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What happens when Medications go wrong?

Have you ever wondered how the dosages of drugs are determined? How drugs are being tested? On whom are these tested and who tests them? What happens if the dosages are unwittingly missed? Or worse still if harmful drugs are tested on unwitting patients what happens? Who answers these questions? In a shocking revelation, a study in the U.S.A. has revealed that in many instances about a th...

What happens when Asthmatics consume Aspirin?

One of the commonest and most troublesome disease affecting millions world wide is asthma. Asthmatics not only suffer from the usual symptoms of the disease but they are unfortunate in more ways than one. It is common knowledge that asthmatics are warned to stay away from aspirin and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. What happens when they take aspirin? And further more if cons...

When Celebrities Die

It is always agonizing to see our favourite stars die. Worse still when the celebrity dies an unnatural death. The death of Rajiv Gandhi, Indira Gandhi, Princess Diana, Mother Teresa and MGR- to mention a few are all etched in the memory of the nation and its millions. The sorrow multiplies if the death is violent and gory- the crash that claimed Lady Diana's life and the assassinations o...

Children suffer the most when parents divorce

A recent study conducted in the United States of America, says that children suffer the most when parents divorce. Further more when parents prolong an unhappy marriage and avoid a divorce for the sake of children, instead of doing the children good, it will only do more damage to the kids, the authors of the study say.Dr. Allan Booth and Dr. Paul R. Arnato of Pennsylvania State Universit...

Watch your weight when pregnant

Fat women are more likely for Cesarean delivery, says Dr.Bell from Duke University NC. Years ago, anesthesia had been one of the major causes of maternal mortality. Pregnancy and obesity both make it difficult to breathe under general anesthesia, so a woman's risk is doubled when the two conditions are combined.// Bell and colleagues studied more than 3000 women and calculated e...

Toddlers Have Respiratory Trouble When Sleeping With Their Face Up

Controversial data has been obtained regarding the ideal sleeping position for toddlers with a new study stating that breathing difficulties //are more likely to occur when they sleep on their backs rather than on their side or other positions. This effect is more likely to be experienced by children who have sleep apnea, a common sleeping disorder associated with respiratory trouble....

Watch your weight when pregnant

Fat women are more likely for Cesarean delivery, says Dr.Bell from Duke University NC. Years ago, anesthesia had been one of the major causes of maternal mortality. //Pregnancy and obesity both make it difficult to breathe under general anesthesia, so a woman's risk is doubled when the two conditions are combined. Bell and colleagues studied more than 3000 women and calculated each woman...

When Man Bites Man

Treating people who are bitten by animals poses little problem for doctors, but what do they do when the biter is another human? That’s the question researchers set out to answer in a new study published in this month’s Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery. Their review of 10 years worth of hospital records in Galveston, Texas, identified several key areas they believe can form a stand...

Is Drinking Extra Fluids Safe When You’re Sick

A new study suggests drinking extra fluids may do more harm than good for patients with respiratory infections.// Researchers examined results from previous studies to determine if recommending patients with respiratory infections drink more fluids is safe. Previous data has shown during a respiratory infection, such as a cold or bronchitis, the body releases large amounts of a specific...

Herbal remedies can have harmful interaction when taken with drugs for rheumatic arthritis

A recent study had pointed out the fact that herbal preparations and over the counter alternative medicines// may react badly when taken along with medication for rheumatic arthritis. The study points out that herbal preparations and alternate medicines are widely used by people suffering from rheumatic arthritis. Most of these preparations are exempted from the government regulations...

Risk of deep vein thrombosis less in people who were flight stockings when flying

Graduated compression stockings that are worn during long hours of flying can significantly reduce the risk// of deep vein thrombosis. Researchers of the study had compared nine studies of nearly 2500 passengers who had flown long distance in airlines. The researchers had carried out the research where they had advised all the participants of the study to walk or exercise regularly, dr...

Preschoolers eat more when served in bigger helpings

Preschool children in the age group of 4 to 6 years of age will eat as much as they are served// in a single helping. New research on pediatric behavior suggests that preschool children eat as much as they are served on their plate in any one time. Till date it was accepted that these children ate depending on how much they had eaten in their last meals, or how calorie rich the last me...

Exposure to cigarette smoke when in the womb can lead to asthma

Children, who are exposed to passive smoking when in the womb of the mother, may have asthma at a later age.// Researchers of the study had conducted an 11-year observation of incidence of asthma and other respiratory diseases in Norway said that maternal smoking is significantly related to incidence of asthma in childhood. Passive smoking by the other household family members also ma...

When it comes to health, all chocolates not the same.

