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- Fats That Don't Make You Fat!
- Australia: World's Happiest Nation
- 'Superman' Henry Cavill was a Fat Kid
- 80,000 Chinese Orphans Get Free Health Insurance, Says Official
- China Toilet Baby's Mother Near Mental Collapse, Says Report
- Scientists Decode Camel Genome
- Psychological Intervention can Help Quit Smoking, Say Experts
- Twitter: Popular Source for Vaccination Information
- Japanese Technology Can Help You Get A Health Check
- Genetic and Environmental Factors Control Sleep in Children
- New Weapon in Fight Against Cervical Cancer Discovered
- Licensed Drugs Help Quit Smoking: Study
- Nordic Diet Lowers Cholesterol
- Reduction in Arctic Sea Ice may Have a Bearing on Atmospheric Circulation
- Sixty Years Since the Victory on World's Highest Peak
- Kidney Dialysis Patients Gain With Simple Frailty Test
- Scientists Design Shape-shifting Nanoparticles
- Small Molecule Could Have Big Impact on Cancer: Study
- Study: Evolution Happens in the Blink of an Eye
- Microplastic Pollution Prevalent in Lakes Too: Study
- Greying Japan Cannot Tolerate Noisy Children
- Tobacco Companies are Not Public Health Stakeholders: Experts
- Research Indicates Early Progress in Antibody Protection from Deadly Flu
- Rare Genetic Mutations Team Up To Cause Schizophrenia: Family Studies
- Hyperactivity Medicines and Drug Abuse Not Interlinked, Says Study
- By 18, Some 40 Percent Russian Girls Have Sex
- Engineered Stem Cell Advance Points Toward Treatment for ALS: Research
- NHS Profits from Pregnancy are Unacceptable, Says Doctor
- Disabled Patients Who Can't Afford Their Meds Come to the ER More: Study
- Long-term Benefits of Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy in Children With Spastic Cerebral Palsy: Research
- Mechanism That Causes Noise-induced Tinnitus and Drug That can Prevent It Found By Pitt Team
- Japanese Technology Can Help You Get A Health Check
- Rationale for Use of Targeted Immunotherapy in Sarcomatoid Lung Carcinomas Highlighted
- After Surgery, Aspirin Triggered Resolvin Protects Against Cognitive Decline
- Possible KRAS Downstream Target for Pancreatic Cancer Therapy Identified
- Bug and Weed Killers may Increase Risk of Parkinson's Disease
- Delays Between Diagnosis and Treatment of Prostate Cancer are Longer for African-Americans
- Preferred Retinal Location may Aid Rehabilitation in Old Patients
- Use of Digital Chest Tomosynthesis in Early Detection of Lung Cancer are Encouraging
- Fraud Charges Lead to Arrest of Ex-Canada Hospital Chief
- Understanding of Brain Receptor may Help Fight Neurological Disorders
- Study Says Ethicists Do Not Behave More Morally Than Nonethicists
- French Presidency Puts 1,200 Bottles of Wine on Sale
- Colorado World's First State to Legalize Sale of Marijuana
- New Facial Recognition Software Developed for Google Eyewear
- Study Finds Surge in Children Accidentally Eating Marijuana-laced Foods
- Incubation Period for SARS-like Virus may be Longer
- Rise in South Africa Circumcision Deaths: Health Minister
- Study: Preterm Babies Likelier to Struggle With Complex Cognitive Tasks
- In Children With Autism, Early Brain Responses to Words Predict Developmental Outcomes
- Rats Move Their Eyes in Opposite Directions: Research
- Antimicrobial Soaps Cut Hospital Infection Rates
- Children of Long-lived Parents at Lower Risk of Diseases: Study
- SARS-like New Virus Could Be 'Threat To The Entire World': WHO
- FDA Says Will Allow Import of Infant Nutritional Drug
- After Losing a Bet, Apes Sulk Like Humans
- Brit Dies After Drinking 3 Liters of Cola Everyday
- Expert Says Women Could "Evolve" Out of Menopause in Future
- Real-Life Tricorder to Check Your Vital Signs
- Meditation, Stretching Ease PTSD Symptoms
- World No Tobacco Day 2013
- Baby Survives After Being Flushed Down the Toilet
| Posted:  There are many fats, which keep us healthy, and eaten in moderation are beneficial in weight loss programs. |
| Australia: World's Happiest Nation Posted:  Australia has been named as the world's happiest nation, according to Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) report. The OECD Better Life Index compares the well-being of 34 developed and emerging countries based on eleven categories including housing, income, jobs, education, life satisfaction and work-life balance. In an update launched Tuesday morning at OECD Week 2013 in Paris, the Better Life Index found that 84 percent ... |
| 'Superman' Henry Cavill was a Fat Kid Posted:  Henry Cavill has revealed that he was fat during his childhood. Weight has always been a struggle for Cavill, who admits to the Details magazine that he was on the heavier side during his childhood, the New York Daily News reported. "I was fat," he said. "I was Fat Cavill." After landing his first role in the 2002 film adaptation of 'The Count of Monte Cristo' at age 17, Cavill got whipped into shape. But to play ... |
| 80,000 Chinese Orphans Get Free Health Insurance, Says Official Posted:  About 80,000 orphan children were given free insurance contracts to cover the costs of treating 12 critical illnesses, says official. The latest beneficiaries are from the cities of Beijing and Tianjin, as well as Qinghai and Henan provinces, reported Xinhua. An insurance fund that was raised through donations will be accessible for one year starting from June 1, according to Heidi Hu, managing director of the China Children Insurance ... |
