An international research collaboration has mapped the entire genome of the roundworm, a parasitic intestinal worm that currently infects some 1.2 billion people worldwide, researchers at Copenhagen University said here Thursday. The breakthrough could help pave the way towards finding vaccines or medicines to treat or prevent the parasite that infects millions of [...]
An Australia report released on Monday draws a direct link between inaction on climate change and long-term social and mental health problems. The Climate Institute report, A Climate of Suffering: The Real Cost of Living with Inaction on Climate Change, points that in the wake of extreme weather in Australia, such as cyclones and droughts, [...]
A young father who was terribly disfigured in an electrical accident showed off his new look Monday alongside doctors who performed the United States’ first full face transplant. Visibly moved as he described how his young daughter called him “handsome” and how the first whiff of hospital food was so tantalizing, 26-year-old Dallas Wiens said [...]
As workers struggle to contain the fallout from the crippled nuclear plant in northeastern Japan, people as far away as Illinois are calling public health officials in a state of panic. They are hoping to get their hands on potassium iodide pills to protect them from radiation — despite warnings that, in the absence of [...]
Local government officials said Monday they have confiscated ice cream made with human breast milk from a London shop amid concerns the dessert is unsafe. A spokeswoman from Westminster City Council said it was responding to two complaints from the public over whether a shop should be selling edibles made from other people’s bodily fluids [...]
Measles, mumps, rubella, Marek’s disease, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, adenoviruses, and the commercial evolution of vaccines against meningococci and pneumococci were the diseases targeted by the pioneering American microbiologist Dr. Maurice Hilleman. If the allegations of the man who developed the poliomyelitis vaccine programme for a large pharmaceutical company are . . . [...]
Nancy Erlach-Danon, specialist in the behavioural-cognitive area, stated in an interview with the Brazilian site IG, that one of the main problems in parent-child relationships is when the parents try to pressure their children into following a career they do not necessarily wish to follow. Parents should not pressure their children into a professional area [...]
The World Day of the Sick is a feast day of the Roman Catholic Church which was instituted on May 13, 1992 by Pope John Paul II. Beginning on February 11, 1993, it is celebrated every year on the commemoration of Our Lady of Lourdes, for all believers seeks to be “a special time of [...]
Previous studies showed that aggression makes kids more popular, but a new study suggests that becoming more popular makes kids more aggressive. To determine the link between popularity and aggression, researchers at the University of California, Davis examined surveys involving about 3,700 students. The surveys asked the students about their friendships as well as whom [...]
Moderate physical exercises can help reduce the risk of cancers such as breast cancer and colon cancer, the World Health Organization said on the World Cancer Day Friday. In a report, WHO recommended moderate intensity aerobic physical activities of at least 150 minutes a week, for all people aged 18 and over, which has proven [...]
Politicians will say it lives in the system that pushed a person towards a crime. A priest will say it lives in a human soul if people let it take possession of their hearts. Neuroscientists seek the cause in the biochemistry of the brain. Do natural born killers exist or is this a myth? On [...]
Nine in 10 Americans say their diet is healthy but only a quarter limit the amount of fat or sugar they eat, and two-thirds don’t eat enough fruit and vegetables. “Americans tend to give themselves high marks for healthy eating, but when we asked how many sugary drinks, fatty foods, and fruits and veggies they [...]
The world had made a significant progress in fighting against HIV/AIDS in the last ten years, said Michel Sidibe, Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) and Under Secretary-General of the United Nations, in an exclusive interview with Xinhua, ahead of the World AIDS Day which is due on December 1. [...]
The American College of Emergency Physicians (ACEP) urged Americans on Wednesday to refrain from excessive drinking during the holiday season. Excessive alcohol consumption can lead to serious injury and death, the ACEP warned. If people refrain from excessive drinking, drunk-driving accidents, heart problems and home injuries can be prevented, the group said. People should use [...]
Exposure to a dim light at night, such as the glow of a TV screen, may prompt changes in the brain that lead to mood disorders, including depression, according to a new study in hamsters. While more work is needed to see if the results are true of humans, the findings might explain why night-shift [...]
