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Gallbladder Surgery

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The major reasons for doing gallbladder surgery are gallstones and abnormal functioning of the gall bladder.

Childhood Obesity Linked to Appetite

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A more rapid infant growth and genetic predisposition to obesity is noticed in kids who have a heartier appetite; a new study found. The studies investigated how weight gain is linked to two key aspects of appetite, namely lower satiety responsiveness (a reduced urge to eat in response to internal 'fullness' signals) and higher food responsiveness (an increased urge to eat in response to the sight or smell of nice food). The first paper reveals that infants with ...

Alzheimer's Disease: Detection and Treatment

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The progress that marks Alzheimer's disease can not be marked by any kind of progress that the medical community seeks. It is the most common form of dementia among older Americans, and its risk increases with increasing age; for those living with the disease, its ravages get worse over time; and as we move into the 21st century, it will place a greater and greater burden on society. The number of Americans living with Alzheimer's has doubled since 1980 and is expected to triple ...

Better Not to Combine Protein and Carbohydrates in Diet- New Study

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The concept of a healthy balanced diet may be rewritten. Mixed meals of proteins, fats and carbohydrates may be associated with obesity, suggests a new study;a a href="http:www.medindia.net/nutrition-data/nutrients/low-protein-foods.htm" target="_blank" class="vcontentshlink"high protein/a only or a href="http:www.medindia.net/nutrition-data/nutrients/carbohydrate-rich-foods.htm" target="_blank" class="vcontentshlink"high carbohydrate /a only diet is more ...

Stress Hormones Linked to Market Crisis!

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High levels of cortisol- a stress hormone, can be linked to irrational pessimism and risk aversion in bankers, which may cause financial crisis, a new study found. The study's authors say that risk takers in the financial world exhibit risk averse behaviour during periods of extreme market volatility - just when a crashing market most needs them to take risks - and that this change in their appetite for risk may be "physiologically-driven", specifically by the ...

Schumacher's Injury Due to Smashing Head into a Bolder 34 Feet Down Mountain

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Formula One legend Michael Schumacher had reportedly lost control on hitting a rock and fell 34 feet down the mountain before smashing his head into a bolder and the investigators ruled out any criminal wrong going in the freak accident. Seven weeks ago, the German seven-time world champion suffered his life-threatening accident while skiing with his son in the French Alpine resort of Meribel, where he owns a chalet, and since then he remains in intensive care as ...

Football Helmets may Show Little Efficiency in Preventing Concussions

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A new study has found that football helmets may actually not be helpful in preventing brain injury and encephalopathy which may occur due to field injuries. The study released today will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 66th Annual Meeting in Philadelphia, April 26 to May 3, 2014. "Protection against concussion and complications of brain injury is especially important for young players, including elementary and middle school, high school and ...

New Ways to Treat Depression Discovered

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Scientists have claimed to have discovered new and different methods to treat depression. Depression treatments on the horizon include new medications, electrical and magnetic stimulation of the brain and long-term cognitive behavioral therapy for stress management. For more than 50 years, depression has been studied and understood as a deficiency of chemical messengers, called neurotransmitters, which carry signals between brain cells. Commonly ...

Babies' Good Appetite Signs Directly Related to Obesity: Study

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Infants who exhibited good appetite traits were more likely to turn obese later in life, claims a new study. According to a paper presented by Professor Jane Wardle of University College London, England, and colleagues, infants with a good appetite "grew more rapidly up to age 15 months, potentially putting them at increased risk for obesity". A second study revealed that 10-year-old children who continued to eat in spite of being full or in other words ...

Key to Living Longer Lies in Regular Exercise and Social Contact

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Social contact and regular exercise are key to healthy and happy aging and living a longer life, according to newly presented research. In fact, feeling extremely lonely can increase an older person's chances of premature death by 14 percent, an impact nearly as strong as that of a disadvantaged socioeconomic status, according to John Cacioppo, psychology professor at the University of Chicago. He noted that a meta-analysis of several studies published ...

Hand-crafted Romantic Dress Collection from Burberry, London

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Burberry Prorsum have come up with a romantic, hand-crafted collection of flowing dresses worn with embroidered shearling coats and cozy cashmere blankets at London Fashion Week on Monday. The luxury British label matched revealing frocks in printed silks, lace and sheer fabrics with thick plaid ponchos and coats as well as printed scarves, worn long and belted at the waist, protecting the models' modesty. "The mood of the show was this kind of slightly ...

