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Now, Women can Go for 10 Babies and Cut Down Cancer Risk

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Women who become mothers for 10 times and more have less chance of getting cancer, says a study from Finland. Researchers said among women who delivered 10 or more babies, the rate of new cancer cases was 24 per cent lower compared to other women. In women with 10 or more deliveries, the rate of new cancer cases for breast cancer, ovarian and endometrial cancer was about 50 per cent lower. In the study, women with 10 or more babies were about five years younger ...

Fish Oil Helps Ward Off Heart Diseases

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Consumption of fish oil may help ward off heart diseases, says new study. According to the study, led by the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, middle-aged men in Japan had lower incidence of coronary artery calcification, a predictor of heart disease, than middle-aged white men living in the US, likely due to the significantly higher consumption of omega-3 fatty acids found in fish. Lead author Akira Sekikawa, associate ...

Vodka Saves Dog's Life

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A Maltese terrier named Charlie was saved when the vets pumped Vodka straight into the doggie's stomach after he licked the antifreeze off the floor of his owner's garage, report sources. Owner Jacinta Rosewarne observed that his dog was diagnosed with Ethylene Glycol poisoning and was acting strange and therefore, rushed him to the nearby Animal Accident and Emergency hospital in Melbourne, Australia, ABC News reported. The vets pumped vodka straight ...

Diet, Gut Bacteria Cause Irritable Bowel Syndrome: Study

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A new study has said that it is not mood but diet and changes in gut bacteria that are responsible for irritable bowel syndrome or IBS which leads to changes in bowel habits, abdominal pain, cramping and bloating. Nearly 20 per cent of population in Western countries suffer from IBS. According to previous studies, mood and psychological conditions led to IBS. Scientists from the American Gastroenterological Association say IBS, which was earlier referred ...

Acrochordon

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Acrochordon or Skin tags are small, harmless, benign skin tumor or growths, usually formed in areas where the skin forms creases or folds. Skin tags look like small, soft balloons hanging from the skin.

Sunlight and Electricity Combined to Develop a Shocking Diet

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Harvard scientists have identified what may be the strangest diet fad as yet - sunlight and electricity. Led by Peter Girguis, the John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Natural Sciences, and Arpita Bose, a post-doctoral fellow in Organismic and Evolutionary Biology, a team of researchers showed that the commonly found bacterium iRhodopseudomonas palustris/i can use natural conductivity to pull electrons from minerals located deep in soil and sediment while ...

It is Now Possible to Identify Parkinson's Patients at Risk of Dementia

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Newly published research suggests that it may now be possible to identify the first-stage Parkinson's patients who will go on to develop dementia. This study was conducted at the Institut universitaire de geriatrie de Montreal by Dr. Oury Monchi, PhD, and his postdoctoral student, Dr. Alexandru Hanganu, MD, PhD, both of whom are affiliated with Universite de Montreal. These findings were published in the journal iBrain/i. Although Parkinson's disease ...

Rio Cleaners Clear Tons of Carnival Debris After Ending Strike

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Authorities in Brazil have confirmed that Rio cleaners have swept up more than 18 tons of Carnival trash since ending an eight-day strike at the weekend. Trash had been piled high in the streets after a week of festivities before the cleaners agreed to return to work and 3,000 of them cleared 18,200 tons of debris Saturday night, city officials said. Officials added a 150-strong group of cleaners from city sanitation agency Comlurb, which cleared 15.5 ...

Philippines Plans to Eliminate Rabies Deaths in Two Years

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The Philippines health department has said that it plans to vaccinate seven million dogs within two years to end its status as one of the world's most rabies-prone nations. By making at least 70 percent of the country's 10 million dogs resistant to the rabies virus, the department hopes to remove the disease as a cause of human death by 2016, four years earlier than originally targeted, health officials said. "The focus will be on vaccinating as many ...

New Pill is a Promising Treatment for Stubborn Blood Cancers

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New research suggests that a pill that suppresses a key regulator of cancer growth may provide hope to relapsed leukemia and lymphoma patients with aggressive, treatment-resistant disease. These findings are contained in three reports* published online today in iBlood/i, the journal of the American Society of Hematology/a. Patients with blood cancer are typically administered a combination of chemotherapy and immunotherapy, the latter using the ...

