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Urea Cycle Disorders

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A urea cycle disorder is a genetic condition which elevates the blood ammonia concentration above the normal level.

Study Says US Implant Device Helps Prevent Clotting

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An implant device developed by US scientists to prevent strokes, is found to avert blood clotting, says study. The umbrella-shaped device called "Watchman" can also serve as an alternative to treatment with anticoagulants of patients suffering from arterial fibrillation, a study by the manufacturer said. The trials involved 407 patients at 41 sites and compared the "Watchman" to warfarin, an anticoagulant medication, said the study, which was presented ...

Mindfulness Brings Control Over Mood and Behavior

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Those individuals who describe themselves as being more mindful throughout the day have more stable emotions and perceive themselves to have better control over their mood and behavior. This is according to a new study from the University of Utah. Higher mindful people also describe less cognitive and physiological activation before bedtime, suggesting that greater emotional stability during the day might even translate into better sleep, according to the study. ...

Role of Climate in Influenza Transmission Revealed

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According to an epidemiological study led by researchers, two types of environmental conditions cold-dry and humid-rainy are associated with seasonal influenza epidemics. The study took place at the National Institutes of Health's Fogarty International Center. The paper, published in iPLOS Pathogens/i, presents a simple climate-based model that maps influenza activity globally and accounts for the diverse range of seasonal patterns observed across temperate, ...

X-ray Imaging Sheds New Light on All Kinds of Bone Damage

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In patients suffering from osteoporosis, from athletes to individuals, bone fractures are usually the result of tiny cracks accumulating over time. These are the invisible rivulets of damage that, when coalesced, lead to that painful break. Using cutting-edge X-ray techniques, Cornell University researchers have uncovered cellular-level detail of what happens when bone bears repetitive stress over time, visualizing damage at smaller scales than previously ...

Amazing Benefits of Olive Leaf Extract

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Though medicine and science has made enormous developments and is constantly evolving, many people have now turned to using more natural and herbal treatments to treat their conditions. Alternative medicine is now expanding beyond horizons, and more and more people are now making simple diet changes and using natural herbs and foods to cure many life-threatening and chronic conditions. Awareness about the nutritional value of different natural substances is ...

Arming Generalists With Primary Palliative Care Skills is a Sustainable Way to Expand Delivery of Palliative Care

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The demand for experts in palliative medicine is sure to outstrip the supply, as baby-boomers age and the number of people with serious chronic illnesses continues to rise. This is according to Timothy E. Quill, M.D., professor of Medicine, Psychiatry and Medical Humanities in the Center for Ethics, Humanities and Palliative Care at the University of Rochester Medical Center. In a perspective published in today's iNew England Journal of Medicine/i, ...

Dead Pigs Recovered from River

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900 dead pigs were recovered from Shanghai's Huangpu river in China, say sources. Scientists claim to have fished out 1,200 pigs by Sunday afternoon and the source of the pigs was traced upstream, Xinhua reported. The municipal authorities said the retrieved pigs from the river would be collected and handled in a harmless way. According to the labels pinned in the pigs' ears, meant to trace their information, indicated they came from the ...

Papaya Lowers Risk of Heart Disease, Diabetes

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Scientists have explored the health benefits of papaya, including its usage in reducing chances of cardiovascular diseases and controlling diabetes. During the research, final year students of BS, Agriculture and Agribusiness Department, KU - Mariam Naseem and Muhammad Kamran Nasir - also discovered numerous advantages of papaya seeds. Speaking to Pakistan Daily Times, Naseem explained that juice of papaya seeds is every essential to protect kidney ...

Comparing Treatments for Squamous Cell Carcinoma of Head and Neck Shows No Improvement

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In nearly every patient at the time of diagnosis, locally advanced squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck is a potentially curable disease. Yet despite the most aggressive efforts, up to 30-50 percent of patients may ultimately succumb to the disease. For diseases where outcomes are so uncertain, medical science frequently addresses the need by intensifying therapy. In the case of head and neck cancer, one of the great questions of the current day is whether ...

Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries can Kill Brain Tissue: Research

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Researchers have found that a mild traumatic brain injury playing out in the living brain, prompts swelling that reduces blood flow and connections between neurons to die. "Even with a mild trauma, we found we still have these ischemic blood vessels and, if blood flow is not returned to normal, synapses start to die," said Dr. Sergei Kirov, neuroscientist and Director of the Human Brain Lab at the Medical College of Georgia at Georgia Regents University. They ...

Friendship: Key to Good Health

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Having personal tides with friends promotes health, shows study. "We all 'know' that friendships are 'good for us,' but there's a gap between this accepted wisdom and researched fact," author Swati Mukerjee, Ph.D., said. She said that prior investigators had separately examined how personal and impersonal connections contribute to health. Her analysis also breaks new ground by examining the role of personal and impersonal connections for people of different ...

Anemia Drug Does Not Improve Health of Anemic Heart Failure Patients

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Darbepoetin alfa - a drug used to treat anemia in heart failure patients does not improve patients' death, finds study. Results of the international study were presented at the American College of Cardiology's annual meeting in San Francisco on March 10 and published simultaneously online by the iNew England Journal of Medicine/i. Initiated in 2006, the RED-HF (Reduction of Events With Darbepoetin Alfa in Heart Failure) trial involved 2,278 ...

New Drug With Vitamin B and Folate May Aid Migraine Sufferers

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A team of researchers is well on their way to find a cure for the worst form of headache-Migraine! Migraine is not new to us. One of Lewis Carrol's character in his classic 'Alice in Wonderland' shows signs of experiencing what we now know as 'aura' an experience that is linked to migraine. A scientific team from Queensland is hoping to find a cure for migraine with a treatment involving vitamin B and folate supplements. According ...

33 Percent Workers Won't Take Leave Despite Having Cold: Study

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One in three workers will come to office despite having cold, says recent survey. The survey of 10,000 workers by the makers of cold remedy Kaloba also found that only one in 10 health staff and teachers would take a day off. Dr Michael Dixon, GP and chairman of the NHS Alliance, told the Mirror that when it comes to a cold or the flu, people are at our most contagious at the first sneeze. He asserted that at this stage the damage ...

Hormone Treatment may Help Multiple Sclerosis Patients

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Treatment with adrenocorticotropic hormone proved to be effective for patients with multiple sclerosis (MS), states study. The study involved 23 people with MS who were taking beta-interferon treatment and had at least one relapse or brain scan showing new disease activity within the previous year. They were considered to have "breakthrough" MS, which means that their treatment that had been working previously stopped being effective, leading to worsening ...

Biomarkers Help Identify Kidney Cancer

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An immunoassay that tests for the presence of three biomarkers proved to be a valid screening method for early detection of malignant kidney cancer. The findings of the study have been published in iCancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers (and) Prevention/i, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. "Renal cell carcinoma, a malignant tumor arising from the kidney, is one of the most difficult forms of cancer to detect and treat properly because it ...

Diabetic Drug Protects Patients from Developing Heart Failure

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A class of drugs used to lower blood sugar was found to protect diabetic patients from developing heart failure, finds new study. "People with diabetes are at risk for developing heart failure," says Henry Ford researcher and cardiologist David Lanfear, M.D., lead author of the study. "Diabetic adults die of heart disease two to four times more than those without diabetes. "Our study data suggest that diabetic patients taking a particular ...

Recommendations for Use of Electronic Health Records in Pediatrics Expanded By NIST Panel

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A group of experts has focused its attention on three key audiences-records-system vendors and developers, small-group pediatric medical practices and children's hospitals. The experts from industry, academia and government convened by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are doing this so as to speed development and adoption of electronic health records (EHRs) for pediatrics. In a paper* in The Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient ...

