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New Gel That Stops Bleeding in Wounds Invented

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A magic gel developed by scientists can stop heavy bleeding in wounds. Joe Landolina from Ulster County said that his Veti-Gel almost instantly closes and begins healing even major wounds to internal organs and key arteries. The 20-year-old told the New York Post that there's no way to quickly stop bleeding except to hold lots of gauze on a wound, so he thought if this gel is poured into a wound, it would solidify and stop the bleeding. Landolina, ...

Quiz on Bone Health

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Bone health is an issue of concern today given the rapid increase in the number of people suffering from bone diseases. Check your knowledge on bone health with this short quiz.

Joint Pain - Symptom Evaluation

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Joint pain is a common problem that affects individuals of all ages. A diagnosis of joint pain is usually possible based on the symptoms of the patient, along with certain specific tests.

Stress Triggers Alzheimer's Disease

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A stressful lifestyle leads to Alzheimer's disease, say researchers. In a mice study, they found that chronic stress sends levels of steroids in the brain soaring. This not only accelerates the development of Alzheimer's but also boosts levels of the toxic plaque amyloid beta, which can ravage the brain, the Daily Express reported. Stress steroids could affect the brain's general activity, said Sara Bengtsson, of Sweden's Umea University. Chronically ...

Minnesota Finalizes Health Insurance Reforms

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Minnesota has almost completed the process of health insurance reforms. "This is the most significant, positive health care reform in Minnesota in the last 50 years," said bill author Rep. Joe Atkins, DFL-Inver Grove Heights. "This is a clear compromise between the House and Senate positions on the exchange." Representatives approved the bill and expected the Governor Mark Dayton to sign the proposal. Minnesotans could use the online exchange ...

Japanese Architect Wins Pritzker Prize

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Toyo Ito has won the top award for his innovative homes and public buildings. "Throughout his career, Toyo Ito has been able to produce a body of work that combines conceptual innovation with superbly executed buildings," Peter Palumbo, the Pritzker Prize jury chairman, said in a statement announcing the 2013 winner. "A professional of unique talent, he is dedicated to the process of discovery that comes from seeing the opportunities that lie in each commission ...

Needle-free Vaccine for Ear Infections

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Researchers from Nationwide Children's Hospital have developed a needle-free vaccine for ear infections. The vaccine - which targets the bacteria responsible for nearly one half of all ear infections - won't be delivered by a needle jab, but absorbed through the skin via a small, dime-sized patch. "For a child, a non-needle vaccine has obvious benefits, but our research also shows that delivering the therapy through the skin sets off beneficial immune responses ...

Cosmetic Surgery- A Blessing in Disguise

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It's hard to find a technological innovation that doesn't face criticism and controversies. And today, where numerous researches are being done on introducing more and more new medications and instruments for achieving health, the tabloids seem to focus the blunders and mis-happenings of these researches. Cosmetic surgery, stuck to the credit of film stars and actors, has faced a number of controversies. And why not? There are many people having reported ...

Impotence: Major Cause of Divorce

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In India, impotence is emerging as a major cause of divorce, finds study. The study, conducted by Alpha One Andrology Group, an association of doctors dealing in sex-related problems in men, took into account nearly 2,500 Indian men suffering from erectile dysfunction or impotence. The study found that erectile dysfunction affects 50 percent of men over the age of 40 and 10 percent of men below 40. "The analysis revealed that of the 2,500 men suffering ...

Community Approach Effective Against Diabetes Fight

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A prevention program led by community workers is effective at lowering blood pressure and diabetes, say researchers. This is the largest program to successfully replicate the results achieved by the Diabetes Prevention Project (DPP), a research study led by the National Institutes of Health and supported by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which demonstrated several years ago that lifestyle weight-loss interventions can reduce the incidence of diabetes by 58 percent. ...

Rude and Distracting to Have Long Conversations on Your Cell Phone in Public

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Having a conversation on a cell phone in a public area in a loud tone, is downright impolite and can be distracting even to others around. Most often the talker is oblivious to what is happening around. There is enough research to show that talking on the mobile phone while driving can be dangerous as it can slow down reflexes. Further, people have forgotten items from their shopping list or ended up doing half the things they set out to, simply because ...

Bad Idea to Have Sex in Space

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It is better to just stick to the objectives of going to space, and not lose yourself in carnal pleasures as it can be highly detrimental to health. Sex in space can turn out to be dangerous. So, just quit even thinking about it! Scientists have conducted experiments in plants that have caused them to believe that alterations in gravity can destroy cells, clog them and trigger many chronic ailments in human beings. Plant studies showed that changes in ...

