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- Metastatic Cancers to be Prevented and Treated by a New 'vaccine'
- Queen Elizabeth Hospitalised Over Stomach Bug, Say Sources
- Pregnancy Alerts Women's Feet
- Watchful Eating may be Ineffective in Weight Loss
- Brain Cancer Tumors may be Investigated by a Newly Developed Chemical Probe
- Urge to Exercise Strict Control on Binge Drinking by Maori High School Students
- Zachary Confections Recalls Chocolate-Covered Marshmallow Eggs Over Salmonella Risk
- Health Benefits of Pineapple
- FDA Clears Philips MicroDose Mammography System
- Campaign Against Privatization in the NHS by Bereaved Mother
- Dieting may Not Do Much for Weight Loss Except Promoting Feels of Guilt
- Brain Expert Says Beer Goggles a Myth
- Treatment Environment may Affect Cancer Survival in Older Patients
- The Soccer 'Head Bash' may Affect Your Mental Ability
- Genworth Financial to Charge Women More for Insurance
- Malaria can be Zapped Without a Global Eradication Programme-study
- Hospitals Keep Costs of Procedures and Tests - Hidden
- Shilpa Shetty Named Wellness Icon
- Scientists Identify Brain Pathway Triggering Impulsive Eating
- Older Men to Screen Themselves for Skin Cancer
- Color Light Therapy: A Breakthrough in Alternative Healing Practices
- 'Lewy Bodies' Spread Hope for Treatment of Parkinson's
- Genes may Reveal the Risk of Cardiovascular Diseases
- Hyper-masculine Advertisements may Affect Male Temperament
- Increasing Sugar Consumption may Increase Your Risk of Diabetes
- ADHD Takes a Toll Well into Adulthood: Study
- Genetic Regions Associated With Common Eye Disorder Discovered
- Risk of Breast Cancer Associated With Gene Mutations
- Brain Surgery Evolutions
- Google Map of Human Metabolism Developed
- Functional HIV Cure in Baby
- Animas Reveals Results of Its Clinical Trial into Closed Loop Insulin Delivery System
- New Insights into the Causes of Dementia
- Number of Facebook Likes may Reflect the Quality of Hospitals
| Metastatic Cancers to be Prevented and Treated by a New 'vaccine' Posted:  Preclinical and lab tests may work similar to a vaccine and aid early detection and treatment of metastatic cancers, according to the scientists at Virginia Commonwealth University. Results from a recent study show the therapy could treat metastatic cancers and be used in combination with current cancer therapies while helping to prevent the development of new metastatic tumors and train specialized immune system cells to guard against cancer relapse. Recently published ... |
| Queen Elizabeth Hospitalised Over Stomach Bug, Say Sources Posted:  Queen Elizabeth was taken to a hospital after she suffered symptoms of gastroenteritis, say sources. The 86-year-old royal is being assessed by doctors at the King Edward VII Hospital in central London, Sky News reported. According to her spokesman, the monarch is in "good spirits" and is otherwise in "good health." She was taken to the hospital at about 3pm and is expected to stay at the medical facility for a couple of days. The ... |
| Posted:  Pregnancy can lead to permanent changes in size and shape of the mum to be's feet, says recent study. Flat feet are a common problem for pregnant women. The arch of the foot flattens out, possibly due to the extra weight and increased looseness (laxity) of the joints associated with pregnancy. The study by the University of Iowa suggests that this loss of arch height is permanent. "I had heard women reporting changes in their shoe size ... |
| Watchful Eating may be Ineffective in Weight Loss Posted:  Women trying watchful eating still consume as many calories as those who don't. Researchers at Utrecht University in Holland found that frequent dieters not only robbed themselves of the pleasure of food but also failed to lose weight and felt negative emotions about their eating, the Daily Express reported. In the study, a group of women - who thought that they were taking part in supermarket food-tasting - were left for 10 minutes with high-calorie ... |
| Brain Cancer Tumors may be Investigated by a Newly Developed Chemical Probe Posted:  Discovery of a new chemical probe which may help investigate the function of malignant brain tumors announced. "Before this there were no known chemical probes for the more than 200 domains in the human genome that recognize methyl lysine. In that regard, it is a first in class compound. The goal is to use the chemical probe to understand the biology of the proteins that it targets," said Dr. James. Chromatin regulatory pathways play a fundamental ... |
| Urge to Exercise Strict Control on Binge Drinking by Maori High School Students Posted:  A study to evaluate the extent of binge drinking by Maori high school students has revealed that the government must discover other ways to prevent youth from consuming alcohol. This is especially important as the government is pretty clear they do not want to increase the legal age for drinking. Auckland University researchers who conducted a Youth '07 national health survey found enough evidence of binge drinking among youth. The sad part ... |
