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Psoriasis could
be a signal to an impending heart attack
A new study has found that psoriasis, an immune-mediated disease that
affects the skins and joints, could be a signal of a looming heart disease. 12/Oct/2006
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Vitamin K deficiency
could put women at risk to osteoporosis
A new study carried out by researchers at the University of Michigan
School of Nursing, has found that vitamin K deficiency could increase
the risk of osteoporosis in women. Osteoporosis is a disease of bone
in which the bone mineral density (BMD) is reduced, affecting the bone
microarchitecture, making them more susceptible to fracture. 12/Oct/2006
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Climate change
responsible for outbreak of infectious diseases in India
Experts say that outbreak of infectious diseases like dengue, chikungunya
and encephalitis (inflammation of the brain caused viral infection)
in India, are directly linked to global warming and climate change,
which are creating favorable conditions for mosquitoes to breed and
flourish. 12/Oct/2006
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Nicardipine can
protect angioplasty patients from a deadly complication
Nicardipine hydrochloride, a drug commonly used in the treatment of
high blood pressure and angina (chest pain), can reverse the ‘no-reflow’
phenomenon that affects as many as 50,000 angioplasty patients, every
year, according to researchers in the Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory
at Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia. This drug belongs to the
class of ‘Calcium Channel Blockers’. 12/Oct/2006
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Risk of inheriting
lung cancer higher in women
A 13-year long study has found that women with a family history of lung
cancer are at a greater risk of inheriting the disease. This form of
cancer is the most lethal of all cancers and is responsible for over
3 million deaths around the world, every year. 12/Oct/2006
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Obesity and overweight
linked to poor mental function
French researchers have found that obese or overweight middle-aged people,
fare poorly on memory, attention and learning ability tests, compared
to their slimmer peers. 11/Oct/2006
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Treating arthritis
with gold
Researchers say that injecting gold into the knee joints of patients
suffering from Osteoarthritis or degenerative arthritis could provide
relief from pain and slow down the progress of the disease. 11/Oct/2006
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Health issues
- Ischemic heart diseases
Ischemic or coronary heart diseases are a major cause of death among
elderly people in the developed world. It is a condition in which the
blood supply to the heart is disrupted due to blockages in coronary
arteries, leading to death of heart tissues fed by those arteries, resulting
in myocardial infarction (heart attack). 11/Oct/2006
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Climate change
could hamper rice production
Dr. M.S.Swaminathan, a renowned Indian agricultural scientist and the
head of the MS Swaminathan Research Foundation, fears that climate change
triggered by global warming could hold back the rice production and
productivity, substantially. 11/Oct/2006
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Mediterranean
diet lowers the risk of Alzheimers
A diet study carried out by U.S researchers, has found that ‘Mediterranean’
diet, rich in fruits, vegetables, olive oil, cereals and fish, lowers
the risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease substantially. 10/Oct/2006
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Pets reduce allergy
risks
A new study published in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology,
has found that pets actually reduce the allergy risks in humans by training
our immune system to be less reactive to allergy triggers. 10/Oct/2006
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Correcting breast
asymmetry boosts self-confidence in young women
A study presented at the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS)
meeting in San Francisco, said that correcting ‘breast asymmetry’
through surgery in young women, can boost their self-confidence and
quality of life. 10/Oct/2006
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Naltrexone can
help women to quit smoking
Researchers at University of Chicago has found that, Naltrexone, a drug
used in the management of alcohol and opioid (morphine, heroin etc.,)
dependence, can be used to help women to quit smoking. Researchers,
who were involved in this study, said that this drug was more effective
in women than in men. 10/Oct/2006
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100-million fund
to boost investments in renewable energy in poor nations
The European Commission has proposed to create a €100-million
global risk capital fund to enhance investments in renewable energy
in poorer nations. 10/Oct/2006
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Eating fruits
and vegetables could lower the risk of choleliths
The results of a large study conducted in U.S, has shown that women
who eat fruits and vegetables regularly, have lower odds of developing
painful gallstones (choleliths), crystalline stone-like structures formed
within the body by buildup or concentration of normal or abnormal bile
components. 09/Oct/2006
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Dengue threatening
India!
