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Budget 2014: 'Good Day' for Healthcare

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Old-Fashioned Polio Jab Better Than Drops?

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In the 1960s the polio vaccine in the form of injection fell out of favour, but doctors have reported in The Lancet on Friday that it should be given a frontline role to help stamp out the disease. The injection can provide better and long-lasting protection against the polio virus when used to supplement oral vaccine, which replaced it in most countries, they said. Oral polio vaccine (OPV) protects individuals against contracting the disease, but they ...

Delhi is Now World's Second Most Populous City, Reveals Report

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Indian capital Delhi is declared as the world's second most populous city in 2014 after Tokyo. Delhi's population is currently pegged at 25 million, according to the U.N. report. The report further states that India is projected to add the highest number of people to its urban population by 2050, ahead of China. The Indian capital is expected to retain the spot of the world's second most populous city through at least 2030, when its population ...

Promising Results for Test Vaccine for Dengue

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A prototype vaccine for dengue yielded lukewarm results two years ago, after wider trials it has proved more effective and is a potential arm against the disease researchers said Friday. Devised by the French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi Pasteur, the so-called CYD-TDV vaccine provided only 30 percent protection against the dangerous fever when first tested among children in Thailand. Widened to trials in four other Asian countries, where disease conditions ...

Rio Braces for Argentina's Fan Frenzy of World Cup

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Up to 100,000 Argentine fans arrived by car, bus and motorhome for Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, for the World Cup final against Germany at the iconic Maracana Stadium. Argentina has sent the biggest contingent of fans to Brazil during the month-long tournament, flooding cities to follow their hero Lionel Messi's team even though many have not even had tickets to the games. Tens of thousands who were in Sao Paulo for Wednesday's semi-final triumph against ...

Stroke More Likely to Affect Hostile People

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The risk of having a stroke in the middle-aged and older adults is double if the person feels cynical and hostile toward others, a study out on Thursday revealed. The research in Stroke, a journal of the American Heart Association, also found that depression and high stress increased stroke risk. For the study, more than 6,700 adults aged 45 to 84 answered questionnaires about their state of mind and behavior. These surveys assessed chronic ...

WHO Advises Asian Countries to Stay Vigilant Against MERS

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The current form of MERS virus appears less infectious than originally thought, but the Asian countries have been advised to keep their guard against the deadly disease by a World Health Organization expert on Thursday. The Middle East respiratory syndrome (MERS) has already killed 287 people, said Mark Jacobs, WHO's director for communicable diseases in the Western Pacific. However the relatives of those infected have not been showing any signs of catching ...

Virus Relapse in Baby Thought Cleared of HIV

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Relapse of HIV symptoms seen in a baby girl born in the southern US state of Mississippi, who was thought to have been cleared of the disease, US scientists said Thursday. The child, now four, was born in 2010 to an HIV-infected mother who was untreated during pregnancy. The baby was given a potent dose of anti-retroviral medication 30 hours after birth, and tested positive for HIV. She went off her medication to suppress the human immunodeficiency virus ...

Pope Francis may Watch the World Cup Final, but Not With Benedict XVI

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Football-mad Pope Francis "might" watch the World Cup final on Sunday between his native Argentina and Germany but is unlikely to do so alongside his German predecessor Benedict XVI contrary to media speculation, the Vatican said. "He might want to watch the final," Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said of Francis, formerly the archbishop of Buenos Aires Jorge Bergoglio -- a fan and card-carrying member of the San Lorenzo de Almagro club since childhood. But ...

Schumacher's is All Set to Recover from Serious Injuries

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Michael Schumacher's wife Corinna has recently revealed that the Formula One legend is now recovering from his serious injuries. Corinna is of the opinion that Schumacher is on the mend and described his improvements as encouraging, Stuff.co.nz reported. Corinna has offered her first public comments since her husband, 47, suffered a serious brain injury in a December skiing accident, saying that it is getting better, slowly certainly, but in any case ...

Turkish Teen is the World's Tallest Female

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With a standing height of 213.6cm (7ft 0.09 inches), a 17-year-old teenager from Turkey has been presented with a Guinness World Record for being the world's tallest female teenager. Rumeysa Gelgi received the award in a special presentation in her hometown of Safranbolu, Karabuk, the Daily Star reported. Gelgi said that she liked being different from everyone else and it was interesting and made her feel special. The teen asserted that ...

