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Tattoo Inks Causing Complications Similar to Skin Cancer

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An American dermatologist has claimed that new tattoo inks are leading to a number of skin problems, including allergic reactions and serious infections that mimic skin cancer. Tattoo ink's composition has changed dramatically over the years. In the past, metal salts, lead, cobalt and carbon were used in inks but today, many modern tattoo inks (especially intense reds and yellows) contain organic azo dyes with plastic-based pigments, which also have industrial uses ...

Study Explains Why Brains Get Tired When Exercising

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A recent study has identified that a braking mechanism in the brain, which swings into effect can make us tired when exercising. What may be occurring is what is referred to as 'central fatigue,' said researchers. "Our discovery is helping to shed light on the paradox which has long been the subject of discussion by researchers," said Associate Professor Jean-Francois Perrier from the Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, who has spearheaded ...

Hungry? - But you Just Ate!

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Most of us are tempted by good food, mealtime or not. Once in a way is fine but it is dangerous to give into food cravings all the time.

Fresh Insights into Post-sleep Paralysis Distress

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Factors that cause distress after sleep paralysis have been identified by Canadian scientists. Sleep paralysis is a psychological phenomenon of which little was previously known. Sleep paralysis is a distressing phenomenon often accompanied by vivid sensory or perceptual experiences, which can include complex and disturbing hallucinations and intense fear, which is often experienced by people immediately before sleeping or waking up. For some ...

Diabetes Increases Death After Heart Attack

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Diabetic patients are at increased risk of death after a heart attack, suggests recent study. The reason why the risk of death is almost doubled in these patients remains unclear. Diabetes is one of the leading causes of deaths across the world. It is a disease characterized by the presence of excess sugar in urine as well as blood. In 17th century the disease was referred as "pissing evil". Besides heart attack, diabetes is the fastest growing ...

Midlife Fitness to Minimize Risk of Dementia

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Natural aging process is associated with some inevitable changes such as skin wrinkles, crow's feet, and gradual loss of memory in some people. Memory loss is a common symptom of dementia, which incidentally is the second most feared disease after cancer. However, researchers say that people who keep healthy and fit at midlife have the lowest risk of developing dementia when they grow older. "We already know exercise has cardiovascular and many other benefits, ...

Bananas: Cure for Migraine

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Lisa Poyner a mother of two from West Sussex has found that munching on a banana every couple of hours was a miracle cure for her incurable migraine that left her bed ridden for days at a time for almost 20 years. Lisa Poyner, 38, from Worthing, told the Daily Express that she doesn't like bananas very much, but eating every couple of hours is the only thing that helps her lead a normal life. She said that she had been prescribed all kinds of medication ...

Plan Ahead for Expensive Long-term Care

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The American Medical Association found that one out three people require long-term care during their life time. The cost of care is rising to (Dollar) 75,000 per year approximately. This can turn best retirement plans into disorder and confusion. "What many people don't realize is that Medicare is just a health insurance policy," said Pat Ramsey, owner of the Edgewood Center, a skilled nursing home and rehabilitation facility in Portsmouth. Medicare ...

Medical Bills are the Death of Us

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After his 36 page cover story for Time magazine, Steven Brill joined Hardball on Monday night to discuss his medical findings. In the seven months Brill took to research eight cases - with corresponding hospital bills, he uncovered some atrocious charges , for example, Gauze pads were charged (Dollar) 77 a box, A single diabetes test strip was charged (Dollar) 18, (Dollar) 50 for a Tyenol which meant a 10,000% mark up. A patient paid (Dollar) 474,000 for a month in a Texas ...

UK Girls Bigger Smartphone Users Than Boys: Research

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UK girls are bigger users of smartphones than boys, finds recent research. According to research by Mintel, girls aged between seven and 15 are more likely to own a smartphone than boys. Also 45 per cent of girls say they use a smartphone every day, compared with 35 per cent of boys. Girls are also more likely than boys to own MP3 players and laptop computers, the research found. The research said that boys are more likely ...

Mom's Stress Impacts Offsprings' Brains

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If a mother is exposed to stress during pregnancy, her placenta can transmit the damaging effects of stress to her fetus by altering levels of a protein that affects the developing brains of male and female offspring differently, reveals study. These findings suggest one way in which maternal-stress exposure may be linked to neurodevelopmental diseases such as autism and schizophrenia, which affect males more frequently or more severely than females. "Most ...

