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- NeuroVigil Announces New Brain Research Initiatives
- Mother Fed Her Daughter Tapeworms To Make Her Skinny
- Women Feel 5 Years Younger Till They Reach 45
- Quiz on Painkillers
- Home Remedies for Stretch Marks
- Babies Born With Penis Abnormalities on the Rise in Sweden
- Women in Red are More Attractive to Men
- Lady's Finger Can Make Your Ice Cream Last Longer
- UN Ebola Expert Starts Preparing for Possible Flareup of Epidemic
- Dengue Fever Could Affect European Holiday Destinations Due to Climate Change
- Violence-Normalizing 'Fifty Shades' may be Harmful for Adolescent and Young Adult Females
- Slowdown of Brain's Pruning Process Responsible for Excessive Synapses in Brain of Autistic Kids
- Sleep Helps Us Learn Body Movement Sequences
- High-Calorie Kids' Meals Should Not Include Toys: NY Councilman
- Dawkins Issues Apology Following Comments on Fetus Diagnosed With Down's Syndrome
- Florida Gay Marriage Ban Arguments Similar to Those Against Interracial Marriages, Judge Rules Before Striking Down the Ban
- US State Department Forbids Diplomats from Taking Part in Ice Bucket Challenge
- Survival in Patients With Advanced Laryngeal Cancer Improved With Surgery
- Suspected Ebola Case Tested in Ireland
- In African American Women, Low Birth Weight Linked to Higher Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes
- AIDS: Lethal Fungus Grows on Trees
- Researchers Develop New DNA Test for Diagnosing Diseases Linked to Childhood Blindness
- Be 'Fair' in Sharing Ebola Test Drugs, Urge Experts
- Immunity can be Boosted by Combined Use of Polio Vaccines
- From Dandruff to Deep Sea Vents, an Ecologically Hyper-Diverse Fungus
- US Missionaries Treated With Experimental Ebola Drug Make Full Recovery Even as Death Toll Worsens in Liberia
- Skin Cells Reprogrammed to Mimic Rare Disease
- U.S. FDA Approves Eliquis for the Treatment of DVT and PE
- Emergency Department Nurses are Different from the Rest: New Study
- Postop Cognitive Dysfunction Associated With AMPK and Inflammatory Mediators
- 'Bubble Boy' Disease may be More Common Than Thought: Study
- Indian Boy's Giant Hands Forced Him To Leave School
- Artery Repair may Improve With Selective Therapy
- Breakthrough in Fight Against Hospital Superbugs
- Lethal Vocal Condition Leaves UK Girl, Four, Only Able to Whisper
- Getting Them Right The First Time: Clinical Practice Guidelines
| NeuroVigil Announces New Brain Research Initiatives Posted:  NeuroVigil, Inc., a company based in San Diego, has announced that is has formed a multi-year alliance with a large Pharmaceutical Company, which plans to deploy the iBrain technology in its pharmaceutical research. The company also announced that it has separately created an alliance with the iUniversity of Basel/i, one of Europe's leading biomedical research universities, to specifically tackle Rett Syndrome, a lethal neurodevelopmental disorder ... |
| Mother Fed Her Daughter Tapeworms To Make Her Skinny Posted:  Maricar Cabral-Osori, a Florida based E.R nurse revealed how a mother fed her teenage daughter tapeworms to help her slim down for a beauty competition. Cabral-Osori said she admitted the girl to the ER who came in with severe stomach cramps and was initially suspected she was pregnant; which was ruled out by an ultrasound. "Something was in her intestines," said Cabral-Osorio for an upcoming episode of "Untold Stories of the E.R." The nurse recalled at the slight ... |
| Women Feel 5 Years Younger Till They Reach 45 Posted:  Most women believe they look five years younger than their actual age - and begin to look old at 46, revealed a recent poll that surveyed 2,000 women who were between 30 and 60 of age. The poll was conducted for Lancome Advanced Genefique UK and Ireland, whose general manager Victoria Campbell said, "women judge themselves by their "face age" - or how old others think they look and there was no reason they shouldn't go on enjoying their looks well into their seventies." British ... |
| Posted:  The analgesics you are taking may cause debilitating side effects. Take this quiz on painkillers, know your NSAIDs and opioids. |
| Home Remedies for Stretch Marks Posted:  Natural Home Remedies offers you herbal method to treat stretch marks effectively. Follow these simple home remedies and tips to get rid of stretch marks. |
| Babies Born With Penis Abnormalities on the Rise in Sweden Posted:  Hypospadias, a condition which causes baby boys to be born with deformed penises, is becoming more common in Sweden, found a new study. The researchers at iStockholm's Karolinksa Institute/i assessed data collected on Hypospadias between 1973 and 2009. They found, incidences of hypospadias in babies born after 1990 jumped significantly from 4.5 boys out of every 1,000 to eight per 1,000. Scientists said that they had taken into account ... |
| Women in Red are More Attractive to Men Posted:  Women dressed in red are more attractive to men, find experts. According to a study in China, the color, which is associated with romance, passion, lust and fertility, boosts a woman's sex appeal and makes her appear "warmer" and more competent, the Daily Express reported. The lead author of the study conducted at Wuhan University in Hubei province, psychologist Dr Fangfang Wen, said that the color red was found to have a boosting effect on the sexual ... |
