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- You Might Lose the Health Insurance You Like
- Copper Destroys Norovirus: Research
- 5 Diet Tips to Help You Kick the Butt
- Lybrido - A Version of Viagra for Females
- Luxury Dog Treats With Meat from Endangered Whales
- China Province Decides to Do Away With Mandatory HIV Tests
- China Decides to Disallow Non-French Champagne
- WHO Urges Ban on Tobacco Marketing
- The Greatest Incentive to Knock Off Weight
- Pencil Removed from Man's Head
- WHO Concentrates on Illnesses Due to Bad Habits
- Study Says High Doses of Common Pain Drugs can Cause Heart Attack
- Do You Feel Time Flying When You are Having Fun?
- Underage Drinking Could Be Limited By Effective Regulation of Alcohol Brand Placements in Movies
- Study Examines Vaccines To Be Used Against Plague
- Salmonella Uses Protective Switch During Infection: Researchers
- Asian Prize Shared By US Biological Clock Scientists
- The Origin of a Giant Synapse Discovered By Scientists
- Scientists Bring 400-year-old 'Ice Age' Plants Back to Life
- People Lean on Established Routines In Times of Stress: Research
- In EU Synthetic Psychoactive Drug Use 'Rapidly Rising'
- Emporis Reveals World's Most Spectacular Museums
- Changing Gut Bacteria Through Diet Affects Brain Function, Study Finds
- New Findings Pave Way to Overcome Hurdle to Successful Bone Marrow Transplantation
- Cases of H7N9 Bird Flu Drug Resistance
- First French Victim of SARS-like Virus Dies
- Soda as Bad as Illegal Drugs in Causing Damage to Teeth
- Online Fashion Retailer Asos Recalls Radioactive Belts
- In Rats, Stem Cell Injections Improve Spinal Injuries
- In Saudi Arabia, Five New SARS-like Virus Cases Recorded
- Preterm Birth Affects Ability to Solve Complex Tasks
- Decision-making Preferences Among Heart Attack Patients
- Immunological Tests are Superior for Colon Cancer Screening
- New Regulator Proteins may Help Improve Crop Yields
- Integrated Stroke Care System Results in Fewer Deaths
- Typewriter Aficionados Rewrite History In US
- During Intense Exercise, Magnolia Tree Bark Extract Supports Muscles
- Domestic Violence Linked With Women's Perinatal Mental Health Disorders
- Parents' Ignorance Spells Doom for Children With Eye Cancer in India
- Fertile Women More Likely to Wear Red or Pink
| You Might Lose the Health Insurance You Like Posted:  Many people who buy health insurance this fall may have to change them - as they may not comply with President Obama's Health Care law. They along with some small businesses will have to find replacement plans. The state officials are worried about the confusion that may abound. The Affordable Care Act is going at a galloping pace even though many Republicans tried to repeal. The market places or health exchanges will be operational from ... |
| Copper Destroys Norovirus: Research Posted:  Copper and copper alloys will destroy norovirus, says research. The virus can be contracted from contaminated food or water, person-to-person contact, and contact with contaminated surfaces, meaning surfaces made from copper could effectively shut down one avenue of infection. Worldwide, norovirus is responsible for more than 267 million cases of acute gastroenteritis every year. There is no specific treatment or vaccine, and outbreaks regularly ... |
| 5 Diet Tips to Help You Kick the Butt Posted:  ... |
| Lybrido - A Version of Viagra for Females Posted:  A new medication called Lybrido that stimulates female libido may be in the market in a few years. After the successful entry of Viagra into the market for males, scientists started developing something in similar lines for females. Among the more successful attempts is a Viagra-like drug called Lybrido that is coated with testosterone and mint. The effects of the combination have been found to be particularly effective in producing a response that could ... |
| Luxury Dog Treats With Meat from Endangered Whales Posted:  Meat from endangered whales caught by Icelandic hunters is being sold in Japan as luxury dog treats, environmental campaigners said Tuesday. Michinoku Farm, a Tokyo-based company, is offering chews made from North Atlantic fin whales on its company website, with the meat described as a "low calorie, low fat, high protein" snack. Japanese campaign group IKAN said selling products made from endangered species as treats for pampered pooches was the worst ... |
