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Public Cord Blood Banking Recognized by Tamil Nadu Government

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The Government of Tamil Nadu became the first in India to recognize the importance of Public Cord Blood Banking by announcing a grant of Rs. 9 Crores ( (Dollar) 1,671,300 USD) to the Public Cord Blood Bank established in 2008 by Jeevan Blood Bank and Research Centre, a not-for-profit organization. This grant, to be disbursed over three years, will help Jeevan collect, process, test and store a minimum of 3000 cord blood donations from Tamil Nadu. "This is a long awaited ...

Smokers Won't Pay Higher Premiums for Health Insurance in California

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California won't be among those who will charge higher premiums for smoking - even though -smoking - has health risks. According to federal law, states can charge those using tobacco 50% more for a health plan - although California legislature has passed a bill against doing this. The Affordable Care Act believes in eliminating any bias of gender or medical condition in the pricing of health insurance for citizens of America. Critics feel that ...

Health Insurance: Let It Not Drain Your Wealth

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When you have enough wealth accompanied by health problems - which will slowly corrode your wealth with medical expenses. You can take care of your health with a healthy and stress free lifestyle, but at the same time invest in a good health insurance. Through insurance plans and benefit policies, like a critical illness cover. These are not, as most people think as "only either one". Rather you need to take into account your age, health condition and ...

Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency

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Alpha-1 antitrypsin deficiency is an inherited disorder that impacts the lung and liver. Mutations in the SERPINA1 gene cause this condition.

Study Says Young Obesity Doubles Death Risk Before 55

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According to a recent study, men who are obese in their early 20s are twice to die before reaching the age of 55. Writing in the journal BMJ Open, a team of researchers reported on a 33-year study of 6,500 Danish men who were 22 years old in 1955. Of the group, 1.5 percent or 97 were obese when they registered -- which means they had a weight-to-height ratio (body mass index or BMI) of 30 or more, said the study authors. Most of the ...

Review Finds No Benefit of Evening Primrose Oil for Treating Eczema

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Evening primrose oil and borage oil provide no benefits for people with eczema compared with placebo, says Cochrane review. Atopic eczema, also known as atopic dermatitis, is an itchy skin condition with no known cure. Usually emerging in childhood, it affects about 10 to 20% of school age children, who may suffer with tight, red, painful skin, sleepless nights and low self-esteem due to appearance, itching and scratching. For around 60% of people, the disorder ...

Key Mechanism for a Common Form of Alzheimer's Disease Discovered

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A network of genes involved in the inflammatory response in the brain has been discovered by a team of scientists. The findings, published online today in the journal iCell/i, provide new understanding of key pathways and genes involved in Late Onset Alzheimer's Disease (LOAD) and valuable insights to develop potential therapies for the disease. To date, scientists have been challenged in understanding LOAD, the most common form of AD. Despite decades of ...

Castor Oil - Home Remedies

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Castor oil is very powerful oil used in ayurveda for numerous ailments. It is perfectly safe when used topically and moderately.

Green Tea Helps Lose Weight

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A compound present in green tea extract could be effective for body weight control and type 2 diabetes, shows study. In order to ascertain whether green tea truly has the potential to control body weight and regulate glucose in type 2 diabetes, Jae-Hyung Park and his colleagues from the Keimyung University School of Medicine in the Republic of Korea conducted a study. The active constituents of green tea, which have been shown to inhibit intestinal ...

Store Powdered Eggs in your Cupboards

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Infertility causes immense emotional and social trauma to a woman. Rising stress is an important cause of infertility and most of the times infertility is traced in females and sometimes the cause lies with the male partner. IVF or In vitro fertilization has given promising results to many infertile couples and their lives have improvised with the arrival of a baby. Recently scientists have invented a new technique of storing women's eggs by new freeze-dry method. ...

Key Shift in the Brain That Creates Drive to Overeat Identified

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A cellular change in the brain that accompanies obesity has been discovered by scientists. The findings could explain the body's tendency to maintain undesirable weight levels, rather than an ideal weight, and identify possible targets for pharmacological efforts to address obesity. The findings, published in the iProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences/i Early Edition this week, identify a switch that occurs in neurons within the hypothalamus. ...