| Lady's Finger Can Make Your Ice Cream Last Longer Posted:  A new study has found, extracts of the humble okra (lady's finger) can help your ice cream last longer by acting as a stabiliser in the sweet delicacy. While okra has been widely used as a vegetable for soups and stews, its extracts can be used as a stabiliser in ice cream, reveals the study by the iInstitute of Food Technologists (IFT) in Chicago./i Ice cream quality is highly reliant on the size of ice crystals. As ice cream melts and refreezes ... |
| UN Ebola Expert Starts Preparing for Possible Flareup of Epidemic Posted:  Stating that the Ebola outbreak is currently at a plateau, the United Nations' top Ebola expert claimed that there could be a potential flareup of the epidemic in West Africa. "We're either close to a plateau, but then we'll drop, or we're in a phase, an inflection point, where it is going to increase, and I absolutely cannot tell," David Nabarro told AFP during a stopover at Conakry airport en route to Monrovia. He was determined to "ensure that every piece of ... |
| Dengue Fever Could Affect European Holiday Destinations Due to Climate Change Posted:  A new study published in the journal BMC Public Health reveals that the current and predicted trajectory of climate change could mean that dengue fever could make headway in popular European holiday destinations. The University of East Anglia study used current data from Mexico, where dengue fever is present, and information about EU countries in order to model the likelihood of the disease spreading in Europe. They found that coastal regions in around the Mediterranean ... |
| Violence-Normalizing 'Fifty Shades' may be Harmful for Adolescent and Young Adult Females Posted:  Popular erotic fiction 'Fifty Shades of Grey' may be harmful for the health of adolescent and young adult female readers as it normalizes violence against women. Researchers from Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI), Group Health Research Institute (Seattle, WA), and Ohio State University (Columbus, OH) pointed to a substantially greater risk for certain adverse health behaviors among the group that read Fifty Shades, which hyper-sexualized women and might ... |
| Slowdown of Brain's Pruning Process Responsible for Excessive Synapses in Brain of Autistic Kids Posted:  A new study conducted by researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) reveals that the slowdown of normal brain "pruning" process during development was responsible for the surplus of synapses in the brain in autistic children and adolescents, which in turn has a big influence on how the brain functions as neurons use the synapses to connect and communicate with each other. Although, the drug, rapamycin, has side effects that might preclude its use in ... |
| Sleep Helps Us Learn Body Movement Sequences Posted:  Sleep can be a crucial factor that helps us to learn the sequence of the body's movement, similar to learning the sequence of movements while playing a piano, says a new study. According to researchers at the University of Montreal, the regions of the brain below the cortex were important in information consolidation, especially information linked to a motor memory trace. The lead author, Karen Debas, said that when consolidation level was measured after ... |
| High-Calorie Kids' Meals Should Not Include Toys: NY Councilman Posted:  One of the major attractive features of kid meals in fast-food restaurants is the accompanying toy but the practice could end after a New York City councilman revealed that he wants to ban the inclusion of kid toys in high calorie meals. Democrat Ben Kallos introduced a bill Thursday that would ban the toys from a child's meal if the food serving contains more than 500 calories and more than 600 milligrams of sodium. The measure would also encourage ... |
| Dawkins Issues Apology Following Comments on Fetus Diagnosed With Down's Syndrome Posted:  Following the anger on Twitter after his comments that not aborting a fetus with Down's Syndrome was immoral, scientist Richard Dawkins has issued an apology for causing a 'feeding frenzy' on the social networking site. Dawkins, who has been at the centre of a series of controversies on social media, responded to a user who said they would face a "real ethical dilemma" if they discovered they were expecting a baby with Down's Syndrome. "Abort it and try ... |
| Posted:  Equating arguments against same-sex marriage with those opposing interracial marriages over five decades ago, a federal judge in Florida has ruled against the gay marriage ban in the state, though the ruling has been stayed pending further appeals. US District Judge Robert Hinkle, in the Florida state capital of Tallahassee, said that the ban against same-sex marriages approved in a 2008 referendum was unconstitutional. In explaining his ruling, Hinkle ... |
| US State Department Forbids Diplomats from Taking Part in Ice Bucket Challenge Posted:  While the Ice Bucket Challenge has quickly become a global craze with celebrities, sportspersons and even former US presidents happily drenching themselves with buckets of freezing water for charity, a recent directive by the US government has forbidden American diplomats from getting involved in the practice. The State Department has issued an internal telegram forbidding US ambassadors and other high-profile foreign service officers from participating in the ... |
