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- Heart Failure Patients Admitted in January, on Friday, and Overnight Have Higher Mortality Risk
- Formation of New Neurons Could Erase Old Memories
- Deactivation of Mutated Protein Prevents Symptoms of Huntington's Disease in Mice
- Transmission of H7N9 Flu Virus Among Animals Decoded
- Defective Processes in Removing Cellular Waste Reason Behind Neurodegeneration in Gaucher Disease
- Study Sheds Light on Role Played by Empathy in Moral Judgments
- Study suggests elite athletes continue to use drugs to improve performance
- Mode of Transportation to Workplace and Where One Lives are Linked to Each Other
- New Device to Detect Cancer
- Novel Compound Offers Hope Against Cocaine Addiction
- Scientists Discover Promising Strategy to Help Vaccines Outsmart HIV
- Top Foods for Glowing Face and Radiant Skin
- Prince Harry Facing Hair Loss
- Too Much Time Indoors may Damage Kids' Eyes, Says Study
- 3-D Food Printer: The End of Hunger?
- Genetic Suspects in Sporadic Lou Gehrig's Disease Identified
- Poor to Remain Without Health Insurance as States Refuse to Expand Medicaid
- People Without Bank Accounts can be Health Reform Victims
- Frequent Heartburn May Predict Cancers of the Throat and Vocal Cord
- Mosquitoes Influenced by Immune Response, Not Parasitic Attack
- Journalism on the Verge of Extinction?
- Dysfunction in Emotional Brain Circuitry Linked to Insomnia
- Songbird's Playlist Could Indicate Its Mental Strengths And Weaknesses
- Respiratory Infection In Kids Linked To Prenatal Exposure To Traffic
- New Issues for China's Upcoming Middle Class
- 'Switch' Responsible For Behavioural Change Identified
- LDCT May Help Detect Twice As Many Lung Cancers As X-Rays
- Addiction and Decision-making Linked
- Latin America Will Reach Food's Zenith, Say Top Chefs
- Gay Rights Activists in Ukraine Hold First Ever Gay Pride Match in the Country
- New Drug Cuts Down Mortality Among Heart Failure Patients in Half
- AIIMS Doctors Concerned Over Rising MS Rates Among Indian Youth
- New Method of Vision Correction Launched in New Delhi
- Cord Blood Stem Cells Used to Successfully Treat a Boy With Cerebral Palsy
- Former Miss Alabama Asked to Eat More
- Retrospective Study to Measure Steroid Profiles of Players Launched by UEFA
- Mexican Woman Becomes the First in Latin America to Undergo Ovaries' Transplantation
- Reassessing Benefits of Financial Incentives to Blood Donors
- Stanford Studies Shed Light on Role Played by Ethnic Background on Development of Diabetes
- Research Highlights New Understanding of Sulfonamide Nervous System Side Effects
- Cabinet Approves Rs 2,550 Crore for Implementation of AIDS Program
- Death Rates Among Advanced Heart Failure Patients Decline Due to Increased Availability of New Therapies
- Strong Marriage Helps Children Cope With Fathers Suffering from Depression
- New Pneumococcal Vaccine as Safe as Previous Version of the Vaccine
- Phase I Study of Oral Vaccine Against Diarrhea Produces Positive Results
- More Than a Third of COPD Patients Treated at Federal Clinics Do Not Have the Disease
- Flatulence Can be Managed by eating Smart and Exercising Properly
- Prosaposin-Based Drug can Potentially Slow Down Spread of Various Cancers
- Diet Soda Habit can Cause Dental Problems
- Make-up Over Expiry Date Puts Health at Risk, Suggests Poll
| Heart Failure Patients Admitted in January, on Friday, and Overnight Have Higher Mortality Risk Posted: An analysis of nearly a million heart failure admissions over the last 14 years suggests that mortality and length of stay of heart failure patients were highest when they are admitted in January, on Friday and overnight, according to Dr David Kao who presented the findings at the Heart Failure Congress 2013. The Heart Failure Congress 2013 is taking place during 25-28 May in Lisbon, Portugal. The Congress is the main annual meeting of the Heart Failure Association ... |
| Formation of New Neurons Could Erase Old Memories Posted: Canadian researchers have found that the formation of new neurons in the region of the brain that helps in learning and remembering, the hippocampus, could lead to forgetting of old memories due to reorganization of existing brain circuits. Drs. Paul Frankland and Sheena Josselyn, both from the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, argue this reorganization could have the positive effect of clearing old memories, reducing interference and thereby increasing capacity ... |
| Deactivation of Mutated Protein Prevents Symptoms of Huntington's Disease in Mice Posted: Deactivation of a mutated Huntington protein in brains of mice can prevent very early symptoms, such as depression and anxiety, of Huntington's disease, according to researchers at Lund University. Asa Petersen, Associate Professor of Neuroscience at Lund University, asserted that they're the first to show that it is possible to prevent the depression symptoms of Huntington's disease by deactivating the diseased protein in nerve cell populations in the hypothalamus ... |
| Transmission of H7N9 Flu Virus Among Animals Decoded Posted: Researchers have discovered that the spread of H7N9 flu virus between animals occurs when they are in close contact, such as touching, coughing and exchange of bodily fluids. "This study was designed to give us clues about the transmission of H7N9 which has affected some humans in China," said David Kelvin, PhD, a senior scientist at the Toronto General Research Institute and Professor at the University of Toronto. "The animals used in the study had very mild ... |
| Defective Processes in Removing Cellular Waste Reason Behind Neurodegeneration in Gaucher Disease Posted: |
| Study Sheds Light on Role Played by Empathy in Moral Judgments Posted: A new study reveals that people who are willing to harm one in order to save many may be lacking in a specific kind of empathy. Philosophers and psychologists have long argued about whether there is one "right" answer to such moral questions, be it utilitarian ethics, which advocates saving as many as possible, even if it requires personally harming an individual, or non-utilitarian principles, which mandate strict adherence to rules like "don't kill" that are rooted ... |
