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Headache decreases appetite

Researchers have found that headache stimuli also affect the appetite centre of the brain.It is always been a mystery as to why loss of appetite often accompanies pain. People with migraine, for instance, cannot face food and it is often assumed this must be because one common linked symptom is nausea. Scientists at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Centre and Harvard Medical School no...

Hormone restrains appetite in man

According to reasearchers, a hormone is released into the blood after a meal, restrain the appetite if given by injection and might be supportive in treating obesity. The reason for feeling full after a meal, that the intestines release a hormone called PYY3-36 //which acts on the brain to produce a feeling of satiety. Researchers at Imperial College, London, now report on the first huma...

Nurses competing with junior doctors in some assessments

According to a recent survey, researchers suggests that nurses and junior doctors can both carry out pre-surgery assessments of patients to the same degree of competence.There's a shortage of junior doctors in the UK// and it's been suggested that appropriately trained nurses might be able to take over some of their roles. Researchers in Ireland, UK, have compared the way in which junior...

Scientists locate key hormone involved in appetite control

A key hormone involved in appetite control, called ghrelin, has been identified by researchers from the Oregon Health & Science University(OHSU). Scientists have demonstrated the effect of the hormone on the brain and have shown that the hormone activated the specialized neurons in the hypothalamus involved in weight regulation. Ghrelin is a hormone produced in the stomach with the abilit...

Extra hormone found to cut appetite by a third

Studies done previously have shown that the hormone could suppress the appetites of lean people. But researchers were worried it would not work in obese people because studies of another appetite-suppressing hormone,// leptin, had proved disappointing. "We had to do a second trial to see if obese people were as sensitive" to the hormone, said researchers. The answer: "Yes, they are. The...

Some pets found to be SARS carriers

The origin of the virus that killed 774 people remains unknown. Scientists believe people may have gotten the virus from animals that were infected by another source.// "You might want to quarantine the pets as well as the people," suggested Dr. Robert Shope, an expert on emerging diseases at the University of Texas Medical Branch in Galveston. "If it's been shown that the virus can tra...

PET Scan May Be Beneficial After Cancer Treatment

Researchers found a PET scan done six weeks after completing a combined treatment of radiation and chemotherapy //reliably identified residual cancer and distant metastases or secondary tumors in patients with advanced-stage head and neck cancer. This result, researchers say, has a direct influence on health management decisions. Twenty-six patients with stage III or stage IV head and n...

PET Scans Found To Reveal Hidden Cancers

New research shows positron emission tomography scans not only detect known abnormalities in cancer patients but // may also identify new, unrelated cancers. Researchers evaluated 1,750 PET scans of patients with known or suspected cancers to determine if the scans also identify unexpected abnormalities. They identified 58 abnormalities in 53 patients. Forty-five of these abnormalities w...

The Reason For Loss Of Appetite After Gastric Bypass

Researchers now say they might have a partial explanation for the loss of hunger and rapid weight loss observed after gastric bypass surgery.// In the gastric bypass procedure, the stomach is divided to create a pouch out of the small proximal portion of the stomach, which is then attached to the small intestine, bypassing a large part of the stomach and all of the duodenum. It was found...

Caffeine can interfere with PET scan results

Drinking coffee before having a PET scan may interfere with the results seen, says a study// done by Saint Louis University researchers. Positron emission tomography (PET) or computed tomography (CT) scan is done as a procedure to find out malignant growth or to evaluate the effect of treatment on an already diagnosed malignant growth. In this process a tracer like fluorodeoxyglucose i...

PET Scanner detects more Vaginal cancer than CT scans

PET scans can detect twice the number of vaginal cancer and cancerous lymph//nodes than CT scans. This was the finding from researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. An article has appeared in the July 1st issue of the ‘International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics’ and this may change the future gold standard for early detection of cancers of...

PET scans can detect the results of cognitive behavior therapy

Positron emission tomography (PET) scan images can successfully detect the changes in the brain // that occur following the cognitive behavior therapy in patients. Researchers behind the study feel that this may prove that cognitive behavior therapy can bring about changes in the brain chemical levels that will get long lasting results in patients like those suffering from bulimia nervosa...

Avoid Coffee Before Undergoing PET/ CT scans

Researchers at Saint Louis University have suggested that patients going for PET or CT scan should avoid // drinking coffee as caffeine intake interferes with PET/CT image results when there is a known or suspected cancers, Dr. Osman from the university presented his study that looks at the relationship between caffeine intake and uptake by the hear of the tracer used in the PET scan c...

PET Scan find the Area of Brain Responsible for Anorexia Nervosa

Anorexia Nervosa is a condition that usually affects young women and the condition// can sometimes be fatal. Now researcher think it is due to overactive dopamine receptors in the basal ganglia region of the brain. People with anorexia nervosa are driven to be excessively thin and are unaware of the seriousness of their condition.When you talk of Anorexia Nervosa, many will remember t...

