Kuala Lumpur, Nov 30 (ANI): Heart diseases, chronic respiratory conditions, cancer and diabetes are the world’s top four killer diseases – more fatal than the much feared ailments like AIDS and influenza A (H1N1), says United Nations official.
United Nations University-Inter national Institute for Global Health director Tan Sri Dr Mohamed Salleh Mohamed Yasin said the [...]
Washington, Nov 29: The number of diabetes cases is estimated to almost double in the next 25 years, suggests a new US study.
The study led by researchers from University of Chicago has revealed that the number of Americans living with diabetes is likely to increase from 23.7 million in 2009 to 44.1 million in 2034.
Moreover, [...]
Washington, Nov 29: Avocados raise good cholesterol levels that boost heart health, say experts.
What’s more, there is no harm in including eggs in a heart patient’s diet, the experts added.
Early Show co-anchor Harry Smith said that avocados can lower bad cholesterol and raise good cholesterol.
And CBS News Medical Correspondent Dr. Jennifer Ashton agreed with the [...]
Washington, Nov 28 (ANI): Scientists from University of California, San Diego and Stanford University have developed a novel tool that may help surgeons plan for a life-saving operation called the “Fontan” surgery, which is performed on babies born with severe congenital heart defects.
Babies who get this surgery have a developmental disease where one of the [...]
Washington, Nov 28 (ANI): Even brain needs a set of molecular brakes that stabilize its circuitry during development, according to researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
In fact, the researchers also found that experimentally removing those brakes in mice enhanced the animals” performance in a test of visual learning, suggesting a long-term path to [...]
Melbourne, Nov 28 (ANI): Being taller means a fatter pay check and increased risk of some cancers, concludes a new study.
According to Brisbane geneticist Brian McEvoy, research has indicated that taller people are more likely to be diagnosed with thyroid, breast, pancreatic and bowel cancers than their vertically challenged colleagues.
However, short people are at an [...]
Washington, Nov 28 (ANI): A new study has shown that HIV positive mothers receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) while breastfeeding are less likely to transmit the virus to their kids.
Although formula feeding has been the recommended strategy for preventing postnatal HIV transmission in developed countries for many years, researchers have recognized that this intervention [...]
Washington, Nov 27 : For those who want to stay fit but low on motivation, a personal trainer is often the best option. However, the human version may not be the most effective. A new study has shown that having a dog can successfully fill that requirement.
A survey of 5,000 Britons, conducted by pet healthcare [...]
London, Nov 27 : A Brit man, who began losing his sight in his 20s, has had his vision partially restored with the help of a ”bionic” eye.
Peter Lane, 51, who is one of the first people in the world to be fitted with the implant, can now read short words.
Lane is one of the [...]
London, Nov 27: Can brain scans help classify art? Well, researchers from ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories in Kyoto, Japan seem to have found the answer.
Lead researcher Yukiyasu Kamitani insists brain activity patterns can be used to determine whether someone is looking at a surrealist landscape by Salvador Dali or the cubist lines of Pablo Picasso.
According [...]