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Watching 3D Movies Can Lead To Visual Symptoms

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A new study has linked 3D movies to increased visual symptoms and even motion sickness. According to the study titled 'Stereoscopic Viewing and Reported Perceived Immersion and Symptoms,' symptoms related to 3D viewing are affected by where one sits while watching, and even how old one is. "Younger viewers incurred higher immersion but also greater visual and motion sickness symptoms in 3D viewing," authors, led by Shun-nan Yang, PhD, of Pacific University ...

Supercharged Moisturizer May Help Tackle Skin Cancer

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Moisturizer supercharged with gene-regulation technology may help to fight skin cancer. In case of skin conditions like melanoma, treatments that are applied directly to the skin are the ideal drug solution as they are easy to use and they affect only the area under which they are applied. Our skin is such a successful barrier against toxins and so finding substances that penetrate it is a huge challenge, according Amy Paller at Northwestern University's ...

'Six Sugars' Diet Offers Hope For Those With Fructose Intolerance

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Low FODMAP diet, which stands for six sugars, offers hope for people with fructose intolerance, a condition to malabsorption of other sugars. The diet restricts most fruits, many vegetables, wheat, some dairy and other everyday foods such as honey. Usually described as "fructose intolerance", but often extending to malabsorption of other sugars, scientists believe the condition could affect almost half of the 15 per cent of Australians with irritable ...

Epigenetic Cause Behind Osteoarthritis Found

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Researchers used human tissue samples to discover that those with osteoarthritis have a signature epigenetic change, DNA methylation, which is responsible for switching on and off a gene that produces a destructive enzyme called MMP13. MMP13 is known to play a role in the destruction of joint cartilage, making it and the epigenetic changes that lead to its increased levels, prime targets for osteoarthritis drug development. In addition to offering a ...

Thiruvananthapuram Organizes Fair To Promote Organic Rice

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Thiruvananthapuram organized a fair recently with an aim to promote organic and conventional varieties of rice. The event was organized by a non-profit organization, Thanal, and showcased eighteen different varieties of rice, including anti-diabetic ones. Speaking to ANI on Friday, Usha, one of the organizers of the event, said, "Basically the idea is to promote organic rice in the city. Not only organic rice, but also the traditional varieties of rice ...

Scientists Find Brain Center for Decisions During Social Interactions

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One small region of the brain carries information only for decisions during social interactions, a new study has revealed. Specifically, the area is active when we encounter a worthy opponent and decide whether to deceive them. A brain imaging study conducted by researchers at the Duke Center for Interdisciplinary Decision Science (D-CIDES) put human subjects through a functional MRI brain scan while playing a simplified game of poker against a computer ...

Developing Nations Unhappy Over Restricted Industrial Expansion to Avoid Pollution

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Developing countries are frustrated over having to limit their industrial growth to avoid pollution, South Africa's International Relations Minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane has said. According to News 24, Nkoana-Mashabane was speaking in Pretoria at the announcement of the public enterprises department's climate change policy framework for state-owned companies, and the signing of the United Nations Global Compact (UNGC), which is aimed at green world economy. Nkoana-Mashabane ...

Overweight Alone Does Not Increase Risk of Death

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Being overweight alone does not increase the risk of death, a new study conducted by researchers at UC Davis reveals. When compared to those with normal weight, people who were overweight or obese had no increased risk of death during a follow-up period of six years. People who were severely obese did have a higher risk, but only if they also had diabetes or hypertension. The findings, which appear in the July-August issue of IThe Journal of American ...

Discrimination Against Homosexuals, HIV Patients in Philippines Blamed for Rapid Rise of New Cases

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Health experts have slammed the bias against homosexuals and HIV patients in Philippines and said that discrimination against such people has led to the increasing rates of HIV infections in the country. Despite the country's tolerant image, people with HIV are being ostracised by their communities and even by doctors, the officials said at a forum on the rights of infected people. Among the forms of discrimination are people being tested without their ...