| China Toilet Baby's Mother Near Mental Collapse, Says Report Posted:  A mother whose newborn baby was rescued from a toilet pipe in China is on edge of mental collapse, says report. She had "suffered a lot because of public pressure", it said, citing the baby's grandfather, adding the baby had been collected from hospital by its grandparents. "Now the baby is healthy and carrying on with its life, the entire family thanks everyone for their help, along with those who cared for the child. We will use all our love ... |
| Scientists Decode Camel Genome Posted:  The genome of a Bactrian camel has been sequenced by Vetmeduni Vienna scientists. The study has laid the foundation for future scientific work on these enigmatic desert animals. A blood sample from a single Bactrian camel with the evocative name of "Mozart" provided the genetic raw material for the work, which was undertaken by Pamela A. Burger at the Institute of Population Genetics. Camels are divided into two species, the one-humped dromedary and the two-humped ... |
| Psychological Intervention can Help Quit Smoking, Say Experts Posted:  Behavioral therapy, telephone support and self-help materials can be effective in helping smokers kick the butt, say psychiatrists. On the eve of World No Tobacco Day, Sunil Mittal, leading psychiatrist and director of Cosmos Institute of Mental Health and Behavioural Science (CIMBS) here, said that the effectiveness of psychological intervention in smoking cessation is well established. "Each year smoking kills more than a million people. In ... |
| Twitter: Popular Source for Vaccination Information Posted:  Twitter has been a popular source for receiving and sharing new information about vaccines, and also a basically reliable one, says research published in iAmerican Journal of Infection Control/i. Researchers from the University of Texas at Austin analyzed 9,510 vaccination-related tweets from one week in January, 2012 to determine the most popular and influential messages. A final sample of 2,580 tweets that had received engagement through re-posting and ... |
| Japanese Technology Can Help You Get A Health Check Posted:  The search for new ways of handling the rise of diseases is linked to modern lifestyle. Japan has taken the lead by launching a device for women to measure their body temperature, which tells a lot about their health, body rhythm and gynecological illness. In Japan, a survey among 50 female workers in the age group of 20 and 30 revealed that just 10 per cent measure their body temperature regularly. To reverse this trend, two enterprises ... |
| Genetic and Environmental Factors Control Sleep in Children Posted:  According to a study published in the journal iPediatrics/i, genes play a major role in determining sleep habits in babies at night, whereas environment plays an important role in day-time napping once they are toddlers. Small babies tend to sleep longer and nap frequently. As they grow in age, the sleep duration reduces, and children by the age of 5 years often give up napping. However, sleeping patterns vary widely among children. A ... |
| New Weapon in Fight Against Cervical Cancer Discovered Posted:  A way to target and destroy a key protein associated with the development of cervical and other cancers has been discovered by scientists. The E7 protein is produced early in the lifecycle of the human papillomavirus (HPV) and blocks the body's natural defences against the uncontrolled division of cells that can lead to cancer. Researchers at the University of Leeds' School of Molecular and Cellular Biology have synthesised a molecule, called ... |
| Licensed Drugs Help Quit Smoking: Study Posted:  Licensed medications and nicotine replacement therapy were found to help people quit smoking, says research published in The Cochrane Library. The study, which is an overview of previous Cochrane reviews, supports the use of the smoking cessation medications that are already widely licensed internationally, and shows that another drug licensed in Russia could hold potential as an effective and affordable treatment. In Europe and the US the only medications ... |
| Nordic Diet Lowers Cholesterol Posted:  Nordic diet of foods such as whole-grain cereals, fish, onions, root vegetables, fruits and berries lowers cholesterol levels and the risk of cardiovascular disease, finds new research. The subjects who ate a Nordic diet had lower levels of harmful LDL cholesterol and higher levels of "good" HDL cholesterol. The amount of harmful fat particles in the blood also declined, says Lieselotte Cloetens, a biomedical nutrition researcher at Lund University.The 'healthy ... |
| Reduction in Arctic Sea Ice may Have a Bearing on Atmospheric Circulation Posted:  Reductions in Arctic sea ice levels may influence patterns of atmospheric circulation both within and beyond the Arctic. This is according to a new research that explores the impact of 2007 ice conditions, the second lowest Arctic sea ice extent in the satellite era, on atmospheric circulation and surface temperatures. Two 30-year simulations, one using the sea ice levels of 2007 and another using sea ice levels at the end of the 20th century, were used ... |
