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HPA Alarmed at Rise in Drug-resistant TB

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Genetic 911: Unveiling Cells' Emergency Systems

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Toxic chemicals wreak havoc on cells, damaging DNA and other critical molecules. A new study from researchers at MIT and the University at Albany reveals how a molecular emergency-response system shifts the cell into damage-control mode and helps it survive such attacks by rapidly producing proteins that counteract the harm. Peter Dedon, a professor of biological engineering at MIT, and colleagues had previously shown that cells treated with poisons such as arsenic ...

USFDA Gives the Nod to Lupin to Market Its Suprax Capsules

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China Pips Us in Child Diabetes Cases

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The number of diabetes cases among teenagers in China is four times greater than their counterparts in the United States, according to a study. The rise in the incidence of diabetes parallels increases in cardiovascular risk, researchers say, and is the result of a Chinese population that is growing increasingly overweight. The study led by Barry Popkin, Ph.D., W.R. Kenan Jr. Distinguished Professor of nutrition at UNC's Gillings School of Global Public ...

Spices Boost Your Health

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Spices have been used in ancient medicines to cure a wide range of diseases. They are a part of our home-remedy. Science is exploring more about the health benefits of spices today.

Olympic Medals Locked Up In Tower Of London

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The gold, silver and bronze medals for the 2012 Olympic Games were locked up in a vault at the Tower of London. According to the BBC, the 4,700 medals, made at the Royal Mint in Llantrisant, near Cardiff, have been locked until required. The Olympics medals were designed by artist David Watkins, and the Paralympics medals by jewellery artist Lin Cheung. Rio Tinto, the mining company which has produced the metals for the medals, handed the ...

Spike in Toxic Cyanobacteria Linked To Global Warming

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Researchers have linked global warming for the exponential growth of Cyanobacteria which may lead to an increase in the amount of toxins produced by some of these populations. Cyanobacteria are among the most primitive living beings, aged over 3,500 million years old. These aquatic microorganisms helped to oxygenate the earth'atmosphere. "Cyanobacteria love warm water, therefore an increase in temperature during this century may stimulate their growth, ...

Strawberries Prevent Diabetes And Heart Disease

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Adding strawberries to your daily diet may help protect against cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Scientists at the University of Warwick have been studying the beneficial effects of strawberries on our cardiovascular health, particularly around how they prevent the development of heart disease and diabetes. Professor Paul Thornalley from Warwick Medical School heads the team that discovered extracts from strawberries positively activate a protein ...

Mosquitoes Behind Spread of West Nile Virus Infections in Humans

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Mosquitoes has been found to be the cause of spread of West Nile virus. The bite of an infected mosquito is the main route of human infection. Tom Hobman, a researcher with the Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology in the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, is making every effort to put an end to this potentially serious infection. West Nile virus infections often result in flu-like symptoms that aren't life-threatening, and some in cases, infected people ...

Mothers' Blood can Tell DNA of Unborn Baby, Say Researchers

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The genome of an unborn baby has been sequenced using the blood sample from the mother. The findings from the new approach are related to research that was reported a month ago from the University of Washington. That research used a technique previously developed at Stanford to sequence a fetal genome using a blood sample from the mother, plus DNA samples from both the mother and father. The whole genome sequencing in the new study, however, did ...

Structured Training In Simulated Environment Enhances Surgical Residents' OR Performance

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Structured training in a simulated environment has been found to improve surgical residents' performance when they start operating on patients. The results of the study by researchers at St. Michael's Hospital were so convincing that the University of Toronto implemented the training program they developed even before their research was published in the July issue of the iAnnals of Surgery/i. "Often surgical residents came to the OR and we didn't ...

Simple Exercises Are Uncomplicated And Economical Treatment For Constant Dizziness

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After new research revealed a cost effective treatment for common causes of persistent dizziness, doctors around the world have been advised by a professor from the University of Southampton, to give ailing people a booklet of simple exercises. Lucy Yardley, who has been researching dizziness for many years, will urge GPs at the international WONCA conference today (5 July) to ensure that the booklet is translated so that patients of all nationalities can benefit. ...