European researchers say eating milk chocolate, which is most commonly used in candy bars, does not raise antioxidant levels in the bloodstream. They found the same discouraging result among patients who drank milk while eating dark chocolate.// The results suggest that milk and other dairy products somehow discourage the body's ability to absorb the protective compounds in chocolate. On...

Dentists Recommend Kids Use Mouthguard To Protect Them When Doing Sports

Medical professionals of American Dental Association (ADA) and the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) had recommended that children wear mouthguards while taking part in any sports activity in order to prevent //mouth injuries. Each year, more than 3.5 million children, age14 and under are injured while playing sports or participating in recreational activities. As part o...

When A Prince Chose To Help Indian Couple

Mohammad Shakeel Ahmad and Rabia Khatoon's joy knew no bounds when they got the news that Abu Dhabi's crown prince had come forward to pay for the surgery to separate their conjoined twins.// 'It is a miracle a crown prince sitting thousands of miles away has offered to help us,' Khatoon, the mother of twins Farah and Sarah, cannot stop saying even as the children get medical attentio...

Patients recover fast when kept in rooms with medicated coir mats

Treatment of ailments such as skin diseases, hypertension and rheumatoid complaints may become as simple as spreading ‘Medicated coir mats’ across the walls of a patient's room in the near future according to a recent// study. Students of the Government Ayurveda College in Thiruvananthapuram have found out that patients kept in such medicated rooms had a much significant cure rate when co...

No need to hassel with children at meal time, just eat when pregnant!

Scientists have made the task of hasseled mothers easier by revealing in a new study that children develop taste for particular foods even when in the womb. Making the task of mothers // easier by advising them to eat whatever they want their babies to when they are pregnant. According to science a foetus can swallow about 500 millilitres of amniotic fluid a day and it is believed that...

Over indulgence more so when intake is in short glasses

We often think that 'small is good' and those small portions help us keep over indulgence at bay.Contrary to this belief scientists have found that people pour 20-30% more alcohol // into short , wide glasses than into tall, narrow ones of the same volume, but they wrongly believe that tall glasses hold more. The study finds mention in BMJ. This trend is not limited to general public b...

Why Are Some People More Depressed Than The Rest When Faced With Similar Situations?

Australian researchers suggest that the answer to the question may lie in one’s genetic make up. They said that some people are genetically predisposed to develop// depression when confronted with stressful life events such as a marriage breakup. The researchers found the influence of adverse life events on the onset of depression was significantly greater for those who inherited a short...

Want To Prevent Heartburn? Watch Out What And When You Eat

Those who suffer from heartburn can get many nonprescription medications that can help to ease the symptoms. // But it is important to know about the cause of the heartburn, before one could turn to medications. As far as heartburn is concerned, much depends on what we eat and equally more important is when we eat. Dietary changes can help one to get rid of the risk. Foods and drinks t...

Gene Responsible For Mammary Gland Function, When Mutated Results in Leukemias

According to the investigators at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital it was found that a gene responsible for regulating the normal mammary gland function during nursing can also initiate leukemias. // This gene results in leukemia only if it undergoes mutation and fuses with another gene. The discovery of the normal function of this gene suggests that drugs used to inhibit the activi...

Jealousy In Men Peaks When Partners Are Most Fertile

A study by the Liverpool University suggests that men are more aware of potential rivals for love when their partners are at their most fertile. The researchers felt that men// become more jealous and wary of dominant males when their wives or girlfriends are at their most fertile. The Evolution and Human Behaviour study by the Liverpool University on 64 men suggested those with ovula...

Nurses Outsmart Surgeons When It Comes Safety And Team Wok

A study conducted to analyze the competence of medical staff in the operating room, has revealed that nurses exhibit the highest level of teamwork and increased awareness regarding operating room safety. // Surprisingly, doctors were found to rate the lowest with respect to teamwork. The survey, called the Safety Attitudes Questionnaire (SAQ), was adapted from an airline industry ques...

Men Think Of Sex When They See A Woman For The First Time

According to a new study conducted in U.S. the high sexual rating is closely tied to physical attractiveness. The study explains that men are more //likely to think of sex when they meet a woman even it’s for the first time. The study appears in the June's issue of ‘Psychology of Women Quarterly’. According to an online edition of a health magazine Maurice Levesque who had worked on t...

People are Happier at the Older Age than when they are Younger: Study

People are happier with their lives the older they get, with the greatest level of happiness prior to when they are in their mid-70s, says a study//. Researchers at the VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System and the University of Michigan studied 540 adults in two groups - the first group between 21 and 40 years age, and the second group over the age of 60. The researchers asked t...

Healing is best when there is absolute balance between mind and body

Those who are regular with their intake of medications, even if they are placebos, do better with their health rather than those //who don’t adhere to any pattern, according to Canadian researchers. Often to gauge the efficacy of drugs, researchers observe its effects on groups of participants, who are administered the drug as well as placebo. The drug gets into the fray if it scores...