| Sixty Years Since the Victory on World's Highest Peak Posted:  Nepal marked 60 years since the first ascent of Everest on Wednesday, celebrating the summiteers whose success has bred an industry that many climbers now fear is ruining the world's highest peak. Four days of ceremonies which have been dubbed the "Everest Diamond Jubilee" conclude on Wednesday with a gala at the former royal palace in the capital Kathmandu in honour of the first successful climbers, Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay. The British expedition ... |
| Kidney Dialysis Patients Gain With Simple Frailty Test Posted:  Johns Hopkins scientists report that a 10-minute test for "frailty" first designed to predict whether the elderly can withstand surgery and other physical stress could be useful in assessing the increased risk of death and frequent hospitalization among kidney dialysis patients of any age. In a study described in the iJournal of the American Geriatrics Society/i and published online yesterday, the Johns Hopkins investigators said dialysis patients deemed frail ... |
| Scientists Design Shape-shifting Nanoparticles Posted:  Scientists at the University of California, San Diego, have designed tiny spherical particles to float easily through the bloodstream after injection, then assemble into a durable scaffold within diseased tissue. An enzyme produced by a specific type of tumor can trigger the transformation of the spheres into netlike structures that accumulate at the site of a cancer, the team reports in the journal iAdvanced Materials/i this week. Targeting treatments specifically ... |
| Small Molecule Could Have Big Impact on Cancer: Study Posted:  A novel small molecule that might become a large weapon in the fight against prostate cancer was designed and synthesized by Dr. Jung-Mo Ahn, associate professor of chemistry at The University of Texas at Dallas. In a study published online May 28 in the journal iNature Communications/i, Ahn and his colleagues at UT Southwestern Medical Center describe the rational design of the molecule, as well as laboratory tests that show its effectiveness at blocking ... |
| Study: Evolution Happens in the Blink of an Eye Posted:  According to a new study, a novel disease in songbirds has rapidly evolved to become more harmful to its host on at least two separate occasions in just two decades. The research provides a real-life model to help understand how diseases that threaten humans can be expected to change in virulence as they emerge. "Everybody who's had the flu has probably wondered at some point, 'Why do I feel so bad?'" said Dana Hawley of Virginia Tech, the lead author of the study ... |
| Microplastic Pollution Prevalent in Lakes Too: Study Posted:  Microplastic pollution was detected in one of Western Europe's largest lakes, Lake Geneva, by EPFL researchers in large enough quantities to raise concern. While studies in the ocean have shown that these small bits of plastic can be harmful to fish and birds that feed on plankton or other small waterborne organisms, the full extent of their consequences in lakes and rivers is only now being investigated. The study, which is being extending under a mandate by the Swiss Federal ... |
| Greying Japan Cannot Tolerate Noisy Children Posted:  Experts have claimed that as Japan's population declines, intolerance of children and the noise they make is increasing. In a nation where convenience stores blare electronic greetings and political candidates shout through high-volume megaphones at train stations, day care centres are putting up sound barriers to muffle the din that toddlers make and sports clubs are restricting the times that youngsters can play outside to avoid upsetting the neighbours. Childcare ... |
| Tobacco Companies are Not Public Health Stakeholders: Experts Posted:  The US regulator, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and regulatory bodies in other countries, should be aware that they are dealing with companies with a long history of intentionally misleading the public when assessing information presented by the tobacco industry. They therefore should actively protect their public-health policies on smoking from the commercial interests of the tobacco industry and not consider the industry as a stakeholder, concludes a study by experts ... |
| Research Indicates Early Progress in Antibody Protection from Deadly Flu Posted:  Researchers are reporting that studies on lab animals have shown early success in a type of gene therapy that may prevent the spread of pandemic flu. The method developed at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine delivered a broadly neutralizing flu antibody into the nasal passages of ferrets and mice, protecting them against potentially lethal flu. The research is still in its initial stages, but could offer a new tool against influenza infections ... |