| China Province Decides to Do Away With Mandatory HIV Tests Posted:  A Chinese province is likely to abolish mandatory HIV tests for teachers, the first region on the mainland to do so. HIV carriers are excluded from civil service jobs including teaching and policing in many provinces across China, leading to accusations of discrimination from rights groups. But the state-run China Daily said that HIV tests had been removed from a draft list of health standards for teaching candidates in Guangdong, in the south of the ... |
| China Decides to Disallow Non-French Champagne Posted:  China has agreed to limit the "champagne" label to only wines produced in the French region bearing that name, with a trade group welcoming the move as a boost for the beverage in a fast-growing market. Sales of the wine are accelerating in the world's second largest economy, from 50,000 bottles in 2001 to one million in 2010 to two million last year, making it the fifth-largest market outside the European Union. But in a country famed for mass-producing ... |
| WHO Urges Ban on Tobacco Marketing Posted:  Governments worldwide must ban all forms of tobacco marketing, urges the World Health Organization. Douglas Bettcher, head of the WHO's non-communicable disease division, said tougher measures were needed to rein in tobacco use, which claims six million lives a year. "This is an industry that sells a product that kills up to half their consumers," but companies are still able to draw in a new generation of smokers despite measures in a 2005 tobacco-control ... |
| The Greatest Incentive to Knock Off Weight Posted:  A study has revealed that money is the key driver when it comes to weight loss. Mayo Clinic researchers conducted a comparison between study groups in which one group was offered incentives while the other was not, Fox News reported. In the study, 62 percent participants from the incentivized group compared to only 26 of the non-incentivized group completed the study. The group with incentives lost an average of 9.08 pounds versus 2.34 pounds ... |
| Pencil Removed from Man's Head Posted:  A 24-year-old man from Afghanistan lived for many years with a pencil lodged inside his head, said German surgeons. The patient, had complained of impaired vision in his right eye, headaches and a discharge from his right nostril. Asked how the pencil had become lodged in his head, he said he only remembered a childhood accident about 15 years earlier where he fell and suffered a strong nosebleed. A medical presentation on the 2011 ... |
| WHO Concentrates on Illnesses Due to Bad Habits Posted:  The 66th World Health Assembly Monday approved a plan for preventing and controlling non-communicable diseases, such as illnesses caused by alcohol consumption, smoking and obesity, which account for 60 percent of the deaths in the world and 69 percent of deaths in Latin America. The plan sets nine new voluntary goals for preventing and controlling these illnesses, but the assembly urged member states to establish programs to deal with risk factors related to bad ... |
| Study Says High Doses of Common Pain Drugs can Cause Heart Attack Posted:  According to a recent study, increased doses of common pain drugs can cause heart attacks, stroke and related deaths. The drugs, known as non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), are widely used to manage pain caused by inflammatory disorders. "NSAIDs are very commonly used for both acute and chronic pain," Marie Griffin of the Vanderbilt University Medical Centre in Nashville told AFP by email in an analysis of the findings. Over-the-counter ... |
| Do You Feel Time Flying When You are Having Fun? Posted:  DIV/DIV DIVThe words 'time flies' and waits for none may sound cliched, yet researchers were intrigued about the situations when we find time getting by with super speed and times when every minute may seem like an hour./DIV DIV/DIVDo we often feel that time passes slowly when we are bored and it goes faster when we are enjoying ourselves? We usually take this for granted. When we are enjoying ourselves we usually tend to overestimate rather than underestimate ... |
| Underage Drinking Could Be Limited By Effective Regulation of Alcohol Brand Placements in Movies Posted:  Current constraints on advertising for alcohol products in movies that adolescents watch are not effective, according to researchers at the Norris Cotton Cancer Center. The study, "Trends in Tobacco and Alcohol Brand Placements in Popular US movies, 1996 through 2009,"was published online in the May 27, 2013 iJAMA Pediatrics/i. Studies have shown that movies influence smoking and drinking during adolescence: A 2012 Surgeon General's report noted ... |