Researchers Use Specialised Germanium Surface as Universal Protein Adapter

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A new method for attaching proteins to the surface of germanium crystals - for the first time also membrane proteins was developed by researchers at the Ruhr Universitat Bochum. /This enables time-resolved tracking of the interactions between molecules using infrared spectroscopy in a way that is accurate down to atomic resolution. The method is applied in the EU project "Kinetics for Drug Discovery, K4DD", in which scientists explore the interplay of drugs and ...

Research Explains Why Some People Continuously Indulge in Bad Behavior

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A new research has found that people who have an "ends justify the means" mindset are more likely to balance their good and bad deeds, while those who believe that what is right and wrong is a matter of principle are more likely to be consistent in their behavior, even if that behavior is bad. The results suggest that our ethical mindset influences our behavior. Existing research is mixed when it comes to explaining how previous behavior affects our ...

Auction Of Yuvraj's Memoir To Take Place Online

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The first 20 copies of Yuvraj Singh's memoir 'The Test of My Life' will go up for bid on Collectabillia.com's newly launched auction portal at 9.00 a.m. The memoir chronicles the cricketer's battle against cancer following the euphoria of the 2011 World Cup. Collectabillia, along with Random House, is offering fans an opportunity to own the first 20 autographed copies long before the book hits the stands. Bids open at Rs.5,000. The limited edition ...

'I Don't Want to Die. Please Don't Let Me Die' Were Hugo Chavez's Last Words

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Shortly before dying of a heart attack, deceased Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez expressed his desire to live, and his love for the country. The head of Venezuela's presidential guard, General Jose Ornella, told an international news agency that Chavez could not speak, but he said it with his lips 'I don't want to die. Please don't let me die,' because he loved his country, he sacrificed himself for his country. General Ornella also echoed Vice-President ...

Longevity Pathway Validated By New Study

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Red wine compound resveratrol directly activates a protein that promotes health and longevity in animal models shows a demonstration by a new study. Researchers consider this to conclusive proof. What's more, the researchers have uncovered the molecular mechanism for this interaction, and show that a class of more potent drugs currently in clinical trials act in a similar fashion. Pharmaceutical compounds similar to resveratrol may potentially treat and prevent diseases related ...

Up to Half of Gestational Diabetes Patients Will Develop Type 2 Diabetes Finds Study

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According to a recent study, women who were diagnosed with gestational diabetes during pregnancy face a significantly higher risk of developing Type 2 diabetes in the future. The study was accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's iJournal of Clinical Endocrinology (and) Metabolism/i (iJCEM/i). The prospective cohort study tracked 843 women who were diagnosed with gestational diabetes between 1996 and 2003 at Cheil General Hospital in Seoul, South ...

Volvo Unveils Car Airbag That Pops Out to Protect Pedestrians During Accidents

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The new "pedestrian airbag," which pops up on the outside of the car to protect people who get struck was unveiled by Swedish car manufacturers Volvo. The state-of-the-art airbag - which the automobile company just debuted at the Geneva Motor Show - is located right under the hood of the 2013 Volvo V40, the New York Post reported. It pops out when the car crashes into a person while traveling at speeds between 12 and 30 mph. That's the range ...

Safe Childbirths Enabled in Tamil Nadu Village By Ford India's 'Endeavour'

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Automobile makers in India may tout the rough terrain capabilities of their sports utility vehicles (SUV). Ford India's Endeavour model has been silently showcasing its performance in a hill village in Tamil Nadu where it has helped 41 pregnant women to deliver their babies safely. "Some of the villages in the Kalvarayan Hills in Tamil Nadu are in very remote areas without any roads. So reaching an ambulance van is impossible. It was then the option of having ...

