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Study Says Patients' Perception of Their Illness Does Make a Difference

A new study has found that what an individual thinks about their illness matters in determining their health outcomes. Keith Petrie, of the University of Auckland, and John Weinman, of the Institute of Psychiatry at King's College, reviewed the existing literature on patients' perceptions of illness. They found that people's illness perceptions bear a direct relationship to several important health outcomes, including their level of functioning and ...

Model Dies Due to Negligence by Paramedics

An inquest has heard that an aspiring male model who indulged in 'binge drinking' at a party died after an ambulance crew left him to sleep it off. Daniel Cripps, 22, had apparently downed 14 shots of vodka during a party drinking game. Friends called an ambulance when Cripps said to be "completely out of it" and had complained of feeling unwell. Party hostess Danielle Baker, 24, said that she was surprised by the advice of the ambulance ...

Woman's Life Saved by Breast Implant

A startling revelation of how her breast implants saved her from being killed by a jealous lover has been made by an American woman. The 41-year-old woman was stabbed repeatedly in the chest by a jealous love rival - but, luckily for her, instead of going into her heart the knife pierced her newly enlarged breast. Doctors informed the woman, who does not wish to be identified, that the saline inside the implant saved her life. "That was the ...

Proper Enforcement of Workplace Safety Program can Cut Injuries

A new study says that proper enforcement of a longstanding California occupational safety program, which necessitates all businesses to do away with workplace risks, can help avert injuries to employees. The first-ever evaluation of the California Injury and Illness Prevention Program found evidence that the program reduces workplace injuries, but only at businesses that had been cited for not addressing the regulation's more-specific safety mandates. "We ...

Majority of Pakistani Children Unable to Read Single Sentence in English

A survey report by South Asia Forum for Education Development has found that seventy-five percent of children in Pakistan are unable to read a sentence in English. The report of the Forum, managed by Idara Taleem-o-Aagahi in collaboration with the Foundation Open Society Institute, Department for International Development, National Commission for Human Development and Oxfam, also revealed that as many as 58 percent children in the country cannot read a sentence ...

Weight Gain and Inflammation Linked to Multiple Pregnancies in Mice

A new mice study has revealed that giving birth multiple times, irrespective of age, can lead to significant weight gain, and inflammation. Women have long bemoaned the fact that as they have more children, their weight gain from pregnancy becomes more difficult to lose. A new study using a mouse model that mimics the human effects of multiparity (giving birth more than once) has found that mouse moms who gave birth four times accrued significantly ...

Carla Bruni Regains Pre-Pregnancy Figure

Just three months after deliver, French First Lady Carla Bruni has regained her slender pre-pregnancy figure. The 44-year-old seemed refreshed and relaxed as she was pictured with her husband Nicolas Sarkozy at Elysee Palace in Paris on Thursday to greet Ivory Coast's First Lady. The new mother held hands with her President husband as they went to greet the Ivory Coast First Lady, the Daily Mail reported. The former model looked elegant ...

Research Details How New Viruses Evolve Potentially Dangerous Traits

The secret of virus evolution and how some of them become deadly has been unraveled by researchers. Researchers at Michigan State University (MSU) showed for the first time how the virus called "Lambda" evolved to find a new way to attack host cells, an innovation that took four mutations to accomplish. This virus infects bacteria, in particular the common E. coli bacterium. Lambda is not dangerous to humans, but this research demonstrated how viruses ...

Endings are What Interest People the Most

Researchers have revealed that moviegoers may have felt 'Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows: Part 2' was more magical than the previous parts because it was the last in the series. University of Michigan researchers say people often view the 'last' moments of an event positively simply because they signal the end of an experience. They found that even if the experience is painful or negative, but concludes on a pleasant note, people would consider ...