| Study Examines Vaccines To Be Used Against Plague Posted:  Developing new vaccines to protect against diseases that plague humans is fraught with numerous challenges. One of the major challenges is the fact that microbes tend to vary how they look on the surface to avoid being identified and destroyed by the immune system. However, researchers from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH) have discovered a sugar polymer that is common on the cell surface of several pathogens. This common sugar molecule makes it a promising target for the ... |
| Salmonella Uses Protective Switch During Infection: Researchers Posted:  A particular kind of molecular switch in the food poisoning bacteria iSalmonella/i Typhimurium under infection-like conditions was found by researchers for the first time. This switch, using a process called S-thiolation, appears to be used by the bacteria to respond to changes in the environment during infection and might protect it from harm, researchers report this week online in the iProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences/i Early Edition. S-thiolation ... |
| Asian Prize Shared By US Biological Clock Scientists Posted: Three scientists were named the winners of the (Dollar) 1 million Shaw Prize. The were awarded for their groundbreaking studies using fruit flies helped to uncover the workings of the human biological clock. US scientists Jeffrey Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael Young received the award "for their discovery of molecular mechanisms underlying circadian rhythms", the prize organisers said in a statement. Biological rhythms govern behaviour in plants, animals ... |
| The Origin of a Giant Synapse Discovered By Scientists Posted:  The spatial origin of sounds can be determined by humans and most mammals with remarkable acuity. We use this ability all the time -- crossing the street; locating an invisible ringing cell phone in a cluttered bedroom. To accomplish this small daily miracle, the brain has developed a circuit that's rapid enough to detect the tiny lag that occurs between the moment the auditory information reaches one of our ears, and the moment it reaches the other. The mastermind ... |
| Scientists Bring 400-year-old 'Ice Age' Plants Back to Life Posted:  A group of scientists from the University of Alberta have revealed that plants that were frozen during the "Little Ice Age" centuries ago are sprouting new growth. The researchers have observed samples of 400-year-old plants known as bryophytes flourishing under laboratory conditions, the BBC reported. This back-from-the-dead trick has implications for how ecosystems recover from the planet's cyclic long periods of ice coverage, the researchers said. ... |
| People Lean on Established Routines In Times of Stress: Research Posted:  Stress and exhaustion may turn us into zombies. Despite this, a novel study shows that mindless behavior doesn't just lead to overeating and shopping sprees - it can also cause us to stick with behaviors that are good for us. Across five experiments appearing in the June issue of the iJournal of Personality and Social Psychology/i, published by the American Psychological Association, the researchers provide an important new twist to the established idea that ... |
| In EU Synthetic Psychoactive Drug Use 'Rapidly Rising' Posted:  The continent's drug agency warned that new synthetic psychoactive substances are making their way into Europe where the Internet is becoming a big challenge in the fight against illicit drugs. Drug use in Europe remains high even though the consumption of cannabis and cocaine appears to be slowing, as is new heroin use, the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) said in its annual report. "New synthetic drugs and patterns ... |
| Emporis Reveals World's Most Spectacular Museums Posted:  www.emporis.com the international provider of building data Empori has come up with a list of the world's most spectacular museums. The list contains some of the most diverse museum buildings from all over the world - from the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, opened in 1959, to the Museum of Islamic Art in Doha, Qatar. The most prominent example is star architect Frank O. Gehry's Guggenheim Bilbao, a building that stands like no other for ... |
