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More Than 61 Million Indians Suffer From Diabetes: Azad

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The International Diabetes Federation estimates that 61.3 million persons aged 20 years and above in India had diabetes in 2011, Union Health Minister Ghulab Nabi Azad said. According to World Health Organization (WHO), factors responsible for the increase in non-communicable diseases, including diabetes, are unhealthy diet, lack of physical activity, harmful use of alcohol, obesity and tobacco use, the minister said in a written reply in the Lok Sabha. The ...

Substitutes May Help Smokeless Tobacco Users to Cut Back

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Tobacco chewers and snuff users who didn't want to quit changed their minds or significantly cut back when given nicotine lozenges or tobacco-free snuff, finds a new study. Mayo researchers recruited 81 users of chewing tobacco or snuff with no intention of quitting in the next 30 days. Forty were given 4-mg nicotine lozenges and 41 received tobacco-free snuff to help cut back their smokeless tobacco use. They were asked to cut back 50 percent by one month and 75 ...

Catheters Can Be Lethal For Dialysis Patients

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Use of catheters to access the blood may put dialysis patients at increased risk of death, infections, and cardiovascular events compared to those who use other types of vascular access, according to an analysis. The authors note that more research is needed to determine individual patients' risks, however. Use of catheters to access the blood may increase the risk of death, infections, and cardiovascular events in dialysis patients than those who use other types ...

Flat Belly Foods

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Confused between different diet plans? Grab these amazing foods to cut the belly fat. Read on

Concern Over Presence of Glass Fragments in Kellogg's Special K Red Berries

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The 37-ounce package of Kellogg's Special K Red Berries has been recalled by the company after fears of the presence of glass fragments in the cereal. The company announced that they have recalled lots of three sizes of the cereals following fears of glass fragment contamination. Thankfully, there have been no repots of injuries in connection with the use of these products. The company website has details of the purchase code and sizes of packages that ...

Raman Spectroscopy Modulated for Broader Biomedical Applications, Say Scientists

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The advantages of wavelength-modulated Raman spectroscopy have been demonstrated by scientists, opening the door to wider biomedical and clinical applications such as real-time assessment of tissues during surgery. The inelastic scattering of light from any sample is called the Raman effect, named for the Nobel prize-winner C.V. Raman. It yields a molecular fingerprint related to the intrinsic composition of the sample. With the advent of lasers ...

Disparity Between the Earnings of Middle-aged Men and Women

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Is there a disparity between the earnings of men and women in the same age group? Latest figures published by TUC shows that fifty-year-old women earn close to one-fifth less than their male counterparts. Even though women have had a commendable growth rate in the last two decades, they are still earning much less compared to men. The TUC analysis has found that a woman in her 50s, working full-time earns an average of 11.99 per hour, and a man of the ...

Cockroach-Related Asthma in Kids

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Breathing byproducts of combustion may increase one's risk of developing cockroach allergy, subsequently leading to asthma, reveals research. Cockroaches have protein in their saliva feces and body parts. This protein acts as an allergen for causing asthma. When inhaled these proteins enter the respiratory tract and cause allergic reactions such as skin rashes or asthmatic attack. Devid Peden, director of the Center for Environmental Medicine, ...

Junk Foods and Hepatitis C

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Hepatitis C is a life threatening condition that affects the liver. It is generally thought to affect the alcohol consuming population. Off late, the researches have confirmed that regular consumption of junk food can have the same negative effects on the liver that has been caused by hepatitis C. The main reason behind this is the accumulation of saturated fats in the liver leading to a condition called fatty liver. The increased amount of fats that ...

Massive Tumor Removed from Woman's Body

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A massive tumor weighing 2.5 kg was removed from the abdomen of a 45-year-old woman, say hospital authorities. The surgical oncology department at the Asian Institute of Medical Sciences (AIMS) removed the tumour, which had brought the woman's haemoglobin level down to 4.6. The haemoglobin in a normal human being should be above 12. Pawan Gupta, senior consultant and head, surgical oncology, AIMS, said: "The lady was brought with acute ...

