Health

London, January 15: A new drug course could beat breast cancer in six weeks and eliminate the need for months of chemotherapy.

Scientists have found that a combination of drugs regularly given to breast cancer patients destroyed tumours in a shorter period of time.

Researchers at the University of Sheffield found a combination of treatments given over a period of six weeks was as effective as six months of treatment.
Pharmacist injects chemotherapy drug into IV drip

New York, January 15: Recent findings indicate that the men might be more evolved than the women. New research indicates that the Y chromosome has evolved much faster than the rest of the genetic code. Y chromosome is the main male chromosome. So this indicates that the men are more evolved than the women.

New Delhi, January 14: At least 18 Swine Flu deaths were reported across the country on Wednesday, taking the A H1N1 death toll to 1,098. Out of the 18 deaths, four were reported yesterday, while others were previous deaths, which got confirmed later.

Maharashtra reported 12 A H1N1 deaths, followed by Gujarat (4), Rajasthan (1) and Delhi (1). Maharashtra now accounts for 296 Swine Flu deaths, while Rajasthan has reported 168 deaths so far. Gujarat and Karnataka reported 167 and 137 Swine Flu deaths respectively.

Gothenburg, January 14: Boost up your brain power as Swedish researchers have suggested seven simple ways to boost brains of young men.

Exercise is not only good for overall health, but also beneficial for grey matter. Researchers have shown that fitter a man is, the higher his IQ.

1. Get going

Researchers have found a link between cardiovascular fitness – exercise that elevates heart rate and makes you sweat – and higher IQ scores. A mix of running and cycling, or any participation sport is just enough to boost brainpower.

2. Feast on fish pie

New delhi,January 14 :THE Mango hasn’t received its share of limelight for its health benefits, so far.While other super foods such as blueberries, acai and pomegranate are known for their high anti- oxidant content, the luscious mango hasn’t made it to the list , until now.

A new study done at the Texas Agrilife Research Institute has found that consuming mangoes can prevent the proliferation of certain colon and breast cancer cells.

London, January 13: Having a well-covered behind, big hips and solid thighs “is good for you”, experts said on Tuesday in a new finding likely to delight women the world over.

Carrying fat on the hips, thighs and bum, rather than around the waist, has a range of health benefits and actively protects against diabetes and heart disease, researchers at Oxford University said.

Washington, January 13: People who are obese may be at an increased risk of developing the most common type of kidney cancer, according to a new study.

The most common type is known as clear-cell renal cell cancer (RCC) because when seen under a microscope, the cells that make up this type of cancer appear very pale or clear. It is one of the most lethal types of kidney cancer.

Washington, January 13: Researchers have come up with the cheapest and most efficient way so far to trap adult mosquitoes and the deadly diseases they carry, from malaria to the West Nile Virus.

Emory University (E-U) has filed a provisional patent on the Prokopack mosquito aspirator, which uses a battery-powered motor to suck up live mosquitoes for analysis.

In both field and lab tests, Prokopack outperformed the current gold standard for

resting mosquito surveillance – the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention

Backpack Aspirator (CDC-BP).

London, January 13: More than three percent of sudden deaths in Europe are related to cocaine use and many of them are brought on by a “lethal cocktail” of the drug, alcohol and cigarettes, scientists said Wednesday.

Results of a study on sudden death show there is no such thing as safe recreational cocaine use, the researchers said, and suggest the 12 million Europeans who use cocaine are putting their lives on the line.

Washington, January 13: Drinking green tea could reduce the risk of lung cancer from smoking, says a new study.

‘Lung cancer is the leading cause of all cancer deaths in Taiwan,’ said I-Hsin Lin, a student at Chung Shan Medical University, Taiwan, who conducted the study.

‘Tea, particularly green tea, has received a great deal of attention because tea polyphenols are strong antioxidants, and tea preparations have shown inhibitory activity against tumorigenesis (production of new tumour),’ added Lin.

Jagraon, January 13: While the local health officials are battling with the rising number of diaohorrea cases, the health officials who had been sent from Ludhiana to collect water samples from the affected areas here, have described the situation as “worrisome.”

Notable here is that 225 patients reported sick yesterday from four colonies that fall between Agwad Lopon and Mori Gate. Five new patients sought medical aid today.

Hamburg, January 13: Breast Milk A controversial new research has stressed that women can easily forget all that they have been told about the benefits of breast milk and breast-feeding, while sharing that contrary to the traditional view, breast milk is not necessarily important for children during the first few months of being born.

“Baby formula is as good as breast milk”, said Professor Sven Carlsen, lead researcher of the Norwegian study team. According to the study, hormones in the womb before birth are what really affect the health of a growing infant.

New York, January 12: Beware, couch time is shortening your life! For every hour of TV viewing, your risk of dying early from heart disease rises by 18 per cent, says a new comprehensive study of sedentary lifestyle.