| Changing Gut Bacteria Through Diet Affects Brain Function, Study Finds Posted:  UCLA researchers have shown the first evidence that bacteria ingested in food can affect brain function in humans. In an early proof-of-concept study of healthy women, they found that women who regularly consumed beneficial bacteria known as probiotics through yogurt showed altered brain function, both while in a resting state and in response to an emotion-recognition task. The study, conducted by scientists with UCLA's Gail and Gerald Oppenheimer Family Center ... |
| New Findings Pave Way to Overcome Hurdle to Successful Bone Marrow Transplantation Posted:  Leukemia, multiple myeloma, and myelodysplasia are blood diseases that can develop from abnormal bone marrow cells and a dysfunctional bone marrow microenvironment that surrounds these cells. Until now, researchers have been unable to replace the cells that make up the bone marrow microenvironment. Researchers reporting in the May 28 issue of the Cell Press journal iDevelopmental Cell/i have found that eliminating a gene in the cells found in this microenvironment ... |
| Cases of H7N9 Bird Flu Drug Resistance Posted:  ... |
| First French Victim of SARS-like Virus Dies Posted:  Health officials reveals that France's first victim of a SARS-like virus which the 65-year-old man is thought to have contracted in Dubai. "The first patient is dead," a spokesman with the Directorate General for Health said, referring to the man who was hospitalised on April 23. Another man, who shared a hospital room with him for three days, was later found to have the nCoV-EMC virus, which is a cousin of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) ... |
| Soda as Bad as Illegal Drugs in Causing Damage to Teeth Posted:  Addicted to soda? Shocking findings from a case study show that drinking large quantities of carbonated soda could be as damaging to our teeth as methamphetamine and crack cocaine use. The consumption of illegal drugs and abusive intake of soda can cause similar damage to your mouth through the process of tooth erosion, according to a case study published in the March/April 2013 issue of iGeneral Dentistry/i, the peer-reviewed clinical journal of the Academy ... |
| Online Fashion Retailer Asos Recalls Radioactive Belts Posted:  Asos, an online fashion retailer has recalled a batch of belts after US customs officials discovered they were radioactive, says the company. A spokesman for the London-listed retailer said the belts, which are made of leather and covered with metal studs, were being held at a radioactive storage facility after testing positive for Cobalt-60. Asos -- which counts US First Lady Michelle Obama among its fans -- sold around 50 of the belts to customers ... |
| In Rats, Stem Cell Injections Improve Spinal Injuries Posted:  Researchers reports that a single injection of human neural stem cells produced neuronal regeneration and improvement of function and mobility in rats impaired by an acute spinal cord injury (SCI). The international team was led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. The findings are published in the May 28, 2013 online issue of iStem Cell Research (and) Therapy/i. Martin Marsala, MD, professor in the ... |
| In Saudi Arabia, Five New SARS-like Virus Cases Recorded Posted:  The Saudi health ministry revealed that it has recorded five new cases of a deadly SARS-like virus in the east of the oil-rich kingdom. It identified those affected as elderly people aged between 73 and 85 who had been grappling with chronic illnesses. The announcement came as France's first victim of the nCoV-EMC novel coronavirus -- a cousin of the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) that sparked a world health scare in 2003 -- died on Tuesday. ... |
| Preterm Birth Affects Ability to Solve Complex Tasks Posted:  Preterm born babies goes hand in hand with an increased risk for neuro-cognitive deficits. Psychologists from the Ruhr-Universitat Bochum and the University of Warwick, UK have investigated the relation between the duration of pregnancy and cognitive abilities under varying work load conditions. "Cognitive performance deficits of children dramatically increase as cognitive workload of tasks increases and pregnancy duration decreases," says Dr Julia Jakel from the ... |
| Decision-making Preferences Among Heart Attack Patients Posted:  At Yale University School of Medicine, Harlan M. Krumholz, M.D., S.M. and colleagues, "sought to investigate preferences for participation in the decision-making process among individuals hospitalized with an acute myocardial infarction ([AMI] or heart attack)." The researchers combined data from two similar AMI registries (TRIUMPH and PREMIER) which resulted in 6,636 patients in the study sample who were asked about who should make decisions on treatment options. ... |