Biocompatible Gene Therapy Strategy may Help Promote Cardiac Repair

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A novel hyperbranched poly(amidoamine) (hPAMAM) nanoparticle based hypoxia regulated gene therapy strategy has been implemented by Dr Changfa Guo, Professor Chunsheng Wang and their co-investigators from Zhongshan hospital Fudan University, Shanghai, China. The latter is an excellent substitute for the current expensive and uncontrollable VEGF gene delivery system. This discovery, reported in the June 2012 issue of iExperimental Biology and Medicine/i, provides ...

Key Proteins to Aid Self-renewing Skin Identified

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The way in which human epidermal progenitor cells and stem cells control transcription factors to avoid premature differentiation, which helps retain their ability to produce new skin cells throughout life, has been described by researchers. The findings provide new insights into the role and importance of exosomes and their targeted gene transcripts, and may help point the way to new drugs or therapies for not just skin diseases, but other disorders in which stem ...

Cancer Cells are More Prolific Compared to Normal Cells During Cell Division

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Researchers at UCLA have found that cancer cells may be more prolific when it comes to cell division with a single mother cell capable of dividing itself into three or more daughter cells compared to just two cells during mammalian cell division. "We hope that this platform will allow us to better understand how the 3-D mechanical environment may play a role in the progression of a benign tumor into a malignant tumor that kills," said Dino Di Carlo, an associate ...

Short Course of Immunotherapy may Reverse Type I Diabetes

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Immunotherapy could be an effective treatment in treating Type I diabetes after researchers used antibody injections to reverse the disease in laboratory mice that had been genetically bred to develop the disease. Moreover, just two injections maintained disease remission indefinitely without harming the immune system. The findings suggest for the first time that using a short course of immunotherapy may someday be of value for reversing the onset of ...

Israeli Researchers Develop Device That Helps the Blind "See" by Converting Images into Music

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A new device that helps the blind "see" objects by converting images into music has been developed by researchers at Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Sensory substitution devices (SSDs) use sound or touch to help the visually impaired perceive the visual scene surrounding them. The ideal SSD would assist not only in sensing the environment but also in performing daily activities based on this input. For example, accurately reaching for a coffee cup, or shaking a ...

Novel Nanotherapeutic Delivers Clot-Busting Drugs Directly to Obstructed Blood Vessels

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Researchers at Wyss Institute at Harvard University have managed to achieve an improved survival rate in mice with occluded lung vessels by concentrating a new shear-activated nanotherapeutic at the exact location of the blood vessel obstruction and using less than 1/50th of the normal therapeutic dose. This raises the possibility that, in the future, an emergency technician might be able immediately administer this nanotherapeutic to anyone suspected of having a ...

Abandoned Pork Plant in Chicago to be Converted into a Farm of the Future

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An abandoned pork processing plant in Chicago is being converted into a futuristic farm building in which waste of one plant can be used to grow another or power up the building with environmentalists optimistic that such vertical farms can become more common in the future. Schools of tilapia are already swimming in water cleaned by the roots of leafy greens that feed on the nitrogen and other nutrients in the fish waste. A bakery is moving in that will ...

How Cellular Pathways Converge to Regulate Body Weight Demystified

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Previous research has shown that the AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) enzyme is a critical link in the complex chain of molecular events that regulate eating behaviors and body weight. Now, researchers at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center (BIDMC) have identified the mechanism responsible for inhibition of AMPK activity in the hypothalamus, a discovery that not only provides a deeper understanding of energy balance but also reveals a critical integration point ...

Social Media Influencing Health Behaviors

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A new study conducted by researchers at University of Southern California has found that more and more people are being influenced by social media networks with regards to their health behavior. Researchers led by Thomas Valente, from USC's Keck School of Medicine, said that social networks could be an effective weapon in influencing the health decisions of people, be it encouraging students at a local school to lose excess weight or educate them about the spread of ...

