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Quiz on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder

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People with PTSD find it difficult to communicate. Take this quiz on Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder to understand the condition and help you deal with it better.

Marijuana and Its Anxiety-Relief Effects

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While the anxiety-relief effects of marijuana are known well, a team of scientists have now discovered how the controlled use of this drug could help people in distress. Sachin Patel, a professor of psychiatry and molecular physiology at Tennessee-based Vanderbilt University identified cannabinoid receptors in the brain through which marijuana exerts its effects. The cannabinoid receptors are located in a key emotional hub in the brain involved in ...

App may Reveal Your Caffeine Persona!

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Filling in another cup of coffee? Wait. This app will tell you exactly how much coffee could affect your sleep. It would also tell you how your caffeine levels change throughout the day as you gulp down espressos, energy drinks and even chocolate! Named 'Up Coffee', the App is developed by San Francisco-based firm Jawbone Labs. "It helps you understand more about your caffeine choices by correlating caffeine intake and projected sleep time," ...

Preschoolers may Outsmart Grown-Ups in Gadget Use!

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Toys and gadgets play an important role for the preschoolers in outsmarting and figuring out the college students as per new study by the researchers. The new research from the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Edinburgh, shows that children can sometimes outsmart grownups when it comes to figuring out how gadgets work because they're less biased in their ideas about cause and effect. The findings suggest that technology and innovation ...

Beach Bacterial Diversity Influenced by Human Activity

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New research suggests human activity influences ocean beach bacterial communities. Furthermore, bacterial diversity may indicate greater ecological health and resiliency to sewage contamination. The study is published March 5, 2014, in the open access journal iPLOS ONE/i by Elizabeth Halliday from Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution and colleagues. Beaches all contain bacteria, but some bacteria are usually from sewage and may contaminate the water, ...

BPA Exposure Linked to Breast Cancer Growth

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Usage of synthetic compound Bisphenol A (BPA) may raise the risk of breast cancer growth, a team of researchers found. Subhrangsu Mandal, associate professor of chemistry/biochemistry, and Arunoday Bhan, a PhD student in Mandal's lab, looked at a molecule called RNA HOTAIR. HOTAIR is an abbreviation for long, non-coding RNA, a part of DNA in humans and other vertebrates. HOTAIR does not produce a protein on its own but, when it is being expressed or functioning, ...

Number of Children Attending Nursery With Respiratory Tract Infections Increasing Due to Working Pressures

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Children going to nursery when they are unwell with respiratory tract infections (RTIs) may be an important factor in the spread of these illnesses, new research has suggested. The findings, to be presented today [Thursday 6 March] at the South West Society for Academic Primary Care (SW SPAC) meeting, explored why parents send their children to nursery when they are unwell. The Parents' Choices About Daycare (PiCArD) study, funded by the National ...

Research Suggests Novel Cancer Vaccine Holds Promise Against Ovarian Cancer

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New research indicates that a novel approach to cancer immunotherapy may provide a new and cost-effective weapon against some of the most deadly tumors, including ovarian cancer and mesothelioma. Investigators from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Vaccine and Immunotherapy Center report in the emJournal of Hematology (and) Oncology/em that a protein engineered to combine a molecule targeting a tumor-cell-surface antigen with another protein that stimulates ...

Study: Frequent Facebook Use Linked to Eating Disorder Risk

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A new study led by Florida State University researchers suggests that frequent Facebook users have a greater risk of eating disorders. Psychology Professor Pamela K. Keel studied 960 college women and found that more time on Facebook was associated with higher levels of disordered eating. Women who placed greater importance on receiving comments and "likes" on their status updates and were more likely to untag photos of themselves and compare their own photos to ...

Energy Drink Consumption Linked to Health Problems in Teens

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Poor mental health and substance abuse may be found among teenagers upon consuming energy drinks . Researchers are calling for limits on teen's access to the drinks and reduction in the amount of the caffeine in each can. The paper by researchers at the University of Waterloo and Dalhousie University, found that high school students prone to depression as well as those who smoke marijuana or drink alcohol are more likely to consume energy drinks than ...

Patient Satisfaction can be High, Even in Emergency Care Situations: Research

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Results of survey research aimed at discovering patient and family satisfaction with acute care transfers for patients with STEMI (ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction), were announced by the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation (MHIF). STEMI is a severe heart attack best treated quickly with specialized care. The results, based on 98 patient and 80 family surveys, suggest that patient satisfaction with care decisions and communication can be high, even ...