'Oncometabolite' Linked to Onset of Acute Myeloid Leukemia

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Scientists have identified a causative link between the product of a mutated metabolic enzyme and the onset of acute myeloid leukemia (AML). Called an "oncometabolite" for its role in cancer metabolism, the metabolite2-hydroxyglutarate (2HG) is a by-product of a gene mutation of an enzyme known as isocitrate dehydrogenase (IDH). Says Dr. Tak Mak of the findings published today in Nature: "For the first time, we have demonstrated how a metabolite can cause cancer. ...

Hotspots Of Human-Animal Contagious Diseases And Emerging Disease Epidemic Mapped by New Study

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'Unlucky' 13 zoonoses are accountable for 2.4 billion cases of human illness and 2.2 million deaths each year found by new global study mapping human-animal diseases like tuberculosis (TB) and Rift Valley fever. The vast majority occur in low- and middle-income countries. The report, which was conducted by the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), the Institute of Zoology (UK) and the Hanoi School of Public Health in Vietnam, maps poverty, livestock-keeping ...

Oldage Home Slammed For Playing Blaring 'Bollywood Bhangra' Music

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A care home for elderly people was slammed by Britain's health watchdog for playing 'Bhangra' music and hiring staff with poor English speaking skills. Inspectors for the Care Quality Commission (CQC) have warned that the owners of the Parkview Nursing and Residential Home in Bolton that they could face a financial penalties if they do not make improvements. According to the Daily Mail, the warning comes following a surprise inspection carried out by ...

Google In the Limelight Over Gun Ban

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Google has barred gun sales from its latest shopping platform, an initiative not going well with hunters and weapons enthusiasts but praised by gun control activists. Google made the change May 31 when it transformed its "product search," which had consisted of free listings, into "Google Shopping," which has paid listings and is governed by the tech giant's advertising policies. In its shopping service, Google "doesn't allow the promotion of weapons ...

Setback for German Merck's Gastric Cancer Drug

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Germany's Merck KGaA suffered another setback after its gastric cancer drug Erbitux failed to help patients with advanced stomach tumors in a late- stage clinical trial. The trials found that in combination with standard chemotherapy, Erbitux did not extend "the length of time that patients live without their disease getting worse," Merck KGaA said in a statement. "We are disappointed that the ... trial did not show a benefit for patients with advanced ...

Relation Between Cat Feces and Female Suicide, Suspected by Scientists

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When parasite spread by cat feces infects women, they run a higher risk of attempting suicide, suggests a study conducted over 45,000 women in Denmark and published in a scientific journal this week. "We can't say with certainty that T. gondii caused the women to try to kill themselves," said Teodor Postolache of the University of Maryland medical school, senior author of the study in the Archives of General Psychiatry. "But we did find a predictive ...

In Mumbai Urban Groups Help Women but No Effect on Perinatal Outcomes

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Findings from a cluster-randomized trial conducted in Mumbai slums were reported in this week's IPLoS Medicine,/I David Osrin of the UCL Institute of Child Health, UK and colleagues. The trials were aimed to evaluate whether facilitator-supported women's groups could improve perinatal outcomes. Indication that while it is possible to facilitate the discussion of perinatal health care by urban women's groups in the challenging conditions that exist in the slums ...

Identification Of Risk Factors For Death Of Children With Diarrhea in Rural Kenya

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A hospital-based surveillance study describes the risk factors for death amongst children who have been hospitalized with diarrhea in rural Kenya. The study was conducted by Ciara O'Reilly of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia, USA and colleagues. The authors reporting in this week's IPLoS Medicine,/I found that infections with nontyphoidal Salmonella and with Shigella (but not with rotavirus) were associated with an increased risk ...