Dengue fever, an acute feverish disease, transmitted by the mosquito
Aedes aegypti, is threatening the second most populous country in the
world, with many states in the country reporting outbreaks of this disease. 09/Oct/2006
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Scientists develop
vaccines against Henipaviruses
Henipavirus is a genus containing two members, the Hendra virus and
the Nipah virus, which are considered to be potential biological terror
agents than can infect and kill thousands of people. 09/Oct/2006
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Asian economies
could be doomed by climate change
A new climate change report by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial
Research Organization, Australia’s main research agency, warns
that higher temperatures and rising sea levels could devastate Asian
economies, displacing millions of people and putting many more at risk
to infectious diseases. 09/Oct/2006
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Biggest ever study
on causes of Autism underway in U.S
A 5.9 million-dollar national study on the causes of autism, a neurodevelopmental
disorder, is currently underway in U.S. This is the largest study ever
to be undertaken in U.S, on this disorder and will span for a period
of five years. 09/Oct/2006
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Are you ambivalent?
Don’t worry, you could be creative!
A new study has found that people who are emotionally ambivalent (experiencing
a state of conflicting emotions at the same time, like feeling both
love and hatred for an object or someone) are more creative than others
who lack emotions, or those who experience only one emotion at a time. 08/Oct/2006
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Threat of climate
change finally being recognized – Tony Blair
After the latest session of a round of negotiations between the world’s
biggest polluting countries, Tony Blair said that the world has finally
started to recognize the scale of threat posed by climate change. 08/Oct/2006
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New treatment
to baldness
A British biotechnological firm, Intercytex, is in the process of developing
an effective treatment to baldness, using a robot, which could grow
hair follicle cells. 08/Oct/2006
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Scientist urge
to prepare for a bird flu pandemic
‘Start preparing for the next flu pandemic’, is the message
from the organizer of an expedition to unearth samples of the devastating
Spanish flu pandemic in 1918 and 1919. Kristy Duncan, a scientist at
the University of Toronto, warns that it is just a matter of time before
another deadly bird flu pandemic strikes the world. 08/Oct/2006
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Are breastfed
children more intelligent?
A study published in the British Medical Journal says that breastfed
children are more intelligent than the bottle-fed ones, but the content
of the milk they receive, has nothing to do with their intelligence. 08/Oct/2006
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Reducing cholesterol
level in the body could prevent prostrate cancer
Low cholesterol level in the body is good to the heart, but researchers
have now found that it could also lower the risk of prostrate cancer. 07/Oct/2006
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China may impose
daily fines to curb pollution
With current penalty limits making long-term pollution profitable to
many companies, the Chinese government might fine companies that pump
untreated wastes into lakes and rivers, on a daily basis, in a desperate
attempt to save the water bodies in the country, which are already overwhelmed
by years of pollution. 07/Oct/2006
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Cereal flakes
are much healthier than puffs
A new research has found that cereal flakes are much healthier than
puffs, even though the later tastes a lot better. The study suggests
that the difference lies in the cooking techniques and its findings
might help in developing healthier preparation methods for cold cereals
and other processed foods. 07/Oct/2006
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Treating insomnia
with behavioral therapy
A new study has found that behavioral therapy might prove useful in
treating insomnia in elderly people. 07/Oct/2006
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Father of biodiversity
warns of mass extinction due to climate change
Dr. Edward Osborne Wilson, who is considered to be the ‘father
of biodiversity’, has warned that more than half of the world’s
species might go extinct or face extinction by 2100, in an address to
more than 2,000 people at the Montana State University, where he accepted
the George R. Stibitz Computer and Communications Pioneer Award. 07/Oct/2006
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Girls eat more
junk-food than boys
A new survey of children and parents, has found that girls, who are
considered to be more diet-conscious than boys, eat more junk-food than
their opposite sex. 07/Oct/2006
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New development
