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- Bagful of Health Problems If You Follow Posh
- Doctor's Advice for Cancer Patients Depends on Personal Values
- Mutations in Susceptibility Genes Common in African American Breast Cancer Patients
- 'Genius' Under 18 Indian Girl Has Highest IQ Possible
- Association Between Interleukin 17F Level and Interferon Beta Response in Patients With Multiple Sclerosis
- Chimpanzees Have 5 Universal Personality Dimensions
- Raising 'sin' Taxes on Tobacco and Alcohol may Improve Public Health
- Unraveling Tumor Growth in Stem Cells
- England Witnesses an Increase of Sexually Transmitted Infections
- Fever Claims Nine Lives and 14,000 New Cases in Kerala
- Google Glass may Not Allow Face Recognition Apps
- Diabetes Drug Under Review: US
- Wearable Computing Craze Went to the Dogs
- Experimental Therapy Shows Promise for Treating Multiple Sclerosis
- Moods Among Teens in Treatment Improved With The Help Of Dogs
- Ben-Gurion U. Study: Oncologists are Stressed and Have Difficulty Discussing Death With Patients
- 83 Percent of US Oncologists Hit By Cancer Drug Shortages Hit
- Study Finds Early Life Risk Factors And Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Childhood Obesity
- Researcher Sheds New Light On Multiple Sclerosis
- 'Back To Sleep' Does Not Affect Baby's Ability to Roll: Research
- Whiplash
- Study Says Hair Extensions Causing Young Women to Lose Hair
- Soccer Training Awards a Healthier Heart to Diabetic Men
- Link Between Statin Use and Musculoskeletal Injuries Identified
- Tonsils and Adenoids Cause Sleep Problems in Kids
- Cheese may Protect Teeth from Cavities
- Scientists Find New Clues for Identifying Breast Cancer Risk
- Immigration Reform an Excellent Proposal - Having No Health Care Will Lead to Dire Results
- Gut Bacteria Play Key Role in Vaccination: Study
- Can We Relieve Auditory Hallucinations in Victims of Schizophrenia With Computer Generated Avatars?
- Third Set of Twins Born to 41 Year Old Mom
- Leech Therapy for Migraines?
- Safety of Nivolumab in Kidney Cancer Tested By Dartmouth Researchers
- Academicians Look Into Nanomedicines' Impact on Patients Under the Microscope
- Clinical Practice Guidelines on Sleep Apnea and Driving Published By ATS
- Response to Contaminated Steroid Outbreak Aided By Virginia's 'Hybrid' Surveillance Strategy
- Growing Intolerance of Homosexuality in Zambia
- Russian President Backs Gay Adoption Ban
- Invest in Food Health to Boost World Economy
- Remarkable Progress in Reducing Child Mortality and Improving Maternal Health: Report
- Monsoon Arrival in Kerala Results in Five Dengue Deaths
- One Million People Take Part In Gay Pride in Sao Paulo
- Lead Acts to Trigger Schizophrenia: Scientists
- Mosquitoes Reared in Cooler Temperatures More Susceptible to Viruses
- Expanding Medicaid is Best Financial Option for States
- Hong Kong Police Target Designer Knuckleduster-style Bags
- Around 3.5 Million Years Ago, Turning Point for Early Human Diets Occurred
| Bagful of Health Problems If You Follow Posh Posted:  Medics have warned against blindly copying celebrities and their fashion trends as it could have adverse effects on health. In that respect, one celebrity to particularly avoid aping is Posh or Victoria Beckham, who is drawing flak about the way she holds her handbags. It is common sight to see Victoria Beckham carry a large bag in the crook of her elbow, which is quite a trend of carrying oversized bags in a particular way. Medical professionals ... |
| Doctor's Advice for Cancer Patients Depends on Personal Values Posted:  What treatment a doctor recommends for advanced cancer not only depends on medical aspects but depends on his relationship to the individual patients and his own view of their life situation at their age play a role. This was found out by a research team led by Dr. Jan Schildmann of the Ruhr-Universitat Bochum (RUB) together with colleagues from the University of Oxford. The RUB researchers also explored how patients perceive and evaluate the information they receive ... |
| Mutations in Susceptibility Genes Common in African American Breast Cancer Patients Posted:  A high percentage of breast cancer pattients who are African-American were evaluated at a university cancer-risk clinic were found to carry inherited genetic mutations that increase their risk for breast cancer. The finding suggests that inherited mutations may be more common than anticipated in this understudied group and may partially explain why African-Americans more often develop early onset and "triple-negative" breast cancer, an aggressive and difficult-to-treat ... |