Dealing With Nausea When Pregnant

Along with the joy it brings, pregnancy is also a harbinger of unwanted nausea. Some women sail through those nine months without being bothered by this condition, but a vast majority of them are haunted by this sick feeling//. However it need not be a debilitating illness. Following a proper diet can take care of nausea. One of the main vitamins considered useful in pregnancy is Vitam...

Men Find Fleshy Women More Attractive When Hungry

A study published in the British Journal of Psychology showed that men find heavier women more attractive when hungry//. A team of psychologist who wanted to test their theory linking appetite and sexual preference conducted the study and found that hungry men preferred heavier women. Dr Viren Swami from Liverpool University's Department of Public Health and Dr Martin Tovee from Newca...

Painless Control Of Blood Sugar Levels When Detected Early

Dr Ewan Pearson, of Dundee University's Medical School and his team has carried out research on a specific genetic type of diabetes.// Neonatal diabetes occurs only in one in a million births. “About 1,500 to 2,000 Americans with neonatal diabetes rely on daily insulin injections to survive” says Dr. Pearson. According to him neonatal diabetes, when detected at an early age (before 6 mo...

Experimental Drug Reduces Tumor Size When Given With Radiation

An experimental drug Xyotax was successful in shrinking stomach and esophagus tumors in four out of 12 cancer patients, according to its maker Cell Therapeutics.// The other patients had at least 50 percent reduction in their tumor size, the company said. The medicine is to be given along with radiation, it added. The company said a follow-up trial is in progress to ascertain exactly...

Salmeterol - to be used in combination & only when required

Asthma experts at University of Iowa are taking efforts to make sure that an asthma drug combination is prescribed only when really needed.// Salmeterol is a long-acting asthma drug that is used in combination with a corticosteroid, which is inhaled. The use of this combination can deteriorate the asthma for a few people with that condition. The UI physicians reported two case...

Women Are More Likely To Die Than Men When On Oxygen Therapy

A new study has shown that among patients on long-term oxygen therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), women are more likely to die from the disease than men.// The new study that is to appear in the first issue of the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, published by the American Thoracic Society, this month, was conducted by Maria-Christina L....

Money Matters When Choosing an Infertility Treatment

If advice is cheap, ART — assisted reproductive technology — is not, and the difference in cost has a significant effect on the treatments pursued by infertile couples in the United States.// Not surprisingly, an infertile couple’s income makes a difference in whether they pursue an expensive technology such as in vitro fertilization, but income and insurance coverage also have a stron...

When Bird- Flu takes Flight

Countries should put their heads together, and share vital information with the sincere motive of protecting people across nationalities from a dreaded form of flu//. The time is ripe to evolve a cohesive international effort in the development of a vaccine, which will necessitate the sharing of important information regarding influenza virus samples, including genetic sequencing data....

Physician Communication Spotty When Prescribing Medications

Physicians could do a much better job of communicating critical elements of medication use when they prescribe new drugs to their patients, a new UCLA study has found//. The study, slated for publication in the Sept. 25 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, found that in too many instances, physicians did not address such things as the purpose of a medication, potential adverse s...

When Her Lot is maligned by HER-2, Staying Abreast is Imperative

HER 2 is out of the closet, as a virulent breast cancer strain that can be won over only with awareness, timely detection, and early treatment//. Among the many types of breast cancer, HER2, an aggressive type of breast cancer is detected in almost one in 5 women. HER2, which represents the human epidermal growth factor receptor 2, is a protein manufactured by a particular gene that t...

Doctors Not Drowsy When Treating Women's Sleep Issues

A new survey confirms that pulmonary/critical care physicians are knowledgeable about women’s sleep issues and are actively managing their patient's sleep problems. //The survey, issued by the American College of Chest Physicians Sleep Institute (ACCP-SI), found that most pulmonary/critical care physicians are well informed about the sleep patterns of their female patients and are advisin...

Slim chances of women getting slimmer with age when on refined food.

A recent study has confirmed that women who thrive on a diet which is rich in helpings of white bread, sugary syrups and pastries and the like //which is highly refined energy food gain more weight and flab around their midriff than women who conscientiously take a diet rich in fiber and complex carbohydrates. Highly refined food is easily broken down to simple sugar, glucose, increasi...

When Your Pet Forgets Who You Are

Alzheimer’s disease, characterized by dementia including forgetfulness, confusion and behavioral changes in humans has a newfound victim; cats.// Researchers Dr. Danielle Gunn- Moore, a cat expert and her husband Dr. Frank Gunn-Moore who works with Alzheimer’s patients came up with this find when they observed certain behavioral changes in their eight-year-old cat. Investi...