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- Quiz on Pollution
- Kids With Overprotective Parents More Likely to be Bullied by Peers
- A Philadelphia Based Startup Plans Digital Health Insurance Cards
- Umbilical Cord Should Not be Cut Immediately After Birth, Say Campaigners
- Taller and Skinnier Women Have Evolved to Have More Babies Than Shorter Counterparts
- Bullet-Proof Bags and School Uniforms in Demand in the US
- Obesity and Regular Alcohol Consumption Linked to High Risk of Liver Disease
- Adding More Fiber to Diet Boosts Health, Say Studies
- Growth Hormone Allegedly Used by Oz Football Players is a Banned Substance, Says WADA
- Dialysis or Transplant is Required by Over Five Lakh Kidney Patients in India
- Treatment for Lead Poisoning Finally Starts in Nigeria
- Skills may Decide Who Gets the Green Card
- Obesity can be Combated by Roundworm Infection?
- Inherited Endocrine Tumor Syndrome Linked to Cell Pathway
- Molecular Changes in Brain After Mild Blast Injury are Similar to Those Caused by Alzheimer's
- Kids Don Orange for 'Kings Day'
- Novartis Sued for Paying Kickbacks
- Sofosbuvir Therapy Linked to High Cure Rate for 2 Hepatitis C Subtypes
- Pig Diets: Calculating Phosphorus and Calcium Concentrations in Meat and Bone Meal
- Dengue Outbreak Claims the Lives of Three
- Cardiometabolic Syndrome Could be Treated by Epoxide Hydrolase Inhibition and Thiazolidinediones
- Yoga Changes Gene Expression
- Scientists Identify Stem Cell for Spread of Cancer in the Blood of Breast Cancer Patients
- French Asexuals Express Their Lack of Desire
- Prostate Cancer Caused by Periodic Bursts of Mutation
- A Gene That Causes Three Diseases
- 'I was Not Eating After Divorce', Says Eva Longoria
- Residing During Teenage Years Raises Your Risk of Stroke
- Helicopter Transport for Injured Victims
- A Protein That Acts Like a Virus
- New Breakthrough in Diabetes Treatment
- New App That Allows You to Text While Crossing Roads Developed
- Scientists Discover Cancer Cells' Achilles' Heel
- Recent Publication Analyzes Whether Food Can be Considered an Addiction
- Virus Kills Melanoma in Animal Model: Study
- Exercise may Help Beat Liver Cancer
- Cancer Drug Costs are too High, Say Doctors
- Attempts to Influence Alcohol Policy Made By Alcohol Industry
- Research: Your Body's Microbiome Has a Unique 'Fingerprint'
- Study: Childhood Meningitis Associated With Lower Levels of Educational Achievement, Financial Self-Sufficiency in Adulthood
- Report: Facial Dog Bites in Children may Require Repeated Plastic Surgery
| Posted:  Pollution not only as an adverse effect on the earth, it also affects all living beings. Test your knowledge regarding the health effects of pollution by taking this quiz. |
| Kids With Overprotective Parents More Likely to be Bullied by Peers Posted:  An analysis of over 70 studies has found that children who have overprotective parents were more likely to be bullied by their peers. Researchers led by Professor Dieter Wolke analyzed studies which involved more than 200,000 children and found that children whose parents overly protect their children from negative things tend to make them more vulnerable to bullying. "Although parental involvement, support and high supervision decrease the chances of children ... |
| A Philadelphia Based Startup Plans Digital Health Insurance Cards Posted:  Due to the rise in high-deductible plans patients need tools that can give them transparency about health care costs. In an era of e-tickets and internet and app-based banking it should also be easier for doctors and physicians to collect payments. According to a 2007 report from McKinsey, hospitals and providers usually collect about 50 percent of the post insurance balance (or the amount owed by the patient beyond what insurance covers or what they pay ... |
| Umbilical Cord Should Not be Cut Immediately After Birth, Say Campaigners Posted:  The National Childbirth Trust (NCT) has revealed that cutting a newborn's umbilical cord immediately after birth increases health risks for the babies and asked the NHS to reverse the practice by leaving the cord for anywhere between 30 seconds to 5 minutes before cutting it. The NCT said that the baby is deprived of vital placental blood when the cord is clamped or cut soon after the birth, increasing the baby's risk of becoming anemic and affecting the brain development. ... |
| Taller and Skinnier Women Have Evolved to Have More Babies Than Shorter Counterparts Posted:  A new study conducted by researchers at Durham University has found that women who are taller and slimmer are giving birth to more babies thanks to improved healthcare and nutrition. The researchers made use of the data collected by UK Medical Research Council between 1956 and 2010 in two Gambian villages. The researchers also recorded the mortality and fertility rates among the communities and found that improved nutrition and medical care led to significant shift ... |