Age-Old Wedding Rites Given Importance by Bulgarian Minority

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Ribnovo, a village nestled in the southern Rhodope Mountains and shelters Bulgaria's rural Pomak minority, is keeping its traditions alive in spite of the efforts of the communists to stamp it out of them. Nestled in the southern snow-capped Rhodope Mountains, each winter Ribnovo rolls back the centuries for workers returning from construction and farming jobs in Germany, Britain or Israel to tie the knot in extraordinary Muslim weddings. For happy couple ...

Potential Target Found for Treating Triple-Negative Breast Cancer

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A protein that fuels an inflammatory pathway does not turn off in breast cancer, but increases the cancer stem cells and this finding provides a potential target for treating triple negative breast cancer, the most aggressive form of the disease, reveals a research from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center and Georgia Regents University. The researchers identified a protein, SOCS3, that is highly expressed in normal cells but undetectable in triple-negative ...

Tourists from China Bring Hong Kong Disneyland to a Record Profit

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The increasing number of tourists from mainland China at Hong Kong Disneyland creates a record profit on Monday and a third hotel would be built in the theme park to meet the demand. The once-struggling park said profit more than doubled to HK (Dollar) 242 million (US (Dollar) 31.2 million) in the last fiscal year that ended September, compared with US (Dollar) 14.06 million in the same period of 2012, with a record attendance of 7.4 million visitors. It said the increase in attendance ...

Increased Use of Industrial Chemicals Hampering Children's Brain Development: Study

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Everyday items such as food, toys and clothes are bringing children closer to toxic chemicals, thus leading to brain development problems like autism, dyslexia and hyperactivity, says a new study. The research revealed that items on the list of industrial chemicals known to damage human brain had risen from 202 to 214. It said even infants and unborn children are not left untouched by these toxic chemicals. Children who are affected by these toxic substances usually ...

Jewish Member of 'Monument Men' Accepts Medal from German Hometown

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A Jewish, who is a member of the "Monuments Men", a team of experts who rescued Nazi-looted artworks during World War II, accepted a medal from his German hometown at the weekend, reported media on Sunday. Harry Ettlinger, 88, who had already attended a red-carpet screening of George Clooney's new "The Monuments Men" movie about the group at the Berlin film festival last week, received the so-called Staufer Medal at an art museum in Karlsruhe, southwestern Germany. ...

Bill Payments Stress Makes Men Thinner and Women Fatter

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Women who have difficulty paying household bills are more likely to be obese than men who are responsible for payments, found a team of researchers. The new study by researchers in Lafayette College's department of economics sheds new light on differences between men and women living under the strains of debt. "It's no secret that there is a substantial correlation between household debt and health," Susan Averett, economics professor at Lafayette, notes ...

Electric Fish Inspires Scientists to Make Underwater Robots

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Inspired by Amazon electric fish, scientists are planning to develop underwater robots that could help in studying coral reefs or investigate sunken ships. The weakly electric black ghost knifefish of the Amazon basin has inspired Northwestern University's Malcolm MacIver and an interdisciplinary team of researchers to develop agile fish robots that could lead to a vast improvement in underwater vehicles used to study fragile coral reefs, repair damaged deep-sea ...

Wonder Pill to Keep You Slim, Avoid Diabetes and Ward Off Old Age, Coming Soon

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A pill that could help people lose weight, avoid diabetes and even hold off the effects of old age is being created by a team of researchers. The pill being developed by the team from Aston University in Birmingham is based on the discovery of a hormone released after exercise, which can reprogramme fat cells to burn energy instead of storing it, the Daily express reported. Researchers have found that the hormone, known as Irisin, can "predict" ...

Study Shows How Our Brain Remembers Dreams

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Brain activity of dreamers has been studied by a team of researchers. The team led by Perrine Ruby, an Inserm Research Fellow at the Lyon Neuroscience Research Center found that the temporo-parietal junction, an information-processing hub in the brain, is more active in high dream recallers. Increased activity in this brain region might facilitate attention orienting toward external stimuli and promote intrasleep wakefulness, thereby facilitating ...

Mechanism of Dengue Virus Entry into Cells Identified

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New research work offers insight into the mechanism of dengue virus entry into cells -- and aid vaccine and clinical drug development. Dengue fever, an infectious tropical disease caused by a mosquito-borne virus, afflicts millions of people each year, causing fever, headache, muscle and joint pains and a characteristic skin rash. In some people the disease progresses to a severe, often fatal, form known as dengue hemorrhagic fever. Despite its heavy toll, the ...

FDA Warns About Dangerous Fake L-citrulline in Market

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The US government has asked doctors and patients to be careful and not use fake supplement L-citrulline. The US Food and Drug Administration said on Saturday that in certain lots the drug was totally missing from the supplement. Sold by Medisca Inc, supplement L-citrulline is used to treat genetic disorders primarily found in children. The company has already recalled eight such fake lots. L-citrulline contains amino acid which treats urea cycle disorders. ...

