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- Explaining Health Care Law to Consumers is a Huge Task
- Resistance Training Helps Lower Blood Sugar
- First Bird Flu Death Reported in Bangladesh
- Stay Young and Healthy Forever with Natural Healing - Ayurveda Expert Speaks
- Scientists Create Artificial Ovary
- Stressful Events may Raise Inflammation Levels
- Bilirubin Levels Predict Lung Cancer Risk
- 25 Percent of Cubans Suffer from High Blood Pressure
- Why You Need a Rival - The Basics of a Healthy Competition
- Diabetic Teeth and Gum Problems
- Compound in Red Meat Raises Heart Disease Risk
- Miravirsen - A Possible New Treatment for Hepatitis C
- Researchers Developed New Radiation Therapy That Puts Cancer into Remission in Mice
- No Effect on Smoking Prevalence Despite EU Minimum Tax Legislation for Cigarettes
- There Could be a Way To Be Obese Without the Health Problems
- To Study Novel Coronavirus Infection NIH Scientists Develop Monkey Model
- Nelson Mandela Discharged from Hospital
- Self-management Guide Set For Launch for People With Diabetes in India
- New Vision of How We Explore Our World Identified By Barrow Researchers
- Vermont's Health Care Reform Has Lessons for Other States: UTHealth Research
- Experts Call for Research to Predict Risk of Delayed Neurological Dysfunction
- Slaughterhouses Use Papyrus Plant To Detox
- Daily Stress Hurts Long-term Mental Health: Study
- Response to Bird Flu Spread Boosted By China
- After Drinking Water Six Dead, 500 Ill in Ghaziabad
- Thousands of Euros Fetched By Auctioned Louis XVI 'Bloodstain'
- Research Explains Eating Disorders, Muscle Dysmorphia, and Self-perceived Masculinity
- British Library Will Soon Turn Digital
- Researchers Identify Effective Therapy for Human Prion Disease
- Masculine Recreational Activities Refines Development of Spatial Ability
- High Hopes for Japanese White Wine
- All Patients Do Not Benefit Equally from Hip or Knee Replacement
- Fat-snipping Enzyme Points Toward Treatment of Infectious Disease
- Australian Children Develop Better Than Before
- WHO Says Hypertension Kills 1.5 Million Each Year in South East Asia
- Weight Watchers: Exercise Tips on Food Labels Better Than Calorie Count
- De-Control of Sugar Approved by the Cabinet
- Backlash Brewing in Swedish Coffee Shops
- Aeroplane Toilets to Get Even Smaller as Airlines Eye More Seats
- Health Ministry Says It is Working to Prevent Non-Communicable Diseases
- Prof. Swaminathan Says Organic Farming Will Usher in Ever-Green Revolution
- Jairam Says One Lakh Youth Will Get Jobs Under Himayat in J-K
- Obsession With IPads Linked to Agitation in Kids
- Stiffness of the Jaw Could Indicate Cancer in Tobacco Users
- Alterations in Head and Neck Cancer That Could Lead to Targeted Therapy Identified by Comprehensive Genomic Analysis
- Diagnostic Achilles' Heel for Biothreat Detection Identified in Highly Lethal Ebola Virus
- Virtual Colonoscopy is Used Appropriately, Says Penn Study
| Explaining Health Care Law to Consumers is a Huge Task Posted:  Time and money may run short to educate consumers on what they need to know before they sign up for health care. Millions of American citizens will be eligible to shop for insurance in the online marketplaces 1st of October. A mere 6 months before the actual process can begin, there are only questions regarding the reaching out to consumers. "I'm getting very worried," says Stan Dorn, a senior fellow at the nonpartisan ... |
| Resistance Training Helps Lower Blood Sugar Posted:  Lifting weights can help keep blood sugar in check, say researchers. In fact, the white muscle that increases with resistance training, age and diabetes helps keep blood sugar in check, researchers in the Life Sciences Institute at the University of Michigan have revealed. In addition, the insights from the molecular pathways involved in this phenomenon and identified in the study may point the way to potential drug targets for obesity and metabolic ... |
| First Bird Flu Death Reported in Bangladesh Posted:  In eastern Bangladesh a two-year old baby had died of H5N1 virus, the first birth flu death in South Asian country, reports senior health official. Head of the country's Institute of Epidemiology, Disease Control and Research (IEDCR) under the Health Ministry Mahmudur Rahman told Xinhua Monday that "the seventh case of Influenza A ( H5N1) has been confirmed from one of our surveillance sites in Comilla, some 96 km east of capital Dhaka." He said ... |
