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- Combination Drug Therapy Amazingly Effective In Tackling Hepatitis C
- Arthritis to Now be Detected Before the Onset of Symptoms!
- Nobel Prize Candidates Get Over 20 Years of Wait for Nobel Prize
- Natural Factors are Not the Cause for Global Warming, Expert
- Momentum Observed in Fact Checking Journalism
- Angry Bikers to Protest Lower Speed Limit
- Biochemical and Clinical Improvements in PBC Cirrhosis Patients Improvement Thanks to Obeticholic Acid
- More Than 90 Percent Patients With Cirrhosis Cured Using Hepatitis C Treatment
- Optimal Use of Combination Therapy in Chronic Hepatitis B Patients Clarified in Three New Studies
- Gut Microbiota Linked to Alcoholic Liver Disease
- Green Tomatoes Help Treat Muscular Atrophy
- Young Britons Risk Health by Injecting Steroids
- Coming Soon, Computers That are Normally Off
- Girls Fantasise About Sex Better Than Boys Do: Study
- By Mimicking a Low-Carb Diet, Glucosamine Promotes Longevity
- Redesigning Systems of Care for Alzheimer's Disease Patients
- Expert Guidance Highlights Strategies to Reduce Catheter-Associated UTIs
- UAB Developed Viral Therapy Shows Promise Against Brain Tumors: Study
- Germans Say Less is More by Fasting in the Land of Plenty
- New Prediction Model may Improve Patient Survival Following Paracetamol-related Liver Failure
- Did the Titanic Officer Twist Facts About Iceberg Collision to Avoid Negligence Claims?
- Sweden Boasts of Lowest Drug Consumption, Spikes Found in Drug-Related Deaths
- Graphic Photos on Tobacco Packets Save Lives
- Common Treatment for Type 2 Diabetes Could Extend Hypoglycemia
- Philippines' Highest Court Approves Controversial Birth Control Law
- Marriages With Foreigners Regulated in South Korea
- Spinal Stimulation Helps 4 Paraplegia Patients to Regain Voluntary Movement
- Men at a Lesser Risk of Dying Due to Booze Than Women
- Fat Substitute In Chips May Help Curb Toxins from the Body
- Scientists Find New Functional Details of Common Anti-Diabetic Drugs
- Bee Medicine Still Alive in Romania
- Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease an Independent Cardiovascular Risk Factor
- Study Finds Neanderthals Were Affectionate Towards Their Children
- Traditional City Zoo Reopens With 'Humanimal' Relationship
- No Point Faking an Orgasm, Your Partner Knows!
- New Target to Treat Cancer, Asthma Identified
- 13 Tonnes of Fake Chinese Pills Seized
- Scientists Explore Link Between Low Vitamin D Levels and Fatty Liver Disease
- Half of People Lie While Sexting: Study
- New App Helps Keep Off Jet Lag
| Combination Drug Therapy Amazingly Effective In Tackling Hepatitis C Posted:  The treatment of Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) among 170 million people can now be done effectively thanks to a new combination drug therapy. Two multi-center clinical trials led by Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center show promise for a new option that could help lead to both an increase in patients cured with a much more simple and tolerable all oral therapy. A new 12-week single tablet regimen of ledipasvir and sofosbuvir have proven to be highly effective in treating ... |
| Arthritis to Now be Detected Before the Onset of Symptoms! Posted:  Detection of arthritis can now be done before the start of its symptoms with the use of revolutionary new laser scanner created by British scientists. The revolutionary new scanner created by British scientists could help start arthritis treatment by spotting signs of the crippling disease before it has done painful and irreversible damage to cartilage in the joints, the Daily Express reported. Professor Allen Goodship, of University College London said ... |
| Nobel Prize Candidates Get Over 20 Years of Wait for Nobel Prize Posted:  A patience wait for over 20 years is often required by the Noble Prize candidate to receive the highest of scientific accolades. According to a Correspondence by Santo Fortunato of Aalto University in Finland and colleagues, such nail-biting delays are becoming the norm - to the point that aspiring laureates may themselves have expired by the time the medal is due to be presented. Before 1940, Nobel prizes were awarded more than 20 years after the original ... |
| Natural Factors are Not the Cause for Global Warming, Expert Posted:  Natural fluctuation in the earth's climate is not the cause of global warming as per analysis of temperature data since 1500. The study, by McGill University physics professor Shaun Lovejoy, represents a new approach to the question of whether global warming in the industrial era has been caused largely by man-made emissions from the burning of fossil fuels. Rather than using complex computer models to estimate the effects of greenhouse-gas emissions, ... |
