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Majority of Children Remain at Home After Maltreatment Investigation, Says Report

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A new report finds that kids who remain in the home after maltreatment investigation may require mental health interventions. However, many of those children need mental and developmental health interventions similar to children placed out of the home, and they are not receiving them. "Historically all the attention of the child welfare system has been on maltreated children placed out of the home. But the reality is that most maltreatment cases will not be substantiated, ...

'Three-quarter' Coffee: Latest Fad Among Caffeine Junkies

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Coconut Water as a Skin Tonic

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Coconut water is easily available and not too expensive with so many health benefits - that it is a win-win situation when you drink it or use it topically.

Workplace Love Likelier to Lead to Marriage, Reveals Study

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Relationships that begin in office are more likely to lead to marriage, states new study. Researchers, who conducted the study on 2,000 Britons, said because we spend so much time at work it's inevitable to form close friendships with office mates that may go on to become a relationship further on, the Daily Express reported. They said that being in a relationship where you work in the same place as your partner also means you have something in ...

Nearly 9 in 10 Kids in China Know Cigarette Logos: Study

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A new study finds that nearly nine in ten children in China can identify a cigarette logo. The study in the journal Pediatrics covered six nations -- India, Nigeria, Pakistan, Russia, as well as China -- where adult smoking rates are the highest, according to the World Health Organization. More than two thirds of the children studied (68 percent of the 2,423 participants) could identify at least one cigarette brand logo. The findings raise concerns ...

Method Used By Heart Cells To Regulate Heart Activity Discovered By Research

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New research from Western University (London, Canada) is leading to a better understanding of what happens during heart failure. This knowledge could lead to better therapeutics or a more accurate predictor of risk. The research led by Robarts Research Institute scientists Robert Gros, PhD, and Marco Prado, PhD, along with graduate student Ashbeel Roy found the heart is regulated not only by nervous systems but also by heart cells sending messages to each other through the ...

Smart Phone Photography Is Being Used By Researchers to Diagnose Eye Disease

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An essential part of any ophthalmology practice is retinal (or fundus) photography. Commercial fundus cameras can cost tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars, making the technology out of reach for smaller ophthalmic practices and to physicians in third-world countries. In a recent study now on line, Massachusetts Eye and Ear researchers describe the relatively simple technique of fundus photography in human and rabbit eyes using a smartphone, an inexpensive ...

In Post-concussion Symptoms No Age-related Differences Found By Researchers

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Fear that young athletes may fare worse after sustaining a sports-related concussion than older athletes was raised by recent scientific findings. Researchers from Vanderbilt University School of Medicine compared symptoms associated with concussion in middle/high school-age athletes with those in college-age athletes to determine whether age-related differences exist. These researchers found no significant differences between the two age groups in the number or ...

Treatment of Systemic Juvenile Arthritis Guided By Recommendations From Physicians

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Estimates from the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) reveal that there are nearly 300,000 children with juvenile arthritis and other rheumatic illnesses in the U.S. For pediatric patients with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), effective treatment for this disabling disease is imperative. New treatment recommendations that guide physicians caring for children with systemic JIA are now published in the ACR journals, iArthritis (and) Rheumatism/i and iArthritis ...

New Recommendations for Treating Obstructive Sleep Apnea Released By American College of Physicians

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New recommendations from the American College of Physicians (ACP) suggest that people diagnosed with obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) should lose weight and use continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) as initial therapy. The study can be found in iAnnals of Internal Medicine/i, ACP's flagship journal. More than 18 million American adults have sleep apnea, which increases the risk of high blood pressure, heart attack, stroke, heart failure, and diabetes and increases the ...

New Study Shows Epigenetic Process Controls Cancer-killing Cells

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Natural killer (NK) cells in the human body can kill and contain viruses and cancerous tumors. A new study from the University of Southern California (USC) describes for the first time how those cells can be manipulated by epigenetics. The discovery, detailed in the iProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences/i, paves the way for developing more effective cancer drugs. "Natural killer cells are very attractive targets for immunotherapy because they are ...

Impaired Fine Motor Skills Linked With Prenatal Exposure to Antiepileptic Drugs

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A report reveals that prenatal exposure to antiepileptic medications was associated with an increased risk of impaired fine motor skills (small muscle movements) in children at age 6 months, but breastfeeding by women taking the medications was not associated with any harmful effects on child development at ages 6 to 36 months. The report was published by iJAMA Neurology/i, a JAMA Network publication. Few studies have examined development during the first months ...

