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- Philippines: HIV Cases on the Rise
- Home Remedies for Itchy Scalp
- Study Says Pregnant Women Drinking Less
- Study on Bullied Mice Showed That Shutting Off Neurons Alleviates Depression
- Do You Need Warm Up Before a Workout Regime?
- Big Belly Ups Death Risk
- Novel Functions of Platelets Discovered
- Single Indian Men and Women Do Not Insist on Caste While Choosing a Life Partner
- CHADS2 Risk Score Assigns Stroke Patients to Intermediate Stroke Risk
- Mass Screening Identifies Untreated Atrial Fibrillation in 75-76 Year Olds
- In 10 Year Period, Diabetic Stroke Risk After AMI Drops
- Dueling Infections: One Keeps the Other at Bay, Say Researchers
- Scientists Develop New Model to Study Schizophrenia
- Inflammatory Protein Converts Glioblastoma Cells into Untreatable Form
- Children in Remission From Rheumatoid Arthritis Often Experience Recurrences
- Assay Shows Promise in Measuring Levels of Mutant Huntingtin Protein
- Sun-Induced DNA Damage
- Researchers Track Strains Of Antibiotic-Resistant Salmonella
- Clingy Platelets may Offer Hope for Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients
- Researchers Reveal Science Behind Anthrax Toxins Causing Illness and Death
- Reimbursement Systems may Influence attainment of LDL Cholesterol Targets
- Wonder Man Who can Run for 3 Days, 3 Nights Without Stopping
- Impact of AF on Stroke Risk may be Cut Down With Multiple Risk Factors
- Being Overweight Could Lead to Suicidal Thoughts in Teen Girls
- Mentholated Cigarette Smoking Becoming Popular Among Youth
- New Combo of Two Drugs may Help Treat HIV
- Avoid Makeup Once a Week to Delay Skin Ageing
- Digestion Problems? Eat Kiwi
- New Gym for Drug Addicts in Manipur
- Dementia Risk Cut Down by High Dose Statins
- Botox can Help Treat More Than Just Wrinkles, Reveals Study
| Philippines: HIV Cases on the Rise Posted:  In July, Philippines has recorded 449 new HIV-positive cases, the highest number in a month since the first case was reported in 1984, says health official. The July figure was 62 percent higher compared to the same period last year, Xinhua cited the Philippines HIV and AIDS Registry as saying Sunday. "Most of the cases (96 percent) were male. The median age was 27 years (age range: 5-60 years). The 20-29 year (57 percent) age group had the ...         |
| Posted:  Is an itchy scalp bothering you? Don't worry. We've bought some of the best home remedies to treat itchy scalp. Read on      |
| Study Says Pregnant Women Drinking Less Posted:  A recent study finds that pregnant women are consuming less alcohol. The study published in the Medical Journal of Australia drew on data from more than 2,700 women living in the most populous state of New South Wales and neighbouring Queensland over a five-year period. "This study showed a steady and statistically significant decline in the proportion of women who reported drinking alcohol during pregnancy from 2007 to 2011," the article said. It ...      |
| Study on Bullied Mice Showed That Shutting Off Neurons Alleviates Depression Posted:  A new drug target to treat depression and other mood disorders may lie in a group of GABA neurons (gamma-aminobutyric acid -the neurotransmitters which inhibit other cells) shown to contribute to symptoms like social withdrawal and increased anxiety, Penn Medicine researchers report in a new study in the iJournal of Neuroscience/i. Experts know that people suffering from depression and other mood disorders often react to rejection or bullying by withdrawing ...      |
| Do You Need Warm Up Before a Workout Regime? Posted:  It is believed that warm up is essential before starting a workout session. But recently, studies in fitness science have shattered the previously established norms. Some researches have revealed that warm up or stretching exercises retard the speed of athletes. Experts say that such a href="http:www.medindia.net/news/Stretching-Warm-Ups-Could-Slow-Down-Athletes-95113-1.htm" target="_blank"warm up sessions/a had negative effects on the height acquired ...      |
| Posted:  Big belly, severe obesity have been linked with risk of death in heart attack survivors, says research. Professor Tabassome Simon said that the impact of obesity on long term mortality and cardiovascular complications in the general population has been the object of recent debate and much emphasis has also been given to the deleterious role of abdominal obesity. Simon said that at the time of a heart attack, early mortality tends to be lower in ...      |
