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Robin Williams Death: Details of Suicide Draw Public Flak on Social Media

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Too much detail of the suicide of Oscar winning veteran actor Robin Williams drew flak on the social media on Wednesday, with public and fans terming it to be 'disgusting' and 'disrespect to the actor and his family'. Most of the fans highlighted the request of Susan Schneider, wife of the ace actors, for privacy. In a statement to a prominent daily, she said, "I lost my husband and my best friend, while the world lost one if its most beloved artists and ...

Model to Predict COPD Hospital Readmission Developed

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University of Texas Medical Branch researchers have developed a new model to predict early rehospitalization among patients hospitalized for complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. This study was recently published in the emAnnals of the American Thoracic Society/em. In a nationwide analysis of more than 8,000 commercially insured adult patients with COPD, UTMB researchers concluded that several modifiable factors, such as appropriate prescriptions ...

Food Contaminated by Lead Released from African Cookware

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Food prepared in aluminium pots from Cameroon have lead levels more than recommended in U.S. guidelines for lead consumption, as found in a new study published this month. A typical serving contains almost 200 times more lead than California's Maximum Allowable Dose Level (MADL) of 0.5 micrograms per day. Researchers at Ashland University and Occupational Knowledge International tested 29 samples of aluminum cookware made in Cameroon and found almost all had considerable ...

Measuring Respiratory Rate Often Overlooked in Prognosis of Pneumonia

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Pneumonia, a severe lung infection, is the most common disease calling for hospital admission, and more than one out of ten pneumonia patient die of the disease. Thus it is vital to accurately predict and closely monitor the clinical course. Here, measuring the respiratory rate - the number of breaths a person takes in a minute - provides valuable information. However, far too little use is still being made of this vital sign in clinical practice, as Richard Straua ...

Tumors Hijack Brain's Blood Supply: Discovery Could Aid Treatment

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Dangerous brain tumors were found to hijack the brain's existing blood supply during their progression, shows a new research. The tumor cells were found to grow only within narrow potential spaces between and along the brain's thousands of small blood vessels. The findings contradict the concept that brain tumors need to grow their own blood vessels to keep themselves growing - and help explain why drugs that aim to stop growth of the new blood vessels have failed ...

Ready: First Semi-synthetic Malaria Drugs from French Drugmaker Sanofi

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French pharmaceutical giant Sanofi announced on Tuesday the delivery of the first anti-malaria drugs made from a semi-synthetic version of their key ingredient to millions of patients in Africa. Sanofi said that the development of semi-synthetic artemisinin -- the weapon of choice against malaria -- signalled a "new era" in the fight against the mosquito-borne disease. Artemisinin is normally derived from a plant called sweet wormwood, but the weather ...

Mouthwash

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Just like toothpastes, mouthwash or mouth rinse has become a substantial part of our daily life, hence it is important to have certain knowledge about these oral hygiene products.

Simple Tips to Avoid Deep Vein Thrombosis

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Dr. Farshad Malekmehr at the California Institute of Deep Venous Thrombosis has offered five tips for significantly reducing your risk of suffering from deep vein thrombosis (DVT). . Stay Active: You already know how important it is to stay active - both for your physical health and your mental outlook. However, for those looking to avoid deep vein thrombosis, keeping active and fit is particularly necessary. You don't necessarily need a hugely rigorous ...

Negative Ebola Tests In Rwanda Patient: Health Ministry

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A German man in Rwanda, who was put in isolation with fever, had tested negative for the deadly tropical disease Ebola. "We would like to inform you that the suspected case of Ebola tested negative," the Ministry of Health said in a statement. "There's no Ebola in Rwanda." A German student with Ebola-like symptoms was placed in isolation late Sunday while blood tests were carried out. Minister of Health Agnes Binagwaho said the ...

First European to Die of Ebola, After Being Evacuated from Liberia

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An elderly Spanish priest was the first European to succumb to the Ebola virus on Tuesday, who died in a Madrid hospital five days after being evacuated from Liberia. The 75-year-old Roman Catholic priest, Miguel Pajares, was being treated in Spain with an experimental US serum, ZMapp, after being flown to Madrid on August 7 -- the first patient to be evacuated to Europe in the fast-spreading African outbreak. He contracted Ebola at the Saint Joseph ...

'Empathy' can Increase in People With Fiction Stories

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Scientists claim that a person can become more empathetic by reading fiction stories. Raymond Mar, a psychologist at York University in Canada, discussed how exposure to narrative fiction may improve our ability to understand what other people are thinking or feeling in his session at the American Psychological Association's 122nd Annual Convention. Mar explained that understanding stories was similar to the way people understand the real world, and ...