Giving Radiation Therapy to Chest Lymph Nodes in Early Breast Cancer Patients Improves Survival

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To patients with early breast cancer, giving radiation therapy to the lymph nodes located behind the breast bone and above the collar bone improves overall survival without increasing side effects. This new finding ends the uncertainty about whether the beneficial effect of radiation therapy in such patients was simply the result of irradiation of the breast area, or whether it treated cancer cells in the local lymph nodes as well, the 2013 European Cancer Congress ...

Altered Fractionation Radiotherapy Improves Survival in Head and Neck Cancer Patients

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In patients with locally advanced head and neck cancers, the use of an intensified form of radiotherapy can improve overall survival rates compared with standard radiation therapy. This is according to results from a large study to be presented at the 2013 European Cancer Congress (ECC2013) [1]. A comparison of altered fractionation radiotherapy (AFRT) with standard fractionation radiotherapy (SFRT) in a meta-analysis of more than 11,000 patients showed ...

Young Patients With Metastatic Colorectal Cancer are at High Risk of Death

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Younger patients with Metastatic Colorectal Cancer (that has spread to other parts of the body) represent a high-risk group that is less likely to respond to anti-cancer treatments. Their disease is more likely to progress and they are at greater risk of death than other age groups, according to new research to be presented to the 2013 European Cancer Congress (ECC2013) [1] today (Sunday). An analysis of 20,034 patients in 24 phase III clinical trials ...

First Miss World Winner in Philippines

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Despite Islamic protests, the first victory of the Miss World contest was celebrated in Philippines. The triumph of 23-year-old Megan Young was the main headline in major newspapers, who noted that it finally gave the Philippines a winner in all major beauty pageants after several victories in the Miss Universe and Miss International contests. President Benigno Aquino's communications secretary Ramon Carandang congratulated Young in a statement, saying ...

Mobile Phones and Their Towers Do Not Cause Cancer

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The Delhi Medical Association (DMA) rubbished reports that cancer is caused by radiation emitted from cell phones and their towers. "Radiation from mobiles and mobile towers pose no threat to the health or cause cancer as it is commonly believed," DMA president Anil Agarwal said at a press conference here. "The radiation waves are too weak too cause such a deadly disease and moreover there are no empirical findings to establish that mobile tower radiation ...

Infectious Disease Specialist may Help Patients Suffering from Severe Infections

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A new study revealed how care from an infectious diseases speciality could be helpful for patients suffering from meningitis and other severe infections. The study, which analyzed nearly 130,000 Medicare patient cases, is now available online and will be published in the December 15 issue of iClinical Infectious Disease/is. According to the data, researchers at Avalere Health and the Infectious Diseases Society of America (IDSA) found that patients treated by ...

Scientists Reduce Progression of the Most Aggressive Skin Cancers in Mice

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The c-Fos oncogene has traditionally been linked to cellular activities related to cancer, such as differentiation-conversion from one cell type to another- cell division or survival. Any alteration of these activities can set off the development of tumours, which has made c-Fos an important target for the understanding and treatment of cancer. A study led by Erwin Wagner, head of the F-BBVA-CNIO Cancer Cell Biology Programme and of the Genes, Development ...

Diabetes Linked to an Increased Risk of Suffering and Dying from Cancer

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A unique meta-analysis carried out by scientists have revealed that diabetes doesn't just increase the risk of certain cancers, but also the risk of dying from it. Dr Kirstin De Bruijn will tell the 2013 European Cancer Congress (ECC2013) [1], today (Sunday), that previous studies have examined the association between diabetes and dying from cancer but death from specific types of cancer has not been well-studied. "Our meta-analysis is the first to combine incidence ...

Older Black and Hispanic Patients Have More Risk in Post-Operative Complications

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Older black and Hispanic patients have a greater risk than white patients of developing complications following surgery. A difference that can be explained by a patients' gender and pre-existing medical conditions. These findings, which are published today in the iJournal of the American Geriatrics Society /i(iJAGS/i), indicate that efforts to carefully evaluate risk factors prior to surgery need more attention, particularly for older minority patients. ...

Socio-Economic Status may Have an Impact on Survival Rates of Certain Strokes

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Those belonging to the high socio-economic group have a 13 percent greater chance of surviving from a stroke known as subarachnoid hemorrhage than those in the lower socio-economic groups.However, social and economic status have no bearing on mortality rates for subarachnoid hemorrhages, or SAH, in Canada, according to the study led by Dr. Loch Macdonald, a neurosurgeon at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto. "The findings suggest Canada's universal, publicly funded ...