Research: Weight Loss Linked to Higher Risk With Implanted Defibrillators

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According to research, even minor weight loss is associated with worse health outcomes among patients implanted with a certain type of defibrillator known as cardiac resynchronization therapy with defibrillator (CRT-D). The research is being presented at the American College of Cardiology's 62nd Annual Scientific Session. People with symptoms of heart failure who have an implantable CRT-D device may believe that losing weight will ultimately improve their long-term ...

German Women are More Physically Active Than Their European Counterparts Yet Remain Indifferent to Sport: Survey

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44 per cent of German women did not play competitive sport or spend any time on intensive workouts such as running or cycling, in a given week reveals a new survey. According to a new multi-national survey on sport and exercise habits German women remain reluctant to devote any time to competitive sport, despite being more physically active than their European counterparts in Britain, Denmark, Sweden and France. With Germany favourites to be crowned champions at this summer's ...

Chelyabinsk Authorities Plan on Launching Meteorite Perfume

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Plans to launch a new perfume with the scent of the celestial body was announced by authorities in the Chelyabinsk region. The meteorite which hit the region on Feb 15 brought the Urals city international fame. The new fragrance will be named "Chebarkul Meteorite", after the lake where the meteorite's fragments were found, the administration of the town of Chebarkul said on its website. Local businessman Sergei Andreyev proposed to analyze the meteorite's ...

Report: Almost Half of Africa's Lions Facing Extinction

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A report has said that nearly half of Africa's wild lion populations may decline to near extinction over the next 20-40 years without urgent conservation measures. The report, entitled 'Conserving large carnivores: dollars and fence', which has been published today in the scientific journal Ecology Letters, said that the plight of many lion populations is so bleak, the report concludes that fencing them in, and fencing humans out, may be their only hope for survival. ...

Self Esteem may Improve Exercise Habits in Cancer Survivors

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Survivors of endometrial cancer having high confidence levels seem to continue physical activity for longer durations. "Sedentary behavior is associated with increased cancer risk, including endometrial cancer," said Karen Basen-Engquist, Ph.D., professor in the Department of Behavioral Science at MD Anderson and lead investigator on the study. "When cancer survivors exercise, it not only improves their physical functioning and psychological well-being, but also ...

Sniffing Means More Than What Meets The Eye: Research

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There might be more going on than you'd think when animals like dogs or rats sniff one another. Research reported in iCurrent Biology/i, a Cell Press publication, on March 7th finds in rats that those sniffing behaviors communicate information about an individual's social status. In those encounters, more dominant rats act as primary sniffers, while subordinate sniffees actually slow their breath. "We know that rats and other animals can communicate ...

Computerized Reminders Significantly Improve HIV Care in Resource-limited Setting: Study

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Health information technology can improve compliance with patient care guidelines by clinicians in resource-limited countries. This was demonstrated for the first time by a large randomized controlled study. The study was led by Regenstrief Institute investigator Martin Chieng Were, M.D., M.S., assistant professor of medicine at the Indiana University School of Medicine, and Regenstrief Institute affiliated scientist Rachel Vreeman, M.D., M.S, assistant professor of pediatrics ...

Ways to Increase HIV Testing And Reduce HIV Infection Identified By Study

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Study results show that a series of community efforts can increase the number of people who get tested and know their HIV status, especially among men and young people with HIV who might otherwise transmit the virus to others. The results were presented at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections by the HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) and the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The study was also able to demonstrate a modest 14% reduction ...

Fundraising App for Girls' Education Released On Women's Day

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An official said that on International Women's Day, Plan India will launch a web-based application to raise funds for the education of girls in the country. The app based on the micro site www.educateagirl.org is being supported by women achievers like Indra Nooyi, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Anu Aga, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Kirthiga Reddy and Shobhaa De. To be launched under the aegis of "Because I am a Girl" campaign, the application projects a happy child, ...