| Novel Functions of Platelets Discovered Posted:  Scientists have identified novel treatments to reduce bleeding in trauma and severe infections. The research, from Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation scientists Lijun Xia, M.D., Ph.D., Jianxin Fu, M.D., Ph.D., and Brett Herzog, Ph.D., appears in the most recent issue of the journal iNature/i. One way the immune system keeps a body healthy is through immune surveillance. Lymphocytes, a type of white blood cell, constantly exit the bloodstream ...      |
| Single Indian Men and Women Do Not Insist on Caste While Choosing a Life Partner Posted:  Single men and women in India have no problem choosing a life partner from another caste, a poll has revealed. After asking their preference for marriage, matrimonial site Shaadi.com has revealed that 60 percent of people from north and south India chose 'caste no bar' and 'community doesn't matter' in their partner search category. While 52 percent north Indian men were open to the idea of tying the knot with south Indian women, 61.73 percent men ...      |
| CHADS2 Risk Score Assigns Stroke Patients to Intermediate Stroke Risk Posted:  A CHA2DS2-VASc score of 0 identifies a subgroup of patients with very low stroke risk unlikely to benefit from anticoagulation treatment in contrast. Professor Nabauer said: "AF is the most frequent cardiac arrhythmia requiring hospitalisation and has a 1-2% prevalence in the general population. AF is associated with a significant risk of stroke with frequently disabling consequences. While oral anticoagulation is very effective in preventing ischaemic strokes ...      |
| Mass Screening Identifies Untreated Atrial Fibrillation in 75-76 Year Olds Posted:  The second cause of death worldwide is stroke. Atrial fibrillation is the most common clinically relevant cardiac arrhythmia in Europe, affecting approximately 1.5-2% of the general population. 1 Prevalence is estimated to double in the next 50 years as the population ages. Patients with atrial fibrillation have a five-fold increased risk of ischaemic stroke even though around 30% have no symptoms. As blood is less adequately shifted from the heart ...      |
| In 10 Year Period, Diabetic Stroke Risk After AMI Drops Posted:  Researchers reveal that reperfusion therapy and secondary prevention drugs produced the decline and brought stroke risk after AMI closer to that of non-diabetics. The findings were presented at the ESC Congress by Ms Stina Jakobsson from Sweden. Ms Jakobsson said: "Ischemic stroke following an acute myocardial infarction is a fairly uncommon but devastating event with high mortality. It has long been recognized that patients with diabetes mellitus ...      |
| Dueling Infections: One Keeps the Other at Bay, Say Researchers Posted:  The idea of hookworms makes you shudder, consider this: Those pesky intestinal parasites may actually help your body ward off other infections and even prevent autoimmune and other diseases. Studying members of the Tsimane, an indigenous population in the lowlands of Central Bolivia, UC Santa Barbara anthropologists Aaron Blackwell and Michael Gurven found that individuals infected by helminths -- parasitic worms -- were less likely than their counterparts to suffer ...      |
| Scientists Develop New Model to Study Schizophrenia Posted:  One of the most devastating neurological conditions is schizophrenia, with only 30 percent of sufferers ever experiencing full recovery. While current medications can control most psychotic symptoms, their side effects can leave individuals so severely impaired that the disease ranks among the top ten causes of disability in developed countries. Now, in this week's issue of the iProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences/i, Thomas Albright ...      |
| Inflammatory Protein Converts Glioblastoma Cells into Untreatable Form Posted:  A prominent protein activated by inflammation is the key instigator that converts glioblastoma multiforme cells to their most aggressive, untreatable form and promotes resistance to radiation therapy. An international team lead by researchers at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center reported online in the journal iCancer Cell/i. The discovery by scientists and physicians points to new ways to increase radiation effectiveness and potentially ...      |