| Zachary Confections Recalls Chocolate-Covered Marshmallow Eggs Over Salmonella Risk Posted:  Possible salmonella contamination has led a candy manufacturer to recall a certain batch of chocolate-covered marshmallow eggs. Zachary Confections, Inc., has revealed that chocolate-covered marshmallow ggs should ideally be discarded or just returned to the store. Consumers have been asked to check the information on the product packaging next to the Unit UPC bar code label: Zachary Chocolate-Covered Marshmallow Egg Crates in a white, ... |
| Posted:  Pineapples consumed by and large by people all over the world are a rich source of Vitamin C and have a host of other health benefits. |
| FDA Clears Philips MicroDose Mammography System Posted:  The FDA has given the nod to Philips for its MicroDose SI full-field digital mammography (FFDM) system. This SI model has the capacity to do a single-shot spectroscopy along with the earlier capabilities of the original MicroDose. Using X-ray photon-counting detectors, the MicroDose device performs breast tissue imaging at a relatively reduced dose compared to traditional mammography. This technology is capable of detecting tumors covered inside dense ... |
| Campaign Against Privatization in the NHS by Bereaved Mother Posted:  The mother of a seven-week-old baby boy, who lost his life under the care of the out-of-hours GP service, is part of a campaign to protest against privatization in the NHS. Baby Axel Peanberg King died following a routine cold which became worse and developed into pneumonia inspite of visits to the to the out-of-hours doctors' service run by private contractor Harmoni. Linda Peanberg King's child could not survive due to negligence at the out-of-hours ... |
| Dieting may Not Do Much for Weight Loss Except Promoting Feels of Guilt Posted:  If there is any truth to the fact that dieting does not work, this news supports it. Dieting does not actually reduce the amount of food people consume, instead it promotes negative feelings about food, such as guilt, even if there is a single instance of over indulgence while eating food. The results of a study into the benefits of dieting found that controlled eaters who tend to diet often, but also complain about what they eat, have regrets when they consume a ... |
| Brain Expert Says Beer Goggles a Myth Posted:  According to a brain expert, beer goggles is a myth and men and women do not see each other any differently after alcohol. The area of the brain that makes people want to mate keeps functioning, no matter how much they drink, meaning that people can still assess how visually-appealing others, according to Dr Amanda Ellison, senior lecturer in the Department of Psychology at Durham University. "We still see others basically as they are. There is ... |
| Treatment Environment may Affect Cancer Survival in Older Patients Posted:  A study on older patients with advanced neck and head cancers revealed the importance of the treatment environment in the rates of survival. The study, led by researchers at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center and published in the March 1 online edition of iCancer/i, found that patients who were treated at hospitals that saw a high number of head and neck cancers were 15 percent less likely to die of their disease as compared to patients who were treated ... |
| The Soccer 'Head Bash' may Affect Your Mental Ability Posted:  'Heading' the soccer ball may affect performance in cognitive tasks, states research. Anne Sereno and colleagues from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston tested the effects of non-injurious head-to-ball impacts on cognitive function using a tablet-based app. They found that high school female soccer players were significantly slower than non-players on a task that required pointing away from a target on the screen, but showed no ... |
| Genworth Financial to Charge Women More for Insurance Posted:  With the Health Care Reform many women are happy they won't have to pay a higher insurance than men. Though, elderly women may end up paying more for long-term care insurance according to a loophole left by Obamacare. Genworth Financial, the largest U.S provider of long-term care insurance has plans to charge some women higher premiums than men for the same health cover according to Kaiser Health News reports. This would apply to women who bought new individual long-term ... |