Antiemetic Ondansetron During Pregnancy Does Not Harm Foetus

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Ondansetron taken during pregnancy does not harm the foetus, affirms a recent study. Ondansetron is an antiemetic drug commonly prescribed to treat nausea and vomiting during pregnancy. Nausea and vomiting are common during pregnancy. While most cases do not warrant medications and can be managed conservatively, about 10 to 15% cases require consultation with a doctor. Nausea and vomiting that sets in between 3 and 8 weeks of gestation, and peaks by weeks ...

Link Between HIV Infection and Heart Attack Risk Discovered

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HIV infection is associated with an increased risk of heart attack, finds recent study that confirms earlier findings. The study looked at 82,459 US veterans, the vast majority of them men. It was published in Archives of Internal Medicine, a publication of the Journal of the American Medical Association. It said that in three age groups, the average incidence of heart attack was consistently and significantly higher for people who are HIV-positive, ...

Scientists Detect Parkinson's Disease Brain Rhythms

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Scientists and clinicians have identified how to detect abnormal brain rhythms associated with Parkinson's disease. The work may lead to developing the next generation of brain stimulation devices to alleviate symptoms for people with the disease. Described this week in the journal iProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences/i (iPNAS/i), the work sheds light on how Parkinson's disease affects the brain, and is the first time anyone ...

'Best Jobs in the World' Campaign in Australia

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Australia's tourism industry has launched its hugely popular "Best Jobs in the World" campaign, offering a chance to become a "Chief Funster", "Taste Master" or "Outback Adventurer". The marketing push is targeting the youth segment, which contributes Aus (Dollar) 12 billion (US (Dollar) 12.2 billion) annually in tourism spending and delivers nearly 1.6 million, or 26 percent, of Australia's international arrivals. It follows a similar campaign in 2009, won by Briton ...

Colonoscopy Screening Reduces Colorectal Cancer Risk

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In a recent study it was found that colonoscopy screening could cut the risk of advanced colorectal cancer (CRC) in either the right or left side of the colon. In recent years, colonoscopy has begun to rapidly replace sigmoidoscopy - a procedure used to detect abnormalities in the rectum and left side of the colon - despite initially limited evidence of its efficacy and higher cost. In the new study, researchers noted an overall 70 percent reduction of advanced ...

Experts Caution HIV Cure in Infancy

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Leading AIDS experts have cautioned against the hype of HIV cure in a child born with the virus. The possible breakthrough may hold promise for about 330,000 children the World Health Organisation (WHO) says are born every year with the virus that causes AIDS. While cautiously optimistic, experts stressed that much remained unclear -- including whether this may have been a freak result. "The world needs to see this as a proof of concept, ...

Cancer Vaccines Self-Sabotage, Channel Immune Attack to Injection Site

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Cancer vaccines that attempt to stimulate an immune system assault fail because the killer T cells aimed at tumors instead find the vaccination site a more inviting target. Scientists at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center report this finding in iNature Medicine/i. A common substance used in many cancer vaccines to boost immune attack betrays the cause by facilitating a buildup of T cells at the vaccination site, which then summon more ...

Atlantic Warming Linked to Malaria Risk in India

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In India, health watchdogs monitoring the risk of malaria should keep a close eye on what's happening thousands of kilometres (miles) away in the Atlantic. An unusual study published on Sunday suggests this. The temperature of the sea surface in the tropical South Atlantic is a big determinant for levels of monsoon rain, which in turn is the big factor for malarial mosquitoes, it says. Researchers led by Mercedes Pascual at the University ...

Sheila Dikshit Inaugurates Women Safety Campaign

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To spread awareness in society to control crime against women, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit inaugurated a women safety campaign. The event saw large number of people gathered in support for the cause to stop the rising crime against women. Dramatic plays were enacted depicting the state of women across the country. Dikshit, while speaking about women safety, said the police alone could not cater to the needs of the masses and participation ...

In Nepal, Women Fight Age-old Custom of Segregation During Menstruation

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In a tiny town in Nepal's Achham district, women who are subjected to 'chaupadi'- an age-old custom of isolating women from their families during menstruation, are fighting for their rights. For generations in the town, menstruating women have slept outside of their homes, in small sheds or in the family stable. The women are considered impure and treated as untouchable, so they cannot enter the house or touch communal water or food, reports the Christian Science ...