| Rare Genetic Mutations Team Up To Cause Schizophrenia: Family Studies Posted:  Researchers at Johns Hopkins have found that individually harmless genetic variations affecting related biochemical processes may team up to increase the risk of schizophrenia, using a novel method of analyzing genetic variations in families. They say their findings, reported May 28 in iTranslational Psychiatry/i, bring some clarity to the murky relationship between genetics and schizophrenia, and may lead to a genetic test that can predict which medications will be effective ... |
| Hyperactivity Medicines and Drug Abuse Not Interlinked, Says Study Posted:  A new study has indicated that children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder who take stimulant medications are not at greater risk of substance abuse later in life than untreated peers. The findings in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) Psychiatry were based on a meta-analysis of 15 previous studies, dating from 1980 to 2012, that included more than 2,500 participants with ADHD, some of whom were prescribed medication and some of whom ... |
| By 18, Some 40 Percent Russian Girls Have Sex Posted:  A new study has claimed that over 40 per cent of Russian women have sex before turning 18 and over 90 percent by age 24. "Well over a third of the Russian women surveyed (42 per cent) had a sexual experience by age 18, while 92 per cent had by age of 24," the survey by the Russian State Statistics Committee (Rosstat) said. Conducted with the UN Population Fund, some 10,000 women between 15 and 44 years of age in 60 regions of Russia were questioned for ... |
| Engineered Stem Cell Advance Points Toward Treatment for ALS: Research Posted:  Survival and muscle function in rats used to model ALS, a nerve disease that destroys nerve control of muscles, causing death by respiratory failure improved upon transplantation of human stem cells in an experiment conducted at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) is sometimes called "Lou Gehrig's disease." According to the ALS Association, the condition strikes about 5,600 Americans each year. Only about half of patients are ... |
| NHS Profits from Pregnancy are Unacceptable, Says Doctor Posted:  Commercial advertisers' access to pregnant women through promotions such as Bounty bags results in profits for NHS and some UK royal colleges. On bmj.com today, GP Margaret McCartney says these potential conflicts of interests are unacceptable.For example, she describes how a commercial company was offered access to mothers through adverts and editorial content in 'Baby and You' - a magazine being set up by the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists, ... |
| Disabled Patients Who Can't Afford Their Meds Come to the ER More: Study Posted:  According to a study, disabled Medicare patients under the age of 65 who don't take their prescription medications because of cost concerns are more likely to have at least one emergency department visit during a one-year period. The results of a new study are published online today in iAnnals of Emergency Medicine/i ("The Relationship Between Emergency Department Use and Cost-Related Medication Nonadherence Among Medicare Beneficiaries"). "Poverty and disability ... |
| Long-term Benefits of Selective Dorsal Rhizotomy in Children With Spastic Cerebral Palsy: Research Posted:  A surgical procedure used to treat spasticity in some children with spastic cerebral palsy is selective dorsal rhizotomy (SDR). This procedure appears to be effective, but for how long? Researchers from Montreal, Quebec, Canada,* set out to find the answer to this question by studying data from the McGill University Rhizotomy Database on 102 pediatric patients with long-term follow-up. The researchers found that, in the majority of children with spastic cerebral ... |
| Mechanism That Causes Noise-induced Tinnitus and Drug That can Prevent It Found By Pitt Team Posted:  According to a new study by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, an epilepsy drug shows promise in an animal model at preventing tinnitus from developing after exposure to loud noise. The findings, reported this week in the early online version of the iProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences/i, reveal for the first time the reason the chronic and sometimes debilitating condition occurs. An estimated 5 to 15 percent of Americans ... |
| Japanese Technology Can Help You Get A Health Check Posted:  The search for new ways of handling the rise of diseases is linked to modern lifestyle. Japan has taken the lead by launching a device for women to measure their body temperature, which tells a lot about their health, body rhythm and gynecological illness. In Japan, a survey among 50 female workers in the age group of 20 and 30 revealed that just 10 per cent measure their body temperature regularly. To reverse this trend, two enterprises ... |
| Rationale for Use of Targeted Immunotherapy in Sarcomatoid Lung Carcinomas Highlighted Posted:  Rare subtypes of poorly differentiated non-small-cell lung carcinomas of high grade and aggressive behavior are observed in sarcomatoid carcinomas of the lung. The biology of these neoplasms is poorly understood and these tumors are aggressive and resistant to chemotherapy and radiotherapy. The identification of actionable molecular targets for such infrequent and aggressive diseases is critical for design of new clinical trials. Programmed death-1 (PD-1) is a co-inhibitory ... |