New Treatments for Alzheimer's Disease Being Developed By Researchers

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According to a 2012 World Health Organization report, over 35 million people worldwide currently have dementia. It is a number that is expected to double by 2030 (66 million) and triple by 2050 (115 million). Alzheimer's disease, the most common form of dementia, has no cure and there are currently only a handful of approved treatments that slow, but do not prevent, the progression of symptoms. New drug development, no matter the disease, is a slow, expensive, ...

ADHD Symptoms Persist for Most Young Children Despite Treatment: Study

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A study has found that 9 out of 10 young children with moderate to severe attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) continue to experience serious to severe symptoms and impairment long after their original diagnoses, and in many cases, despite treatment. The study was published in the March 2013 issue of the iJournal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/i. The study, a federally funded multi-center study led by investigators at ...

In-depth Examination of Health Centers' Role in Family Planning Offered by New Report

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A report offers the first-ever in-depth examination of health centers' role in access to family planning. The report was released today by the George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS) and the RCHN Community Health Foundation. The report finds that virtually all health centers furnish family planning services to some extent but for both financial and non-financial reasons, only 1 in 5 is able to offer access to the full range of contraceptive ...

African-American Breast Cancer Survivors Face Higher Risk of Heart Failure: Research

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According to research, African-American women who survive breast cancer are more likely to develop heart failure than other women who have beaten the disease. The research is being presented at the American College of Cardiology's 62nd Annual Scientific Session. All told, these women have a 1.4-fold greater risk for heart failure compared to their white counterparts, though the likelihood of dying after developing heart failure is roughly the same. This trend ...

Buying or Selling Alcohol in New Jersey is Punishable

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Buying or selling alcohol anywhere within New Jersey city limits is punishable with jail time. So anyone who wants a beer in Haddonfield, New Jersey had better be ready for a drive. Since long before Prohibition -- the 13-year national ban on alcohol that started in 1920 -- Haddonfield has been a "dry town." And the borough, just a stone's throw away from the big city of Philadelphia, has kept the laws on the books ever since. Downtown in this burg of ...

Scientists Developed New Biological Tooth Replacement Method

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A new method of replacing missing teeth with a bioengineered material generated from a person's own gum cells is being developed by scientists. Current implant-based methods of whole tooth replacement fail to reproduce a natural root structure and as a consequence of the friction from eating and other jaw movement, loss of jaw bone can occur around the implant. The research is led by Professor Paul Sharpe, an expert in craniofacial development and stem cell biology ...

Have We Learnt Anything from SARS?

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A highly contagious and deadly new illness sent people worldwide scrambling to cancel flights and schools were closed and sales of surgical masks spiked, a decade ago. Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) was the first "new" disease of the 21st century to jump from an animal host to humans, then easily from one person to another. It caught the world unawares and exposed health system weaknesses in an era in which people are ever more exposed to ...

Holy Land in Hebrew Will Soon Receive Playboy Magazine

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For the first time, iconic men's magazine Playboy is to hit the streets of Israel in Hebrew. It will be combining scantily-clad Israeli models with articles in the tongue of the Bible. Spokeswoman Danielle Peters told AFP that the target audience was men "from 25 to 40, mature men who enjoy the good life." The articles -- which will be read from right to left, like Arabic -- would be a mix of original Israeli writing and translations from US and foreign ...

Piece of Cloth Smeared With the Blood of Louis XVI on Sale

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In Paris, an auction house said that a piece of cloth smeared with the blood of Louis XVI, the French king who was beheaded after the 1789 revolution, will go on sale next month. The cloth, measuring 9 cm by 13 cm (3.5 by 4.7 inches), comes in a miniature coffin. It is accompanied by a handwritten piece of paper that says: "The precious blood of Louis XVI, 21 January 1793" -- the day he was guillotined in the heart of Paris. The sale will ...

Save Your Marriage With The Help Of A TV Remote With Earbuds

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An innovative solution to all-too-common bedroom problems is being offered by an Internet-connected streaming media box. The Roku 3's remote control features a headphone jack and volume buttons on the side, so as soon you plug in a pair of earbuds, the sound from the TV mutes and plays through the remote, the Huffington Post reported. This works for any content you watch through your Roku. If you pop your headphones into the remote, you'll be able ...