Indian Women Turn to Smartphones for Protection

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Women in urban India are turning towards smartphones for protection after the notorious gang-rape in New Delhi, with virtual bodyguards, panic buttons and maps to pinpoint harassment blackspots. Interest in safety apps and websites has surged since the fatal December attack, in which a 23-year-old student was gangraped by drunken men in a bus while she was on her way home from a cinema in the Indian capital, reports the Herald Sun. Following the incident, ...

New Treatment Similar to Dialysis Removes Bad Cholesterol from Blood

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Loyola University Medical Center is offering a treatment called LDL apheresis, which is similar to kidney dialysis. This treatment is for patients who have been unable to control cholesterol with lifestyle changes and medications. Once every two weeks, a patient spends two to four hours connected to an apheresis unit that removes 70-to-80 percent of the patient's LDL (bad) cholesterol, then returns the blood to the body. The good HDL cholesterol is ...

Method Of Shutting Down Cancer's Powerful Master Protein Discovered By Researchers

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The key to the survival of a majority of aggressive lymphomas is the powerful master regulatory transcription factor called Bcl6. Aggressive lymphomas arise from the B-cells of the immune system. The protein has long been considered too complex to target with a drug since it is also crucial to the healthy functioning of many immune cells in the body, not just B cells gone bad. But now, in the journal iNature Immunology/i, researchers at Weill Cornell Medical ...

Life Saving Treatment for Fire Ant Allergy Under Used: Study

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Two million Americans are allergic to insect sting. It is an allergy which sends more than 500,000 people to the emergency room annually. While fire ant allergy sufferers know allergy shots can save their life, more than 60 percent do not adhere to treatment guidelines, according to a study published today in the March issue of iAnnals of Allergy, Asthma (and) Immunology/i, the scientific journal of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAA). For ...

New Abnormalities Strike Bhopal Gas Victims

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Doctors have said that the probability of a baby being born with congenital anomalies is seven times higher in areas of Bhopal affected by the 1984 gas tragedy. The effect is evident even in the third generation. Tonnes of lethal gas leaked from the Union Carbide India Limited (UCIL) pesticides plant killing and maiming thousands in the Madhya Pradesh capital on the night of Dec 2-3, 1984. As many as 3,000 new-born children are either mentally or physically ...

New Disease Proteins Were Found For Neurodegenerative Diseases

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New candidate disease proteins for neurodegenerative disorders were found by a multi-institution group of researchers. Mutations in prion-like segments of two RNA-binding proteins are associated with a rare inherited degeneration disorder affecting muscle, brain, motor neurons and bone (called multisystem proteinopathy) and one case of the familial form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), according to an advanced online publication of iNature/i by James Shorter, Ph.D., ...

West Bengal Is Trying To Replace Branded Medicines With Generic Drugs

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Generic drugs are being pushed in a big way by the West Bengal government to replace expensive branded medicines and bring down the prices of essential drugs. The medical community, however, is cautious in its appreciation of the move - it's "laudable", they say, but sustaining this over the long term could be "challenging". The government has initiated the process of introducing generic medicines in state-run hospitals by opening fair price shops ...

Imperial College Study: Skin Patches may be Safer Treatment for Prostate Cancer Than Hormone Injections

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Skin patches which deliver oestrogen into the blood may be a cheaper, safer and better alternative to current hormone therapies for prostate cancer suggests a new Imperial College London study. The preferred treatment for prostate cancers is injections of a drug, LHRHa, which reduces the production of both oestrogen and testosterone. However, this has side effects similar to the menopause in women - resulting in poor bone health and diabetes. The ...

Pot can be Detected in Blood of Daily Smokers During a Month of Sustained Abstinence

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Cannabinoids-psychoactive compounds of marijuana-can be detected in the blood of daily pot smokers during a month of sustained abstinence, a new study has found this for the first time. Researchers behind the study suggest that the finding can provide real help in the public safety need for a drugged driving policy that reduces the number of drugged driving accidents on the road. Cannabis is second only to alcohol for causing impaired driving and motor ...

Majority of Indians Swear by Arranged Marriages

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A new survey has revealed that despite the growth of social networking sites and online matrimonial sites, a majority of Indians still swear by the traditional arranged marriage. Around 75 percent of Indians, including 82 percent women and 68 percent, are conservative and prefer arranged marriages, according to The Taj Wedding Barometer, a survey conducted by the Taj Group of Hotels, Mumbai, which was released here Saturday. While women prefer their ...