| Momentum Observed in Fact Checking Journalism Posted:  Prominence has been observed in a new wave of fact checking journalism in the past decade to counter misleading or outrageous claims of political figures. Notable among these are FactCheck.org, and PolitiFact, which won a Pulitzer Prize in 2009. The study led by Bill Adair, a Duke faculty member who was a founder of PolitiFact at the Tampa Bay Times, identified 59 fact-checking groups globally, of which more than 15 are in the United States. "It ... |
| Angry Bikers to Protest Lower Speed Limit Posted:  A protest to slash the speed limit on non motorway roads was launched by thousands of 'angry bikers' who took to the streets across France on Saturday. The French Federation of Angry Bikers (FFCM) said "tens of thousands" of motorcyclists donned their leathers to object to proposals to cut the speed limit on secondary roads from 90 km per hour to 80 km per hour. "It's not speed that kills on the roads, it's the way people behave," Jean-Marc Belotti, ... |
| Posted:  Great biochemical and clinical improvement has been observed in patients suffering from primary biliary cirrhosis after obeticholic acid was given to them as per the results of a new report Obeticholic acid at both a 10 mg dose and a 5 mg dose titrated to 10 mg, met the trial's primary composite endpoint of achieving a serum alkaline phosphatase (ALP) activity of less than 1.67 times the upper limit of normal (ULN), a total bilirubin within normal limits, and at ... |
| More Than 90 Percent Patients With Cirrhosis Cured Using Hepatitis C Treatment Posted:  More than 90 percent of patients with cirrhosis are cured with treatment of Hepatitis C infection treatment and twelve weeks of an oral investigational therapy according to a new study. Historically, hepatitis C cure rates in patients with cirrhosis (liver scarring) have been lower than 50 percent and the treatment was not safe for many of these patients. Hepatitis C virus is the No. 1 driver of cirrhosis, liver transplants and liver cancer in the United States, ... |
| Optimal Use of Combination Therapy in Chronic Hepatitis B Patients Clarified in Three New Studies Posted:  The optimal use of combination therapy with peginterferon and nucleoside analogues to achieve the best outcomes in patients with chronic hepatitis B has been clarified in new studies "Together these ground-breaking data will go a long way to influencing future CHB treatment guidelines," said EASL's Educational Councillor Professor Cihan Yurdaydin from the Department of Gastroenterology, University of Ankara, Turkey. In the first study , CHB patients ... |
| Gut Microbiota Linked to Alcoholic Liver Disease Posted:  A potential role in the development of alcoholic liver disease (ALD) may be played by gut microbiota as per reviews in the exciting new data. Though an early stage animal model, the French study highlights the possibility of preventing ALD with faecal microbiota transplantation - the engrafting of new microbiota, usually through administering human faecal material from a healthy donor into the colon of a recipient.2 In the study, two groups of germ-free mice received ... |
| Green Tomatoes Help Treat Muscular Atrophy Posted:  Tomatidine a compound found in green tomatoes may hold the answer to bigger, stronger muscles, say researchers. Using a screening method that previously identified a compound in apple peel as a muscle-boosting agent, a team of University of Iowa scientists has now discovered that tomatidine, a compound from green tomatoes, is even more potent for building muscle and protecting against muscle atrophy. Muscle atrophy, or wasting, is caused by aging ... |
| Young Britons Risk Health by Injecting Steroids Posted:  A watchdog revealed that healthcare services should do more to help a growing number of young people in Britain who face health risks by injecting steroids or other performance or image enhancing drugs. Conservative estimates suggest almost 60,000 people aged between 16 and 59 in England and Wales have used anabolic steroids in the last year, according to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Many needle and syringe programmes ... |
| Coming Soon, Computers That are Normally Off Posted:  Imagine a computer which need not be 'powered on' all the time to protect your data and can work fine even on 'normally off' mode? This would result in eliminating volatile memory, which requires power to maintain stored data, and reducing the gigantic energy losses associated with it - radically altering computer architectures and consumer electronics. A spintronics-based technology by Japanese researchers may replace volatile memory and enable extremely ... |