4000 Eco-Friendly Paper Bags Get Trichy Students into Limca Book of Records

Media reports indicate that students in Trichy, Tamil Nadu, have entered the Limca Book of Records by preparing 4000 eco-friendly paper bags. About 4600 students took part in the feat and participated in a rally to sensitise people about the advantages of pursuing an eco-friendly way of life. Nanthini, a student, said: "We are gathered here to create the Limca record and we have created 4000 paper bags just to (make) aware the people about the illness ...

Survey Says 60 Percent of Men Seek Style Advice from Partners

A new survey has found that 60 percent of men consult their partners on what to wear before heading to work. One in five revealed that they like to have an outfit prepared for them on a daily basis, while others always ask for a second opinion before venturing out, the Daily Mail reported. Although some men might express an interest in fashion but according to the research most would rather let their partner to dress them. Many believed ...

Egg Consumption More in India Than in Pakistan

Egg consumption in India is far more than that in Pakistan, Professor Dr Muhammad Akram, the dean faculty of fisheries and wildlife of the University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences (UVAS), has said. The Nation quoted Professor Akram as saying that Pakistan's egg consumption is 67 per person per year, as compared to 92 per person per year in India. Pakistan's egg consumption of 67 per person per year is far less than the average of 350 eggs per person ...

India Awards Grant to Chicago Art Museum

The government of India has decided to award a major grant to the Art Institute of Chicago in honor of a landmark 1893 speech there by Swami Vivekananda, who introduced Hinduism to the United States. The (Dollar) 500,000 grant will be signed over Saturday at the opening of a major exhibit of the paintings and drawings of Rabindranath Tagore, an Indian poet, playwright, musician, and philosopher who was the first non-European recipient of a Nobel Prize for literature in ...

Probe Initiated by US Authorities into Renegade Sperm Donor

US regulators are investigating a California man who donates his sperm for free to couples who want to have a baby. Despite this, he insists that he will continue his efforts as a matter of goodwill. Trent Arsenault, 36, first attracted scrutiny from the US Food and Drug Administration in 2009 for his free sperm donations, which he says resulted in 14 births with several more babies on the way. A cease-and-desist letter from the FDA in November 2010 ...

COPD Assessment Test may Help Determine Severity of COPD Exacerbation

A new study from the UK has suggested that exacerbation severity in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can be reliably assessed with the COPD Assessment Test (CAT). "There is currently no widely accepted standardized method for assessing symptom severity at exacerbations in COPD patients," said Dr Alex J Mackay, MBBS, MRCP, clinical research fellow at the Academic Unit of Respiratory Medicine, University College London. "Incorporating ...

Bronchoalveolar Lavage and Lung Clearance Index may Help Detect Early Cystic Fibrosis Lung Disease

A new study from Australian researchers has revealed that the lung clearance index (LCI) is a sensitive non-invasive marker of early lung disease in young children with cystic fibrosis (CF). "We found that LCI is elevated early in children with CF, especially in the presence of airway inflammation and Pseudomonas aeruginosa," said Yvonne Belessis, MBBS, MPH, PhD, respiratory staff specialist at the Sydney Children's Hospital. "LCI may not only be a marker of early ...

CT Scans for Dizziness in the ER may Not be Necessary

Henry Ford Hospital researchers have revealed that performing CT scans in the emergency department for patients experiencing dizziness may not be worth the expense. This is an important finding as hospitals across the country look for ways to cut costs without sacrificing patient care. According to the Henry Ford study, less than 1 percent of the CT scans performed in the emergency department revealed a more serious underlying cause for dizziness - intracranial ...

Study Elaborates on Brainiac Babies

A new study at Northwestern University has found the evidence that intuitive physics occurs in infants as young as two months. This is the earliest age at which testing can occur. Intuitive physics includes skills that adults use all the time. For example, when a glass of milk falls off the table, a person might try to catch the cup, but they are not likely to try to catch the milk that spills out. The person doesn't have to consciously think about what to do because ...

New Treatment for Rett Syndrome on the Anvil Following OHSU Discovery

A molecule critical to the development and plasticity of nerve cells called brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) is severely lacking in brainstem neurons in mutations leading to Rett syndrome. This is the finding by Researchers at Oregon Health (and) Science University (a href="http:www.ohsu.edu"http:www.ohsu.edu/a). Rett syndrome is a neurological developmental disorder. The finding has implications for the treatment of neurological disorders, including ...