| Children in Remission From Rheumatoid Arthritis Often Experience Recurrences Posted:  Thanks to new biological therapies, more children with juvenile rheumatoid arthritis are experiencing remission of their symptoms, but the remission is not well-understood. A new study published in iArthritis Research (and) Therapy/i provides the first genomic characterization of remission in juvenile rheumatoid arthritis patients. "It turns out that even though these children in remission appear to be perfectly normal and symptom-free, their immune ...      |
| Assay Shows Promise in Measuring Levels of Mutant Huntingtin Protein Posted:  An assay designed to measure normal and abnormal forms of the huntingtin protein was successful in detecting levels of the mutant protein in a large multicenter study of individuals at risk for the devastating neurological disorder. Huntingtin protein is the mutated form of which causes Huntington's disease (HD). The report from a team of Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) investigators - which will appear in the Sept. 24 issue of iNeurology/i ...      |
| Posted:  A dream vacation for most - summer, sun and the sea - can turn sour for those affected by lupus erythematosus. For them, absorption of the UV-light component in sunlight may cause florid inflammation and redness of the skin. Scientists of the University Hospital Bonn, Germany have now discovered which signaling pathway of the innate immune system promotes autoimmune symptoms following sun-induced DNA damage. The results are now published online in the academic ...      |
| Researchers Track Strains Of Antibiotic-Resistant Salmonella Posted:  Researchers in Penn State's College of Agricultural Sciences suggest that continuing research on iSalmonella/i may enable them to identify and track strains of antibiotic resistant bacteria as they evolve and spread. Tracing the transmission of individual strains from agricultural environments to humans through the food system is difficult because of the rapid evolution of resistance patterns in these bacteria. Resistance patterns change so quickly ...      |
| Clingy Platelets may Offer Hope for Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Posted:  Everyone hates clingy people, but "clingy" blood platelets may offer hope for millions of people with rheumatoid arthritis. According to new research findings published in iThe Journal of Leukocyte Biology/i, a sub population of immune cells (lymphocytes) known to play a significant role in rheumatoid arthritis has platelets attached to their surface. Those attached platelets reduced the ability of the immune cells to cause disease by reducing their activity ...      |
| Researchers Reveal Science Behind Anthrax Toxins Causing Illness and Death Posted:  Cells in 2 distinct areas of the body is being identified by researchers that are simultaneously targeted for damage by anthrax toxins, which results in illness and sometimes death. Findings of researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute, both part of the National Institutes of Health, are based on testing in mice. According to researchers, however, the results may ...      |
| Reimbursement Systems may Influence attainment of LDL Cholesterol Targets Posted:  There is a noticeable variation in the achievement of LDL cholesterol targets between different European countries, Dr Gitt revealed. "However the effect of different reimbursement systems on meeting the targets was unknown." Between June 2008 and February 2009 DYSIS assessed the prevalence and types of persistent lipid abnormalities in patients receiving statins. Eligible patients were at high risk of a cardiovascular event, aged 45 years, and had been on chronic ...      |
| Wonder Man Who can Run for 3 Days, 3 Nights Without Stopping Posted:  Ultra-marathon American runner Dean Karnazes seems to be the only wonder man who can run for 3 days, 3 nights without stopping or even getting a blister! The 51-year old, who is the author of 'Ultramarathon man: Confessions of an All Night Runner', has participated in some of the toughest marathons including running to the South Pole in -25 degrees Celsius temperature and claims that he's never ever experienced any form of cramp or muscle fatigue, the Courier Mail ...      |
| Impact of AF on Stroke Risk may be Cut Down With Multiple Risk Factors Posted:  It is well known that atrial fibrillation tends to increase the risk of ischemic stroke, Dr Benn Christiansen explained. "And in patients with atrial fibrillation or previous ischemic stroke, the risk of stroke increases with the number of risk factors. But until now, little attention has been paid to the association between stroke risk and risk factors in patients without prior stroke or atrial fibrillation. We wanted to explore that association and to quantify if stroke risk ...      |