| Study suggests elite athletes continue to use drugs to improve performance Posted: A controversial new study reveals that despite measures to tackle doping in the sporting arena, majority of elite athletes continue to use drugs to improve performance or for financial gain. The study by researchers at the Department of Physical and Sports Education at the University of Granada shows that athletes widely believe that the fight against doping is 'insufficient and biased' and the sanctions are 'not severe enough.' The athletes consider ... |
| Mode of Transportation to Workplace and Where One Lives are Linked to Each Other Posted: A new study conducted by Canadian scientists suggests that the mode of transportation that people use to travel to their workplace and the decision about where to live are linked together. A commuter living in a part of the city with higher population density, a mix of residential and commercial land use, and good access to public transit is 13 to 14 percent likelier to use public transit than someone living further away, a new study has suggested. Zachary ... |
| Posted: A cheap and easy-to-use device has been developed by scientists to detect cancer in ten minutes. Jonathan O'Halloran created the iPhone-sized Q-POC, which is also able to analyse disease's genetic signatures before advising on the best type of drugs that can be used for treatment, the Daily Express reported. The first prototypes of the device are undergoing trials and according to experts has the potential to prolong the lives of 12.7million newly-diagnosed ... |
| Novel Compound Offers Hope Against Cocaine Addiction Posted: Johns Hopkins researchers have identified a compound that blocks cravings for the drug in cocaine-addicted mice. The compound, already proven safe for humans, is undergoing further animal testing in preparation for possible clinical trials in cocaine addicts, the researchers said. "It was remarkably serendipitous that when we learned which brain pathway cocaine acts on, we already knew of a compound, CGP3466B, that blocks that specific pathway," Solomon ... |
| Scientists Discover Promising Strategy to Help Vaccines Outsmart HIV Posted: An ingenious method to ensure the body effectively reacts when infected with the highly evasive HIV virus that causes AIDS has been identified by scientists. The same team of researchers has been utilizing this unique approach to develop its own HIV vaccine candidate, which has so far shown promising results in animal studies. "A major challenge in developing an effective HIV vaccine is figuring out how to target this evasive virus," said Dr. ... |
| Top Foods for Glowing Face and Radiant Skin Posted: |
| Posted: Prince Harry is losing his hair just like elder brother, reveal experts. It has been predicted that the royal will shed much of his hair by the age of 50, the Daily Star reported. Surgeons have also urged the Prince to have emergency hair treatment to avoid losing his heart-throb status. Dr Nadeem Uddin Khan told the publication that Harry should party as much as he wants because it will all catch up with him. Khan, who ... |
| Too Much Time Indoors may Damage Kids' Eyes, Says Study Posted: Too much of television or playing video games can ruin your child's eyes, reveals recent study. The five-year study by Sydney University researchers suggests children aged under six years should spend at least 10 hours a week outdoors in the sunshine to reduce their risk of becoming short-sighted or myopic. Orthoptist Professor Kathryn Rose, head of the study, explained that exposure to direct sunlight at a young age helps prevent the eyeball ... |
| 3-D Food Printer: The End of Hunger? Posted: Food lovers, it's time to rejoice! With NASA funding the development of the world's first ever 3-D food printer, very soon, we may be able to 'print and eat' our very own pizza. Aimed at reducing hunger in the world, and in the 'space,' NASA has awarded a whopping (Dollar) 125,000 grant to a research project, which aims at developing a 3-D food printer to help reduce the issues associated with storage of food for long term during space trips for astronauts. Creator Anjan ... |
| Genetic Suspects in Sporadic Lou Gehrig's Disease Identified Posted: Mutations in several new genes that might be associated with the development of spontaneously occurring cases of the neurodegenerative disease known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS have been discovered by scientists. Although researchers know of some mutations associated with inherited forms of ALS, the majority of patients have no family history of the disease, and there are few clues as to its cause. The Stanford researchers compared the DNA ... |
| Poor to Remain Without Health Insurance as States Refuse to Expand Medicaid Posted: Under President Obama's Affordable Care Act people of America will receive subsidies so that they can buy health insurance, at the same time millions of poor will be without any health insurance as many states refuse to expand Medicaid. Some of the states - Texas, Florida, Kansas, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Georgia refuse to expand their Medicaid program. More Than half the people without insurance live in these states. Sandy Praeger, ... |
| People Without Bank Accounts can be Health Reform Victims Posted: According to a new study insurers may stop accepting payments through credit or debit cards, which will leave those without bank accounts in a fix. Health Insurance companies are in a frenzy preparing for The Affordable Care Act - starting next year, as they will need to cut costs. Insurers will now need to allocate part of the premiums to care instead of overhead costs such as profits and marketing. A portion of this overhead cost pays for debit and credit ... |
| Frequent Heartburn May Predict Cancers of the Throat and Vocal Cord Posted: New study sheds light on the link between frequent heartburn and throat cancer, and suggests that antacids may help lower the risk of the disease considerably. "Previous studies examining gastric reflux and cancers of the head and neck have generated mixed results," said Scott M. Langevin, Ph.D., postdoctoral research fellow at Brown University in Providence, R.I. "Most of those studies had either few numbers of cases or they were not adjusted for confounding factors. ... |
