Health

Wearing an acupressure wristband on the inner wrist is an effective and quick therapy for relieving nausea of migraine sufferers, according to a new study.

Researchers at UC Berkeley have found that lack of sleep may play a key role in ramping up the brain regions that contribute to excessive worrying.

Neuroscientists have found that sleep deprivation amplifies anticipatory anxiety by firing up the brain’s amygdala and insular cortex, regions associated with emotional processing.

The resulting pattern mimics the abnormal neural activity seen in anxiety disorders.

Women, who are in their late 30s and early 40s, are twice as likely to suffer from cancer as their male counterparts, according to official data.

Cancer rates were higher than expected for both the sexes in the north of England.

According to experts, the high cases of cancer among the 35-44 year-old women is because of breast cancer, while common cancers in male tend to strike later.

Applying pressure to the inner wrist with an acupressure wristband is an effective and quick therapy for relieving nausea of migraine sufferers, scientists say.

Nausea is one of the most debilitating symptoms of migraine and affects 80 per cent of migraine suffers in the US.

Leading headache physician, Dr Zoltan Medgyessy of the Berolina Clinic in Lohne, Germany has demonstrated in a trial that pressure to the P6 antiemetic point on the inner wrist with an acupressure wristband can relieve in migraine sufferers.

A new study suggests that women should take calcium and vitamin D supplements after menopause for bone health.

An analysis from the major Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) trial throws weight on the supplement side—at least for women taking hormones after menopause.

Among the nearly 30,000 postmenopausal women in the hormone trial, some 8,000 took supplemental calcium (1,000 mg/day) and vitamin D (400 mg/day), and some 8,000 took look-alike placebos.

A new study has revealed that while men tend to match their partner’s emotions during mutual cooperation, women may have the opposite response.

Cooperation is essential in any successful romantic relationship, but how men and women experience cooperation emotionally may be quite different, according to new research conducted at the University of Arizona.

The emotional impact of a break-up can not only leave you feeling completely broken but it can also take a significant toll on your health.

Huffington Post has come out with a list of seven ways that a divorce could affect your physical and mental health — and ways that you can take charge to begin the journey to healing.

Firstly, divorce causes chronic stress because it is usually an ongoing event.

So instead of giving off adrenaline — the chemical our body secretes during times of acute stress — the body will continuously release the stress hormone cortisol.

Drinking excessive amounts of cola and eating honey made from the pollen of Rhododendrons can cause unusual syncope (fainting) and symptoms of arrhythmia, a new study has found.

The findings were reported in two case studies presented as abstracts at the EHRA EUROPACE 2013 meeting, in Athens 23 to 26 June.

“Both these studies underline the importance of clinicians taking detailed medical histories for patients with unexplained arrhythmias and including questions about their dietary intakes,” Professor Andreas Goette, the EHRA Scientific Programme Committee chairperson, said.

Simultaneous surgeries in three hospitals benefited five recipients after the state authorisation panel gave permission for the domino kidney transplant, first in India.

After facing many hurdles for getting permission from the government, country’s first-ever domino kidney transplant was successfully performed in the city on Tuesday.

A team of Swedish researchers has used a new method to investigate obesity and overweight as a cause of cardiovascular disease.

Strong association have been found previously, but it has not been clear whether it was overweight as such that was the cause, or if the overweight was just a marker of another underlying cause, as clinical trials with long-term follow-ups are difficult to implement.

A total of nearly 200,000 subjects were included in the researchers` study of the causality between obesity, overweight and diseases related to cardiovascular conditions and metabolism.

Vitamin D supplements significantly lowers blood pressure and improves moods of women who have type 2 diabetes and show signs of depression, a new study has found.

Vitamin D even helped the women lose a few pounds.

“Vitamin D supplementation potentially is an easy and cost-effective therapy, with minimal side effects,” Sue M. Penckofer, PhD, RN, lead author of the study and a professor in the Niehoff School of Nursing, said.

A new study has revealed that moderate-intensity exercise reduces fat stored around the heart, in the liver and in the abdomen of people with type 2 diabetes mellitus, even in the absence of any changes in diet.

Type 2 diabetes occurs when the body does not produce enough insulin, a hormone that regulates the movement of sugar into the cells, or when the cells resist the effects of insulin.

The disease can lead to a wide range of complications, including damage to the eyes and kidneys and hardening of the arteries.

A new study has found that the brain`s pleasure response to tasting food can be measured through the eyes using a common, low-cost ophthalmological tool.

If validated, this method could be useful for research and clinical applications in food addiction and obesity prevention.

Dr. Jennifer Nasser, an associate professor in the department of Nutrition Sciences in Drexel University`s College of Nursing and Health Professions, led the study testing the use of electroretinography (ERG) to indicate increases in the neurotransmitter dopamine in the retina.

A 22-year-old college student in the UK, who suffered from acute asthma since he was a child, has developed an inhaler which signals whether a user has taken the right dosage.

