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Spending Time in Front of Computers can Cause Stress in Relationships
FDA Rejects Novo Nordisk's NDA for New Generation Insulin Drugs
Infectious Disease Outbreaks in Developing Countries can be Tracked With New Surveillance System
Horsemeat in Beef Lasagnes Angers Frozen Food Producer
Synthetic Marijuana Ups Risk of Kidney Injury
New Discovery Offers Hope Against Recurrent Breast Cancer
Cry Babies Must Be Allowed to Cry
New Disease-sensing Tattoo
People Check Their Phones 150 Times a Day: Research
Two Human Cases of Bird Flu Reported in China
Drowsiness and Driving: Fatal Bedfellows
Obesity Risk Begins in the Womb, Say Scientists
Promising Target to Block Staphylococcus Infection Identified
No Link Between Work Stress and Cancers
Incontinence Spells Trouble for Women
Amitabh Bachchan: Timeless Style Icon
Asthma Drug Helps Treat Diabetes, Obesity
Allahabad Stampede Death Toll Rises to 36
Scientists Discover New Genes Behind Myopia
Exercise Cuts Prostate Cancer Risk in Caucasians
Study Says Genetically Engineered Virus Kills Cancer

Spending Time in Front of Computers can Cause Stress in Relationships

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Financial worries or work-related issues are traditional reasons for stress in a relationship but a new survey conducted by online retailers Crucial.com found that two in five Americans blame the time spent on computers to be a source of stress in their relationship. Over 2,600 people took part in the survey which also found that nearly a quarter (23 percent) say that their partners spend a lot of time in front of their computers. Computer performance is ...

FDA Rejects Novo Nordisk's NDA for New Generation Insulin Drugs

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Danish pharmaceutical company Novo Nordisk revealed that the new drug application (NDA) for its 'new generation' of insulin drugs, Tresiba and Ryzodeg, has been rejected by the US Food and Drug Administration. Nordisk said that it has received a complete response from FDA, which the agency sends to pharmaceutical companies if it decides not to approve NDAs in its current form. The FDA has asked for additional data from a dedicated cardiovascular outcomes ...

Infectious Disease Outbreaks in Developing Countries can be Tracked With New Surveillance System

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A novel technique to track infectious Disease Outbreaks in Developing Countries has been developed by a team of researchers. The researchers had used data from the Internet outbreak reporting system ProMED-mail to identify more than 100 outbreaks of encephalitis in South Asia, which has recently been identified as an emerging infectious disease 'hotspot'. The new method can also be used to determine the cause for the symptoms of encephalitis, and whether ...

Horsemeat in Beef Lasagnes Angers Frozen Food Producer

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Frozen food producer Findus Nordic is extremely upset following the discovery of horsemeat in their product, beef lasagnes, and has decided to take legal action on French firm Comigel and its suppliers. "This is a breach of contract and fraud," the head of Findus Nordic, Jari Latvanen, said in a statement announcing the legal action. "Such behaviour on the part of a supplier is unacceptable," he added, noting the meat in its lasagnes was supposed to ...

Synthetic Marijuana Ups Risk of Kidney Injury

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Use of synthetic marijuana can have damaging effects on kidneys, says study. According to nephrologists from University of Alabama at Birmingham, nephrotoxicity - the poisonous effect of a substance on the kidneys - from designer drugs such as SPICE or K2, which mimic the effects of marijuana but are man-made and cannot be detected in routine drug tests, should be considered when a patient presents with acute kidney injury and no other evident cause. This ...

New Discovery Offers Hope Against Recurrent Breast Cancer

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A protein that is highly expressed in triple negative breast cancer cells has been discovered by researchers. Due to chemotherapy resistance and a high rate of relapse, triple negative cancers are among the most difficult breast cancers to treat. Researchers led by Carlos Arteaga at Vanderbilt University made a mouse model of breast cancer, in which the protein both diverted cells down a path to becoming cancerous and allowed for cancer to come back after ...

Cry Babies Must Be Allowed to Cry

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It is very common for babies to wake up in the night and cry but their awakenings always leaves parents in a dilemma - should the baby be left to cry itself back to sleep or should they rush to comfort the child? A new study agrees with the former method! Dr. Marsha Weinraub, a professor of psychology at the Temple University says that it is better to let babies "self-soothe" and fall back asleep on their own! Weinraub, along with her colleagues, studied ...

New Disease-sensing Tattoo

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A new hi-tech tattoo can help detect bacterial infections and let others know you're sick. Woven of gold and silk, the tattoo come embedded with antennae that would wirelessly alert nearby computers to your malady and help you receive prompt help, the Daily Mail reported. Princeton professor Michael McAlpine and his team first tried their disease-detecting tattoo method on cow's teeth. The engineering professor revealed he got the idea while ...

People Check Their Phones 150 Times a Day: Research

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According to a recent research, people have become so dependent on mobile phones that they check them every six-and-a-half minutes. For many people, looking at their phone is the first thing they do each day - as they use its alarm function - and is also the last, the study found. In between, phones are used to check the internet and read emails, as well as to make calls and send texts, the Daily Mail reported. Mobile technology consultant ...