Amid Muslim Anger, Miss Philippines Crowned Miss World

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Even as hardline Muslims continue to protest against the beauty pageant, Miss Philippines was crowned as the Miss World 2013 on the Indonesian resort island of Bali on Saturday. Hundreds of Islamic radicals held a prayer session in a mosque near the capital to express their anger, while Megan Young wept as she won the coveted title on Hindu-majority Bali at the end of a three-week contest. The 23-year-old, wearing a pearl white gown, promised to be ...

Blurred Images, When Set in Motion, Become More Understandable

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Blurred images, when set in motion, become understandable. That's because of a phenomenon called "optic flow"-which may be especially relevant as a source of visual information in people with low vision, reports a study. The concept of optic flow "has important implications for understanding of the daily functioning of observers with low vision," according to the report by Jing Samantha Pan, MA, and Geoffrey P. Bingham, PhD, of Indiana University, Bloomington. ...

Chinese and Western Medicine Combination Could Lead to Development of New Cancer Treatments

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Researchers at Cardiff University's School of Medicine have joined hands with Peking University in China in hopes that combing traditional elements of Chinese medicine with western medicine could lead to development of new treatments for liver, lung, colorectal cancers and osteosarcoma of the bones. The team also set-out to examine how by combining it with more traditional methods like Chemotherapy could improve patient outcomes and potentially lead to the development ...

Checking Cell Phones in Theatre Considered the Least Acceptable Behaviour

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Checking a mobile phone during a performance is considered the least acceptable behaviour in a theatre, finds a new survey. The State of Play: Theatre UK report said that theatregoers aged 25-34 were most guilty of checking their phones during a play, the BBC reported. More than a quarter of people surveyed admitted they had done it at least once. The report said that 63 percent of the UK population attended a show last year. The ...

Study Finds Ipilimumab can Help Melanoma Patients Survive Up to 10 Years

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A new study presented at the 2013 European Cancer Congress (ECC2013) reveals that using monoclonal antibody ipilimumab in treating patients with advanced melanoma can increase their survival period up to 10 years. Professor Stephen Hodi (MD), Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (Boston, USA), told the congress: "Our findings demonstrate that there is a plateau in overall survival, which begins around the third year and extends through ...

Tropical Hanging Garden is the Backdrop for Dior 'flower Women'

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A tropical hanging garden has been conjured up as the backdrop for the spring/summer 2014 collection by Dior designer Raf Simons. Former Bond girl Olga Kurylenko, Czech model Eva Herzigova and Valerie Trierweiler, the partner of French President Francois Hollande, were among those on the front row at the show at Paris's Rodin Museum. The vast flower-filled set was described by Dior as the "experimental habitat of the new flower woman... an ordering of ...

Celebrate World Heart Day With a Blueberry Dish

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With the World Heart Day being celebrated on September 29, Gateway Hotels has come out with some active food recipes that make use of blueberry, which is high in antioxidants and can help prevent heart disease. 1. Blueberry Smoothie Ingredients: - Fresh blueberry: 100 gram - Yogurt: 150 gram - Honey: 50ml - Fresh orange juice: 30ml Method: Put all the ingredients in a food ...

Jekyll and Hyde Protein's Behaviour Decoded

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The activity and mood changes of a Jekyll and Hyde protein, which sometimes boosts tumor cell growth and sometimes suppresses it, is now explained in a study. The researchers in Britain, with collaborators in Singapore and the USA, carried out a comprehensive biological study of the protein E2F, which is abnormal in the vast majority of cancers. They were able to explain the dual natures it can take up in cells in the body, and indicate how it could be a potent target ...

Dynamics of the Mitochondria Explains Why Some People Remain Lean and Others Obese

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Becoming obese or remaining lean can depend on the dynamics of the mitochondria, the body's energy-producing 'battery', say researchers. Mitochondria are vital cellular organelles that generate and maintain proper energy levels in complex organisms. Using animal models, the Yale research team studied mitochondria in different populations of brain cells known to be involved in the regulation of appetite. The team found that during the transition from ...

Unemployed and Jobless People are Addicted to Smoking

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Nearly 40 percent of jobless people are addicted to smoking, a new study revealed. Young people, who are jobless, are likelier to smoke, with more than 50 percent of unemployed 25- to 34-year-olds craving the nicotine drag, Metro.co.uk reported. The Office for National Statistics found that the number of Britons, who smoke, has barely changed since 2007, when smoking was banned and the legal age for buying cigarettes rose to 18. Their report ...

Report Reveals Worst Online Dating Profile Ever

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A website that specifies the type of girl that he wants has been created by a wedding photographer from the US. According to Culture Map, Larry Busby, 39, created a website called Sleepless in Austin listing all his requirements for would-be matchmakers. Some of Busby's criteria include that the lady applying should be thin and white. He has written that she has to be below 130 lbs (59 kilos), aged 21-41 White, Hispanic, or of European descent, ...