| Stay Young and Healthy Forever with Natural Healing - Ayurveda Expert Speaks Posted:  The term 'Ayurveda' conjures up images of relaxing massages and steamy baths with fresh scent of medicinal herbs wafting through the air to instill in us an exhilarating sense of wellbeing. Popping pills is easy for those on the go, but the principles and practice of ayurveda, an alternative medicine, guarantee rejuvenation of the whole system-body, mind and soul, to enhance a person's health and quality of life. Medindia spoke to Dr Sridevi Rajeev, Director ... |
| Scientists Create Artificial Ovary Posted:  Wake Forest University researchers have created an artificial ovary serving as a new hope for women with damaged ovaries. They researchers believe it could make hormone replacement therapy (HRT) a thing of the past, New Scientist reported. Women with damaged ovaries or who are post-menopausal don't produce sex hormones, which can lead to osteoporosis. Though daily HRT helps, it can have side effects. In a new method, ... |
| Stressful Events may Raise Inflammation Levels Posted:  Thinking about past stressful events may increase inflammation levels in the body by 20 percent, reveals study. Study author Peggy Zoccola from the department of Psychology of Ohio University said that stress can lead to changes in people's body, their heart rate, blood pressure, or cortisol levels and thinking about a stressful circumstance can activate that same set of responses in the body, Fox News reported. She said that while occasionally ... |
| Bilirubin Levels Predict Lung Cancer Risk Posted:  Smokers with low bilirubin levels are at a higher risk for lung cancer incidence and mortality compared to those who had highest bilirubin levels, finds study. "Although it was expected that bilirubin may be protective against lung cancer incidence and mortality, we were somewhat surprised that the effect of bilirubin was only evident in smokers, which will have profound public health implications, given that 90 percent of lung cancers occur in smokers," said ... |
| 25 Percent of Cubans Suffer from High Blood Pressure Posted:  A quarter of Cubans suffer from hypertension and the number is increasing, especially among the young, says the health ministry. The data released by the ministry Sunday showed that more than 2.8 million Cubans, out of a total population of 11.2 million, are afflicted with the condition. A recent research among children and teenagers shows a growing incidence of high blood pressure among these groups, basically among children who are obese ... |
| Why You Need a Rival - The Basics of a Healthy Competition Posted:  It's a competitive world out there, where everyone, right from school going kids to top business tycoons are struggling to get to the top. The cut-throat competition, the stress and the peer pressure can sometimes be crippling, often ending up in worse scenarios making headlines in the tabloids. But studies suggest that a healthy competition may actually be good for you. Surprised? Read on to know the inside story. The science behind: The ... |
| Diabetic Teeth and Gum Problems Posted:  Diabetes increases risk of teeth and gum problems. Conditions such as cavities, gingivitis and periodontitis ensue. |
| Compound in Red Meat Raises Heart Disease Risk Posted:  Compound present in red meat and added as a supplement to popular energy drinks can cause atherosclerosis or the hardening or clogging of the arteries, states new study. The study showed that the bacteria living in the human digestive tract metabolize the compound carnitine, turning it into trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO), a metabolite that in a previous study was found to promote atherosclerosis in humans. Further, the research found that a carnitine ... |
| Miravirsen - A Possible New Treatment for Hepatitis C Posted:  Miravirsen may be an alternative to pegylated interferon and ribavirin in the treatment of chronic hepatitis C. Chronic hepatitis C infection is one of the major causes of liver failure and liver cancer. The current treatment of hepatitis C with pegylated interferon and ribavirin is associated with serious side effects. A new treatment being tried out for the treatment of chronic hepatitis C infection is called miravirsen. ... |
| Researchers Developed New Radiation Therapy That Puts Cancer into Remission in Mice Posted:  At University of Missouri, researchers have developed a new form of radiation therapy that successfully puts cancer into remission in mice. This innovative treatment produced none of the harmful side-effects of conventional chemo and radiation cancer therapies. Clinical trials in humans could begin soon after the team led by Professor M. Frederick Hawthorne secures funding. "Since the 1930s, scientists have sought success with a cancer ... |