| Mosquitoes Influenced by Immune Response, Not Parasitic Attack Posted: Entomologists suggest that malaria-carrying mosquitoes may not be manipulated by the parasites that they carry, infact, it may just be an immune response."Normally, after a female mosquito ingests a blood meal, she matures her eggs and does not take another one until the meal is digested," said Lauren J. Cator, postdoctoral fellow in entomology and a member of the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Penn State. "If infected, however, mosquitos will wait to eat ... |
| Journalism on the Verge of Extinction? Posted: NGo Reporters Without Borders explain that jorunalist's lives may be in danger and they are often prevented from reporting freely in certain areas. "In territory controlled by the M23, the media are subject to threats, censorship, control of their editorial policies, occupation and sometimes abduction of their personnel," Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said in a statement, after conducting interviews with a number of journalists in the North Kivu province. "Journalism ... |
| Dysfunction in Emotional Brain Circuitry Linked to Insomnia Posted: New study confirms the link between dysfunction in neural circuitry and insomnia. The finding may have implications for the risk relationship between insomnia and depression. "Insomnia has been consistently identified as a risk factor for depression," said lead author Peter Franzen, PhD, an assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. "Alterations in the brain circuitry underlying emotion regulation ... |
| Songbird's Playlist Could Indicate Its Mental Strengths And Weaknesses Posted: A new study shows that having the biggest playlist doesn't make a male songbird the brainiest of the bunch. "For songbirds, singing a lot of songs indicates a bird is smart, but that signal is not necessarily indicative of intelligence for everything," said Duke biologist Steve Nowicki. In a series of problem-solving tests with the birds, he and his colleagues found that the male song sparrows that sang the most songs learned to solve food-finding puzzles ... |
| Respiratory Infection In Kids Linked To Prenatal Exposure To Traffic Posted: Exposure to traffic during the prenatal period may lead to an increased risk of respiratory infections in young children by the age of 3, a new study shows. Lead author Mary Rice, MD, a pulmonary and critical care fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, said that their study extends previous findings by showing that proximity to a major roadway during the prenatal period is associated with increased risk of subsequent ... |
| New Issues for China's Upcoming Middle Class Posted: Complete with two cars, foreign holidays, and a cook for their apartment, a family from Beijing seems to be a good example of China's rapid economic growth. Li Na, 42, a caterer at the capital's zoo, and her husband Chi Shubo, 48, who works for a state-owned investment company, have seen their fortunes transformed since she arrived in Beijing 20 years ago from Shandong, a coastal province. Then, she cycled for hours from a shared dormitory to visit her ... |
| 'Switch' Responsible For Behavioural Change Identified Posted: A new study revealed the 'switch' that helps our brains shift from current behaviours to new ones. They measured levels of a neurotransmitter called acetylcholine, which is involved in attention and memory, while rats monitored a screen for a signal. At the end of each trial, the rat had to indicate if a signal had occurred. Researchers noticed that if a signal occurred after a long period of monitoring or "non-signal" processing, there was a spike in ... |
| LDCT May Help Detect Twice As Many Lung Cancers As X-Rays Posted: New publication reveals that physicians have a lot more information to share with their patients regarding the benefits and risks of LDCT lung cancer screening. "For a cancer screening to work, it''s important to verify that it can in fact discover cancers early. The analysis of NLST participants'' initial annual screening examination provides evidence that the number of early-stage cancers detected in the trial''s CT arm were significantly greater than the number detected ... |
| Addiction and Decision-making Linked Posted: New research suggests that craving drugs such as nicotine can be visualized in that region of the brain that's associated with determining the value of actions and planning actions. Dr. Alain Dagher, from McGill University, suggests abnormal interactions between these decision-making brain regions could underlie addiction. These results were presented at the 2013 Canadian Neuroscience Meeting, the annual meeting of the Canadian Association for Neuroscience - Association ... |
| Latin America Will Reach Food's Zenith, Say Top Chefs Posted: It is only a matter of time before Latin America cooks its way into gastronomy's elite, say the world's top chefs. The region is home to Brazil's black bean stew "feijoada," Peru's refreshing raw fish "ceviche" and Mexico's street tacos. Spanish pastry king Jordi Roca and Danish chef Rene Redzepi, who runs the kitchen of Copenhagen's famed Noma restaurant, praised the growing recognition of the region's diverse cuisine. "It's a question of time for (Latin ... |
| Gay Rights Activists in Ukraine Hold First Ever Gay Pride Match in the Country Posted: Despite fears of violence in a country where homophobia is widespread and socially acceptable, hundreds of gay rights activists in Ukraine held the first ever gay pride march in the country on Saturday. "This can be considered a historic day," Elena Semyonova, a representative of the organisers, said after the event. "We felt like we were full-fledged citizens whose rights are respected," she told AFP. The march went ahead despite strong public ... |
| New Drug Cuts Down Mortality Among Heart Failure Patients in Half Posted: Results of a randomized double-blind trial which were presented at the Heart Failure 2013 congress reveal that the drug, Coenzyme Q10, decreases all -ause mortality by half. It is the first drug to improve heart failure mortality in over a decade and should be added to standard treatment, according to lead author Professor Svend Aage Mortensen (Copenhagen, Denmark). Heart Failure 2013 is being held from 25-28 May in Lisbon, Portugal. It is the main annual ... |