Exercise Time and not Calorie Count may Reduce Your Calorie Intake: New Study

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Would you rather avoid that luscious cheeseburger if you knew you had to brisk walk for two hours to burn it off? Most probably, yes. Researchers, Ashlei James and her colleagues from the Texas Christian University tend to agree. At the Experimental Biology 2013 meet in Boston, they reported that their research indicated reduced calorie intake if the minutes of exercise needed to burn food calories is displayed on the menu. Many ...

Link Between Celiac Disease Antibodies and Risk for Low Birth Weight Babies Identified

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Pregnant women with mild to high levels of celiac disease antibodies are at a higher risk for having babies with low birth weight, shows study published in Gastroenterology. "While several observational studies have suggested that celiac disease is associated with different pregnancy outcomes, this research takes into account the actual levels of tissue transglutaminase that reflect the degree of mucosal damage associated with undiagnosed celiac disease ...

Antidepressants Up Surgical Risks

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Taking selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) - a popular class of antidepressants around the time of surgery is associated with increased risk of bleeding transfusion, hospital readmission and mortality, say researchers. The researchers at UC San Francisco and Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Massachussetts, looked at the medical records of more than 530,000 patients who underwent surgery at 375 U.S. hospitals between 2006 and 2008. "There ...

Internet-based Program Effective in Reducing Stress: Study

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The use of Internet-based program was found to reduce stress for a sustainable period, shows study published in Annals of Behavioral Medicine. Online stress management programs aim to increase accessibility for individuals affected by chronic stress at a lesser cost than traditional methods. Data suggests that stress reduction using ISM is comparable to face-to-face stress management. Three-hundred study participants completed an eight-week ISM ...

Smartphones Outshine Dumbphones

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Smartphone sales have gone up and over shadowed the feature phones (dumbphones) during the last quarter worldwide, finds study. According to the International Data Corp., smartphone vendors shipped 216.2 million units in the first quarter of 2013, which accounted for 51.6 percent of the worldwide mobile phone market. This shows a 41.6 percent increase over the number of smartphones shipped a year earlier, 152.7 million in the first quarter of 2012, ...

Study Says Mediterranean Diet Helps Beat Dementia

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A Mediterranean diet packed with fish, olive oil, low on fatty dairy products and meat can reduce the risk of memory problems later in life, finds US study. But the beneficial effects of eating a diet rich in omega-3 fatty acids do not extend to people with diabetes, according to the research published in Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. The findings, described as the largest study of its kind to date, were ...

Tomato Hairdo Makes Waves in Japan

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How would a hair-do that looks just like a tomato appear? This new hair style, popularly called the tomato hair-do from the land of hair salons and trendy hair styles is making waves in Japan. This recent style to hit the popularity charts is called the "Ripe Tomato". Owing its existence to Hiro, a stylist at an Osaka salon called Trick Store, this style seems to be on the image makeover agenda of most people. Trick Store's styles are considered to ...

NinePoint (and) #146;s NvisionVLE Receives Approval from FDA

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NinePoint Medical made an announcement following the approval by the FDA for its NvisionVLE Imaging System to be marketed for imaging of esophageal tissue microstructure. NvisionVLE helps in enabling a 3D image from one scan of the observed organ in record time, which is less than 60 seconds. Explaining the system, Charles Carignan, M.D., president and chief executive officer of NinePoint Medical, said, "The NvisionVLE Imaging System is the first and ...

Dog Back on His Feet With Prosthetics

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Four prosthetic devices have been fitted on the 'Bionic' dog Naki' from Nebraska, US and it has helped the dog get back on his feet again. He is the only dog to have four prosthetic limbs. The dog had suffered frost bite injuries and his leg had to be amputated. After the dog was fitted with prosthetics, he has been able to live like before - run, swim and jump. Indeed, it has made a world of difference to his freedom. Earlier, he was unable to play with ...

New Data: Novel Screening Tests for Liver Cancer

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New data demonstrates substantial improvements in the detection of both hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) and cholangiocarcinoma (CC) using diagnostic urine tests. The data from two clinical trials was presented today at the International Liver Congress 2013. HCC is common throughout the world and most often develops as a late complication of chronic viral hepatitis or cirrhosis of any cause. The overall survival rate of HCC is poor and so screening for HCC offers ...