Increase in Life Expectancy in AIDS-hit S.African Region

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Distribution of antiretroviral drugs in the South African regions hit by AIDS was found to boost average life expectancy by more than 11 years, finds new research. In 2003 -- a year before anti-HIV drugs started to become available in the public-sector health system -- adult life expectancy in KwaZulu-Natal province was a mere 49.2 years, United States and South African experts found. By 2011, it had surged to 60.5 years, a spectacular 11.3-year ...

Study: Increase Seen in Use of Robotically-assisted Hysterectomy for Benign Gynecologic Disorders

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According to a study appearing in the February 20 issue of iJAMA/i, between 2007 and 2010, the use of robotically-assisted hysterectomy for benign gynecologic disorders increased substantially, although, when compared with laparoscopic hysterectomy, the robotic procedure appears to offer little short-term benefit and is accompanied by significantly greater costs. "Hysterectomy for benign gynecologic disease is one of the most commonly performed procedures for ...

Bracelet-Like Device Controls Chronic Acid Reflux: Study

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According to a study published online today in the New England Journal of Medicine/a/i, a bracelet-like device with magnetic beads can control the chronic digestive disorder. The device encircles the valve at the junction of the esophagus and stomach and helps it stay closed when a person is not eating or drinking. It eased symptoms in 92 of 100 patients with a/chronic acid reflux/a and allowed 87 percent of patients to stop using acid-suppressing drugs, ...

After A Heart Attack, New Injectable Hydrogel Encourages Regeneration and Improves Functionality

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In pigs, a new injectable hydrogel can repair damage from heart attacks, help the heart grow new tissue and blood vessels, and get the heart moving closer to how a healthy heart should. University of California, San Diego bioengineers have demonstrated this in a study. The results of the study were published Feb. 20 in iScience Translational Medicine/i and clear the way for clinical trials to begin this year in Europe. The gel is injected through ...

New Regulations Required For 'Growing' Medicines in Plants

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Amending an EU directive on GMOs could help stimulate innovation in making vaccines, cheaper pharmaceuticals and organic plastics using plants according to scientists. In a paper to be published in iCurrent Pharmaceutical Design/i, six scientists from the US and Europe compare risk assessment and regulation between the two continents. They will run a web chat on the subject with Sense About Science from 12-1 on Wednesday 20th February. In the EU, ...

In Children With Heart Defects Abnormal Growth Regulation may Occur: Study

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In children born with complex heart defects, the poor growth seen may result from factors beyond deficient nutrition. A new study by pediatric researchers suggests that abnormalities in overall growth regulation play a role. "When compared with their healthy peers, children with congenital heart disease have impaired growth, as measured in weight, length, and head circumference," said senior author Meryl S. Cohen, M.D., a pediatric cardiologist in the Cardiac Center ...

Steroid Injection may Lead to Worse Outcomes in Patients With Spinal Stenosis: Study

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According to a study in the February 15 issue of Spine/a/i, for patients with spinal stenosis, epidural steroid injections (ESI) may actually lead to worse outcomes-whether or not the patient later undergoes surgery. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams (and) Wilkins/a, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health/a. The study raises questions about the benefits of steroid injection-a widely used treatment for the common problem of spinal stenosis in the lower ...

Omega-3 Lipid Emulsions Markedly Protect Brain After Stroke

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In mice, triglyceride lipid emulsions rich in an omega-3 fatty acid injected within a few hours of an ischemic stroke can decrease the amount of damaged brain tissue by 50 percent or more. This is being reported by a new study by researchers at Columbia University Medical Center. The results suggest that the emulsions may be able to reduce some of the long-term neurological and behavioral problems seen in human survivors of neonatal stroke and possibly ...

5-ALA Fluorescence Guides Resection of Recurrent Glioblastoma Multiforme: Scientists

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The use of 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA) fluorescence in guiding resection of recurrent glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) was described by neurosurgeons from UC San Francisco. Ingestion of 5-ALA by a patient before surgery leads to fluorescence of tumor cells intraoperatively in response to certain wavelengths of light. This can provide information not necessarily available through magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), the standard mode of imaging used to detect primary ...

