A reports on a study that highlights the safety issues involved in detecting coronary blockages:-
Noninvasive CT scans are nearly as accurate at imaging coronary artery blockages as conventional angiography and are much safer for many patients, according to researchers who published a study released recently in the New England Journal of Medicine.
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A CT scanner could [...]
The editorial linked below appeared in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. It traces the rise in fructose consumption, and the rise in chronic diseases that have come in its wake.
Fructose is a simple sugar found in honey, fruit, table sugar, and high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS). Because of the increase in the [...]
Some informations about the tart fruit’s healing abilities.
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European settlers first put cranberries on the Thanksgiving table because the local fruit lasted through winter and enhanced the flavor of gamy meat. The settlers had picked up on the berry’s culinary potential from Native Americans, who survived cold winters by filling up on pemmican, a cake of [...]
Playing doctor on the web often leads people to mistakenly believe that they are suffering from rare illnesses, according to a study by researchers at Microsoft.
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“Web search engines have the potential to escalate medical concerns,” or “cyberchondria”, Ryen White and Eric Horvitz wrote in the study published by the Redmond, Washington-based software company. [...]
The virus that causes AIDS could theoretically be eliminated in a decade if all people living in countries with high infection rates areregularly tested and treated, according to a new mathematical model.
It is an intriguing solution to end the AIDS epidemic. But it is based on assumptions rather than data, and is riddled with logistical [...]
Millions of private patients are taking medications that have never been reviewed by the US government for safety and effectiveness, an Associated Press investigation found. And taxpayers have shelled out at least $200 million since 2004 for the unapproved medications that are still covered under Medicaid, according to the analysis of federal data has [...]
Scientists in Bangalore have discovered that an extract from Indian redwood kills cancer cells. :-
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A substance found in the roots of Indian redwood (commonly known as Rohan), or soymida febrifuga, may help treat severe forms of blood and bone marrow cancers, researchers at the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore, have found.
IISc biochemists, led by [...]
In a highly critical report, a panel of scientists from government and academia said when the FDA completed a draft risk assessment of bisphenol A (BPA) last month, they did not take into consideration numerous studies that have linked the chemical to prostate cancer, diabetes and other health problems.
The scientists took the FDA [...]
Researchers at Northwestern University in Chicago have made a new discovery that could lead to better cochlear implants for deaf people.
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Infrared light can stimulate neurons in the inner ear as precisely as sound waves, a discovery that could lead to better cochlear implants
They have found that infrared light can stimulate neurons in the inner [...]
New studies on the sex lives of 57- to 85-year-old Americans find that such activity doesn’t have to fade with age, but it helps to stay healthy and positive.
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Far be it from us to pick nits with billionaire Warren Buffett in these bleak economic times, but perhaps he knows more about finance than he does [...]
University of Haifa scientists in Israel have identified a new species of bacteria that can grow at low temperatures, spoiling raw milk even when it is refrigerated.
The researchers say that the bacteria called chryseobacterium oranimense, which can grow at cold temperatures, secretes enzymes that have the potential to spoil milk.
“Milk can be contaminated with [...]
A high fat diet even before you were born might have programmed you to a life of over-eating. A new research suggests that eating a high-fat diet in pregnancy may cause changes in the fetal brain that lead to obesity early in life.
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Tests on rats showed those born to mothers fed a high-fat diet [...]
Regular physical activity can significantly lower a woman’s risk of developing cancer, but skimping on sleep can eliminate those gains, a new study has found.
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In a long-term study of nearly 6,000 US women, researchers found that those who exercised the most had a 25% lower chance of developing cancer than those who were the [...]
A new Bod Pod will accurately measure fat and muscle mass with the potential to boost research on obesity and athletic performance.
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The space capsule-like pod is part of a new suite of high-tech equipment at the Massey University’s new Human Nutrition Research Centre in Albany, including a bone density scanner and clinical lab.
The [...]
A protein that inhibits ovarian cancer growth does so by partly forcing the cancerous cells to self-destruct, according to the latest research.
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The Texas Univeristy (TU) team that carried out the study also found that expression of PEA-15, a protein, is an independent indicator of a woman’s prospects for surviving ovarian cancer, said study [...]
A bone marrow transplant using stem cells from a donor with natural genetic resistance to the AIDS virus has left an HIV patient free of infection for nearly two years, German researchers.
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The patient, an American living in Berlin, was infected with the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS and also had leukemia.
The best [...]
People whose bodies make an unusually active form of a certain protein tend to have dangerously high levels of cholesterol. Those with an inactive form of the protein have low cholesterol and a low risk of heart attacks.
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Needless to say, pharmaceutical companies would love to find a drug that can attach itself to the [...]
A new study by UK and US scientists has revealed that the sheer physical effort involved in breastfeeding may leave babies with stronger lungs well into childhood.
Previous studies have established that breastfeeding protects babies from respiratory problems early in life, but the relationship with lungpower later in childhood is less clear-cut.
For the study, the [...]
According to the Corn Refiners Association, high-fructose corn syrup contains the same amount of calories as cane and beet sugar, is metabolized by the body the same way as these sweeteners are, and is an all-natural product.
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Their current ad campaign insists that high-fructose corn syrup is just like honey, which is made [...]
China could become the first country to classify internet addiction as a clinical disorder amid growing concern over compulsive web use by millions of Chinese, state media said .
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The health ministry is likely to adopt a new manual on Internet addiction next year drawn up by Chinese psychologists that recognises it as a condition [...]
