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Heart Disease Runs in the Family
The study that showed that heart disease in an individual is influenced by parental history was not a big surprise for doctors that have observed this since a long time ago. But the research recently carried out is the first one that scientifically proved the fact that heart disorders are very... Read More
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Higher Rates of Premature Born Babies
A report of the National Academy of Science's Institute of Medicine showed that many more babies are nowadays born prematurely. As compared to a report of premature babies carried out in 1981, in 2005 rates of sooner than it should born babies have increased with 30%. This means that of all the... Read More
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Smoking Twice as Dangerous for Poor People
If previous studies have shown that the rate of deaths among poor children and adults is much higher than the death of wealthy individuals, a recent study shows that smoking is more harmful for poor people than for rich ones.The main causes for more poor people dying prematurely have been related by... Read More
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Putting Your Computer to Work to Fight Against Malaria in Africa
While you are sending an email or surfing the web, your computer could be helping to tackle one of Africa's major humanitarian challenges, malaria. Africa@home, a project conceived and coordinated by CERN , was launched publicly this week. It is recruiting volunteer computers in homes and... Read More
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Looking Tired? Efficient Remedies for Under Eye Dark Circles or Puffy Eyes
Most women have under eye circles they usually try to "camouflage" covering them with under eye concealer. But when we do not have time to hide the darker areas under the eyes what should we do? Go out in the society looking like ghosts that haven't got a good night's sleep for weeks? No.... Read More
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Training For Parents Could Help Child Anxiety Disorders
Providing psychological treatments for children under ten with anxiety disorders is problematic for health professionals, as the approaches that are most successful with teenagers and adults are difficult to apply to the very young. According to researcher Dr Samantha Cartwright-Hatton: "A treatment... Read More
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy - The Most Efficient Therapy Against Emotional Disorders
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is based on the principle that we can control the exterior factors (like everyday life events that could have a negative influence upon us) through positive thoughts and an optimistic view of life. In this way, thoughts become the media through which exterior stimuli and... Read More
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Got Asthma? Quit Smoking to Boost Lungs' Function
Until now all we knew about asthma and smoking was that smoking is a bad habit as it affects the lungs and, therefore, aggravates asthma symptoms. And if an asthmatic kicked the habit, he was said to have done the best choice because he would no longer worsen the condition if his lungs. But we didn&... Read More
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Algae Extract May Prevent Cervical Cancer
Scientists have recently stated that they may have found a way to inhibit the papilloma viruses that usually cause cervical cancer and genital warts. The compound that was found in laboratory tests to be very beneficial against the installation of cervical cancer in our bodies is a rather common... Read More
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Blood Tests Help Early Tracking Down of Lung Cancer
Researchers from the University of Kentucky, USA have developed a new type of blood tests that can appropriately track down non-small-cell lung cancer long before X-ray analyses or CT can. The American medical team found that if they use blood tests to identify an individual's immune system... Read More
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Prediabetes May Increase the Risk of Alzheimer's Disease
Even if not all patients that suffer from Alzheimer's disease show high blood sugar levels and vice versa, not all patients that suffer from diabetes have Alzheimer's disease, more and more scientific studies prove that there is a strong link between diabetes and Alzheimer.If previous... Read More
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Protein AP2 Brings About Asthma
It seems that AP2 protein in our bodies not only increases risk of diabetes and atherosclerosis, it also plays a vital role in the incidence and fast-growing development of asthma. Scientists from the The Garvan Institute of Medical Research, Sydney, Australia and US associated researchers have... Read More
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Regeneration After Spinal Cord Injury
Scientists discovered how a nerve removed from the leg and transplanted across a spinal cord injury, in combination with enzyme digestion of scar material, leads to regeneration of injured nerve endings and recovery of arm movements. More than 250,000 people in the U.S. are suffering from long-term... Read More
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Weight Loss in Women- The Earlier Sign of Dementia
US scientists have found in a recent research that weight loss can be an early sign of dementia. The results of the study presented at the International Conference on Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders that took place in Madrid, Spain showed that a drop in body weight can be related to... Read More
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The Five Herbs in the "Forever Young" Potion
We all would like to discover the magic potion that helps us preserve our youth forever. But if we think that the magic potion consists of miracle ingredients brought to us from foreign worlds, we are completely wrong: the surrounding natural environment offers us the most efficient resources... Read More
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Proteins Spur Diabetic Mice To Grow Blood Vessels, Nerves
University of Utah researchers have taken a potentially powerful new therapy for treating diabetes, peripheral vascular disease, and other illnesses out of the test tube and into animals by demonstrating it restores nerve and blood vessel growth in mice. The research has particularly important... Read More
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The Hunger Hormone - Is it Really that Easy to Control Obesity or Anorexia?