| Bullet-Proof Bags and School Uniforms in Demand in the US Posted:  Rise in gun violence has seen sales of bullet-proof clothing grow rapidly in the US with worried parents opting for bullet-proof bags and school uniforms for their children. Denver-based Elite Sterling Security has come out with a line of school bags lined with ballistic material that can stop a 9mm bullet and has so far sold 300 backpacks, with the company stating that it has received inquiries from another 2,000 families in the country. Miguel Caballero ... |
| Obesity and Regular Alcohol Consumption Linked to High Risk of Liver Disease Posted:  A new study conducted in Britain and which has been presented at the International Liver Congress suggests that the combination of obesity and regular consumption of alcohol increases the risk of liver disease. Researchers at University College of London Institute of Liver and Digestive Health observed more than 107,000 women who had low or high BMI and low or high consumption of alcohol, from 0 to 15 units in a week. The researchers found that those who ... |
| Adding More Fiber to Diet Boosts Health, Say Studies Posted:  Studies conducted by scientists have contributed to the growing body of evidence for the benefits of added fibres in the diet. Many diets continue to lack recommended servings of foods naturally high in fibre like fruits, vegetables, nuts, legumes and whole grains resulting in low fibre intake. These types of fibre can be added to a wide range of foods and contribute similar health benefits as "intact" fibres, providing a viable option to help ... |
| Growth Hormone Allegedly Used by Oz Football Players is a Banned Substance, Says WADA Posted:  A growth hormone, which has been alleged to have been used by the players of Australian football club Essendon, is a banned substance, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has confirmed. It is alleged that controversial sports scientist Stephen Dank had administered the anti-obesity drug AOD-9604, which has not been cleared for human use, to at least six Essendon players last year, News.com.au reports. The report further said that although confusion has ... |
| Dialysis or Transplant is Required by Over Five Lakh Kidney Patients in India Posted:  The Indian Council of Medical Research has said that around 5.5 lakh patients in the country require dialysis or kidney transplant. Dialysis facility is available with central government hospitals like All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, Safdarjung Hospital, Jawaharlal Institute of Post Graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, and Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh, ... |
| Treatment for Lead Poisoning Finally Starts in Nigeria Posted:  Children exposed to the worst-ever lead poisoning epidemic in Nigeria are being treated by Doctors Without Borders (MSF). This process began after long-delayed government financing to clean up the area was finally delivered. The lead poisoning crisis in northwest Zamfara state that first came to light in 2010 was "the worst outbreak ever recorded," MSF said, with an official death toll saying 400 children were killed across the state. Before it could ... |
| Skills may Decide Who Gets the Green Card Posted:  Millions of immigrant applicants hope that they are lucky to win the green card lottery since years. Under reform being considered in Congress, they may soon be asking: "Am I skilled enough?" By 2017, according to a proposed revamp of laws governing admission to the United States, permanent residency permits known as green cards could be doled out not on luck but "on merit," via a points system that would put more qualified applicants at the front of the line. Are ... |
| Obesity can be Combated by Roundworm Infection? Posted:  Infection with roundworms can not only combat obesity but also ameliorate related metabolic disorders in a mouse model, researchers at the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, have shown. Their research is published ahead of print online in the journal iInfection and Immunity/i. Gastrointestinal nematodes infect approximately 2 billion people worldwide, and some researchers believe up until the 20th century almost everyone had worms. ... |
| Inherited Endocrine Tumor Syndrome Linked to Cell Pathway Posted:  Previous research has found that a mutation in a protein called menin causes a hereditary cancer syndrome called MEN1 (multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1). Individuals with MEN1 are at a substantially increased risk of developing neuroendocrine tumors, including cancer of the pancreatic islet cells that secrete insulin. Yet knowing these connections and doing something to improve fighting the syndrome are two different things. Researchers still did ... |
