Promising technological advances are able to reproduce the functioning of the human heart. Cardiac surgery often requires that the heart stop beating for the surgeon to handle it safely. For this purpose, the bypass was developed, a huge machine with rollers that need at least two people to handle it during surgery to facilitate extracorporal [...]
Middle-aged chain smokers face greater risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease, or dementia, U.S. researchers have found in a new study. The conclusion was based on analysis of data concerning 21,123 ethnically diverse people who were surveyed between 1978 and 1985, when they were 50 to 60 years old. During an average follow-up of 23 years, [...]
A new study has found that regular consumption of soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages is associated with a clear and consistently greater risk of metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes. According to the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers, the study provides empirical evidence that intake of sugary beverages should be limited to reduce [...]
The Japanese Giant Hornet is one of the most dangerous insects in the world. Two stings is enough to kill most people and shoots flesh-melting acid at the face of its victims – usually at the eyes. This five-ayes monster is endemic in the rural areas of Japan. In his article “Japanese Giant Hornets: World’s [...]
About 208 people have died from a cholera epidemic in Haiti and more than 2,600 others were infected in the worst public health disaster to strike the earthquake-ravaged Caribbean nation. Health officials said Saturday that 194 people died from cholera in the Artibonite region, north of the Haitian capital of Port-au-Prince, and 14 others died [...]
A substantial proportion of obese people don’t think they’re too fat, new research shows. Among more than 2,000 obese Dallas County residents surveyed in 2000-2002, 14 percent of African Americans and 11 percent of Hispanics — but just 2 percent of whites — believed that they did not need to lose weight, Dr. Tiffany M. [...]
Postmenopausal women who engage in regular physical activity, maintain a healthy weight and drink moderate alcohol, if at all, may face a lower risk of breast cancer, according to the study by researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center. Even postmenopausal women with a family history of breast cancer may benefit from the three [...]
Hide the chocolate milk behind the plain milk. Get those apples and oranges out of stainless steel bins and into pretty baskets. These subtle moves can entice kids to make healthier choices in school lunch lines, studies show. Food and restaurant marketers have long used similar tricks. Now the government wants in on the act. [...]
That contraceptives pill… a number of myths and misconceptions about their use still persist. They are either accused of involvement in the development of cancer, heart attacks, strokes, thrombosis, or credited with many useful qualities. Where is the truth? Oral contraceptives (OC) are considered to be one of the most reliable methods of protection. Small [...]
Researchers say the findings offer more evidence that accumulating fat around the mid-section poses a health risk and suggests that studies of diabetes risk should emphasize waist size along with traditional risk factors. The findings were published online Thursday by the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. A higher rate of diabetes seen among adult [...]
Researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center have created an experimental vaccine against beta-amyloid, the small protein that forms plaques in the brain and is believed to contribute to the development of Alzheimer’s disease, the Center said Friday in a press release. Compared with similar so-called DNA vaccines that the UT Southwestern researchers [...]
Teenagers with unhealthy online habits may be at greater risk of depression, new findings from China hint. While the study isn’t proof of a causal link, it is the first to approach the question of whether some forms of Internet use might trigger mental health problems down the road, according to the authors. They rounded [...]
A diet rich in walnuts and walnut oil may prepare the body to deal better with stress, according to a report released Monday by a team of Pennsylvania State University researchers. Previous studies have shown that omega-3 fatty acids — like the alpha linolenic acid found in walnuts and flax seeds — can reduce low [...]