| 'Genius' Under 18 Indian Girl Has Highest IQ Possible Posted:  Indian girl living in UK has scored a mindboggling 162 on a Mensa IQ test who is 13 year old, which is the highest score possible for someone who is under 18 years of age. According to British Mensa, the incredible score has put Neha Ramu in the top 1 per cent of brightest people in the country, the Gulf News reported. Experts believe that the achievement means that Neha has intelligence higher than scientist Albert Einstein and physicist Stephen Hawking. ... |
| Posted:  A study examines the association between IL-17F and treatment response to interferon beta-1b among patients with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis. (Online First) The study was done by by Hans-Peter Hartung, M.D., of Heinrich-Heine-UniversitAt, DAsseldoft, Germany, and colleagues. Serum samples were analyzed with an immunoassay from 239 randomly selected patients treated with interferon beta-1b, 250 micrograms, for at least 2 years in the Betaferon ... |
| Chimpanzees Have 5 Universal Personality Dimensions Posted:  Strong support is being provided by a new research for the universal existence of five personality dimensions in chimpanzees. These are reactivity/undependability, dominance, openness, extraversion and agreeableness with a possible sixth factor, methodical, needing further investigation. "Understanding chimpanzee personality has important theoretical and practical implications," lead author Hani Freeman, postdoctoral fellow with the Lester E. Fisher ... |
| Raising 'sin' Taxes on Tobacco and Alcohol may Improve Public Health Posted:  Raising "sin" taxes on tobacco and alcoholic beverages and imposing them on sugary drinks and fatty foods would lead many people to cut back, improving public health, believe physicians. Two Mayo Clinic physicians - Michael Joyner, M.D., and David Warner, M.D. - contend that much of overall health depends on behavior and is relatively independent of the health care system. Risk factors for many common and chronic diseases are directly linked to tobacco ... |
| Unraveling Tumor Growth in Stem Cells Posted:  At the University of Cambridge, researchers have discovered that a single mutation in a leukemia-associated gene reduces the ability of blood stem cells to make more blood stem cells, but leaves their progeny daughter cells unaffected. Their findings have relevance to all cancers that are suspected to have a stem cell origin as they advance our understanding of how single stem cells are subverted to cause tumors. Published this week in iPLOS Biology/i, ... |
| England Witnesses an Increase of Sexually Transmitted Infections Posted:  New sexually transmitted infections (STIs) have skyrocketed by almost 50% in England and clearly the vulnerable people are those below the age of 25, portraying high rates of STIs. A warning has been issued by health officials about the recent increase in cases with sexually transmitted infections which means that people are still engaging in unsafe sex and putting themselves at risk. According to figures released by Public Health England there were ... |
| Fever Claims Nine Lives and 14,000 New Cases in Kerala Posted:  An official said that nine people have died of fever in Kerala and 14,000 new cases, including those of jaundice and dengue, have been reported from across the state. Thiruvananthapuram has reported the highest number of such cases. More than 2,000 fresh cases have been reported from the hilly district of Wayanad. At least 91 people Monday tested positive for dengue. Nine people died Monday, and 14,000 new cases were reported, the official said. "The ... |
| Google Glass may Not Allow Face Recognition Apps Posted:  Face-recognition apps won't be allowed on Google Glass anytime soon, says Google. The company announced in a Google Plus post that it wouldn't add facial recognition features to its products without having strong privacy protections in place, reports MySlate. Last month a congressional committee on privacy wrote Google an open letter explicitly asking whether Glass would have "facial recognition capabilities." The controversy came to a ... |
| Diabetes Drug Under Review: US Posted:  Regulators said that experts are re-examining a clinical trial of the GlaxoSmithKline diabetes drug Avandia, restricted in the US and banned in Europe amid concerns it raises heart attack risk. The purpose is to vote on whether the restrictions should be amended. The Food and Drug Administration said a 28-member panel is to rule on a new analysis of the results of a GSK trial called RECORD, which confirmed the company's initial finding that Avandia does ... |
