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- New Strategy to Minimize Skin Scarring
- Dry Skin / Xerosis - Symptom Evaluation
- Hospitality Competition Warms Up In London 2012
- Key Step in Immune System-fueled Inflammation Discovered
- Hosts' Defense Arsenals Get Mugged by Urinary Tract Infections
- Susceptibility Genes Can be Exposed by Exome Sequencing Of Health Condition Extremes
- Experts Shocked by Child Killing Disease In Cambodia
- Wimbledon Drenched With Strawberry, Cream And Champagne
- More of Vitamin D Intake May Lower Risk Of Hospital-Acquired Infections
- Sleep Apnea Increases Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Genes Influencing the Size of Breast Detected
- Molecule in Immune System That Could Help Treat Dangerous Skin Cancer Discovered
- 'Prevent Heart Disease' With Lifestyle Changes
- Dementia Torments Nobel Prize Winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- Firms Lose Three Weeks Of Employee's Working Time Owing to Smoking Breaks
- Meditate the Way You Like Best, Says Expert
- DHA-Rich Diet Can Improve Memory - Study
- Five-Year-Old Boy Uses IPad to Speak
- Interstitial Cystitis - A Chronic Pain Syndrome
- Cannabis Compounds can Help Treat Obesity
- Study Says Dogs may Protect Babies from Some Infections
- New Wonder Vaccine Helps Tackle Obesity
| New Strategy to Minimize Skin Scarring Posted:  Recent research has offered new way to reduce skin scarring. "Scars can be disfiguring and, if extensive enough, can lead to diminished function and quality of life," said Bruce N. Cronstein, study co-author and researcher in translational medicine at New York University School of Medicine in New York. "We hope that our findings may lead to new agents that diminish scarring and disfigurement following burns, wounds, or even illnesses that destroy ...         |
| Dry Skin / Xerosis - Symptom Evaluation Posted:  Dry skin a result in inadequate hydration of the skin. This could be either due to a reduced intake of fluids or faster evaporation following loss of oily layer on the skin.      |
| Hospitality Competition Warms Up In London 2012 Posted:  With the sporting glory at London 2012 on one side, another Olympic competition is running parallel to win the contest for the best national hospitality houses. Around 20 countries have set up a headquarters in the British capital, transforming some of the city's finest buildings into bases such as "Club France", "Casa Brasil", "Casa Italia" or "Sochi Park". Athletes, VIPs, business chiefs, sports fans, expats and passers-by can join in the cultural, ...      |
| Key Step in Immune System-fueled Inflammation Discovered Posted:  An important step in the journey of inflammation-producing immune cells has been discovered by scientists. The finding provides powerful, previously unknown information about critical biological mechanisms underlying heart disease and many other disorders. The study, published today in iNature/i, focuses on one of the body's most abundant and important immune cells, known as neutrophils, which play a pivotal role in many diseases. "Neutrophils are the body's ...      |
| Hosts' Defense Arsenals Get Mugged by Urinary Tract Infections Posted:  It has been known since time immemorial that copper is a potent weapon against infection. Interestingly new research indicates that the bacteria that cause grave urinary tract infections are aware of it too, and in fact steal copper to prevent the metal from being used against them. Blocking this thievery with a drug may significantly improve patients' chances of fighting off infections, according to researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. ...      |
| Susceptibility Genes Can be Exposed by Exome Sequencing Of Health Condition Extremes Posted:  Genes for resistance and susceptibly can be detected by comparing the DNA from patients at the best and worst extremes of a health condition. This approach discovered rare variations in the DCTN4 gene among cystic fibrosis patients most prone to early, chronic airway infections. The DCTN4 gene codes for dynactin 4. This protein is a component of a molecular motor that moves trouble-making microbes along a cellular conveyer belt into miniscule chemical vats, called ...      |
| Experts Shocked by Child Killing Disease In Cambodia Posted:  Bird flu or SARS have been ruled out, plus it is not contagious, but little extra revelation is available of the mysterious disease that has cost the lives of many Cambodian kids, some within 24 hours of being hospitalised. Medical experts are scrambling to respond to what the Cambodian health ministry and World Health Organization (WHO) have labelled an "undiagnosed syndrome" that has claimed the lives of at least 56 boys and girls, mostly toddlers, since April. ...      |
| Wimbledon Drenched With Strawberry, Cream And Champagne Posted:  Reigning favourites with the Wimbledon crowd are still strawberry and cream. About 450,000 people who have entered the gates since the tournament began have by now consumed more than 28,000 kilograms. Even champagne sales during the Wimbledon have seen a steep rise with popular grocery chain Sainsbury's expecting to sell 500,000 punnets of strawberries, more than a million pots of cream and 240,000 bottles of bubbly. Another famous grocery chain ASDA ...      |
| More of Vitamin D Intake May Lower Risk Of Hospital-Acquired Infections Posted:  Increase in vitamin D concentrations amid hospital patients has the potential to greatly reduce the risk of hospital-acquired infections points out a new study. Hospital-acquired infections (HAIs) are a leading cause of death in the US health care arena, with an overall estimated annual incidence of 1.7 million cases and 100,000 deaths. Patients are often vitamin D deficient since many diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, and respiratory ...      |
| Sleep Apnea Increases Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis Posted:  According to a new study, people who are heavy snorers are at an increased risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis, a disease affecting over 21 million people worldwide. The results of the study have been published in the journal iSleep Medicine./i Researchers belonging to Taiwan's Taipei Medical University found that those who had sleep apnea had double the chances of acquiring rheumatoid arthritis compared to those who did not snore. This information ...      |