Research Sheds Light on Head and Neck Cancer in Transplant Patients

A new study from Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit has revealed that transplant patients who develop head and neck cancer are more likely to be non-smokers and non-drinkers. Furthermore, these patients are less likely than their non-transplant counterparts to survive past one year of diagnosis. As part of a 20-year review, Henry Ford researchers found cancers of the throat, tonsils and mouth may be more aggressive in transplant recipients as the result of long-term ...

Protein in Brain That may be Key Target in Controlling Alzheimer's Identified

A protein in the brain that could play a key role in regulating the creation of a major component that contributes to the development of Alzheimer's disease has been discovered by scientists. Researchers at Temple University's School of Medicine, led by Domenico Pratico, discovered the presence of the protein, called 12/15-Lipoxygenase, in the brain three years ago. "We found this protein to be very active in the brains of people who have Alzheimer's ...

Snapshot: Healthy Life of Average Brit Includes 133 Colds

A new lifestyle portrait has revealed that people in Britain are likely to spend a year and a half of their life waiting for doctors' appointments. They also suffer 152 migraines and battle 133 coughs and colds. According to the fascinating portrait of the health lifestyle of the average person, Brits will also endure 210 backaches, have seven stitches and break one bone, as well as falling victim to three accidents requiring medical treatment. On an ...

Big B Reveals He Finally Went for a Manicure and Pedicure

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Genes Linked to Criminal Behavior

Experts have revealed that your genes could be a strong predictor of whether you stray into a life of crime. A new study focused on whether genes are likely to cause a person to become a life-course persistent offender, which is characterized by antisocial behaviour during childhood that can later progress to violent or serious criminal acts later in life. The framework for the research was based on the developmental taxonomy of anti-social behaviour, ...

James Murdoch Will No Longer Sit on the Board of GSK

It has been announced that James Murdoch has resigned from the board of GlaxoSmithKline. Murdoch is at the center of the phone hacking scandal in his family's British newspaper business. Rupert Murdoch's son has decided against seeking re-election as a non-executive director. GSK stated there had been no pressure placed on Murdoch to stand down, saying that the decision was based on his decision to move to the United States in his new role with News ...

French Implant Scare Has Not Had Any Impact on Cosmetic Surgery

A global body of plastic surgeons has revealed that cosmetic surgery is booming worldwide and unaffected by the health scare prompted by a French breast implant company that used substandard silicone. The Paris-based IMCAS which represents plastic surgeons and dermatologists, said in a new study that beauty procedures worldwide including liposuctions, breast implants, and botox injections grew 10.1 percent year-on-year in 2011 to between 3.2 to 3.8 billion euros ...

Major Cardiovascular Disease Events Associated With Elevated Risk Factors

It is well-known that the risk of suffering from adverse cardiovascular events is increased in the presence of several risk factors. In one of the largest-ever analyses of lifetime risks for cardiovascular disease (CVD), researchers have found that middle-aged adults who have one or more elevated traditional risk factors for CVD, such as high blood pressure, have a substantially greater chance of having a major CVD event, such as heart attack or stroke, during their ...

Diindolylmethane Suppresses Ovarian Cancer, Says Research

In the United States, approximately 25,000 women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer this year and 15,000 women will die from it. The novel anti-cancer drug diindolylmethane (DIM) has been shown in laboratory to inhibit the growth of ovarian cancer cells. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal IBMC Medicine/I has looked in detail at the action of DIM and showed that it works by blocking the activation and production of the transcription ...

Gardasil Does Not Trigger Autoimmune Conditions After Vaccination: Kaiser Permanente Study

A new study in the IJournal of Internal Medicine/I has revealed that Gardasil does not trigger autoimmune conditions such as lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, type 1 diabetes or multiple sclerosis after vaccination in young women. Gardasil is the human papillomavirus vaccine that is now recommended for male and female adolescents and young adults. Kaiser Permanente researchers used electronic health records to conduct an observational safety study of 189,629 females ...