| Wearable Computing Craze Went to the Dogs Posted:  With startup Whistle introducing a smart pendant that tracks physical activity levels and sleep patterns in canines, the wearable computing craze went to the dogs. "Whistle was inspired by my love of dogs," co-founder and chief executive Ben Jacobs told AFP as his pooch, Duke, darted about a dog park near the company's office in San Francisco. "We're introducing a window into their lives; creating a way for owners and veterinarians to take a preventative ... |
| Experimental Therapy Shows Promise for Treating Multiple Sclerosis Posted:  Researchers said that an experimental therapy has shown promise in treating multiple sclerosis without weakening the immune system and could help target other autoimmune and allergic diseases. Multiple sclerosis causes the immune system to misfire and attack myelin, the insulating layer that forms around nerves in the spinal cord, brain and optic nerve. Current treatments for the disease inhibit the immune system in an effort to prevent the resulting ... |
| Moods Among Teens in Treatment Improved With The Help Of Dogs Posted:  A new, mood-boosting therapy is being prescribed for teenagers in drug and alcohol treatment by Lindsay Ellsworth: shelter dogs. On Friday afternoons, about four dogs from the Spokane Humane Society take a field trip to Excelsior Youth Center as a group of teenage boys eagerly await their arrival. Ellsworth, a doctoral candidate in animal sciences at Washington State University, organizes the meet-ups where participants can help brush, feed and play with the dogs. ... |
| Ben-Gurion U. Study: Oncologists are Stressed and Have Difficulty Discussing Death With Patients Posted:  A group of oncologists have revealed that communicating about death and dying with their patients is one of the most difficult and stressful parts of their work. The revelation was made in a new study by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers. In the United States, 577,190 deaths from cancer occurred in 2012, according to the American Cancer Society. The online paper published ahead of print in the iJournal of Oncology Practice/i ... |
| 83 Percent of US Oncologists Hit By Cancer Drug Shortages Hit Posted:  According to a study from researchers at the Abramson Cancer Center and the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania that will be presented today at the 2013 annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (Abstract #CRA6510), eighty-three percent of cancer doctors report that they've faced oncology drug shortages, and of those, nearly all say that their patients' treatment has been impacted. The results showed that shortages - which have hit ... |
| Study Finds Early Life Risk Factors And Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Childhood Obesity Posted:  According to a study published Online First by iJAMA Pediatrics/i, a JAMA Network publication, racial and ethnic disparities in children who are overweight and obese may be determined by risk factors in infancy and early childhood. Over three decades, the rates of overweight and obesity among children have substantially increased worldwide. In the United States, the prevalence is estimated to be 32 percent among children and adolescents, according to the study ... |
| Researcher Sheds New Light On Multiple Sclerosis Posted:  Peter K. Stys of the Hotchkiss Brain Institute, University of Calgary in his article, "Pathoetiology of multiple sclerosis: are we barking up the wrong tree?", argues that while the majority of the medical research community currently approaches MS as an autoimmune disease (much like Lupus and Rheumatoid Arthritis), for which the trigger is the immune system attacking a particular part of the nervous system, the features of the disease are equally well explained by approaching ... |
| 'Back To Sleep' Does Not Affect Baby's Ability to Roll: Research Posted:  According to University of Alberta research, a campaign to put babies to bed on their backs to reduce the risk of sudden infant death syndrome has not impaired infants' rolling abilities. Johanna Darrah, a professor of physical therapy in the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, says infants develop the ability to roll much the same today as they did 20 years ago when the "back to sleep" campaign was introduced and successfully reduced the occurrence of SIDS. Her ... |
| Posted:  Whiplash is a common term used to describe a type of injury affecting the soft tissues of the neck. |
