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- Just The Thought Of A Glass Of Wine Can Help You To Relax!
- The Demise of Migrating Brain Tumor Cells Now Shown In A Model
- Improvement In PTSD Outcomes As US Army Adds Behavioral Health Screening To Primary Care
- Lucknow Doctors Demanding Bribe Caught on Video
- Sex Is No Longer A Taboo In China
- New Sports Garment Could Spell End of Yoga Instructors
- Man Sues Hospital Over Delayed Erection Treatment
- Quebec To Sue Tobacco Companies for (Dollar) Can60 Billion
- Study Says City Kids More Susceptible To Food Allergies Than Rural Counterparts
- Soon, Tooth Tattoo to Detect Diseases
- Type1 Diabetes Well Regulated Through Long Term Low-Carb Diet Plan
- High Fat Diet and Gut Microbes During Pregnancy and Lactation Contribute Childhood Obesity
- Top Causes of Childhood Deaths
- New Risk Factors for Neurodegenerative Diseases Identified
- Anthropologists Finds High Levels of Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Breast Milk of Amerindian Women
- 36 Lives Taken By Mysterious Disease In Bihar
- Video Games Responsible For 'Making Kids Rude, Uncooperative and Aggressive'
- Michelle Pfeiffer Inspired By 'Vegan' Bill Clinton To Change Diet
- Analysis Of Life-Saving Potential In Seasonal Prevention Of Malaria In African Children
- Persistance Of Harmful Estrogens In Dairy Wastewater
- 152 Million For UP Healthcare Courtesy World Bank
- Wondering How Studies Get Selected For Publication? If So Scroll Down
- Seizure-Freedom in 68 Percent Of Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy Patients: Study
- First Atomic-Level Images Of The CLOCK Complex Provided By UT Southwestern Investigators
- Improvement In Patient Outcomes Along With Lowering Health Care Costs Using Johns Hopkins' Hospital At Home Program
- Pre-Diabetes Patients Have a Higher Risk of Stroke
- Police Claim Bath Salts may Trigger Urge for Taste of Human Flesh
- Johns Hopkins Study Finds Immune System Trigger That Fights Malaria in Mosquitoes
- Future Treatments for Blood Diseases Via Manipulating Chromatin Loops to Regulate Genes
- Number of Undiscovered Drugs is Infinite
- Children Born to Mothers Who Smoked Pot as Teens may also Follow the Habit
- New Study Backs Ongoing Investigation into New Treatments for Nearsightedness in Children
- Program Ensures That Rural COPD Patients are Receiving Vital Care
- Chemotherapy Patients Have "Significant Changes" in Brain Activity Patterns
- Islamabad Citizens Want Pak Government to Ban Sheesha Smoking in Public Places
- Rollercoaster Ride Saves Kid With Huge Tumor in Head
- Spine Manipulation may Increase Risk of Stroke
- "Airplane Headache" is Not a Figment of Imagination
- Molecule Present in Milk and Beer may Fight Flab
- Decreasing Calorie Intake may Reduce Burden on Aging Heart
- Toddler's Mysterious Allergy Allows Her to Survive Only on Gluten-free Fish Fingers
| Just The Thought Of A Glass Of Wine Can Help You To Relax! Posted:  Scientists have claimed that even the thought about a glass of wine can help one to relax. According to researchers, people are so suggestive that simply believing an alcoholic drink will make us feel better or socialize more easily at a party will greatly raise the chance of making it so. And they say this happens because of the phenomenon of "response expectancies", or the way in which we predict how we will behave in different situations, the Telegraph ...         |
| The Demise of Migrating Brain Tumor Cells Now Shown In A Model Posted:  Development of a theoretical model to simulate the evolution of highly proliferating brain tumor core cells subjected to treatment by alternating radio frequency electric field was made by an Israeli physicist. The research which about to be published in iEPJ E/i is by Alexander Iomin from the Israel Institute of Technology Technion in Haifa. The author examines the possibility of enhancing the level of treatment by targeting the outer area of the tumour in ...      |
| Improvement In PTSD Outcomes As US Army Adds Behavioral Health Screening To Primary Care Posted:  The rewards of an innovative Army program designed to identify and treat Soldiers at risk of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or depression earlier by conducting behavioral health screening at all primary care visits are being reaped by American Soldiers. Col. Charles Engel, M.D., M.P.H., during the American Psychiatric Association's annual meeting last month described the RESPECT-Mil program and its results to date in his presentation, "Effective Integrated ...      |
| Lucknow Doctors Demanding Bribe Caught on Video Posted:  A group of Lucknow residents have caught on MMS of doctors demanding bribe for admitting patients in the emergency ward at the Balrampur hospital. The MMS along with a complaint has been sent to Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, Health Minister Ahmad Hasan and Principal Secretary (Health) Sanjay Agarwal. A health official told IANS that certain malpractices in the Shyama Prasad Mukherjee Hospital and the Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital were also caught on video ...      |