Compared to Other Mammals, Human Heart Tissue Development is Slow

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According to a pioneering study, the walls of the human heart are a disorganised jumble of tissue until relatively late in pregnancy despite having the shape of a fully functioning heart. A University of Leeds-led team developing the first comprehensive model of human heart development using observations of living foetal hearts found surprising differences from existing animal models.Although they saw four clearly defined chambers in the foetal heart from the eighth ...

Women's Heart Disease Awareness Still Has Room For Improvement: Study

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According to a new study in the American Heart Association journal iCirculation/i, the number of women aware that heart disease is the leading cause of death has nearly doubled in the last 15 years, but that knowledge still lags in minorities and younger women. Researchers comparing women's views about heart disease in 1997 and today, found:ulliIn 2012, 56 percent of women identified heart disease as the leading cause of death compared with 30 percent ...

Biopharmaceutical Company Publishes Data on Novel IL-1 Inhibitor Protein for Topical Treatment of Dry Eye Disease

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Preclinical data in iProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences/i (iPNAS/i) showing beneficial effects of EBI-005, the first rationally-designed topically administered IL-1 protein for the treatment of ocular diseases was published by Eleven Biotherapeutics, a biopharmaceutical company creating novel and differentiated protein-based biotherapeutics. In the paper entitled "Design of a superior cytokine antagonist for topical ophthalmic use," the scientists, ...

ICub Robot Learning Language With The Help Of 'Simplified' Brain

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An "artificial neuronal network" constructed on the basis of a fundamental principle of the workings of the human brain, namely its ability to learn a new language was successfully developed by INSERM and CNRS researchers and the Universite Lyon 1. The model was developed after years of research in the INSERM 846 Unit of the Institut de recherche sur les cellules souches et cerveau, through studying the structure of the human brain and understanding the mechanisms used for ...

Emerging Drug Resistance Could be Explained By Young Malaria Parasites Refuse to Take Their Medicine

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Immature malaria parasites are more resistant to treatment with key antimalarial drugs than older parasites reveals new research. This finding could lead to more effective treatments for a disease that kills one person every minute and is developing resistance to drugs at an alarming rate. University of Melbourne researchers have shown for the first time that malaria parasites (iPlasmodium falciparum/i)in the early stages of development are more than 100 times ...

Scientists Shed New Light on Infant Brain Development

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The infant brain does not control its blood flow in the same way as the adult brain finds a new study by Columbia Engineering researchers. The paper, which the scientists say could change the way researchers study brain development in infants and children, is published in the February 18 Early Online edition of iProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences/i (iPNAS/i). "The control of blood flow in the brain is very important" says Elizabeth Hillman, ...

Online Health Information is a Potential Trove of Health Data

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Among the incredible amount of personal information on the Web - status updates, patient forums, blog comments - is a potential trove of health data. Bioethicists writing in iScience Translational Medicine/i acknowledge the value of this resource but argue that to be ethically acceptable for use in research, traditional models of informed consent must be adapted to suit the dynamic online environment. "Context is crucial to what people reveal about themselves ...

Parkinson's Disease: Fighting It Deep Inside the Brain

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Some 90,000 patients per year are treated for Parkinson's disease. This number is expected to rise by 25 percent annually. Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS), which consists of electrically stimulating the central or peripheral nervous system, is currently standard practice for treating Parkinson's, but it can involve long, expensive surgeries with dramatic side effects. Miniature, ultra-flexible electrodes developed in Switzerland, however, could be the answer to ...

At Hospitals, Staff Satisfaction may Affect the Quality of Patient Care

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A team of doctors from Imperial College London says that the satisfaction levels among a hospital's staff are closely linked to the quality of healthcare it provides. In the first study of its kind, Dr Richard Pinder and colleagues at Imperial found that hospitals in England with lower mortality rates were more likely to have members of staff satisfied with the quality of care they provide. Despite the researchers' initial assumptions, satisfaction ...

Jakarta Offers Home for Transgender Elderly

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Set on a narrow dirt road in a dusty suburb of Jakarta, a dozen elderly women are gathered inside the pink house. Together they sew, bake and chat. On first sight they look like a group of benevolent grandmothers, but the sunken cheeks and deep lines on some of their faces tell stories of hardship. All of these women are "waria", a term used for Indonesian transgender people, and the house in the country's capital has been hailed by activists as the ...

