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Tuberculosis Strikes Hannover Midfielder Franca

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Hannover 96 midfielder Franca is unwell and is right now being treated for tuberculosis. The club's website has said that due to his condition, he will not be playing for many months. It was in January that Franca moved to the Bundesliga outfit from Coritiba and unfortunately after the move, he has not been able to play a single competitive match. "I'm sorry for Franca, but the most important thing now is that he recovers. We wish him the best in his ...

Pollution Behind Shrinking of Male Sex Organs in Otters

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It appears that a variety of chemicals used in the food chain enters our bodies and appears to be affecting the hormones. A study on otters has found that pollutants in rivers could be affecting their reproduction adversely. Scientists have discovered a worrying trend about shrinking male reproductive organs in otters. The same could be affecting human men too. Research into the water mammal points out that modern chemicals could be causing the problem ...

New Mothers Need More Information About Means of Secure Contraception

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Unplanned pregnancies are witnessing an increase because new mothers are wrongly relying on breastfeeding for contraception. There has been a growing incidence of new mothers getting pregnant due to incorrect contraceptive advice. As more numbers of women have taken to breast feeding, alongside there is a higher incidence of unexpected pregnancies. This is because women are under the impression that breastfeeding is a means of secure contraception. Experts ...

The Benefits of Fish Oil and Aspirin in Fighting Inflammation

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Recent research from the Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston has found immense benefit in fish oil and aspirin in the fight against the onset of many chronic diseases. The researchers found that fish oil and aspirin can help in reducing swelling or inflammation which is the root cause of many illnesses like Alzheimer's, cancer, heart disease and arthritis. According to the research, both fish oil and aspirin are famous ...

Eggs - The Good and The Bad

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The controversy about the goodness of eggs has finally settled down, so eat one egg a day with no health issues.

An Empty Stomach may Help Reduce Fever

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Fasting during a fever may help speed up your recovery, scientists say. They believe that food can accelerate the spread of infections, the Daily Express reported. A team of scientists from Edinburgh University found that well-fed water fleas were more contagious than those given less to eat. Their study, published in the journal Biology Letters, found that some of the well-fed fleas also lived longer, giving them more time to multiply and ...

DHA Helps Reduce Preterm Birth, Low Birth Weight

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In a recent study it was found that infants of mothers who were given omega 3 fatty acid DHA during pregnancy weighed more and was born before 34 weeks gestation. This result of this University of Kansas study greatly strengthens the case for using the dietary supplement, commonly found in marine and plant oils, during pregnancy. The results are from the first five years of a 10-year, double-blind randomized controlled trial. A follow-up ...

Health Care Costs can be Brought Down by a Good Amount

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We have adapted our minds to thinking of hospitals as givers of charitable care in the business of life saving, without being aware of the price we pay financially for this care. Steven Brill's cover story in the Time magazine, shows that non-profit hospitals take a 12% profit margin on everything from cardio stress tests to gauze pads. The health care system in the U.S is known for confused incentives and over treatment. The U.S spends (Dollar) 9000 ...

Google, Facebook: Most Trusted Internet Brands

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In a recent survey, Google and Facebook have emerged as the most trusted Internet brands. The Brand Trust Report, India Study - 2013 in its research said that while Google remains India's most trusted internet brand for the third year in a row, Facebook was a close second with only a miniscule gap. This year's research was conducted in 16 cities generating 19,000 unique brands across 211 categories. The research also highlighted the advent ...

North Korea Has Many Hair Do's and Don'ts

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North Korea will soon begin to frown upon those who choose to let their hair down, literally. If not for political achievements, it is certainly for her hair and style of dressing that the first lady of North Korea, Ri Sol-ju will be in the news. Recently, a campaign has been launched where women will not be allowed to wear their hair as they like, but will have to choose from 18 different officially permitted styles. They cannot style their hair as they ...

Premature Births can be Lowered by Smoking Ban

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Smoking affects the growth of a child and increases the chances of preterm birth. This is why obstetricians ask expectant mothers to strictly avoid smoking. According to a recent study published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) scientists confirmed that smoking bans are associated with a "consistent pattern of reduction in the link of preterm delivery." The study highlighted that smoking bans have positive impact in promoting health benefits ...

Fall in Paracetamol Overdosing After Legislation: UK Study

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Paracetamol overdosing is linked with large number of deaths caused by poisoning every year. Scientists profess that by restricting the number of the paracetamol tablets per pack, overdosing can be avoided. This led to the size of paracetamol packs available over the counter being limited by law since 1998 in the UK. The law had to be introduced because a large number of people were using this pill in suicide attempts resulting in deaths or needing liver transplants. So, ...

Antioxidant Improves Donated Liver Survival Rate

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N-acetylcysteine (NAC) antioxidant was found to improve graft survival following liver transplantation, say researchers. Results published in the February issue of iLiver Transplantation/i, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases (AASLD), suggest that the NAC effect on early graft function and survival is higher when suboptimal organs are used. A 2010 World Health Organization (WHO) report estimates that 22,000 liver transplants ...

How Heart Healthy Are You?

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Your heart is the most important organ of your body. Every day, it supplies liters of blood to different organs, keeping them healthy and alive. With time, however, the heart becomes weaker and loses its capacity to take strain just as any other organ of your body. Excessive smoking and alcohol consumption, stress, depression, processed food consumption and many other similar lifestyle disorders only add to the degeneration and exhaustion of heart tissue, which ...

