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North Atlantic Seaweed is Safe to Eat, Says Professor

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Dulse (iPalmaria palmata/i) a seaweed species eaten by populations along North Atlantic coasts in countries such as Iceland, Ireland, England, Scotland, France, Norway and along the North American and Canadian Atlantic coasts can be considered as a tasty and healthy food item, says professor Ole G. Mouritsen, Department of Physics, Chemistry and Pharmacy at the University of Southern Denmark. Dulse has particularly fine gastronomic qualities, and it can be ...

Health Benefits of Tea Revealed

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Recent studies have unlocked eight reasons to why we should drink tea. Tea contains a small amount of natural fluoride, a chemical that can help prevent tooth decay, she said. When fluoride mixes with saliva, bacteria can't produce the acid by-products that promote cavities. Additionally, fluoride works to repair teeth in the early stages of tooth decay, she explained. Studies also show catechins (antioxidants) in green tea extract ...

Report Says Police to Track Dementia Patients

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In a bid to save hundreds of thousands of pounds in searching for those who regularly go missing, police in Sussex are to tag dementia patients. GPS devices, which can be worn around the neck, clipped to a belt or attached to a key ring, will track the location of the patient, allowing family and friends to monitor their whereabouts, according to the report. Tags are already used by around 100 local authorities to track patients, but it is the ...

Hormone Replacement Therapy can Improve Muscle Function in Women

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In women, hormone replacement therapy was found to improve muscle function and fibre, shows study. Hormone replacement therapy (HRT) significantly improves muscle function -- down to the muscle fibre level -- in post-menopausal women, said a new study published Wednesday in The Journal of Physiology. Some studies published over the last decade have led to negative publicity around HRT, a treatment used to relieve symptoms of menopause, resulting ...

Girl Undergoes Rare Limb-salvage Surgery

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A rare limb-salvage surgery was preformed on a 13-year-old Nigerian girl suffering from bone cancer. Mariam underwent surgery at the Nova Specialty Surgery Centre in Kailash Colony two weeks ago and her stitches were removed Wednesday. According to doctors, the teenager was suffering from 'osteosarcoma' -- the most common type of bone cancer and the sixth most common type of cancer in children. "She came to us with acute pain and ...

Early Pregnancy Reduces Risk of Breast Cancer

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Getting pregnant at a young age is known to protect a woman against breast cancer, suggests study. Researchers in BioMed Central found that Wnt/Notch signalling ratio is decreased in the breast tissue of mice which have given birth, compared to virgin mice of the same age. In humans having a child before the age of 20 decreases risk of breast cancer by half. Using microarray analysis researchers from Basel discovered that genes involved ...

Blood Test Helps Predict Alzheimer's Disease Risk

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New blood test developed by scientists in Australia could lead to routine screening for Alzheimer's disease. They have identified blood-based signs of plaque in the brain that could alert doctors to the disease long before symptoms appear and irreversible brain damage has occurred, News.com.au reported. "Early detection is critical. It gives people a much better chance of receiving treatment before it's too late," researcher Dr Samantha Burnham ...

Banned Baby Names Revealed

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New Zealand officials have released a list of banned baby names because they were too bizarre or offensive, including "Lucifer" and "Mafia No Fear". The list of 77 names reveals one child was set to be called "Anal" before the Department of Internal Affairs vetoed the proposal, while another narrowly avoided being dubbed "." or full stop. Other names on the list included "4Real", "V8", and "Queen Victoria". In some cases, parents appeared ...

Scientists Identify New Subtype of Ataxia

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A new subtype of ataxia has been discovered by scientists. Ataxia is a rare disease without treatment that causes atrophy in the cerebellum and affects around 1.5 million people in the world. The results have been published online on April 29 in the journal iJAMA Neurology/i. The cause of ataxia is a diverse genetic alteration. For this reason it is classified in subtypes. The new subtype identified described by the researchers has been called SCA37. The ...

Guidelines on Exercise-induced Bronchoconstriction Published

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The new official clinical practice guidelines on the diagnosis and management of exercise-induced bronchoconstriction (EIB) have been published by the American Thoracic Society. Exercise-induced bronchoconstriction is the narrowing of the acute airway that occurs as a result of exercise. The guidelines appear in the May 1, 2013 iAmerican Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine/i."While a large proportion of asthma patients experience exercise-induced ...