| Immunological Tests are Superior for Colon Cancer Screening Posted:  Statutory health insurance in Germany offers a fecal occult blood test free of charge to all insured persons starting at 50 years of age for early detection of colorectal (colon) cancer. In addition, those 55 or older are entitled to an endoscopic examination of the colon (colonoscopy). Colonoscopy identifies precancerous lesions with a high level of exactitude. Nevertheless, only about 20-30 percent of those eligible actually take advantage of the screening examination. ... |
| New Regulator Proteins may Help Improve Crop Yields Posted:  Researchers Dartmouth College have identified a new regulator for plant hormone signaling - the KISS ME DEADLY family of proteins (KMDs) - that may help to improve production of fruits, vegetables and grains. The study's results will be published the week of May 27 in the journal iProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences/i. Journalists can access the paper, titled "SCFKMD controls cytokinin signaling by regulating the degradation of type-B response regulators," ... |
| Integrated Stroke Care System Results in Fewer Deaths Posted:  In Ontario, Canada, an integrated system of stroke care delivery has resulted in fewer deaths from stroke and fewer discharges to long-term care facilities because of better access to optimal stroke care. This is according to a study published in iCMAJ/i (iCanadian Medical Association Journal/i). Stroke is a major cause of death and disability worldwide. Stroke care requires specialized resources such as neuroimaging, treatments to dissolve ... |
| Typewriter Aficionados Rewrite History In US Posted:  Ermanno Marzorati is currently fixing a 1930 Underwood typewriter for Tom Hanks, he has rarely been so busy. But there are plenty more ancient writing machines awaiting his tender care. While the modern world taps away in an ever-increasing frenzy online, the Italian senses a new trend, from his calm Beverly Hills studio: the return of the art of slow writing. Marzorati has restored typewriters belonging to Ian Fleming, Tennessee Williams, Jack London, ... |
| During Intense Exercise, Magnolia Tree Bark Extract Supports Muscles Posted:  A new research has found that honokiol - a powerful polyphenol compound extracted from Magnolia officinalis bark - protects muscles from the normal inflammation caused by intense exercise. This study broadens honokiol's acknowledged benefits in supporting and maintaining overall health and wellness. Extended exercise can cause normal stress in skeletal muscles. Marathons, triathlons and other feats of strength and endurance typically generate inflammation ... |
| Domestic Violence Linked With Women's Perinatal Mental Health Disorders Posted:  A study by UK researchers shows women who have mental health disorders around the time of birth are more likely to have previously experienced domestic violence. The study is published in this week's iPLOS Medicine/i. The researchers, led by Louise Howard from King's College London, found that high levels of symptoms of perinatal* depression, anxiety, and post-traumatic stress disorder were linked to having experienced domestic violence either during pregnancy, ... |
| Parents' Ignorance Spells Doom for Children With Eye Cancer in India Posted:  Many parents in India who are ignorant of eye cancer don't start timely treatment for a killer form of eye cancer, retinoblastoma, detected in 1,500-2,000 children a year. In most cases, the medical advice of removing the afflicted eye to save the child's life proves the trigger for parents abandoning treatment, medical experts and NGO activists say. Retinoblastoma is a rare eye cancer that usually develops in early childhood, typically before the age of 5. The ... |
| Fertile Women More Likely to Wear Red or Pink Posted:  Women wearing red or pink are more likely to be at peak fertility than women wearing other colors, finds study. In the study, researchers from the University of British Columbia asked 124 women ages 18 to 47 what color shirt they were wearing, and when they had their last period. After calculating peak fertile days for each woman, the researchers found an association with red and pink shirts and fertility, the New York Daily News reported. According ... |
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