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British Ebola Survivor Criticizes Lyrics of Band Aid

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Pop star Emeli Sande has received criticism for the lyrics of the Band Aid, the 30th anniversary version of 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' which was recorded to raise money for anti-Ebola charities. This criticism comes from 29-year old British nurse and Ebola survivor William Pooley. William Pooley was evacuated from Sierra Leone by military plane in August after he contracted Ebola working as a volunteer in the West African country. He made a full recovery ...

Anti-depressant can be Used to Treat PMS

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Low doses of anti-depressants like fluoxetine (Prozac) can help in preventing symptoms of premenstrual syndrome (PMS), according to scientists from the University of Bristol, UCL and the University of Sao Paolo-Ribeiro Preto in Brazil. Up to 80 per cent of women suffer from PMS, with symptoms such as anxiety, irritability, fatigue, sleep deprivation and increased pain sensitivity. Towards the end of the menstrual cycle there is decreased secretion of the ovarian ...

Menopause and Sex

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Menopause occurs when a woman's ovaries stop producing the hormone estrogen. Since estrogen is linked to sex drive, a woman will experience changes in sexual desire around the time of menopause.

New Study Could Help Tackle Ageing and Treating Cancer

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Study conducted at the University of Leicester offers future to assist tackling diseases and conditions associated with ageing and also in treating cancer. Dr Salvador Macip from the Mechanisms of Cancer and Ageing Lab and the Department of Biochemistry of the University of Leicester coordinated with a group of scientists and carried out the study to find new ways of identifying old cells in the body. Accumulation of old cells, called 'senescent', ...

Oscar A Health Insurer to Pay Members for Walking

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Oscar Health Insurance, which sells health plans on Obamacare exchanges in New York and New Jersey, will pay members (Dollar) 240 per year in Amazon gift cards for the thousands of steps they take each day. It is very rare to where an insurer offers incentives to members to improve their health. Oscar is a company backed by Venture capital, usually employer sponsored health plans use incentives to offer incentives to employees in their workplace wellness plans. Oscar ...

Super Human Brain: The Store Box of Memories

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For a long time, researchers have been wondering if the human brain has an upper limit to its capacity and to its memory management, that many events go without mix up though they may be similar. To explore this issue, researchers at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology's (NTNU) Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience and Centre for Neural Computation and colleagues from the Czech Republic and Italy tested the ability of rats to remember a number of ...

Paul Allen of Microsoft Offers (Dollar) 100 Million for Disease Research

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Paul Allen, Microsoft co-founder and philanthropist, on Monday declared he was giving (Dollar) 100 million to create an institute for disease research in Seattle, Washington. The Allen Institute for Cell Science aims to speed up global research by focusing on cells and creating predictive models of how they react when faced with disease. "Cells are the fundamental units of life, with every disease we know of affecting particular types of cells," said Allen. "Scientists ...

Sleep Deprivation Causes Damage to Cells: MCW Researchers Reveal

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Recent research by scientists at the Medical College of Wisconsin (MCW) reveal links between sleep loss and cell injury. Results of a new study find sleep deprivation causes the damage to cells, especially in the liver, lung, and small intestine. Recovery sleep following deprivation heals the damage. The findings of this study are published in the December issue of iSleep/i, a joint publication of the Sleep Research Society and the American Academy of Sleep ...

Reverse Process to Treat Breast Cancer

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Cells that form the tumors of triple-negative breast cancer lack three proteins which make the cancer respond to powerful and customized treatments. Instead, doctors are left with treating these patients with traditional chemotherapy drugs that only show long-term effectiveness in 20 percent of women with triple-negative breast cancer. Now, researchers at The Johns Hopkins University have discovered a way that breast cancer cells are able to resist the effects of chemotherapy ...