| Molecular Changes in Brain After Mild Blast Injury are Similar to Those Caused by Alzheimer's Posted:  Mild traumatic brain injury after blast exposure produces inflammation, oxidative stress and gene activation patterns that are similar to disorders of memory processing, a multicenter study led by scientists at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine shows. Their findings were recently reported in the online version of the iJournal of Neurotrauma/i.Blast-induced traumatic brain injury (TBI) has become an important issue in combat casualty care, said ... |
| Kids Don Orange for 'Kings Day' Posted:  Around a million Dutch kids donned orange on Friday to celebrate national sports day and the official enthronement of their Dutch king. The king-in-waiting and his Argentine wife, soon-to-be Queen Maxima, opened the "Koningsspelen" (King's Games) in the eastern city of Enschede. Around 1.3 million children are taking part in the national event -- including the royal couple's own three young daughters. "We're now in the final countdown to April 30," Willem-Alexander, ... |
| Novartis Sued for Paying Kickbacks Posted:  Novartis was found guilty of paying kickbacks to doctors to prescribe the company's drugs over rival products by the US Justice Department. In the second US lawsuit against the Swiss firm this week, the Justice Department said its US unit Novartis Pharmaceuticals had boosted sales of its more expensive brand-name drugs by offering incentives to prescribing doctors that were ultimately paid for by public health care programs. The lawsuit, filed in the ... |
| Sofosbuvir Therapy Linked to High Cure Rate for 2 Hepatitis C Subtypes Posted:  A team of scientists led by Weill Cornell Medical College researchers says that a new drug is offering dramatic cure rates for hepatitis C patients with two subtypes of the infection - genotype 2 and 3. These two subtypes account for approximately 25 percent of hepatitis C infection in the United States. The drug, called sofosbuvir, offers more effective treatment for most patients studied in a Phase 3 clinical trial who had no other treatment options, ... |
| Pig Diets: Calculating Phosphorus and Calcium Concentrations in Meat and Bone Meal Posted:  The prices of corn and soybean meal for livestock diets have increased significantly after the drought of 2012. In an effort to reduce their costs, pork producers are looking for alternative sources of calcium (Ca) and phosphorus (P). Researchers at the University of Illinois have developed equations for calculating the concentrations of these minerals in byproducts from the rendering industry. Professor of animal sciences Hans H. Stein and his team ... |
| Dengue Outbreak Claims the Lives of Three Posted:  An outbreak of dengue in the Pacific Islands of New Caledonia claimed the lives of three, according to the officials. A 55-year-old woman from the northern village of Pouembout who was taken to hospital with haemorrhaging became the latest victim of the outbreak, which has killed two other women, aged 55 and 36, since December. The French island territory has registered some 8,250 dengue cases since September 2012. The WHO warned in January ... |
| Cardiometabolic Syndrome Could be Treated by Epoxide Hydrolase Inhibition and Thiazolidinediones Posted:  Cardiometabolic syndrome increases the risk for cardiovascular disease in people who are obese and have high blood pressure and also causes significant and rapidly progressive kidney disease. Scientists at the Medical College of Wisconsin and the University of California at Davis, led by Dr. John Imig and Dr. Bruce Hammock have determined the synergistic actions of inhibiting soluble epoxide hydrolase (sEH) with tAUCB (trans-4-(4-[3-adamantan-1-yl-ureid]-cyclohexyloxy)-benzoic ... |
| Posted:  Yoga has a positive impact on the genetic level, claims study. The researchers have written that the data suggests that previously reported effects of yoga practices have an integral physiological component at the molecular level, which is initiated immediately during practice, and may form the basis for the long-term stable effects, Discovery News reported. In other words, the yoga glow that people feel after they roll up their mat may be the 111 ... |
| Scientists Identify Stem Cell for Spread of Cancer in the Blood of Breast Cancer Patients Posted:  The spread of cancer or metastasis is thought to be caused by individual cancer cells that break away from the original tumor and circulate through the blood stream. These dreaded secondary tumors are the main cause of cancer-related deaths. Circulating tumor cells (CTCs) detectable in a patient's blood are associated with a poorer prognosis. However, up until now, experimental evidence was lacking as to whether the "stem cell" of metastasis is found among CTCs. ... |
