Placebo effect may be ‘down to genes’
BBC: Why some people respond to treatments that have no active ingredients in them may be down to their genes, a study in the journal PLoS ONE suggests. The so-called […]
Journey of Man: A Genetic Odessy
By Spencer Wells DNA is more than 99% similar among all humans, so all claims for discrimination, like caste system, polygenetic theory of human origin or some people being the ‘chosen people’ are only self indulgence. There is very little difference in the intellectual abilities of different races or families. […]
Every hour of Television reduces your life by 21 Minutes
Get Up. Get Out. Don’t Sit. By GRETCHEN REYNOLDS Gretchen Reynolds on the science of fitness. Just as we were all settling in front of the television to watch the baseball playoffs, two new studies about the perils of sitting have spoiled our viewing pleasure. The research, published in separate […]
Melatonin Helps Patients with High Blood Pressure to Sleep
About 22 million Americans are on long-term treatment with beta-blockers, a class of drugs frequently prescribed to manage high blood pressure and as cardioprotection after a heart attack. Having difficulty […]
Switzerland seeks to confirm top research spot
by Andreas Keiser, swissinfo.ch Switzerland tops all major research and innovation rankings worldwide, largely thanks to generous funding and a clear separation between public and private research, as well as […]
High Dose Vitamin C: A Complementary Cancer Therapy
Vitamin C is a time old Antioxidant, an anti aging and immunity enhancing agent. There is increasing evidence now that high dose of Vitamin C, which can only be given […]
Medieval Islamic Medicine: A Book Review
Author Prof. Peter E Pormann is primarily concerned with the transmission of the Greek medical and scientific heritage into the Islamic world. He has published on medicine and philosophy in Late Antique Alexandria, Greek-Syriac -Arabic translation technique, the history of mental illness and hospital provisions in tenth-century Baghdad, and medieval […]
Deadly ‘brain-eating’ microbe outbreak in Pakistan
RT: Pakistan’s capital city Karachi was struck by an outbreak of Naegleria fowleri, also known as ‘brain-eating amoeba.’ The deadly freshwater microbe kills 98 percent of those infected. The source of the infection has yet to be identified. The amoeba is transmitted from contaminated water through the nasal cavity and […]
Aspirin may ‘slow elderly brain decline’, study finds
Source: BBC By Anna-Marie Lever Health reporter, BBC News Could taking an aspirin a day slow brain power decline? An aspirin a day may slow brain decline in elderly women at high risk of cardiovascular disease, research finds. Around 500 at risk women, between the ages of 70 to 92, […]
‘Doctors often ask for needless tests’
Source: TOI Patients must ask their doctor about the pros and cons of the treatment offered before making a decision. NEW DELHI: Here’s a warning from a medical expert you won’t get too often: Do not follow your doctor’s prescriptions blindly and question whether you really need to undergo the […]
Digital Age overload: ‘Internet addiction’ to be classified as mental illness
RT: Think twice the next time you play a videogame or surf the Net: ‘Internet-use disorder’ is set to be added to the list of mental illnesses in the worldwide psychiatric manual. Kids are identified as being especially at risk. The international mental health encyclopedia known as the ‘Diagnostic and […]
Germany looking to China for nursing power
Source: The Local Germany is so desperate to find people to care for its elderly, it is launching a campaign to recruit 150 health care assistants from China. More:
SARS II? Public health officials on alert after new virus detected
RT: World Health Organization (WHO) officials are on alert after two confirmed cases and one suspected case of a new virus from the same family as SARS appeared in Saudi Arabia last week. Doctors are watching for any sign the disease may spread. The cases involve a coronavirus (named for […]
Separated conjoined twins stable
MD RASOOLDEEN Sunday 16 September 2012 RIYADH: Separated Saudi conjoined twins Reem and Rana were reported healthy and stable yesterday, 48 hours after surgery. The twins from the Baha region […]
Nigeria: Kano Ahmadiyya Hospital Sealed Up Over ‘Unhygienic Condition’
BY HALIMA MUSA, 13 SEPTEMBER 2012 allAfrica.com Kano — The Ahmadiyya Muslim Hospital in Kano was yesterday sealed up by Kano State government for “lack of staff and unhygienic condition”. […]
Jews, Muslims protest for right to circumcise
Source: The Local The ‘yes’ to circumcision must be guaranteed in law,” demanded Lala Süßkind, former chairwoman of the Berlin Jewish community organization at the protest, which police said was attended by around 300 people. Several Muslims and Christians joined the mainly Jewish demo, which took place under the motto […]
Humour in men ‘stems from aggression’
Source: TOI Humour in most men may develop from aggression and it all begins at puberty, researchers say. Researchers at Newcastle University studied the reactions of men and women on seeing a trick cyclist and the results revealed huge differences between male and female response. Nine out of 10 women […]
Marriage, a new miracle cure for cancer
Source: TOI Being married helps patients with lung cancer live significantly longer than if they were single, according to a new research. Similar benefit has been seen in other cancers, including those of the prostate, and head and neck, the independent reported. More:
Drug-resistant strain of deadly disease alarms doctors worldwide
RT: The world is in the middle of a tuberculosis pandemic, scientists say. What was once a disease of undeveloped nations has raced across continents, with thousands of cases in Asia and Europe. The disease may infect up to two million people by 2015. An extensive international study published by […]
Young cannabis smokers run risk of lower IQ, report claims
By Dominic Hughes: Health correspondent, BBC News Young people who smoke cannabis for years run the risk of a significant and irreversible reduction in their IQ, research suggests. The findings come from a study of around 1,000 people in New Zealand. An international team found those who started using cannabis […]