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Make Your Kids Like Veggies Through Flavour-pairing: Study

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To make your child like vegetables, get down to flavour-pairing by using sauces, dips and dressings for vegetables, says a study. Parents have always been trying different tactics to make children eat vegetables, but the new study, published in Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, said food pairing will be a step ahead in making children not only eat but also like vegetables. "This has the potential to change the eating habits of children, including ...

Health Hazards of Smoking Cigarettes

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Information on the Health Hazards of Smoking Cigarettes, and its effect on Blood Pressure, and general health.

'Self Confidence, Not Education, Determines Longevity and Healthy Life'

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Self-confident people who believe in themselves and think they can cross all hurdles to achieve their goal in life lead a healthier and longer life, claims a new study. A previous study had said that people with better education and qualification were the ones to be more successful, happier and healthier. But the new study negates this thinking and says education does not play any role in making one feel healthier and happier. People with less education but ...

Bird Flu Death Reported in Vietnam

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Vietnam has reported its second bird flu death in 2014, says health official. A 60-year-old woman from southern Dong Thap province died on January 28 and tested positive for the H5N1 virus the following day, provincial medical department director Nguyen Ngoc An told AFP. It follows the death of a 52-year-old man from the southern Binh Phuoc province on January 18. Demand for poultry in Vietnam tends to increase at the end of January as families ...

Intervention in First 1,000 Days Vital to Fulfilling Childhood Potential, Says Research

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A recent research published in i Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences /i highlights the need to integrate global strategies aimed at tackling nutrition and cognitive development within the first thousand days of childhood. "Global estimates by UNICEF reveal that over 165 million children below the age of five suffer from stunted growth," said Professor Dr. Maureen Black from the University of Maryland School of Medicine and editor of the special ...

Down Syndrome Detection During Pregnancy Increases in Younger Women

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The proportion of Down syndrome cases diagnosed antenatally has increased considerably in younger women, figures from a new study revealed. Furthermore, Down syndrome diagnoses are occurring earlier in pregnancy for women of all ages. The NDSCR is the only national source of data on pre and postnatal diagnoses of Down, Patau and Edwards syndrome cases in England and Wales. The latest figures are captured in the new NDSCR Annual Report 2012. strongKey ...

Genetic Testing to Predict Cancer Risk Not So Popular

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Even though the cost of testing was not an issue, around 34% respondents would not seek genetic testing to predict their likelihood of cancer, a new national poll has revealed . Concerns about employment and insurability were cited as the primary reason, even though current laws prohibit such discrimination. The poll also shows only 35 percent of respondents would be extremely or very likely to seek aggressive prophylactic or preventive treatment, ...

Cholesterol may Play a Pivotal Role in Hantavirus Infection

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Viruses tend to quickly become resistant to anti-viral drugs as they mutate very fast. But viruses also depend on proteins and nutrients provided by their hosts, and therefore one strategy to identify new anti-viral drugs is to identify and target such host-cell components. A paper published on February 6th in iPLOS Pathogens/i reports that proteins involved in the regulation of cholesterol are essential for hantavirus entry into human host cells. There are ...

Protein That Helps Bacteria Misdirect Immune System Found

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An unusual bacterial protein that attaches itself to virtually any antibody and prevents it from binding to its target has now been discovered by a team of researchers. Protein M, as it is called, probably helps some bacteria evade the immune response and establish long-term infections. If follow-up studies confirm Protein M's ability to defeat the antibody response, it is likely to become a target of new antibacterial therapies. The protein's unique ability to ...

Male Child at Risk of Brain Disorders Due to Maternal Immune System Overdrive

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Researchers have now found how the maternal immune system overdrive, which may occur due to an infection, may cause brain damage to fetal mice, especially males. The findings suggest that some neurologic diseases in humans could be similarly rooted in prenatal exposure to inflammatory immune responses. In a report on the research published online last week in the journal iBrain, Behavior and Immunity/i, the investigators say that the part of the brain responsible ...

Side Effects can Now be Minimized by Electronically Controlling Drugs

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The side effects of the use of medicinal drugs can be frightening. These effects often occur when a drug is active throughout the body, not just where and when it is needed. But scientists are reporting progress on a new tailored approach to deliver medicine in a much more targeted way. The study on these new electronically controlled drugs appears in the journal iACS Nano/i. Xinyan Tracy Cui and colleagues note that in the lab, "smart" medical implants can ...