| After Surgery, Aspirin Triggered Resolvin Protects Against Cognitive Decline Posted:  Resolvins are molecules naturally produced by the body from omega-3 fatty acids. This is a process that can be jumpstarted by common aspirin. In a new study, published in iThe FASEB Journal/i, researchers at Karolinska Institutet describe how resolvins could protect against the cognitive impairment that often affects recovery of surgical and critically ill patients. The study adds new knowledge on how peripheral surgery affects the brain and neuronal function ... |
| Possible KRAS Downstream Target for Pancreatic Cancer Therapy Identified Posted:  A way to target the mutated KRAS oncogene by blocking signals from another protein downstream is being explored by scientists. A University of North Carolina School of Medicine team offers first evidence of the role of a protein called GSK-3 alpha in promoting oncogenic KRAS function. When the scientists inhibited GSK-3 in a model of pancreatic tumors, the team got a strong anti-tumor response, thus offering a potential therapeutic option. Their findings are published ... |
| Bug and Weed Killers may Increase Risk of Parkinson's Disease Posted:  From around the world an analysis of more than 100 studies shows that exposure to pesticides, or bug and weed killers and solvents is likely associated with a higher risk of developing Parkinson's disease. The research appears in the May 28, 2013, print issue of iNeurology (Regd) /i, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology. "Due to this association, there was also a link between farming or country living and developing Parkinson's in some ... |
| Delays Between Diagnosis and Treatment of Prostate Cancer are Longer for African-Americans Posted:  New research suggests that African Americans experience longer treatment delays after being diagnosed with prostate cancer than Caucasians. That is the finding of an analysis published early online in iCANCER/i, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. The study suggests that efforts are needed to reduce racial disparities in prostate cancer care in order to provide earlier treatment for African Americans. To see if there is a difference ... |
| Preferred Retinal Location may Aid Rehabilitation in Old Patients Posted:  In patients with central vision loss, perceptual learning techniques may provide a useful new approach to rehabilitation - taking advantage of visual plasticity that persists even in old age. This is according to a special article in the June issue of iOptometry and Vision Science/i, official journal of the American Academy of Optometry. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams (and) Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health. The paper by Susana ... |
| Use of Digital Chest Tomosynthesis in Early Detection of Lung Cancer are Encouraging Posted:  Most of the lung cancers are detected when the patients become symptomatic and have late-stage disease. However, computed tomography (CT) screening for lung cancer has been reported to reduce lung cancer mortality. Since the National Lung Screening Trial's results showed a 20 percent reduction in lung cancer-specific deaths in those patients who had screening performed with chest CT, the use of CT screening for lung cancer has been gaining favor. However, CT is ... |
| Fraud Charges Lead to Arrest of Ex-Canada Hospital Chief Posted:  Quebec officials have confirmed that the former head of a Montreal hospital has been arrested in Panama on fraud charges. Arthur Porter is suspected of receiving a kickback from Canadian engineering giant SNC-Lavalin after it landed a (Dollar) 2.4 billion to build a new hospital. Porter and his wife Pamela were arrested in Panama on a warrant issued by Interpol. Porter is accused of fraud, conspiracy to commit fraud and other crimes, the UPAC anti-corruption ... |
| Understanding of Brain Receptor may Help Fight Neurological Disorders Posted:  The pharmaceutical industry has tried for several years to develop drugs that target a specific neurotransmitter receptor in the brain, the NMDA receptor. This receptor is present on almost every neuron in the human brain and is involved in learning and memory. NMDA receptors also have been implicated in several neurological and psychiatric conditions such as Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia and depression. But drug companies ... |
| Study Says Ethicists Do Not Behave More Morally Than Nonethicists Posted:  Researchers from the University of California, Riverside and Stetson University in Florida have found that ethics professors do not engage in better moral behavior than other professors. Further, they are also no more likely than nonethicists to act according to values they espouse. In a study, philosophers Eric Schwitzgebel of UC Riverside and Joshua Rust of Stetson University found that ethics professors were no more likely than other philosophers or scholars ... |