Brown Fat may Help Burn Calories

In rodents and newborn humans, brown fat is a specialized tissue that burns calories to generate body heat. Recently, adult humans have also been found to possess brown fat. This fact piqued the interest of researchers seeking to combat the obesity epidemic, the thought being that if they could develop ways to increase the amount of brown fat a person has that person will become slimmer. One hitch to this idea is it has never actually been shown definitively that ...

Undiagnosed Constipation May Be Behind Bedwetting

Undiagnosed constipation can be a cause for bedwetting and may not always be due to problems with bladder, reveals a new study. Constipation is often the culprit and if it isn't diagnosed, children and their parents must endure an unnecessarily long, costly and difficult quest to cure nighttime wetting, say researchers at the Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center. They found that 30 children and adolescents who sought treatment for bedwetting all had large ...

Israeli Boy Found Chewing Head of Snake is Unharmed

A 13-month old Israeli boy was found chewing the head of a snake before his mother's cries brought the neighbors who then killed the reptile. Ghadir Aleeyan revealed that she was preparing milk for her son, Imad, when she looked over and found that he was chewing the head of a snake. Her cries for help brought other family members and the neighbors to the room who then snatched the snake out of his mouth before killing it. Imad was checked for any ...

J (and) J Initiates Voluntary Recall of Aveeno Baby Lotion

After its baby lotion was found to contain excessive levels of bacteria, Johnson (and) Johnson announced that it will be recalling more than 2,000 tubes of its Aveeno Baby Calming Comfort Lotion. The recall comes following a product sample test by the Food and Drug Administration found excessive levels of coagulase-negative Staphylococci bacteria in a single lot. The company said that the lot was distributed in Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, ...

Sharp Drop Observed in Number of Lower Limb Amputations Due to Diabetes

A new study published in the journal Diabetes Care reveals that the number of lower limb amputations due to diabetes has dropped by more than 65 percent over the last 12 years. Researchers from Center of Disease Control and Prevention analyzed data from two nationwide studies in the United States and found that the number of lower limb amputations dropped from 11.2 per 1,000 in 1996 to 3.9 per 1,000 people in 2008. The researchers found that those over 75 ...

Pfizer's Inlyta Receives FDA Approval for Patients With Advanced Kidney Cancer

Pfizer's cancer drug Inlyta has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration to be used in treating patients with advanced kidney cancer. The health regulator said that the drug can be used to treat patients who do not respond to any other drugs currently available in treating advanced kidney cancer. The director of the FDA's office of oncology products, Richard Pazdur announced that Inlyta was the seventh drug approved by the agency to treat advanced ...

Doctors Save Stillborn Baby Who Had No Blood in His Body

Doctors at the Maidstone General Hospital in Britain successfully managed to save the life of a stillborn baby who had no blood in his body due to a rare condition. A rare condition during pregnancy meant that Katy, 36, had an additional blood vessel in her womb which burst 37 weeks into her pregnancy, draining all the blood out. Oliver Morgan was stillborn and was without any blood or heartbeat but doctors at the hospital managed to resuscitate him before giving a ...

Brit Singles Spend 3 Billion Looking for Love

Lonely Britons spend more than 3 billion pounds a year in search of a partner, according to a survey. The survey, commissioned by dating website Match.com, investigated the cost of dating, and found that Britons collectively go on 37 million dates, spending on average 47 pounds each time. Most spend the money on entertainment, with a national spend of 1.3 billion pounds on food and drink, while around 1 billion pounds is spent on clothing and cosmetics. ...

Grape Seed Extract Potent Against Head and Neck Cancer

Grape seed extract (GSE) may help to kill head and neck cancer cells, while leaving the healthy ones intact, according to a study by an Indian origin scientist and his team. Nearly 12,000 people will die of head and neck cancer in the United States this year and worldwide cases will exceed half a million. "It's a rather dramatic effect," said Rajesh Agarwal, PhD, investigator at the University of Colorado Cancer Center and professor at the Skaggs School ...

