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Clues for Fighting Aggressive Cancers Found in a Study Involving Twin Sisters

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A novel molecular target that could show a way to treat recurring and deadly malignancies has been identified by an international team of researchers, on analyzing the genomes of twin 3-year-old sisters, one healthy and one with aggressive leukemia. Scientists in China and the United States report their findings online Feb. 9 in iNature Genetics/i. The study points to a molecular pathway involving a gene called SETD2, which can mutate in blood cells during a ...

Best Healthy Snacks to Grab

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You tend to lose your alertness after your lunch, and you may reach out for a cup of coffee. Leave that aside and consume sin-free food items like raw vegetables with hummus, oatmeal and organic nut bars. Geeta Bector, marketing director and chief tasting officer of Cremica, shares a list of snacks that are in favour of your body: * Raw vegetables with hummus: Raw vegetables like carrots and cucumbers, contain life-enhancing enzymes, which are destroyed ...

Preterm Labor Now Preventable Thanks to a 'Blue Light'

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A new and innovative way to prevent preterm labor is now being developed by a team of scientists. Associate Professor James Olcese is developing goggles - he's calling them light emitting devices - that could intermittently flash a blue light at a sleeping pregnant mother at risk for preterm labor. That flash of light could cause a drop in the brain hormone melatonin, which is tied to contractions. Ideally, the contractions would slow down ...

Maternity Costs Will Decrease With the New Health Law

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Maternity coverage has always been a critical part of health insurance for women. The Federal law wants it included in employer group insurance plans. Medicaid has also included it to act as a safety net for pregnant uninsured women to take care of the labor and delivery for women. Now thousands of people in the individual insurance market in Tennessee market have a gap where the maternity coverage is concerned and can end up paying hundreds of dollars monthly. ...

Tooth Decay Risk Higher in Children Exposed to Second-Hand Smoke

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A higher risk of tooth decay is observed in children who are exposed to second-hand smoke, researchers claim David Leader, D.M.D., M.P.H. of Tufts University is available to explain the possible relationship between second-hand smoke and an increased risk of cavities among children who still have their primary "baby" teeth. According to Healthy People 2020, approximately 33 percent of children between the ages of three and five years old, and nearly ...

Artificial Bones Could Now Help Construct Future Spaceships

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Using a high-tech 3D printer, scientists have now constructed a strong yet lightweight material inspired by the human bones. The study may pave the way for future super-light materials which can be used in microfluidics devices or to make lighter (and thus cheaper) spacecraft, Stuff.co.nz reported. Lead author Jens Bauer, a mechanical engineer at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, said that it's a long-standing aim in engineering to create new materials ...

Global Warming Blamed for Recent Storms in UK

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Climate change may be an important contributing factor when it comes to the extreme weather that hit UK in the recent months, scientists believe. Dame Julia Slingo said that the variable UK climate meant there was "no definitive answer" to what caused the storms. However, she added that all the evidence suggests there is a link to climate change, the BBC reported. More than 130 severe flood warnings - indicating a threat to life - have been ...

Egypt Swine Flu Toll Touches 38 in Over 2 Months

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Swine flu toll in Egypt has touched 38 since December last, according to the health ministry. Since December 1, out of 3,39,483 detected cases, 318 were diagnosed with the H1N1 virus. Health ministry spokesperson Dr Ahmed Kamel said a sample is taken from suspected cases and sent to health ministry laboratories and the World Health Organisation (WHO) for analysis. The ministry also added that 80 per cent of the victims came under the high-risk category. ...

Heart-shaped Islands to Explore This Valentine's Day

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Plan a special trip with your Valentine to islands that appear like hearts. "If you're looking to really impress your Valentine this year try planning a trip to one of mother nature's own heart-shaped productions," Joachim Holte, chief marketing Officer of travel metasearch site Wego, said in a statement. "Naturally occurring islands and lakes shaped as one of love's greatest symbols appear in more locations around the world than most realise. ...