| AIIMS Doctors Concerned Over Rising MS Rates Among Indian Youth Posted: The number of youth suffering from multiple sclerosis in India is rising fast, doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) have warned. AIIMS has carried out a study on the patients of multiple sclerosis it treats. It found that around 70-80 percent of patients were in the age group of 18-35 years. They all had relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis, the most common of the four types of the disease. "The onset of multiple sclerosis ... |
| New Method of Vision Correction Launched in New Delhi Posted: A new method for complete vision correction that is both quick and ablation-free has been launched in the national capital for those who wear glasses and have been refused Lasik surgery for sight correction. The Refractive Lenticule Extraction (ReLEx) method, which was launched in the national capital Friday by Centre for Sight, is an advanced version of Lasik techniques for complete with a flapless and 100 percent bladeless technique of vision correction. "Unlike ... |
| Cord Blood Stem Cells Used to Successfully Treat a Boy With Cerebral Palsy Posted: A 2-year old boy, who suffered from cardiac arrest and brain damage, was successfully treated for his cerebral palsy by doctors with the help of his own stem cells taken from his cord blood. The symptoms improved significantly; over the following months, the child learned to speak simple sentences and to move. "Our findings, along with those from a Korean study, dispel the long-held doubts about the effectiveness of the new therapy", says Dr. Arne Jensen ... |
| Former Miss Alabama Asked to Eat More Posted: A nutrition expert has advised Katherine Webb to eat more after the former Miss Alabama revealed that she is on a diet that involves eating just 1,120 calories in a day. The 5'11" model told People magazine that her diet includes whole foods such as strawberries, almonds, spinach and apples. But, nutritionist Haylie Pomroy told the publication that with her workout schedule, Webb could add at least 600 more healthy calories. The 24-year-old ... |
| Retrospective Study to Measure Steroid Profiles of Players Launched by UEFA Posted: European football's governing body, the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), has unveiled new anti-doping initiatives which includes the launch of a retrospective study that will measure the steroid profiles of nearly 900 players who have participated in UEFA competitions since 2008. According to UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino, the organisation wants to identify the potential relevance of steroid use across Europe by using data from previous ... |
| Mexican Woman Becomes the First in Latin America to Undergo Ovaries' Transplantation Posted: Luis Arturo Ruvalcaba, the director of Mexican Infertility Institute, announced that a Mexican woman underwent a surgery at a hospital in the western city of Guadalajara to become the first woman in Latin America to receive ovaries transplantation. Ruvalcaba told EFE by telephone that the patient is a 32-year-old women who had developed cervical and uterine cancer that was detected and treated in France. "The ethics committee of the Public Hospital of ... |
| Reassessing Benefits of Financial Incentives to Blood Donors Posted: A new study conducted by researchers at University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) reveals that countries including Canada that have prohibited offering of economic incentives, such as gift cards, to potential blood donors should reassess their guidelines. "Blood donation guidelines recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) and many blood collection agencies are largely based on research that assessed only what study participants said they would do - not ... |
| Stanford Studies Shed Light on Role Played by Ethnic Background on Development of Diabetes Posted: Two studies conducted by researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine suggest that ethnic background plays an important role in the development of diabetes on cellular level. The researchers reanalyzed disease data to demonstrate that the physiological pathways to diabetes vary between Africa and East Asia and that those differences are reflected in part by genetic differences. The studies will be published online simultaneously May 23 in the journals iPLoS ... |
| Research Highlights New Understanding of Sulfonamide Nervous System Side Effects Posted: Sulfonamide antibiotics have been used to combat a wide spectrum of bacterial infections ever since the discovery of Prontosil in 1932. However, their side effects can include serious neurological problems like nausea, headache, dizziness, hallucinations and even psychosis. In a recent iScience/i publication, EPFL researchers have shown for the first time how sulfonamides can interfere with a patient's nervous system. The problem is that, even though ... |
| Cabinet Approves Rs 2,550 Crore for Implementation of AIDS Program Posted: Around Rs 2,550 crore will be spent implementation of National AIDS Control Support Project (NACSP) under the National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) after it was approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Thursday. The NACSP will contribute towards intensifying and consolidating prevention services with a focus on highly vulnerable populations, high risk groups and bridge population. It will also focus on institutional strengthening and ... |
| Posted: Increased availability and use of new therapies has led to decreased mortality caused by sudden cardiac arrest over the last two decades, a new study conducted by researchers at UCLA reveals. However, the team found that even today, with these significant improvements, one-third of patients don't survive more than three years after being diagnosed with advanced disease. Heart failure is increasingly common, affecting close to 6 million individuals in the United ... |
| Strong Marriage Helps Children Cope With Fathers Suffering from Depression Posted: A new study conducted by researchers at University of Illinois suggests that children who live with fathers suffering from depression benefit if their parents have a high level of emotional intimacy. "When a parent is interacting with their child, they need to be able to attend to the child's emotional state, be cued in to his developmental stage and abilities, and notice whether he is getting frustrated or needs help. Depressed parents have more difficulty doing ... |