| Malaria can be Zapped Without a Global Eradication Programme-study Posted:  Global eradication of malaria may be done by individual efforts within the countries borders, a researcher at the University of Southampton. Dr. Andrew Tatem explains, "In 1955 a global programme was launched to eradicate Malaria, but funding collapsed in 1969 and ultimately eradication wasn't achieved. We have examined what was learned from this programme and how malaria has since been eliminated in individual countries. "Our findings suggest it may ... |
| Hospitals Keep Costs of Procedures and Tests - Hidden Posted:  It may sound strange but many hospitals won't tell you in advance the charges for a procedure, and they may add extra services at their whim which obviously you pay for and to top it all if you develop some complications or infection due to their oversight, you will be left holding the bill. According to a study published in the Journal of The American Medical Association in February, a researcher gathered prices and information from 122 hospitals around ... |
| Shilpa Shetty Named Wellness Icon Posted:  Actress Shilpa Shetty has been named as the Wellness Icon at the NDTV Good Times Lifestyle Awards 2013. "Received the NDTV WELLNESS ICON award today. Happy I continue to inspire people in the field of wellness and fitness (nine months after a baby)," tweeted the actress. Married to businessman Raj Kundra, Shilpa delivered a baby boy in May 2012. His name is Viaan.Apart from being active in showbiz, Shilpa is also the chairperson of Iosis Spa ... |
| Scientists Identify Brain Pathway Triggering Impulsive Eating Posted:  In fruit flies, a brain pathway that controls impulsive eating has been discovered by scientists. This finding may help explain binge eating in humans. "We know when insects are hungry, they eat more, become aggressive and are willing to do more work to get the food," said Ping Shen, a UGA associate professor of cellular biology in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. "Little is known about the other half-the reward-driven feeding behavior-when ... |
| Older Men to Screen Themselves for Skin Cancer Posted:  Men aged 50 and older are less likely to examine their skin for early signs of skin cancer and report a suspicious mole to a dermatologist, state studies. AMERICAN ACADEMY OF DERMATOLOGY EXPERT: Information provided by Laura K. Ferris, MD, PhD, FAAD, a board-certified dermatologist and assistant professor of dermatology at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine in Pennsylvania. LIFESAVING ADVICE: SKIN CANCER SCREENINGS SAVE LIVES: ... |
| Color Light Therapy: A Breakthrough in Alternative Healing Practices Posted:  Chromotherapy, one of the newly developed branches of alternative medicine, seems to have gained an increasing acceptance as a form of treatment for various ailments ranging from minor depression and headaches to somewhat serious conditions such as blood sugar. Practitioners of color therapy have now managed to shoo away all controversies and disrespect for this therapy by placing a very valid concept of healing - the effects of vibrations, both good and ... |
| 'Lewy Bodies' Spread Hope for Treatment of Parkinson's Posted:  Erratic gene may cause build-up of proteins in key brain cells, leading to Parkinson's, study. Parkinson's patients suffer from progressive stiffness, slowing of movement and problems in coordination resulting from the loss of nerve cells that make a muscle-controlling chemical, dopamine. A hallmark of the disease is the presence of so-called Lewy bodies, an accumulation of toxic proteins in these vital cells. But how the proteins -- the ... |
| Genes may Reveal the Risk of Cardiovascular Diseases Posted:  Genes may now be able to predict and diagnose heart disease, finds study. Studies screening the genome of hundreds of thousands of individuals (known as Genome-wide association studies or GWAS) have linked more than 100 regions in the genome to the risk of developing cardiovascular disease. Researchers from the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) and the University of Heidelberg, through the joint Molecular Medicine Partnership Unit (MMPU), ... |
| Hyper-masculine Advertisements may Affect Male Temperament Posted:  Exaggerated hyper-masculinity depicted in magazines can arouse aggressive behaviour in men, states research. Hyper-masculinity is an extreme form of masculine gender ideology comprised of four main components: toughness, violence, dangerousness and calloused attitudes toward women and sex. Megan Vokey, a Ph.D. candidate from the University of Manitoba, and colleagues found that hyper-masculine depictions of men, centered on this cluster of beliefs, ... |
| Increasing Sugar Consumption may Increase Your Risk of Diabetes Posted:  Excessive sugar consumption could cause weight gain and obesity, which are precursors for diabetes, says study. But now the results of a large epidemiological study have suggested sugar may also have a direct, independent link to diabetes. Researchers from the Stanford University School of Medicine, the University of California-Berkeley and the University of California-San Francisco examined data on sugar availability and diabetes rates from 175 countries ... |