Offer IVF Fertility Treatment to UK Women Up to the Age of 42

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Britain's health watchdog recommended that women should be offered IVF fertility treatment on the NHS up the age of 42 rather than the current limit of 39. The new guidelines also recommend IVF -- or in vitro fertilisation treatment -- for eligible women of any age up to 42 who have failed to conceive after two years of attempts, a year less than previously recommended. The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines, which ...

New Trading System Could Help Fund Global Health

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A novel global trading system based on the cost effectiveness of health interventions could provide the extra funding needed to reach the health targets in the Millennium Development Goals. The experts writing in this week's iPLOS Medicine/i argue about this. The system is similar to the market on carbon permits to help control climate change. The authors, led by Luis Carrasco from the National University of Singapore, propose an innovative global ...

White Matter Hyperintensities Second Necessary Factor for Development of Alzheimer's Disease

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New findings by Columbia researchers suggest that for the development of Alzheimer's disease, along with amyloid deposits, white matter hyperintensities (WMHs) may be a second necessary factor. Most current approaches to Alzheimer's disease focus on the accumulation of amyloid plaque in the brain. The researchers at the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain, led by Adam M. Brickman, PhD, assistant professor of neuropsychology, ...

In Battling Kidney Cancer, New Compound Holds High Promise

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At the University of California, Riverside, chemists have developed a compound that holds much promise in the laboratory in fighting renal (kidney) cancer. Named TIR-199, the compound targets the "a href="http:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proteasome" target="_blank"proteasome/a," a cellular complex in kidney cancer cells, similar to the way the drug a href="http:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bortezomib" target="_blank"bortezomib/a, approved by the Food and Drug Administration, ...

Researchers Model Erratic Heartbeat Using Powerful X-Rays

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Researchers have modelled arrhythmia in real time, using powerful X-rays. Arrhythmia, characterised by the heart beating too fast, too slow or inconsistently, may precipitate a decrease of blood flow to the brain and body, resulting in heart palpitation, dizziness, fainting, or even death. It may be too tiny for a microscope to observe. The 3D animated model reveals for the first time how gene mutations affect the crucial pathway in heart muscle cells ...

On Moon, Traces of Water Detected in Oldest Rocks

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Researchers have detected traces of water within the crystalline structure of mineral samples from the lunar highland upper crust obtained during the Apollo missions. The lunar highlands are thought to represent the original crust, crystallized from a magma ocean on a mostly molten early Moon. The new findings indicate that the early Moon was wet and that water there was not substantially lost during the Moon's formation. The results seem to contradict ...

Experts: Pre-exam Stress can Affect Performance

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It is normal to be stressed before an exam, but in excess, it's bad - both physically and mentally - and can adversely impact on performance. With the CBSE board exams just two weeks away, doctors say that students have been approaching them for medical intervention for various stress-related symptoms, which, at times, are very serious. "Around this time of the year, when exams are around the corner, we have students coming to us for various stress-related symptoms, ...

Genetic Root to Early-onset Prostate Cancer Identified By Researchers

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Often prostate cancer is considered an elderly man's disease. Little is known about the approximately 2% of cases that arise in men who are aged 50 years or younger. Research published in the February 11th issue of the Cell Press journal iCancer Cell/i uncovers the genetic origin of such early-onset prostate cancer. The findings could help in the development of new diagnostic, prognostic, therapeutic, and prevention strategies for the disease. "It's been unclear ...

Euthanasia for Minors Debated By Belgium

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A debate on whether to amend a decade-old law on euthanasia to cover minors, being told by experts that it was already taking place in practice without any set guidelines was opened by Belgian legislators. Currently, the law applies to those over 18 but one expert told the upper house of parliament that it was clear that euthanasia was being carried out on younger people, the Belga news agency reported. "We all know it," said Dominique Biarent, head ...

Your Sexual Performance Could Be Lowered By Obesity: Survey

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A recent survey has revealed that one third of British men aged between 35 and 60 years are unable to see their genitals due to a protruding midriff, also known as a beer belly. As a result of the survey of 1,000 British men, funded by the medical group We Love Our Health, an online men's health awareness initiative has been launched. The Big Check aims to encourage men to make a potentially lifesaving health check. "Take off your clothes, ...