Sherri Shepherd Owes Her Life to Diabetes

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Forty-six-year old Comedian Sherri Shepherd, co-host of The View, has made a turnaround in her health after she was diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. Incidentally, she has a family history of Type 2 diabetes. Initially, she was in denial about the disease, but now she credits the disease to saving her life. Diabetes has inspired her to eight right and exercise well. "If I didn't have diabetes, I would probably be at the International House of Pancakes ...

Quality of Relationships Predicts Major Depression Risk in Future

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University of Michigan researchers have shown in a new study how the mantra that quality is more important than quantity is true when considering how social relationships influence depression. After analyzing data from nearly 5,000 American adults, the researchers found that the quality of a person's relationships with a spouse, family and friends predicted the likelihood of major depression disorder in the future, regardless of how frequently their social interactions ...

Researchers Explain How Estrogen Fuels Autoimmune Liver Damage

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Research reveals that estrogen and a signaling molecule called interleukin-6 collude to form a powerful duo that leads to immune cell misconduct and fuels autoimmune liver damage that affects women more than men. Results of the new study, appear in the April issue of the journal iPLoS One/i A life-threatening condition that often requires transplantation and accounts for half of all acute liver failures, autoimmune hepatitis is often precipitated by certain anesthetics ...

Increased Colorectal Cancer Risk Among Overweight People Who Snore and Sleep Long

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A significant positive association between long sleep duration and the development of colorectal cancer, especially among persons who are overweight or snore regularly is reported in a new study. The results raise the possibility that obstructive sleep apnea may contribute to cancer risk. "Our current study adds to the very limited literature regarding the relationship between sleep duration and/or sleep quality and colorectal cancer risk," said lead author Xuehong ...

Gastric Bypass Surgery Alters Hormones, Amino Acids to Reduce Diabetes Symptoms

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A recent study reveals how gastric bypass surgery alters the hormones and amino acids produced during digestion and how such mechanisms eliminate symptoms of type 2 diabetes post surgery. The study has been accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's iJournal of Clinical Endocrinology (and) Metabolism/i (iJCEM/i). The study simulated pre-operative digestion and compare how the same patient metabolizes nutrients following surgery. In four patients who ...

Study Shows How Breast Implants Can Delay Cancer Diagnosis

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Breast implants may delay cancer diagnosis in women, revealed a study on Wednesday and urged a thorough probe into the potential health risks of this type of cosmetic surgery. In a review of 12 earlier studies of breast cancer patients, a team of epidemiologists from Canada found that women with implants had a 26 percent higher risk of being diagnosed at a later stage of the disease. This was possibly because implants cast shadows on mammograms, blocking ...

Cancer Studies Often Lack Necessary Rigor to Answer Key Questions: Research

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Rresearch studies for cancer therapies which are fueled in part by an inclination to speed new treatments to patients tend to be smaller and less robust than for other diseases. This raises some questions about how cancer therapies will work in practice, according to researchers at Duke Medicine, who published an analysis of nearly 9,000 oncology clinical research studies online April 29, 2013, in the journal iJAMA Internal Medicine/i. The studies they looked ...

Researchers: Mapping of Cancer Cell Fuel Pumps Paves the Way for New Drugs

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For the first time, researchers have managed to obtain detailed images of the way in which the transport protein GLUT transports sugars into cells. The researchers are from the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden. Since tumours are highly dependent on the transportation of nutrients in order to be able to grow rapidly, the researchers are hoping that the study published in the scientific magazine iNature Structural (and) Molecular Biology/i will form the basis for new strategies ...

Clinical Studies Find New Advances in the Management of Patients With Cirrhosis

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New data from clinical studies provide new rationale for an old and established treatment option for portal hypertension. The studies were presented for the first time at the International Liver Congress 2013. Additionally, spleen stiffness predicts the occurrence of clinical complications, which is of paramount importance in clinical practice. In patients with cirrhosis, increasing blood pressure in the abdominal circulatory system (known as portal hypertension) ...

Is Facebook Losing Its Popularity?

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A new study has found that the popularity of Facebook is on the wane and many of its users are opting for other social networks. A recent study from SocialBakers found that Facebook has lost 6m US visitors in the past month. Shocking revelation that could send many more users packing! Just the previous month statistics show how much Facebook has lost out - there has been a 4% drop and FB has lost 6 million US visitors. Data from the past six months point ...