in prediction and treatment of breast cancer
A new discovery could help scientists, to effectively predict breast
cancer outcomes and to understand how the cancer cells develop and grow
within the body. 07/Oct/2006
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Greenpeace activists
target forestry ministry in Jakarta
In a protest against the government, which failed to curb the forest
fires raging in Sumatra and in Indonesian Borneo, Greenpeace activists
smoked out the forestry ministry in Jakarta on Thursday. 07/Oct/2006
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Cola consumption
linked to Osteoporosis in older women
Cola, a sweet carbonated drink containing caffeine, which is very popular
among Americans, is found to contribute to lower bone mineral density
in older woman, which might lead to Osteoporosis, according to a study
conducted by Katherine Tucker, PhD, director of the Epidemiology and
Dietary Assessment Program at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research
Center on Aging at Tufts University, and her colleagues. 06/Oct/2006
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Aspirin could
check tumor growth
Researchers from Institute of Genetics, University of Newcastle, UK,
have found that aspirin could arrest tumor growth by stopping the formation
of blood vessels, which feeds the tumor. 06/Oct/2006
Lebanon might face
more health problems as a result of war, says Greenpeace
Greenpeace has warned that more than half the population in Lebanon
could face serious heath problems as a result of the Israeli –
Lebanese conflict earlier this year. 06/Oct/2006
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Risk of death
increases in obese smokers
A new study, which is an ongoing collaboration of the National Cancer
Institute, the University of Minnesota and the American Registry of
Radiologic Technologists, led by D. Michal Freedman, Ph.D., of the Division
of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics at the National Cancer Institute,
has found that the risk of death increases substantially in obese smokers. 06/Oct/2006
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Low birth weight
babies are likely to develop mental & physical problems
A report in the October’s issue of Archives of Pediatrics &
Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journals, says that, babies
who weigh less than 2 kilograms (4.5 pounds) at birth are likely to
develop physical and mental difficulties, when they grow up. 05/Oct/2006
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Aging of skin
is more rapid in women
A study carried out by researchers from Germany's Freidrich Schiller
University in Jena and the Fraunhofer Institute of Biomedical Technology
in St. Ingbert, using a new laser-based technique, found that women’s
skin age faster compared to men’s. 05/Oct/2006
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Improve air quality
to save lives says WHO
With air pollution killing nearly two million people every year, the
World Health Organization (WHO) has urged the governments across the
world, to improve the air quality standards in cities and other populated
areas. Most of the people, who die from air pollution, are from developing
countries. 05/Oct/2006
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Anorexia Dealing
with Emergency Situations
For the majority of the time the anorexic is no different from any other
person but there can be the occasion when due to there illness particularly
if they have been ill with an eating disorder for any length of time
they may need emergency treatment. 05/Oct/2006
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Helping the Anorexic
Deal with Holidays
For most of us the holidays seasons are welcomed with open arms, they
are a time when families get together, eat, drink and be merry. For
the anorexia sufferer they are a true nightmare. 05/Oct/2006
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Global warming
likely to trigger devastating droughts
A new forecast by Britain’s leading climatologists, warns that
devastating drought triggered by global warming could spread across
half the land surface of this planet, in the coming century. 05/Oct/2006
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Naturally occurring
protein molecule could help in fighting obesity
A team of Japanese scientists have found that a naturally occurring
protein molecule, called nesfatin-1, might help in treating obesity
in humans, as it suppresses appetite in mammals. 05/Oct/2006
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Significant discovery
in the fight against diabetes
In a breakthrough that could provide relief to millions of diabetics,
researchers at the Maurice Wilkins Centre for Molecular Biodiscovery
at Auckland University, New Zealand, have decoded the structure of a
molecule, which might help in the development of a new type of drug
for diabetes. 05/Oct/2006
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One in three American
teenagers are unfit
A study carried out by University of South Carolina, has found that
about a third of American Teenagers in the age group of 12 to 19, fail