Renal Denervation Recommended For Patients and Centres By ESC

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Up to 10 per cent of patients with high blood pressure are resistant to treatment. This puts them at increased risk of cardiovascular events, including heart attacks. Clinical trials show that catheter-based renal denervation reduces blood pressure in patients who do not respond to conventional drug therapy. Use of the technique is increasing in Europe and worldwide and several national societies have published guidance on which patients with hypertension should ...

Haiti Puts Its Best Foot Forward in Battling Fatal Childhood Diseases

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Haiti has begun a vaccination campaign against tetanus, and a virus that is behind severe, fatal diarrhea in children under the age of 5. This effort is part of their year long initiative in protecting children against childhood diseases. "To protect children against rotavirus is extremely important, especially in a place like Haiti where we also are seeing not a lot of high access to water and sanitation," Dr. Carissa Etienne, newly appointed director of the Pan ...

Study Finds That Probiotics Reduces Hepatic Encephalopathy

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According to a new study, probiotics could emerge as a treatment plan to manage hepatic encephalopathy (HE) therapy. The study that was announced at the International Liver Congress 2013 found they significantly reduced development of the notoriously difficult-to-treat disease. The study analysed the efficacy of probiotics in preventing the development of HE in 160 cirrhotic patients over a period of approximately nine months and found significant improvements ...

More Severe Concussion Symptoms Lead to Longer Recovery Time: Study

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Within a few days, most children who suffer from sports-related concussions recover. In a small number of children however, symptoms can last for a month or more. Although there have been numerous theories as to what might predict a longer recovery time, there is no definitive answer as to why it takes some children longer to recover. In a new study scheduled for publication in iThe Journal of Pediatrics/i, researchers attempted to identify risk factors that ...

Study Finds Importance of Dietary Protein to Prevent Weight Gain

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South Beach Diet, Atkins Diet, Zone Diet, etc., etc., etc. There are chances that you have known someone who has tried a high protein diet. In fact, according to the International Food Information Council Foundation, 50% of consumers were interested in including more protein in their diets and 37% believed protein helps with weight loss. In a new study released in the May/June 2013 issue of the iJournal of Nutrition Education and Behavior/i, researchers ...

Video Appeal for Children Hospices Made By Duchess Kate

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To appeal for support for a campaign for children's hospices, the Duchess of Cambridge has given her first ever video message online. The campaign, which runs until Friday, is being run by UK children's palliative care charity Together for Short Lives. In the video, which lasts just under two minutes, Kate, who is Patron of East Anglia's Children's Hospices, said that she has seen first-hand the "transformational" work done for the kids and their families, ...

Antibody That Transforms Bone Marrow Stem Cells Directly into Brain Cells Discovered By Scientists

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Scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have found a way to turn bone marrow stem cells directly into brain cells in a serendipitous discovery. Current techniques for turning patients' marrow cells into cells of some other desired type are relatively cumbersome, risky and effectively confined to the lab dish. The new finding points to the possibility of simpler and safer techniques. Cell therapies derived from patients' own cells are widely expected ...

Earth's Center 1000 Degrees Hotter Than Estimated: Research

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The temperature near the Earth's center to be 6000 degrees Celsius, determines a recent study, which is 1000 degrees hotter than estimated in a previous experiment conducted 20 years ago. These measurements confirm geophysical models that the temperature difference between the solid core and the mantle above, must be at least 1500 degrees to explain why the Earth has a magnetic field. The scientists were even able to establish why the earlier experiment ...

Fertilizers may Have Been Used by Ancient Civilisation 5,000 Years Ago Claim Researchers

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Researchers have claimed that a Swedish Stone Age community may have used fertilisers. University of Gothenburg researchers have spent many years studying the remains of a Stone Age community in Karleby outside the town of Falkoping, Sweden. The two researchers and archaeologists Tony Axelsson and Karl-Goran Sjogren using remains of grains and other plants and some highly advanced analysis techniques, have been able to identify parts of the diet of ...

Study Explains How Cancer Spreads in Body

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A new study has found that cancer cells, which can break out of a tumour and invade other organs, are much more aggressive and nimble than nonmalignant cells. According to the study, these cells exert greater force on their environment and can more easily manoeuvre small spaces. The study said that a systematic comparison of metastatic breast-cancer cells to healthy breast cells revealed dramatic differences between two cell lines in their mechanics, ...