| Survival in Patients With Advanced Laryngeal Cancer Improved With Surgery Posted:  New research suggests that patients with advanced laryngeal cancer appear to have better survival if they are treated with surgery than chemoradiation. Author: Uchechukwu C. Megwalu, M.D., M.P.H., of the Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, and colleagues. Background: Approximately 11,000 to 13,000 cases of laryngeal cancer are diagnosed each year and squamous cell carcinoma accounts for the vast majority of these tumors. Prior to 1991, ... |
| Suspected Ebola Case Tested in Ireland Posted:  A "suspected case of Ebola virus" is being tested by Irish authorities after a person who traveled to an affected area in Africa was found dead. "The public health department was made aware earlier today of the remains of an individual, discovered early this morning, who had recently travelled to the one of the areas in Africa affected by the current Ebola virus disease outbreak," the Health Service Executive (HSE) said in a statement. "Until a diagnosis ... |
| In African American Women, Low Birth Weight Linked to Higher Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes Posted:  New research has revealed that African American women born at a low or very low birth weight may be at a higher risk for developing type 2 diabetes. The findings, which appear in iDiabetes Care/i, may explain in part the higher occurrence of type 2 diabetes in African American populations, which has a high prevalence of low birth weight. Researchers from Boston University's Slone Epidemiology Center followed more than 21,000 women enrolled in the ... |
| AIDS: Lethal Fungus Grows on Trees Posted:  The environmental source of fungal infections that have been sickening HIV/AIDS patients in Southern California for decades has been pinpointed by researchers. The discovery is based on the science project of a 13-year-old girl, who spent the summer gathering soil and tree samples from areas around Los Angeles hardest hit by infections of the fungus named iCryptococcus gattii/i (CRIP-to-cock-us GAT-ee-eye). iCryptococcus/i, which encompasses ... |
| Researchers Develop New DNA Test for Diagnosing Diseases Linked to Childhood Blindness Posted:  Advanced DNA testing for congenital cataracts can quickly and accurately diagnose a number of rare diseases marked by childhood blindness, UK researchers have demonstrated. The study is published online today in iOphthalmology/i, the journal of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Using a single test, doctors were able to tailor care specifically to a child's condition based on their mutations reducing the time and money spent on diagnosis and enabling earlier ... |
| Be 'Fair' in Sharing Ebola Test Drugs, Urge Experts Posted:  Two medical ethics experts have said that the limited doses of Ebola trial drugs must not be reserved for the well-off or well-connected. "Fair selection of participants is essential," Ezekiel Emanuel of the University of Pennsylvania and Annette Rid of Kings College London wrote in The Lancet medical journal. "Especially in a dire emergency such as this one, well-off and well-connected patients should not be further privileged." The pair ... |
| Immunity can be Boosted by Combined Use of Polio Vaccines Posted:  Giving the Salk inactivated poliovirus vaccine (IPV) to individuals who had already been given the Sabin live-attenuated oral poliovirus vaccine (OPV) may improve their immunity to the poliovirus, new research has suggested. The results, published in the 22 August issue of the journal iScience/i, could help resolve controversy over vaccine choice as researchers work to hasten elimination of final poliovirus reservoirs in places like Syria and Iraq. "This ... |
| From Dandruff to Deep Sea Vents, an Ecologically Hyper-Diverse Fungus Posted:  Scientists have tracked an ubiquitous skin fungus linked to dandruff, eczema and other itchy, flaky maladies in humans to Hawaiian coral reefs and the extreme environments of arctic soils and deep sea vents. A review in the scientific journal iPLOS Pathogens/i considers the diversity, ecology, and distribution of the fungi of the genus iMalassezia/i in light of new insights gained from screening environmental sequencing datasets from around the world. University ... |
| Posted:  Even as the death toll continues to rise in west Africa, health authorities in the US have revealed that two of the American missionaries who were infected with Ebola in Liberia have made a full recovery and have left the hospital. Doctors Kent Brantly, 33, and Nancy Writebol, 60, caught the disease in Monrovia in the midst of an outbreak that has has killed 1,350 people since March in Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone. The pair were given experimental ... |