Researchers Disable Protein Vital for Malaria Parasite Development

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A unique member of the signalling proteins, essential for the development of the malaria parasite has been disabled by scientists. They have produced a mutant lacking the ancient bacterial Shewanella-like protein phosphatase known as SHLP1 (pronounced 'shelph'). This mutant is unable to complete its complex life cycle and is arrested in its development in the mosquito. The finding could help in the design of new drugs to arrest the spread of ...

Experts Warn of Increasing Number of Frauds in the Mediclaim Sector

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At an average 9 out 10 frauds take place in the Mediclaim policy segment, proper methods will need to be implemented to curb the number of scams. "In insurance industry, number of grievances received or number of frauds committed is an indicator of growth trend of particular segment. In entire insurance sector, 90 per cent of frauds and grievances come from health policies," said Niraj Kumar, General Manager, Oriental Insurance Company. He was ...

Babies Recognize Speech in the Womb

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Babies can decipher human speech as early as three months before birth, say researchers. The evidence comes from detailed brain scans of 12 infants born prematurely. At just 28 weeks' gestation, the babies appeared to discriminate between different syllables like "ga" and "ba" as well as male and female voices, the BBC reported. The French team of researchers said that it was unlikely that the babies' experience outside the womb would have affected ...

Acupuncture Benefits Bell's Palsy Patients

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Acupuncture was found to improve the facial muscle recovery, reduced disability in patients with Bell's palsy, say researchers. Bell palsy is sudden onset of facial paralysis that is usually temporary, resolving within weeks or months, although it can sometimes be permanent. Acupuncture is used to treat a variety of conditions and is gaining acceptance worldwide. De qi is a combination of sensations stimulated by manipulation of acupuncture needles ...

Link Between Diabetes Drugs and Pancreatitis Risk

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Risk of pancreatitis is higher in patients who take the newest class of diabetes drugs to control blood sugar, states study published in JAMA Internal Medicine. The scientists say the new drugs - glucagon-like peptide-1-based therapies (GLP-1) - are associated with an increased risk of hospitalization for acute pancreatitis. The agents sitagliptin and exenatide - generic names for the drugs sold under the brand names Januvia and Byetta - appear to contribute ...

PTSD Symptoms Common Among ICU Survivors: Study

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Post-traumatic stress disorder symptoms are common among people who stays in an intensive care unit (ICU), says study. Because acute lung injury (ALI) - a syndrome marked by excessive fluid in the lungs and frequent multi-organ failure - is considered an archetype for critical illness, the researchers suspect PTSD is common among other ICU survivors as well. "We usually think of PTSD as something you develop if you go to war, are sexually assaulted ...

European Commission Says Cutting Smoking Saves More in Health Bills Than Lost Tax

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The cost and health benefits of cutting smoking outweigh the taxes the tobacco industry pays to governments, says the European Commission. Irish Health Minister James Reilly, presenting the EU's new draft tobacco law in the European parliament, said smokers paid some 20 billion euros ( (Dollar) 26.4 billion) annually in tax but health costs associated with smoking came to 23 billion euros. On top of that were another eight billion euros in lost production ...

Explanation For Pyschogenic Diseases

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Psychogenic diseases can have many severe symptoms such as painful cramps or paralysis but without any physical explanation. These diseases were formerly known as 'hysterical' illnesses. New research suggests that individuals with psychogenic disease, that is to say physical illness that stems from emotional or mental stresses, do have brains that function differently. The research is from the University of Cambridge and UCL (University College London). The research was published ...

Blood Stem Cells Nurtured By Distinct Niches in Bone Marrow

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Scientists have found that distinct niches exist in bone marrow to nurture different types of blood stem cells. This research could one day improve the success of stem cell transplants and chemotherapy. Stem cells in the blood are the precursors to infection-fighting white blood cells and oxygen-carrying red blood cells. The research, by a team at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, is reported Feb. 24 in the advance online edition ...

New Diabetes Treatment Works With 'reprogrammed' Cells: Scientists

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Insulin-producing cells were successfully reprogrammed by a team of American scientists in an effort to discover a new way to fight diabetes. For years, researchers have been searching, with limited success, for a way to treat diabetics by reactivating their insulin-producing beta cells. The "reprogramming" of related alpha cells into beta cells may one day offer a novel and complementary approach for treating type 2 diabetes. Treating human ...

Expanding Rights of Gay Couples Being Considered By German Right

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Several leaders of the governing Christian Democratic Union (CDU) were speaking in weekend interviews of bridging the gap between same-sex and heterosexual couples, showing that the German right appears more open to expanding gay rights. Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble told the weekly news magazine Focus the government was examining the effects of a ruling Tuesday by the country's highest court that gays in a civil partnership can adopt their partners' adopted ...

Scientists Figure Out A Method To Mend A Broken Heart

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The manner in which heart muscles could be restructured by using parthenogenic stem cells was shown by scientists. Parthenogenesis is a form of asexual reproduction, during which unfertilized eggs begin to develop as if they had been fertilized. It occurs naturally in many plants and a few invertebrate (some bees, scorpions, parasitic wasps) and vertebrate animals (some fish, reptiles, and amphibians), but does not occur naturally in mammals. In ...