'Suit Up to be More Productive at Work' Bosses tell Employees

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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer caused a stir earlier this week when she told employees they must work in the office or quit. Bosses are urging their employees to suit up in an attempt to clamp down on work wear that has become a little too "casual". And it seems the next step in the reversal of "flexible" office environments is casual Fridays, with an increasing number of Australian businesses banning the day or introducing staff clothing guidelines in an attempt ...

Scientists Discover Molecule That Does Double Duty in Stopping Asthma Attacks

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At Brigham and Women's Hospital, scientists have discovered two new drug targets in the inflammatory response pathway responsible for asthma attacks. Researchers studied the lungs and blood of 22 people with mild and severe asthma. They saw that immune cells called natural killer cells and type 2 innate lymphoid cells played significant roles in airway inflammation in study participants with severe asthma. Natural killer cells decreased airway inflammation ...

Cannabis Linked to Heart Attack

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A new study says that cannabis use may also double the stroke risk in young adults, besides being linked with heart attack and emphysema, a progressive lung disease causing shortness of breath. Brain research scientists from the University of Auckland showed that those who suffered ischemic stroke (loss of blood supply to the brain) or transient ischemic attack (TIA) when blood flow to the brain stops momentarily) were 2.3 times more likely to have cannabis detected ...

Catholic Church in Anti-sex Education Campaign in Croatia

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Freshly introduced sexual education classes in Croatia's schools has split the EU-bound country. The powerful Catholic Church challenges the centre-left government over its newest addition to the curriculum. Aimed at raising awareness on potential sexual issues and problems, the pilot "sex-ed" programme started last year and will continue to June 2014. Content is adjusted to the age of the pupils, who range from nine to 18 years old. Introduced ...

Indians Deficient in Vitamin D: IMCR

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People in India are deficient in Vitamin D despite ample sunlight. The Rajya Sabha was informed that this is leading to problems like weaker bones among the population. The Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has reported that surveys carried out in India indicate that despite ample sunlight, people are deficient in Vitamin D, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said while replying to a question by nominated member H.K. Dua this week. The prevalence ...

Crippled Patients Able to Walk Again Thanks To New Spinal Implant

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New hope was offered to thousands of people suffering the daily agony of spinal injury by a revolutionary spinal implant. The new device developed by scientists at London's Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital has allowed crippled patients to walk again and freed others from a life of constant, debilitating pain, the Daily Express reported. It works by disrupting and thereby dramatically reducing pain signals to the brain. The team, who worked ...

Early Detection of Cancer To Be Aided By Mobile App

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A new gaming app that will help scientists analyse genetic data in the search for cancer cures is being developed. Cancer Research UK have teamed up with Google, Facebook and Amazon to develop a game you can play on your mobile that will simultaneously sort through genetic data, the Independent reported. A group of some of the world's best technology minds from Facebook, Google and Amazon, plus 40 hackers, programmers and games testers will take part ...

Clot-buster Pill With Aspirin Could Slash Stroke Risk: Study

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By popping a clot-busting pill and an aspirin every day, thousands of stroke patients could cut the risk of severe repeat attacks. More than a third of stroke survivors suffer another one within five years - and second strokes are more likely to be disabling or fatal. But, according to a study, the risk could be cut by a third if patients take the combined drugs, the Daily Express reported. About 150,000 people have a stroke caused by a ...

Engineers Unveil Novel Wireless Brain Sensor

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A fully implantable and rechargeable wireless brain sensor capable of relaying real-time broadband signals from up to 100 neurons in freely moving subjects was developed by engineers at Brown University. Several copies of the novel low-power device have been performing well in animal models for more than year, a first in the brain-computer interface field. Brain-computer interfaces could help people with severe paralysis control devices with their thoughts. "This ...

Key Enzyme Missing from Aggressive Breast Cancer: Study

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Triple-negative breast cancer cells are missing a key enzyme that other cancer cells contain finds a new study. This finding could provide insight into potential therapeutic targets to treat the aggressive cancer. The study led by the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center's Dr. Peter Zhou is unique in that his lab is the only one in the country to specifically study the metabolic process of triple-negative breast cancer cells. Normally, all cells ...