Cholesterol Levels Improved in Postmenopausal Women Through Calcium and Vitamin D Supplements

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A new study from the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) suggests that taking calcium and vitamin D supplements after menopause can improve women's cholesterol profiles. The study is published online in iMenopause/i, the journal of The North American Menopause Society (NAMS).Whether calcium or vitamin D can indeed improve cholesterol levels has been debated. And studies of women taking the combination could not separate the effects of calcium from those of vitamin ...

Gut Cancer Risk Increases Upon Consumption of Red Meat

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Consuming red and processed meat increases risk in developing cancer in the gut. These reports have resulted in new nutritional recommendations that advise people to limit their intake of red and processed meats. A recent perspective paper, authored by 23 scientists, underlines the uncertainties in the scientific evidence and points to further research needed to resolve these issues and improve the foundation for future recommendations on the intake ...

Pertussis Immunization Rates Increased by Changes in Hospital Orders

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A study in the March issue of the iAmerican Journal of Obstetrics (and) Gynecology/i reveals that changing the hospital orders for women who have just delivered a child led to a 69% increase in the new mothers' pertussis vaccination rate. This provided protection for the mothers and their newborns against the disease, commonly known as whooping cough. Sylvia Yeh, MD, a Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute (LA BioMed) lead researcher and corresponding author ...

DRDO Says More Institutions Needed to Teach Optics

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Defence Research and Development Organization (DRDO) Director General Avinash Chander has called for more institutions to teach optics as career opportunities. Mr Chander made this statement while inaugurating the International conference on Optics and Opto-electronics (ICOL-2014). "We need educational institutions that can teach optics as career opportunities, in order to sustain growth; today there are few" said Chander at Instruments Research and Development ...

Diabetes Drug may Slow Down Brain Damage

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A known drug may actually help prevent brain damage in cerebral malaria mouse models and may eliminate neurological defects, a new research has found. Infection with the malaria parasite elicits a strong immune response in the patient, and it is known that both parasite and host response contribute to the nervous system problems in cerebral malaria. Lena Serghides, from the Toronto General Research Institute, Canada, and colleagues are interested in ...

New Diet Trend is to Go Gluten-Free

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A wheat-free diet is favored by celebrities like Victoria Beckham, actress Gwyneth Paltrow and tennis player Novak Djokovic. A lot of commoners seem to be following suit. Sales of free-from foods are up 33 percent at online shopping grocery store Asda as gluten, wheat and dairy free diets hit the mainstream, doubling the sales growth of 2013, reports femalefirst.co.uk. With 12 million Britishers buying gluten-free products, there is an increase of 120 ...

Researchers from UW Use Lumosity to Identify Early Cognitive Impairment in Cirrhosis Patients

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Performance on Lumosity games can distinguish between patients with cirrhosis of the liver, pre-cirrhotic patients, and healthy controls, according to a new study from the University of Washington. The study used Lumosity games as psychometric tests to detect subtle cognitive impairments in patients with cirrhosis. The study is published in the March issue of the iAmerican Journal of Gastroenterology/i/a. Studies have found that an estimated 60-80 ...

Second Bird Flu Death in Cambodia for 2014: Boy Dies of H5N1 Bird Flu

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In Cambodia's second fatality this year a three-year-old Cambodian boy has died of bird flu and he may have come into contact with dead birds the health ministry said on Friday. The boy, from a village on the outskirts of Phnom Penh, died in hospital on Sunday. Tests confirmed he had contracted the H5N1 virus, the ministry said in a joint statement with the World Health Organisation (WHO). Many of the chickens and ducks in the boy's village died mid-February ...

Biggest 'Woman' Symbol in Philippines Set for New World Record

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In a bid to set a world record for the largest formation of the gender symbol for 'woman' as part of International Women's Day, over 10,000 people gathered in the Philippine capital. The event, sponsored by the government's commission on women and the local bottler of Coca-Cola, brought together 10,168 men and women who formed the giant symbol in Manila's main public park, organisers said. "The women's symbol puts a spotlight on how women are poised ...

Only a 'Miracle' can Bring Formula One Racer Schumacher Out of Coma Now: Sources

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The family of Formula One legend Michael Schumacher who is now in coma, has reportedly been told that only a 'miracle' can now save the seven-time world champion. The German suffered serious brain injuries after hitting a rock in a skiing accident in the French Alpine ski resort of Meribel on December 29 last year and at his management's request, the Grenoble hospital treating him has kept news about his condition to a minimum. According to News.com.au, ...

New Painkiller Panic in US

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Despite warnings from top drug experts a potent new painkiller hit the US market this week raising fears that the drug may deliver a deadly setback in America's battle with opioid addiction. Zohydro ER can contain 10 times the amount of hydrocodone as the most popular prescription painkiller, Vicodin, and is easily crushable so it could be snorted, bearing none of the recent safeguards added to pills like OxyContin (oxycodone). In a nation where some ...