| New Pneumococcal Vaccine as Safe as Previous Version of the Vaccine Posted: A new report published in the journal Vaccine reveals that the Kaiser Permanente study looking into the new 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) has found it to be as safe as the previous version, 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7), used prior to 2010. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved PCV13 for use beginning in 2010 after a series of trials. These trials found that PCV13, which protects against a broader range of pneumococcal ... |
| Phase I Study of Oral Vaccine Against Diarrhea Produces Positive Results Posted: Researchers at University of Gothenburg Vaccine Research Institute (GUVAX) revealed that their placebo controlled phase I study of an oral, inactivated iEscherichia coli/i diarrhea vaccine has yielded positive results. Enterotoxigenic iEscherichia coli/i (ETEC) bacteria are the primary cause of diarrhea in children living in low and middle income countries result in 400 million diarrheal episodes and approximately 300 000 deaths among children per year. ... |
| More Than a Third of COPD Patients Treated at Federal Clinics Do Not Have the Disease Posted: After evaluating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with spirometry, considered to be the final word in the diagnosis of the disease, researchers have found that two in five patients currently receiving treatment at a federally funded clinic do not have the disease. "While there have been many studies of the under-diagnosis of COPD, there has not been a U.S.-based study that has quantified the problem of over-diagnosis," said Christian Ghattas, MD., ... |
| Flatulence Can be Managed by eating Smart and Exercising Properly Posted: Flatulence is embarrassing for the sufferers even though films like "Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam" and "3 Idiots" made us see the funny side of it. It's abdominal bloating, also known as "breaking wind", "passing wind" or err, "farting". A problem that most experience and few talk about openly. Caused by reasons such as overeating, consumption of difficult to digest foods like milk and rajma and other health problems, the audible discharge of intestinal gas ... |
| Prosaposin-Based Drug can Potentially Slow Down Spread of Various Cancers Posted: A joint study has identified a five-amino acid fragment of prosaposin which can significantly reduce the metastatic spread of prostate, breast and lung cancers in mouse models, leading to hopes that a prosaposin-based drug can be developed to potentially block spread of a variety of cancers. The study team, led by Randolph Watnick, PhD, at Boston Children's Hospital, Vivek Mittal, PhD, at Weill Cornell Medical College and Lars Akslen, MD, PhD, at the University ... |
| Diet Soda Habit can Cause Dental Problems Posted: Too much intake of diet soda can have a negative effect on your teeth, shows study. Methamphetamine, crack cocaine and soda-sweetened or not-are all highly acidic and can cause similar dental problems, said Dr. Mohamed Bassiouny, a professor of restorative dentistry at the Temple University School of Dentistry in Philadelphia. In his study, Bassiouny found that a woman in her 30s who drank 2 liters of diet soda daily for three to five years experienced ... |
| Make-up Over Expiry Date Puts Health at Risk, Suggests Poll Posted: According to a recent poll, women who use make-up products beyond its expiry date are putting their health at risk. Carried out by Debenhams, the poll discovered that 57.7 percent of women make-up bags consist of expired cosmetics and they don't throw it away as they think it to be a waste. But what they don't know is that it causes health risks that can lead to problems like breakouts, eye infections and skin rashes. "It's worrying ... |
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An analysis of nearly a million heart failure admissions over the last 14 years suggests that mortality and length of stay of heart failure patients were highest when they are admitted in January, on Friday and overnight, according to Dr David Kao who presented the findings at the Heart Failure Congress 2013. The Heart Failure Congress 2013 is taking place during 25-28 May in Lisbon, Portugal. The Congress is the main annual meeting of the Heart Failure Association ...
Canadian researchers have found that the formation of new neurons in the region of the brain that helps in learning and remembering, the hippocampus, could lead to forgetting of old memories due to reorganization of existing brain circuits. Drs. Paul Frankland and Sheena Josselyn, both from the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, argue this reorganization could have the positive effect of clearing old memories, reducing interference and thereby increasing capacity ...
Deactivation of a mutated Huntington protein in brains of mice can prevent very early symptoms, such as depression and anxiety, of Huntington's disease, according to researchers at Lund University. Asa Petersen, Associate Professor of Neuroscience at Lund University, asserted that they're the first to show that it is possible to prevent the depression symptoms of Huntington's disease by deactivating the diseased protein in nerve cell populations in the hypothalamus ...
Researchers have discovered that the spread of H7N9 flu virus between animals occurs when they are in close contact, such as touching, coughing and exchange of bodily fluids. "This study was designed to give us clues about the transmission of H7N9 which has affected some humans in China," said David Kelvin, PhD, a senior scientist at the Toronto General Research Institute and Professor at the University of Toronto. "The animals used in the study had very mild ...
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A new study reveals that people who are willing to harm one in order to save many may be lacking in a specific kind of empathy. Philosophers and psychologists have long argued about whether there is one "right" answer to such moral questions, be it utilitarian ethics, which advocates saving as many as possible, even if it requires personally harming an individual, or non-utilitarian principles, which mandate strict adherence to rules like "don't kill" that are rooted ...