Native Bacteria Block Wolbachia from Being Passed to Mosquito Progeny

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Bacteria living inside mosquitoes prevent the insects from passing iWolbachia/i bacteria to their offspring, reveal a team of researchers. The iWolbachia/i is known to have the ability to make the mosquitoes resistant to the malaria parasite. The team found that iAsaia/i, a type of bacteria that occurs naturally in iAnopheles/i mosquitoes, blocks invasion of iWolbachia/i into the mosquitoes' germlines -- the cells that are passed on through successive ...

Predicting Myeloma Progression With Calcium Isotope Analysis

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A staple of Earth science research can now by used in biomedical settings to predict the course of disease, show a team of researchers from Arizona State University and Mayo Clinic. The researchers tested a new approach to detecting bone loss in cancer patients by using calcium isotope analysis to predict whether myeloma patients are at risk for developing bone lesions, a hallmark of the disease. They believe they have a promising technique that could ...

Secret of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Revealed by Biomarker

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Stress hormones called glucocorticoids target the blood expression levels of genes, which could be the biomarker of risk for developing Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, reveals a study conducted in rats by researchers at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai and published August 11 in iProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences/i (iPNAS/i). That also makes the steroid hormones' receptor, the glucocorticoid receptor, a potential target for new drugs. Post-Traumatic ...

Clotting Drug Linked to Fewer Blood Transfusions

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Tranexamic acid, the clotting drug was found to reduce blood loss during or shortly after major joint surgery, says study. In the USA, over 1 million hip and knee replacements are performed each year. InEngland and Wales the figure is about 180,000. So a team of US researchers, led by Dr Stavros Memtsoudis at Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, and Dr Jashvant Poeran at Mount Sinai School of Medicine, both in New York, set ...

Maharaksha Personal Injury Policy by Tata AIG

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Life is unpredictable. You cannot avoid accidents but you can make sure they don't hurt your family's finances. In case of an accident there all sorts of costs involved in treatment and recovery. When you are well prepared you will never be taken by surprise to face a calamity. You can avail many benefits under this plan - You can get cash benefits for accidental injuries and hospitalization. This is irrespective of your expenses to utilize ...

Improving Treatment of Painful Bladder Condition With Biomarkers

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Understanding and treatment of Interstitial cystitis, a painful and difficult-to-diagnose bladder condition, is now the main objective of scientists at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. This could be possible by taking advantage of technology that can analyze tissue samples and measure the activity of thousands of genes at once. "We are looking for molecular biomarkers for IC, which basically means we are comparing bladder biopsy tissue from patients with suspected ...

Study Warns 2 in 5 Americans at Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes

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A study predicting two in five American adults are expected to develop type 2 diabetes in their lifetime, has also warned of spiralling health costs as a result of this possible spike in diabetes cases. The risk was even higher for Hispanics and black women, half of whom are expected to develop the disease caused mainly by physical inactivity and excess bodyweight. The study used data obtained from national population interviews and the death certificates ...

Ebola Victims Left to Starve and Die in Abandoned Liberia Village

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The only sounds in the abandoned Liberian village devastated by Ebola virus deaths were the haunting cries of a little girl, shut up with her mother's body inside the family home, starving and thirsty as she waited for death. Eventually even the girl - 12-year-old Fatu Sherrif - fell silent as she too succumbed to the deadly Ebola virus that is ravaging her country and other parts of west Africa. When AFP visited Fatu's village of Ballajah on Sunday, ...

Credit Card-like Molecule to Disrupt Tumor Growth

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A credit card-like molecule that moves in and disrupts the critical interactions between MYC and its binding partner has been found by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI). The MYC is a cancer regulator that is thought to be "undruggable." The research, published the week of August 11 in the journal iProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences/i, also shows the drug candidate can stop tumor growth in animal models. "We finally ...

Cancer Becomes Self-Destructive With Synthetic Molecule

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A molecule that can cause cancer cells to self-destruct by ferrying sodium and chloride ions into the cancer cells, has been created by researchers from The University of Texas at Austin and five other institutions. These synthetic ion transporters, described this week in the journal emNature Chemistry/em, confirm a two-decades-old hypothesis that could point the way to new anticancer drugs while also benefitting patients with cystic fibrosis. Synthetic ...

China Enlists Film Prostitute To Arouse a Cinematic Renaissance

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To arouse a cinematic renaissance and fend off a cultural onslaught from Hollywood, China is turning to a 1930s prostitute with a heart of gold - played by a doomed actress. The 1934 silent movie "The Goddess" was made during a golden period for the Shanghai film industry, when its studios were the centre of Chinese-language cinematography. In the film, a woman is driven into prostitution to educate her young son after her husband's suicide. Gossipy ...