Woman Gives Birth to a Child Following Removal and Preservation of Tissue

In a landmark occurrence in Germany, a woman has delivered a child born after tissue from one of her ovaries was removed and preserved. The majority of young female patients who need radio- or chemotherapy for treatment of a tumor express concerns about fertility. The retransplantation of frozen (cryopreserved) ovarian tissue is an experimental technique for restoration of fertility that has led to 15 live births worldwide. The woman in question was ...

Simple Eye Cntact is All That is Needed to Make People Feel Included

A new study has revealed that even a simple eye contact from a stranger is enough to make people feel included. Eric D. Wesselmann and his colleagues from Purdue University carried out the study. "Some of my coauthors have found, for example, that people have reported that they felt bothered sometimes even when a stranger hasn't acknowledged them," Wesselmann said. Wesselmann and his team came up with an experiment to test that. A ...

Teens can Now Access Google+

Teens can now use Google+ as the company has relaxed the rules regarding the use of real names on the social network. The age limit had previously been 18, but Google vice president for product management Bradley Horowitz announced on Google+ that users could now be as young as 13. Facebook, the world's leading social network with more than 800 million members, also has an age limit of 13. Horowitz said Google+ is implementing several safety ...

Learning Sanskrit Could Improve Child's Reading Ability Claims a School in New Zealand

A school in New Zealand has included a program to teach Sanskrit Language to the children as they feel that learning Sanskrit improves reading ability. Ficino School in Mt Eden area of Auckland (New Zealand), calls itself a 'values-based academic institution' and offers education for girls and boys from year one to eight. It says about Sanskrit: "It has a wonderful system of sound and grammar, which gives the child an excellent base for the study of any language. ...

How Prejudice can Make Men Aggressive and Women Fearful

A new study has pointed out how prejudice against people can actually incite aggression in men and fear in women. The researchers led by Michigan State University scholars report that, throughout history, men have been the primary aggressors against different groups as well as the primary victims of group-based aggression and discrimination. "There is evidence going back thousands of years of bands of men getting together and attacking other bands of ...

Sprinters and Non-sprinters Have Different Foot and Ankle Structures

Human sprinters and non-sprinters portray different skeletal structure of the foot and ankle. According to Stephen Piazza, associate professor of kinesiology, the research is the first to use magnetic resonance imaging to demonstrate that sprinters have significantly longer bones in their forefeet than non-sprinters and reduced leverage in their Achilles tendons than non-sprinters. "We made the most direct measurement possible of leverage in the Achilles ...

Jodie Marsh Warns Women Against Breast Enlargement Surgery

Jodie Marsh has warned against the travails of breast enlargement surgery, recounting her bad experience with it in the past. The 33-year-old glamour model turned bodybuilder was once happy with her 32DD chest but chose to get an adjustment made after she realised her body was changing. "I initially had a boob job because they were getting saggier as I got older," the Daily Mail quoted her as telling Heat Magazine. "I'd lie on my back and ...

Cosmetic Surgery, a Big Craze Among Workers to Help Boost Their Careers

Many middle-aged employees are opting for cosmetic surgery to improve their looks as a way to compete with their younger colleagues in the workplace. Real estate and media professionals are at the head of the queue for nose jobs, facelifts and Botox treatment. Plastic surgeons report a rise in the number of procedures among people working in areas where appearance might be deemed important. They say their clients are increasingly seeking ...

Most Conflict in the World can be Blamed on Male Sex Drive

Scientists have revealed that the reason for most conflict in the world from war to football violence could be caused by the male sex drive. A review of psychological research has concluded that men evolved to be aggressive towards 'outsiders', a tendency at the root of inter-tribal violence. The researchers say it emerged through natural selection as a result of competition for mates, territory and status, and is seen in conflicts between nations as ...