Advanced Approach to Identify New Drug Candidates from Genome Sequence Invented

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A potentially general approach to design drugs from genome sequence has been developed by scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) in a research that could ultimately lead to many new medicines. As a proof of principle, they identified a highly potent compound that causes cancer cells to attack themselves and die. "This is the first time therapeutic small molecules have been rationally designed from only an RNA sequence-something ...

Optogenetic Toolkit Now Comes in Multicolor

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Optogenetics, a technique to control neurons' electrical activity with light by engineering them to express light-sensitive proteins, has become a very powerful tool for discovering the functions of brain cells, . Most of these light-sensitive proteins, known as opsins, respond to light in the blue-green range. Now, a team led by MIT has discovered an opsin that is sensitive to red light, which allows researchers to independently control the activity of two populations ...

Obese People Breathe in More Air Pollutants: Study

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People who are obese or overweight can breathe 7-50 per cent more air per day than an adult with healthy weight, reveals research. Higher inhalation rates among overweight or obese people make them more vulnerable to air contaminants causing asthma and other pulmonary diseases. The study was conducted by Dr. Pierre Brochu, a professor at Universite de Montreal's School of Public Health. For overweight or obese children, daily inhalation rates are ...

New Marketing Ideas for the Kenyan Running Town

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The modest red-dirt Rift Valley of Kenya has been the training destination for most of the world's elite runners and is now hopes to be as big a cash draw as Kenya's safaris and beaches. Take a tour around the small Kenyan town of Iten and the scene is something of a who's who of the athletics world. Olympic gold medalists, world record holders as well as the stars of tomorrow are all being drawn to the modest red-dirt Rift Valley destination, fast ...

Gene Expression Profiling Score Predicts Heart Transplant Survival

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Heart transplantation, i.e. replacement of a failing heart with a heart from a suitable donor, continues to be the "gold standard" treatment for end-stage heart failure. The procedure's success rate has so improved today that patients are living 20 years or more post-surgery. One of the most important complications of a href="http:www.medindia.net/articles/article5.asp" target="_blank" class="vcontentshlink"heart transplantation/a is the rejection ...

Germany's Rich and Famous in Taxman's Scrutiny

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Many of the Germany's rich, powerful and famous have been scrutinized and taxman has found out about their Swiss bank accounts. A football legend, a feminist icon and several politicians have issued rueful apologies recently for stashing away their wealth abroad, out of sight of the authorities. Amid the spate of cases, the public perception of tax-dodging is shifting from that of a naughty but common misdemeanor to a crime and a moral assault on fair ...

Smoking Ups Breast Cancer Risk

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Young women who smoke have a higher risk of developing the most common type of breast cancer, finds study published in iCancer/i. The study indicates that an increased risk of breast cancer may be another health risk incurred by young women who smoke. The majority of recent studies evaluating the relationship between smoking and breast cancer risk among young women have found that smoking is linked with an increased risk; however, few studies have evaluated ...

Seven New Genetic Regions Linked to Type 2 Diabetes Discovered

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Scientists have identified seven novel genetic regions associated with type 2 diabetes. DNA data was brought together from more than 48,000 patients and 139,000 healthy controls from four different ethnic groups. The research was conducted by an international consortium of investigators from 20 countries on four continents, co-led by investigators from Oxford University's Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics. The majority of such 'genome-wide ...

You can Chat With Departed Souls in Virtual Space

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Is it possible to communicate with dead ones like a Skype chat from the past? Yes, but we have to believe researchers from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. A new startup from MIT's entrepreneurship development program is offering you to simply become immortal via your computer. To be launched soon, the web service called www.eterni.me would digitally reconstruct a person's personality after he/she dies. "Eterni.me collects almost ...

