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Increased Appetite Symptom Evaluation
Antioxidant Supplement Benefits Autistic Kids
Junk-Food Ads To Be Banned on Popular Media by Disney
Heat Wave Kills 42 in Bengal
Smoke-Free Policies Plus Hiked Taxes Discourages Smoking in Expecting Mothers
Literacy and Education May Prevent Dementia
Iron Supplements Help Women With Fatigue
Access To Internet in Most Families In Urban Areas
Express Childhood Growth, Development Of Obesity and Genetics
29 Infected With Tuberculosis in China
High Rate Of Drug-Resistant Germ in Families Of Kids With Staph Infections
Chia Seeds Makes a Comeback With Nutritional Value
Genetic Test for Down Syndrome, Edwards Syndrome
Medicare's Pressure Makes Hospitals Maintain More Seniors For Observation
Norway Tobacco Display Ban Lands in Law Suit by Philip Morris
Adult Skin Cancer Risk Raised by Early Childhood Neglect
Green Operating Rooms Liberally Promote Bottom Line And Environment
Research Reveals Ultrasounds can Spot Heart Disease Early in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
Over Dosage of Acetaminophen In Kids Can Pose Threat to Life Yet Avoidable
Ban on Dangerous Key Substance in 'Bath Salts' Drug Coming in Canada
RNA Interference Accomplished in a Lighter Package
Yeast Educates on How Populations Collapse
Study Says Mums Spend More Time on Facebook After Delivery
Coffee Intake Cuts Alzheimer's Risk in Elderly
No Link Between Medical Marijuana and Crime
Something Fishy in 12-year-old Boy's Lung
Milk Ingredient Protects Against Obesity
Bleeding Risk With Low-dose Aspirin
Meet the World's Most Productive Sperm Donor
Waist Circumference Linked to Diabetes Risk
Surgery Helps Children With Giggling Seizures
Your Cup of Tea can be Protective too

Increased Appetite Symptom Evaluation

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An increase in appetite is seen in conditions like bulimia, diabetes, hyperthyroidism and worm infestation.

Antioxidant Supplement Benefits Autistic Kids

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PharmaNAC - a specific antioxidant lowers irritability in children with autism, say researchers. This is according to a pilot trial from the Stanford University School of Medicine and Lucile Packard Children's Hospital that involved 31 children with the disorder. The antioxidant, called PharmaNAC, contains pharmaceutical-grade N-acetylcysteine and is specially packed to preserve its potency. PharmaNAC lowered irritability in children ...

Junk-Food Ads To Be Banned on Popular Media by Disney

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First among US media tycoon, The Walt Disney Company, on Tuesday said it will ban junk-food advertising on its TV channels and websites starting 2015 to aid in fighting obesity among US kids. "This new initiative is truly a game changer for the health of our children," said First Lady Michelle Obama, a champion of better eating for young people who attended Disney's landmark announcement in Washington. "This is a major American company, a global brand, ...

Heat Wave Kills 42 in Bengal

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Across southern West Bengal, the heat toll rose to 42, say officials. "Four people each in Burdwan's Asansol, Jhargram in West Midnapore and two each in Hooghly and Kolkata died Wednesday due to the extreme heat. Several people have been hospitalised across the state," a police officer said. Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has expressed concern over the heat wave toll and has instructed the district administrations to take precautionary steps. ...

Smoke-Free Policies Plus Hiked Taxes Discourages Smoking in Expecting Mothers

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Approximation to nearly 23% of women enter pregnancy as smokers and over half of them keep smoking through pregnancy, leading to excess healthcare costs at delivery and beyond. In one of the first studies to assess smoking bans and taxes on cigarettes, along with the level of tobacco control spending, researchers have found that state tobacco control policies can be effective in curbing smoking during pregnancy, and in preventing a return to smoking within four months on average, ...

Literacy and Education May Prevent Dementia

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Literacy and education may prevent the development of dementia, suggests new research. Martin Prince et al at the King's College London's Institute of Psychiatry conducted a cohort study to evaluate the dementia incidence and mortality in the middle-income nations. The study was the largest of its kind and was published in the Lancet 2012. A population-based cohort study was conducted on all individuals aged 65 years and above who lived in the ...

Iron Supplements Help Women With Fatigue

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Iron pills help women combat fatigue, reveals study. A severe shortage of iron is the most common cause of anaemia resulting in lethargy, weakness and feeling faint. A study of 198 women showed that iron pills might also help those with moderately low iron levels. Taking too much iron, however, can be dangerous. The researchers looked at reproductive age women, between 18 and 53, as menstruation is known to lower iron levels. ...

Access To Internet in Most Families In Urban Areas

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A study of by and large minority and socioeconomically challenged families, 99 percent of participants accounted to having access to the Internet. More than half of the families were interested in receiving health information electronically, an important finding in the quest to improve access to health information. The study, conducted in the Emergency Department at Children's National Medical Center, is published in the June issue of IPediatric Emergency Care./IOf ...