Melatonin Delays ALS Symptom Onset and Death in Mice: Pitt Team

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According to a new study, melatonin injections delayed symptom onset and reduced mortality in a mouse model of the neurodegenerative condition amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's disease. The researchers are from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. In a report published online ahead of print in the journal iNeurobiology of Disease/i, the team revealed that receptors for melatonin are found in the nerve cells, a finding that could launch novel ...

Artificial Skin That is So Close to Human Skin

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U.S. and Chinese Scientists have created artificial skin which they say is very close to human skin. This development is a boon to those with unsuccessful skin grafts, revealed scientists. According to experts, artificial skin is more sensitive and close to human skin. Scientists worked on creating experimental sensors that can enable robots with artificial skin get sensitive to feeling. This level of sensitivity is as good as what the human skin experiences. ...

Study: Interventional Treatment Gains Popularity Against Life-threatening Diseases

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Akash Saxena, 55, was diagnosed with liver cancer. A transplant would have cost him Rs 17-18 lakh (Rs 1.7-1.8 million). He got to know about Interventional Radiology (IR) at this point and it eventually saved his life. "I took two sittings of chemoembolization at an interval of 6-8 weeks and I started feeling better physically. Thereafter, the cancer was treated without much pain either," Saxena, a South Delhi resident, told IANS. Chemoembolization ...

In UAE Nearly 22,000 People Screened for Breast Cancer

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The Pink Caravan is a breast cancer awareness initiative in the UAE. It has screened a total of 21,795 people -- including over 16,000 women -- for breast cancer in the past three years. The Pink Caravan, the initiative by the Friends of Cancer Patients (FOCP) charitable organisation, released a report detailing the results of their early detection breast cancer screening programme for 2011-2013. During the 2013 Pink Caravan Ride, the campaign's mobile ...

Denmark's Noma Loses World Restaurant Crown After Food Poisoning Outbreak

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One month after dozens of people came down with a bout of food poisoning from the Copenhagen eatery, Spain's El Celler de Can Roca seized the title of the world's best restaurant from Denmark's Noma. The restaurant in Girona, run by three brothers and known for its dishes based on perfumes, had spent two years as runner-up on the World's 50 Best Restaurants list compiled for a 12th year by more than 900 international experts for Britain's Restaurant magazine. It ...

Ravenous Five-year-old Eats Non-stop

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Ava Carvey, a five-year-old girl from South London, is suffering from a rare genetic condition which makes her hungry all the time. Her mom has a tough time keeping her out of the kitchen as she could eat her way to death. Ava has been diagnosed with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), which causes her to be hungry all the time. She is also piling on calories which are difficult to burn off. 'She's not just permanently hungry - she's ravenous. If there's ...

Unethical Behavior Among Physicians Threatens Public Trust

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Two academic physicians in the current issue of iMayo Clinic Proceedings/i says that unethical behavior among physicians-in-training threatens to erode public trust and confidence in the medical profession. Reacting to CNN reports last year about the widespread use of "recalls" and "airplane notes" by radiology and dermatology residents, Gregory W. Ruhnke, MD, MS, MPH, of the Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, and David J. Doukas, MD, of the Department ...

Willem-Alexander Becomes Europe's Youngest Monarch

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When Queen Beatrix, abdicates and the country hails the avowedly 21st-century king with a massive, orange-hued party, Dutch Crown Prince Willem-Alexander becomes Europe's youngest monarch. Willem-Alexander, 46, will be the first Dutch king since 1890 and the first of a new wave of European monarchs, with the average age of the current cohort at 71. Amsterdam's population is set to double with at least 800,000 visitors flooding the city's streets and ...

Use of Deep Brain Stimulation Offers Promise For Surgical Treatments

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Researchers revealed that deep brain stimulation (DBS) in the form of high-frequency stimulation (HFS) of the nucleus accumbens shell (AcbSh) in alcoholic rats consistently reduced alcohol consumption in the animals. And that the AcbSh could be a target in the future for surgical intervention of addiction. The researchers revealed it during the 81st American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS) Annual Scientific Meeting Researchers used alcohol-preferring ...

Snoring Woes of Women Soar

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There has been a drastic rise in the number of women snoring and also approaching specialists for help, a sleep clinic from Melbourne has reported. Alarmingly, one out of three snorers is women and they are quite worried about the health consequences. Specialists are blaming obesity for this problem, as many women are grappling with expanding waistlines and overweight issues. It is estimated that nearly two percent of women are suffering from sleep apnea, which ...