Research Reveals Four New Compounds Threatening Ozone Layer Recovery

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New research has revealed that three previously unknown chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) and one related compound appear to be slowing down the recovery of ozone hole over Antarctica. Researchers from University of East Anglia in Britain have found that more than about 82,000 tonnes of these four man-made, ozone-destroying chemicals have already been released into the atmosphere. "While this quantity is far smaller than peak CFC emissions in the 1980s, it ...

Healthy Diet Lowers Risk of Preterm Delivery

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A new study conducted by scientists finds that a diet based on fruits and vegetables, whole grain products and some types of fish seems to reduce preterm delivery risk. In the study, which was conducted by researchers from the University of Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska University Hospital and the Norwegian Institute of Public Health, the 66,000 pregnant Norwegian women completed a scientifically evaluated questionnaire about what they had been eating and drinking ...

Research Update on Autism Spectrum Disorder: Harvard Review of Psychiatry

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Exciting progress seen in recent years in areas of research on autism spectrum disorders (ASD), ranging from possible genetic causes to effective treatments for symptoms and clinical problems, and promoting success for young people with ASD entering college. Updates on these and other advances in ASD research are presented in the March special issue of iHarvard Review of Psychiatry/i. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams (and) Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health. ...

Tau Protein Phosphorylation in Rats Subjected to Cerebral Ischemia-reperfusion Injury

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Hyperphosphorylation of the microtu-bule-associated protein tau induced by transient brain ischemia, shows a study. To further determine the mechanisms underlying these processes, Dr, Bo Song and co-workers from School of Life Sciences, Tsinghua University in China found for the first time that the interaction of tau with glycogen synthase kinase (GSK)-3 (and) #946; and protein phosphatase 2A is altered during transient brain ischemia. In addition, the researchers found ...

Hippocampal Neuronal Apoptosis Due to Cerebral Infarction Prevented by Pretreatment With SSTF

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Neuronal loss in the hippocampus, regarded as one of the basic pathological mechanisms underlying cognitive impairment, can result from Focal cerebral ischemia-reperfusion. The neuronal apoptosis plays an important role in cerebral infarction, determining the number of loss of neurons and infarct volume. Growing evidence has suggested that Chinese herbs can inhibit hippocampal apoptosis caused by ischemia-reperfusion. Prof. Shumin Zhao and team from ...

Smokers' Opinion Biased Against Negative Images of Smoking

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Does the use of a product influence the user's perception of it, making them more susceptible to the positive aspects and altering perception of the negative aspects? This is precisely what happens with cigarettes in chronic smokers, according to a recent study by the Institut universitaire en sante mentale de Montreal and Universite de Montreal. The study showed that chronic smokers have altered emotional reactions when they are exposed to negative and positive ...

Antibiotics and The Gut Microbiota, Getting the Right Balance

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Antibiotics have been potentially life-saving tools that are valuable and have significantly reduced human morbidity and mortality. Unfortunately, antibiotics may also have unintended consequences from their off-target effects that may increase the risk of many long-term conditions. Recent epidemiologic studies have detected a possible link between antibiotic use in childhood and weight gain1 - with disruption to the normal gut microbiota considered the most likely cause. ...

Digestive Health Improved With Gut Microbiota, Nutrition and Probiotics

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Preserving Gastrointestinal health for a long time is possible with a healthy and balanced diet along with probiotics. But it is only recently that the underlying mechanisms have become somewhat clearer. A rapidly increasing body of knowledge promises to further clarify the effects of our daily food on the gut microbiota and to indicate more targeted applications of probiotics in the near future. This was one of the topics presented at the Gut Microbiota for Health World Summit ...

Unique Vehicle for Disabled Developed by UAE Student

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A vehicle for the disabled has been developed by an architectural student in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in which the disabled can drive with their feet on vehicle's steering wheel that uses an air pressure pump in place of the hydraulic mechanism that most cars use. The foot-controlled vehicle built by Reem Al Marzouqui, a 23-year-old Emirati architectural engineering student, can enable people with arm and upper torso disabilities to drive a car with relative ...

