Washington, November 24: Researchers have found what causes “runner’’s knee” or patellofemoral pain syndrome among athletes.
The debilitating injury apparently affects one in four physically active people.
Darin Padua, Ph.D., associate professor of exercise and sport science in the UNC College of Arts and Sciences, said: “Earlier studies have usually looked at people after the problem sets [...]
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New Delhi: 8 AIIMS-like institutes are being set up across the country. In order to fasten these projects, Union health minister Ghulam Nabi Azad announced incentives of up to Rs 10 crore for early completion of these projects.
“More than 60 to 70% of the patients taking treatment at AIIMS are from Orissa, Uttar Pradesh [...]
Washington, June 29 (ANI): One in seven adolescents believe think they”re going to die young, leading many to drug use, suicide attempts and other unsafe behaviour, a new research has suggested.
University of Minnesota Medical School researcher Iris Borowsky, M.D., Ph.D., and colleagues analyzed data collected by the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, a nationally [...]
Washington, June 29 (ANI): Dutch researchers say that complications early in pregnancy or in previous pregnancies can help predict further risk in current or subsequent pregnancies.
Dr Robbert van Oppenraaij, a medical doctor and PhD student in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Erasmus MC University Medical Centre (Rotterdam, The Netherlands), believes that the new [...]
Washington, June 29 (ANI): A new study has divulged into the secrets of what makes a great footballer.
While most fans are in awe of what football players can do with a football, the source of their remarkable skill remains strangely mysterious, with speculation rife that there must be something else than just physical training that [...]
London, June 29 (ANI): Scientists at the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have a step closer to understanding how alcohol alters the way brain cells work.
The researchers say that they have identified a binding site for alcohol in an ion channel that plays a key role in several brain functions associated with drugs of abuse [...]
Washington, June 25 (ANI): Organizations like Girl Scouts provide an ideal setting for girls to boost their physical activity and to promote a healthy lifestyle, according to a Kansas State University researcher.
Richard Rosenkranz, assistant professor in human nutrition at K-State, did a study using interventions with Girl Scout troops.
He trained group leaders to instruct exercise [...]
London, Feb 11 (ANI): A new vaccine to protect kids against meningitis B may be available by 2011, according to researchers.
Although vaccines are available for pneumococcal meningitis and the “C” and “Hib” types, scientists have struggled to find an effective vaccine for meningococcus B, reports Times Online.
Now, pharmaceutical company Novartis has developed a meningococcus B [...]