A controversial new study reveals that despite measures to tackle doping in the sporting arena, majority of elite athletes continue to use drugs to improve performance or for financial gain. The study by researchers at the Department of Physical and Sports Education at the University of Granada shows that athletes widely believe that the fight against doping is 'insufficient and biased' and the sanctions are 'not severe enough.' The athletes consider ...
A new study conducted by Canadian scientists suggests that the mode of transportation that people use to travel to their workplace and the decision about where to live are linked together. A commuter living in a part of the city with higher population density, a mix of residential and commercial land use, and good access to public transit is 13 to 14 percent likelier to use public transit than someone living further away, a new study has suggested. Zachary ...
A cheap and easy-to-use device has been developed by scientists to detect cancer in ten minutes. Jonathan O'Halloran created the iPhone-sized Q-POC, which is also able to analyse disease's genetic signatures before advising on the best type of drugs that can be used for treatment, the Daily Express reported. The first prototypes of the device are undergoing trials and according to experts has the potential to prolong the lives of 12.7million newly-diagnosed ...
Johns Hopkins researchers have identified a compound that blocks cravings for the drug in cocaine-addicted mice. The compound, already proven safe for humans, is undergoing further animal testing in preparation for possible clinical trials in cocaine addicts, the researchers said. "It was remarkably serendipitous that when we learned which brain pathway cocaine acts on, we already knew of a compound, CGP3466B, that blocks that specific pathway," Solomon ...
An ingenious method to ensure the body effectively reacts when infected with the highly evasive HIV virus that causes AIDS has been identified by scientists. The same team of researchers has been utilizing this unique approach to develop its own HIV vaccine candidate, which has so far shown promising results in animal studies. "A major challenge in developing an effective HIV vaccine is figuring out how to target this evasive virus," said Dr. ...
All healthy foods will give you great skin, but some of them are better than others for a glowing face and skin.
Prince Harry is losing his hair just like elder brother, reveal experts. It has been predicted that the royal will shed much of his hair by the age of 50, the Daily Star reported. Surgeons have also urged the Prince to have emergency hair treatment to avoid losing his heart-throb status. Dr Nadeem Uddin Khan told the publication that Harry should party as much as he wants because it will all catch up with him. Khan, who ...
Too much of television or playing video games can ruin your child's eyes, reveals recent study. The five-year study by Sydney University researchers suggests children aged under six years should spend at least 10 hours a week outdoors in the sunshine to reduce their risk of becoming short-sighted or myopic. Orthoptist Professor Kathryn Rose, head of the study, explained that exposure to direct sunlight at a young age helps prevent the eyeball ...
Food lovers, it's time to rejoice! With NASA funding the development of the world's first ever 3-D food printer, very soon, we may be able to 'print and eat' our very own pizza. Aimed at reducing hunger in the world, and in the 'space,' NASA has awarded a whopping (Dollar) 125,000 grant to a research project, which aims at developing a 3-D food printer to help reduce the issues associated with storage of food for long term during space trips for astronauts. Creator Anjan ...
Mutations in several new genes that might be associated with the development of spontaneously occurring cases of the neurodegenerative disease known as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS have been discovered by scientists. Although researchers know of some mutations associated with inherited forms of ALS, the majority of patients have no family history of the disease, and there are few clues as to its cause. The Stanford researchers compared the DNA ...
Under President Obama's Affordable Care Act people of America will receive subsidies so that they can buy health insurance, at the same time millions of poor will be without any health insurance as many states refuse to expand Medicaid. Some of the states - Texas, Florida, Kansas, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Georgia refuse to expand their Medicaid program. More Than half the people without insurance live in these states. Sandy Praeger, ...
According to a new study insurers may stop accepting payments through credit or debit cards, which will leave those without bank accounts in a fix. Health Insurance companies are in a frenzy preparing for The Affordable Care Act - starting next year, as they will need to cut costs. Insurers will now need to allocate part of the premiums to care instead of overhead costs such as profits and marketing. A portion of this overhead cost pays for debit and credit ...
New study sheds light on the link between frequent heartburn and throat cancer, and suggests that antacids may help lower the risk of the disease considerably. "Previous studies examining gastric reflux and cancers of the head and neck have generated mixed results," said Scott M. Langevin, Ph.D., postdoctoral research fellow at Brown University in Providence, R.I. "Most of those studies had either few numbers of cases or they were not adjusted for confounding factors. ...
Entomologists suggest that malaria-carrying mosquitoes may not be manipulated by the parasites that they carry, infact, it may just be an immune response."Normally, after a female mosquito ingests a blood meal, she matures her eggs and does not take another one until the meal is digested," said Lauren J. Cator, postdoctoral fellow in entomology and a member of the Center for Infectious Disease Dynamics, Penn State. "If infected, however, mosquitos will wait to eat ...
NGo Reporters Without Borders explain that jorunalist's lives may be in danger and they are often prevented from reporting freely in certain areas. "In territory controlled by the M23, the media are subject to threats, censorship, control of their editorial policies, occupation and sometimes abduction of their personnel," Reporters Without Borders (RSF) said in a statement, after conducting interviews with a number of journalists in the North Kivu province. "Journalism ...