Josh Averill, an undergraduate in product design at Nottingham Trent University in UK, claims his invention has the potential to alleviate people`s symptoms by helping ensure they administer the medicine correctly.

Parents, please note! Making use of visual clues may be an effective way to help your kids learn new words.

By using words to reference objects in the visual environment can make a big difference in how deep children`s vocabularies are when they enter school, according to the research by the University of Chicago.

The study also explores the difficult-to-measure quality of non-verbal clues to word meaning during interactions between parents and children learning to speak.

Purified components of the humble ginger have properties that can help asthma patients breathe more easily, a new study has found.

Asthma is characterised by bronchoconstriction, a tightening of the bronchial tubes that carry air into and out of the lungs.

Bronchodilating medications called beta-agonists are among the most common types of asthma medications and work by relaxing the airway smooth muscle (ASM) tissues.

Researchers from Columbia University in New York looked at whether specific components of ginger could help enhance the relaxing effects of bronchodilators.

Researchers at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC) have confirmed that a protein called caspase-2 is a key regulator of a signalling pathway that leads to cognitive decline in Alzheimer`s disease.

The findings, made from a mouse model of Alzheimer`s, suggest that inhibiting this protein could prevent the neuronal damage and subsequent cognitive decline associated with the disease.

One of the earliest events in Alzheimer`s is disruption of the brain`s synapses, which can lead to neuronal death.

Addition of chicken in teenagers’ diet will help reduce their risk of developing colon cancer, a new study has suggested.

The study of about 20,000 women, found women who consumed more chicken when they were teens had lower risks of suffering from colorectal adenomas – benign tumours, which may progress into colon cancer, Fox News reported.

The researchers found that substituting one serving per day of red meat with a serving of chicken or fish could reduce rectal and advanced adenomas’ risk by about 40 percent.

Some popular antidepressants in early pregnancy could double the risk of an unborn child developing a heart defect, an expert has warned.

Professor Stephen Pilling of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), said that evidence suggests that there is a risk associated with the Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), the BBC reported.

He said that a lot of effort is put in to dissuade women from smoking or drinking alcohol during pregnancy, however, its not the same with antidepressant medication, which may be carrying similar – if not greater – risks.

Some popular antidepressants in early pregnancy could double the risk of an unborn child developing a heart defect, an expert has warned.

Professor Stephen Pilling of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), said that evidence suggests that there is a risk associated with the Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor (SSRI), the BBC reported.

He said that a lot of effort is put in to dissuade women from smoking or drinking alcohol during pregnancy, however, it’s not the same with antidepressant medication, which may be carrying similar – if not greater – risks.

Doctors have reported a major medical breakthrough in the development of `artificial pancreas,` a device, which will constantly monitor blood sugar in diabetics and also automatically supply insulin as needed.

A key part of such a system – an insulin pump that is programmed to shut down if blood-sugar level drops down dangerously while people are asleep – worked as it was intended in a three-month study of 247 patients suffering from Type 1 diabetes, Fox News reported.

Scientists have made a medical breakthrough which may help bring new insights on how genes are activated.

Roughly 3 metres of DNA is tightly folded into the nucleus of every cell in our body. This folding allows some genes to be `expressed`, or activated, while excluding others.

Dr Tim Mercer and Professor John Mattick from Sydney`s Garvan Institute of Medical Research and Professor John Stamatoyannopoulos from Seattle`s University of Washington analysed the genome`s 3D structure, at high resolution.

Workers, who face high emotional demand and conflicting roles, are more likely to report psychological distress, a new study has revealed.

Hakon A Johannessen, PhD, and colleagues of the Norwegian National Institute of Occupational Health, Oslo, used nationwide survey data to look at how the psychosocial work environment affects employees ` levels of psychological distress.

It was found that 16 percent of workers said that they were at least slightly bothered by psychological distress- including symptoms of depression and anxiety- over the past month.

Threats of diseases like dengue and malaria loom large over parts of Delhi that were flooded in the first spell of monsoon and the rise in the Yamuna water level, health experts warned Saturday.

“With stagnant water all around, threat of diseases like dengue, malaria and other vector-borne diseases is high in Delhi,” said Sushum Sharma, head of the department of internal medicine at Max Hospital, Gurgaon.

“The aedes mosquitoes which carry dengue, breed in clean water. Hence, with so much water logging, the threat of dengue raising its head again is high,” Sharma told IANS.

An Indian-origin audiologist in the US has warned about the impending dangers to hearing because of loud noise.

Jyoti Bhayani, a certified audiologist at Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, part of Loyola University Health System, said that once hearing is damaged, it cannot be repaired.

Bhayani said that hearing loss because of excessive noise is totally preventable, unlike hearing loss due to old age or a medical condition.

Three small bones in the middle ear help transfer sound vibrations to the inner ear where they become nerve impulses that the brain interprets as sound.