| No Effect on Smoking Prevalence Despite EU Minimum Tax Legislation for Cigarettes Posted:  Up to 2009 there is no statistically significant evidence of any reduction in smoking amongst men. There is also very little evidence of a reduction in smoking amongst women, resulting from the introduction of EU minimum tax legislation in Spain in 2006. This is despite the price of cigarettes rising up to three times faster than before the legislation came into effect, according to a new study published online in the journal iNicotine and Tobacco Research/i. The ... |
| There Could be a Way To Be Obese Without the Health Problems Posted:  Obesity is linked to the widespread epidemics of diabetes and heart disease that plague society. In spite of this, a lesser-known fact is that the weight can also lead to autoimmune disease. Now, researchers have new information about how that damaging immune response happens and how it might be stopped, published on April 4 in iCell Reports/i, a Cell Press publication. The key, they show, may be to block an important element known as AIM (for apoptosis inhibitor ... |
| To Study Novel Coronavirus Infection NIH Scientists Develop Monkey Model Posted:  A model of infection was developed in rhesus macaques by National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers. The model will help scientists around the world better understand how an emerging coronavirus, first identified in September 2012, affects people. The virus has so far infected at least 17 people in the Middle East and Europe, killing 11 of them. The NIH team established the nonhuman primate model in December 2012 and is using it to study how the virus causes disease and ... |
| Nelson Mandela Discharged from Hospital Posted:  After being discharged from hospital where he was treated for pneumonia, former South African President Nelson Mandela spent his first night at home. In a statement, South Africa's government said there had been 'a sustained and gradual improvement'. The 94-year-old was admitted on 27 March for a recurring infection of the lungs and had fluid drained from them, the BBC reports. The presidency statement read that Mandela was discharged from ... |
| Self-management Guide Set For Launch for People With Diabetes in India Posted:  A comprehensive, reliable self-management guide for people with diabetes in India, 'The illustrated guide to living with diabetes in India' will be launching very soon. The book authored by The Living with Diabetes in India (LWDI) Community and co-published in India by Popular Prakashan is now available for pre-order on www.flipkart.com. The LWDI community is the world's largest, most trusted online community of diabetics, caregivers and healthcare ... |
| New Vision of How We Explore Our World Identified By Barrow Researchers Posted:  We explore the world with our eyes in a different way than previously thought discovers brain researchers at Barrow Neurological Institute. Their results advance our understanding of how healthy observers and neurological patients interact and glean critical information from the world around them. The research team was led by Dr. Susana Martinez-Conde, Director of the Laboratory of Visual Neuroscience at Barrow, in collaboration with fellow Barrow Neurological ... |
| Vermont's Health Care Reform Has Lessons for Other States: UTHealth Research Posted:  According to a Master of Public Health candidate at The University Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), Vermont's aggressive health care reform initiatives can serve as a roadmap for other states. The paper, "Lessons from Vermont's Health Care Reform," will appear tomorrow in the iNew England Journal of Medicine/i. The study's author, Laura Grubb, M.D., of The University of Texas School of Public Health, part of UTHealth, wrote that Vermont is well ahead of ... |
| Experts Call for Research to Predict Risk of Delayed Neurological Dysfunction Posted:  In neurology, one of the most controversial topics today is the prevalence of serious permanent brain damage after traumatic brain injury (TBI). Long-term studies and a search for genetic risk factors are required in order to predict an individual's risk for serious permanent brain damage, according to a review article published by Sam Gandy, MD, PhD, from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai in a special issue of iNature Reviews Neurology/i dedicated ... |