Excessive Drugging of Mentally Ill in Latvia Blasted By Watchdog

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Mental health patients in the ex-Soviet Baltic republic were routinely illegally and excessively drugged alleged a human rights watchdog in EU member Latvia. "Tests indicate that a large proportion of customers receive significant doses, used in combination with many common medications, and, in most cases, alternative treatment methods are being replaced by medication," Ombudsman Juris Jansons said in a report focused on patients at 30 public mental health institutions ...

To Keep Your Lover's Heart Healthy Go for Dark Chocolate and Red Wine: Dietician

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A Loyola dietitian says that real food of love is dark chocolate and red wine, because it can help keep your true love's heart beating strong. In moderation, red wine and dark chocolate are good health choices not just on Valentine's Day, but for any occasion, according to Susan Ofria, clinical nutrition manager at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital. "You are not even choosing between the lesser of two evils, red wine and dark chocolate have positive components ...

Debate Over Children's Play Area Next to Food Court in a Sydney Shopping Centre

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Parents eating at the food court of a Sydney shopping centre would prefer if the kids' play area is shifted away from the eating area due to disturbance and noise from unruly children. The Dee Why Grand came down strongly on mothers who do not control their unruly children. They felt it was high time mothers became more responsible in managing their children in a public place. Guests are entitled to eat in peace and noisy children playing in the children's ...

Natrelle 410 Breast Implant Receives FDA Approval

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The US Food and Drug Administration revealed that it has approved Allergan's new silicone gel-filled breast implant, Natrelle 410. The implants can be used to increase the breast size of women over 22 years of age and can also be used in rebuilding breast tissue in women of any age. The FDA said that the silicone gel in Natrelle 410 implants are a lot firmer than Allergen's previous Natrelle models though the studies conducted by the company did not compare the safety ...

Protein Responsible for Women Being More Talkative Than Men

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Researchers at University of Maryland in United States have found that a protein known as Foxp2 was responsible for making women more talkative than men. According to recent claims, women tend to talk about 20,000 words in a day, over 13,000 words more than men. However it seems as if women are built that way after researchers found that they had higher levels of Foxp2 protein, also known as the language protein, in their brains compared to men. The researchers ...

Infidelity may Lead to Weight Loss?

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Being unfaithful to your partner can have a surprising benefit, especially for those struggling to shed those excess pounds, after a new survey found that cheating on your partner can lead to weight loss. The survey was conducted by a dating website, UndercoverLovers.com, in which 53 percent of male respondents and 62 percent of female respondents revealed that they had lost weight following an affair. The survey revealed that on an average, men lost around 6 pounds ...

Image Analysis Software may Help Identify Biomarkers of Aggressive Breast Cancer

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Researchers at University of Cambridge are making use of image analysis software, originally developed to study distant stars, to identify biomarkers of aggressive breast cancer. The researchers said that the astronomical algorithms have been adapted to biology and added that the software is as accurate as and faster than traditional tumor analysis procedures. The British Journal of Cancer carried a study which showed how the software was used on more than ...

Blood Test to Determine Suicidal Tendencies on the Anvil

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Researchers at University of New South Wales in Australia are currently developing a blood test that could help doctors determine whether a person is suicidal. The Australian researchers have been called in to help a team of Swedish scientists who had earlier found that people who were at a higher risk of committing suicide had 'significantly higher' levels of a neurotransmitter chemical known as quinolinic acid. Associate Professor Gilles Guillemin from UNSW ...

Western Fast Food a 'Threat to Humanity': Bolivia President Evo Morales

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Blaming multinational firms for the lack of development of Bolivia's staple food, President Evo Morales claimed that the western fast food culture is a 'threat to humanity' Morales said US companies had led a campaign to stop the United Nations declaring 2013 as the international year of quinoa, which the Bolivian leader and UN chief Ban Ki-moon launched at the UN headquarters. The grain-like quinoa is packed with vitamins and proteins and has been grown ...