Home Remedies for Weight Loss

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Obesity is a condition where a person has excess amount of fat in the body, which can lead to diabetes and heart disease. Home remedies offer you simple natural lifestyle changes to lose weight.

Childbirth Hormones may Help Those With Intractable Pain

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A new research found how 2 hormones that reduced pain and need for analgesics when released during childbirth could work similarly when administered simultaneously to those with intractable pain. Following doses of oxytocin (OT) and human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG),br /7 of 9 patients reported a 30% to 40% reduction in opioid use and baseline pain, in results reported today at the 30th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Pain Medicine. In addition, the ...

Physical Therapy, Splint Use to Help Improve Bisphosphonate-related Osteonecrosis

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A combination of physical therapy, splint use and discontinuation of biophosphonates has improved the condition of a woman with bisphosphonate-related osteonecrosis of the jaw. The treatment team and study authors highlighted the effectiveness of advanced imaging technology and multidisciplinary collaboration for patient outcomes that included a 90% decrease in pain, improved function and normalized imaging results. They presented study results today in a scientific poster ...

Vaportini: The New Alcohol Inhaling Craze

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Experts are now expressing their concerns over Vaportini; the new alcohol inhaling craze that could be a very dangerous phenomenon. New devices, available to buy on the internet, allow users to breath in alcohol fumes after heating liquor. One brand, the 'Vaportini', can be bought for 45 dollars from an American website. It promises a "revolutionary way of consuming alcohol", with the consumer enjoying "the advantage of almost no calories; ...

Team Approach may Improve Autism Diagnosis and Care

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The growing focus of research has been improving diagnosis and treatment of individuals with autism. New information from these studies led the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry to revise key parameters for evaluating and treating autism. Researchers led by Yale Child Study Center director Fred Volkmar, M.D., have published the new practice parameters in the Feb. issue of the emJournal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry/em. "Early ...

E-cigarettes: The New Gateway to Nicotine Addiction in Teens?

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E-cigarettes, which are now promoted as a way to quit regular cigarettes, may be a new route to conventional smoking and addiction in teens, a new study found. In the first analysis of the relationship between e-cigarette use and smoking among adolescents in the United States, University of California, San Francisco researchers found that adolescents who used the devices were more likely to smoke cigarettes and less likely to quit smoking. The study ...

Patients Must Remain Physically Active While Waiting for Heart Transplant

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As the waiting period for a donor heart often gets prolonged, many patients who need heart transplant to survive lose the battle midway. But those who remain physically active have greater chances of surviving the period, a study said. Anxiety-ridden, depressive and passive patients, on the other hand, run the risk of further serious deterioration of their heart's ability to function, said a team of health psychologists from Universities of Luxembourg, Mainz and ...

Study Finds Smoking Pot Does Bring Relief from Anxiety

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Cannabinoid receptors through which marijuana exerts its effects can help in regulating anxiety and the flight-or-fight response, new study reveals. The researchers from Vanderbilt University found that the presence of cannabinoid receptors in the central nucleus of the amygdala in a mouse model, and that nerve cells in this part of the brain make and release their own natural "endocannabinoids". The researchers used high-affinity antibodies to "label" ...

Reducing Wait Time Could Improve Spinal Cord Stimulator Success for Chronic Pain Patients

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Success rates soared to 75% for patients who waited less than 2 years for a spinal cord stimulator (SCS) implant, compared with 15% for patients whose implants happened 20 years after the onset of pain. This is according to a retrospective analysis. The length of time patients waited for a referral also varied by specialty, as shown in a scientific poster presented today at the 30th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Pain Medicine. The study ...

Postsurgical Pain Control Linked to Patient Satisfaction

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During hospital stays, postsurgical pain scores were highly correlated with reports of overall patient satisfaction, in a new finding that was true for some types of surgery more than others. The researchers, who presented results in a scientific poster today at the 30th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Pain Medicine, stressed the importance of improving patient care in the peri-operative setting in alignment with new federal requirements tying performance ...

Prescriptions for Benzodiazepines Rising and Risky When Combined With Opioids

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Prescriptions for benzodiazepines are rising in primary care, and their frequent combined use with opioid analgesics may be contributing to medication-related deaths, a finding that goes largely unreported. This is according to Stanford researchers. Results presented in a scientific poster at the American Academy of Pain Medicine's 30th Annual Meeting highlighted the trend in benzodiazepine prescriptions between 2002 and 2009. Examining a nationally representative ...