Boozing Viewed by Many Brits as Effective Way of Relaxation

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A charity organization in Britain has warned that nearly two thirds of adults view drinking alcohol as an effective way of relaxing in the evenings. More than 2,000 adults between 30 and 45 years of age took part in the survey conducted by Drinkaware with more than 62 percent admitting that they drank alcohol to help them unwind in the evenings. Alcohol is also viewed as a stress buster by many with 44 percent stating that they were more likely to drink alcohol ...

Zoo Decides to Help Orangutan Kick Smoking Habit

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A 15-year old orangutan in an Indonesian zoo will now have to slog it out without her favorite habit after the zookeeper decided to move her to a small island at the zoo site, away from visitors who throw her lit cigarette butts which she goes on to smoke. Tori asks the visitors for a smoke by holding up two fingers to her mouth. When no cigarette is available, she reportedly gets angry and starts throwing things around. Zookeepers revealed that she has been ...

Risk of Breast Cancer High in Women Who Conceive by Using Fertility Drugs

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A new study conducted by researchers at National Institutes of Health has found that the risk of breast cancer in women taking fertility drugs goes up when they get pregnant. There have been a number of studies looking into whether fertility drugs play a role in reducing or increasing the risk of breast cancer in women and the conclusions have been mixed with some studies claiming that they do increase the risk and some claiming that they reduce the risk. ...

Fortis Healthcare Launches Electronic Remote Monitoring Project

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Patients in small towns may take advantage of specialist doctors in major cities thanks to a new electronic remote monitoring project launched by Fortis Healthcare in collaboration with GE Healthcare. Known as CritiNext, the program will allow doctors in major cities to access real time data of patients who require critical care and suggest possible treatments to the doctors in small towns. The program is based on the eICU concept and will initially involve ...

Bullying at the Workplace may Increase Attrition

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Bullying at the workplace results in a negative work environment which could even make employees think about quitting. Canadian researchers have found that nurses not bullied directly, but who worked in an environment where workplace bullying occurred, felt a stronger urge to quit than those actually being bullied. These findings on 'ambient' bullying have significant implications for organizations, as well as contributing a new statistical approach ...

Patients Must Adhere to Drug Warning Labels

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Many patients do not attach much importance to prescription drug warning labels,a recent study has found. Consumers, particularly older ones, often overlook prescription drug warning labels in part because the labels fail to attract attention, said Nora Bello, an assistant professor of statistics at Kansas State University. Bello helped investigate the effectiveness of prescription drug warning labels to convey drug information to patients. She and experts in packaging ...

Good and Easy Strategy to Reduce Aggressive Thoughts

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Researchers have found a simple and effective strategy to reduce angry and aggressive thoughts. When someone makes you angry, try to pretend you're viewing the scene at a distance - in other words, you are an observer rather than a participant in this stressful situation. Then, from that distanced perspective, try to understand your feelings. The researchers call this strategy "self-distancing." In one study, college students who believed ...

Vitamin D Could Play Vital Role In Preventing Multiple Sclerosis

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Researchers have reported that they hope to determine whether vitamin D can help prevent people from developing multiple sclerosis (MS). A world first clinical trial will investigate the role vitamin D could play in preventing MS. MSWA chief executive Marcuss Stafford said there was already indicators that vitamin D could play a role in the disease. "The further you are born from the equator, the greater your likelihood of contracting MS, ...

Infertility Likely To Raise Risk of Mental Disorders in Women

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Infertility raises women's risk of being hospitalized for mental health disorders, a study warns. They also found a significantly higher risk for substance abuse among these women. Brigitte Baldur-Feskov of the Danish Cancer Society Research Center in Copenhagen, and colleagues, analyzed data from 98,737 Danish women who had seen a doctor about infertility between 1973 and 2003. They determined hospital admissions for mental health disorders ...