| Study Says Hair Extensions Causing Young Women to Lose Hair Posted:  Use of hair extensions among young women is leading to hair loss at an earlier age, says expert. The pull from hair extensions can lead to 'alopecia traction,' which causes the hair to eventually fall out as it has undergone increased tension, according to experts at cosmetic specialist company Transform. The company also noted that more women are losing than ever and at a younger age, the Daily Express reported. It revealed that ... |
| Soccer Training Awards a Healthier Heart to Diabetic Men Posted:  Type 2 diabetes is a condition that compromises cardiac function and is one leading risk factor for heart failure. A new research from the Copenhagen Centre for Team Sport and Health at the University of Copenhagen finds that soccer training improves heart function, reduces blood pressure and elevates exercise capacity in diabetic men. "We discovered that soccer training significantly improved the flexibility of the heart and furthermore, ... |
| Link Between Statin Use and Musculoskeletal Injuries Identified Posted:  Cholesterol-lowering statins may be associated with musculoskeletal conditions, joint diseases and injuries, says study published in JAMA Internal Medicine. While statins effectively lower cardiovascular illnesses and death, the full spectrum of statin musculoskeletal adverse events (AEs) is unknown. Statin-associated musculoskeletal AEs include a wide variety of clinical presentations, including muscle weakness, muscle cramps and tendinous (tendon) diseases, ... |
| Tonsils and Adenoids Cause Sleep Problems in Kids Posted:  A recent study found that surgical removal of tonsils and adenoids did not improve kids' memory or attention; however, their sleep, quality of life and behavior did positively change. Swollen adenoids and tonsils are an important cause of sleep disturbances among children including sleep apnea. Sleep apnea is characterized by abnormal pauses in breathing during sleep. Sufficient sleep is essential for proper functioning and behavior during the daytime. ... |
| Cheese may Protect Teeth from Cavities Posted:  Cheese and other dairy products can help prevent cavities, finds study. The study sampled 68 subjects ranging in age from 12 to 15, and the authors looked at the dental plaque pH in the subjects' mouths before and after they consumed cheese, milk, or sugar-free yogurt. A pH level lower than 5.5 puts a person at risk for tooth erosion, which is a process that wears away the enamel (or protective outside layer) of teeth. "The higher the pH level ... |
| Scientists Find New Clues for Identifying Breast Cancer Risk Posted:  Recent research work has shed light on how normal breast precursor cells may be genetically vulnerable to develop into cancer. The research is published June 4th in the inaugural issue of iStem Cell Reports/i, an open-access journal from the International Society of Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) published by Cell Press. Scientists discovered that a particular class of normal breast precursor cells have extremely short chromosome ends (known as telomeres). As a ... |
| Immigration Reform an Excellent Proposal - Having No Health Care Will Lead to Dire Results Posted:  The bill for immigration reform - by which 11 million people will be legally permitted to work in the country, though without options for affordable health care is being contested in the House. Some members of the Senate contested the issue of health care for the immigrants. This will be a shortsighted compromise which will widen the gap between those who are insured and so many who cannot avail it. According to Federal law, there are already many stipulations ... |
| Gut Bacteria Play Key Role in Vaccination: Study Posted:  Gut bacteria may play a key role in immune response to vaccines and infection by enteric organisms, say studies. The first study, published online in PLOS ONE, examines the impact of an oral typhoid vaccination on the microbiota, or populations of bacteria, in the human gut. The second study, also published online in iPLOS ONE/i, http:dx.plos.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0064212, looks in monkeys at the impact in the gut microbiota of vaccines against Shigella, ... |
| Can We Relieve Auditory Hallucinations in Victims of Schizophrenia With Computer Generated Avatars? Posted:  Scientists are studying the potential benefits of computer-generated avatars in helping patients with schizophrenia combat auditory hallucinations. Hearing voices is a common symptom in victims of schizophrenia. Often these voices are rude and frightening. In this study, the researchers evaluated the effectiveness of using avatars to help victims combat abusive and rude voices in their head, especially in patients where medications were not effective. During ... |
