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New Device may Help in Early Diagnosis of Pancreatic Cancer

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Early diagnosis of pancreatic cancer could be cheaper and faster thanks to a new device being developed by researchers at University of Washington. The researchers revealed that the device relies on fluid transport, rather than human hands, to conduct the basic steps of processing a biopsy. The device is made up of silicon and is no bigger than a credit card. It makes use of the properties of microfluidics, by which tissue pass through tiny channels without ...

Man Saved by Stranger After He Dialed Wrong Number

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A wrong number helped save the life of a man who was lying semi-conscious on the floor of his home with a blood clot in his brain. When Mary Readman picked up the call, all she heard was heavy breathing and groaning and assumed that she was being targeted by a sex pest. Ged Hall, 59, had suffered a brain clot at around 7.30am on 12 July last year and was on his floor, managing to drag himself to the phone to call for help but mistakenly dialed Readman's number. ...

Researchers Examine How Love Influences Sex Among Gay and Bisexual Men

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A new study conducted by researchers at George Mason University's Department of Global and Community Health and Indiana University's Center for Sexual Health Promotion hopes to dispel some of the common myths when it comes to love and sex among gay and bisexual men. The researchers conducted an internet based survey in which more than 2,500 gay and bisexual men took part. All of the men were members of online websites facilitating social or sexual interactions with ...

Teenager Wins 10,000 for Top Hat Toothbrush

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A 19-year old won 10,000 in prize money after his top hat toothbrush was awarded the first prize in a wacky invention competition in London. The unusual gadget has been developed by Sam Hunter Baxter who said that the idea came to him when he realized that people spend 75 days of their life brushing their teeth. Sam developed the device and entered it in the Odd Invention challenge, where he saw off the challenge of more than 300 other entries, some of which ...

Manipal University and Xerox Innovation Group to Test Remote-Sensing Healthcare Technologies

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The Manipal University Hospital and Xerox Innovation Group have joined hands to test out a number of remote sensing healthcare technologies that can make monitoring patients with chronic illnesses less intrusive. The technology is currently being tested out at the neonatal unit in Bangalore where doctors are able to analyze and detect any respiratory illness or other medical conditions in the infants without the need of attaching contact probes to the skin. ...

Fingernail Tumour: The New Kid on the Block

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Have you ever heard about a tumour under a fingernail? Even the man who has been diagnosed with one didn't believe it. The man, in his 40s, noticed a dark line under his nail after an injury, which he assumed was a splinter. But the mark remained in the same place for three years without changing, according to media reports. When the patient eventually sought help at a Pennsylvania hospital, doctors observed that he had a two-millimetre-wide ...

Amsterdam's Red-Light Zone Now Boasts of a Prostitution Museum

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In a first of its kind move, Amsterdam's red-light district opened its first "prostitution museum" this Thursday. The museum hopes to lure tourists who always wondered what life was like for those on the other side of the infamous glass windows -- but were too afraid to ask. "How do they live? What happens in their world?" said Melcher de Wind, a founder of the "Red Light Secrets Museum of Prostitution" which showcases one of the Dutch capital's most ...

Americans Value Smartphones More Than Sex

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Adults in the United States can live without sex, but not without mobile devices, says a new survey. It was found that high-tech adult toys are rising in popularity and one in 10 Americans uses a smartphone during sex, according to Mashable.com. The new data from Harris Interactive showed that 73 percent U.S. adults said they can't live without food, while 42 percent said car is their primary need. It was found that around 26 percent preferred ...

Your Current Romantic Partnerships Could be Hurt by Rocky Relations With Parents

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The love between parents and teens may influence whether those children are successful in romance, even up to 15 years later, claims a relationship researcher. Therefore, Matt Johnson from University of Alberta has advised anybody who's had rocky relations with their parents while growing up, not to let it spill over into their current romantic partnership this Valentine's Day. The study was co-authored by Johnson, whose work explores the complexities ...

Spaniards Turn Against Their Royals Following Fraud Scandal

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Even in these ultra-modern times, the royal family of Spain used to be a cherished part of the scenery on the picturesque island of Majorca. Now a fraud scandal has made them more like a blot on the landscape. For the royals, the island has turned from a place of sunbathing and yacht cruises to the centre of a scandal that has landed King Juan Carlos's youngest daughter Cristina in court for questioning on Saturday. "We locals here are very ...