The study by Australian researchers shows that each hour of TV viewing also increases your risk of dying from cancer by nine per cent.

Overall, each hour spent in front of TV increases your risk of death by 11 per cent.

Paris, January 11: A discovery among blind people has helped scientists resolve a mystery why light can make a migraine go from headache to head-splitter, according to a study published on Sunday.

The problem appears to lie with a newly-discovered bunch of cells in the retina, its authors say.

Researchers from Beth Israel Deaconess Centre, an affiliate of Harvard Medical School, made the find after pondering why some blind people who suffer from migraines also experience photophobia – an extreme sensitivity to light that horribly worsens these headaches.

London,january 10 :OnePoll.com questioned 3,000 people to come up with the finding. Results showed that comparatively an average woman thinks of sex just fives time a day.

And, even though men think of sex at least a dozen times a day, they have it just twice a week, or 104 times a year. “Men are well known for thinking about sex a lot but to find out exactly how often they do is staggering,” the Mirror quoted the market research firm as stating.

Lucknow, January 09: Thirteen children have died due to “infectious diseases” in the last three weeks in an Uttar Pradesh village, bringing the health authorities under the scanner.

People of Rajthal village in Badaun district, some 250 km from Lucknow, said while all the 13 children died of water-borne diseases, including cholera, dysentery and typhoid, nearly 70 others were in the grip of such infections.

Washington, January 09: When your New Year’s resolution to lose weight crumbles as fast as the cookie touching your lips, it’s time to admit that dieting doesn’t work. More successful is a holistic approach to losing weight that lets you feel good about feeding your body the nourishment it craves.

‘By understanding the whole person, including emotional reasons for eating, stress triggers, medical history and physiological factors, we help each individual approach food in a whole new way,’ said Henri Roca.

Pune, January 09: The long wait for an effective vaccine to fight swine flu in the country could be over in a few months if the intra-nasal spray made by Serum Institute of India (SII) here is tested successfully on humans next week.

After a clearance from Drug Controller General of India (DCGI), the institute which has already submitted a report on toxicity and tolerance of the vaccine in animal trials, is now in the process of identifying 50 “completely healthy” adults to undertake ‘phase- I’ human clinical trials in Pune, Delhi and Ahmedabad, according to Dr Rajiv Dhere, director, SII.

Washington, January 09: Suffering from migraine? There is possibility that you could have been physically or emotionally abused during childhood, American scientists have claimed.

Researchers at the American Headache Society’s Women’s Issues Section Research Consortium found that incidence of childhood maltreatment, especially emotional abuse and neglect, are prevalent in migraine patients.

Washington, January 09: Just about half a kilo extra weight may help a newborn avoid tuberculosis later in life, according to a new study.

Researchers at the University of Michigan, who studied how much additional birth weight help stave off tuberculosis in later years, found that every 1.1 pounds (500 grams) of birth weight reduces the risk of developing the disease later by 46 per cent among identical twins.

Toronto, January 09: Less than a quarter of Americans eats the five daily servings of fruits and vegetables that the National Cancer Institute recommends, but online programs may help boost those numbers, a new study hints.

As part of the Making Effective Nutrition Choices study, some 2500 people logged on to a website providing information on the benefits of eating more fruits and vegetables and ways to incorporate these healthy foods into their diets.

New Delhi, January 08: Twenty-three new cases of swine flu were reported in Delhi Friday, taking the total tally in the city to 9,533, a health official said.

“There were 23 new cases of Influenza A(H1N1) today (Friday), of which three were children. This makes the total number of swine flu cases in Delhi touch 9,533,” Anjana Prakash, assistant nodal officer for swine flu cases in the capital, told IANS.

The total number of children affected by swine flu in Delhi is 5,321, she added.

London, January 07: In what could be a solution to childhood obesity, European scientists have invented a talking, computerised weighing device that tracks how quickly food is gobbled off the plate.

The device called mandometer, which was developed by scientists at the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, keeps tab during meal times and tells the user if they are wolfing down meals too fast — a habit experts have linked to weight gain.

In a trial with 106 obese children the gadget showed promising results, as after 12 months of use the kids weighed less and ate smaller portions.

London, January 07: The commonly used painkiller known as celecoxib (Celebrex) has shown promising results in protecting individuals against certain types of skin cancer.

Previous studies had reported the efficacy of celecoxib in treating squamous cell carcinoma, a common type of skin cancer, on mice samples. The COX inhibitor is believed to fight the disease through inhibiting the growth of new vessels that are needed to nourish the tumor.

London, January 07: A new study has shown that having a baby increases the new mum’s friend-count by eight.

While many women fear losing contact with friends after becoming mothers, new research revealed the contrary.

It showed that mums see a real boom in friends a month after giving birth.

“Having a baby is life changing. It can be quite daunting for new mums who may think they will lose touch with their pals,” the Telegraph quoted Katie Barlow, from CLIC Sargent which polled 4,000 mums as saying.