Let Frozen Food Stay in Microwave for Safe and Healthy Eating

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If you think frozen meals are ready to eat and just need to be reheated in microwaves, think twice. Rather, let the meal stand for the recommended time in the microwave before you start eating, shows new research. An investigation into a case where 44 people got food poisoning after eating frozen chicken-and-rice meals in 18 states in the US revealed that the outbreak of Salmonella bacteria - that caused food poisoning - was owing to "improperly" microwaving ...

NRI Makes Cancer Treatment Affordable in India

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Four years ago, moved by an insight gained during a vacation in India, a British citizen of Indian origin has launched an initiative that provides 22 hospitals across the country with the latest medical equipment to make cancer treatment accessible and affordable. Shashi Kant Baliyan, who is in India for three years, recalls how his Diwali holiday here took a new turn after he attended a medical conference in Hisar in Haryana in 2009 with a friend, a radiation ...

Natural Make Up Tips for This Season Revealed

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Every season brings with it a new fresh look and this time it ranges from wearing natural makeup, warm autumn colours and bright pink lipstick. Rod Anker, Director of Monsoon Salon and Spa has advised a few must try looks for this season, adding that makeup is the finishing touch to one's look. Wearing natural make up has remained the main trend of almost all past years, as it allows an individual to show their natural beauty and always look fresh. ...

Eye Tests: a Must for Diabetics

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In India, the government must make eye tests compulsory for diabetics to prevent growing blindness, a leading doctor told an ophthalmology convention that ended here. Quresh Masketi, president of the All India Ophthalmological Society, made the suggestion at the four-day meet, a conference spokesman told IANS. The doctor said due to lack of knowledge, many diabetics were losing sight and developing complications as they were not getting their eyes ...

Dietary Supplement can Boost Older Adults' Brain

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A nutritional supplement high in natural components and antioxidants can help boost the speed at which the brains of older adults process information. A decline in the underlying brain skills needed to think, remember and learn is normal in ageing. The nutritional supplement, containing extracts from blueberries and green tea combined with vitamin D3 and amino acids - including carnosine - is developed by researchers at the University of South Florida. ...

Creative Director of Balenciaga Hauls Brooklyn into New York Fashion Week

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By hosting its first couture catwalk show in fashion week, for decades the poor cousin of Manhattan, Brooklyn cemented its growing status as the hip soul of New York. Alexander Wang, creative director of Balenciaga, unveiled his hotly anticipated collection on Saturday at the same Brooklyn Naval Yard venue chosen by Lady Gaga for her recent album launch. Wang turned the Duggal Greenhouse into a futuristic set with metallic pillars and a rotating stage ...

Polygamy Thrives in Utah Countryside

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Breakfast is a military operation for the Dargers, with 17 of their 25 children still living at home. As organized chaos unfolds at the family home in the Utah countryside outside Salt Lake City, the parents come to help out. Alina is the first, followed by her "sister wives" Vicki and Valerie, and finally their husband Joe. The Dargers are members of a polygamous marriage, a lifestyle they say is endorsed by their fundamentalist Mormon ...

Mosquito Sperm Have Sense of Smell: Research

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In mosquito sperm, researchers have claimed to have detected a suite of specialized chemical sensors called odorant receptors (ORs). They say that these are the same as the sensors that play a central role in the mosquito's olfactory system, which is found on the insect's antennae. The researchers found that the odorant receptors in the sperm are expressed along their tails where they drive the rapid increase in the movement (beating) of the sperm tails. ...

Gastric Bypass Surgeries Could at Greater Risk of Up Alcohol Dependency Risk

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Patients who undergo bypass operations could be at greater risk of drunkenness and alcohol dependency, find researchers. Bariatric or obesity surgery, where patients' stomachs are radically reduced in size, also changes the way the body processes alcohol, they said. Drinking after a surgical procedure can result in drunkenness within minutes of swallowing. The surgery may also affect a patient's body chemistry, making the drinking more rewarding and ...