Research Explains How Plants Counter Climate Warming

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According to a new research, as temperatures warm, plants release gases that help form clouds and cool the atmosphere. The study from IIASA and the University of Helsinki identified a negative feedback loop in which higher temperatures lead to an increase in concentrations of natural aerosols that have a cooling effect on the atmosphere. "Plants, by reacting to changes in temperature, also moderate these changes," said IIASA and University of Helsinki ...

Mood in Photos Can Be Judged Using New Happiness Tracking Software

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New software developed by an Indian origin scientist and his colleagues helps you pick out the happiest snaps from a wedding or judge the changing mood of a crowd. The software analyses all the faces in a photo to give the shot an overall "mood score," according to New Scientist. Abhinav Dhall at the Australian National University in Canberra and his team used face tracking software to analyse the smiles of the faces in a group by noting the positions ...

Study Finds New App That Maintains Motivation During Weight Loss Programme

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A mobile phone app to support people, who are set to embark on a partial meal replacement program (MRP) was created and tested by researchers. In the study, overweight or obese women were randomly allocated to one of two study groups, an intervention group and a control group. The intervention group received an MRP Support app and the control group got a static app based on the information available with the MRP. A total of 58 adult women participated ...

Promise for Effective Diabetes Treatment Held By New Hormone

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A hormone that holds promise for a dramatically more effective treatment of type 2 diabetes, a metabolic illness afflicting millions of people was discovered by Harvard researchers. The researchers at the Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI) believe that the hormone might also have a role in treating type 1, or juvenile, diabetes. The hormone, called betatrophin, causes mice to produce insulin-secreting pancreatic beta cells at up to 30 times the normal ...

Study Finds That Caffeine Improves Mental Performance and Affects Liking of Food

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New evidence to caffeine's effect on cognitive performance in children and teens was found by a recent study. Jennifer Temple, PhD, University at Buffalo, recently investigated with graduate student Adam Graczyk whether male and female children perform differently on 5 separate tasks in response to caffeine. Using a sample size of 96 children and adolescents, they measured developmental and gender differences in subjects who were given caffeine or ...

Michigan University Students Reveal Best Way to Reduce Air Pollution from Wood-burning Cooking Stoves

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A simple solution to reduce air pollution from wood-burning cooking stoves was found by an interdisciplinary team of Michigan Technological University students. Billions of people worldwide burn animal dung, crop residues, wood and charcoal to cook their meals. And the chemicals produced and inhaled sicken or kill millions. At particular risk are women who prepare their families' food and children 5-years-old or younger. Up to now, most ...

Living in the United States may Raise Risk of Allergies

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A study revealed that children born outside the United States have a lower risk of asthma, skin and food allergies, and living in the United States for a decade or more may raise the risk of some allergies. The research in the Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that certain environmental exposures could trigger allergies later in life, overcoming the protective effects of microbial exposure in childhood. The study examined records from ...

Growing New Arteries, Bypassing Blocked Ones After Heart Attacks

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Scientists have uncovered the molecular pathway by which new arteries may form after heart attacks, strokes and other acute illnesses bypassing arteries that are blocked. It is a scientific collaborators from Yale School of Medicine and University College London (UCL). Their study appears in the April 29 issue of iDevelopmental Cell/i. Arteries form in utero and during development, but can also form in adults when organs become deprived of oxygen ...

Central Government Launches Special Immunization Week

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An official revealed that in an effort to check child deaths due to preventable diseases like measles and diphtheria, the central government has launched a special immunization week to reach out to 184 high-risk districts. "We have identified 184 high priority districts, where our prime focus would be to lay sufficient importance on generating awareness about immunization," said Anuradha Gupta, additional secretary, ministry of health. "These high risk ...

Never Perceive Yourself to be Disfigured and Ugly

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A disabling but often misunderstood psychiatric condition is body dysmorphic disorder, in which people perceive themselves to be disfigured and ugly, even though they look normal to others. New research at UCLA shows that these individuals have abnormalities in the underlying connections in their brains. Dr. Jamie Feusner, the study's senior author and a UCLA associate professor of psychiatry, and his colleagues report that individuals with BDD have, ...

