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- Study Shows Toddlers' Diets at Risk of Iron Deficiency
- Fake Smiling Makes You Miserable: Study
- Quiz on Healthy Snacks
- Foods that Kill Bad Breath - Slide Show
- Stem Cells Show Promise for Stroke Treatment
- There is No Standard Method for Brushing Teeth, Says Study
- New Age Stress Buster That Reduces High Blood Pressure
- Newsroom Journalists Face More Risk of PTSD, Depression
- Link Between Leukemia and Down Syndrome
- Ebola Epidemic an International Health Emergency: WHO
- Kashmir's Centenarians Enjoy Mountain Life
- Common Drug Prescribed for Type 2 Diabetics can Make Them Live Longer Than People Without the Disease
- Social Network Making Globetrotting Easy for Seniors
- Over 70 Students Hospitalized After Alleged Gas Leak from Metal Plant in Kerala
- Widespread Use of Sleeping Pills Increases Risk in Space for Sleep-Deprived Astronauts
- US Authorities Loosen Restrictions on Experimental Ebola Drug for Testing on Infected Patients in Africa
- Union Health Minister Calls for a Revolution
- Ebola Spread to US 'Inevitable' Though Outbreak Will be on Small Scale: CDC Chief
- Prototype Drug Found to 'Fully Cure' Arthritis in Mice
- Disposable Biosensor Device can Help Doctors Decide Whether Patients can be Safely Fed After Surgery
- Research Says Typhoid Fever Pathogen Uses a Cloaking Mechanism to Evade Immune System
- New Technique Developed by Stanford Researchers Allows Use of Fruit Flies in Studying Human Diabetes
- Ability to Endure Parasites can Influence Reproductive Success
- Britain Raises Ebola Outbreak Aid by Further (Dollar) 5 Million
- Stem Cell Transplantation Found to Encourage Neuron Growth in Rats Suffering from Spinal Cord Injuries
- Study Sheds New Light on How Stem Cells Behave in Human Bowel
- Part of Brain Manages to Avoid Problems Associated With Older Age
- Poor Vision and Hearing Problems Prevent Older Adults from Actively Participating in Events
- Novo Nordisk Reports Quarterly Profit Rise
- Public Sector Doctors in Nigeria Decide to Suspend Strike as Ebola Outbreak Hits Their Shores
- Mutations in CTR9 Gene Could Play a Role in Development of Kidney Cancer in Children
- Compound Formula Rehmannia Alleviates Levodopa-Induced Dyskinesia in Parkinson's Disease
- Declining Intelligence in Old Age Linked to Visual Perception Speed
- Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Alters Brain Function Development: Study
- Scientists Provide New Insights into Why Teens Carry Meningitis-Causing Bacteria
- Lung Cancer Diagnosis Tool Safe and Effective for Older Patients
- Key Adjustment Enables Parasite Shape-Shifting: Study
- Acupuncture Improves Activation of Functional Brain Areas of Stroke Patients
- New Imaging Pen Helps Recognize Cancerous Skin Lesions
- 63 Percent of Food Advertised on TV Identified as Unhealthy for Kids
- Reports from International AIDS Conference 2014: How are TB-HIV Collaborative Activities Being Rolled Out?