At the beginning of the new century more scientific studies have shown that there really exists a hunger hormone in our bodies that transmits the hunger sensation to the brain and urges us to eat - large or small amounts of food, depending on everyone's organism and lifestyle. The hunger... Read More
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The Indian Science of Life Comprised in the Ancient Vedas
Ayurvedic supporters claim that Ayurveda natural method of treating both body and mind is the oldest holistic system of medicine in the world. Literally, Ayurveda is a compound Sanskrit word formed from "ayur" that means "science, knowledge" and "veda" that means "life." The origins of this... Read More
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Watermelon - The Iron Fruit
Watermelons are believed to have originated in India, where they are extensively used for their sweet taste and beneficial properties upon our health, but some experts say that they may have also come from tropical Africa. Watermelon is the fruit of a vine-like herb and has a dark green skin and... Read More
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Medication Plus Behavior Changes Helps Obese Adolescents Lose Weight
The weight loss medication sibutramine, when combined with behavior therapy, allowed hundreds of very obese adolescents to lose an average of more than 6 kilograms over a year, according to a multicenter study in the July 18 Annals of Internal Medicine. Adolescents in the study who received placebo ... Read More
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Restless Legs - Really a Syndrome?
Recently, more and more people talk about the Restless Legs Syndrome, even if they are patients that suffer from this disorder or doctors that think of different ways in which to treat it. Until a few years ago, some of us used to think that if they had restless feet while sleeping this was by... Read More
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What Does It Take to Maintain a Normal Body Weight?
In the first study of its kind, researchers from The Miriam Hospital and Brown Medical School look to shed some light on this question by comparing the diet and exercise behaviors of individuals who have lost weight and kept it off, to those who have never been overweight. "We are specifically... Read More
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Obese Teenagers Are More Likely to Die Prematurely
A recent study led by researcher Dr. Frank B. Hu, associate professor of Nutrition and Epidemiology at the Harvard School of Public Health showed that people that gain weight during their adolescence are three times more likely to suffer from premature death.The medical team at Harvard School has... Read More
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Children Using Swimming Pools at a Greater Risk to Develop Asthma
A new study developed by Belgian researchers found that children that swim in indoor swimming pools are exposed to greater risks of suffering from asthma. The main cause that leads to infant asthma and wheeze in such cases is considered to be the prolonged exposure to chlorine in the water and air... Read More
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Heart Disease Reduced In Couch Potatoes Exercising Later in Life
A scientific study developed at the University of Heidelberg in Germany found that it is never too late to start exercising and lead a healthy life, as these beneficial actions will decrease risk of heart disorders even in elder couch potatoes. All they have to do is to leave the comfortable place... Read More
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Link Between Migraine with Aura and Cardiovascular Disease
Even if scientists have been previously suspecting that there might be a connection between migraine and cardiovascular disease, no research was developed in this respect until recently. However, a study has proved that there is a link between migraines with aura and ischemic strokes, but did not... Read More
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Cancer Patients do not Benefit from Dietary Change
Dietary changes or supplement intake do not actively influence the course of cancer, recent studies show. Namely, if a patient suffering from a cancerous or pre-cancerous condition will not extensively benefit from having a healthy diet based on higher intake of beneficial vitamins (A, C, D etc) and... Read More
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Autistic Males Lack Neurons in the Amygdala
A new research conducted by a medical team at the University of California found that boys and men that suffer from autism have fewer neurons in the amygdala area of the brain than healthy men.Autism is a disorder of brain functioning that appears early in life, generally before the age of three.... Read More
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The Beeping Sponge to Remind Surgeons not to Leave It Inside
Scientists have developed a new chip related to Radio Frequency ID (RFID) devices that is going to prevent surgeons from leaving sponges inside the body of a patient after the operation is completed. This is an extremely useful chip, as many sponges are used during surgical interventions and there... Read More
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Erectile Dysfunction: Incidence Rate Linked to Type and Severity of Coronary Artery Disease
An Italian study of men with erectile dysfunction and coronary artery disease (CAD) has shown for the first time that the rates of dysfunction differ according to the type and severity of the disease. It is low among men who have acute coronary syndrome (ACS), mainly acute myocardial infarction with... Read More
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