Couples are Happiest in Their Third Year of Marriage

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The third year of a marriage is happiest for both the individuals while the fifth year is the toughest, a new study in Britain reveals. The research by a British law firm found that most of the respondents described their first year as a 'whirlwind of wedded bliss', while the third year of marriage was said to be the happiest of all as couples, News.com.au reported. The study of 2000 married people found that couples reported the fifth year as the most ...

Need for Creating Awareness of Treating Sore Throats

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Researchers led by Dr Liesl Zuhlke and Dr Mark E Engel from the University of Cape Town in South Africa have underlined the importance of creating awareness of treating sore throat caused by group A streptococcal (GAS) infection, especially in resource-limited conditions, as they could be a precursor to acute rheumatic fever (ARF) or rheumatic heart disease RHD. They said that the importance of these efforts needs to be recognised and barriers to awareness and education ...

Man Controls Bionic Leg With His Thoughts

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After losing his leg below the knee in a motorcycle accident, a man now controls his bionic leg with his thoughts! While similar technology has allowed amputees to control bionic arms with their thoughts, 32-year-old Zac Vawter is the first amputee with a thought-controlled bionic leg, the researchers said. The robotic leg-which decodes the electrical signals traveling through Vawter's remaining leg muscle-not only interprets the patient's intended movements, ...

Coffee Addict Teens may Turn into Nervous Adults

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Youngsters who drink too much coffee in their teens, could potentially turn out as nervous and timid adults, warn experts. According to researchers, just three cups of coffee daily may be enough to make teens cautious in later life, Metro.co.uk reported. Dr Reto Huber, who led the research in Zurich, said that the brain of a child was 'extremely plastic' when maturing, and so could be vulnerable to effects from caffeine, which is also found in tea and ...

Words That Refer to Big Things are Processed Faster by Brain

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Size does matter, at least for the brain, as a new study found that the processing speed of the brain is faster if the words refer to big things and slower when referring to small things. According to the experts, big words like "ocean" and "dinosaur" were read more quickly than small ones like "apple" and "cigarette," the Scotsman reported. They also found that abstract words which are used for big, impressive things, like "greed" and "paradise" are ...

Borderland Villagers Suffer from Increased Mental Distress Due to Indo-Pak Conflict

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Villagers living close to the international border between India and Pakistan are bearing the brunt of the incessant conflict between the two countries leading to increased mental distress. Located twenty nine kilometres from the winter capital of the northernmost Indian state Jammu and Kashmir, the residents of Subdivision Akhnoor are the direct recipients of any movement that takes place at the International border which is a stone's throw away from its villages. ...

Cocaine Exposure Before Birth may Impact Brain Development

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Prenatal cocaine exposure may have a bunch of negative impacts on the baby's brain development and behavior. Researchers from the Yale University School of Medicine led by Dr. Rajita Sinha, conducted a study to evaluate the gray matter differences and likelihood of substance use in adolescents who were cocaine-exposed prenatally versus those who were not. For the study, the researchers recruited 42 adolescents between the ages of 14 and 17, exposed in ...

Novel Tool for Measuring Quality and Outcomes Developed by Colorectal Surgeons

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The demand for making improvements in the quality and measurement of health care outcomes has been increasing since the publication of a report titled "To Err is Human" by the Institute of Medicine in 2000. The report had called for a reduction in preventable medical errors. Although many measures have been developed, they tend to be complex, labor intensive, have an unclear relationship with improved outcomes, and concentrate on processes of care rather than clinical ...

Greenland Sea Warming Faster Than Global Oceans: Study

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Recent warming of the Greenland Sea Deep Water is about ten times higher than warming rates estimated for the global ocean, says researchers. For their study, they analysed temperature data from 1950 to 2010 in the abyssal Greenland Sea, which is an ocean area located just to the south of the Arctic Ocean. Since 1993, oceanographers from the Alfred Wegener Institute, Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI), have carried out regularly expeditions ...

Researchers are Developing A Genetic Map for Complex Diseases

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Researchers at University of Chicago have made use of diseases with known genetic causes to conduct one of the most expansive analyses of genetic factors at play in complex diseases. Now, scientists from the University of Chicago have created one of the most expansive analyses to date of the genetic factors at play in complex diseases-by using diseases with known genetic causes to guide them. Analyzing more than 120 million patient records and identifying trends ...