Injected Vaccine may Help Eradicate Polio

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A new research has found that re-introducing a type of polio vaccine that went out of use in the 1960s may hasten eradication of the disease. The study, by Imperial College London and the Christian Medical College in Vellore, India, suggests that the injected polio vaccine (IPV), which is rarely used today in countries affected by polio, could provide better and longer lasting protection against infection if used in combination with the more commonly used live oral ...

New Drug Shows Promise in Tackling Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis, but Patient Safety Remains a Question

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Individuals with drug-sensitive tuberculosis should use the new drug that is developed for multidrug-resistant tuberculosis carefully, a new research has found. CRAG, an international, community-based advisory board for the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Tuberculosis Trials Consortium, writing in iThe Lancet/i independently, urge researchers to balance the goal of shortening treatment for drug-sensitive TB with patient safety. Bedaquiline is ...

Cinnamon may Slow Down Progression of Parkinson's Disease

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Cinnamon may help suspend the cellular, biomechanical and anatomical changes that occur in the brain due to Parkinson's disease, a new study has found. Neurological scientists at Rush University Medical Center have found that using cinnamon, a common food spice and flavoring material, can reverse the various changes that occur in the brain suffering from PD. The study found that after oral feeding, ground cinnamon is metabolized into sodium benzoate, which ...

Reducing Alcohol Consumption Even Among Light Drinkers Linked to Better Heart Health

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A new research has found that reduction in alcohol consumption even among light drinkers could improve cardiovascular health and lower BMI and blood pressure. These latest findings challenge the results of previous observational studies which found that the consumption of light-to-moderate amounts of alcohol (12-25 units per week) may have a protective effect on cardiovascular health. The research, led by the London School of Hygiene (and) Tropical Medicine ...

New Programme Attempts to Reduce Dating Violence Among Youth

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A new health education programme has been designed to help delay sexual behaviour and promote healthy dating relationships to reduce dating violence among youths. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 10 percent of high school youth are victims of physical dating violence and other studies suggest that more than 20 percent are victims of emotional dating violence. Previous studies have shown that adolescent dating violence begins in middle ...

Children With Cardiac Pacemakers Have Decreased Quality of Life

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A new study has found that children living with a cardiac pacemaker have a low sense of self-competence, which may also decrease the quality of life. The journal is published by Wolters Kluwer Health. "Self-competence may function as a protective factor against lower health-related quality of life in children with pacemakers," according to the study by Ana M. Gutierrez-Colina of University of Georgia, Athens, and colleagues. They suggest that the growing number ...

Leg Injuries and Disorders

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Legs are easily prone to injuries while playing sports, running or falling. These injuries affect the entire leg or may be localized to the hip, knee, ankle or foot.

New Potential Target for Antibiotics Against E.Coli

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A new protein has been identified by scientists that plays an essential role in the survival of e.coli, which could be a potential new target for antibiotics. In the study, the researchers confirmed that this protein, called MurJ, flips a fatty molecule from one side of a bacterial cell membrane to the other. If that molecule isn't flipped, the cell cannot construct a critical layer that keeps pressurized contents of the cell contained. If those contents aren't contained, ...

Stabilizing Shoulder Surgery may Help NFL Players Return to the Game

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The rate of return to play has been insignificant following a surgery among football players who experience shoulder instability. A new study, discussed at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine's (AOSSM) Annual Meeting today details that return rates for NFL players is approximately 90 percent no matter what the stabilization procedure (open vs. arthroscopic). "Our study highlighted the success rate of return to play following shoulder stabilization ...

Waiting for ACL Surgery may be Risky for Young Athletes

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A new study has found that young athletes who wait for ACL surgery may be at a higher risk of secondary knee injuries. The study adds to existing research noting the risk of secondary meniscal and chondral injuries in pediatric patients. "In reviewing records of young patients who received ACL reconstructions, our data showed higher rates and severity of secondary meniscus injuries when surgery is delayed," noted lead author Allen F. Anderson, MD, from the Tennessee ...

Kidney Stones can also be Caused by Climate Change

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Hot days, more sweaty people and more dehydration are not only the results of a warming planet, it is also a high risk factor for a surge in kidney stones, researchers said Thursday. Already, the study in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives found a link between hot days and kidney stones in 60,000 patients whose medical records were studied in Atlanta, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles and Philadelphia. "We found that as daily temperatures rise, ...