| Study Shows Toddlers' Diets at Risk of Iron Deficiency Posted:  Many Australian toddlers are not eating enough meat and it may be compromising their iron levels, a new study has revealed. Researchers have linked this to an overconsumption of formula and cow's milk. The Australian Guide to Healthy Eating suggests toddlers eat 65g of cooked lean meats, such as beef, lamb and kangaroo, a day. For the study, researchers from iQueensland University of Technology /i(QUT) examined the diets of more than 550 kids aged between ... |
| Fake Smiling Makes You Miserable: Study Posted:  When a person is sad, don't tell them cheer up or don't worry. A new research has found that trying to make somebody smile when they are miserable could actually make them feel worse. The study explains, if people force themselves to grin when they are in a bad mood then their brain starts to relate it with sadness instead of joy and next time when they would smile it could bring back miserable memories instead of lifting the bad mood. The ... |
| Posted:  It is often a difficult task for mothers to ensure that their children eat healthy snacks. This quiz will test if you know enough about healthy snacks. |
| Foods that Kill Bad Breath - Slide Show Posted:  If you are looking to kill your chronic bad breath, look no further. These 10 foods are your bad breath cure solutions. |
| Stem Cells Show Promise for Stroke Treatment Posted:  In humans a stroke treatment using stem cells extracted from patients' bone marrow has shown promising results, shows research. Five patients received the treatment in a pilot study conducted by doctors at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust and scientists at Imperial College London.The therapy was found to be safe, and all the patients showed improvements in clinical measures of disability. The findings are published in the journal emStem Cells Translational ... |
| There is No Standard Method for Brushing Teeth, Says Study Posted:  There is no common recommendation on brushing method given by dental associations, toothpaste and toothbrush companies and in dental textbooks, across ten countries, reveals a new study. The researchers from University College London found no clear consensus between the various sources, and a "worrying" lack of agreement between advices from dental associations compared with dental textbooks. Aubrey Sheiham, senior author of the study, said that the ... |
| New Age Stress Buster That Reduces High Blood Pressure Posted:  Researchers have observed the new mindfulness-based stress reduction (MBSR) technique of reducing high blood pressure or hypertension has some positive changes on patients. MBSR technique builds on recent research findings that a positive attitude towards life, keeping the mind free of too much stress, anxiety and following simple tips to de-stress and relax play a crucial role in curbing high blood pressure. Traditionally hypertension ... |
| Newsroom Journalists Face More Risk of PTSD, Depression Posted:  Journalists who work in the newsroom amidst images of extreme violence face more risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and depression, claims a new study. The study by researchers at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, showed that journalists working with repetitive viewing of such images could lead to adverse psychological consequences like anxiety, depression, PTSD and alcohol consumption. The setting for the research was the ... |
| Link Between Leukemia and Down Syndrome Posted:  Children affected by trisomy 21 or Down syndrome are 50 to 500 times more likely to develop leukemia than other kids. A group of geneticists working in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Geneva (UNIGE) focused for many years on the genetic characteristics of Down syndrome. They have sequenced the exome, a specific part of our genome, in a cohort of patients affected both by Down Syndrome and Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia (DS-ALL), a type of cancer relative ... |
| Ebola Epidemic an International Health Emergency: WHO Posted:  ... |
| Kashmir's Centenarians Enjoy Mountain Life Posted:  Hafeezullah still goes to work every day although he is over a 100 years old. With the aid of a cane, the wizened white-bearded centenarian tends to his fields in Pakistan's hauntingly beautiful Neelum Valley just as he did when Britain still ruled this part of the world. Pakistan was recently named by the UN as one of the worst countries in the world to be for an old person in a report that cited insecurity and lack of freedom for those over 60. But ... |
| Posted:  A large scale study that involved more than 180,000 people reveals that type 2 diabetics who have been treated with a common drug for the condition are able to live longer than people without the disease. The findings indicate that a drug known as metformin, used to control glucose levels in the body and already known to exhibit anticancer properties, could offer prognostic and prophylactic benefits to people without diabetes. Published in a leading ... |