| Sex Is No Longer A Taboo In China Posted:  Chinese are becoming less likely to view sex as a taboo subject thanks to social and economic development. That tendency was evident at a sex cultural fair being held June 6-10 in Xi'an, capital of northwest China's Shaanxi province. Deng Jianfeng, project manager of the event, said the fair attracted more than 20,000 visitors on each of the first three days. About 70 percent were middle-aged and elderly people. About 30 people lined up ...      |
| New Sports Garment Could Spell End of Yoga Instructors Posted:  A futuristic new sports garment that is in development could do away with yoga and pilates instructors forever. Aptly named Move, the tight fitting T-shirt looks like any other supportive sportswear top but has tiny sensors integrated into the fabric that detects the wearer's movements. Other components built into the top then respond with pulses to help guide the subject in correcting their alignment after which a record of the adjustment is sent to ...      |
| Man Sues Hospital Over Delayed Erection Treatment Posted:  Yale-New Haven Hospital has been sued by a Massachusetts man for the staff's callous attitude and not properly treat him for a painful and chronic erection condition. Instead, Daren Scott, a bus driver from Brockton, said that the staff watched a baseball game on television while he waited for help. Scott suffered from a condition known as priapism, a painful, rare disorder that causes the penis to stay erect for more than four hours at a time, without ...      |
| Quebec To Sue Tobacco Companies for (Dollar) Can60 Billion Posted:  The province of Quebec on Friday launched lawsuit against big tobacco companies for more than (Dollar) Can60 billion to recover the costs of offering health care to people with smoking-related illnesses. The lawsuit will target tobacco companies at home and abroad, and will seek damages associated with the cost of treating patients from the 1970s until 2030, Quebec Justice Minister Jean-Marc Fournier said. Six other provinces -- Manitoba, British Columbia, Saskatchewan, ...      |
| Study Says City Kids More Susceptible To Food Allergies Than Rural Counterparts Posted:  Kids living in urban areas have a much higher prevalence of food allergies than those living in rural areas, reveals study. In particular, kids in big cities are more than twice as likely to have peanut and shellfish allergies compared to rural communities. "We have found for the first time that higher population density corresponds with a greater likelihood of food allergies in children," said lead author Ruchi Gupta, M.D., an assistant professor ...      |
| Soon, Tooth Tattoo to Detect Diseases Posted:  Soon, tooth tattoo made from silk strands and gold wires to help doctors detect diseases. The tiny wireless device sticks to dental enamel and transmits real-time updates on chemicals in the breath and saliva. Engineers at Princeton University in America have used it to detect bacteria that causes surgical infections and stomach ulcers, and said it could also be used to recognise viruses, Sky News reported. The sensor is in the early ...      |
| Type1 Diabetes Well Regulated Through Long Term Low-Carb Diet Plan Posted:  According to a Swedish study, educational programs enlightening the patients with type1 diabetes about the importance of low carbohydrate diet in regulating the blood glucose level, encourages the patients in following the diet over a long period. The study involved 31 women and 17 men with type1 diabetes aged about 52 years and suffering from type1 diabetes for an average of 24 years and whose HbA1c levels were greater than 6.1%. The ...      |
| High Fat Diet and Gut Microbes During Pregnancy and Lactation Contribute Childhood Obesity Posted:  A study published in the International Journal of Obesity suggests a possible link between the gut microbes along with high fat diet during pregnancy and increased body weight in the offspring. That maternal diet during pregnancy and lactation influences the health of the offspring is already known. But there is lack of information on the impact of maternal high-fat diet and gut microbes on the body weight, fat deposition and gastrointestinal function ...      |
| Top Causes of Childhood Deaths Posted:  UNICEF report says that pneumonia and diarrhea are among the top causes of childhood deaths. UNICEF said that while these two diseases kill more than two million children each year, making up 29 percent of child deaths under age five worldwide, some simple interventions could save lots of lives in the coming years. The report urges the 75 countries with the highest mortality rates to aim to treat poor children with diarrhea and pneumonia the same ...      |