Drug Research for Parkinson's Could Be Improved By Patient-derived Stem Cells

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A step toward personalized medicine for Parkinson's disease have been taken by researchers. They have investigated the signs of the disease in patient-derived cells and tested them to find out how the cells respond to drug treatments. The study was funded by the National Institutes of Health. The researchers collected skin cells from patients with genetically inherited forms of Parkinson's and reprogrammed those cells into neurons. They found that neurons derived ...

Skin Cancer Cells Resist Drug Treatment With Help from Tumor Microenvironment

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Among the scariest characteristics of cancer is its probability of returning after treatment. In the case of many forms of cancer, including the skin cancer known as melanoma, tailored drugs can eradicate cancer cells in the lab, but often produce only partial, temporary responses in patients. One of the burning questions in the field of cancer research has been and remains: how does cancer evade drug treatment? New research by a team from the Broad Institute, Dana-Farber ...

Specialized Treatment Versus Usual Care for Tinnitus

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A Dutch study carried out recently aims to assess the effectiveness of stepped-care cognitive behaviour therapy and, compare it with the usual management in patients with varying tinnitus severity. Tinnitus is one of the most disturbing and debilitating hearing-related problems. Here the patient perceives a distressing sound internally, even in the absence of an external source. It has been estimated that up to 21% of adults are likely ...

To Stop the Spread of Cancer Follow The Genomic Pathway

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It is clear that the mantra for drug discovery to treat cancers in the post-genomic era is pathways. This was assured when the Genetics Society of America's Model Organism to Human Biology (MOHB): Cancer Genetics Meeting in Washington, D.C. drew to a close. Pathways are ordered series of actions that occur as cells move from one state, through a series of intermediate states, to a final action. Because model organisms - fruit flies, roundworms, yeast, zebrafish ...

Breaking the Skin Barrier Using Gene Regulation

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Thanks to Northwestern University research that could transform gene regulation, 'getting under your skin' now takes on a brave new meaning. A team led by a physician-scientist and a chemist -- from the fields of dermatology and nanotechnology -- is the first to demonstrate the use of commercial moisturizers to deliver gene regulation technology that has great potential for life-saving therapies for skin cancers. The topical delivery of gene regulation ...

Imogen Thomas Graces Liposuction Party With His Presence In UK

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Imogen Thomas showed up at a liposuction party in London, leaving fans to wonder whether the appearance will be the latest thing the 'Big Brother' star would focus. The 29-year-old glamour model, who allegedly bedded Man U ace Ryan Giggs, was among several stars to attend the launch of LoveLite - a non-invasive liposuction treatment - in London. Following a recent holiday in Italy, Thomas showed off her tan in a dark blue zip dress, pink blazer and nude and yellow ...

Promising Results On Using Adult Stem Cells from Bone Marrow

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Researchers report promising results from using adult stem cells from bone marrow in mice to help create tissue cells of other organs, such as the heart, brain and pancreas. The research is from the University of Maryland School of Maryland and it could be a scientific step they hope may lead to potential new ways to replace cells lost in diseases such as diabetes, Parkinson's or Alzheimer's. The research in collaboration with the University of Paris Descartes is ...

Germany Urged to Revoke Circumcision Rule

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Berlin authorities were urged by the Wiesenthal Center on Thursday to repeal the court ruling against circumcision. The Los Angeles-based Jewish lobby group said Chancellor Angela Merkel and German lawmakers should act immediately to reverse the June 26 ruling by a regional court in Cologne. The German court ruling "is an attack on one of the fundamental principles of Judaism," wrote Rabbis Marvin Hier and Abraham Cooper, founder and dean and associate ...

Assamese Artists Receive Health Insurance, Financial Assistance Granted by NGO

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Health is no longer a concern to artists, since a Northeast-based NGO has initiated health insurance and financial assistance schemes for them. The Satyam Foundation, a charitable trust run by the 'Satyam Group' of North East India, has made a beginning in this regard last year. In a well-organized and well-attended 'Artiste Welfare Programme' held on September 3, 2011, financial assistance to seventeen artists was extended. All these were exponent of ...