Sexual Health Report Says (Dollar) 25 Per Woman Per Year Would Reduce Maternal and Newborn Deaths

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A new UN-backed study has found that spending (Dollar) 25 per woman per year on full sexual health services would dramatically reduce maternal and newborn deaths in developing nations. h4Lack of Basic Sexual Health Services/h4 The study, conducted by the Guttmacher Institute, finds a staggering lack of basic sexual and reproductive health services in less-developed countries. The report estimates, currently, of the 125 million women who give ...

Novel Technology For RBC Examination: Boon for Sickle Cell Disease

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Research related to biochip was recently presented by researchers from the Seidman Cancer Center at the 56th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Hematology (ASH) in San Francisco. In a poster presentation, Jane Little, MD, and colleagues presented promising findings related to a novel biochip aimed at improving outcomes for patients with sickle cell disease. Although it is well-known that red cell interactions are important in sickle cell disease, the technology ...

Infections Due to Prostate Biopsy Reduced With Testing for Drug-Resistant Bacteria

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Simple rectal swab cultures prior to prostate biopsy can reduce some infections due to drug-resistant Escherichia coli after the biopsy. The cultures test for antibiotic-resistant iE. coli/i, and the findings are used to direct the selection of antimicrobial prophylaxis used for the procedure, according to Rhode Island Hospital researchers. The study was recently published in emUrology/em. For patients undergoing transrectal ultrasound (TRUS)-guided biopsies, ...

Ebola-Hit Countries to Receive Goods Food and Medicines by Dutch Ship

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Dozens of vehicles, food and medical kit will be delivered by Dutch navy transport ship Karel Doorman on Friday, in the fight against Ebola, as it returns to West Africa, officials said Monday. "The Karel Doorman will set sail on Friday loaded with vehicles, medical equipment and protective clothing for aid workers, as well as 1,500 tonnes of food for the World Food Programme," the Dutch Defence Ministry said in a statement. Amid the cargo are "some ...

High BP During Pregnancy can Likely Cause Autism in Children

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Being born to women who suffer a high-blood pressure condition called pre-eclampsia during pregnancy, the children are twice likely to have autism or other developmental delays, say US researchers. The study in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, a journal of the American Medical Association, also found that the more severe the pre-eclampsia, the higher the likelihood of autism. The study in the journal JAMA Pediatrics, a journal of the American Medical Association, also ...

Christmas Gift for Harry Potter Fans from Rowling

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Harry Potter material will be published everyday from December 12 to 23 on the website Pottermore.com as a gift to fans for Christmas, said British author J.K.Rowling. The author made the announcement on Facebook on Monday, saying the stories will be available each day from 1300 GMT for fans who solve an online riddle. The new material will include "shiny gold Galleons and even a new potion or two", the author said, and the riddles will be written in ...

Chobani Founder Sweeps Yogurt Market in America

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Turkish immigrant Hamdi Ulukaya brought yogurt in the American grocery stores just seven years back, and now Chobani competes with some of the biggest brands like Danone and Yoplait. "I love winning, I hate failure," said the 42-year-old, whose story epitomizes the American dream. When Ulukaya arrived in the United States, he had (Dollar) 3,000 in his pocket. Today, he's at the helm of the trendy Greek yogurt industry. Creamy, rich in protein and ...

Asbestos: a Health Hazard

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Policies and decisions that take years or decades to unfold can pose a challenge to global health. An article in the current issue of the iAnnals of Global Health/i describes the current state of asbestos use worldwide, a story that began over 100 years ago, and the real and contrived controversies regarding asbestos. At the peak of asbestos use in 1972 in the United States, more than 775,000 tons of asbestos were used, much of it by the construction trades ...

Measuring Malignancy of Prostate Cancer

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Grade of malignancy of a diagnosed cancer is the central concern for both patients and their physicians. Grade is used to determine the intensity of the required cancer treatment. Particularly in the case of prostate cancer, the disease can take widely varying courses in different patients. Therefore, cancer researchers have been looking for measurable, reliable biomarkers that give clues about the aggressiveness of a tumor in order to choose an appropriate therapy. In ...