How Working at Your Desk at the Office can Ruin Your Health

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All day long, sitting and working at your desk at the office can take a toll on your health and leave you with many nagging aches here and there. According to University of California's David Rempel, you could be suffering from a painful variation of tendonitis if there is a sharp pain at the base of your thumb and the inside of your hand when you turn your wrist, grasp a handle or make a fist and it can be made worse by a sticky or unresponsive to a light touch ...

In Human ALS Model, Toxin from Brain Cells Triggers Neuron Loss

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In most cases of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), or Lou Gehrig's disease, a toxin released by cells that normally nurture neurons in the brain and spinal cord can trigger loss of the nerve cells affected in the disease. Columbia researchers reports this in the online edition of the journal iNeuron/i. The toxin is produced by star-shaped cells called astrocytes and kills nearby motor neurons. In ALS, the death of motor neurons causes a loss ...

Chinese Researchers Take Another Step Closer to Developing Bird Flu Vaccine

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Chinese researchers in Shanghai revealed that they have been able to achieve preliminary success in developing a bird flu vaccine, offering hope to a country that is seeing a sharp rise in humans being diagnosed with the H7N9 virus. Officials with Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center said that their genetically-engineered vaccine has passed the preliminary animal tests on mice, Xinhua reported. The vaccine, however, will have to go through a clinical ...

First Public Buses Launched in Cambodian Capital of Phnom Penh in Over a Decade

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Public transport could provide a major relief for commuters on packed roads in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh with the government unveiling its first public buses in over a decade. Cambodia is lagging behind many of its Southeast Asian neighbours who long ago turned to public transport in a bid to ease traffic gridlock in major cities. The last time the kingdom tried to introduce public buses in the capital Phnom Penh in 2001, they were a flop. ...

Rival Christian Faiths Come Together to Restore Church of Nativity

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Different Christian faiths in Bethlehem have forgotten their rivalries and are working towards achieving a common goal, restoring the ancient basilica of the Church of the Nativity. Built in the fourth century by the Roman Emperor Constantine and restored by Justinian after a fire in the sixth century, the shrine over the cave where Jesus is believed to have been born is undergoing a major renovation. The project, which will see the entire church restored, ...

Indian-Origin Doctor Implants First Leadless Pacemaker into a Patient in the US

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An Indian-origin doctor performed the first procedure in the United States in which a miniature-sized, leadless cardiac pacemaker was implanted inside a patient's heart without the need for a surgery. The leads-free pacemaker is implanted by a cardiac electrophysiologist directly inside the heart during a catheter-guided procedure through the groin via the femoral vein. The device, resembling a small, metal silver tube, is only a few centimeters in ...

New Crowd Prediction Models can Help Avoid Stampedes in Real World

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Researchers led by PhD student Vaisagh Viswanathan from Nanyang Technological University in Singapore have developed a new model for crowd dynamics prediction and suggested that these models could prove to be viable decision-making tools in safety preparation and planning concerning real-world human crowds. Viswanthan and colleagues adopted a quantitative study comparing the simulated congestion flow rates, among other things, of three so-called bottom-up models. ...

Researchers Attempt to Explain How Animal Defenses Evolved

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Researchers led by Tim Caro of the University of California, Davis, California State University's Theodore Stankowich and geographer Paul Haverkamp analyzed data of more than 181 species of carnivores to determine how animal defenses evolved over centuries. They ran a comparison of every possible predator-prey combination, correcting for a variety of natural history factors, to create a potential risk value that estimates the strength of natural selection due to ...

Government Figures Rank Sikkim in First Place With Regards to Sanitation and Drinking Water Coverage

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New figures released by the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation rank Sikkim in the first place in implementing the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan, and providing 100 percent sanitation coverage to more than 610,000 inhabitants. The state has also sensitized people to adopt a holistic approach in improving sanitation and hygiene to ensure overall development and a healthy environment in the state. Sikkim has constructed 98043 individual household latrines ...