Psychotherapy Benefits Depressed People

Cognitive-behavioural and psychodynamic therapy help people with depressive symptoms, says psychologist. Depression is a serious and sometimes devastating health problem, which affects millions of people worldwide. In her previous work with depressed patients, psychologist Rachel Maddux from Lund University in Sweden, often felt frustrated that treatments were not helpful for all of those diagnosed with depression. The main focus of her thesis ...

Two and Half Years on a Toilet Seat

A Chinese woman has finally broken her silence about what made her obstinately stay on a toilet seat for two-and-a-half years. Mee Yan Leong sat down on the bowl in her bathroom on March 25, 2009 and for the next 902 days, and she decided to eat and sleep there itself. The 58-year-old woman claimed that she "felt a force holding her down" and said she did not understand why she felt compelled to stay in the tiled bathroom. According to her ...

Oral Temperature Changes Predict Side Effects Severity in Head and Neck Cancer Patients

Slight treatment changes in head and neck cancer patients is a key predictor of severe mucositis later in the treatment, reports study. Mucositis, or mouth sores, is a common side effect of chemoradiotherapy for head and neck cancer that is painful and can be very severe. Physicians cannot predict which patients will have mild mucositis or severe mucositis that would require narcotic pain medication, nutritional support and/or feeding tubes. Researchers ...

Nearly 9000 Brits Die of Binge Drinking Annually

Indulging in excessive drinking proved fatal for about 9,000 British people in one year alone, a new study has revealed. Office for National Statistics figures revealed that drink-related deaths went from 8,664 to 8,790 - a rise of 126 - between 2009 and 2010, the Daily Express reported. According to the critics, 24-hour drinking, bargain booze and binge drinking fuel the crisis. Among men, the number of deaths went up by 175 from 5,690 ...

UN Reports Spike in Cholera Cases in DR Congo

The UN reports surge in cholera cases in the Democratic Republic of Congo in recent weeks. The year-long outbreak has so far infected 22,000 people and has claimed 584 lives. Aid agencies have been trying to halt the spread of the water-borne disease that has ravaged eight of the country's 11 provinces since January 2011. "There has been a spike in cases" since mid-December, with figures on the rise in the capital Kinshasa in particular, the UN Office ...

Lack of Maternal Attachment Linked To Child's Depression

A new study has suggested that lack of maternal attachment could be a cause behind depression in children. The research has for the first time been able to use brain imaging to link the lack of maternal attachment to depression, a disorder that strikes children over the age of 12. HDRF founder Audrey Gruss have experienced the devastation of depression - her mother suffered from the enigmatic mood disorder most of her adult life, misdiagnosed, over-medicated ...

Does Early Growth Outcomes of Children Depend on Food Supplements During Pregnancy -A Study from Bangladesh

It is well known that a pregnant woman needs good nutrients, but in a developing country like Bangladesh it is common to find pregnant malnourished 'carrying' women. Not much is known about the optimal timings for feeding an underweight or low BMI pregnant woman or about the effects of Multiple Micronutrients Supplement (MMS) interventions on postnatal child growth. A study was undertaken in Bangladesh to evaluate the effect of prenatal ...

Sleep Patterns - Problems, Prevalence and Persistence in First Three Years of Life

Sleep problems in early childhood can be easily missed or recognized by parents and doctors. A short and flexible screening tool (like a questionnaire) may help the process of recognizing these children do that corrective measures can be instituted. Sleep is essential for daily functioning, sleep related issues are routinely addressed through anticipatory guidance in pediatric settings. However, research indicates that pediatric sleep problems may go undetected during ...

Role Of Vitamin D In Postmenopausal Women

Vitamin D deficiency is common and may affect up to 70% of Europeans. The deficiency is a public health issue which could lead to many diseases, especially osteoporosis. The European Menopause and Andropause Society (EMAS) announced the position statement on the role of vitamin D in postmenopausal women with summary recommendations. EMAS has risen to the challenge of increasing awareness of vitamin D deficiency to women and health professionals. The ...