| Slaughterhouses Use Papyrus Plant To Detox Posted:  For millennia humans have used the papyrus sedge. The Ancient Egyptians wrote on it, it can be made into highly buoyant boats, it is grown for ornamentation and parts can even be eaten. Researchers in Uganda have demonstrated that growing papyrus can be used to soak up toxins and other noxious residues from abattoir effluent. The research can be found in he iInternational Journal of Environmental Technology and Management/i. Robinson Odong, Frank Kansiime, ... |
| Daily Stress Hurts Long-term Mental Health: Study Posted:  According to a new study led by a UC Irvine psychologist, maintaining emotional balance is crucial to avoiding severe mental health problems in later life. Susan Charles, UC Irvine professor of psychology and social behavior, and her colleagues conducted the study in order to answer a long-standing question: Do everyday irritations add up to make the straw that breaks the camel's back, or do they make us stronger and "inoculate" us against later tribulations? ... |
| Response to Bird Flu Spread Boosted By China Posted:  To prevent the spread of H7N9 avian influenza, which has killed six people in the country, Shanghai's live poultry markets were shut on Saturday as it culled birds. China has confirmed 16 cases of the H7N9 strain since announcing a week ago that the virus had been found in humans for the first time. The cases have been confined to eastern China, with commercial hub Shanghai recording six including four deaths, and the other two fatalities in the neighbouring ... |
| After Drinking Water Six Dead, 500 Ill in Ghaziabad Posted:  Officials said that six people died and at least 500 people fell seriously ill after drinking contaminated ground water in the Loni area of Ghaziabad. Hospital and police officials said that residents of Prem Nagar here complained of drowsiness and fell unconscious after drinking tap water Thursday. Some of them began vomitting. Six people died within hours of treatment while about 500 were still being treated. "In some places the water ... |
| Thousands of Euros Fetched By Auctioned Louis XVI 'Bloodstain' Posted:  A staggering 19,000 euros ( (Dollar) 24,400) was fetched at a Paris auction by a bloodstained cloth allegedly belonging to Louis XVI, the French king who was beheaded after the 1789 revolution. Kept in a miniature coffin, the cloth was estimated to go under the hammer for between 4,000 and 6,000 euros. The 20 cm by 16 cm (8.9 by 6.3 inches) fabric was accompanied by a handwritten piece of paper that said: "The precious blood of Louis XVI, 21 January 1793" -- ... |
| Research Explains Eating Disorders, Muscle Dysmorphia, and Self-perceived Masculinity Posted:  According to research, self perceived masculinity is higher in men with muscle dysmorphia, popularly called 'bigorexia', than other gym users, while male patients with anorexia nervosa had elevated association with feminine stereotypes. The research can be found in Biomed Central's open access journal iJournal of Eating Disorders/i. Research over the last several decades has shown that increasingly men are admitting to being unhappy with their body image. ... |
| British Library Will Soon Turn Digital Posted:  To preserve billions of web pages, blogs and e-books which appear on the UK web domain, the British Library will begin to "harvest" the internet. The library hopes to document the entire domain, and could eventually build a database holding every public Tweet or Facebook page. "If you want a picture of what life is like today in the UK you have to look at the web," explained project leader Lucie Burgess. "We have already lost a lot of material, ... |
| Researchers Identify Effective Therapy for Human Prion Disease Posted:  For the first time, American researchers have identified a pair of drugs already approved for human use that effectively acts against prion disease. Human diseases caused by misfolded proteins known as prions are some of most rare yet terrifying on the planet-incurable with disturbing symptoms that include dementia, personality shifts, hallucinations and coordination problems. The most well-known of these is Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, which can be described ... |
| Masculine Recreational Activities Refines Development of Spatial Ability Posted:  According to a new review, why men have better spatial ability than women may be explained by individual differences in gender-role identification. Development of spatial ability is refined through play and recreational activities, with traditionally masculine activities helping to promote development of spatial ability. Therefore the researchers behind the new study suggested that improving girls' performance in subjects which require good spatial ... |