| Girls Fantasise About Sex Better Than Boys Do: Study Posted:  It's not just teenage boys who fantasise about sex, but teenage girls also fantasise about sex in the same fashion, and better. There is no difference between boys and girls when it comes to what types of sex they fantasise about, research reveals. Also, there are no differences in the proportion of girls and boys who think that their sexual behaviour is influenced by pornography to a great extent. Boys and girls who watch pornography have ... |
| By Mimicking a Low-Carb Diet, Glucosamine Promotes Longevity Posted:  For many decades, glucosamine has been freely available in drugstores, it is widely used to treat arthritis and to prevent joint degeneration. Moreover, glucosamine is known to delay cancer growth. In addition, glucosamine reduces metabolism of nutritive sugars, as was already shown some 50 years ago. In 2007, Michael Ristow showed that too much nutritive sugar shortens the lifespan of roundworms, a widely studied model organism in ageing research. ... |
| Redesigning Systems of Care for Alzheimer's Disease Patients Posted:  In the United States, the number of older adults with dementia is forecast to more than double over the next 40 years. Caring for these individuals will have a significant impact on caregivers as well as the health care system and its workforce. In a paper published in the April issue of the peer-reviewed journal iHealth Affairs/i, Regenstrief Institute investigator Christopher M. Callahan, M.D., founding director of the Indiana University Center for Aging ... |
| Expert Guidance Highlights Strategies to Reduce Catheter-Associated UTIs Posted:  New expert guidance highlights strategies in hospitals for implementing and prioritizing efforts to prevent catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTI). The practice recommendations, published in the May issue of iInfection Control and Hospital Epidemiology/i, are the first in a series to be published over several months sharing evidence-based strategies to help healthcare professionals effectively control and prevent the spread of healthcare-associated ... |
| UAB Developed Viral Therapy Shows Promise Against Brain Tumors: Study Posted:  Researchers report a genetically engineered herpes simplex viral therapy is safe when used in conjunction with radiation in the treatment of malignant gliomas, one of the most deadly forms of brain cancer. The study took place at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The virus, G207, is a modified herpes simplex virus that in two previous UAB studies has been shown to be safe when used as a sole therapy. The new findings, published online April 8, 2014 in iMolecular ... |
| Germans Say Less is More by Fasting in the Land of Plenty Posted:  Well-off German patients in Europe's top economy are increasingly deciding less is more and fasting to cure what ails them. They flock to clinics that force them to fast for better health. High-end clinics specialising in deprivation rather than pampering are all the rage in Germany, one of the homes of the fasting movement, and in some cases it is even covered by health insurance plans. Michael van Almsick, 57, is a fasting devotee and, once a year ... |
| New Prediction Model may Improve Patient Survival Following Paracetamol-related Liver Failure Posted:  A high mortality rate has been noted in the UK paracetamol toxicity which is the most common cause of ALF. It is estimated that 150 to 200 deaths and 15 to 20 LTs occur as a result of poisoning each year in England and Wales. LT is the definitive treatment for ALF patients who meet the criteria for transplantation but the current means of selection for LT (the King's College Criteria) are not ideal and do not assess changes in prognostic measures over time or quantify the ... |
| Did the Titanic Officer Twist Facts About Iceberg Collision to Avoid Negligence Claims? Posted:  An officer who survived the Titanic had twisted facts about the iceberg collision to evade negligence claims, insurance documents have revealed. Second officer Charles Lightoller had said at the time that when the lookouts reported ice dead ahead, the first officer immediately starboarded the helm, but the 46,000-ton ship struck a small low-lying iceberg, making a comparatively slight jar, the Mirror reported. But, a new study into the claims has revealed ... |
| Sweden Boasts of Lowest Drug Consumption, Spikes Found in Drug-Related Deaths Posted:  Europe's lowest consumption of recreational drugs has been found in Sweden, but the same strict policy authorities consider that it could also be pushing up the number of drug-related deaths. Cocaine, ecstasy and even cannabis are rarely seen in streets and clubs in line with Sweden's official "zero tolerance" approach, whose ambitious target is clear. "The overarching goal: a society free from illegal drugs," it states. Sweden criminalised ... |