Express Childhood Growth, Development Of Obesity and Genetics

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Individuals with higher genetic risk scores were much likelier to be chronically obese in adulthood recommends a 38-year longitudinal study of New Zealanders, proposed in a report published in the June issue of iArchives of Pediatrics (and) Adolescent Medicine/i, a JAMA Network publication. Obesity is capable of being inherited and genome-wide association studies (GWASs) have started to uncover the molecular roots of heritability by identifying multiple single-nucleotide ...

29 Infected With Tuberculosis in China

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At a school in China, 26 students and 3 teachers have been infected with tuberculosis, say officials. A Grade 10 student from the Jingxian No.2 Middle School in Anhui province was confirmed to be infected with tuberculosis May 14, Xinhua reported. Later, when a medical checkup of 374 people in close contact with the first patient was conducted, 29 were found to be infected, the provincial health department said. Four people have ...

High Rate Of Drug-Resistant Germ in Families Of Kids With Staph Infections

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Relatives of kids with a staph infection often hold a drug-resistant form of the germ, even though they don't exhibit symptoms, find a team of researchers from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. The results are published in the June issue of iArchives of Pediatrics (and) Adolescent Medicine/i. The investigators focused on family members of nearly 200 children who had iStaphylococcus aureus/i infections in the skin and soft tissue, ...

Chia Seeds Makes a Comeback With Nutritional Value

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Chia seeds, the dietary staples of the Maya and Aztecs, are becoming popular in America owing to their omega-3 fatty acids and fibre content. Chia seeds have become popular for their omega-3 fatty acids and fibre content. With their neutral taste, they can be consumed in many ways - now they're even showing up in processed foods such as chips and spreads. Eaten by the Maya and Aztec people, chia seeds have long been reputed to be nutritional powerhouses. ...

Genetic Test for Down Syndrome, Edwards Syndrome

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A new, noninvasive genetic test to screen for trisomy (Down syndrome) and Edwards syndrome proves highly accurate. The results of the study are published online in the iAmerican Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology/i. The trial evaluated a novel assay known as Digital Analysis of Selected Regions (DANSR) that analyzes fetal cell-free DNA, small DNA fragments which circulate in maternal blood. Unlike similar tests that analyze DNA from the entire genome, ...

Medicare's Pressure Makes Hospitals Maintain More Seniors For Observation

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No one benefits by retaining patients unnecessarily in the hospital, thus the federal government in recent past has insisted hospitals to be careful about admitting Medicare recipients as inpatients. The apparent result is that more patients are being "held for observation" instead, according to a new study by Brown University gerontologists. While the shift in how hospitals care for elderly patients in the emergency department may reduce costs to Medicare, it can also increase ...

Norway Tobacco Display Ban Lands in Law Suit by Philip Morris

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Tobacco tycoon Philip Morris on Monday sued Norway, alleging that the Scandinavian country's ban on the advertise cigarettes in stores infringes European competition rules. "The reason that we filed (the suit) is that if you can't show your products in stores, which is the case in Norway now, clearly it becomes pretty difficult to compete in the market ... with what in the end is a legal product," company spokeswoman Anne Edwards told AFP. The case opened ...

Adult Skin Cancer Risk Raised by Early Childhood Neglect

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Skin cancer patients with a childhood history of periods of neglect or maltreatment are at a much greater risk for their cancers to return when they face a major stressful event, a new study found. The research suggests that such experiences during a person''s youth can set a lower level of immune response for life, which in turn might make them more susceptible to the kind of cancers that are often successfully fought by the immune system, so-called immunogenic ...

Green Operating Rooms Liberally Promote Bottom Line And Environment

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Attempts to 'green' operating rooms can lend to economizing hospitals and lessen the environmental impact without compromising patient care, assert an analysis published in iCMAJ/i (iCanadian Medical Association Journal/i). "The operating room is a disproportionate contributor to health care waste and represents a high-yield target for change," writes Dr. Yoan Kagoma, Schulich School of Medicine (and) Dentistry, Western University, London, Ontario, with coauthors. ...

Research Reveals Ultrasounds can Spot Heart Disease Early in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients

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Mayo Clinic research has revealed special echocardiograms show promise for early detection of a potentially deadly complication in rheumatoid arthritis: heart disease. The findings were being presented at The European League Against Rheumatism annual meeting in Berlin. Rheumatoid arthritis patients are at higher risk of cardiovascular disease and it is important to take steps to intervene, but the risk assessment tools physicians commonly use often underestimate ...

Over Dosage of Acetaminophen In Kids Can Pose Threat to Life Yet Avoidable

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Acetaminophen, a prevelant over-the-counter medication, can result in liver toxicity in kids if doses are exceeded. More public education is demanded to warn of latent adverse effects, states an article published in iCMAJ/i (iCanadian Medical Association Journal/i). "Acetaminophen overdose is a major cause of acute liver failure and is the most common identifiable cause of acute liver failure in children," writes Dr. Rod Lim, Department of Pediatrics, Children's ...