Researchers Have Identified 2 New Genes Behind Lou Gehrig's Disease and Related Disorders

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Mutations in two genes that lead to the death of nerve cells in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, and related degenerative diseases were discovered by researchers. The same mutation occurred in both genes and led to the abnormal build-up of the proteins inside cells. These proteins play an essential role in normal RNA functioning and have also been linked to cancer, including the Ewing sarcoma, the second most common type of ...

Biologists Prefer Traditional Media Outlets

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Biologists prefer traditional outlets such as newspapers and television. That seems, at least to be the implication of a study published in the April issue of iBioScience/i. Although biologists think that "new media" such as blogs and online social networks have an important influence on public opinion and political decisions, they aren't much inclined to use them themselves to stay informed about developments in science. The study, by Joachim Allgaier ...

New Name Given to Exhaustion Suffered by Cancer Patients

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Health care providers has long been recognized the fatigue experienced by cancer patients, although its causes and ways to manage it are still largely unknown. A Wayne State University researcher believes the condition affects some patients much more than others and is trying to determine the nature of that difference. Horng-Shiuann Wu, Ph.D., assistant professor of nursing in the College of Nursing, has made an effort to chronicle the parameters of ...

Overweight at Young Age Takes Toll

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Being overweight, a condition that has been linked to serious heart problems and even death, especially from a young age, appears to lead to a bigger heart later in life. This is according to a research being presented at the American College of Cardiology's 62nd Annual Scientific Session. Results of this longitudinal study found that people who carry excess weight over their lifetime are much more likely to have increases in left ventricular mass and ...

Dual Systems Key to Protect Repetitive DNA

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How two different structural apparatuses collaborate to protect repetitive DNA when it is at its most vulnerable - while it is being unzipped for replication, is being discovered by USC scientists. The centromere-the center of the "X" shape of a chromosome-contains repeated DNA sequences that are epigenetically coded to attract so-called heterochromatin proteins. This protects the structure to ensure that the chromosomes separate properly. If the heterochromatin ...

Mammography and Colonoscopy Will Soon Become a Routine Preventive Health Care

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Routine preventive health care for adults may include genetic testing alongside the now familiar tests for cholesterol levels, mammography and colonoscopy in ten years time. As genomic testing prepares to enter the realm of general medical care, an interdisciplinary team of researchers is suggesting in a commentary in the May 2013 issue of iGenetics in Medicine/i, the peer-reviewed journal of the American College of Medical Genetics and Genomics (ACMG), that ...

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder Linked to Atherosclerotic Coronary Artery Disease

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Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) patients have a significantly higher risk of developing insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome, resulting in greater risk for heart disease and diabetes. This is according to a research being presented at the American College of Cardiology's 62nd Annual Scientific Session. Researchers say public health interventions are urgently needed to prevent PTSD-related metabolic disorder at its early, reversible stage. This ...

Menstruation: the Forgotten Development Issue

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A UN body said that aid agencies and governments must tackle the taboos surrounding menstruation as sidelining the issue undermines the quality of life of women and girls, chiefly in poor nations. Poor education about menstruation, lack of access to sanitary napkins and painkillers for cramps, and inadequate washing and disposal facilities have a far-reaching impact on schooling, work and health, the Water Supply and Sanitation Collaborative Council said. "From ...

Mortality Index Test can Predict the Chance of Death in Older Patients

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A 'mortality index' can help predict chances for dying within 10 years for patients aged 50 and older. This index consists of a 12-item list of health questions. Getting winded walking several blocks, smoking, and having trouble pushing a chair across the room are some of the bad signs that can increase your chances of dying by 2023, according to the "mortality index" developed by San Francisco researchers. The study researchers pointed out that the ...