| New Risk Factors for Neurodegenerative Diseases Identified Posted:  Mayo Clinic researchers have identified novel risk factors for neurodegenerative diseases. In the June 7 online issue of PLoS Genetics, they report that several hundred genes within almost 800 brain samples of patients with Alzheimer's disease or other disorders had altered expression levels that did not result from neurodegeneration. Many of those variants were likely the cause. "We now understand that disease likely develops from gene variants ...      |
| Anthropologists Finds High Levels of Omega-3 Fatty Acids in Breast Milk of Amerindian Women Posted:  High levels of omega-3 fatty acids have been found in the breast milk of economically impoverished Amerindian women. Their research appears in the current issue of the journal iMaternal and Child Nutrition/i. The study compared breast milk fatty acid composition in U.S. and Tsimane women. The Tsimane live in Amazonian Bolivia, and eat a diet consisting primarily of locally grown staple crops, wild game, and freshwater fish. Samples of Tsimane mothers' milk ...      |
| 36 Lives Taken By Mysterious Disease In Bihar Posted:  Officials said on Thursday that the deaths of five more children because of a mysterious disease in Bihar's Muzaffarpur and Gaya districts has taken the death toll to 36 in 11 days. The government is yet to identify the cause of the deaths. Angry over the government's failure to identify the cause of deaths, dozens of people including the parents and relatives of the victims, protested in Muzaffarpur, about 70 km from here. Health Minister ...      |
| Video Games Responsible For 'Making Kids Rude, Uncooperative and Aggressive' Posted:  Children's aggressive, rude and uncooperative behavior linked to their addiction to computer games by researchers in a new study. Even during term-time they are spending 16 hours or more a week playing games outside school hours. And one 15-year-old boy admitted spending 18 hours a day playing computer games during his school holidays. The British Association of Anger Management warned on Monday that the youngsters start to withdraw from ...      |
| Michelle Pfeiffer Inspired By 'Vegan' Bill Clinton To Change Diet Posted:  Revelation from Michelle Pfeiffer that former president Bill Clinton inspired her to become a vegan. . Clinton himself was a meat lover who turned into a vegan later in his life. The 54-year-old actress said that she switched to veganism after watching a CNN documentary featuring Clinton. "Clinton is a foodie. We all know he's a foodie," the Politico quoted Pfeiffer as saying on 'Piers Morgan Tonight' on Monday. "... So I'm ...      |
| Analysis Of Life-Saving Potential In Seasonal Prevention Of Malaria In African Children Posted:  According to new research giving young children medicine once a month during the rainy season to protect them against malaria could prevent tens of thousands of deaths each year in some areas of Africa. A team of scientists analysed the potential impact of a new strategy tocontrol malaria in Africa which takes a similar approach to that used toprotect travellers going to malaria endemic areas and found that evenwith moderate levels of coverage it could lead to ...      |
| Persistance Of Harmful Estrogens In Dairy Wastewater Posted:  A study says that wastewater from large dairy farms contains significant concentrations of estrogens, also known as feminizing hormones, that can persist for months or even years. In the absence of oxygen, estrogens rapidly convert from one form to another; this stalls their biodegradation and complicates efforts to detect them, the researchers found. The study, led by Wei Zhen from the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) Sustainable Technology ...      |
| 152 Million For UP Healthcare Courtesy World Bank Posted:  Officials said that the World Bank will give (Dollar) 152 million for the Uttar Pradesh Health Systems Strengthening Project. The ambitious project is meant to help improve the healthcare system and run it efficiently in the sprawling state. An advance team has held discussions with Mukesh Meshram, project director of the National Rural Health Mission (NHRM), and other officials to identify key areas. In the meeting between health officials and ...      |
| Wondering How Studies Get Selected For Publication? If So Scroll Down Posted:  Successful identification of the factors predicting the eventual impact of scientific research (i.e. high citation rates) in abstracts selected for presentation at the annual ESC Congress. Predictors of publication in peer reviewed scientific journals interestingly differed markedly from those predicting later scientific impact, finds a recent study published online today in the iEuropean Heart Journal/i (iEHJ/i). The main factors predicting acceptance at ...      |