| High Hopes for Japanese White Wine Posted:  A vine that had travelled thousand years ago from the Caspian Sea coast along Asia's Silk Road arrived in Japan, where its fruit was heralded as having unique medicinal purposes. Now the "Koshu grape" fills terraces on the foothills of Mount Fuji, where those in the know say it makes a pretty decent and uniquely Japanese white wine that industry leaders say they intend to export to the West. "The Koshu grape is well suited to the climate," said winemaker ... |
| All Patients Do Not Benefit Equally from Hip or Knee Replacement Posted:  After surgery, only half of people with arthritis who had a hip or knee replacement reported a significant improvement in pain and mobility. This is according to a new study led by Women's College Hospital and the Institute for Clinical and Evaluative Sciences (ICES). "Many patients with hip and knee arthritis have the condition in more than one of their hip or knee joints," said the study's lead author Dr. Gillian Hawker. "So it's not surprising that ... |
| Fat-snipping Enzyme Points Toward Treatment of Infectious Disease Posted:  A pathogen annually blamed for an estimated 90 million cases of food-borne illness defeats a host's immune response by using a fat-snipping enzyme to cut off cellular communication. This was reported by researchers at the UT Southwestern Medical Center. "Our findings provide insight into severe bacterial infectious diseases, as well as some forms of cancer, in which the attachment of fat molecules to proteins is an essential feature of the disease process," ... |
| Australian Children Develop Better Than Before Posted:  The latest data from the Australian Early Development Index (AEDI) showed the country' s five-year-old children were developing better compared with the results in 2009. This was said by Australia's Minster for Early Childhood Peter Garrett. Releasing the results during a community event in Sydney, Garrett said Australian children were showing development improvement in social competence, emotional maturity, language and cognitive skills, and communication ... |
| WHO Says Hypertension Kills 1.5 Million Each Year in South East Asia Posted:  In South-east Asia, nearly 1.5 million people die every year due to high blood pressure, a World Health Organisation (WHO) statement said. "High blood pressure or hypertension is the leading risk factor for deaths claiming 1.5 million lives each year. One in three adults has high blood pressure. Males have a slightly higher prevalence of high blood pressure than females in almost all countries," the statement said. WHO's theme for this year's ... |
| Weight Watchers: Exercise Tips on Food Labels Better Than Calorie Count Posted:  It is not always easy to decipher nutritional information in a food package. People tend to eat more when presented with only calorie counts on the label. A new study from researchers at the University of North Carolina indicates that people make better choices when a menu shows how may miles a person would have to walk, or how many minutes it would take to burn off the calories, Discovery News reported. Adding this kind of information ... |
| De-Control of Sugar Approved by the Cabinet Posted:  A proposal to abolish the levy-sugar mechanism has been approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA). Under this mechanism, private millers have to sell a specified quantity of the sweetener to the government at concessional rates. The CCEA also dismantled the regulated release mechanism, which allows mills to sell only a specified quantity within a fixed timeframe. Taking to media here after the meeting, Food Minister, KV Thomas said: ... |
| Backlash Brewing in Swedish Coffee Shops Posted:  Customers and colleagues have come out in support of a Swedish cafe owner, who has banned children in his coffee shop. "I'm always going to think that everything my daughter does is really cute, but I know that not everyone else feels the same way," said Josef Shamon, whose family owns Nelly's, the Stockholm coffee shop and bistro that recently implemented the ban. Problems included children "standing on the chairs, jumping from them, standing on the ... |
| Aeroplane Toilets to Get Even Smaller as Airlines Eye More Seats Posted:  American airlines are planning to squeeze the space of toilets in the aircrafts, making space for more seats. B/E Aerospace, a Florida-based manufacturer of aircraft cabin products, has designed the new lavatories for Boeing's 737. It has reduced the standard 3 x 3 foot size of the economy class lavatory, allowing more space for the plane's cabin. The lay-out will shave off so much space that airlines will be able add more seats to their economy class ... |