Study Finds Decline in Heart Attack Deaths

The death rate from heart attack in England has halved in the last decade, claims a research. Compared with earlier years, the study found there were fewer heart attacks in the last decade and fewer of these were fatal. Several studies have already investigated changes in deaths from heart attack in many countries around the world, but reasons for the decline in deaths in England are still not known. Researchers from the University of Oxford set out ...

Despite Going Bald, Becks Refuses Hair Transplant

David Beckham, who is fighting baldness, is worried that he going bald like his dad Ted. He is also terrified to see his children turning into adults. He is 'fighting baldness' but has ruled out a Wayne Rooney-style hair transplant - insisting he would shave off his barnet if time took its toll. "Someone said I'd had a hair transplant. There is definitely nothing wrong with doing that but I don't think personally I would," the Daily Star quoted him as ...

One Fourth of Brit Kids Suffer From Vitamin D Deficiency

Around 25 percent of children in Britain is suffering from Vitamin D deficiency, making them prone to develop rickets, finds a study. The shocking finding is now a "major problem" according to consultant pediatrician Dr Benjamin Jacobs from the Royal National Orthopedic Hospital. His research revealed that 74 per cent of parents know nothing about guidelines advising that children under the age of five are given vitamin D supplements. More ...

Olive Oil May Protect Against Liver Damage

Olive oil may contain compounds that protect against liver damage, suggests a new study in rats. Olive oil, an integral part of Mediterranean diet, is known to have numerous health benefits that protect against heart diseases and some cancers. It also modifies the immune and inflammatory responses of the body. A new study showed that extra virgin olive oil and its hydrophilic extract protect against oxidative damage of the liver. An impaired ...

Cyberknife Radiation Eases Pain

Cyberknife radiation relives stabbing pain of trigeminal neuralgia - a facial nerve condition, reports study published in the IJournal of NeuroInterventional Surgery/I. Trigeminal neuralgia is thought to affect around five in every 100,000 people. It takes its name from the trigeminal nerve, the source of the pain, which is experienced as a sharp, stabbing/burning sensation, affecting the jaw or cheek. While brief, these episodes are recurrent, ...

California Assembly Bills Expand Health Insurance Coverage

A set of bills has been passed by the State Assembly which is intended to broaden the mental health and health care services covered by private insurance plans. AB154 and AB171 were approved by the lawmakers on Thursday. AB154 require insurer companies to cover the diagnosis and treatment of mental illnesses. AB171 require insurer companies to cover for developmental disorders such as autism. Legislation to cover oral chemotherapy treatments and mammograms were also ...

Health Insurance Companies Invest Billions in Fast Food Chains

Health insurance companies are increasing their future business by investing in companies who manufacture products that cause chronic degenerative disease. This is making people drive more health care needs and thus more health insurance. U.S. and Canadian health insurance giants own nearly (Dollar) 2 billion worth of stock in fast food giants like McDonald's, Burger King, KFC, Taco Bell and others. Health insurance companies' profits are reinvested in industries that make ...

Mums' Love can Protect Kids Against Illness: Study

Tender love by mothers is the best medicine for kids as it can reduce a person's risk of developing conditions like diabetes, heart disease during adulthood, reveals study. Researchers at Brandeis University in Boston examined 1,000 people from low-income backgrounds, which has been shown by a number of previous researches to be related to poorer health in later life and lower life expectancy. They found that some people from disadvantaged families ...

UNICEF Appeals for (Dollar) 1.28 Billion to Help 97 Million People

This year, UNICEF launched an appeal for (Dollar) 1.28 billion (947 million euros) with a third of cash needed to feed children in the drought-stricken area of Africa, says agency. The UN children's fund said it was seeking nine percent less than in 2011, linked to lower needs in Pakistan and Haiti, but that its needs for fighting hunger had jumped by nearly 50 percent. The East Africa and Southern Africa regions show the largest increase in funding needs, ...