VEGF may Not be Relevant Biomarker in Advanced Prostate Cancer Patients

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The well-studied protein VEGF does not appear to have any prognostic or predictive value for men with locally advanced prostate cancer, finds researchers. The researchers are from the Department of Radiation Oncology at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital and other institutions who found this in a retrospective study published online April 25 in the journal iBMC Radiation Oncology/i. VEGF, or vascular endothelial growth factor, induces blood vessel ...

German Health Minister Appreciates India's Efforts in Strengthening Health Sector

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German Health Minister Daniel Bahr, called on his Indian counterpart Ghulam Nabi Azad and appreciated India's efforts in strengthening the health sector. The visiting dignitary, who was accompanied by a 15-member delegation, in his opening remarks mentioned about the clinical trials and the new EU directives. The other members of the delegation also expressed their views on the compulsory licensing of drugs and expressed the hope that Indian authorities ...

52 AIDS Patients Admitted in Islamabad Hospital in the First Four Months of This Year

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Nearly 52 new AIDS patients have been registered in the first four months of this year at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS). The News International said the total number of patients registered at the PIMS Centre for Treatment and Prevention of AIDS since its establishment in 2005 has crossed 1,500. Of the total 1,504 patients, 400 were intravenous drug users while AIDS through sexual transmission was found in 800. Among them, 1,240 are ...

Educating and Advising Prescribers can Prevent Overuse of Antibiotics in Hospitals

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A new study by Cochrane researchers suggests that prescribers of antibiotics in hospitals should be educated, advised or restricted from overuse or inappropriate use of the drugs on patients. Some infections are no longer treatable due to bacterial resistance. Compared to infections caused by treatable bacteria, those caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria lead to more deaths, longer hospital stays and increased healthcare costs. Reducing inappropriate use of antibiotics ...

Offbeat Help for Kids' Care Via Mohawk and Jedward

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Child care remains one of the critical yet undervalued divisions of healthcare. Hospital doctors in Ireland have discovered a surefire, low-cost way to distract children admitted for emergency care: inflate a rubber glove, pop out its fingers in a spiky hairdo and draw a smiley face on it. Writing in Britain's Emergency Medicine Journal, physicians at Dublin's Tallaght Hospital say their puppet trick had proven so popular with young patients that they ...

Focus on Single Therapy may Prove to be Detrimental for Cancer Research

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A new study has put a question mark over the effectiveness of new cancer research, stating that they often fall short of scientific stands seen in other medical research as they are usually small studies that focus on a single therapy. The trend may be driven by a desire to speed treatments to market, but raises questions about how well experimental cancer-fighting therapies will work in practice, said the findings in the Journal of the American Medical Association. ...

New Strain of Bird Flu Claims Its 24th Victim in China

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Chinese health authorities revealed another patient has died due to the H7N9 infection, taking the death toll caused by the new strain of bird flu virus to 24. A patient surnamed Chen died in the eastern city of Shanghai after 12 days of medical treatment failed, Xinhua news agency said. China has recorded more than 120 cases of H7N9 infection so far. Most cases since the new strain was first identified in late March have been confined to eastern China, ...

Tumor Growth in Mice Slowed Down Through Injection of Human Stem Cells

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A new study published in the journal Stem Cell Research (and) Therapy found that tumor growth in mice could be slowed down by injecting human stem cells into the mice. The use of stem cells in treating cancer has been controversial, with some studies finding that stem cells force tumors to enter programmed cell death. However other studies find that stem cells actually promote tumor growth by inducing infiltration of new blood vessels. In attempting to sort out this ...

Study Sheds Light on Why Pregnancy Provides Protection Against Breast Cancer

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A new study on a group of mice published in the journal Breast Cancer Research reveals that the lowering of Wnt/Notch signaling ratio in the breast tissue among those which have given birth could be one of the reasons why being pregnant while young provides some sort of protection against breast cancer. Early pregnancy is protective against breast cancer in humans and in rodents. In humans having a child before the age of 20 decreases risk of breast cancer by half. ...

Number of Interests on Facebook Profile Could Give a Hint Towards Past Romantic Relationships

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A person's past romantic relationships can be found out through the number of interests listed in his or her Facebook profile, a new study reveals. WIU Department of Communication Assistant Professor Christopher Carpenter, with his co-author Erin Spottswood (Cornell University), have authored, 'Exploring romantic relationships on social networking sites using the self-expansion model.' "I predicted this relationship because other research suggested that ...