| French Asexuals Express Their Lack of Desire Posted:  Julien doesn't have any desire for girlfriends or boyfriends. Instead, the 27-year-old Frenchman says he has found happiness by coming out as asexual. It may seem odd in a country known for love and seduction. But according to studies on the subject, people who have no or little sexual appetite could make up one percent of the global population. That equates to hundreds of thousands of people in France alone and a newly-formed association is ... |
| Prostate Cancer Caused by Periodic Bursts of Mutation Posted:  Earlier, it was presumed that cancer occurs when certain genes mutate over a period of time, after which the cell loses its ability to control growth. But a new closer look at genomes in prostate cancer by an international team of researchers reveals that, in fact, genetic mutations occur in abrupt, periodic bursts, causing complex, large scale reshuffling of DNA driving the development of prostate cancer. In the April 25 issue of iCell/i, the scientists, led ... |
| A Gene That Causes Three Diseases Posted:  A international research has now discovered a gene that is responsible for three starkly different diseases, depending on how the gene is altered. The researchers, using next-generation massive ultrasequencing techniques, have sequenced the over 20,000 genes of a Fanconi anaemia patient's genome. By adopting this strategy they have succeeded in identifying pathogenic mutations responsible for this disease in the ERCC4 gene, which had already been linked to two other ... |
| 'I was Not Eating After Divorce', Says Eva Longoria Posted:  Eva Longoria has revealed about how her break up with husband Tony Parker in late 2011 affected her well-being. In an interview with 'The Dr. Oz Show' the 38-year-old describes the months after their breakup as the time she got the most compliments, because she was so skinny, Us magazine reported. Longoria said that she was not eating because she was depressed and sad, and her diet was coffee. The 'Desperate Housewives' star said people ... |
| Residing During Teenage Years Raises Your Risk of Stroke Posted:  Recently a study published in online issue of Neurology (Regd) , the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology said that youth is a susceptible period for falling in the "stroke belt" and teenagers are at the threat of being affected by a stroke in times to come. In the United States the number of people dying of stroke is more in southeastern region (known as the stroke belt) as compared to the rest of America. Studies have revealed a minor ... |
| Helicopter Transport for Injured Victims Posted:  New research has now determined how emergency helicopter services may help save lives of seriously injured people as compared to ground ambulances. The researchers found that if an additional 1.6 percent of seriously injured patients survive after being transported by helicopter from the scene of injury to a level-1 or level-2 trauma center, then such transport should be considered cost-effective. In other words, if 90 percent of seriously injured trauma victims ... |
| A Protein That Acts Like a Virus Posted:  A new study revealed that a protein, which plays a primary role in the development of Parkinson's disease, is able to enter and cause damage to cells in the same way as viruses do. The protein is called alpha-synuclein. The study shows how, once inside a neuron, alpha synuclein breaks out of lysosomes, the digestive compartments of the cell. This is similar to how a cold virus enters a cell during infection. The finding eventually could lead to the development of ... |
| New Breakthrough in Diabetes Treatment Posted:  A new hormone has now been discovered that promises to treat type 2 diabetes, which affects around 26 million Americans more effectively than ever before. The researchers believe that the hormone might also have a role in treating type 1, or juvenile, diabetes. The work was published today by the journal iCell/i as an early on-line release. It is scheduled for the May 9 print edition of the journal. The hormone, called betatrophin, causes mice to ... |
| New App That Allows You to Text While Crossing Roads Developed Posted:  A new application that helps people to text while walking in public and navigate through traffic has been developed by computer scientists. The new system, called CrashAlert, has been developed by scientists at the University of Manitoba. Associate professor Pourang Irani and postdoc researcher Juan David Hincapie-Ramos wanted to find a realistic solution to the ongoing dangers posed by walking and texting, Discovery News reported. Hincapie-Ramos ... |