Study Finds Dramatic Changes in Global Attitudes About Domestic Violence

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According to a new study, global attitudes regarding domestic violence have changed dramatically during the first decade of the 2000s. The study, carried out by University of Michigan, analyzed data from 26 low- and middle-income countries. Nigeria had the largest change, with 65 percent of men and 52 percent of women rejecting domestic violence in 2008, compared with 48 percent and 33 percent, respectively, in 2003. In the study, researcher ...

Sexual Desire Among Young Women Predicted By Hormone Levels

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A correlation between hormone levels and libido was suspected by researchers for a long time. Scientists at UC Santa Barbara have now actually demonstrated hormonal predictors for sexual desire. Lead author James Roney, a professor in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, said that they have found two hormonal signals that had opposite effects on sexual motivation. If you are feeling frisky, then chances are greater your estrogen level-and, ...

Expert: Brain Training Improves Thinking and Wellbeing

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An expert says that the brain benefits from training, which includes online games. Games within the domains of thinking, emotion, feeling and self-regulation were found to have beneficial effects in improving measured scores, said Dr. Evian Gordon of Brain Resource. Brain Resource is an organization that over a two and a half year period used a "naturalistic study design" to analyze data from an online brain-training program called MyBrainSolutions. ...

Studies Find Eating Tree Nuts can Boost Health and Cut Heart Disease Risk

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The health benefits of consumption of tree nuts (almonds, Brazil nuts, cashews, hazelnuts, macadamias, pecans, pine nuts, pistachios and walnuts) were explored by three new studies. Researchers found that tree nut consumption was associated with a better nutrient profile and diet quality; lower body weight and lower prevalence of metabolic syndrome; and a decrease in several cardiovascular risk factors compared to those seen among non-consumers. First, ...

ESC Produced Practical Guide on New Oral Anticoagulant Drugs

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The European Heart Rhythm Association (EHRA) of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) has produced a practical guide on the use of the new oral anticoagulants (NOACs). A guide was needed to summarise existing information on different drugs, to answer clinical questions that fall outside what drug companies can legally answer, and to make distinctions between the different drugs. ESC guidelines on atrial fibrillation recommend the NOACs as preferable to vitamin ...

Popularity of Synthetic Drugs Amongst Teens in Marlborough

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Smoking legal synthetic cannabis drugs has landed many teenagers in Marlborough with bad side-effects like convulsions and racing hearts. Popularity of synthetic drugs is high among teens and it is during this phase that they begin taking it - the fact that it is legal as well as more potent makes synthetic drugs more appealing to teenagers. Many of the teens using synthetic drugs experienced a range of problems like racing heart and other side ...

Vietnam Gay Sitcom Becomes YouTube Sensation

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The first gay sitcom in Vietnam has become a YouTube sensation, racking up millions of views as support for legalising same-sex marriage strengthens within the communist government. Homosexuality was once seen as a social evil in Vietnam and the success of "My Best Gay Friends", a low-budget series about three people sharing an apartment in southern Ho Chi Minh City, has taken even its creator by surprise. "I thought it would only interest Vietnam's ...

Recreating French Cuisine in Chicago Bistro

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At the Chicago bistro, the foodies gathered behind a velvet rope may have been francophiles, but the servers still had trouble tempting them into eating frog's legs and snails. Chef Keisuke Matsushima of Nice -- the star of the gastronomical event -- was undaunted by the American palate. Those were canapes, after all, and the diners didn't need to eat them. His goal was to expose them to a fundamental piece of French cuisine and cultural heritage before ...

Thousands March to Support Sexual Minorities in Japan

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In Tokyo, thousands of people marched at the start of Japan's first "Rainbow Week", a series of events aimed at supporting sexual minorities. Organisers said about 12,000 people took part in the parade, which has been running for several years, and other events on Sunday, part of a programme that runs until May 6. "This is our first attempt to link up with many groups" of sexual minorities, said one of the organisers, Hiroko Masuhara, 35. "The parade ...