President Mukherjee Says India Still Has a Long Way to Go in Providing Proper Health Cover for Its Citizens

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Underlining the lack of widespread availability of healthcare systems in the country, President Pranab Mukherjee revealed that India still has a long way to go in order to ensure that all of its citizens enjoy access to proper healthcare systems.. President Mukherjee in his inaugural address at the golden jubilee celebrations of the government T D Medical College here, said: "Despite the progress made in our health care system, we still have great distance to cover. ..���.

Archaeologists Unearth 'Black Death' Mass Grave in London

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Archaeologists in London have unearthed a mass grave of more than a dozen skeletons suspected to have died from plague during the 14th century when Europe was struggling to deal with 'Black Death' and the archaeologists predict that they will have more such skeletons as they excavate the site. The Plague is by definition a re-emerging infectious disease which affects the lungs and is highly contagious, leading to mass outbreaks across populations. History shows ...

Depression-Related Symptoms in Adolescents Reduced by Mindfulness at School

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A form of meditation therapy focused on exercising 'attentiveness' in people is called mindfulness. Depression is often rooted in a downward spiral of negative feelings and worries. Once a person learns to more quickly recognise these feelings and thoughts, he or she can intervene before depression sinks in. While mindfulness has already been widely tested and applied in patients with depression, this is the first time the method has been studied in ...

Flagellin is Key in Stimulating Body's Natural Defenses, Says Research

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Flagellin might play a key role in up-regulating the host innate defences against urinary tract infections (UTIs), says a new study by British researchers. UTIs are commonly caused by iEscherichia coli/i. The host innate defences function to protect the uro-epithelium from microbial assault via a variety of mechanisms. These include NF- (and) #954;B signalling pathways activated via cell-surface Toll-like-receptors responding to bacterial pathogen associated molecular ...

'Liberation Treatment' Does Not Improve Symptoms in MS Patients

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Interventional endovascular therapy, also known as 'liberation treatment' is not effective in improving patient outcomes among people suffering from multiple sclerosis and in some cases worsens the symptoms, according to the results of the first controlled clinical trial conducted to test the safety and efficacy of the treatment. University at Buffalo researchers will present their results in an "Emerging Science" poster session March 20 at the annual American Academy ...

Insomnia in Older Adults may Get Worse Due to Bladder Condition

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Insomnia in older adults may worsen if they also suffer from a bladder condition known as nocturia, a new study reveals. "The results raise the clinical question of treating nocturia to help individuals with insomnia," said Jamie Zeitzer, PhD, the study's lead author. "That is, could much of the insomnia or poor sleep that occurs in older individuals be alleviated by treatment of nocturia? Of course, the opposite is quite possible - that proper treatment of insomnia ...

Key Step in Production of Red Blood Cells in Body Identified

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In a major breakthrough that could not only shed more light on various blood disorders such as anemia but also lead to mass manufacture of red blood cells in the laboratory, researchers at EPFL have discovered a key step in the process of red blood cell generation by the body. A red blood cell, or erythrocyte, is essentially a sack of haemoglobin that transports oxygen around the body. It starts life in the bone marrow as a haematopoietic stem cell, and undergoes ...

UCLA Researchers Developing Ways to Predict Future Bird Flu Outbreaks

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Researchers at University of California Los Angeles are currently busy in developing new ways through which they can predict where the next bird flu outbreak can emerge in order to be prepared to deal with the threat of a pandemic should the bird flu strain turn out to be highly contagious among humans. "Using surveillance of influenza cases in humans and birds, we've come up with a technique to predict sites where these viruses could mix and generate a future ...

Transplanted Cells in Monkey's Brains Underline Progress in Personalized Therapy

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In a major breakthrough in personalized therapy, a new study published in the journal Cell Reports reveals that researchers have successfully managed to transplant neural cells derived from a monkey's skin into its brain which they developed into several types of mature brain cells. Because the cells were derived from adult cells in each monkey's skin, the experiment is a proof-of-principle for the concept of personalized medicine, where treatments are designed ...

Snake Kings of Hong Kong Stand the Test of Time

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Traditional arts are facing a huge challenge from modern trends in South Asia these days. In a quiet corner of bustling Hong Kong, iron cages containing writhing serpents are stacked up at the entrance to an old shop that has been selling snake soup for more than a century. Inside more than 100 wooden drawers store hundreds of snakes, with more than half of them labelled "poisonous". Customers enjoy the thick broth made from the reptile's lean meat which ...