New Cancer Clue Unearthed in Study of "Sister" Stem Cells

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A new study funded by The Institute of Cancer Research, London has identified dramatic differences in the gene expression levels between apparently identical 'sister' pairs by examining individual stem cells with the help of a brand new technique, according to a report published in the journal Stem Cell Reports. It provides the latest evidence that despite having identical DNA, sister stem cells can display considerable differences in their molecular characteristics. ...

Study Sheds Light on Using One Language to Relearn Another

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Bilingualism is becoming more and more frequent and is considered a plus in this era of widespread globalization. However, can this skill turn into a disadvantage, when someone acquires aphasia? More precisely, if a bilingual person suffers brain damage (i.e. stroke, head trauma, dementia) and this results in a language impairment called aphasia, then the two languages can be disrupted, thus increasing the challenge of language rehabilitation. According to Dr. Ana ...

Human Brain 'Lights Up' While Expecting a Treat

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Expecting a reward or punishment can affect brain activity in areas responsible for processing different senses, including sight or touch, reveals a new study. For example, research shows that these brain regions light up on brain scans when humans are expecting a treat. However, researchers know less about what happens when the reward is actually received-or an expected reward is denied. To get a better grasp on how the brain behaves when people who ...

Health Care Innovations may Save the Lives of Millions

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If health care innovations were to be provided to low-resource countries, they could save the lives of around 1.2 million mothers and children by the year 2015.. Right now the annual global death toll of mothers and children under 5 is 6.9 million. Between 2016-2020, these innovations have the potential to save the lives of nearly 7.5 million women and children. The ten, identified by international experts from hundreds of candidates, are ...

Poor Sanitation a 'Significant Failure' of Indian Society

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Stating that malnutrition in children was linked to lack of proper sanitation, Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh said poor sanitation was the one "significant failures" of Indian society. "The sanitation story is unfortunately depressing. At least two-thirds households (in rural areas) are indulging in open defecation," Ramesh said, releasing a report on rural development here. He said that physical infrastructure in rural areas has seen a significant ...

Brazilian Family Has Seven Tigers as Members

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Media reports indicate that a Brazilian family has given shelter to seven tigers in their own house. Ary Borges had rescued two of the tigers from a circus eight years ago and has since multiplied the endangered species in his home in Brazil, the Daily Express reported. The 43-year old animal lover, who was worried about the plight of endangered tigers, has made a garden sanctuary for the striped man-eaters, who also enjoy a swim with the family in their ...

Smartphone 'Code of Conduct' Backed by Tourist Operators in Australia's Sunshine Coast

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A new 'smartphone code of conduct' has been issued by Australia's Sunshine Coast in order to help visitors better enjoy their holiday on the popular tourist destination. Sunshine Coast Destination Limited (SCDL) CEO Simon Ambrose said that the region's tourism operators are backing the code because they are finding it increasingly difficult to communicate with visitors who are smartphone-addicts. Ambrose said that it is a bit disconcerting when people ...

New 3D Models Show Chromosome Structure is More Complex Than a Simple X Shape

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A joint study conducted by researchers at Babraham Institute, University of Cambridge and the Weizmann Institute has developed new 3D models that accurately show chromosomes' shape, which is more complex than the popular X-shaped blob, and how the DNA within them folds up. The X-shape, often used to describe chromosomes, is only a snapshot of their complexity. Dr Peter Fraser of the Babraham Institute explains: "The image of a chromosome, an X-shaped ...

Four in Five Britons Have No Idea Who Wrote Hamlet

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Just over 10 percent of Britons have read a book over the last year, while only one in five know that Hamlet was written by William Shakespeare, a new survey reveals. James Endersby, managing director of Opinium Research, which conducted the poll, said that for many people reading has become a luxury and something they cannot commit a great deal of time to. Reasons for failing to take classic literature beyond the school gates include lack of time ...

Smell is Enough to Raise Competitiveness Among Women

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The smell of a woman who is close to ovulation is enough to stimulate the testosterone levels and desire to compete among other women, a new study reveals. Lead author Jon Maner, a Florida State University psychologist, told Discovery News that it could be speculated that women exposed to scent of ovulation may become more antagonistic or competitive. Maner and co-author James McNulty measured at the levels of testosterone of women before and after ...

Report Says Heart Disease Kills 17.3 Million Each Year

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A new report reveals that cardiovascular diseases cause 17.3 million deaths each year worldwide, and by 2030 it is expected that 23 million people will die from cardiovascular diseases annually. Sunday is being observed as World Heart Day. Every year since 2000, Sep 29 has been observed by the World Heart Federation as World Heart Day to spread awareness about the rising instance of heart disease. "Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), including heart ...