| Genes Influencing the Size of Breast Detected Posted:  Seven genetic markers linked with a woman's breast size have been keyed by researchers, claims a new study. While it was known that breast size is in part heritable, this study is the first to find specific genetic factors that are associated with differences in breast size, the researchers said. In addition, two of these markers have previously been associated with breast cancer risk. According to Nicholas Eriksson of 23andMe, the genetic ...      |
| Molecule in Immune System That Could Help Treat Dangerous Skin Cancer Discovered Posted:  Brigham and Women's Hospital researchers have identified interleukin-9 in immune cells that inhibits melanoma growth. Their findings will be published online in the July 8, 2012 issue of INature Medicine/I. After observing mice without genes responsible for development of an immune cell called T helper cell 17 (TH17), researchers found that these mice had significant resistance to melanoma tumor growth, suggesting that blockade of the TH17 ...      |
| 'Prevent Heart Disease' With Lifestyle Changes Posted:  By making appropriate lifestyle changes, chances of over three-quarters of all cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality can be averted, claims the WHO. Our chances of succumbing to (CVD) are strongly connected to our lifestyles. Smoking, an unhealthy diet, physical inactivity, and stress can all take their toll. CVD prevention is a society-wide effort, and needs a co-ordinated set of actions at both public and individual level. Health experts ...      |
| Dementia Torments Nobel Prize Winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez Posted:  Brother of Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez has disclosed that the 1982 Nobel Prize winner for Literature is stricken with dementia. Jaime Garcia Marquez told students at a lecture in the city of Cartagena that his brother, who is 85, phones him frequently to ask basic questions. "He has problems with his memory. Sometimes I cry because I feel like I'm losing him," the BBC quoted him as saying. He is the first family member to speak ...      |
| Firms Lose Three Weeks Of Employee's Working Time Owing to Smoking Breaks Posted:  A few moments off the workstation by smokers for a 'puff break', actually bear heavily on their employers' pockets. Other related routines, coupled with the actual act ofsmoking, can slice off more than three weeks of the company's time per employee in a year, says an expert. According to quit smoking guru Julian Leicester, besides having to fork out higher medical insurance premiums, employers have to deal with lower productivity due to the frequent ...      |
| Meditate the Way You Like Best, Says Expert Posted:  Meditate the way you are comfortable with, says Adam Burke, a professor of health education at the San Francisco State University. "Because of the increase in both general and clinical use of meditation, you want to make sure you're finding the right method for each person," Burke was quoted as saying in EXPLORE: The Journal of Science and Healing. If one fails to find the right technique, one is more likely to abandon meditation and lose out on medical ...      |
| DHA-Rich Diet Can Improve Memory - Study Posted:  Eating fish has always been associated with good health but a recent study has established that DHA, an omega-3 fatty acid that is found in fish, can sharpen our memory! Researchers with the Faculty of Medicine (and) Dentistry at the University of Alberta discovered a link between eating fish and good memory and have published their results in the journal iApplied Physiology, Nutrition, and Metabolism/i. Principal researcher Yves ...      |
| Five-Year-Old Boy Uses IPad to Speak Posted:  IPad helps five-year-old Hunter Harrison find his voice. Born with a neuromuscular disability, Hunter has experienced significant developmental delays in his motor abilities, including those required for oral speech. Unlike most children, who begin to make speech sounds spontaneously in their first year, Hunter's speech has proceeded slowly and with great effort. He also uses a walker and a wheelchair. Yet in nearly every other way, Hunter ...      |
| Interstitial Cystitis - A Chronic Pain Syndrome Posted:  Interstitial cystitis (IC), or painful bladder syndrome (PBS), belongs to a family of disorders known as the chronic pelvic pain syndromes that include fibromyalgia, irritable bowel syndrome and chronic fatigue syndrome. Previously IC/PBS has been termed as emurethral syndrome, trigonitis and bladder pain syndrome/em. The International Continence Society described IC/PBS as "the complaint of supra-pubic pain related to bladder filling, accompanied by ...      |
| Cannabis Compounds can Help Treat Obesity Posted:  Two cannabis compounds could be a new weapon in the fight against obesity, say researchers. Animal tests have shown these compounds can help treat type two diabetes while also lowering levels of cholesterol in the blood stream and fat in key organs like the liver. Scientists also found the compounds also had an impact on the level of fat and its response to insulin, a hormone that controls blood sugar levels, the Telegraph reports. THCV ...      |
| Study Says Dogs may Protect Babies from Some Infections Posted:  Pet dogs may protect babies from ear infections and respiratory aliments, says study. The study, published in the US journal Pediatrics, did not say why but suggested that being around a dog that spends at least part of its day outdoors may boost a child's immune system in the first year of life. Cats, too, seemed to convey some protection to babies, though the effect observed was weaker than with dogs. The research was based on 397 ...      |
| New Wonder Vaccine Helps Tackle Obesity Posted:  An obesity vaccine that helps reduce weight gain has been invented by scientists. The vaccine uses the immune system to fight weight gain, say scientists. Obesity and obesity-related disease is a growing health issue worldwide. Somatostatin, a peptide hormone, inhibits the action of growth hormone (GH) and insulin-like growth factor (IGF-1), both of which increase metabolism and result in weight loss. Vaccination with modified somatostatin causes the body to ...      |
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