Afternoon-Tea Promotion for Men by Hong Kong Hotel Draws Ridicule

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An afternoon-tea promotion for men based on pork pies and beef has exposed Hong Kong's Mandarin Oriental hotel to ridicule. The five-star hotel denied that its marketing campaign for the "Gentlemen's Power Snack" and "Gentlemen's Power Afternoon Tea" was sexist, but a women's rights group heaped scorn on the language used in a press release. "The afternoon-tea ritual with delicate sandwiches and warm scones is one that is normally preserved for women," ...

Laudable Achievement: Thiruvananthapuram is Now Tobacco Ad Free

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The capital district of Thiruvananthapuram was declared "tobacco advertisement free" and "tobacco free educational district" on Friday, thus marking a significant milestone in Kerala's public health initiatives. With this, it will have no tobacco advertisement boards at the points of sale, said Kerala Health Minister V.S.Sivakumar in the presence of senior officers of health, education and police departments at a function organised by the district medical office. ...

Pitt Study: Analysis of Calls to IBD Clinic Predicts Emergency Visits and Hospitalizations

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Results of a new, comprehensive analysis of patient telephone records at an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) clinic revealed that 15 percent of patients account for 50 percent of all calls. Forty-two percent of frequent-caller patients also were seen in the emergency department or hospitalized within the following year. The results, which can help doctors identify patients with the most severe disease and those at risk of potentially avoidable high-cost ...

Study Shows How Ageing Leads to Decline in Motor Functions

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Scientists have discovered a clue as to why muscles weaken with age. Certain set points in the nervous system that are determined during muscle development but can be reset with age, say researchers. Scientists from the School of Medicine at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio observed a change in set point that resulted in significantly diminished motor function in aging fruit flies. Study senior author Ben Eaton, assistant ...

Processing of Sensory Information Improved by Brain Asymmetry

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Results of a new study looking into how asymmetry in the brain affects processing of sensory information reveal that fish that have symmetric brains show defects in processing information about sights and smells. It's widely believed that the left and right sides of the brain have slightly different roles in cognition and in regulating behaviour. However, scientists don't know whether these asymmetries actually matter for the efficient functioning of the brain. ...

Womb Sets an 'Entrance Exam' to Determine If Implantation of Embryo is Successful

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The way in which an 'entrance exam' set by the womb determines if the implantation of an embryo is successful has been determined by researchers. The new study, led by Warwick Medical School and University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust, sheds light on how the lining of the womb analyses individual embryos and thus decides whether or not to support further development. Before implantation, human embryos are genetically very diverse. Some ...

Space Cops: The Mini Satellites That Control Traffic in Space

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To help control traffic in space, a team of scientists have now developed mini-satellites that work as space cops. The scientists used a series of six images over a 60-hour period taken from a ground-based satellite to prove that it is possible to refine the orbit of another satellite in low earth orbit. "Eventually our satellite will be orbiting and making the same sort of observations to help prevent satellite-on-satellite and satellite-on-debris collisions ...

Genetic Variants of Rett Syndrome Available for Advance Testing, Research (and) Diagnosis

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The lack of commercially available reference materials has hindered the research dealing with gene mutations in methyl CpG binding protein 2 (MECP2) being linked to Rett syndrome. Through collaboration between the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and members of the clinical-laboratory and non-profit-research communities, 35 DNA samples containing many common RS genetic variants have now been characterized and made publicly available, eliminating a major stumbling-block ...

Huntington Disease Drug Trial Confirms Safety of Creatine Levels

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High dosage treatment with creatine is safe and tolerable, a new clinical trial involving the use of a drug intended to help delay the onset of Huntington disease, revealed. In addition, neuroimaging showed a treatment-associated slowing of regional brain atrophy, evidence that creatine might slow the progression of presymptomatic HD. The Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) study also utilized a novel design that allowed participants - all of whom were at genetic risk for ...

Anxiety, Hot Flashes and Depression Affect Thinking Skills in Women With HIV

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A new study has revealed how screening and treating anxiety may be important in women suffering from HIV; since hot flashes, depression and anxiety may affect their thinking skills. The reproductive stage, whether it was premenopause, perimenopause or postmenopause, did not seem to be related to these women's thinking skills. The conclusions come from a new analysis of data on 708 HIV-infected and 278 HIV-uninfected midlife women from the Women's Interagency HIV Study ...

Organ Trafficking Scheme in Brazil, Two Doctors Convicted

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The law enforcement officials have confirmed the conviction of two doctors in Brazil, who were discovered selling contraband organs to the United States as a part of trafficking scheme. The two men, Celso Roberto Scafi and Claudio Rogerio Carneiro Fernandes, are both urologists who practiced medicine in the southeastern state of Minas Gerais. But officials allege they also were part of an organ-trafficking "mafia" in which kidneys, livers and other organs ...

