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Depression has a worthwhile treatment

According to a new study, screening of patients suffering from depression in a primary care visit was found to be done on a regular basis.When you visit the doctor, he or she may carry out routine checks of your health, such as measuring blood pressure.// According to some experts it is too complicated to screen for depression while others believe it could be worthwhile.Researchers at the Hopkin...

Reducing The Frequency Of Angina Attacks While Exercising

Researchers say a new treatment can now help chronic chest pain sufferers exercise longer. When the drug ranolazine was taken // with other antianginal medications it was found to improve the total exercise time of patients with symptoms of chronic angina. Ranolazine is currently under review by the FDA. For this study, more than 800 patients with symptomatic chronic angina were random...

Some See A Hopeless End, While Others See An Endless Hope

Cancer may be a hard disease to go through for those who suffer from it. Only those who survive it realize the valve of the above saying which emphasizes the importance of hope. It actually makes them a stronger person // and teaches how important everyday is! It probably teaches one about living life to the fullest in this world of materialism. Some survivors even go to the extent of...

Doctors Do Not Excise Sufficient Caution While Prescribing High-Risk Drugs

Despite Black Box Warnings (BBW) issued for high-risk medication by the FDA, doctors have been found to prescribe such medicines to ambulatory care patients. The percentage of patients found to receive // such drugs was nearly 42% according to a survey conducted by Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care. The response of the doctors to comply with recommendations of the B...

Driving While Using A Mobile Phone May Be Dangerous

It is extremely dangerous to talk over one’s mobile phone while driving a vehicle. The cost of switching activities may be in terms of accuracy and response time, as efficiently switching over to a new task can be // prevented by structural cognitive limitations, according to Oregon State University’s Assistant Professor of Psychology Mei-Ching Lien. This includes simple tasks also....

Care for the elderly at home while away during the festive season

People who wish to leave and go out of town during the winter break and are unsure of where to leave the elderly have an answer in the form of home care // . This was put forth by Hamilton care providers. Calls by HealthCare Providers New Zealand chief executive Martin Taylor for a review of respite care funding have been backed by Neil Farnworth, of New Zealand's first divisi...

Children Face Risk While Swimming

Children may end up developing chronic lung problems and asthma if they are taught to swim before the age of two, according to Alfred Bernard, the professor of toxicology at Belgium's Catholic University of Louvain.// He also added that the levels of the irritant trichloramine were 50% higher in the air above indoor paddling pools than in adult pools, and that his recent study of 341 schoolchildr...

Brain Is More Active While Hiding The Truth, Reveals fMRI Imaging

Functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) can help identify if an individual is lying much better when compared to the traditional polygraph tests. // The test further highlights certain specific brain regions that light up when a person tells a lie. Researchers from Temple University Hospital in Philadelphia have conducted the interesting research. The results appear in the latest issue of Ra...

Teens need to Exercise Caution While Using Online Blogs

An analysis of 68 randomly selected web logs, maintained by teenagers from age 13 to 17, has revealed the prevalent tendencies of bloggers to provide personal information, //thus making them vulnerable to cyber stalking and teasing. David Huffaker, a Northwestern University researcher, involved in the technology and social behavior program, will be presenting the study on Teenage Internet Behavio...

Distinct Brain Sections Are Activated While Making Risky Decisions

Duke University Medical Center researchers have discovered that distinct regions of the human brain are activated when people are faced with ambiguous choices versus// choices involving only risk. The investigators found the reason behind why people make risky choices, and how such risk-taking can become an addition or lead to compulsive gambling. The study results were published in the journal N...

Gynecologist Solving SuDoKu, While Waiting For Next Patient

David Penman, a gynecologist at the Medway Maritime Hospital in Kent has blasted the NHS authorities by saying that he is left to "twiddle his thumbs" since his hospital cannot afford to do more surgery. // "What do you do while you wait for the next person to turn up when there should be three in the gap between two patients? Sit and read the paper, drink coffee - while we're paid, whe...

Mother pronounced dead while delivering twins

Ms Adele McIntosh, 33, single young mother has died of a blood clot her lungs as she gave birth to twin daughters. She was admitted to Simpson's maternity// pavilion, part of the new Edinburgh Royal Infirmary, in the early hours. Ms McIntosh already had a 17-month-old son. Doctors say that a blood clot formed in her lung, known as a pulmonary embolism, and caused her death. The single m...