Scientists Identify Global Regulator of mRNA Editing

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A protein that broadly regulates how genetic information transcribed from DNA to messenger RNA (mRNA) is processed and ultimately translated into the myriad of proteins necessary for life has been discovered by University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Indiana University researchers. The findings, published today in the journal iCell Reports/i, help explain how a relatively limited number of genes can provide versatile instructions ...

Google Marked Winter Games in Sochi by Flying Gay Flag in Doodle

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Google Doodle flies the gay flag on Thursday in its search page to mark the Winter Games in Sochi, as a call for equality in the Olympic Charter. Showcasing the flag and the excerpt served as an online rebuttal to Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak, who warned spectators and athletes against promoting gay rights during the Olympics, saying it was forbidden by the Olympic Charter and Russian law to spread propaganda during a sporting event. Beneath ...

Real-life Medical Mystery Solved by TV's 'Dr House'

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The mystery of a range of symptoms presenting due to eroded prosthetic hip was solved by Dr Gregory House, TV's misfit medical genius. For a year, the patient suffered from a range of worsening symptoms that left doctors stumped. His heart started failing, his sight and hearing deteriorated, he suffered from acid reflux, swollen lymph nodes and an inexplicable fever. The outlook was grim. Only Dr Gregory House, TV's misfit medical genius, ...

Treatment of Breast Cancer Aided by Genome Tests

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Gene testing can help women with advanced breast cancer to get access to clinical trials offering better chances of treatment, said French doctors on Friday. The study, the biggest of its kind, improves the chances of getting drugs that, like a sniper's rifle, aim at a specific type of tumour, they said. Researchers led by Fabrice Andre, a professor at the Gustave Roussy Institute in Paris, unravelled the DNA of cancer cells found in more than 407 women ...

Supportive Spouses are Good for Your Health

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Spouses' social support can have a positive effect on cardiovascular health, reveals study. The findings from researchers at the University of Utah reveal that when both partners perceive the support they get from each other as ambivalent- that is, sometimes helpful and sometimes upsetting- each partner's levels of coronary artery calcification (CAC) tend to be particularly high. Bert Uchino, psychological scientist of the University of Utah ...

Blood Vessel Plaques Exactly Identified by Nanoparticle

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A multifunctional nanoparticle that enables magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) has been developed that can now pinpoint blood vessel plaques caused by atherosclerosis, by a team of researchers, led by scientists at Case Western Reserve University. The technology is a step toward creating a non-invasive method of identifying plaques vulnerable to rupture-the cause of heart attack and stroke-in time for treatment. Currently, doctors can identify only blood vessels that ...

Female Circumcision Renounced by Mali Communities

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Community leaders gathered in Mali on Thursday to publicly renounce the practice of female genital mutilation to mark an international day of campaigning against female circumcision though the practice is still legal in the deeply-conservative west African nation. Moussocoura Sidibe, the spokesman for 14 communities representing numerous ethnic groups in the Muslim-majority country, said they were taking "the solemn commitment to abandon the practice of FGM and ...

Female Genital Mutilation to be Reported by UK Hospitals

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Patients who have been subjected for female genital mutilation will now have to be recorded in British hospitals, the government announced on Thursday. The Department of Health estimates that 66,000 women in England and Wales are living with the consequences of FGM, and a further 23,000 girls under the age of 15 are at risk every year. But the most recent figures are from 2007, indicating a lack of clear information on the problem that the new centralised ...

Measles Deaths Drastically Reduced, but for Crisis Zones Like Syria

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The number of people dying from measles has reduced drastically, thanks to the mass vaccination campaigns, except for the outbreaks in crisis zones like Syria, said the UN on Thursday. "We have reached a record low in measles cases, with a 77 percent decline from 2000 to 2012, which has led to a record drop in the number of estimated deaths, by 78 percent," said Robert Perry of the World Health Organization's immunization department. Measles, which ...

Young, Internet-driven Filipinos are Found to be More Sexually Active

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Young Filipinos are now using the cybermedia to be more sexually adventurous as the traditionally powerful Roman Catholic Church loses its influence tot he Internet and smart phones, according to a study released on Thursday. A survey of more than 19,000 Filipinos aged 15-24 last year found pre-marital sex was on the rise, with an increasing number of people meeting partners and sharing sexually explicit material online. One third of the respondents ...