Low Completion Levels of HPV Vaccination Underlines Lack of Patient Education and Vaccine Programs

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Researchers at University of Texas Medical Branch (UTMB) have underlined the lack of patient education and public vaccine financing programs by pointing at low completion rates of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine series across both genders nearly seven years after its introduction. The researchers report "startling" trends in a series of three separate studies published in iCancer, Human Vaccines (and) Immunotherapeutics/i and iVaccine/i. Using ...

New Molecular Sensor That can Help in Cancer Diagnosis Developed

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Researchers at Chile's The Centro de Estudios Cientificos (CECs) in collaboration with Carnegie's Wolf Frommer have developed a new molecular sensor that can perform real time detection of high levels of metabolic acid lactate in individual cells which could be a sign of the presence of cancer cells. Prior to this advance, no other measurement method could non-invasively detect lactate in real time at the single-cell level. The work, published in the open access ...

Terahertz Radiation Increases Production of Proteins to Fight Cancer but also Damages DNA

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A new study has found that Terahertz (THz) radiation, a section of electromagnetic spectrum between microwave and infrared light, may be effective in fighting cancer by increasing the production of proteins that aid the immune system in fighting the cancer cells. But the issue is that this can also lead to DNA damage. The findings, which are the result of a collaboration between physicists at the University of Alberta and molecular biologists at the University of ..���.

Sleepwalkers are Sometimes Aware of What They Do and Why They Do It

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While the general perception is that sleepwalkers have no memory of what they are doing, a new study reveals that not only do sleepwalkers remember on occasions what they had done, but also can come up with a reason for their behavior. The study was led by Antonio Zadra of the University of Montreal and its affiliated Sacre-Coeur Hospital. Working from numerous studies over the last 15 years at the hospital's Centre for Advanced Studies in Sleep Medicine ...

Math Equations the Perfect Solution for Waking Up on Time?

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Solving complex math equations often turn out to be a hair wringing experience even when fully alert and the makers of a new alarm clock app are hoping to use it to provide the perfect way to ensure that people wake up when their alarms ring, by making them solve problems, logic games and puzzles. The app, called FreakyAlarm, might drive you crazy, but it will also get you out of bed. To utilize the program's basic function, users who find it hard to ...

Thinking About Negative Events can Increase Inflammation Levels in Body

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Thinking about negative events can increase inflammation levels in our body, according to a new study conducted by Ohio University researchers. Researchers found that when study participants were asked to ruminate on a stressful incident, their levels of C-reactive protein, a marker of tissue inflammation, rose. The study is the first time to directly measure this effect in the body. "Much of the past work has looked at this in non-experimental ...

Four in Five Indian Parents Aware of Dangers Posed by Cyberbullying

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The makers of Norton anti-virus software, Symantec Software Solutions reveal that around four in five Indian parents are aware of the dangers posed by cyberbullying. "Cyber-bullying is cruel, anti-social behaviour carried out by children, teens and sometimes by adults through any number of digital channels. It can happen anywhere, anytime - even while at home" Symantec country sales manager (India and SAARC) Ritesh Chopra said here Tuesday. "The main ...

Pigs Prefer Avoiding Bitter Tastes in Diet

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Researchers at University of Alberta suggest that pigs have got tastes of their own after a new study found that they often picked soybean meal when given a choice between napus canola meal and juncea canola meal. iNapus/i canola meal and ijuncea/i canola meal come from rapeseed and mustard greens, respectively. Canola meals are less expensive than soybean meal. If producers can replace soybean meal in swine diets, they could produce pork at a lower cost. ...

World's Richest Footballer David Beckham Worth Over 175 Million Pounds

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Paris-Saint Germain star David Beckham continues to be named as the world's richest footballer with a personal fortune worth more than 175 million pounds. The 37-year-old is now the "biggest brand in the world game" leaving superstars Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo behind, reports the Daily Star. Beckham earned over 20 million pound from endorsements and wages last year. According to The Goal Rich List 2013, Beckham is worth 60 million ...

Peanut Allergy Causes Death of a College Freshman

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A nineteen year old college freshman, Cameron Groezinger-Fitzpatrick, was the victim of a bad nut allergy after consuming a cookie that had peanut oil. He was first diagnosed with this allergy when he was just 8 years old. Ever since he was extremely careful about what he ate. Then, when he and his friend went out driving one day, he consumed half a cookie after it was certified safe by his friend. Within half hour of consuming the cookie, ...