India To March Ahead in The Global HealthCare Competition

The central government is supporting a programme named the "golden triangle" in which three institutes are working together to validate medicine protocols //for the global market.These are the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, the Indian Council of Medical Research and the Department of Indian System of Medicines. Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss told that the market for...

Competitive Sports: Is the heart Sportive Enough?

Sports have been held in high regard since the very old days and it continues to enjoy the privilege even today. None of the other recreation forms have been able to substitute mankind with another alternative. // Very little is known about the risk of sudden death associated with exercise in young competitors. The benefits versus the hazards of sports activity pose a clinical dilemma....

PET scans may help deciding surgery for epilepsy

Positron emission tomography (PET) brain scans may help in planning surgery to cure epilepsy in people. According to a study presented at the 130th annual meeting of the American Neurological Association in San Diego, // researchers from National Institutes of Neurological Disorders and Stroke had found that PET imaging with a marker that shows deficits in signaling for the neurotran...

PET Scanning can help in early detection of Alzheimer’s diseas

Alzheimer’s disease is an irreversible neurodegenerative disorder with no known cause or cure, first diagnosed in 1901. From, what was known at that time, we have come a long way in understanding the disease process. // The disease is characterized by symptoms of memory loss, confusion, impaired judgment, personality changes, disorientation and loss of language skills. Mild cognitive...

First PET-CT guided radiotherapy in India was performed by Apollo Hospitals

PET-CT guided radiotherapy for monitoring and treatment of cancer patients by doctors in Apollo Hospital. This PET-CT guided radiotherapy procedure was performed for the first time in India. // Apollo Cancer Hospital is one of the first hospitals in the country with a PET-CT guided radiotherapy technology, Director, Vijay Anand Reddy reported in a news conference. PET is a Positron Emiss...

More Lizards, Including Pets, Found Venomous

In a startling discovery, researchers have found that more lizard families than assumed till now are venomous, including several species that are popular pets. // The researchers, writing in the journal Nature (published online on Nov. 16), revealed that the symptoms like pain and swelling from lizard bites, which were previously attributed to the bacteria that thrive on bits of meat le...

Botox Can Be a Competent Painkiller

Botulinum toxin A or Botox as it is popularly tagged in the beauty world, has already earned quite a reputation for erasing wrinkles and making the facial skin appear fresh and youthful.// Now a review article published in the Journal of Cosmetic Dermatology says that there is more to botox than just a miracle wrinkle eraser. Botox or BTXA as it is called in medical parlance can also tr...

Elderly People Prefer The Company Of Pet Dogs

A recent research has confirmed that lonely elderly people seek the company of pet dogs rather than fellow human beings. As many as 37 elderly people were surveyed // in the survey, and most of them preferred 30 minute visits from dogs rather people. As a part of the study, half of the senior citizens spent time alone with a dog, while the other half spent time with one to three other nur...

Pet Dogs Also Require Exercise

Lorraine Corriveau, a Purdue University veterinarian says that pet animals also require regular exercise like human beings. The daily time taken for exercise should be at least 30 to 45 minutes, according to him.// He went on to add that 25% of the pet cats and dogs suffered from obesity. 'Obese dogs have an increased prevalence of heart disease and increased blood pressure, said Cor...

PET Scans Could Predict Treatment Outcomes In Cancer

Malik Juweid, M.D., associate professor of radiology at the University of Iowa Roy J. and Lucille A. Carver College of Medicine, says that using positron emission tomography (PET) technology can help // doctors gauge the response of a cancer to the treatment being provided. Juweid and co-author Bruce Cheson, M.D., of the Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center at Georgetown University Hosp...

Generic Products Compete With GlaxoSmithKline

Stiff competition offered by generic drug makers may well eat into the profit figures of GlaxoSmithKline, according to company sources. The Cox-2 painkiller of the organization is also likely to suffer as a result of this.// The company is also embroiled in a tax related dispute with the Government in the US. The sales of the company for the year rose by13% at ￡21.6 billion, while its ea...

Education, an Impetus to Combat HIV/AIDS

Dar Es Salaam: Princess Mathilde of Belgium, the UNAIDS and UNICEF Special Representative for Children and AIDS, has stressed the importance of education, in bettering the lot of the children and youth in Tanzania,// a move which will give the anti-Aids movement a morale boost. The Princess , during the end of her visit to the East African Country said 'During the past days, I have he...

Oscar Winners Live Longer Than Co-Competitors

A new study has found that awards and accomplishments could have a profound impact on the survival rate of an individual. Oscar winners have been on an average found to live for four years longer // than nominees who had lost the race and went home and empty-handed. The interesting study conducted on actors and actresses can be found in the latest issue of the Harvard Health Letter. H...

