A new study has confirmed what many women have long suspected – pregnancy permanently changes the size and shape of the mum to be`s feet.
Flat feet are a common problem for pregnant women. The arch of the foot flattens out, possibly due to the extra weight and increased looseness (laxity) of the joints associated with pregnancy.
The study by the University of Iowa suggests that this loss of arch height is permanent.
Thousands of stroke patients could cut the risk of severe repeat attacks by popping a clot-busting pill and an aspirin every day.
More than a third of stroke survivors suffer another one within five years – and second strokes are more likely to be disabling or fatal.
But, according to a study, the risk could be cut by a third if patients take the combined drugs, the Daily Express reported.
About 150,000 people have a stroke caused by a blood clot or bleeding in the brain in Britain every year – one every five minutes. It is the leading cause of severe adult disability.
Scientists have made a discovery about the shape of the eye that could boost the effectiveness of human-made lenses used in cataract operations.
Research carried out by Professor Barbara Pierscionek and a team of fellow vision experts at London`s Kingston University suggests that the way proteins are distributed in the lens of the eye may cause its gradient to be stepped rather than smooth as previously thought.
Research institutes in the country are undertaking trials to test new drugs to treat tuberculosis including the drug-resistant variety, Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said Friday.
Indian research institutions are undertaking trials to test drugs, including Bedaquiline, Delaminid and PA-824, to treat both drug sensitive and resistant TB, Azad said replying to a question by MP H.K. Dua during a Rajya Sabha session.
Researchers have successfully identified genes that are linked to heart disease, which could improve its prediction and diagnosis, says a study.
Studies screening the genome of hundreds of thousands of individuals (known as Genome-wide association studies or GWAS) have linked more than 100 regions in the genome to the risk of developing cardiovascular disease.
Inspired by India`s success in eradicating polio, New York Mayor and business magnate Michael Bloomberg today pledged to donate USD 100 million to fund the global campaign against the debilitating disease in countries like Afghanistan and Pakistan.
“It`s unthinkable that polio still exists in the world when we have the tools and technology to protect children from this preventable, debilitating disease,” Bloomberg said while announcing his contribution to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and others.
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Clogged arteries could precipitate a stroke, even if you`re considered low risk, says a new study.
A stroke is a condition in which the brain cells suddenly die because of a lack of oxygen, caused by blockage in the blood flow, or the rupture of an artery that feeds the brain.
The patient suddenly loses the ability to speak, or one side of the body can become paralysed.
In good news for teens, scientists have discovered that acne bacteria contain some beneficial strains which may act as body`s natural defence to protect the skin from pimples.
Researchers from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), along with those at
Washington University in St Louis and the Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute have discovered that acne bacteria contain “bad” strains associated with pimples and “good” strains that may protect the skin.
Infants in Japan`s Fukushima prefecture are at greater risk of developing cancer after the March 2011 accident at the Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant, the World Health Organization says in a report released here Thursday.
People living near Dai-Ichi were exposed to radiation when the plant suffered severe damage from the magnitude-9.0 earthquake and ensuing tsunami that struck northeastern Japan March 11, 2011.
Moms-to-be, please note! Munching on junk food during pregnancy may raise the risk of your babies becoming addicted to fast food, a new study has claimed.
Pregnant mothers who consume junk food actually cause changes in the development of the opioid signalling pathway in the brains of their unborn children.
This change results in the babies being less sensitive to opioids, which are released upon consumption of foods that are high in fat and sugar.
Sleepwalking may induce violent behaviors and affect the quality of life among adults, according to a new study.
“We found a higher frequency of daytime sleepiness, fatigue, insomnia, depressive and anxiety symptoms and altered quality of life in patients with sleepwalking compared to the control group,” said Yves Dauvilliers, MD, PhD, the study”s principal investigator and lead author.
“What would usually be considered a benign condition, adult sleepwalking is a potentially serious condition and the consequences of sleepwalking episodes should not be ignored.”
Children who missed meals can not only have problem concentrating in school, they may also have a higher risk of experiencing pain and depression in adulthood, a new University of Nebraska-Lincoln study has suggested.
Depression and chronic pain are experienced by 44 percent of working-aged adults and the study shows a correlation between childhood conditions and pain and depression in adulthood.
High vitamin D levels in pregnant women may trigger food allergies in their babies after birth, says a new research.
The study conducted by Kristin Weibe’s team from Helmholtz used samples from the LINA cohort that the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), Germany, established together with the St. Georg municipal clinic between 2006 and 2008.
