

State Media: Ads on Gift-giving to Officials Banned By China

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Ads that encourage giving luxury gifts to authorities was banned by China, according to state media. It is the latest push against official extravagance since new leaders took charge vowing better governance. The ban came ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday on Sunday, as part of a high-profile campaign against government waste and corruption launched after Xi Jinping and others took over the ruling Communist Party in November. Offering presents to authorities ...

Rights of Three or More Gay Parents Debated By Dutch Government

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Simon, 6, squirming with his brother Joaquin, 3, on the the knees of their four gay parents said, "I think my friends are a little jealous because I've got two mummies and two daddies and they've only got two parents." While Britain and France in the last week plodded ahead with gay marriage draft legislation, the first country in the world to legalise same-sex unions, the Netherlands in 2001, is already one step ahead. The Dutch justice ministry is ...

China's Anti-porn Campaign Shuts Down Over 60 Websites

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The government has said that at least 62 websites, blogs and microblog accounts were shut down in a fresh crackdown on online pornography in China. The State Internet Information Office said the websites were closed for posting pornographic images, articles, films, self-made videos and advertisements for prostitutes, Xinhua reported. Some of the websites featured pop-up windows with advertisements containing vulgar and pornographic content and ads for ...

Neurologist Discovers 'Evil Patch' Inside Brains of Killers and Rapists

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The area of the brain where evil lurks in killers, rapists and robbers, saying that the "evil patch" lies in the central lobe and shows up as a dark mass on X-rays finds a German neurologist. Bremen scientist Dr Gerhard Roth discovered it when investigating violent convicted offenders over the years for German government studies, the Daily Mail reported. "We showed these people short films and measured their brain waves. Whenever there were brutal ...

Over 8,200 Children Have Died at Safdarjung Over Last 5 Years

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The Safdarjung Hospital in New Delhi has come under the scanner of the National Human Rights Commission, which has sent a notice to both the medical superintendent of the hospital and the Union Health Secretary following a complaint which alleged that more than 8,200 children have died at the hospital in the last five years. The complaint was filed by R H Bansal who said that over 8,200 children under five years of age have died at the hospital over the last five years. ...

No Evidence That Gluten-Rich Wheat is Responsible for Rise in Celiac Disease

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A new study published in the Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry reveals that there is no evidence that the rates of celiac disease are rising due to the increased growth of wheat strains that contain more gluten. Donald D. Kasarda cites evidence that the incidence of celiac disease increased during the second half of the 20th century. Some estimates indicate that the disease is 4 times more common today. Also known as gluten intolerance, celiac disease occurs ...

Caffeine Fix Via Enema!

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A couple from St Petersburg, Florida, has a unique way of getting their daily caffeine fix, through self-administered enema. Speaking on the season premiere of TLC's My Strange Addiction program, Mike and Trina revealed that they spend hours every day conducting enemas with freshly brewed coffee even though neither of them like to drink coffee. Trina said that she once did nine or ten enemas in a single day with the couple often spending five hours a day ...

Research Highlights First Cases of Whooping Cough Caused by Vaccine-Resistant Bacteria in US

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A new study published in the New England Journal of Medicine reports on the first cases of whooping cough caused by vaccine resistant bacteria in the United States. So far doctors have found twelve cases of whooping cough caused by pertussis bacteria that do not respond to pertussis vaccine. All of the cases were discovered after analyzing the samples from children who had been hospitalized in Philadelphia in 2011 and 2012. The report added that the first ...

Stem Cells and Lightweight Plastic Used to Create Artificial Bone

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Researchers at Universities of Edinburgh and Southampton have managed to create artificial bone with the help of stem cells and new lightweight plastic, leading to the possibility that people can heal their own broken limbs. The researchers revealed that inserting a degradable and rigid plastic material into the shattered bones can encourage the real bone to grow with the help of stem cells. The plastic material allows the blood to flow through it and thus ...

Zinc Supplements may Help Keep Immune System Under Control

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Researchers at Ohio State University have found that zinc plays an important role in our body by keeping the immune system under control like in people who suffer from sepsis. The researchers said that while they were unable to find out how exactly zinc helps fight off infection due to its complex role, they found that taking zinc supplements at the start of a cold may limit its severity while deficiency in zinc could lead to excessive inflammation. "We do ...

New 3-D Control Opens Wealth of Options For Drug Makers

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A new study published in the journal Science reports on Yale University researchers who have demonstrated a new, highly versatile approach for quickly assembling drug-like compounds, paving way for a new method of drug discovery and medical treatment. Drug molecules interact with their targets, such as proteins or enzymes, by attaching to them in a way that neutralizes the target's undesirable effects in the body. This is sometimes called the "lock-and-key" method. ...

Crowdsourcing Platform can Speed Up Solving Complex Biological Problems

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Using a crowdsourcing platform developed by the commercial sector can be very effective in solving complex biological problems more quickly and at a fraction of the cost required through conventional approaches, a joint study by researchers at Harvard Medical School, Harvard Business School and London Business School reveals. Partnering with TopCoder, a crowdsourcing platform with a global community of 450,000 algorithm specialists and software developers, researchers ...

Drugs Trigger Changes in Brain That Makes Us "Want" Repulsive Things

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Researchers at University of Michigan who were looking into why people get addicted to drugs despite knowing its consequences have found that drugs, along with hunger, thirst and stress, trigger a change in the brain, which converts a repulsive feeling into a strong positive "want". Mike Robinson, a research fellow in the U-M Department of Psychology and the study's lead author, said the findings help explain how related brain activations in people could cause ...

Hundreds of Millions of Chinese Travel Back to Home for Chinese Lunar New Year

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This year's Chinese Lunar New Year celebrations will see hundreds of millions of Chinese citizens travel back to their homes in what will be the world's largest annual movement of people. A total of 3.4 billion trips will be made over the holiday period, official media estimates, including hundreds of millions of migrant workers in booming cities who journey to the countryside to spend the season with their families. Travellers must be home by Saturday ...

Tiny Capsule That can Suppress Cancers Developed

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American researchers have developed a tiny capsule that can help suppress cancers without damaging healthy cells. Yi Tang, professor of chemical and bio-molecular engineering from the University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA), study co-author, reported developing tiny shells composed of a water-soluble polymer that safely deliver a protein complex to the nucleus of cancer cells to engineer their death. The cell-destroying material, apoptin, is a ...

Lance Armstrong Faces (Dollar) 10 Million Lawsuit from Insurance Company

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Lance Armstrong is facing a (Dollar) 10 million lawsuit from a sports insurance company that is attempting to recover the money which it had given the disgraced cyclist as bonus for winning the Tour de France titles. According to Jeffrey Tillotson, attorney for SCA Promotions, the suit, which has not been filed yet, will ask for the return of 12 million dollars in bonus money paid to Armstrong for wins from 2002 to 2005 and for millions in legal costs and interest, CNN ...