| Social Network Making Globetrotting Easy for Seniors Posted:  Merging the spark of wanderlust in the elderly and technology, a new social network in Slovenia offers a platform for the elderly who still want to travel around the world but are concerned about the availability of specialized residences in the country of their visit. "Once the opportunity arose, I quickly decided I wanted to go to Spain," said Jozica Kucera, a 77-year-old widow from Slovenia. In late July, she swapped her room in a retirement home ... |
| Over 70 Students Hospitalized After Alleged Gas Leak from Metal Plant in Kerala Posted:  More than 70 school students have been hospitalized in last two days after a suspected gas leak from the Kerala Minerals and Metals Ltd plant (KMML) in Chavara near Kollam district. A high-level inquiry has been sought by the government following the gas leak on Wednesday and Thursday morning. The students of nearby school developed nausea and dizziness in the morning and were rushed to hospitals. Majority of them were discharged by evening but few ... |
| Widespread Use of Sleeping Pills Increases Risk in Space for Sleep-Deprived Astronauts Posted:  Warning that insomnia could be a major problem in space, a new study said that the widespread use of sleeping pills by astronauts can make them less vigilant in the high risk environment of space. NASA-funded researchers collected data from 64 astronauts involved in 26 flights on the US space shuttle, and 21 others from 13 missions to the International Space Station (ISS). A wrist-worn device called an actigraph monitored sleep and wake cycles, and the ... |
| Posted:  Even as controversy rages over disparity in Ebola treatment available for Americans and Africans, a Canadian company revealed that American health regulators have loosened restrictions on another experimental drug for treating the infection and it may be tested on infected patients in West Africa. The Canada-based company, Tekmira, said the US Food and Drug Administration changed the classification of its drug TKM-Ebola from full clinical hold to partial hold. "This ... |
| Union Health Minister Calls for a Revolution Posted:  To ensure that organs and tissues are collected scientifically from donors and distributed to patients at minimum cost, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has announced a fresh government initiative. He said that Safdarjung Hospital in the national capital will house the first National Organ and Tissue Transplantation Organisation (NOTTO). It will maintain computerised networks with 24 identified transplant and organ retrieval centres here. It will be commissioned ... |
| Ebola Spread to US 'Inevitable' Though Outbreak Will be on Small Scale: CDC Chief Posted:  While two Americans have been infected with the Ebola virus, both of them have contracted the virus in Africa. However health authorities in the country said that the virus' spread to American shores is 'inevitable' in the current age of global airline travel, though any potential outbreak is unlikely to be large. Already one man with dual US-Liberian citizenship has died from Ebola, after becoming sick on a plane from Monrovia to Lagos and exposing as many as seven ... |
| Prototype Drug Found to 'Fully Cure' Arthritis in Mice Posted:  Researchers at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETHZ) who are currently testing an experimental drug revealed that it was able to 'fully cure' arthritis in mice, adding that the drug may soon switch to human trials. Rheumatoid arthritis is a condition that causes painful inflammation of joints, sometimes destroying cartilage and bone as it progresses. The disease affects up to one percent of the world's population, according to ETHZ, ... |
| Disposable Biosensor Device can Help Doctors Decide Whether Patients can be Safely Fed After Surgery Posted:  Researchers at UCLA have developed a new disposal, plastic listening device that can be attached to the abdomen and help doctors to determine whether post-operative patients should be fed or not, with the researchers suggesting that the device can lead to improved outcomes, shorter hospital stays and lower healthcare costs. Some patients who undergo surgery develop a condition called post-operative ileus (POI), a malfunction of the intestines. The condition causes ... |
| Research Says Typhoid Fever Pathogen Uses a Cloaking Mechanism to Evade Immune System Posted:  It is well-known that typhoid fever is caused by infection with emSalmonella enterica Typhi/em. In contrast, infection with the closely related bacterium Salmonella enterica Thyphimurium is usually limited to the gut and causes less serious diarrheal disease. Research published on August 7th in emPLOS Pathogens/em comparing the two pathogens reveals how emS. Typhi/em avoids recognition and elimination by patrolling immune cells called neutrophils, allowing ... |