Quiz on Meningitis

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Meningitis is a serious condition that can even cause death. Children are commonly affected and it often appears as outbreaks. Test your knowledge on meningitis by taking this quiz.

Childhood Respiratory Disease may Soon Get a Vaccine

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A new method for designing artificial proteins and to use it to make key ingredients for a vaccine against respiratory syncytial virus, which is a cause of infant mortality, has been invented by scientists. The virus has been resistant to current vaccine-design strategies. With the help of collaborating laboratories, the scientists were able to apply the new method, which uses a "rational design" approach to making vaccines focused on specific binding areas (epitopes) ...

Histones may Hold the Key to the Generation of Totipotent Stem Cells: Study

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A pair of histone proteins that enhance the generation of induced pluripotent stem cells may be the key to generating induced totipotent stem cells, say researchers. Differentiated cells can be coaxed into returning to a stem-like pluripotent state either by artificially inducing the expression of four factors called the Yamanaka factors, or as recently shown by shocking them with sublethal stress, such as low pH or pressure. However, attempts to create ...

Global Food Prices Fall in Three Months

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For the first time in three months global food prices have declined, says the UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO). The Rome-based agency said Thursday its food price index averaged 203.4 points in January, which is 1.3 percent below December and 4.4 percent below January 2013. The index measures monthly changes in international prices of a basket of meat, dairy, cereals, oils and fats, and sugar. "We're seeing lower ...

Report Says Women, Youth Under 25 Years Prone to Heart Diseases

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A new report finds women and youth under the age of 25 are more prone to several heart diseases. "Cardiovascular disease is the biggest killer in India and Asia. It has increasingly affected younger people and women over the last 10 to 15 years," said Peeyush Jain, head of the department of preventive cardiology at Fortis Escorts Heart Institute. "The spike in cardiac diseases in youth is due to sedentary and stressful lifestyle that accompany ...

Height Differences Between Men and Women: The Mystery Decoded

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Researchers are now attempting to find genetic factors that could explain the differences in several traits between men and women. They analyzed thoroughly the commonly occurring genetic variation in chromosome X, one of the two sex-determining chromosomes, in almost 25,000 Northern European individuals with diverse health-related information available. In addition, the researchers also investigated whether the X chromosome would contribute to some ...

Stroke Trigger More Likely to Cause Death in African-Americans

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African-Americans are more likely to die of stroke due to infection than whites, a new study revealed. African-Americans were 39 times more likely to die of a stroke if they were exposed to an infection in the previous month when compared to other time periods while whites were four times more likely and Hispanics were five times more likely to die of stroke after an infection, according to the findings that appear online Feb. 7 in iNeurology/i. br / br ...

Scientists Identify Protein That Promotes Repair of Damaged Brain Tissue in Multiple Sclerosis

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'Potentially novel therapeutic target' to reduce the rate of deterioration and to promote growth of brain cells damaged by multiple sclerosis (MS) has been discovered by a team of researchers. Vittorio Gallo, PhD, Director of the Center for Neuroscience Research at Children's National Health System, and other researchers have found a "potentially novel therapeutic target" to reduce the rate of deterioration and to promote growth of brain cells damaged by multiple ...

Supplement Users More Health Conscious

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A new research has found how those who take dietary supplements are more health conscious and have healthy eating habits as opposed to others. The study claims that dietary supplement users take these products as just one component of a larger effort to develop a healthier lifestyle. "The evidence suggests that users of dietary supplements are seeking wellness and are consciously adopting a variety of lifestyle habits that they consider to contribute ...

Meal Time Changes Could Affect Triglyceride Levels in the Liver

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Merely changing meal times could have an impact on the levels of triglycerides in the liver, a new study on mice revealed. The results of this Weizmann Institute of Science study not only have important implications for the potential treatment of metabolic diseases, they may also have broader implications for most research areas in the life sciences. In studying the role of circadian rhythm in the accumulation of lipids in the liver, postdoctoral fellow ...

Device to Help Diagnose Pancreatic Cancer Early, Coming Soon

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Scientists are in the process of developing a low cost device that could help doctors diagnose pancreatic cancer earlier and faster. The prototype can perform the basic steps for processing a biopsy, relying on fluid transport instead of human hands to process the tissue. "This new process is expected to help the pathologist make a more rapid diagnosis and be able to determine more accurately how invasive the cancer has become, leading to improved ...