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Now umbilical cord helps in stroke treatment.

...frozen and used whenever needed. Sanberg says the study was conducted on 60 rats and 80% of them responded well to this treatment. He also says the treatment works better if it is started within the first 24 hours after a person suffers a stroke. How these cells rewire the damaged brain cells is still unc...

How do babies understand language?

A study conducted by Dr. Michael Brent, an associate profe...ape and analyzed speech patterns on a computer.The study started when the babies were 9 months old and stopped when they were 15 months old. The study showed...

Stem cell research- now Nobel Laureates join the debate

...mmoral, those supporting it call it immoral if the study is stopped now. The bush administration is now in a sticky situation, as it has to decide carefully on this ethical issue, which has infuriated many in the United States. Leaving the ethical part aside, a group of 80 high profile scientists includin...

And now they say infections can cause heart disease!!!!

...at it could lead to heart disease.However a recent study conducted in Austria says that chronic infections can predispose to heart problems. This will make many people sit up and listen. One of the researchers, Stefan Kiechl, MD, says that individuals with infections like sinusitis, bronchitis, or even uri...

Children suffer the most when parents divorce

A recent study conducted in the United States of America, says th...nly do more damage to the kids, the authors of the study say.Dr. Allan Booth and Dr. Paul R. Arnato of Pennsylvania State University in University Park condu...

And now they say infections can cause heart disease!!!!

...at it could lead to heart disease.However a recent study conducted in Austria says that chronic infections can predispose to heart problems. This will make many people sit up and listen. One of the researchers, Stefan Kiechl, MD, says that individuals with infections like sinusitis, bronchitis, or even uri...

Are cancer patients being taken for a ride?

...ame of conducting a study.A new Harris interactive study report says that an alarming number of cancer patients say that they never knew or that they were never told about the possibility of enrolling in a clinical trial for cancer treatment. Among the 16% who knew about the trials but declined to particip...

Doctors at risk- the ugly side of the noble profession

A recent study shows that doctors are amongst the top victims of ...ling it the ugly side of the noble profession, the study says that doctors are threatened over phone, hounded relentlessly and at times even attacked by infu...

Gene linked to early puberty in girls

A study conducted in the United States of America has zeroed in on the culprit behind the falling age of attaining puberty. A gene has been isolated which is said to be the cause for girls attaining puberty as early as 8- 10 years. However the most widely he...

Teens turning to Internet for medical queries

...of the teens.More than 75% of teens surveyed, in a study in California and New York, used the Internet to find answers to questions nagging them. Some were personal queries and some were based on the academic projects that they were involved with.Topics most frequently researched include sexually transmitt...

Smoking a greater risk than HIV? Yes say health experts!!!!

...ide effects of smoking are well known and a recent study says that smoking has startling and immediate side effects on the cardio vascular system. While the Indian government is coming down on smoking in public places, there seems to be no decrease in the number of smokers or the number of cigarettes sold!...

Morning after pill effective up to five days after having unprotected sex

...rotected sex. These findings were released after a study conducted by Dr. Isabel Rodrigues, a professor of ...of Montreal in Quebec, Canada, and colleagues. The study is published in the March issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology, and was funded...

Drug saves heroin addicts

...nity to put their newfound skills to use. These 22 study participants put their training to the test on 34 occasions.Scientists reported in 10% of cases naloxone had saved lives. Only in one instance was the drug used inappropriately. No adverse reactions were reported and early results were encouraging. ...

Liver donors can thrive after transplant

...urlington, Massachusetts and her team, conducted a study into the post liver transplant scenario- from both the donor’s angle and the recipient’s angle. She found that all the donors continued to live and thrive after the transplant in which a part of all donors’ liver were removed and transplanted to a r...

Skinny people need to exercise too

...ising is only for obese and fat people. But recent study shows that skinny people are also prone to develop...the results tabulated. It was surprising that the study showed that though fat people were at risk, lean people with poor fitness levels were at risk too. ...

The brain loves a surprise

... Atlanta, Georgia, have opined after an exhaustive study that the brain loves a surprise. The study was conducted on 25 men and women and studied their responses to different stimuli. Dr. Gregory S Be...

Spirituality helps lessen arthritic pain

... to God or the beauty of life. The results of this study suggest otherwise." In the study, 35 people diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis were asked to keep daily diaries of their moods, religious and spiritual experiences, levels of pain and coping strategies. The authors stress that the types of spirit...

Ticks may cause more diseases

...ave been bitten or scratched by a cat, and another study linked the infection to tick bites Dr. Bruno Chom...hose known to cause disease in humans. Though the study did not provide absolute proof, the authors say, these arthropods deserve a closer investigation....

Alternative medicine more popular among HIV positive patients

... these therapies had improved their condition. The study was conducted by researchers headed by Dr. Joan Duggan of the Medical College of Ohio in Toledo....

Researchers urge caution in using ear tube surgery

...ildren and author of an editorial accompanying the study in the New England Journal of Medicine. "It's hard...an important one since it's often overused. A 1994 study found about one-fourth of ear tube insertions were inappropriate. "I think the study has a really i...

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