| Seizure-Freedom in 68 Percent Of Juvenile Myoclonic Epilepsy Patients: Study Posted:  68% of patients with juvenile myoclonic epilepsy (JME) became seizure-free, with nearly 30% no longer needing antiepileptic drug (AED) treatment reveals a 25-year old follow-up study. The findings were published today in iEpilepsia/i, a journal of the International League Against Epilepsy (ILAE) and reports that the occurrence of generalized tonic-clonic seizures preceded by bilateral myoclonic seizures, and AED polytherapy significantly predicted poor long-term seizure ...      |
| First Atomic-Level Images Of The CLOCK Complex Provided By UT Southwestern Investigators Posted:  A major step toward understanding the cellular clock was taken by UT Southwestern Medical Center researchers by mapping for the first time the atomic-level architecture of a key component of the timekeeper that governs the body's daily rhythms. The daily, or circadian, cycles guided by the body's clocks affect our ability to get a good night's sleep, how fast we recover from jet lag, and even the best time to give cancer treatments, said, senior author of the iScience/i ...      |
| Posted:  According to new research, using a Johns Hopkins-developed program that allows medical professionals to provide acute hospital-level care within a patient's home, a New Mexico health system was able to reduce costs by roughly 20 percent and provide equal or better outcomes than hospital inpatients. "Hospital at Home is an excellent model of care that can be implemented in a practical way by health delivery systems across the country and can have dramatic positive ...      |
| Pre-Diabetes Patients Have a Higher Risk of Stroke Posted:  A new study published in the British Medical Journal warns that millions of people who are diagnosed with pre-diabetes may be at a greater risk of suffering from strokes. Pre-diabetes is characterised by higher than normal blood glucose levels that, if left untreated, develops into type 2 diabetes. The scale of the problem is enormous and growing, with an estimated 79 million people in the US and 7 million people in the UK affected. People with pre-diabetes ...      |
| Police Claim Bath Salts may Trigger Urge for Taste of Human Flesh Posted:  Law enforcement authorities in Miami believe that synthetic bath salts, such as Cloud Nine, could be trigger the urge for zombie-like taste in its users as it attempts to solve a bizarre case involving a person chewing off a homeless man's face before being shot dead by the police "We have to wait for the tox (toxicology) reports to say that for sure," Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) spokeswoman Barbara Carreno said Thursday as national media shine a spotlight ...      |
| Johns Hopkins Study Finds Immune System Trigger That Fights Malaria in Mosquitoes Posted:  The mosquito's ability of avoiding infection by the parasite that causes malaria in humans is based on a series of proteins that trigger a signal to the immune system to fight the infection, according to a new study by researchers at Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute. Together, these proteins are known as immune deficiency (Imd) pathway signal transducing factors, are analogous to an electrical circuit. As each factor is switched on or off it triggers or inhibits ...      |
| Future Treatments for Blood Diseases Via Manipulating Chromatin Loops to Regulate Genes Posted:  Researchers have provided insights key biological events that may eventually be manipulated to provide new disease treatments. Within a cell's nucleus, regulatory elements in DNA called promoters and enhancers communicate with each other in carrying out gene activity, often over large genomic distances, hundreds of thousands of chemical bases apart from each other in chromosomes. As these elements physically contact each other, the intervening DNA sequences bend ...      |
| Number of Undiscovered Drugs is Infinite Posted:  It has emerged that scientists have synthesized barely one tenth of 1 percent of the potential medicines that could be made. The report, in the journal iACS Chemical Neuroscience/i, estimates that the actual number of these so-called "small molecules" could be 1 novemdecillion (that's 1 with 60 zeroes), 1 million billion billion billion billion billion billion, which is more than some estimates of the number of stars in the universe. Jean-Louis Reymond ...      |
| Children Born to Mothers Who Smoked Pot as Teens may also Follow the Habit Posted:  A new study has warned that children born to mothers who had used marijuana as teens have a higher risk of drug abuse compared to children born to those who had no such habit. Researchers in the Neuroscience and Reproductive Biology section at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine conducted a study to determine the transgenerational effects of cannabinoid exposure in adolescent female rats. For three days, adolescent rats were administered the ...      |