Years of Bullying may Leave a Negative Impact on a Child's Health

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The severity and the lasting effect on a child's health depends on the length of the period of time the child is bullied, reveals a new study from Boston Children's Hospital, published online Feb. 17 in iPediatrics/i. The study is the first to examine the compounding effects of bullying from elementary school to high school. "Our research shows that long-term bullying has a severe impact on a child's overall health, and that its negative effects can accumulate ...

Saudi Records 60th MERS Coronavirus Death

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Saudi health authorities have recorded the death of a young man from the MERS coronavirus, this being the 60th death in the kingdom from the respiratory disease. The health ministry website said the latest victim of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome in the country is a 22-year-old who was also suffering from cancer. Saudi Arabia, the country worst hit by MERS, has recorded 145 cases, of which 60 have now proved fatal, since the virus first appeared in ...

First Private Security Firm Opened by Gaza Bodyguards

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A newly-formed team of bodyguards come together to form, "Secure Land", a security firm whose mandate covers everything from minding VIPs, securing hotels and businesses to ensuring the safe delivery of cash in transit. As hoards of excited fans scramble to reach Arab Idol winner Mohammed Assaf, they are pushed back by a group of tough-looking men in shades - the face of Gaza's first private security firm. Guarding the young singer on a rare trip back ...

More Baby Safe Havens on the Anvil in China

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State media is reporting that China will provide safe havens for parents to abandon unwanted children across most of the country. The country has set up 25 so-called baby hatches in 10 provinces and major cities since June 2011, the official Xinhua news agency said Sunday. More will be built in another 18 regions, it added, citing the China Centre for Children's Welfare and Adoption (CCCWA). The havens usually have an incubator, a delayed alarm device, ...

Study Says Religious People More Likely to Feel Addicted to Porn Than Less Spiritual Peers

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Religious people are more likely to have a perceived internet pornography addiction, when compared with their less spiritual peers, says a new study. The study's lead author Joshua Grubbs, a doctoral student in psychology at Case Western Reserve University, said that they were surprised that the amount of viewing did not impact the perception of addiction, but strong moral beliefs did. In three studies, Grubbs polled people about their strength of faith, ...

Researchers Solve Puzzle of Bacterial Superbug Protein Structure

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The 3-D structure of a protein that confers antibiotic resistance from a strain of bacteria called methicillin-resistant iStaphylococcus aureus/i (MRSA) has been deciphered by a research team from Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn. The Vanderbilt team's findings may be an important step in combatting the MRSA public health threat over the next 5 to 10 years. By deciphering the shape of a key iS. aureus/i protein -- an enzyme ...

Recent Research Highlights Global Perspectives on Human Biology and Health

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Recent research in biological anthropology will be highlighted by three anthropology professors from the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Chicago. The presentations, part of the symposium "Comparative Advantage: Global Perspectives on Human Biology and Health" will be held from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. in Crystal Ballroom A at the Hyatt Regency Chicago. ...

Cancer Migration Mechanism Hijacked by Researchers to "Move" Brain Tumors

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Glioblastomas or brain tumors are difficult to treat mainly because malignant cells from the tumors spread throughout the brain via nerve fibers and blood vessels to invade new locations. Now, researchers have learned to hijack this migratory mechanism, turning it against the cancer by using a film of nanofibers thinner than human hair to lure tumor cells away. Instead of invading new areas, the migrating cells latch onto the specially-designed nanofibers ...

Research to Shed Light on What is Known About the Pathway to Aging Well

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During the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) annual meeting in Chicago, Daniel K. Mroczek, professor of psychology and professor of medical social sciences in the Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences at Northwestern University, will discuss his research at a symposium on resilient aging. The interdisciplinary symposium "The Science of Resilient Aging" will be held from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 16, in Grand Ballroom A in the Hyatt ...

Researchers Strive to Unlock Mysteries of the Brain

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From quite sometime now, it is quite clear that understanding the human brain is one of the greatest challenges facing 21st century science. If we can rise to this challenge, we will gain profound insights into what makes us human, develop new treatments for brain diseases, and build revolutionary new computing technologies that will have far reaching effects, not only in neuroscience. Scientists at the European Human Brain Project-set to announce more ...