Reason for Women Opting for Breast Implants

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There has been a 13 percent increase in the number of breast implants on the previous year, as indicated with figures from February. But why exactly are women getting the surgery? One in seven women in Britain, according to latest research, have considered or are considering breast enhancement surgery, reports femalefirst.co.uk. Attitudes towards the surgery have come a very long way since the first ever procedure in 1963 and it seems that now the confidence ...

Nicotine Addiction More Common in Youth With E-Cigarettes

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E-cigarette is now creating a new route to conventional smoking and nicotine addiction for teenagers though it was promoted as a way to quit regular cigarettes, says a study. Adolescents who used the devices were more likely to smoke cigarettes and less likely to quit smoking. "Despite claims that e-cigarettes are helping people quit smoking, we found that e-cigarettes were associated with more, not less, cigarette smoking among adolescents," said Lauren ...

New Hope Against Brain Tumors With Anti-Psychotic Medications

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FDA-approved anti-psychotic drugs possess tumor-killing activity against the most aggressive form of primary brain cancer, glioblastoma, say researchers. The team of scientists, led by principal investigator, Clark C. Chen, MD, PhD, vice-chairman, UC San Diego, School of Medicine, division of neurosurgery, used a technology platform called shRNA to test how each gene in the human genome contributed to glioblastoma growth. The discovery that led to the shRNA technology ...

No Significant Difference Between Men and Women's Brains: Neuroscientist

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Contrary to the common belief, a neuroscientist claimed that brain structures of men and women are the same. According the Telegraph, in a speech at ScienceGrrls's 'Fighting the Neurotrash' talk at the Women of the World Festival on Saturday, Neuroscientist Professor Gina Rippon, of Aston University Birmingham, said that that gender differences are environmental and not innate. She said that the bottom line is that saying there are differences in male ...

Among High School Students 33 Pc Girls and 25 Pc Boys are Depressed: Study

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Among high school students, one in three girls and a quarter of boys are found to be depressed, with many turning to violence, alcohol and unwanted sex to deal with their depression. The research of almost 4500 year 7 to 12 students also found that 34 per cent of girls and 30 per cent of boys were constantly under strain and unable to deal with their difficulties, the Sydney Morning Herald reported. More than 50 per cent had low levels of resilience ...

Spinach Extract Could Help Prevent Obesity

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Thylakoid - a natural compound found in spinach has been shown to lower food cravings and thereby could help prevent obesity, finds new study. Charlotte Erlanson-Albertsson, a professor of appetite regulation at Lund University, found the compound, known as thylakoid, while looking for ways to slow digestion and alleviate hunger pangs. The compound functions differently to processed foods, which tend to be digested only in the upper intestine. ...

HPV Vaccination Program Started in Brazil

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Vaccination program to protect five million 11-to 13-year-old girls against the human papilloma virus (HPV), which can cause cervical cancer has started in Brazil. "The state has an obligation to protect all girls," Rousseff said as she inaugurated the program in Sao Paulo. Brazil intends over five years to produce a vaccine in conjunction with biomedical research center Butantan Institute and US pharmaceutical company Merck Sharp (and) Dohme (MSD) ...

Targeted Drug Proves Effective for Cervical Cancer

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Brazilian researchers have found out that drug erlotinib in combination with cisplatin-based chemoradiation therapy (CRT) can prove very effective in the treatment of cervical cancer. In the experiment, the drug targets the epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) - a receptor that is usually produced in excess in cervical cancer patients. As part of the study, the research team, led by Dr Angelica Nogueira-Rodrigues of the Brazilian National Cancer Institute, ...

Girls to Get Healthier, More Realistic Lammily Doll

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A digital artist has designed a doll and named it Lammily that looks more a part of the real world and will surely not promote anorexia among young girls for which creators of Barbie have always been criticised. Lammily looks like a Barbie doll but as claimed by its creator, her body proportions are more realistic as they are more of an average teenage girl. "The doll is made according to typical human body proportions," Nickolay Lamm described Lammily doll. ...