| Health Ministry Says It is Working to Prevent Non-Communicable Diseases Posted:  The response to non-communicable diseases will be scaled up, the Indian health ministry has said, adding that it would work towards prevention and control of cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases and strokes. A national programme for the control of such diseases already exists in 100 districts and will soon cover all districts, said Health and Family Welfare Secretary Keshav Desiraju at a conference here Thursday, ahead of the WHO's World Health Day April 7. ... |
| Prof. Swaminathan Says Organic Farming Will Usher in Ever-Green Revolution Posted:  Agriculture scientist and Rajya Sabha MP, Prof. MS Swaminathan has said 'organic farming' will usher in the ever-green revolution in the country. Prof. Swaminathan, who was speaking at Khalsa College Amritsar (KCA) said that environment issues confronting the sector were serious but adopting the organic and controlled-fertilizers use would end the woes. He stressed that focus cannot be just on agriculture growth, but we must ensure the economic growth ... |
| Jairam Says One Lakh Youth Will Get Jobs Under Himayat in J-K Posted:  Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has said that the scheme Himayat will realize the goal of providing training and jobs to one lakh youth in Jammu and Kashmir. The five-year scheme was launched in 2011. Addressing a function at Zorawar Auditorium in Jammu University, where 947 youth were given job letters, Ramesh said, over 5,000 youth had been provided jobs in various companies within and outside the state since the inception of the scheme and over ... |
| Obsession With IPads Linked to Agitation in Kids Posted:  Use of hi-tech devices by modern parents has made children as young as 2-month-olds become obsessed with iPads, smart phones or similar devices. But the more parents use these devices to calm their kids down, the less likely the kids are to learn how to calm themselves down naturally, said researchers at Barnard College. They said that if kids are constantly pacified with an iPad, they won't be learning the skills to come down from a tantrum, ABC News ... |
| Stiffness of the Jaw Could Indicate Cancer in Tobacco Users Posted:  Stiffening of jaw muscles is a warning signal in regular smokers and those wont to popping little packs of gutka into their mouths. Oral submucous fibrosis is the pre-cancerous stage and 10 percent of these can develop into oral cancer, says a top expert. What is worrying is that smoking is on the rise in India, especially among the young, as is the rise in the consumption of bidis, pan masala and khaini or chewing tobacco. This trend is all the more ... |
| Posted:  Head and neck cancers with certain distinctive patterns could be amenable to specific targeted therapies, according to a researcher. This data was presented at the AACR Annual Meeting 2013, held in Washington, D.C., April 6-10. The study was part of The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA), a National Institutes of Health project to catalogue the genetic alterations responsible for several types of cancer, in particular those with a poor prognosis. "It is likely ... |
| Diagnostic Achilles' Heel for Biothreat Detection Identified in Highly Lethal Ebola Virus Posted:  A potential weakness in the make-up of deadly agents such as Ebola that can immediately yield a sensitive test has been identified by scientists in San Antonio. They were able to accomplish this by screening a library of a billion llama antibodies on live Ebola viruses in the Texas Biomedical Research Institute's highest biocontainment laboratory. "Detecting single viral protein components can be challenging, especially at very low levels. However, most viruses ... |
| Virtual Colonoscopy is Used Appropriately, Says Penn Study Posted:  The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) halted reimbursement for so-called "virtual colonoscopy" for routine colon-cancer screening in asymptomatic patients in 2009. This was done in part due to concerns over how this procedure, computed tomography colonography (CTC), was being used in the elderly population. In the first study to examine appropriate utilization of the test among asymptomatic Medicare beneficiaries from 2007 to 2008, a research ... |
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