Small Cell Lung Tumors Shrink With a New Agent in Pre-Clinical Testing

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Small cell lung cancer has been seen to be vulnerable to an agent that disables part of tumor cells' basic survival machinery, report researchers at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Small cell lung cancer is a disease for which no new drugs have been approved for many years. In a study published today in the journal emCancer Cell/em, the investigators found that the agent THZ1 caused human-like small cell lung tumors ...

Bimalleolar Fracture / Broken Ankle

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Bimalleolar fractures occur when there is a break at the lower ends of the fibula and tibia at the ankle.

Malala to Participate in Nobel Prize Awarding Ceremony

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Malala will be bestowed with Nobel prize on Wednesday, becoming the youngest ever laureate. She already has an even more startling memento from her young life: the blood-soaked school uniform she wore when shot by the Taliban. The 17-year-old Pakistani known everywhere as Malala shares the peace prize with the Indian campaigner Kailash Satyarthi, 60, who has fought for 35 years to free thousands of children from virtual slave labour. Their pairing ...

New Tool to Identify Genes That Cause Pancreatic Cancer

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Large sets of previously unknown genes associated with pancreatic cancer has been uncovered, using a technique that can identify causes of cancer that are invisible to genetic sequencing. It is hoped that this study will boost research into a disease that is still poorly understood and for which five-year survival rates have stood at around 5 per cent for the past four decades. The technique works by introducing sections of DNA called piggyBac transposons into ...

Advances in Biomedical Research Help Tackle Aging and Cancer

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To assist with tackling diseases and conditions associated with aging and in treating cancer, the new advance in biomedical research at the University of Leicester can come in handy. The research, which has shown promise in clinical samples, has been published in the prestigious scientific journal, emCell Death and Disease/em. The group of scientists coordinated by Dr Salvador Macip from the Mechanisms of Cancer and Ageing Lab and the Department of Biochemistry ...

Doctors Go On Strike Demanding Better Ebola Safety Equipment

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Demanding proper equipment to fight the Ebola epidemic, the junior doctors at sierra leone's main hospital went on strike on Monday. Sierra Leone is ravaged by ebola epidemic. The action at Freetown's Connaught Hospital follows the deaths of three doctors in two days, with new figures showing Sierra Leone has overtaken Liberia as the country with the most infections. "We have decided to withhold our services until proper and more conducive atmosphere is created ...

Coeliac UK Welcomes New EU Regulation On Food Labelling

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Coeliac UK, the national charity for people with coeliac disease, an autoimmune disease caused by a reaction to gluten, welcomes a new EU regulation on allergen labelling in catering outlets and for retailers from 13 December 2014, as providing more certainty for people with coeliac disease in managing their condition. The new EU Food Information for Consumers Regulation will require food businesses to provide information on ingredients which are allergens, ...

EU Announces a Massive 61 Million Euros to Fight Ebola in West Africa.

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On monday, the European union said, it has offered an extra of 61 million euros to fight ebola crisis in west africa. Neven Mimica, the EU Commissioner for International Cooperation and Development, announced the (Dollar) 75 million donation during a visit to Guinea that ended Sunday, the bloc said in a statement. "Our new pledge will help the countries affected by Ebola to better deal with the multiple challenges that arise from this crisis," Mimica said. "The ...

Sierra Leone Surpasses Liberia in Number of Ebola Cases, Says WHO

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Cancer Patients may Benefit From MicroRNA

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In many cancers, including ovarian and breast cancers, one of the most frequent chromosomal aberrations is a genetic misfire called 3q26.2 amplicon. This can cause real havoc. Researchers behind a study at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center believe they may have found a molecule-based approach to halting 3q26.2's destructive nature. By manipulating a non-coding microRNA (miRNA) known as miR569 that is part of the amplicon, scientists were able to ...