Warning Given Against 'Gay Propoganda' During Games in Russia

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Spectators and athletes were warned by Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Kozak, against promoting gay rights during the Olympics, saying it was forbidden by the Olympic Charter and Russian law to spread propaganda during a sporting event. Amid a continued furor over Russia's new law which forbids the dissemination of "gay propaganda" to minors, Kozak once again argued that that there was no discrimination based on sexual orientation in Russia. But ...

New Stem Cell Information from Bundles of Nerves and Arteries

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Interaction of bundles of nerves and arteries with stem cells uncovered showcasing revolutionary techniques for following the cells as they function in living animals, in a study by Ostrow School of Dentistry. Principal investigator Yang Chai, director of the Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology at the Ostrow School of Dentistry, and research associate Hu Zhao authored the article, which appears February 6, 2014 in the journal iCell Stem Cell/i. The ...

Immune System can Backfire and Allow Growth of Bacteria Like Salmonella

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Immune system protects us against a broad range of infections, but can sometimes backfire and make us vulnerable to the bacteria it is supposed to protect us from. A study published by Cell Press on February 6th in the journal iImmunity/i reveals that the immune protein interleukin-22 (IL-22) actually enhances the growth of dangerous bacteria, like ISalmonella/I, which causes food poisoning, and curbs the growth of healthy bacteria commonly found in the gut. The findings ...

Powerful Immune Response to Bacteria Defined by New Study

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T-cells, the elite guard of the immune system in humans and other mammals, do not respond to normal biologic protocol, but swing into high gear when attacked by certain fast-moving bacteria, reports a team of researchers led by a UC Davis immunologist. The description of this previously undefined immune pathway provides information vital for designing vaccines and medicines to prevent or treat deadly infectious diseases caused by bacteria such asiSalmonella/i ...

Scientists Explore Link Between Acute Kidney Injury and Heart Problems

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New study published in iJournal of the American Society of Nephrology/i finds acute kidney injury may be a risk factor for later heart problems. The findings suggest that properly treating and monitoring patients with acute kidney injury (AKI) could help protect their heart health. AKI, an sudden decline in kidney function, is an increasingly prevalent and potentially serious condition in hospitalized patients. Sometimes acute kidney injury arises after ...

Women Face Higher Risk of Stroke Than Men, Say US Doctors

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Due to high blood pressure disorders in pregnancy and other hormonal factors, women face an increased risk of stroke than men, reveals study. The warning was contained in new guidelines for preventing stroke, issued by the American Heart Association and for the first time aimed specifically at women, who are more likely to die of strokes than men. Women's unique vulnerabilities include common pregnancy complications, use of birth control pills, ...

Heart Health Now Linked to Gut Health

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A new study, "Effect of probiotics on biomarkers of cardiovascular disease: implications for heart-healthy diets," aims to find the link between gut health and heart health. Of the probiotics examined, (Cardioviva) was found to best meet therapeutic lifestyle change (TLC) dietary requirements by: ulliSignificantly reducing LDL (bad) cholesterol and total cholesterol, with robustness similar to that of existing TLC dietary options, liImproving ...

Bone Marrow Failure Explained By A New Gene Discovery

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A new disease gene (ERCC6L2) has been detected and identified in a new study. In its normal form, the gene plays a key role in protecting DNA from damaging agents, but when the gene is mutated the cell is not able to protect itself in the normal way. The research findings suggest that the gene defect and the subsequent DNA damage was the underlying cause of bone marrow failure among the study participants. Bone marrow failure is a term used for a group ...

Insulin Use Hits Record Rise in the UK

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"Understanding the pattern of insulin use is limited by a lack of data characterising the prevalence of insulin use in the UK," Professor Craig Curie, lead researcher of the study, explained. "Given the limitations, our study sought to calculate - for the first time - the best possible estimate of the rates of insulin for type 1 and type 2 diabetes." In this retrospective study the team examined the number of patients receiving prescriptions for ...

Half of the Adults Population Uses Smartphones for Sexting

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Nearly 5 in every 10 US adults use their smartphones to send racy photos, videos, emails and text messages, a new study revealed. A new study conducted by McAfee has revealed that the smartphones of 49 percent of US adults send or receive sexual content via their smartphones and also store the provocative correspondence, CNET reported. The study titled 'Love, Relationships, and Technology' shows that the 77 percent of sexters send the racy content to ...