The Los Angeles City Council members unanimously agreed on Wednesday to ban smoking in all public areas. By a 13-0 vote, the council proposed an ordinance which would impose a comprehensive ban on smoking in “all public areas and common areas where people congregate, including, but not limited to, indoor and outdoor businesses, hotels, parks, [...]
Workaholism is another dangerous phobia of modern days. The term was invented by American psychologist Wayne Oates, who put two words together – ‘work’ and ‘alcoholism.’ Workaholics work day and night without any days off. They prefer work to family and personal life. Addiction to work has nothing in common with hard working or making [...]
World Diabetes Day (WDD) is celebrated every year on November 14. The World Diabetes Day campaign is led by the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) and its member associations. It engages millions of people worldwide in diabetes advocacy and awareness. World Diabetes Day was created in 1991 by the International Diabetes Federation and the World Health [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The way they weep and vomit without warning, it’s tempting to think that preschoolers are incapable of rational thought. As biologist and emeritus Harvard professor Edward Wilson has written, a prevailing view – one promoted by the famed developmental theorist Jean Piaget – has long been that very young children are “reflex-dominated” and “egocentric”: in [...]
Once upon a time in America, people became doctors and nurses because they wanted to help people, building hospitals was a labor of love, lawyers didn’t chase ambulances, health insurance companies did not openly abuse their customers and greedy pharmaceutical companies did not dominate the entire health care industry. But today all of that has [...]
A test was conducted on foodstuffs in a kitchen after an outbreak of salmonella food poisoning which left dozens of people ill. Was it the seafood, the eggs, the fish, the meat or the salad? It was the salad. Studies reveal that what people perceive as the “healthiest” foods may in fact be the most [...]
There are many myths about men’s sexual preferences. A well-known psychologist helped us understand which of them are pure fiction, and which are true. Myth 1. A man must hunt for sex; otherwise he would quickly cool off towards his woman. True. Men are hunters (real men), so the process of conquest is very important [...]
More women will be giving birth by C-section for the foreseeable future, government scientists said Monday, releasing a study into the causes of a trend that troubles maternal health experts. Overall, cesarean deliveries account for about a third of births in the U.S. While much attention has recently focused on women having repeat C-sections, researchers [...]
Individuals with a large waist circumference appear to have a greater risk of dying from any cause over a nine-year period, according to a report in the August 9/23 issue of U.S. journal Archives of Internal Medicine. Having a large waist circumference has previously been associated with inflammation, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, abnormal cholesterol [...]
Sophisticated brain scans can help detect the precursors to Alzheimer’s disease before any symptoms begin, according to a new study. The University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) announced at the weekend that its researchers tracked 169 people over three years who had been diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment or MCI, a condition that causes [...]
People with fat in their thighs and backsides may live longer because the fat traps harmful fatty particles and actively secretes helpful compounds, according to a report published on Tuesday. Many studies have shown that people who accumulate fat around the abdomen and stomach are more likely to die of heart disease and other causes [...]
Diagnostic medical imaging refers to the process of obtaining images of parts of the human body for examination and diagnosis of illness or injury. The process may include x-rays, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ultrasound, computerized tomography (CT), or positron emission tomography (PET). The information derived from diagnostic medical imaging often allows health care professionals to [...]
The World Health Organization released a report this week revealing record levels of drug-resistant Tuberculosis, with Asia as the epicentre of a condition whereby standard drugs no longer have any effect on the disease, which destroys the lungs. A more shocking statistic revealed by this report is that only seven per cent of patients are [...]
Moderate physical exercises can help reduce the risk of cancers such as breast cancer and colon cancer, the World Health Organization said on the World Cancer Day Friday. In a report, WHO recommended moderate intensity aerobic physical activities of at least 150 minutes a week, for all people aged 18 and over, which has proven [...]
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. [...]
A young father who was terribly disfigured in an electrical accident showed off his new look Monday alongside doctors who performed the United States’ first full face transplant. Visibly moved as he described how his young daughter called him “handsome” and how the first whiff of hospital food was so tantalizing, 26-year-old Dallas Wiens said [...]