Europe Needs Genetically Engineered Crops

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Without embracing genetically engineered crops (GMOs), the European Union cannot meet its goals in agricultural policy. That's the conclusion of scientists who write in iTrends in Plant Science/i, a Cell Press publication, based on case studies showing that the EU is undermining its own competitiveness in the agricultural sector to its own detriment and that of its humanitarian activities in the developing world. "Failing such a change, ultimately ...

Key Cellular Organelle Involved in Gene Silencing Identified

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For protein production, RNA molecules made from DNA are best known for their role. MicroRNAs (miRNAs), however, are short (-22) nucleotide RNA sequences found in plants and animals that do not encode proteins but act in gene regulation and in the process, impact almost all biological processes - from development to physiology to stress response. Present in almost in every cell, microRNAs are known to target tens to hundreds of genes each and to be able ...

Researchers 'Capture' the Replication of the Human Genome

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For the first time the Genomic Instability Group has obtained a panoramic photo of the proteins that take part in human DNA division, a process known as replication. The group was led by researcher Oscar Fernandez-Capetillo at the Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO). The research article, published today in the journal iCell Reports/i, is the result of a collaborative study in which other CNIO groups have also participated, including ...

No Time to be Stuck in Traffic Jams

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Cozete Gomes, former model-turned-business mogul owns eight companies and does not really have time to be stuck in Sao Paulo's epic traffic jams. So she just flies over them. In Brazil's sprawling business capital, home to 20 million people, millionaires sick of nightmarish bottlenecks on the roads are taking to the skies, relying on a massive fleet of private helicopters to get around town. "For me, the helicopter is a necessary tool," Gomes told AFP ...

New Therapeutic Approaches to Cure Chronic Hepatitis B Virus Infection

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At the International Liver Congress 2013, exciting new data presented includes results from early in vitro and in vivo studies targeting covalently closed circular DNA (cccDNA). This may form the basis of a cure for chronic hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection. HBV cccDNA is organized into mini-chromosomes within the nucleus of infected cells by histone and non-histone proteins. Despite the availability of efficient therapies against HBV, long-term persistence of ...

Taris Technology to Provide Relief to Thousands of Bladder Cancer Patients

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The most expensive cancer to treat over a patient's lifetime is bladder Cancer. Reported statistics show its incidence in India is over 200,000 with -15,000 new patients diagnosed every year. Worldwide, bladder cancer is the fourth most common cancer in men and eighth in the women, with transitional cell carcinoma (TCC) comprising up to 90% of all primary bladder tumors. TARIS Biomedical, a cutting-edge biotechnology company based in Boston, USA, has ...

US Virologist Warns Health Experts to Prepare for Human-to-Human H7N9 Bird Flu

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One of United States' top virologists has warned the health authorities to prepare themselves for a possible mutation of the H7N9 bird flu virus that could lead to spread of the disease between humans though no such case has surfaced in China so far. Anthony Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), said officials in China had studied more than 1,000 close contacts of confirmed cases and not found any evidence of human-to-human ...

Australia Facing Female Feticide Problems

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Female feticide is quickly becoming a problem in Australia after a number of abortion clinics revealing that they are being asked the sex of the unborn child by parents who then ask for abortion if it turns out to be a girl child. A Melbourne couple reportedly aborted their child at 19 weeks as soon as they discovered that they were having a girl when they wanted a boy, the News Limited reports. According to the report, the gynecologist Dr. Mark Hobart's ...

Western Cambodia Hotspot for Drug-Resistant Malaria

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A team of researchers has identified western Cambodia as the hotspot for strains of malaria parasites that are dangerously resistant to artesiminin, the most popular drug used in treating the disease. An international consortium of researchers unravelled the genetic code of 825 samples of the Plasmodium falciparum parasite from Burkina Faso, Gambia, Ghana, Mali, Thailand, Vietnam and from northeastern and western Cambodia. The 166 samples from western ...

Despite Purported Fears of Autism, Parents in Britain Queue Up for Measles Vaccine

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With the latest measles outbreak threatening to engulf Britain, concerned parents are queuing up for measles vaccines despite having decided previously not to immunize their children over purported fears of autism. As others went about their weekend activities in Swansea on the south Wales coast, a steady stream of parents brought their children to Singleton Hospital to receive emergency vaccines, hoping to protect them from a local epidemic that shows no signs ...