New study confirms the link between dysfunction in neural circuitry and insomnia. The finding may have implications for the risk relationship between insomnia and depression. "Insomnia has been consistently identified as a risk factor for depression," said lead author Peter Franzen, PhD, an assistant professor of psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine. "Alterations in the brain circuitry underlying emotion regulation ...
A new study shows that having the biggest playlist doesn't make a male songbird the brainiest of the bunch. "For songbirds, singing a lot of songs indicates a bird is smart, but that signal is not necessarily indicative of intelligence for everything," said Duke biologist Steve Nowicki. In a series of problem-solving tests with the birds, he and his colleagues found that the male song sparrows that sang the most songs learned to solve food-finding puzzles ...
Exposure to traffic during the prenatal period may lead to an increased risk of respiratory infections in young children by the age of 3, a new study shows. Lead author Mary Rice, MD, a pulmonary and critical care fellow at Massachusetts General Hospital and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston, said that their study extends previous findings by showing that proximity to a major roadway during the prenatal period is associated with increased risk of subsequent ...
Complete with two cars, foreign holidays, and a cook for their apartment, a family from Beijing seems to be a good example of China's rapid economic growth. Li Na, 42, a caterer at the capital's zoo, and her husband Chi Shubo, 48, who works for a state-owned investment company, have seen their fortunes transformed since she arrived in Beijing 20 years ago from Shandong, a coastal province. Then, she cycled for hours from a shared dormitory to visit her ...
A new study revealed the 'switch' that helps our brains shift from current behaviours to new ones. They measured levels of a neurotransmitter called acetylcholine, which is involved in attention and memory, while rats monitored a screen for a signal. At the end of each trial, the rat had to indicate if a signal had occurred. Researchers noticed that if a signal occurred after a long period of monitoring or "non-signal" processing, there was a spike in ...
New publication reveals that physicians have a lot more information to share with their patients regarding the benefits and risks of LDCT lung cancer screening. "For a cancer screening to work, it''s important to verify that it can in fact discover cancers early. The analysis of NLST participants'' initial annual screening examination provides evidence that the number of early-stage cancers detected in the trial''s CT arm were significantly greater than the number detected ...
New research suggests that craving drugs such as nicotine can be visualized in that region of the brain that's associated with determining the value of actions and planning actions. Dr. Alain Dagher, from McGill University, suggests abnormal interactions between these decision-making brain regions could underlie addiction. These results were presented at the 2013 Canadian Neuroscience Meeting, the annual meeting of the Canadian Association for Neuroscience - Association ...
It is only a matter of time before Latin America cooks its way into gastronomy's elite, say the world's top chefs. The region is home to Brazil's black bean stew "feijoada," Peru's refreshing raw fish "ceviche" and Mexico's street tacos. Spanish pastry king Jordi Roca and Danish chef Rene Redzepi, who runs the kitchen of Copenhagen's famed Noma restaurant, praised the growing recognition of the region's diverse cuisine. "It's a question of time for (Latin ...
Despite fears of violence in a country where homophobia is widespread and socially acceptable, hundreds of gay rights activists in Ukraine held the first ever gay pride march in the country on Saturday. "This can be considered a historic day," Elena Semyonova, a representative of the organisers, said after the event. "We felt like we were full-fledged citizens whose rights are respected," she told AFP. The march went ahead despite strong public ...
Results of a randomized double-blind trial which were presented at the Heart Failure 2013 congress reveal that the drug, Coenzyme Q10, decreases all -ause mortality by half. It is the first drug to improve heart failure mortality in over a decade and should be added to standard treatment, according to lead author Professor Svend Aage Mortensen (Copenhagen, Denmark). Heart Failure 2013 is being held from 25-28 May in Lisbon, Portugal. It is the main annual ...
The number of youth suffering from multiple sclerosis in India is rising fast, doctors at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) have warned. AIIMS has carried out a study on the patients of multiple sclerosis it treats. It found that around 70-80 percent of patients were in the age group of 18-35 years. They all had relapsing remitting multiple sclerosis, the most common of the four types of the disease. "The onset of multiple sclerosis ...
A new method for complete vision correction that is both quick and ablation-free has been launched in the national capital for those who wear glasses and have been refused Lasik surgery for sight correction. The Refractive Lenticule Extraction (ReLEx) method, which was launched in the national capital Friday by Centre for Sight, is an advanced version of Lasik techniques for complete with a flapless and 100 percent bladeless technique of vision correction. "Unlike ...
A 2-year old boy, who suffered from cardiac arrest and brain damage, was successfully treated for his cerebral palsy by doctors with the help of his own stem cells taken from his cord blood. The symptoms improved significantly; over the following months, the child learned to speak simple sentences and to move. "Our findings, along with those from a Korean study, dispel the long-held doubts about the effectiveness of the new therapy", says Dr. Arne Jensen ...
A nutrition expert has advised Katherine Webb to eat more after the former Miss Alabama revealed that she is on a diet that involves eating just 1,120 calories in a day. The 5'11" model told People magazine that her diet includes whole foods such as strawberries, almonds, spinach and apples. But, nutritionist Haylie Pomroy told the publication that with her workout schedule, Webb could add at least 600 more healthy calories. The 24-year-old ...