Bees Endowed With Ability to 'Turn Back Time' And Reverse Brain Ageing

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Elderly honeybees efficiently reverse brain aging while they assume nest responsibilities in general dealt with much younger bees, discover scientists at Arizona State University. While current research on human age-related dementia focuses on potential new drug treatments, researchers said that these findings suggest that social interventions may be used to slow or treat age-related dementia. In a study, a team of scientists from ASU and the Norwegian ...

Quiz on Fractures

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A fracture, or a broken bone, is a common consequence of falls and motor vehicle accidents. Take this quiz to find out how much you already know about fractures.

Climate Change Deemed World's Biggest Environmental Threat to Barely 18 Percent Americans

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Americans, states new poll, do not consider climate change among the gravest environmental problems. According to the Washington Post-Stanford University poll, only 18 percent Americans considered climate change as the world's biggest environmental issue. This is a notable drop from 2007, when 33 percent said climate change was the world's top environmental concern, Politico reports. According to the poll, about three in 10 Americans, or ...

Report Finds Alarming Rise in Suicide Rates Among Indian Expats in UAE

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Recent report shows an increase in the suicide rate among the Indian expatriates living in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). The 24-year-old Omani, identified as K.D Jumman, hanged himself to death on Tuesday morning in his house in the Al Aqula area of Kalba, while a 44-year-old Indian man, identified as Naseer, was found dead last week in his room in Al Kuwaitat in Al Ain. In another incident, Riyas Babu, 23, was also found hanging from a tree in Al Sarooj ...

New Gay, Lesbian Wedding Icons, Introduces Facebook

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Currently Facebook has made it easy to herald same-sex marriages on the social networking site by introducing two new icons analogous to the ones heterosexual couples have been using for long. Facebook has offered two timeline icons that show two little grooms and two little brides, to represent gay marriage. Earlier, anybody who got married and announced it on Facebook would find the declaration noted under the icon of a little bride and little groom ...

Study Evaluates Disastrous Effects of Heart Attacks in Late Pregnancy

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Heart attacks occurring in the last trimester or last months of pregnancy result in worse heart function, reveals study. The research is published in the July edition of the peer-reviewed journal iBasic Research in Cardiology/i. "This very early study may help us identify and better understand the mechanisms involved in the higher risks of heart disease during pregnancy and may provide new opportunities to better treat pregnant women with ...

Afridi in Pakistan's Anti-polio Drive

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Popular cricket player Shahid Afridi set to shoulder anti-polio drive in Pakistan, say sources. According to official sources, efforts to appoint the charismatic cricketer began three months back in a bid to appoint him as the "Polio Champion" alongside Aseefa Bhutto Zardari, who is currently the ambassador for polio eradication in the country. Since then, exclusive photo shoots and video recording sessions have been conducted with Afridi which ...

Veins for By-pass Surgery Now Can be Bioengineered Using Stem Cells

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Stem cells were used successfully in a 10 year old girl in Sweden to bioengineer vein for bypass of a blockage in one of the large liver veins (portal vein). A blockage of portal vein can happen due to various reasons in some children and can lead to portal hypertension and bleeding from the upper gastrointestinal tract, and enlargement of spleen. Upper gastrointestinal bleeding may not manifest any symptoms but still lead to death and disability. ...

Researchers Explore Link Between Postoperative Delirium and Prolonged Cognitive Impairment

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In cardiac surgery patients, an association between postoperative delirium and prolonged loss of cognitive function has been identified by researchers. A state of confusion that can develop following illness, infection or surgery, delirium is one of the most common complications in hospitalized patients over age 65. "Our findings now suggest that postoperative delirium, once thought of as an acute, transient cognitive disorder, may have longer-term effects ...