| French Presidency Puts 1,200 Bottles of Wine on Sale Posted:  In an unprecedented belt-tightening measure at a time of recession, the French presidency will put up for auction 1,200 bottles of wine. The sale, to be conducted by the Drouot auction house, is a watershed with the Elysee putting up some of the contents of its all-French cellar for auction for the first time. The expected price of the wines range from 20 euros to 2,500 euros ( (Dollar) 25 to (Dollar) 3,235) per bottle and include top-end offerings such as a Chateau ... |
| Colorado World's First State to Legalize Sale of Marijuana Posted:  The first US state to fully regulate the legal recreational use of marijuana for adults is Colorado, with the money from the sale of the drug said to be used for school construction. Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper has signed two bills and has passed Amendment 64, a voter initiative that legalized recreational use of the drug by residents above 21 years old, New York Daily News reports. Colorado is anticipating millions in tax revenues as the bills ... |
| New Facial Recognition Software Developed for Google Eyewear Posted:  For Google's high-tech eyewear, a Californian software developer has released a new facial recognition software. In a report by Fox news, Lambda Lambs Software has developed the new software which allows the wearer of Google Glass to instantly scan the face of an individual and get information about the person's name and other vital bits of data contained in the app against a computer database. The founder of the company, Stephen Balaban said that the ... |
| Study Finds Surge in Children Accidentally Eating Marijuana-laced Foods Posted:  The relaxation of marijuana laws in Colorado has caused a significant spike in the number of young children treated for accidentally eating marijuana-laced cookies, candies, brownies and beverages, according to a new study. "We have seen an increase in unintentional ingestions of marijuana by children since the modification of drugs laws in Colorado," said George Wang, MD, lead author of the study and clinical instructor in pediatrics at Children's Hospital Colorado ... |
| Incubation Period for SARS-like Virus may be Longer Posted:  A study revealed that the incubation period of the SARS-like virus that has killed 27 people globally, mainly in Saudi Arabia, may be longer than previously thought, requiring longer quarantine. The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV) may have an incubation -- the period between infection and symptoms -- of nine to 12 days, longer than the one-to-nine day period previously observed. This finding had "important implications for the ... |
| Rise in South Africa Circumcision Deaths: Health Minister Posted:  Health minister of South Africa revealed that traditional male circumcision rituals had been "hijacked" by people looking to make money from the rite of passage, fuelling a spike in deaths of young males. Police have reported that 34 young men have died in recent weeks in two provinces during rituals to mark the passage into manhood at so-called initiation schools in the bush. "Over the years, this century-old culture has been slowly corrupted and eroded ... |
| Study: Preterm Babies Likelier to Struggle With Complex Cognitive Tasks Posted:  A new study has warned that babies who are born preterm are at 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," ... |
| In Children With Autism, Early Brain Responses to Words Predict Developmental Outcomes Posted:  According to a new study, the pattern of brain responses to words in 2-year-old children with autism spectrum disorder predicted the youngsters' linguistic, cognitive and adaptive skills at ages 4 and 6. The findings, to be published May 29 in iPLOS ONE/i, are among the first to demonstrate that a brain marker can predict future abilities in children with autism. "We've shown that the brain's indicator of word learning in 2-year-olds already diagnosed ... |
| Rats Move Their Eyes in Opposite Directions: Research Posted:  Rats move their eyes in opposite directions in both the horizontal and the vertical plane when running around, according to scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tubingen. They made the discovery using miniaturised high-speed cameras and high-speed behavioural tracking. Each eye moves in a different direction, depending on the change in the animal's head position. An analysis of both eyes' field of view found that the ... |
| Antimicrobial Soaps Cut Hospital Infection Rates Posted:  A US study said that a policy of regularly washing every patient in the intensive care unit with antimicrobial cloths helped cut down on dangerous blood infections by 44 percent. The strategy was better at cutting back potentially lethal methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infections than screening and isolating infected patients, said the report in the New England Journal of Medicine. The randomized study compared methods at 43 hospitals, ... |