European football's governing body, the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), has unveiled new anti-doping initiatives which includes the launch of a retrospective study that will measure the steroid profiles of nearly 900 players who have participated in UEFA competitions since 2008. According to UEFA general secretary Gianni Infantino, the organisation wants to identify the potential relevance of steroid use across Europe by using data from previous ...
Luis Arturo Ruvalcaba, the director of Mexican Infertility Institute, announced that a Mexican woman underwent a surgery at a hospital in the western city of Guadalajara to become the first woman in Latin America to receive ovaries transplantation. Ruvalcaba told EFE by telephone that the patient is a 32-year-old women who had developed cervical and uterine cancer that was detected and treated in France. "The ethics committee of the Public Hospital of ...
A new study conducted by researchers at University of Toronto Mississauga (UTM) reveals that countries including Canada that have prohibited offering of economic incentives, such as gift cards, to potential blood donors should reassess their guidelines. "Blood donation guidelines recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) and many blood collection agencies are largely based on research that assessed only what study participants said they would do - not ...
Two studies conducted by researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine suggest that ethnic background plays an important role in the development of diabetes on cellular level. The researchers reanalyzed disease data to demonstrate that the physiological pathways to diabetes vary between Africa and East Asia and that those differences are reflected in part by genetic differences. The studies will be published online simultaneously May 23 in the journals iPLoS ...
Sulfonamide antibiotics have been used to combat a wide spectrum of bacterial infections ever since the discovery of Prontosil in 1932. However, their side effects can include serious neurological problems like nausea, headache, dizziness, hallucinations and even psychosis. In a recent iScience/i publication, EPFL researchers have shown for the first time how sulfonamides can interfere with a patient's nervous system. The problem is that, even though ...
Around Rs 2,550 crore will be spent implementation of National AIDS Control Support Project (NACSP) under the National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) after it was approved by the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs on Thursday. The NACSP will contribute towards intensifying and consolidating prevention services with a focus on highly vulnerable populations, high risk groups and bridge population. It will also focus on institutional strengthening and ...
Increased availability and use of new therapies has led to decreased mortality caused by sudden cardiac arrest over the last two decades, a new study conducted by researchers at UCLA reveals. However, the team found that even today, with these significant improvements, one-third of patients don't survive more than three years after being diagnosed with advanced disease. Heart failure is increasingly common, affecting close to 6 million individuals in the United ...
A new study conducted by researchers at University of Illinois suggests that children who live with fathers suffering from depression benefit if their parents have a high level of emotional intimacy. "When a parent is interacting with their child, they need to be able to attend to the child's emotional state, be cued in to his developmental stage and abilities, and notice whether he is getting frustrated or needs help. Depressed parents have more difficulty doing ...
A new report published in the journal Vaccine reveals that the Kaiser Permanente study looking into the new 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13) has found it to be as safe as the previous version, 7-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV7), used prior to 2010. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved PCV13 for use beginning in 2010 after a series of trials. These trials found that PCV13, which protects against a broader range of pneumococcal ...
Researchers at University of Gothenburg Vaccine Research Institute (GUVAX) revealed that their placebo controlled phase I study of an oral, inactivated iEscherichia coli/i diarrhea vaccine has yielded positive results. Enterotoxigenic iEscherichia coli/i (ETEC) bacteria are the primary cause of diarrhea in children living in low and middle income countries result in 400 million diarrheal episodes and approximately 300 000 deaths among children per year. ...
After evaluating chronic obstructive pulmonary disease patients with spirometry, considered to be the final word in the diagnosis of the disease, researchers have found that two in five patients currently receiving treatment at a federally funded clinic do not have the disease. "While there have been many studies of the under-diagnosis of COPD, there has not been a U.S.-based study that has quantified the problem of over-diagnosis," said Christian Ghattas, MD., ...
Flatulence is embarrassing for the sufferers even though films like "Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam" and "3 Idiots" made us see the funny side of it. It's abdominal bloating, also known as "breaking wind", "passing wind" or err, "farting". A problem that most experience and few talk about openly. Caused by reasons such as overeating, consumption of difficult to digest foods like milk and rajma and other health problems, the audible discharge of intestinal gas ...
A joint study has identified a five-amino acid fragment of prosaposin which can significantly reduce the metastatic spread of prostate, breast and lung cancers in mouse models, leading to hopes that a prosaposin-based drug can be developed to potentially block spread of a variety of cancers. The study team, led by Randolph Watnick, PhD, at Boston Children's Hospital, Vivek Mittal, PhD, at Weill Cornell Medical College and Lars Akslen, MD, PhD, at the University ...
Too much intake of diet soda can have a negative effect on your teeth, shows study. Methamphetamine, crack cocaine and soda-sweetened or not-are all highly acidic and can cause similar dental problems, said Dr. Mohamed Bassiouny, a professor of restorative dentistry at the Temple University School of Dentistry in Philadelphia. In his study, Bassiouny found that a woman in her 30s who drank 2 liters of diet soda daily for three to five years experienced ...
According to a recent poll, women who use make-up products beyond its expiry date are putting their health at risk. Carried out by Debenhams, the poll discovered that 57.7 percent of women make-up bags consist of expired cosmetics and they don't throw it away as they think it to be a waste. But what they don't know is that it causes health risks that can lead to problems like breakouts, eye infections and skin rashes. "It's worrying ...