| New Study Backs Ongoing Investigation into New Treatments for Nearsightedness in Children Posted:  A new study conducted by researchers at University of Houston has recommended that research into new optical treatments that slow down the progression of nearsightedness in children should continue. Conducted by UH College of Optometry assistant professor David Berntsen and his colleagues from The Ohio State University, the study compared the effects of wearing and then not wearing progressive addition lenses, better known as no-line bifocals, in children who are ...      |
| Program Ensures That Rural COPD Patients are Receiving Vital Care Posted:  A mission to keep patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder out of hospital is being undertaken by a researcher in the Faculty of Medicine (and) Dentistry and his colleagues in the Centre for Lung Health. No easy task, seeing as COPD is one of the top causes of hospitalization in the country and a major burden on the health-care system. Michael Stickland, in the faculty's Division of Pulmonary Medicine, and colleague G. Fred MacDonald know that ...      |
| Chemotherapy Patients Have "Significant Changes" in Brain Activity Patterns Posted:  Patients who undergo chemotherapy have significant changes in their brain activity patterns, according to a new study by researchers at a Cleveland Clinic. The study may give scientific evidence of a condition commonly referred to as "chemobrain" - the fogginess that many patients experience while on chemotherapy. Patients with chemobrain often report short-term memory problems and difficulty concentrating. "The EEG study demonstrated a higher amplitude, ...      |
| Islamabad Citizens Want Pak Government to Ban Sheesha Smoking in Public Places Posted:  The Pakistan government is being urged to bring about laws banning the popular "sheesha" smoking at public places in Islamabad including restaurants and cafes with a number of citizens expressing concerns over the health risks. A senior citizen, said most of hotels, restaurants and cafes in Islamabad and other big cities of the country were offering the deadly product in a variety of flavours, reports the Daily Times. The Narcotics Act is already enforced ...      |
| Rollercoaster Ride Saves Kid With Huge Tumor in Head Posted: A 20-year old girl in London, who was found to have a huge tumor in her head, revealed that a rollercoaster ride in a theme park when she was 12 saved her life as it temporarily relieved some pressure in her brain by redistributing the vital fluid that was blocked by the tumor. Days after the theme park ride, she visited a doctor after complaining of persistent headaches and a scan revealed the presence of a big tumor in her head. Emma said that the doctors ...      |
| Spine Manipulation may Increase Risk of Stroke Posted:  A new study looking in the effectiveness of spine manipulation in treating back pain has warned that such a practice comes with a risk of stroke due to the damage caused to the neck arteries. The study was conducted by researchers at Brunel University in London who analyzed data from a Cochrane review of randomized trials of neck manipulation or mobilization and found that any benefit acquired from such a treatment would be on a short term basis. div style="text-align: ...      |
| "Airplane Headache" is Not a Figment of Imagination Posted:  Researchers at Giovanni e Paolo Hospital in Venice have found that "airplane headache" is not just a figure of speech and should instead be listed as a new subtype of headache. Writing in the report, published in the journal Cephalalgia, the researchers said that airplane headache occurs usually during the landing stage of a flight and suggested a list of criteria which can be used by doctors to diagnose the disorder. The researchers observed a group of 75 ...      |
| Molecule Present in Milk and Beer may Fight Flab Posted:  A team of Swiss researchers have discovered a new molecule present in milk and beer that can play a vital role in preventing obesity. Researchers at Polytechnic School in Lausanne found that nicotinamide riboside (NR), also dubbed "miracle molecule", helped a group of laboratory mice gain as much as 60 percent less weight compared to other mice who were on the same diet but without NR. The researchers added that NR also reduced the risk of diabetes and improved ...      |
| Decreasing Calorie Intake may Reduce Burden on Aging Heart Posted:  A new study published in the journal Aging Cell reveals that reducing your calorie intake would not only help you fight off putting on those excess kilos, but also reduce the burden on the heart as you grow older. The study was conducted by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St Louis who fitted heart monitors on a group of 22 people who followed a Calorie Restriction diet, consuming 30 percent less calories than normal. On comparing ...      |
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