| Third Set of Twins Born to 41 Year Old Mom Posted:  Karen, 41, and husband Colin, 44, are parents of their third set of twins, Rowan and Isla Rodger. The couple already has four boys, Lewis and Kyle, 14, and Finn and Jude, 12. Mother Karen Rodger seems to have done a hat trick of sorts by getting pregnant with her third set of twins, born at the Southern General Hospital in Glasgow. Karen and Colin Rodger were informed that the odds of having three sets of twins were 500,000-1 and even though doctors thought ... |
| Posted:  Leech therapy is not new as they seem to have come to the aid of humans more than 3000 years ago. Leech therapy, or hirudotherapy, as it is called involves having leeches suck your blood to cure you from some painful conditions like migraine or arthritis. Migraines can be terrible and it seems victims would do anything to find relief. Recently, a victim of migraine, Emma Parker Bowles tried leech therapy to relieve her of migraines. During leech therapy, the blood ... |
| Safety of Nivolumab in Kidney Cancer Tested By Dartmouth Researchers Posted:  A poster on a phase I clinical trial of Nivolumab, a PD-1 receptor blocking antibody, being used in combination with other drugs in patients with metastatic renal cell carcinoma (mRCC) will be presented by researchers from Dartmouth-Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center at the ASCO Annual Meeting on June 3, 2013. Metastatic renal cell carcinoma or kidney cancer is the seventh most common cancer, leading to approximately 116,000 deaths annually worldwide. In roughly ... |
| Academicians Look Into Nanomedicines' Impact on Patients Under the Microscope Posted:  A University of Strathclyde academic has been harnessed by a pioneering imaging technique to track the effects of next-generation nanomedicines on patients. Professor Dr. M. N. V. Ravi Kumar and Dr. Dimitrios Lamprou, of the Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences, believe an advanced form of atomic force microscopy, known as PeakForce QNM, could boost developments in the field of nanomedicines, the encapsulation of potent drugs in tiny particles ... |
| Clinical Practice Guidelines on Sleep Apnea and Driving Published By ATS Posted:  New clinical practice guidelines on sleep apnea, sleepiness, and driving risk on non-commercial drivers were released by the American Thoracic Society. The new guidelines, which are an update of a 1994 ATS statement on this topic, appear in the June 1, 2013 iAmerican Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine/i. "Up to 20 percent of crashes that occur on monotonous roads can be attributed to sleepiness, and the most common medical cause of ... |
| Response to Contaminated Steroid Outbreak Aided By Virginia's 'Hybrid' Surveillance Strategy Posted:  According to a report in the July/August issue of iJournal of Public Health Management and Practice/i, an innovative "hybrid" surveillance strategy-highlighted by close cooperation between public health officials and clinical partners-helped Virginia mount an efficient and effective response to the ongoing outbreak of fungal meningitis and other infections. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams (and) Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health. The Virginia ... |
| Growing Intolerance of Homosexuality in Zambia Posted:  This week raising concerns over growing homophobia, two high-profile cases involving a suspected gay couple and a homosexual rights activist come back-to-back in Zambian courts. Rights activist Paul Kasonkomona, 38, returns to court Tuesday after his arrest in April for demanding that homosexuality be decriminalised in a television programme. Barely a month later 21-year-old barber Philip Mubiana and bricklayer James Mwape, 20, were arrested and charged ... |
| Russian President Backs Gay Adoption Ban Posted:  Vladimir Putin, Russian President said that he would give his backing to a proposed ban on the adoption of Russian children by foreign gay couples but denied there was discrimination against homosexuals in his country. "If such a law is passed by the parliament of the country, I will sign it," Putin said at a press conference at a European Union-Russia summit in Yekaterinburg. Deputy Prime Minister Olga Golodets said Saturday that amendments would be ... |
| Invest in Food Health to Boost World Economy Posted:  The food agency of UN said that obesity and poor nutrition weigh heavily on the global economy and told governments that investing in food health would bring big economic as well as social returns. Lost productivity and spiralling health care bills linked to obesity cost the world economy around (Dollar) 1.4 trillion a year (1.1 trillion euros), the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) said. Improving nutrition would boost earnings, "with a benefit-to-cost ... |