| ADHD Takes a Toll Well into Adulthood: Study Posted:  Children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are more likely to have other psychiatric disorders as adults, states recent study. Although numbers were small, they also appear more likely to commit suicide and are often incarcerated as adults. "Only 37.5 percent of the children we contacted as adults were free of these really worrisome outcomes," says William Barbaresi, MD, of Boston Children's Hospital, lead investigator on the study, published ... |
| Genetic Regions Associated With Common Eye Disorder Discovered Posted:  Seven new regions of the human genome linked to increased risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) have been identified by researchers. The AMD Gene Consortium, a network of international investigators representing 18 research groups, also confirmed 12 loci identified in previous studies. The findings are reported online today in the journal iNature Genetics/i. Supported by the National Eye Institute (NEI), a part of the National Institutes of Health, ... |
| Risk of Breast Cancer Associated With Gene Mutations Posted:  Breast cancer is a dreaded disease, but survival rates are high for early stage tumors. Though a number of risk factors have been identified, the exact cause of this disease is not very clear. iBRCA/i, the breast cancer gene is of two types iBRCA1/i and iBRCA2/i. iBRCA1/i gene is present on the chromosome 17 while iBRCA2/i is present on the chromosome 13. They function normally as tumor-suppressor genes. But mutations in these genes inhibit ... |
| Posted:  Fast-paced lives have increased the number of people suffering from lifestyle-related diseases. Accidents and trauma cases are now flooding the hospital, which makes development an urgent need of the hour. Thanks to the millions of dollars invested by sponsors, a huge number of clinical trials are now being successfully conducted to develop new and better medications and tools to aid health and wellness. Brain surgery remains the most complex and dangerous surgeries ... |
| Google Map of Human Metabolism Developed Posted:  A most comprehensive virtual reconstruction of human metabolism has been developed by an international consortium of university researchers. Scientists could use the model, known as Recon 2, to identify causes of and new treatments for diseases like cancer, diabetes and even psychiatric and neurodegenerative disorders. Each person's metabolism, which represents the conversion of food sources into energy and the assembly of molecules, is determined by genetics, ... |
| Posted:  For the first time researchers have cured a baby born with HIV - this development could improve treatment of babies infected at birth. There is an important technical nuance: researchers insist on calling it a "functional cure" rather than a complete cure. That is because the virus is not totally eradicated. Still, its presence is reduced to such a low level that a body can control it without the need for standard drug treatment. The ... |
| Animas Reveals Results of Its Clinical Trial into Closed Loop Insulin Delivery System Posted:  Presenting the results of its second phase of human clinical trials at the Advanced Technologies (and) Treatments for Diabetes (ATTD) Conference in Paris, Animas Corporation revealed that its first-generation closed loop insulin delivery system has displayed positive results in predicting the rise of fall in blood glucose and correspondingly increase, decrease, suspend and resume insulin delivery. The feasibility study of the predictive Hypoglycemia-Hyperglycemia Minimizer ... |
| New Insights into the Causes of Dementia Posted:  In a recent study, scientists have found that shortage of a protein called TDP-43 resulted in muscle wasting and stunted nerve cells. This finding supports the idea that malfunction of this protein plays a decisive role in ALS and FTD. The study is published in the "iProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences/i of the USA" (iPNAS/i). ALS is an incurable neurological disease which manifests as rapidly progressing muscle wasting. Both limbs and respiratory ... |
| Number of Facebook Likes may Reflect the Quality of Hospitals Posted:  The number of facebook likes can be an indication of the quality of the health organisation and patient satisfaction. "Findings suggest that Facebook offers an additional resource, beyond surveys, to gauge the attitudes of patient populations," wrote study authors Alex Timian et.al. Researchers compared the 30-day mortality rates and hospital patron recommendations to the number of "Likes" on the hospitals' Facebook pages from 40 hospitals near New ... |
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