| Skin Cells Reprogrammed to Mimic Rare Disease Posted:  A way to reprogram a patient's skin cells into cells that mimic and display many biological features of a rare genetic disorder called familial dysautonomia has been devised by Johns Hopkins stem cell biologists. The process requires growing the skin cells in a bath of proteins and chemical additives while turning on a gene to produce neural crest cells, which give rise to several adult cell types. The researchers say their work substantially expedites the creation ... |
| U.S. FDA Approves Eliquis for the Treatment of DVT and PE Posted:  Bristol-Myers Squibb and Pfizer have announced that federal regulators have expanded approval of their blood thinner Eliquis to treat Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) and Pulmonary Embolism (PE). The Food and Drug Administration cleared the drug for patients suffering from or at risk of the two types of dangerous blood clots. The drug was originally approved in 2012 to treat a common form of irregular heartbeat, atrial fibrillation, in patients at risk for strokes or ... |
| Emergency Department Nurses are Different from the Rest: New Study Posted:  Emergency department nurses are more extroverted, agreeable and open, thus making them successful in the demanding, fast-paced and stressful environment of an emergency department, suggests a new study by University of Sydney. "Emergency nurses are a special breed," says Belinda Kennedy from Sydney Nursing School, a 15 year critical care veteran who led the study. "Despite numerous studies about personalities of nurses in general, there has been little ... |
| Postop Cognitive Dysfunction Associated With AMPK and Inflammatory Mediators Posted:  Neuronal apoptosis is the phosphorylation of tau protein and the accumulation of amyloid in aged people, and is associated with postoperative cognitive dysfunction. Neuronal apoptosis may result from post-surgery inflammation. 5 (and) #8242;adenosine monophosphate-activated protein kinase (AMPK) can be involved in anti-inflammation, neuronal repair and anti-inflammation of the body through different downstream proteins and pathways. In addition, the activation of AMPK ... |
| 'Bubble Boy' Disease may be More Common Than Thought: Study Posted:  'Bubble Boy' disease, also known as severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID), is more common than researchers once believed, a new study has found. The disease, which destroys a baby's immune system, can be fatal in most cases if the baby catches an infection. The research with over 3 million infants within 10 states along with the Navajo Area Indian Health Service, discovered approximately a single case of SCID for every 58,000 births. This is roughly two times ... |
| Indian Boy's Giant Hands Forced Him To Leave School Posted:  Eight-year old Indian schoolboy, Mohammad Kaleem was born with hands so large he cannot feed himself, neither can he dress himself well, nor tie his own shoe laces. Kaleem's mother, 27-year old Haleema said, "When Kaleem was born his hand was twice the size of a normal baby's. His hands were big and his fingers were long. Initially his fists were small but they began to grow large as well and his fingers also kept growing." Kaleem in his interview with The Sun ... |
| Artery Repair may Improve With Selective Therapy Posted:  Life-threatening complications of interventional cardiovascular disease treatment can be reduced with a new therapy developed by researchers at the University of South Florida (USF) Morsani College of Medicine and Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC). The researchers demonstrated in a rat model that the novel molecular therapy could selectively inhibit blood vessel re-narrowing and simultaneously promote vessel healing following a medical procedure using a ... |
| Breakthrough in Fight Against Hospital Superbugs Posted:  A breakthrough in the fight against the most resistant hospital superbugs has been achieved by scientists at Queen's University Belfast. The team from the School of Pharmacy at Queen's have developed the first innovative antibacterial gel that acts to kill iPseudomonas aeruginosa/i, istaphylococci/i and iE. coli/i using natural proteins.The gels have the ability to break down the thick jelly-like coating, known as biofilms, which cover bacteria making ... |
| Lethal Vocal Condition Leaves UK Girl, Four, Only Able to Whisper Posted:  Four-year-old UK girl, Ellie Dixon, is preparing to start school, but her mother Rachel Lynch says, she fears her daughter will struggle, drowned out by her classmates. The little girl faces a daily battle to be heard, only able to whisper after suffering a potentially lethal vocal condition. Ellie was diagnosed with respiratory papillomas shortly after she was born in 2010. The disease causes non-cancerous tumours to grow on the vocal cords and voice ... |
| Getting Them Right The First Time: Clinical Practice Guidelines Posted:  The randomized, controlled trial is the gold standard in medical research, is the common belief in the medical community. Findings from these studies are thought to be most reliable and are often endorsed by guideline-making organizations and brought into medical practice. But, Penn Medicine researchers caution that the rapid adoption of one or two studies as the basis for clinical practice, even if they are randomized controlled trials, can lead to misinformation ... |
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