to clear treadmill tests measuring heart and respiratory health. 05/Oct/2006
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Drink tea to get
rid of stress
A new study conducted by researchers at University College, London,
has found that tea could reduce the levels of cortisol, a corticosteroid
hormone produced in the body in response to stress. People who drank
tea were able to de-stress quickly, when compared to those who drank
other drinks or a fake tea substitute. 05/Oct/2006
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General awareness
on influenza lacking in China
A survey conducted by the Chinese Health Education Association, has
found that most of the Chinese citizens have very little knowledge on
influenza and how to prevent it. 03/Oct/2006
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Ozone loss over
Antarctic at record levels
The European Space Agency (ESA) has said that the ozone loss over the
Antarctic is at record levels, this year. Ozone, an allotrope of oxygen
found in the Earth’s atmosphere, protects the world from the harmful
ultraviolet radiations of the sun. 03/Oct/2006
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Infliximab could
curb asthma exacerbations
Infliximab, a drug used in treatment of auto-immune disorders like rheumatoid
arthritis, ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease, is found to
reduce exacerbations substantially, in people suffering from moderate
asthma, according to a new research in U.K. 03/Oct/2006
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Premature births
linked to infant mortality
Government researchers in U.S reported that premature births accounted
for one-third of infant deaths in 2002, almost twice the earlier estimates,
making it the leading cause for infant mortality in United States. 03/Oct/2006
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Many men who pay
for sex are either married or have partners
Half of men who pay for sex in U.K are married or have partners, according
to new study conducted by the Glasgow’s Sandyford Initiative. 02/Oct/2006
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Pollution makes
a quarter of Yangtze water undrinkable
A new report by the Yangtze River Water Resources Commission has shown
that pollution has made more than a quarter of the Yangtze water undrinkable. 02/Oct/2006
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Confused about
HIV/AIDS
A survey conducted by the European Union executive found that almost
half of the population in the EU member states continues to have misconceptions
about HIV/AIDS and how it spreads. 02/Oct/2006
Bypass surgery
can help severe heart patients to live longer
According to a Duke University Medical Centre study, severe heart patients
who undergo bypass surgery, as their primary treatment, live longer
than those who undergo artery-opening angioplasty or other heart medications. 02/Oct/2006
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Smoking hookahs?
Think twice!
With many youngsters getting addicted to hookahs (a traditional device
used for smoking in Middle East and in South Asia), under the impression
that hookahs are less toxic than cigarettes, experts warn that hookahs
are as harmful as cigarettes and this habit could become an epidemic,
if left unchecked. 02/Oct/2006
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Anorexia: What
Is Normal?
What is normal? It's hard to define what "normal" eating actually is,
every person is different when it comes to appetite and the amount of
food or calories we need to exist on. 02/Oct/2006
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Athletics linked
to Anorexia Nervosa
Anorexia and serious other eating disorders are on the increase in the
professional athlete especially in those that are expected to maintain
and where a trim body shape is essential for there particular sport. 02/Oct/2006
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A cancer drug
could cure rheumatoid arthritis
Gleevec, an effective cancer drug, can cure rheumatoid arthritis, according
to a study conducted by the University of Stanford. 01/Oct/2006
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Breast feeding
could reduce obesity in children
Infants, who are breast-fed, are at a lesser risk of becoming obese,
even though if their mothers suffer from obesity or diabetes, according
to a new study conducted by researchers from University of South Carolina’s
Arnold School of Public Health. 01/Oct/2006
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Ozone depletion
linked to winds over northern hemisphere
Wind circulations above the far northern hemisphere have much more impact
on the ozone levels in the upper stratosphere than what was earlier
thought, according to a new study carried out by the scientists at University
of Colorado at Boulder. 01/Oct/2006
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Gene therapy may
save us from cancer
41-year old Thomas May, from Allen Park, Michigan, was saved from his
advanced-stage skin cancer, with the help of gene therapy, which proved
that gene therapy could be an effective treatment to stop tumor growth
in cancer patients. 01/Oct/2006