| New Technique Developed by Stanford Researchers Allows Use of Fruit Flies in Studying Human Diabetes Posted:  Researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine have developed a new technique through which insulin levels can be measured in fruit flies in an attempt to study how mutations associated with the development of diabetes influence the production and secretion of the vital hormone. The experimental model is likely to transform the field of diabetes research by bringing the staggering power of fruit fly genetics, honed over 100 years of research, to bear on the ... |
| Ability to Endure Parasites can Influence Reproductive Success Posted:  A joint study carried out by researchers at Princeton University and the University of Edinburgh, and published in the journal PLoS Biology, reveals that an animal's ability to endure internal parasites has a strong influence on its reproductive success, a finding that can be used in boosting human and livestock's resistance to infection. The researchers used 25 years of data on a population of wild sheep living on an island in northwest Scotland to assess the evolutionary ... |
| Britain Raises Ebola Outbreak Aid by Further (Dollar) 5 Million Posted:  The British government has announced that it will be extending its aid to healthcare systems in Sierra Leone and Liberia, two countries hit hardest by the Ebola outbreak, by an additional (Dollar) 5 million. The new package, worth 3.0 million or 3.8 million euros, will allow the World Health Organization, the Red Cross and UNICEF to increase specialist care and improve monitoring of the disease. It will also provide information boards for rural communities ... |
| Posted: A new study that made use of human induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) transplanted into rats showed that neurons that normally failed to regenerate after spinal cord injuries displayed remarkable growth throughout the length of the animals' central nervous system following the transplantation, leading to hopes of development of new therapies that can stimulate neuron growth in humans. The results of the study have been published in the journal Neuron. "These ... |
| Study Sheds New Light on How Stem Cells Behave in Human Bowel Posted:  A team of British researchers has shed new light on the behavior of stem cells in the human bowel, which could lead to a better understanding and prevention of the earliest stages in bowel cancer. The study, led by Queen May University of London (QMUL) and published today in the journal iCell Reports/i, discovered how many stem cells exist within the human bowel and how they behave and evolve over time. It was revealed that within a healthy bowel, stem cells ... |
| Part of Brain Manages to Avoid Problems Associated With Older Age Posted:  Researchers at University of Adelaide suggest that even as the brain struggles with problems associated with older age, at least one part continues to process information the same way as it did in the prime of life. A study compared the ability of 60 older and younger people to respond to visual and non-visual stimuli in order to measure their "spatial attention" skills. Spatial attention is critical for many aspects of life, from driving, to walking, ... |
| Poor Vision and Hearing Problems Prevent Older Adults from Actively Participating in Events Posted:  Two different studies conducted by Gerontology Research Center have found that the major roadblock that prevents older people from actively participating in various events were their vision and hearing problems. Impaired vision and hearing make it difficult to interact in social situations. However, social relationships and situations in which there is an opportunity to meet and interact with other people are important for older adults' quality of life. - ... |
| Novo Nordisk Reports Quarterly Profit Rise Posted:  Danish pharmaceutical giant Novo Nordisk, which is the largest insulin maker, has announced that its quarterly profits rose and revealed that studies currently being conducted to launch its long-acting insulin Tresiba in the US would be wrapped up sooner than their initial time frame. Net profit in the second quarter rose by four percent to 6.99 billion kroner (938 million euros, (Dollar) 1.25 billion) as revenue grew one percent to 21.63 billion kroner. Stated ... |
| Public Sector Doctors in Nigeria Decide to Suspend Strike as Ebola Outbreak Hits Their Shores Posted: ... |
| Mutations in CTR9 Gene Could Play a Role in Development of Kidney Cancer in Children Posted:  Researchers at The Institute of Cancer Research, London, have found that mutations in the CTR9 gene, which regulates when genes are switched on or off in cells, could play a role in the development of the most common form of kidney cancer, Wilms tumor, in children. Wilms tumour affects around one in 10,000 children and usually develops before the age of five years. Treatment of Wilms tumour is very successful, with 90 per cent of children being cured. Usually ... |
| Compound Formula Rehmannia Alleviates Levodopa-Induced Dyskinesia in Parkinson's Disease Posted:  For Parkinson's disease, Levodopa is the preferred treatment in the clinic. However, long-term use of levodopa may lead to various motor complications, among which levodopa-induced dyskinesia is the most common, severely affecting patients' quality of life. Dr. Jiancheng He and co-workers from Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine in China established a model of Parkinson's disease dyskinesia in rats, and treated these animals with Compound Formula ... |