New Algorithm That can Help Treat Complicated Childhood Polycystic Kidney Disease Developed

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An evidence-based clinical algorithm that can help physicians treat complex patients with autosomal recessive polycystic kidney disease (ARPKD) has been developed by a group of scientists at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) in collaboration with Children's Hospital of Wisconsin Research Institute. Their invited manuscript, written by Grzegorz Telega, M.D., associate professor of pediatrics (gastroenterology and hepatology) at MCW and program director ...

Four in Five Toiletless Households in Rural Bihar Want Access to a Proper Toilet

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Four in five households in rural Bihar that have no access to a proper toilet want one, according to a new study conducted by a health organization. The study also showed that unavailability of an affordable toilet and little access to financing are the primary deterrent for them to adopt a proper sanitation facility, It said that out of those who want toilets, 49 percent sought it for safety reasons (for women and children), 45 percent for convenience ...

Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Increases Risk of Atherosclerotic Lesions

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An analysis of the link between non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), early predictors of atherosclerosis and the 10-year Framingham risk score (FRS) reveals that the risk of early atherosclerotic lesions increases due to NAFLD regardless of established cardiovascular (CV) risk factors, according to a study presented at the International Liver Congress 2013. NAFLD is one of the most common causes of chronic liver disease. Patients with NAFLD have an excess ...

Analysis of Climate Records Reveals Global Cooling Trend Ended in 19th Century

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The last long-term cooling trend, caused by a number of factors including fluctuations in the amount and distribution of heat from the sun, ended in the late 19th century, an analysis of over 2,000 years of climate records reveals. The study also found that the 20th century ranks as the warmest or nearly the warmest century on all of the continents, except Antarctica. Africa had insufficient data to be included in the analysis. Global warming that has ...

One in Four Teens Admit Abusing Prescription Drugs at Least Once in Their Lives

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A nationally projectable survey conducted by The Partnership and MetLife Foundation released on Drugfree.org reveals the rising trend of drug abuse among teenagers with the results showing an increase of 33 percent. It added that one in four teens have misused or abused prescription drugs at least once in their lifetime. The Partnership Attitude Tracking Study (PATS) also found troubling data on teen misuse or abuse of prescription stimulants. One in eight teens ...

Austerity Drive Increasing Mental Health Issues in Europe and North America

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A joint study conducted by Oxford University's David Stuckler and Stanford University's Sanjay Basu reveals that the austerity drive followed by European and North American governments is driving up suicides, depression and infectious disease rates in the countries. The researchers said that the budget cuts made by governments following the 'Great Recession' has been accompanied by more than 10,000 suicides and over a million new cases of depression across the two ...

Many MS Patients in Britain Missing Out on Recommended Treatment

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A new survey carried out by MS Society in Britain has found that just two in five patients who are eligible for multiple sclerosis drugs are taking them. Over 10,000 multiple sclerosis patients took part in the survey with the researchers finding that majority of the patients were missing on seven licensed medicines approved for treating MS. The researchers added that one of the major reasons for patients not taking the drugs was the lack of information ...

Eating Same Food as Parents Keeps Kids Healthy

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Researchers at University of Edinburgh have found that allowing children to eat the same meals as the parents can help keep them healthy. The researchers observed a group of 2,000 children aged five years old and recorded their eating habits, including their main meals and snacking. The researchers found that while 'child friendly' meals did have an impact on the quality of the children's diet, it was not as healthy as when they ate the same things that their ...

Regular Use of Botox Increases Risk of Resistance

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Overindulging in Botox may prove to be detrimental after a new study published in the Journal of Neural Transmission revealed that the human body develops resistance to Botox over time and the beauty treatment may stop working altogether after a few years. The study was conducted by a team of German researchers who found that one in 200 patients who took Botox developed antibodies to the treatment, which meant that it became less effective in freezing their facial ...

Women Find Men With a 10-Day Beard Most Attractive

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A new study published in the journal Evolution and Human Behavior suggests that women find men with a 10-day beard the most attractive while those with a full beard were thought to have the best parenting skills. Researchers at University of New South Wales in Australia took photographs of 10 men when they were clean shaven and sported five and ten day beards as well as with full beards. The photographs were then shown to a group of 351 women and 177 heterosexual ...