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In Advanced Fibrosis Patients, Cardiovascular Issues Up Mortality Rates

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Advanced fibrosis is a significant predictor of mortality in patients with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), largely brought about by cardiovascular causes, reveals new research. NAFLD alone was not associated with increased mortality according to findings published in the April issue of iHepatology/i, a journal of the American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases. With super-sized portions, sugary soft drinks and physical inactivity, ...

US Scientists Develop See-through Brain

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In the United States, scientists have developed a method to make a disembodied brain transparent, allowing them to study the organ's intricate wiring without having to slice it up. The feat in chemical engineering has been demonstrated on a brain taken from a mouse, and further tests shows it also works on brain segments from zebrafish and humans, it said. The process, dubbed CLARITY, will revolutionise three-dimensional study of brains and possibly ...

French Senate Grants Gay Couples the Right to Marry

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Clearing the way for a law that has sparked protests from conservatives and religious groups, France's Senate approved the crucial first article of a bill granting gay couples the right to marry. The upper house approved the article overnight by a vote of 179 to 157, with all Senators from the ruling Socialists voting in favour and five from the main opposition right-wing UMP breaking ranks with their colleagues to approve it. The full bill must still ...

Developing Countries Struggle to Bridge the 'Digital Divide'

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A study showed that most developing countries are still struggling to bridge the "digital divide" limiting access to computers and the Internet for low-income citizens. The study for the World Economic Forum placed Finland at the top of its "networked readiness index" which measures a country's ability to make use of information technology for growth and well-being. In second place in the index was Singapore, followed by Sweden, the Netherlands and Norway. ...

New Guidelines Will Help Authors Summarise Their Research

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For writing abstracts, new guidelines will help authors summarise their research. A new extension to the PRISMA guideline on reporting systemic reviews and meta-analyses (types of studies that analyse information from many studies) will help authors to give a more robust summary (abstract) of their study and is detailed by an international group of researchers in this week's iPLOS Medicine/i. These guidelines for abstracts of systemic reviews and ...

Ozone Poisoning Linked to Thousands of Premature Deaths Each Year

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Research have helped explain how ozone causes severe respiratory problems and thousands of cases of premature death each year by attacking the fatty lining of our lungs. The research team is from Birkbeck, University of London, Royal Holloway University and Uppsala University in Sweden. In a study published in iLangmuir/i, the team used neutrons from the Institut Laue-Langevin in Grenoble and the UK's ISIS Neutron Source to observe how even a relatively ...

Physicians Interpretation Varies When Different Providers Read Different Scans on Same Patient

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Any efficiencies in physician interpretation and diagnosis gained when different providers interpret different medical imaging scans performed on the same patient are minute and vary by procedure. This is according to a new study published online in the iJournal of the American College of Radiology/i. Specifically, no potential intra-service work duplication was found when different exam interpretations were rendered by different physicians in the ...

Indian Vaccine Regulatory System Meets WHO Standards: Health Ministry

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The health ministry officials said that the Indian vaccine regulatory system has met the standards set by the World Health Organisation (WHO). A WHO-led team of international experts reviewed the National Regulatory Authority of India (NRA) and other affiliated institutions and decided that they meet WHO's indicators for a functional vaccine regulatory system, officials said. "The Central Drugs Standard Control Organization in collaboration with WHO, ...

Special Children Walk to Create Awareness on Autism

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To create awareness about autistic children and highlight that their abilities can be channelised in a productive manner, a group of special children walked. The walk was to increase awareness about the increasing number of children being diagnosed for autism every year and dearth of schools catering to children suffering from the syndrome. The initiative was taken by the AttachAvi Foundation and The Hans Foundation. It was attended by Delhi ...

Mars may Have Been Significantly Warmer Than It is Today

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About the early atmospheric evolution on Mars and other terrestrial bodies, a new study of how carbon is trapped and released by iron-rich volcanic magma gives a hint. The composition of a planet's atmosphere has roots deep beneath its surface. When mantle material melts to form magma, it traps subsurface carbon. As magma moves upward toward the surface and pressure decreases, that carbon is released as a gas. On Earth, carbon is trapped ...

Future Climatic Change Could Make Transatlantic Flights Bumpier

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Scientists have said that flights across the North Atlantic could get bumpier in the future if climate continues to change. Planes are already encountering stronger winds, and could now face more turbulence, a research led by Reading University in the UK has revealed. According to the BBC, the study, published in Nature Climate Change, suggests that by mid-century passengers will be bounced around more frequently and more strongly. The zone ...

New Studies Evaluate Factors Contributing to Childhood Obesity

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Recent studies, which analyzed the factors contributing to childhood obesity and published in the journal, Pediatrics, suggests that serving meals on smaller plates, monitoring the time spent watching television and programs watched and making sure children get sleep for sufficient time would greatly help parents to keep a check on their children's weight and health. In one study, 41 first-grade children were given adult-size dinner plates. The children were found ...

'Smart' Stem Cells Show Promise in Heart Failure

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For people suffering from heart failure cardiopoietic (cardiogenically-instructed) or "smart" stem cells was found to improve heart health. This is the first application in patients of lineage-guided stem cells for targeted regeneration of a failing organ, paving the way to development of next generation regenerative medicine solutions. The multi-center, randomized Cardiopoietic stem cell therapy in heart failure (C-CURE) trial involved heart ...

Anxiety - Symptom Evaluation

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Anxiety is a state of mind where a person experiences fear, uneasiness, tension, irritability or apprehension in response to an unfamiliar stressful situation or object.