Work Events Not Always Effective in Uniting Racially Dissimilar Employees

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Employers often hold work events in order to create a sense of unity among workers, especially among those who are racially dissimilar, but a new study reveals that they don't always work out. The study found that while those who attend work social events said that their relationships at work are improved, it wasn't the case for workers racially dissimilar from their co-workers, like being the only African-American person in an all-white office, or vice versa. Tracy ...

Battery of Tests on Cancer Cells Shows Them as 'squishy,' Yet Tactically Strong

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A new view of cancer cells has been obtained by a team of student researchers and their professors from 20 laboratories around the country. The work could shed light on the transforming physical properties of these cells as they metastasize, said Jack R. Staunton, a Ph.D. candidate at Arizona State University in the lab of Prof. Robert Ros, and the lead author of a paper reporting on the topic. Metastasis is a critical step in the progression of cancer. ...

Drink Gets Twice as Warm in Humid Weather Than in Dry Heat

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A new study conducted by climate researchers at University of Washington suggests that a drink gets warmed up twice as quickly in humid weather compared to in dry heat. Because in sultry weather condensation on the outside of a canned beverage doesn't just make it slippery, those drops can provide more heat than the surrounding air, then explained. In typical summer weather in New Orleans, heat released by condensation warms the drink by 6 degrees Fahrenheit ...

Kids Addicted to Tech Devices Suffering from Chronic Physical Problems

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With children getting hooked to gadgets such as iPads and smart phones at a very young age, a new study has found that children as young as eight years old are experiencing physical symptoms, such as severe back pain and headaches, of overindulging in such devices. The iGeneration kids now are not only suffering from neck and back pains but also from tendinopathy in wrists and thumbs. The worst affected are children between the age group of 12-16 who ...

New Shirt That Does Not Require Washing for 100 Days Developed by US Company

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An American company has claimed that it has invented a new type of shirt that does not require ironing or washing for up to 100 days. According to its maker, Wool (and) Prince, the shirt is resistant to odors can hence does not require washing for more than three months while the material used in wrinkle free, hence it does not requiring ironing too even if its stuffed at the bottom of a gym bag at the end of the day. The shirt requires dry cleaning or gentle washing ...

Humans Passing Antibiotic Resistance to Protected African Animals

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Humans are passing antibiotic resistance to wildlife, especially in protected areas where numbers of humans are limited, discovers a team of Virginia Tech researchers. In the case of banded mongoose in a Botswana study, multidrug resistance among study social groups, or troops, was higher in the protected area than in troops living in village areas. The study also reveals that humans and mongoose appear to be readily exchanging fecal microorganisms, ...

High Pollen Levels in June Could Spell Increase in Incidence of Hay Fever

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Health experts in Britain have warned that the pollen levels in June could be highest in the last five decades which could mean a large number of the population will suffer from hay fever. Recent estimates reveal that one in four Britons may have a high risk of suffering from hay fever and thousands of people are making the trip to their nearest chemist for nasal sprays. Hay fever is caused by the body's immune system mistaking harmless airborne particles ...

Picking Your Nose is Supposed to be a Good Habit?

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Picking your nose is often seen as an untidy habit but a Canadian researcher says that picking your nose and eating the mucus could in fact be beneficial for your immune system. Professor Scott Napper said that improved hygiene over the years has weakened the human immune system and eating your mucus could strengthen it as it would introduce small and harmless amounts of germs back into the body. Professor Napper is recruiting his students to take part in ...

Life Care Gets CE Mark for Keyhole Cup Laparoscopic Access Device

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New York-based Life Care Medical Devices Ltd revealed that it has received the CE mark of approval for its Keyhole Cup Laparoscopic Access Device for use in laparoscopic surgery. The current procedures involved in initial surgical access to the abdominal region involve fully manual procedure either through a veress needle or a cut down procedure known as the Hassan technique. However these techniques are slow and often come with a risk of injury to organs ...

Twins Born 87 Days Apart in Ireland

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A mother from Republic of Ireland gave birth to twins who were born 87 days apart, setting up a new Guinness World Record for the longest interval between the birth of twins. Maria Jones-Elliott, 34, gave birth to Amy when she went into labor four months early while her twin, Katie, held on before being born 87 days later. Maria said that the doctors informed her and her husband, Chris, that they had achieved a medical equivalent of winning a lottery. "I ...