'Fight the Flab' Competition Yields Great Results

A group of friends and family frustrated with dieting and weight loss failure turned to an online competition to help motivate them to lose more than 75 lbs. over a 4 month period.// The competition hosted on WeightLossWars.com helped participants to lose over 75 lbs, exercise more than 25 miles, with the winner of the competition losing 9% of their original body weight. The...

PET Scans Help In Monitoring Progress of Lung Inflammation

Scientists at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis say that a noninvasive approach towards assessing lung inflammation could hasten the process of developing drugs for cystic fibrosis and pneumonia. // Positron emission tomography (PET) scans were used to monitor artificially induced inflammation in the lungs of healthy volunteers. "Until now, when we wanted to assess w...

Pet Project: Lifestyle Touch Ups for Senior Citizens and Their Beloved Pets

Blacksburg: Procter & Gamble and the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA) have forked out a competitive grant of $40,000 to a Virginia Tech team led by Ed Dorsa // , associate professor in the College of Architecture and Urban Affairs for the development of new products and systems that can add more value to the lives of elderly people and their pets. "PAWS: Pet Care Awaren...

Petting Zoos Can Lead To Bacterial Infection And Illness

What might be fun for kids may lead to bacterial infection and gastrointestinal illness, reports a study that was conducted on petting zoos and feeding animals//. The results of the study further project that most people were unaware that simple preventive measures such as hand washing could prevent such infections. The results of three such similar studies would be presented at the I...

PET Can Predict Response To Treatment In Esophageal Cancer Patients

Positron Emission Tomography (PET) is more accurate than traditional radiological methods in predicting the patients' response to chemotherapy// and radiation, says new research at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center. The findings of the study are published in the April issue of Annals of Surgery. The researchers examined 64 patients with esophageal cancer with PET, which shows...

Perpetrators of $20 Million Medicare Fraud, Brought To Book

Los Angeles: Five Fraudulent people were arrested after it became known that they had cheated the Medicare by more than $20 million in Medicare// payments, for superfluous tests that were not mandated and hence was never conducted. Federal prosecutors nailed Konstantin Grigoryan, 56, of Altadena, in charge of the illegal scheme from 1997 to 2005. He and four others are charged with th...

Big Brother Star Pete Burns, Checks Into a Mental Health Clinic

The 80’s Pop star, Pete Burns, following complaints of "sleep deprivation and exhaustion", has got him admitted into the St Charles Mental Health Unit//. Burns, who is 46, had been residing at the Posh Hempel Hotel in West London that costs an expensive pounds 450-a-night. There has been gossip doing the rounds that police had to intervene after the hotel bosses locked the star out of...

Pets As Disease Watchdogs

Veterinary scientists at Purdue University's School of Veterinary Medicine have established a national surveillance network to alert and avert// disease threats to humans and animals using medical records of pets. The network was designed by Professor of Epidemiology. Larry Glickman of the School of Veterinary Medicine, in collaboration with Banfield, The Pet Hospital, a nationwide chai...

Competitive Advantage Are Attained In Which Freeloaders Are Punished

According to a study conducted by the University of Erfurt in Erfurt, Germany, it was found that people are willing to inflict financial pain to achieve// collective gain. The study results were published in the journal Science. Researchers have found that groups in which individual members have the option to punish freeloaders were more popular than groups without this option. Thoug...

Fat Clinics Set Up To Tackle Overweight Pets

According to the recent survey it was found that pet owners are the main cause of pet obesity. Before solving the problem of human obesity pet obesity have propped up. //According to a recent report it is said that obese animals could cause as much suffering as those that are starved. Four out of five vets said they were seeing more overweight and obese animals every other day. The sur...

Journalist Petitions Court Pleading Mercy Killing

A 79-year-old freelance journalist here has petitioned the Rajasthan High Court seeking permission for euthanasia, saying he wants to die with dignity//. In his petition filed Wednesday, Giriraj Prasad Gupta pleaded for mercy killing on the ground that he was unable to perform his day-to-day functions independently and did not want to lead a crippled life waiting for death. H...

Stomach Hormone to Aid in Controlling Appetite

Recent studies have shown that increasing the levels of a hormone found in the stomach could aid in curbing appetite as well as increasing activity in overweight and obese people. // The results of the study have been published in the International Journal of Obesity. The research team from Imperial College London gave injections of the hormone oxyntomodulin to fifteen overweig...

Premier Army Hospital Acquires PET-CT Scanner

A Medical Cyclotron Centre and a Positron Emission and Computerised Tomography (PET-CT) scanner has been acquired by a premier army hospital here. // The hospital will become only the fourth in the country to acquire such a scanner that would help to enhance its nuclear medicine imaging capabilities. The army chief, Gen. J. J. Singh inaugurated the Rs.280 million facility at the Army...