| Remarkable Progress in Reducing Child Mortality and Improving Maternal Health: Report Posted:  In relatively little time, rapid expansion of programs to prevent HIV transmission to babies and vaccinate children can be achieved. Some of the world's poorest countries have managed to cut maternal and young child mortality rates by half or more, according to a new report from Countdown to 2015. The report, Accountability for Maternal, Newborn and Child Survival, highlights successes in improving maternal health and reducing child mortality in some ... |
| Monsoon Arrival in Kerala Results in Five Dengue Deaths Posted:  In southern India, the arrival of the monsoon has resulted in an outbreak of dengue that has claimed the lives of five people. Twenty-four cases of dengue were reported last weekend, of which 21 were in Thiruvananthapuram. Spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, dengue has grown rapidly along with urbanisation and globalisation because it thrives in tropical mega-cities and is easily spread in goods containing small puddles of water, such as used tyres. ... |
| One Million People Take Part In Gay Pride in Sao Paulo Posted:  A massive Gay Pride parade was joined by more than a million people aiming to end discrimination and support same-sex marriage rights in Brazil. Under rainy skies and cold that did not dampen many spirits, marchers waved banners like "Never going back in the closet" in the financial and industrial hub of this majority Roman Catholic country of about 196 million. "We have got to make a change in the Constitution so that we are all citizens with the same ... |
| Lead Acts to Trigger Schizophrenia: Scientists Posted:  Behaviors and structural changes in their brains consistent with schizophrenia was exhibited by mice who were engineered with a human gene for schizophrenia as well as exposed to lead during early life. Scientists at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health and the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine say their findings suggest a synergistic effect between lead exposure and a genetic risk factor, and open an avenue to better understanding the ... |
| Mosquitoes Reared in Cooler Temperatures More Susceptible to Viruses Posted:  Viral diseases such as West Nile fever and chikungunya fever which form an urban epidemic, are transmitted by infected mosquitoes. According to Virginia Tech scientists, mosquitoes reared in cooler temperatures have weaker immune systems, making them more susceptible to dangerous viruses and more likely to transmit them to people. The connection between temperature and the mosquito's immune system, published Friday (May 31, 2013) in iPLOS Neglected ... |
| Expanding Medicaid is Best Financial Option for States Posted:  According to a new RAND Corporation study, states that choose not to expand Medicaid under federal health care reform will leave millions of their residents without health insurance and increase spending, at least in the short term, on the cost of treating uninsured residents. If 14 states decide not to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act as intended by their governors, those state governments collectively will spend (Dollar) 1 billion more on uncompensated ... |
| Hong Kong Police Target Designer Knuckleduster-style Bags Posted:  Hong Kong police reported that they may seize designer handbags with knuckleduster-style handles from fashion-conscious women travelling through the city's airport. British designer firm Alexander McQueen is one of the more notable producers of the bags, which sell for up to (Dollar) 3,000 apiece and feature handles closely resembling the metal weapons, which are slipped over the fingers for a potentially deadly punch. "What we are after is not that brand of ... |
| Around 3.5 Million Years Ago, Turning Point for Early Human Diets Occurred Posted:  The old saying "You are what you eat" takes on new significance from Africa in the most comprehensive analysis to date of early human teeth. Prior to about 3.5 million years ago, early humans dined almost exclusively on leaves and fruits from trees, shrubs, and herbs-similar to modern-day gorillas and chimpanzees. However, about 3.5 million years ago, early human species like iAustralopithecus afarensis/i and iKenyanthropus platyops/i began to also nosh ... |
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