| Children of Long-lived Parents at Lower Risk of Diseases: Study Posted:  According to a new study, children of parents who live to a ripe old age are more likely to live longer, and are less prone to cancer and other common diseases associated with ageing. Experts at the University of Exeter Medical School, led an international collaboration which discovered that people who had a long-lived mother or father were 24 percent less likely to get cancer. The scientists compared the children of long-lived parents to children whose ... |
| SARS-like New Virus Could Be 'Threat To The Entire World': WHO Posted:  A new virus, similar to the dreaded Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) virus, and has termed it as a 'threat to the entire world' was identified by the World Health Organization (WHO). The SARS-like virus termed as MERS has killed 24 people so far, with more than half of 44 people diagnosed with the disease, the New York Daily News reports. Terming the virus as a threat, WHO Director-General, Dr. Margaret Chan, said that her greatest and immediate ... |
| FDA Says Will Allow Import of Infant Nutritional Drug Posted:  The Food and Drug Administration has revealed that it will be allowing import of intravenous drugs that are essential to nourish premature infants even as the US is facing a national shortage of these drugs. The shortage of drugs used in total parenteral nutrition has come about after the shutdown of American Regent, which was the main US manufacturer. The FDA said the shortage would be overcome by importing the ingredients used in total parenteral nutrition from a ... |
| After Losing a Bet, Apes Sulk Like Humans Posted:  Researchers at Yale and Duke Universities in the US have found that apes sulk like humans after losing a bet. The research, which involved, baboons and chimpanzees, found that the simians threw tantrums much like humans when any risky-strategy failed. In the test, the apes were given the chance to obtain a banana while risking a lettuce leaf. When their risk paid off, the apes were happy, but when it failed they pouted and sulked like humans. "Psychologists ... |
| Brit Dies After Drinking 3 Liters of Cola Everyday Posted: Paul Inman of Haworth, West Yorkshire, died after consuming 3 liters of cola everyday, which caused his lungs to swell up dangerously. The 30-year-old was in the habit of guzzling cola every day since the age of 10, the Daily Mail reported. "I've said all this time the cause of it was he drank excessively, absolutely excessively. He had done since he was 10 years old. We used to say he had a self-destruct button," the man's mother told the paper. ... |
| Expert Says Women Could "Evolve" Out of Menopause in Future Posted:  Dr Aarathi Prasad, an Indian-origin genetics expert has claimed that women could "evolve" out of menopause and have children well into their fifties. "The mood of scientists working on this and looking to the future is we will either technologically or scientifically evolve out of the menopause," she said at the Hay Festival in the UK. Dr Prasad claimed that menopause belonged to bygone generations when women were competing for scarce resources. Hence it was ... |
| Real-Life Tricorder to Check Your Vital Signs Posted:  Scanadu, a start-up based at the NASA Research Park in Moffett Field, California, has developed a Bluetooth device that can scan your vital signs and send them to your smartphone. Called the Scanadu Scout,, the device has been developed by a team consisting of medical doctors, data scientists, mathematicians, coders, molecular biologists, mechanical and electrical engineers, and biophysicists. The device uses NASA technology to scan vital signs. It is well-placed ... |
| Meditation, Stretching Ease PTSD Symptoms Posted:  Meditation and stretching can help ease symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder, finds new study published in iJournal of Clinical Endocrinology (and) Metabolism/i (iJCEM/i). More than 7 million adults nationwide are diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a typical year. The mental health condition, triggered by a traumatic event, can cause flashbacks, anxiety and other symptoms. PTSD patients have high levels of corticotrophin-releasing ... |
| Posted:  World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) is, a WHO initiative, observed all over the world as a 24- hour abstinence from all forms of tobacco. There are 5.4 million deaths caused by tobacco, annually, of which 600,000 are passive smokers. WNTD was created to draw attention to the negative effects of tobacco and to the destruction it sows around. Although WNTD has been generally accepted with lots of enthusiasm across the globe, it has also met with ... |
| Baby Survives After Being Flushed Down the Toilet Posted: A newborn baby in China was recused from a sewage pipe after his mother flushed him down the toilet. Financial help, support and even adoption have been offered for the newborn, who has been named Baby 59. The rescue work began after cries of a baby were heard coming from the plumbing system of a 4th floor communal toilet at an apartment block in Jinhua, eastern China. The rescuers cut away an L-shaped section of piping, where the baby ... |
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