| Scientists Discover Cancer Cells' Achilles' Heel Posted:  Scientists have identified why a particular cancer drug is so effective at killing cells. Professor Daniel Davis and his team used high quality video imaging to investigate why the drug rituximab is so effective at killing cancerous B cells. It is widely used in the treatment of B cell malignancies, such as lymphoma and leukaemia - as well as in autoimmune diseases like rheumatoid arthritis. Using high-powered laser-based microscopes, researchers ... |
| Recent Publication Analyzes Whether Food Can be Considered an Addiction Posted:  Binge-eating disorder will be recognized as a mental-disorder diagnosis by the fifth edition of the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the "bible" of psychiatry. The term 'addiction' has long been associated with continued, compulsive and uncontrolled use of substances like alcohol, drugs and practices like smoking, which are harmful to the body. Recently, psychiatrists have extended the definition to ... |
| Virus Kills Melanoma in Animal Model: Study Posted:  Vesicular stomatitis virus (VSV) was found to kill human melanoma cells both in vitro and in animal models, says study. "If it works as well in humans, this could confer a substantial benefit on patients afflicted with this deadly disease," says Anthony van den Pol, a researcher on the study. The research was published online ahead of print in the iJournal of Virology/i. Most normal cells resist virus infection by activating antiviral processes ... |
| Exercise may Help Beat Liver Cancer Posted:  According to a recent study, regular exercise may reduce the risk of liver cancer. The research involved two groups of mice that were fed a control diet and a high fat diet, which were then divided into separate exercise and sedentary groups. The exercise groups were made to run on a motorised treadmill for 60 minutes per day, five days a week. After 32 weeks of regular exercise, 71 percent of mice on the controlled diet developed ... |
| Cancer Drug Costs are too High, Say Doctors Posted:  With the high cost of cancer drugs which reach (Dollar) 100,000 per year or more, more than 100 doctors from around the world have signed a letter in protest saying the cost of cancer drugs is too high and calling for pharmaceutical companies to ease prices. The United States represents the "extreme end of high prices," leading to healthcare costs that amounted in 2011 to 2.7 trillion, or 18 percent of US GDP, compared to six to nine percent in Europe, the doctors ... |
| Attempts to Influence Alcohol Policy Made By Alcohol Industry Posted:  According to UK experts writing in this week's iPLOS Medicine/i, the alcohol industry, including the major supermarkets ignored, misrepresented and undermined international evidence on effective alcohol control policies in an attempt to influence public health policy in Scotland to its advantage. The experts, led by Jim McCambridge from the London School of Hygiene (and) Tropical Medicine, analysed the alcohol industry's input into the Scottish Government's 2008 ... |
| Research: Your Body's Microbiome Has a Unique 'Fingerprint' Posted:  The microbiome is your body's set of microbial communities. Microbial cells outnumber human cells roughly ten to one. Scientists are learning more the relationship between these microbes and human health and disease through studying microbiome. In looking at the effect of diet on the composition of the gut microbiome, Dr. Nanette Steinle of the University of Maryland's School of Medicine and Dr. Emmanuel Mongodin of the University of Maryland Institute of Genome Sciences wanted ... |
| Posted:  According to a study that included nearly 3,000 adults from Denmark, a diagnosis of meningococcal, pneumococcal, or Haemophilus influenzae meningitis in childhood was associated with lower educational achievement and economic self-sufficiency in adult life. The study can be found in the April 24 issue of iJAMA/i. Bacterial meningitis may lead to brain damage due to several factors, and survivors of childhood bacterial meningitis are at particular risk of hearing ... |
| Report: Facial Dog Bites in Children may Require Repeated Plastic Surgery Posted:  According to a report, dog bites to the face are a relatively common injury in young children, and often require repeated plastic surgery procedures to deal with persistent scarring. The report can be found in the March iJournal of Craniofacial Surgery/i/a, published by Lippincott Williams (and) Wilkins/a, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health/a. In the study, Dr. Barry L. Eppley of Indiana University Health North Hospital, Carmel, and Dr. Arno Rene Schelich of ... |
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