| Being Overweight Could Lead to Suicidal Thoughts in Teen Girls Posted:  Overweight and obese teen girls may be more prone to suicidal thoughts, a new study suggests. Study's lead author, Dong-Chul Seo, Ph.D., associate professor at the School of Public Health at Indiana University said that understanding the link between body image and suicide is critical. "The study's findings clearly indicate that overweight perception is an independent predictor for suicidal ideation, the same as depression," the researcher said. Seo ...      |
| Mentholated Cigarette Smoking Becoming Popular Among Youth Posted:  A commendable increase in the number of menthol cigarette smoking young adults is seen, a new study reveals. "Our findings indicate that youth are heavy consumers of mentholated cigarettes, and that overall menthol cigarette smoking has either remained constant or increased in all three age groups we studied, while non-menthol smoking has decreased," lead researcher Gary Giovino, PhD, professor and chair of the University at Buffalo Department of Community Health ...      |
| New Combo of Two Drugs may Help Treat HIV Posted: A new delivery system for a combo of two FDA approved drugs to treat HIV has been successfully developed by a research team. The discovery, which allows for a combination of decitabine and gemcitabine to be delivered in pill form, marks a major step forward in patient feasibility for the drugs, which previously had been available solely via injection or intravenous therapy (IV). Steven Patterson, Ph.D., professor at the Center for Drug Design at the ...      |
| Avoid Makeup Once a Week to Delay Skin Ageing Posted:  Though most women can't imagine stepping out without makeup, avoiding it once a week could help delay the skin's ageing process, a skincare expert claims. Rita Strazinska, founder of Bio2You Organic Seabuckthorn skincare, has urged women to go makeup free one day a week, for a minimum of 24 hours, to help protect the skin and allow it to rejuvenate without being weighed down by cosmetics, reports femalefirst.co.uk. "By opting to give skin a breather ...      |
| Posted:  Kiwi fruit can help improve digestion, a new study claims. According to research, the green kiwi fruit has enzyme actinidin, which is not present in any other fruit. This enzyme can deliver enhanced gastric digestion, reports femalefirst.co.uk. "Although somewhat already recognised as a natural digestive aid, this research focused on the role of kiwi fruit in the breaking down of food protein that can be particularly hard to digest in comparison to other ...      |
| New Gym for Drug Addicts in Manipur Posted:  New Gym For Drug Addicts In Manipur. Now, he is a regular at the animal gym in Imphal and believes that exercising has helped him stay disease free. He urges the youth of the region to stay away from drugs and lead a healthy life. There are several others like Bobby who have given up drugs and adopted a healthy lifestyle, with encouragement from the gym's owner R K Viswajit Singh. "Before I joined this gym, I used to feel very depressed ...      |
| Dementia Risk Cut Down by High Dose Statins Posted:  Statins are generally used by the older population to cut down the risk of cardiovascular disease, Dr Lin explained. "But recent reports of statin-associated cognitive impairment have led the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to list statin-induced cognitive changes, especially for the older population, in its safety communications." He added: "Previous studies had considered statin therapy to exert a beneficial effect on dementia. But few large-scale studies ...      |
| Botox can Help Treat More Than Just Wrinkles, Reveals Study Posted:  Botox can effectively treat the after effects of Bell's palsy and other serious facial nerve problems, say researchers. Bell's palsy results from damage to the facial nerve that controls muscles on one side of the face. Ear-nose-throat surgeon Dr. Matthew Kircher of Loyola University Medical Center is giving patients Botox injections to treat facial nerve disorders that sometimes occur after Bell's palsy, including unwanted facial movements known ...      |
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