Sensors Transmit Information on Hazardous Chemicals to Smartphone

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A new way to wirelessly detect hazardous gases and environmental pollutants, with the use of a simple sensor that can be read by a smartphone has been devised by MIT chemists. These inexpensive sensors could be widely deployed, making it easier to monitor public spaces or detect food spoilage in warehouses. Using this system, the researchers have demonstrated that they can detect gaseous ammonia, hydrogen peroxide, and cyclohexanone, among other gases. "The ...

First Time - DNA Double-Strand Breaks Observed: CNIO Team

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Scientists from Spanish National Cancer Research Centre (CNIO) have developed a method by which biological crystals are produced that help scientists to observe - for the first time - DNA double chain breaks. They have also developed a computer simulation that makes this process, which lasts in the order of millionths of a second, visible to the human eye. The study is published today by the journal iNature Structural (and) Molecular Biology/i. "We knew that enzymes, ...

Control Obesity: A Pill to Replace Treadmill

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Researchers from Harvard Stem Cell Institute Harvard and Massachusetts General Hospital have recently revealed about a pill for obesity. They described this as: "the first step toward a pill that can replace the treadmill" for the control of obesity - though it of course would not provide all the additional benefits of exercise. Chad Cowan, an HSCI Principal Faculty Member and his HSCI team report that they have created a system using human stem cells to screen for ...

Hope for Obesity and Diabetes With Hormone Triplet

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For the first time, a substance that combines three metabolically active hormone components (GLP-1, GIP and glucagon) and offers unmatched potency to fight metabolic diseases in pre-clinical trials, has been created. Previously, the researchers had constructed several single molecules with dual hormone action. The team headed by physician scientist Matthias Tschop (Helmholtz Diabetes Center at HMGU and Metabolic Diseases Chair at TUM) and peptide chemist Richard ...

Traumatic Social or Family Experiences During Childhood

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Exposure to at least one social or family experience that can lead to traumatic stress and impact healthy development in kids, is experienced by nearly half of all children in the United States. It could be having their parents divorce, a parent die or living with someone who abuses alcohol or drugs - increasing the risk of negative long-term health consequences or of falling behind in school. This was suggested by a new research led by the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of ...

Paying for Food Safety - Voters More Inclined Than Consumers

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Willingness to pay for a decreased risk of food-related illness is shown more in voters than consumers. Female consumers are more willing to pay than male consumers, reveals a research. "The question is, what would consumers prefer?" said Amit Sharma, associate professor of hospitality management and finance, Penn State. "Would they prefer a market-driven, or a policy-driven approach? Either of those two approaches could lead to some price increase. Improving quality ...

Response of Bougainvillea to Deficit Irrigation Tested

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Producing ornamental plants more efficiently with reduced water usage is the aim of the floriculture industry, as water becomes scarcer in arid and semiarid regions across the globe. Chiara Cirillo and members of an Italian research team coordinated by Professor Stefania De Pascale, say that understanding flowering plants' response to water management is critical for optimizing the production of high-quality potted ornamentals. "Water-saving irrigation management ...

Facebook Sharing List is Topped by World Cup and Ebola

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Among the list of topics shared by Facebook users around the globe in 2014, football's World Cup and the Ebola outbreak were on the top, the social networking giant said Monday. The World Cup was the top item, followed by the Ebola crisis, Brazilian elections, the death of actor Robin Williams and the "ice bucket challenge," which saw participants around the world doused with frigid water to raise funds for research on Lou Gehrig's disease. Rounding ...

Respiratory Syncytial Virus - Not as Many Deaths as Previously Thought

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Infant deaths from respiratory syncytial virus are quite uncommon in the 21st century, shows new research, although the virus has long been characterized as dangerous and deadly. Researchers at the University of Utah have shown there are approximately 42 deaths annually associated with RSV in the United States, and of those deaths, the majority are in infants and young children that have complex preexisting chronic conditions. "The news is very good ...