High Calcium Intake may Cut Risk of Colorectal Adenoma

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High intake of calcium or calcium supplementation could reduce the risk of colorectal adenomas in certain individuals, finds study. Previous studies suggested that a high intake of calcium was associated with a reduced risk for colorectal adenomas and cancer, but data from the Women''s Health Initiative did not support the benefit for colorectal cancer after seven years of follow-up, according to Xiangzhu Zhu, M.D., M.P.H., staff scientist in the Division of ...

Steam or Sauna - Either Choice to Detoxify

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Sauna and steam rooms both use heat therapeutically - they produce the same effect - a good healthy sweat, though in different ways. Steam rooms date back to thousands of years, it is said that Pre-Roman civilizations in Portugal were using steam baths. Saunas dated back to the 10supth/sup century during the Bronze Age of Britain, early Vikings are said to have developed them. A sauna uses dry heat, whereas ...

Can Physical Activity be Promoted in Sedentary Patients with Parkinson's Disease?

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Most patients with Parkinson's disease adopt a sedentary lifestyle because of the severe disability imposed by the ailment. These people might benefit from physical activity and exercise. Unfortunately, it remains unclear how to motivate them to increase their level of physical activities. ParkFit, a multifaceted behavioral change programme, attempted to do this. The programme failed to increase the overall level of physical activities. But the study has brought ...

Shoulder Pain - Symptom Evaluation

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Shoulder pain is usually caused by bursitis and tendinitis. Dislocations may corrected by physical manoeuvres or surgery. Arthroscopy may be used in certain cases.

Endometriosis Treatment Lowers Risk of Ovarian Cancer

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Surgical treatment for endometriosis was found to lower the risk of developing ovarian cancer, finds study published in iActa Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica/i, a journal of the Nordic Federation of Societies of Obstetrics and Gynecology, hormonal treatments for endometriosis did not lower ovarian cancer risk. Endometriosis is a common, and often painful, gynecological disease where tissue normally found inside the uterus, grows elsewhere in the body. ...

Antibiotic Minocycline Benefits Fragile X Syndrome Patients

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Minocycline - the antibiotic drug showed improvements in functioning and mood for children with fragile X syndrome, says report published in Lippincott Williams (and) Wilkins. Three months of treatment with minocycline in children with FXS resulted in greater overall improvement than placebo treatment, according to the study by Dr Mary Jacena S. Leigh of University of California Davis Medical Center, Sacramento, and colleagues. They write, "This study is important ...

Ayurveda E-books Launched

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Kerala Tourism has launched two e-books on the Indian healing system. The e-books on Ayurveda are the award-winning coffee table books, "Panchakarma: Ayurveda's Mantra of Rejuvenation", explaining 'panchakarma' as a holistic rejuvenation therapy combining five therapeutic actions to detoxify the body and revitalise the body system, and "Ayurveda: The Mantra of Niramaya", an introduction to the medicine system using texts from ancient scripts to modern research ...

Genetic Mutation Increases Risk of Death for Thyroid Cancer Patients

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BRAF V600E genetic mutation is associated with a higher cancer-related death among patients with papillary thyroid cancer (PTC), finds study published in JAMA. "Papillary thyroid cancer is the most common endocrine malignancy and accounts for 85 percent to 90 percent of all thyroid cancers," according to background information in the article. "The overall 5-year patient survival rate for PTC is 95 percent to 97 percent. A major clinical challenge is how to ...

New Way to Clear Cholesterol from the Blood Discovered

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University of Michigan scientists have identified a novel target for lowering cholesterol. Scientists in the lab of David Ginsburg at the Life Sciences Institute inhibited the action of a gene responsible for transporting a protein that interferes with the ability of the liver to remove cholesterol from the blood in mice. Trapping the destructive protein where it couldn't harm receptors responsible for removing cholesterol preserved the liver cells' capacity ...

Outbreak of Dengue Fever Hits Costa Rica

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In Costa Rica an outbreak of dengue fever has sickened 7,000 people, say health officials. The incidence of illness represents a three-fold increase over this time a year ago, according to Maria Villalta, medical director of national Social Security office, which has been tracking the outbreak. Most of the cases have been reported along Costa Rica's Pacific Coast, an area popular with foreign tourists. Officials said about 2,500 cases of dengue have been ...

Test-tube Baby Pioneer Robert Edwards Dies

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Robert Edwards known for his pioneering work in developing in vitro fertilisation (IVF), died on Monday aged 87, say sources. Edwards spent his career making the dream of having a baby come true for millions of people worldwide, running into conflict with the Catholic Church and fellow scientists on his way. He was awarded the Nobel prize for medicine in 2010, three decades after the birth of the world's first test-tube baby, Louise Brown, in 1978, ...

WHO Calls for Action Against Air Pollution

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The United Nations World Health Organization (WHO) has called for immediate global action in reducing air pollution following estimated that reported the harmful effects of air pollution were much higher than previously thought. The warning came at the latest meeting of the UN Environment Programme's (UNEP) Climate and Clean Air Coalition (CCAC), held in Paris. "The estimations we have now tell us there are 3.5 million premature deaths every year caused by household ...

Genetic Mutations Responsible for Causing Leukemia Identified

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Researchers have identified the genetic mutations causing leukemia, a common type of cancer affecting children. Researchers at The Institute of Cancer Research sequenced the entire set genomes of two sets of identical twins diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukemia. It was found that the gene linked with leukemia ETV6-RUNX1 that was generated in the womb was similar in both the pairs of twins. There were 22 similar gene mutations in both pairs, which ...

Scientists Say That We Often Assume That Others are Staring at Us

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A recent study published in the Current Biology, says that people often assume that others are staring at them even thought when no one is looking at them. It is natural for humans to judge when others are looking at you. Explaining this gaze perception, researchers from the University of Sydney says that the brain makes the perception based on the visual information like direction of the head and eyes. However, in the lack of sufficient information, ...