The long-term study included 622 mothers and their 629 children.
Women who eat an iron-rich diet were 30 to 40 percent less likely to develop pre-menstrual syndrome (PMS) than those who consumed less, a new study shows.
The research by the University of Massachusetts (UMass) Amherst School of Public Health and Health Sciences and Harvard University is one of the first to evaluate whether dietary mineral intake is linked to PMS development, the American Journal of Epidemiology reports.
A new study has suggested that gut bacteria are an integral part of the body`s complex system for maintaining a stable blood pressure.
Using mice models, researchers at The Johns Hopkins University and Yale University have discovered that a specialized receptor, normally found in the nose, is also in blood vessels throughout the body, sensing small molecules created by microbes that line mammalian intestines, and responding to these molecules by increasing blood pressure.
A new research has demonstrated how the signaling pathway of insulin and insulin like peptides plays a critical role in helping to regulate learning and memory.
People think of insulin and diabetes, but many metabolic syndromes are associated with some types of cognitive defects and behavioral disorders, like depression or dementia, said Yun Zhang, associate professor of organismic and evolutionary biology, who led the research.
Scientists are using memristors- electronic microcomponents that imitate natural nerves- as key components in a blueprint for an artificial brain.
Scientists have long been dreaming about building a computer that would work like a brain. This is because a brain is far more energy-saving than a computer, it can learn by itself, and it doesn`t need any programming.
Dr. Andy Thomas from Bielefeld University`s Faculty of Physics and his colleagues constructed a memristor that is capable of learning a year ago.
A new research has demonstrated how the signaling pathway of insulin and insulinlike peptides plays a critical role in helping to regulate learning and memory.
People think of insulin and diabetes, but many metabolic syndromes are associated with some types of cognitive defects and behavioral disorders, like depression or dementia, said Yun Zhang, associate professor of organismic and evolutionary biology, who led the research.
A swine flu patient died while 40 more people tested positive on Tuesday, taking the toll to 12 and the number of people infected by the Influenza A (H1N1) virus in the national capital to 834, an official said.
“Forty more people tested positive for swine flu and one death has been reported today (Tuesday) from Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital,” a doctor at the Delhi Health Service (DHS) told IANS.
Tuesday’s death takes the toll to 12 this month till Tuesday. In January, 39 cases were reported and one died.
Researchers have found that the infants of mothers who were given 600 milligrams of the omega-3 fatty acid DHA during pregnancy weighed more at birth and were less likely to be very low birth weight and born before 34 weeks gestation than infants of mothers who were given a placebo.
This result of this University of Kansas study greatly strengthens the case for using the dietary supplement, commonly found in marine and plant oils, during pregnancy.
The results are from the first five years of a 10-year, double-blind randomized controlled trial.
Environmental exposure to bisphenol A (BPA), a widespread chemical found in plastics and resins, may suppress a gene vital to nerve cell function and to the development of the central nervous system, a study has revealed.
The findings were observed in cortical neurons of mice, rats and humans.
Mild maternal hypertension early in pregnancy actually benefits the fetus, but that late-pregnancy hypertension has negative health consequences for the child, a new study has found.
The study, conducted by researchers from the Centre for Social Evolution at the Department of Biology, University of Copenhagen, is based on more than 750,000 births in Denmark, with follow-up data on children`s hospital diagnoses for up to 27 years.
Scientists at Oregon Health and Science University have become the first to grow liver stem cells in culture.
For decades scientists around the world have attempted to regenerate primary liver cells known as hepatocytes because of their numerous biomedical applications, including hepatitis research, drug metabolism and toxicity studies, as well as transplantation for cirrhosis and other chronic liver conditions.
But no lab in the world has been successful in identifying and growing liver stem cells in culture — using any available technique – until now.
Giving back through volunteering is good for the human heart, researchers at the University of British Columbia have found. Researchers from UBC”s Faculty of Education and Department of Psychology wanted to find out how volunteering might impact physical health among adolescents.
A week of bad sleep could “switch off” hundreds of genes and raise the risk of a host of illnesses including obesity and heart disease, scientists have claimed.
According to the new study, getting fewer than six hours’ sleep per night deactivates genes which play a key role in the body’s constant process of self-repair and replenishment, the Telegraph reported.
Our bodies depend on genes to produce a constant supply of proteins which are used to replace or repair damaged tissue, but after a week of sleep deprivation some of these stopped working.