| Declining Intelligence in Old Age Linked to Visual Perception Speed Posted:  Researchers have revealled one of the basic processes that may help to explain why some people's thinking skills decrease in old age. Age-related declines in intelligence are strongly related to declines on a very simple task of visual perception speed, the researchers report in the Cell Press journal iCurrent Biology/i on August 4. The evidence comes from experiments in which researchers showed 600 healthy older people very brief flashes of one ... |
| Prenatal Alcohol Exposure Alters Brain Function Development: Study Posted:  In a new study, Prapti Gautam, PhD, and colleagues have found that children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorders (FASD) showed weaker brain activation during specific cognitive tasks than their unaffected counterparts. They were from the Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles. These novel findings suggest a possible neural mechanism for the persistent attention problems seen in individuals with FASD. The results of this study will be published ... |
| Scientists Provide New Insights into Why Teens Carry Meningitis-Causing Bacteria Posted:  Scientists at University of York have shed new light on why teenagers and young adults are particularly susceptible to meningitis and septicaemia. The team from the University's Department of Biology has discovered a novel metabolic pathway in the bacterium emNeisseria meningitidis/em that may explain why this age group is particularly at risk of infection. The results of the research, which was supported by the Centre for Chronic Diseases and Disorders ... |
| Lung Cancer Diagnosis Tool Safe and Effective for Older Patients Posted:  A study in Manchester has found that a procedure to take tissue samples from lung cancer patients can be used safely in the elderly - allowing doctors to make an accurate diagnosis and to choose appropriate treatment. Half of all lung cancer patients are over 70 years old when first diagnosed, but studies have shown that these older patients are less likely to receive an accurate diagnosis. A correct assessment of the stage of a patient's disease - ... |
| Key Adjustment Enables Parasite Shape-Shifting: Study Posted:  At the University of Oxford, when researchers reduced the expression of a protein called ClpGM6 in emT. brucei/em trypomastigotes, the cells switched to an epimastigote-like morphology. The kinetoplast was close to the nucleus or anterior to it, and a long section of the flagellum extended beyond the cell. The parasites weren't identical to epimastigotes-they lacked a distinctive surface protein found at this life stage-but they were able to survive and reproduce ... |
| Acupuncture Improves Activation of Functional Brain Areas of Stroke Patients Posted:  In patients with ischemic stroke, both acupuncture at Waiguan (SJ5) and sham acupuncture can activate/deactivate several brain regions. But there are some difference in Brodmann areas 4, 6, 8, Brodmann areas 7, 39, 40, Brodmann areas 18, 19, 22 and Brodmann areas 13, 24, 32, 28. Most studies addressing the specificity of meridians and acupuncture points have focused mainly on the different neural effects of acupuncture at different points in healthy individuals. ... |
| New Imaging Pen Helps Recognize Cancerous Skin Lesions Posted:  A biopsy is the only reliable way to diagnose skin cancer, but having good confidence that a lesion is cancerous before a biopsy can reduce the number of needless biopsies performed. A new tool invented by scientists at iUniversity of Texas/i at Austin uses three different mechanisms to image a lesion, potentially providing a new way to spot suspected tumors. It's currently undergoing pilot clinical trials. The device utilizes Raman spectroscopy, ... |
| 63 Percent of Food Advertised on TV Identified as Unhealthy for Kids Posted:  Foods such as Kit Kats, Tiny Teddies, Smarties and Coco Pops, which are being advertised to kids as extraordinary health products by private food companies, have reportedly been identified as unhealthy. An analysis by NSW Cancer Council states that food companies are advertising products to children because they are classified as healthy by their own nutritional standards It also found that 63 percent of food that appeared in television advertisements ... |
| Posted:  Some Asian countries shared their national responses to deal with tuberculosis (TB) and Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) epidemics around the 20th International AIDS Conference (AIDS 2014) held in Melbourne. Citizen News Service (CNS) spoke with national TB programme officers as well who were not attending AIDS 2014 to include their perspectives. We know that nearly one third of the 35 million people living with HIV (PLHIV) have tuberculosis (TB), ... |
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