EU Nations Come Together Against 'Exorbitant' Hepatitis C Drug

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France announced Thursday it has joined 13 other European countries to negotiate a lower price for a promising new hepatitis C drug that has drawn controversy for its astronomical cost. Sovaldi, made by US pharmaceutical firm Gilead Sciences, has shown huge potential at helping cure the liver disease but its price -- more than 50,000 euros ( (Dollar) 68,000) for a 12-week course of treatment -- has health authorities concerned. "If we accept such a high price, ...

Anti-cancer Treatment Could Become Cheaper

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The use of non-cancer drugs that have some anticancer activity can be exploited for the treatment of cancer to reduce cost of treatment. This is the focus for the Repurposing Drugs in Oncology (ReDO) project, started by the AntiCancer Fund, Belgium, and US based GlobalCures. The word 'a href="http:www.medindia.net/patients/patientinfo/cancer-pain.htm" target="_blank" class="vcontentshlink"cancer/a' itself causes a fear, and most ...

New Light on Nerve Cell Growth: Scripps Florida Scientists

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Brain comprises of astounding complexity of the billions of nerve cells and trillions of synaptic connections. How do nerve cells decide how far to grow or how many connections to build? How do they coordinate these events within the developing brain? In a new study, scientists from the Florida campus of The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI) have shed new light on these complex processes, showing that a particular protein plays a far more sophisticated role in neuron ...

Delhi: Walkathon Organized on World Population Day

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In Delhi, a walkathon was organized to mark the World Population day which witnessed the attendance of Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan and actress Shabana Azmi. The Union Health Minister said, "I want to appeal to all my country people that they should now go for a new start to make our country free of problems. We must create awareness that a mother who is pregnant should get all the vaccinations done. We need to take pledge that we will welcome daughters ...

Research Reveals SPF-diet That Protects Skin from Harmful Sunrays

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Eating blueberries, kale and spinach can help one's skin build up a natural barrier to the sun's harmful rays, finds recent research. Scientists have discovered that certain pigment-rich fruits and vegetables, which includes Blackcurrants, Blueberries, Blackberries, Black grapes, Figs, Oranges, Butternut squash, Dark green peppers, Kale and Spinach, have special compounds that can help protect skin from harmful UV rays, the Daily Express reported. Researchers ...

75% Fall in Health Insurance Premiums

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It is seen that an average shopper on healthcare.gov is paying (Dollar) 69 per month for the popular Silver health plan on the exchange. This was made possible due to the subsidies offered by the federal government to the consumers. After an in-depth study was conducted it was found that 87% of the consumers used subsidies to buy private health insurance. As a result two third of the shoppers are paying less than (Dollar) 100 per month. The federal government is paying more than (Dollar) 20 billion ...

Activation of Signal-Regulated Kinase 1/2 Exhibits Protective Effect on Neuronal Injury

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In acute cerebral ischemia, activation of extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 has been demonstrated. Yaning Zhao and her colleagues, Hebei United University, China induced transient whole-brain ischemia by four-vessel occlusion in normal and diabetic rats and intravenously injected diabetic rats with extracellular signal-regulated kinase 1/2 30 minutes before ischemia as a pretreatment. Results showed that during the pathological progression ...

Patients With Bipolar Disorder are Bigger Risk-Takers

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Researchers has shown that circuits in the brain involved in pursuing and relishing rewarding experiences are more strongly activated in people with bipolar disorder - guiding them towards riskier gambles and away from safer ones. The study by the Universities of Manchester and Liverpool, published [Wednesday 9 July] in the journal 'emBRAIN/em', used brain imaging to identify neural pathways that are responsible for the symptoms of the disorder. The ...

Vials of Smallpox Discovered in US Food and Drug Administration Lab

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Health authorities said that Federal investigators are probing how vials of smallpox made their way into a storage room at a Food and Drug Administration lab near the US capital. Smallpox is a highly contagious and sometimes fatal disease that has been eradicated after a worldwide vaccination program. The last US case was in 1949; the last global case was in 1977 in Somalia. The vials were labeled "variola," another name for smallpox, and they appear ...

Advances in Bivalve Mollusk Parasite Culturing Method Drives Research

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Researchers dug into the last 70 years of peer-reviewed publications about protozoan parasites that infest bivalve mollusks and found that when an organism can be cultured in the laboratory, more papers and greater understanding result. The research took place at Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences. Senior Research Scientists, Jose Fernandez Robledo and Nicholas Record co-authored an analysis of peer-reviewed publications since 1950 and reported their findings ...