Disabled People More Likely to Suffer from Violence and Mental Ill Health

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Researchers at University College London and King's College London suggest that disabled people were more likely to become a victim of violence and suffer mental ill health when they are victimized, a new study published in the journal PLOS ONE reveals. A recent World Report on Disability highlighted violence as a leading cause of morbidity among disabled people. The research published today is the first to assess the extent to which people with disabilities experience ...

Bariatric Surgery Does Not Reduce Healthcare Costs Associated With Obesity

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A new study conducted by researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and published in JAMA-Surgery found that bariatric surgery does not reduce healthcare costs even though it does manage to reduce the obesity rates. "The results of our study are important because they demonstrate bariatric surgery does not lower overall health care costs in the long term and we found is no evidence that any one type of surgery is more likely to reduce long-term ...

Research Says Human Cognition Depends Upon Slow-Firing Neurons

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Our ability to store and manipulate thoughts influences good mental health and capacity for clear thinking. In a new study, Yale School of Medicine researchers describe the molecular basis of this ability - the hallmark of human cognition - and describe how a breakdown of the system contributes to diseases such as schizophrenia and Alzheimer's disease. "Insults to these highly evolved cortical circuits impair the ability to create and maintain our mental ...

Honest Relationship Advice Increases Trust Between Gay Men and Straight Women

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Researchers at University of Texas have found that providing an unbiased and trustworthy relationship advice cements the bond between gay men and straight women. The study, published online in the February issue of iEvolutionary Psychology/i, is the first to provide empirical evidence that the emotional closeness shared by straight women and gay men is rooted in the absence of deceptive mating motivations. "Friendships between straight women and ...

Economic Hardships and Mental Conditions Increase Chances of Unplanned Hospitalizations

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A new study published in the Canadian medical Association Journal reveals that the likelihood of unexpected hospital admissions was high among people with multiple illnesses with mental health issues and economic hardship likely to increase the chances of such admissions. "We provide strong evidence that physical multimorbidity substantially affects the use of acute hospital services, including admissions considered potentially preventable through management of ...

Degenerative Cervical Spine Disease Does Not Worsen Over Time

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A new study published in the journal Spine reveals that degenerative disease of the upper (cervical) spinal vertebrae does not worsen over time in patients with the condition. For many patients with "unstable" cervical degenerative spondylolisthesis, observation may be a better choice than surgery, according to the new research by Dr Moon Soo Park and colleagues of Medical College of Hallym University, Republic of Korea. They write, "Our results suggest that the ...

Six-year-old Victim of Pica Gets New 'inedible' Bedroom

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Six-year-old, Zach Tahir, from Salford, is a victim of a rare condition, called Pica. This means he feels like eating inedible things like moss, wall plaster and stones. Having gnawed at the walls of his previous bedroom, he has received a special gift of an inedible bedroom on his sixth birthday. His mother Rachel noticed that her son's craving for inedible objects went to a special level when he began to chew blinds and plasterboard. 'We don't know ...

Drug Suppliers to be Dragged to Court by Chhattisgarh Government Over Sub-Standard Medicines

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The Chhattisgarh government has come down hard on suppliers of sub-standard medicines that led to botched-up eye surgery camps conducted in the state since last year and revealed that it will be filing court cases against the suppliers. Controller of the food and drug administration department Kamalpreet Singh issued the order for their prosecution, saying that a charge sheet against these suppliers would be filed in the court of chief judicial magistrate, Durg. ...

Weight Loss Surgery Beneficial Even for Those Who Do Not Meet the Minimum BMI Criteria

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The Swedish Obese Subjects study conducted by researchers at University of Gothenburg, Sweden, reveals that weight loss surgery can benefit patients who do not meet the minimum BMI criteria required for such a surgery. The surgery can reduce the risk of diabetes by as much as 67 percent in these patients. In order to meet the current selection criteria for weight-loss surgery, Swedish patients must have a body mass index (BMI) above 40 for healthy patients, or ...

Expert Says Mental Health Just as Important as Physical Health

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One of Britain's leading neuropsychologists, Professor Barbara Sahakian has said that people should take care of their mental health in the same way that they take care of their physical health. "As a society, we take our mental health for granted. But just like our bodies, it is important to keep our brains fit," said Prof Sahakian. In any given year, one in every four adults suffers from a mental disorder. As a result, in the United States, United ...