Two Human Cases of Bird Flu Reported in China

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China has reported two human cases of bird flu in the southwestern city of Guiyang, say officials. A 21-year-old woman and 31-year-old man tested positive for the H5N1 bird flu virus on Sunday after developing symptoms on February 2 and February 3 respectively, Xinhua said. "They are in a critical condition and medical workers are carrying out emergency treatment," the Ministry of Health said in a statement, cited by Xinhua. People who had close ...

Drowsiness and Driving: Fatal Bedfellows

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This is the stuff that nightmares are made of - about 4 percent of adults in the U.S. have admitted to trysts with sleep while driving! In a large study carried out between 2009-10 on 147000 individuals from 19 states by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 1 in 24 U.S. adults revealed that they have had an encounter with sleep while driving, sometime recently. They have admitted to either nodding off or falling asleep at least ...

Obesity Risk Begins in the Womb, Say Scientists

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The risk of obesity can begin in the womb, say German scientists. Researchers at the Charite Hospital in Berlin compared results from 66 international studies involving around 640 000 patients from 26 countries across the globe and discovered that children with a birth weight of more than 4kg were twice as likely to suffer from obesity in later life as their peers who were normal weight, News24 reported. The study has thus urged doctors to pay heed to the issue ...

Promising Target to Block Staphylococcus Infection Identified

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Scientists from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) have discovered a new type of drug to treat infection caused by iStaphylococcus aureus/i. Staphylococcus aureus is a bacterium that frequently resists traditional antibiotics. The researchers discovered a system used by IS. aureus/I to transport toxins that are thought to contribute to severe staph infections. These toxins-called phenol-soluble modulins (PSMs)-have gained much attention in recent years, but their ...

No Link Between Work Stress and Cancers

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Work-related stress is highly unlikely to be a cause for the development of colorectal, lung, breast or prostate cancers, say researchers. Around 90 percent of cancers are linked to environmental exposures, and while some exposures are well recognised (such as UV radiation and tobacco smoke), others are not (psychological factors such as stress). Therefore, researchers from the IPD-Work Consortium, led by the Finnish Institute of Occupational ...

Incontinence Spells Trouble for Women

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iUrinary incontinence is one of the most embarrassing problems, more common in women than men. It is a widespread medical issue shared by millions./i Usually middle aged and older women deal with urinary incontinence although younger women - during pregnancy and immediately after childbirth suffer from this problem which is not openly spoken about, but very common. Loss of bladder control is urinary incontinence - this happens when ...

Amitabh Bachchan: Timeless Style Icon

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Amitabh Bachchan won the Timeless Style Icon title in a recent poll while actors Sonam Kapoor and Akshay Kumar were chosen as Reader's Choice Style Icons. The actors won their respective titles through a contest that allowed readers of a leading daily to vote for their favourite style icon. The winners were announced at an event - Mumbai's Most Stylish 2013 - held here Thursday night. Actress Dia Mirza, who was present at the event, said a woman's ...

Asthma Drug Helps Treat Diabetes, Obesity

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Amlexanox - a drug prescribed for the treatment of asthma was also found to reverse obesity, diabetes and fatty liver in mice, finds study. The findings came from the lab of Alan Saltiel, the Mary Sue Coleman director of the University of Michigan's Life Sciences Institute. "One of the reasons that diets are so ineffective in producing weight loss for some people is that their bodies adjust to the reduced calories by also reducing their metabolism, so that ...

Allahabad Stampede Death Toll Rises to 36

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In a stampede at Allahabad railway station at least 36 people were killed and scores of others injured, report sources. Last night, at least 26 people were declared dead in the stampede. The tragedy occurred when the railing of a foot overbridge collapsed, as thousands of devotees arrived to catch trains to leave for their respective destinations after taking holy dip in River Ganges at Maha Kumbh Mela. The UP government has ordered an inquiry into ...

Scientists Discover New Genes Behind Myopia

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24 new genes that cause myopia or short-sightedness have been identified by scientists. Myopia is a major cause of blindness and visual impairment worldwide, and currently there is no cure. These findings could lead to finding better treatments or ways of preventing the condition in the future. During visual development in childhood and adolescence the eye grows in length, but in myopes it grows too long, and light entering the eye is then focused ...

Exercise Cuts Prostate Cancer Risk in Caucasians

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Among Caucasian men who do have prostate cancer, exercise was found to reduce the risk of the disease, finds study published in CANCER. Unfortunately, the benefits do not seem to apply to African-American men. Previous research has linked exercise to a reduced risk of developing prostate cancer. Studies have also revealed that African-American men have an increased risk of developing prostate cancer and of dying from the disease compared with Caucasians. It is ...

Study Says Genetically Engineered Virus Kills Cancer

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A genetically-engineered virus developed by scientists was found to kill tumors and inhibit the growth of the new ones, states report. Sixteen patients given a high dose of the therapy survived for 14.1 months on average, compared to 6.7 months for the 14 who got the low dose. "For the first time in medical history we have shown that a genetically-engineered virus can improve survival of cancer patients," study co-author David Kirn told AFP. The ...