Be cautious while on the Trampoline

According to experts approximately 6,000 plus trampolining fractures were seen in 2002. Therefore there is a strong need for new safety guidelines// are needed to stem the rise in trampoline-related injuries. Injury Prevention journal in a study has found a "worrying trend" in the number of childhood fractures linked to trampoline use in the home. The Royal Berkshire in Read...

Environment while serving of alcohol no factor in reduction in Alcohol-Related Injuries

As per a review of related studies there is no effect of the serving environment on alcohol related injuries.// Katherine Ker, lead review author said, "There is no reliable evidence that interventions in the alcohol server setting are effective in reducing injury," fatal or otherwise. There were some interventions that sounded promising, but if you’re only able to train 50 percent or 60...

Why Fans Drink While Watching Football

Football fans who spend hours guzzling beer while watching the World Cup on television may be trying to compensate for not being man enough to play the game, says a new study. // Psychology researchers at the University of Sussex claim that men who are not confident of their sporting abilities are likely to turn to alcohol to try and prove their masculinity. The study, base...

New Guidelines to Be Laid While Testing Experimental Drugs

Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry (ABPI) and the BioIndustry Association (BIA) recommended new and strict guidelines which stated that researchers //should proceed with extreme care and caution while testing pioneering drugs. One such drug trial conducted on March left six volunteers in the state of coma. TGN1412, designed to treat leukemia, autoimmune and inflammatory...

Eczema And Hay Fever Decline In UK While Allergic Reactions On The Rise

A new study shows that the prevalence of hay fever and eczema in the U.K has steadied considerably, while severe allergic reactions have risen sharply.// In the research that has been published today published in the journal Thorax, the scientists at the University of Edinburgh have said that the rates of eczema and hay fever in UK have stabilised, after many years of steady rise but...

Girl Complained of Rolling Down Stones Instead of Tears While Crying

No stones were found in the tears of a Jharkhand girl who complained that she wept stones instead of tears, said the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) here Wednesday.// Savitri, a 13-year-old girl from Hajaribagh in Jharkhand, has been complaining of stones in her tears for the last two years. She was brought to the capital Tuesday for treatment. "The initial i...

Why some take to greens, while others don’t

Don’t blame yourself, if your taste buds get tickled at the thought of greens or simply clam up at its mere mention! A recent investigation into the reasons// for the delights and aversions to green vegetarian food has shown that such tendencies are gene-centric. All the same, the researchers opine that, this could be the only way, the body balances the requirement of minerals and nu...

Doctors must exercise caution while prescribing medicines to elders

A study led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center has shown that Doctors have a tendency to under prescribe or over prescribe medications for elders. //Nearly 40 percent of patients who took part in the study were consuming at least one unsuitable medication along with other medications, according to lead author Michael Steinman, MD, a staff physician at SFVAMC. "It's...

Babies can Choke While Sleeping in Car Seats.

Leaving babies unattended in standard car safety seats can harm the child as it may cause breathing problems//, according to a recent study. A study conducted on 43 children suffering with Hypoxia by Researchers at the University of Auckland in New Zealand showed 90% of them had been left sleeping in the car seats. British Medical Journal published a study this week claimed...

Come Apart and Rest Awhile – It’s Christma!

Christmas is indeed a ‘ubiquitous’ festival, as it is celebrated throughout the world. The festivity of Christmas is resplendent in an estimated 26 million Indian homes.// The joys of the season is palpable atleast a month before Christmas, where people are seen making the most of the special bargains and discounts of the season, to spruce up their wardrobe in time for the celebration. Plans are...

Intervention Can Cut Job Stress While Protecting the Heart

A simple workplace intervention can reduce the impact of stress on the heart, researchers reported in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association//. Office workers who faced layoffs -- a significant stress-inducer -- were able to achieve small, but significant changes in heart rate variability and a small decrease in arterial blood pressure by participating in a stress man...

Parents to Exercise Caution While Giving Cold Medicine to Infants

While giving cold or cough medicine to toddlers, parents need to be cautious as it may bring more harm to the children than to benefit them. // The Centre for Disease Control and Prevention in the US has advised parents against giving over the counter (OTC) drugs to their children suffering from cold or cough without consulting their doctor. An investigation that followed the d...