| Graphic Photos on Tobacco Packets Save Lives Posted:  Global studies reveal that large, graphic health warnings on tobacco packets in China would increase awareness about the harms of smoking, help to cut smoking rates, and in doing so save lives. These are the key findings from a new report, Tobacco health warnings in China - Evidence of effectiveness and implications for action, from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project (ITC Project), released today. ... |
| Common Treatment for Type 2 Diabetes Could Extend Hypoglycemia Posted:  At the University of Adelaide, researchers have discovered that a common treatment for people with type 2 diabetes could cause longer-than-normal periods of the low blood sugar reaction hypoglycemia. This treatment may result in increased health risks to people with diabetes. The treatment is the use of the peptide GLP-1 (glucagon-like peptide 1) in combination with insulin, which is now used throughout the world as a standard therapy for patients with type 2 diabetes. ... |
| Philippines' Highest Court Approves Controversial Birth Control Law Posted:  In a stunning defeat for the powerful Catholic Church, the Philippines' highest court approved a controversial birth control law that supporters said would transform the lives of millions of poor Filipinos. "The RH law is not unconstitutional," Supreme Court spokesman Theodore Te told reporters, announcing a ruling that struck down more than a dozen petitions against the reproductive health law by church groups. The law requires government health centres ... |
| Marriages With Foreigners Regulated in South Korea Posted:  South Korean authorities are focusing on supporting foreign spouses who struggle to assimilate in one of Asia's most ethnically homogeneous societies. An influx of foreign brides -- overwhelmingly from other Asian countries -- began in earnest in 2000 and peaked in 2005 when more than 30,000 were given resident-through-marriage visas. The trend was triggered by the large numbers of young, rural women leaving to find work and a new life in Seoul and other ... |
| Spinal Stimulation Helps 4 Paraplegia Patients to Regain Voluntary Movement Posted:  As a result of a novel therapy that involves electrical stimulation of the spinal cord, four people with paraplegia are able to voluntarily move previously paralyzed muscles. This is according to a study funded in part by the National Institutes of Health and the Christopher (and) Dana Reeve Foundation. The participants, each of whom had been paralyzed for more than two years, were able to voluntarily flex their toes, ankles, and knees while the stimulator was active, ... |
| Men at a Lesser Risk of Dying Due to Booze Than Women Posted:  The rate of all-cause mortality conferred by drinking has increased as compared in males especially in heavy drinkers as suggested by researchers. In the article "Effect of Drinking on All-Cause Mortality in Women Compared with Men: A Meta-Analysis," Chao Wang and coauthors, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical Sciences (Beijing, China), modeled the relationship between the dose of alcohol consumed and the risk of death, comparing the results ... |
| Fat Substitute In Chips May Help Curb Toxins from the Body Posted:  Researchers have now found Olestra-a snack food ingredient may help to speed up the removal of toxins in the body. The trial demonstrated that olestra - a zero-calorie fat substitute found in low-calorie snack foods such as Pringles - could reduce the levels of serum polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in people who had been exposed to PCBs. High levels of PCBs in the body are associated with an increase in hypertension and diabetes. Principal ... |
| Scientists Find New Functional Details of Common Anti-Diabetic Drugs Posted:  Scientists thought that they basically knew how the most common drugs used to treat type 2 diabetes worked. But a new study from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) reveals unexpected new aspects of the process. These findings could eventually lead to more potent anti-diabetic drugs with fewer serious side effects. The study was published in the April 7, 2014 issue of the journal iNature Communications/i. The ... |
| Bee Medicine Still Alive in Romania Posted:  The bee has been in use since ancient times and is still playing a key role in dealing with multiple sclerosis, pollen for indigestion and honey to heal wounds. The tradition goes back to ancient Greece when Hippocrates applied honey to treat wounds, and the Romans saw pollen as "life-giving". In the past of India, China and Egypt, a resinous substance collected by bees from the buds of certain trees, known as "propolis", was popular as an antiseptic. ... |
| Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease an Independent Cardiovascular Risk Factor Posted:  More evidences have now been provided to clarify the role of non alcoholic fatty liver disease as an independent risk factor for the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD). In the first long-term study , in patients at high CVD risk, NAFLD was shown to contribute to the progression of early atherosclerosis independently of traditional CVD risk factors. In a second long-term study , NAFLD was confirmed as a significant long-term risk factor for the development ... |
| Study Finds Neanderthals Were Affectionate Towards Their Children Posted:  Neanderthal children experienced strong emotional attachments with their immediate social group, used play to develop skills and played a significant role in their society, a new study found. The traditional perception of the toughness of Neanderthal childhood is based largely on biological evidence, but the archaeologists, led by Dr Penny Spikins, also studied cultural and social evidence to explore the experience of Neanderthal children. The research ... |
| Traditional City Zoo Reopens With 'Humanimal' Relationship Posted:  In order to shed its image as a traditional city zoo and change how humans see wild animals, the Paris zoo has been reopend on Saturday after a six year rumanevamp Swept away is the zoo as a place simply to gawp at animals for being weird, exotic or dangerous -- replaced by an environment designed to appreciate their uniqueness in bigger, less crowded and more nature-mimicking enclosures. "We've invented a new zoo, whose concept is different from 20th ... |
| No Point Faking an Orgasm, Your Partner Knows! Posted:  A study by the researchers at the University of Waterloo revealed that there is no point in faking in bed as the other sexual partner is perceptive and will be able to make out a fake orgasm The study by Erin Fallis, PhD candidate, and co-authors Professor Uzma S. Rehman and Professor Christine Purdon in the Department of Psychology at Waterloo, identified sexual communication and ability to recognize emotions as important factors that predict accuracy in gauging ... |
| New Target to Treat Cancer, Asthma Identified Posted:  An enzyme involved in the regulation of immune system T cells that could be a useful target in treating asthma and boosting the effects of certain cancer therapies and asthma has been identified by scientists. In research described online April 6 in iNature Immunology/i, the investigators show that mice without the enzyme SKG1 were resistant to dust mite-induced asthma. And mice with melanoma and missing the enzyme, developed far fewer lung tumors-less than ... |
| 13 Tonnes of Fake Chinese Pills Seized Posted:  French customs officers have seized 13 tonnes of fake drugs from China, reveal sources. The seizure of 2.4 million counterfeit medications, disguised as Chinese tea, was made at the northern port of Le Havre in February, officials said. The fake pills were in two containers on two different ships from Shanghai. The haul broke the previous record seizure, which was also made at Le Havre port in 2013 when more than 1.2 million sachets of counterfeit ... |
| Scientists Explore Link Between Low Vitamin D Levels and Fatty Liver Disease Posted:  In British children, an association between low vitamin D status and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) has been discovered by scientists. The research, conducted by the King's College Hospital Paediatric Liver Centre and the University of Surrey's School of Biosciences and Medicine, and funded by the Children's Liver Disease Foundation retrospectively analysed the medical records of 120 paediatric patients with NAFLD. The findings could ... |
| Half of People Lie While Sexting: Study Posted:  New study finds about half of people sending sexts are actually lying. And if you're in a committed relationship, the sexts are even more likely to be fabricated than if you're just having casual sex with your partner, CBS News reported. In a study of 155 college students, Indiana University - Purdue University Fort Wayne researchers found that 37 percent of people who had been in a committed relationship and 48 percent of active sexters had lied ... |
| New App Helps Keep Off Jet Lag Posted:  This app helps in overcoming jet lag by helping travellers change to new time zones by manipulating the internal body clock. Jet lags lead to head spinning, insomnia and fatigue and these further affect a person's performance. The free smartphone app -Entrain - helps in manipulating the exposure to light so that body clock or circadian clock is not altered much and it's easy to settle down in new time zones. Light affects the circadian clock which guides people's ... |
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