Archive for the ‘Health’ Category

Obese mums-to-be are at an increased risk of suffering from minor complications such as heart burn and chest infections during pregnancy, a new study suggests. Research by the University of Edinburgh found that obese mothers-to-be were nearly 10 times more likely to suffer from chest infections, and more than twice as likely to suffer from headaches and heartburn, compared with pregnant women of a healthy weight. To ... Full story

Diets high in fructose - a type of sugar found in most processed foods and beverages - could impair spatial memory, says a study on adult rats. To reach the conclusion, Amy Ross, a graduate student in the lab of Marise Parent, associate professor at Georgia State’s Neuroscience Institute and Department of Psychology, fed a group of Sprague-Dawley rats a diet where fructose represented 60 percent ... Full story

As the Hong Kong-Delhi flight prepared to land, I was apprehensive about the screening for swine flu. But all that happened was that I was asked to fill up a form, and no one checked if I was stating the truth. Hong Kong newspapers had reported last Friday that a 25-year-old Mexican visitor had tested positive for the influenza A/H1N1. It led to a series of ... Full story

Japan confirmed its first three cases of the new H1N1 influenza strain, commonly known as swine flu, detected at Narita International Airport, the government said Saturday. A high-school teacher and two students initially tested positive for A-type influenza after returning from an excursion in Canada on a flight via the US. They showed symptoms such as high fever and coughing when the quarantine officials inspected their health ... Full story

Sydney, May 9 (DPA) A woman who arrived back in Australia on a flight from Los Angeles to Brisbane last week has been confirmed as the country’s first swine flu patient. Queensland health authorities said the woman tested “weak positive” for the new influenza A (H1N1) virus and has already recovered. “This is clearly a serious development but we are in a situation where the best medical ... Full story

Canada Friday confirmed its first death from the influenza H1N1 flu. Health officials said the swine flu was the cause of the death of a woman in Alberta province Thursday. Earlier, it was believed that the woman died from other medical reasons April 28. But provincial health official Andre Corriveau said health officials went back and did tests after a relative contracted a mild form of the ... Full story

‘Mind is its own place. It can make hell into heaven and heaven into hell’ says Satan in the epic saga ‘Paradise Lost’ by Milton. What has this topic to do with the modern, sophisticated and globalization affected minds of the 21st century? But this is the major and relevant issue as far as the atmosphere around us is concerned. The hippies in the ... Full story

London, Jan 9 (IANS) The first British baby genetically selected to be free of a breast cancer gene has been born, doctors said Friday.She grew from an embryo screened to ensure it did not contain the faulty BRCA1 gene, which passes the risk of breast cancer down generations. University College Hospital in London said the mother, a 27-year-old Londoner, and her little girl were doing “very ... Full story

Washington, Jan 6 (IANS) Drugs like digoxin, used for long to treat patients with irregular heart rhythms and heart failure, also holds promise as treatment for cancer, according to a new study.This finding by Johns Hopkins University (JHU) School of Medicine emerged through a search for existing drugs that might slow or stop cancer progression. “This is really exciting, to find that a drug already deemed ... Full story

Toronto, Jan 6 (IANS) A team of Canadian researchers, led by Mick Bhatia of McMaster University near here, have found a way to identify malignant stem cells in cancer patients so that healthy cells are not destroyed during treatment.Till now, cancer treatments have faced the difficulty of destroying malignant cells without killing healthy cells in the process. But Bhatia, who is scientific director of the McMaster ... Full story