Ban on Dangerous Key Substance in 'Bath Salts' Drug Coming in Canada

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The Canadian government is moving to ban the main substance used to make "bath salts" -- the drug linked to a gruesome attack in the United States in which a man chewed another man's face and almost killed him. The drug -- which as its name suggests resembles regular bath salts in texture -- can spark an often aggressive, chaotic experience for users, including intense hallucinations. Key to the production of the illegal drug is a synthetic stimulant ...

RNA Interference Accomplished in a Lighter Package

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With technique employed termed as 'nucleic acid origami', chemical engineers have constructed tiny particles created out of DNA and RNA that can convey snippets of RNA directly to tumors, turning off genes expressed in cancer cells. To achieve this type of gene shutdown, known as RNA interference, many researchers have tried - with some success - to deliver RNA with particles made from polymers or lipids. However, those materials can pose safety risks and are difficult ...

Yeast Educates on How Populations Collapse

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During the early 1990s, incidence of over fishing led to the collapse of one among the most copious cod fisheries in the world, off the coast of Newfoundland.Twenty years later, the cod population still has not recovered, dramatically affecting the economic life of the region. To explain this kind of collapse, ecologists have long theorized that populations suffering a decline in environmental conditions (such as overfishing) appear stable until they reach a tipping ...

Study Says Mums Spend More Time on Facebook After Delivery

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Mothers increase the amount of time they spend on Facebook after delivery, shows study. Results of the study demonstrated that 44 percent of mothers admitted increasing their Facebook use after giving birth, compared to 27 percent who said it decreased and 29 percent who claimed that it stayed the same. On the other hand, for fathers, 31 percent claimed that their Facebook use increased, while 19 percent said it reduced and 51 percent said it stayed ...

Coffee Intake Cuts Alzheimer's Risk in Elderly

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In elderly, 3 cups of coffee per day can reduce Alzheimer's disease risk, reveals study. A recent study monitoring the memory and thinking processes of people older than 65 found that all those with higher blood caffeine levels avoided the onset of Alzheimer's disease in the two-to-four years of study follow-up. And coffee appeared to be the major or only source of caffeine for these individuals. Researchers from the University of South ...

No Link Between Medical Marijuana and Crime

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Medical marijuana may not have higher crime rates, reveals study. That's the conclusion of a new study in the July issue of the iJournal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs/i. Researchers found that, across Sacramento neighborhoods, there was no evidence that having a higher density of medical marijuana dispensaries was related to higher rates of violent crime or property crime. As more U.S. states have legalized the use of marijuana for medical ...

Something Fishy in 12-year-old Boy's Lung

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Milk Ingredient Protects Against Obesity

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A natural ingredient found in milk does a waistline good, say researchers in the June Cell Metabolism. "This is present in what we've all been eating since day one," says Johan Auwerx of Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne. The researchers identified this ingredient, known as nicotinamide riboside, as they were searching for alternative ways to boost the well-known gene SIRT1, which comes with benefits for both metabolism and longevity. One ...

Bleeding Risk With Low-dose Aspirin

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Low-dose aspirin was associated with an increased risk of major gastrointestinal or cerebral bleeding, shows study published in JAMA. The authors also found that patients with diabetes had a high rate of major bleeding, irrespective of aspirin use. "Therapy with low-dose aspirin is used for the treatment of cardiovascular disease. It is recommended as a secondary prevention measure for individuals with moderate to high risk of cardiovascular events (i.e., for patients ...

Meet the World's Most Productive Sperm Donor

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At a time when most teenagers would be preoccupied with the happening activities associated with the generation, Trent, from Springfield Missouri,portrayed a different bent of mind. During Church sermons, Trent, whose father was a Pentecostal Minister, was deeply moved by the prayers of women who had difficulty conceiving. He decided to donate sperms without any charge to make a difference to people's lives. He also decided to abstain from ...

Waist Circumference Linked to Diabetes Risk

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Waist circumference associated with risk of diabetes, independently of body mass index (BMI), reveals study. Reporting in this week's iPLoS Medicine/i, the researchers estimated the association of BMI and waist circumference with type 2 diabetes from measurements of weight, height and waist circumference, finding that both BMI and waist circumference were independently associated with type 2 diabetes risk but waist circumference was a stronger risk factor in women than ...

Surgery Helps Children With Giggling Seizures

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Your Cup of Tea can be Protective too

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A study led by Christian Herder from the Leibniz Center for Diabetes Research at Heinrich Heine University Duesseldorf, Germany, has outlined the protective benefits of tea. The study has revealed that consumption of atleast 4 cups of tea daily can offset risks of Type 2 diabetes to a great extent. The research reveled that consumption of tea can influence glucose digestion, glucose uptake, and protect beta-cells from free-radical damage. The ...