Expert Says Over 5,000 Cubans Received Stem Cell Treatment Since 2004

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A medical expert has said that more than 5,000 patients have received stem cell treatment in Cuba since its procedure was introduced in 2004. Porfirio Hernandez, researcher and vice director at the Hematology and Immunology Institute in Cuba, said the stem cell treatment method has been implemented in 13 of the 15 provinces in Cuba. As a widely acknowledged pioneer of this practice, Hernandez said that more than 60 percent of patients receiving the treatment ...

Face of Magnum Ice-Cream in India: Kareena Kapoor Khan

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It was announced that the brand ambassador of one of the world's most luxurious ice cream brands Magnum Ice-cream in India is none other than Kareena Kapoor Khan. "It's quite a special moment and an extra sweet moment for me because, ever since I was 16, I have always been wanting to and whenever I was in Europe or any international country I was like I have to have Magnum classic and I can't leave without having that and today to stand in front and be a pleasure ...

French Chefs Rebel Against 'Food Porn' Photos

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French Chefs and several Michelin-starred French establishments are trying to crack down on so-called "food porn". The next time you try to take a picture of your dinner in a posh French restaurant, don't be surprised if an angry chef comes storming out of the kitchen. Fed up with patrons snapping photographs with their smartphones to post on social networks, several Michelin-starred French establishments are trying to crack down on so-called "food porn". ...

Business of Growing Medical Marijuana Booming in Canada

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Under a new government scheme starting on April 1 that will ban home cultivation in favor of large commercial greenhouses, commercial greenhouses growing marijuana will cater to the medical use of the plant. An hour's drive south of Canada's capital, past snow-covered pine forests and farmland, Chuck Rifici is growing marijuana at an old Hershey's factory. He plans to sell it for medical use under a new government scheme starting on April 1 that will ...

Your Personality is Reflected in the Choice of Your Favorite Cookie

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There are numerous cookies for everyone from oatmeal raisin to oreo and each type reflects your personality. Here's what your favourite cookie says about you, reports huffingtonpost.com: * Oatmeal raisin: You are traditional and even a bit old-fashioned. You are not overly adventurous, and like to cozy up with a book in front of the fire for a good time. * Biscotti: You are a little tough, or at least you seem that way to people who don't ...

Government Launches Fourth Phase of AIDS Control Programme

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The fourth phase of the National AIDS Control Programme (NACP) was launched by the government on Wednesday, at a whooping cost of Rs.142.95 billion. Promotion of female condoms, scaling up of the second line of the Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) and social protection for ending discrimination are some of the key initiatives of the programme, 63 percent of which will be funded by the government. The programme will focus on preventing new infections, preventing ...

Model Feared Career was Ruined Due to Bout of Meningitis

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A 23-year old men's magazine model feared that her career would be over as she struggled to recover from a bout of meningitis that left her confined to the bed for months. Holly Keating, from Dublin, Ireland, first started experiencing symptoms when she suffered from headaches and was initially told that she was suffering from influenza and was even prescribed Tamiflu. However when her symptoms did not improve, she once again consulted a doctor and was finally ...

Kids Who Watch TV for More Than Three Hours Per Day are More Prone to Bullying

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Researchers at University of Montreal in Canada suggest that young kids who watch more than three hours of TV in a day may be more prone to bullying and could find themselves educationally stunted or physically weak. The researchers observed nearly 2,000 children aged 29 months and who were part of the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Child Development in which the mothers reported their television viewing behavior. The researchers found that those toddlers who ...

FDA Rejects Proposal to Expand Use of Blood Thinner Xarelto

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The US Food and Drug Administration revealed that it has rejected the joint proposal by Johnson (and) Johnson's and Bayer AG to expand the use of blood thinner product Xarelto for other treatments due to incomplete data. The FDA had earlier approved the use of Xarelto, brand name for rivaroxaban, in preventing blood clots caused by irregular heartbeat or after a knee replacement surgery while it has also been used in treating and preventing the formation of blood clots. ...

Loneliness is Twice as Unhealthy as Obesity: Research

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While health experts world over are worried over the rising rates of obesity, a new study suggests that loneliness is twice as unhealthy as obesity, especially among those over 50 years of age. Researchers led by Professor John Cacioppo at University of Chicago observed more than 2,000 people over 50 years of age and found that those who were the loneliest were twice as likely to die within six years compared to those who felt the least lonely. When compared ...

Zinc Levels may be Responsible for Tissue Damage Caused by Osteoarthritis

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A new study published in the journal Cell Press suggests that the molecular pathway responding to zinc levels in cartilage cells could be responsible for tissue damage caused by osteoarthritis. The study was conducted by researchers at South Korea's Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology who found that a protein called ZIP8, which transports zinc into the cartilage cells, triggers cascading molecular events which leads to destruction of cartilage tissue. ...