Americans Asked To Exercise Caution While Eating

A recent report published by the Center for Science in the Public Interest cites that some of the food items served in popular hotels// are very high in calories. The centre which advocates nutrition says that American’s ‘eating out’ has increased a lot which is leading to many health issues related to obesity. Details regarding calories of the food and its nutritional information enab...

You may Be Risking Fatal Blood Clots Even While Reading This

You don’t have to fly long miles by economy class, to risk deep vein thrombosis, say experts. Their research has brought out a startling high risk// of the ‘economy class syndrome’ in those on terra firma, right here among us, in IT offices, call centers etc. The research led by Professor Richard Beasley of New Zealand's privately funded Medical Research Institute says that office wo...

You Cannot Smoke While Driving in India’s Capita

New Delhi – A high court order enforced in New Delhi, the capital of India, has forbidden smoking while driving, effective April 9, 2007. This ban is unique//, being the first of its kind in the world that publicly acknowledges the risks of combining the activities of smoking and driving. Doing two things at a time was never known to be good as it dilutes concentration, especially an a...

Man Sentenced to Prison for Concealing HIV Status While Donating Blood

A judge in Chicago in the US has sentenced a man to prison for concealing that he was a HIV patient while donating blood to a plasma collection center at Hammond.// Michael Ivy, 46, of East Chicago, pleaded guilty to selling blood contaminated with the HIV in September last year. Blood plasma is the liquid component of blood, in which the blood cells are suspended. Plasma...

Lack of Sleep Affects Eye-steering Coordination Needed While Driving

A new study has given yet another reason why sleep deprived people should never get behind the wheel, by finding that lack of a good nights rest can hamper the coordination of horizontal eye movements that is needed while steering a vehicle. The study was conducted on a group of 6 participants by Mark Chattington of Manchester Metropolitan University, who asked the volunteers to dr...

New 'green' Pyre to Cool Planet While Burning India's Dead

The average Indian may go through an entire life without contributing a huge amount to the world's production of greenhouse gases, but in death his carbon footprint jumps . Alarmed by the fuel-intensive nature of the funeral rites of Hindus who practice open-air cremation using firewood, an environmental group in New Delhi is promoting a new, more eco-friendly pyre. "Our faith tells...

Researchers To Test Whether ADHD Medication Helps Young Adults While Driving

When a song on the radio or the cell phone on the car seat next to a young driver beckon, she may not resist the temptation to turn up the dial or take a call while maneuvering in traffic. Such distractions could lead to a car crash, especially for young drivers with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). As a group, young ADHD drivers are two to four times more likely t...

Texan Battles Flesh-eating Bacteria Contracted While Swimming

Steve Gilpatrick, a 58-year-old Texan, went for a swim only to be struck by flesh-eating bacteria . Even after three surgeries, he is still in danger of losing a life, possibly even his life. Steve Gilpatrick is fighting necrotizing fasciitis, a tissue-destroying disease caused by a bacterium called Vibrio vulnificus. The retired oil company marketing consultant also is suffering from...

Young Babies at Risk of 'sudden Death' Syndrome While Seated: Study

Very young babies face a small risk of sudden death when seated, and not only when they are lying down, according to a study published online by Archives of Disease in Childhood , a British journal. The findings are based on an analysis of cases of sudden, unexpected deaths that occurred among infants up to the age of 12 months in Quebec, Canada, between 1991 and 2000....

Wear Headgear While Playing Soccer

In a new study published in the July issue of the British Journal of Sports Medicine,from small scrapes to hospital emergencies, playing soccer can be painful, and even dangerous. To avoid head injuries and concussions the only effective solution is wearing soft protective headgear, as shown by Dr. Scott Delaney, Research Director of Emergency Medicine at the MUHC. In the first attemp...

Canada Daycare Looks After Elderly Parents While Children Work

Torn between work, child-rearing duties and caring for elderly parents, Canadians can now turn to a novel nursery service for help: a daycare for gramps and granny. "It is really meant to support what we call the sandwich generation. Families right now are typically (comprised of) Baby Boomers who have children and elderly parents, and are constantly trying to support these two gro...

Amorous African Fish Exchange Electric Pulses While Mating

Some African fish signal their amorous intentions by exchanging bursts of electrical impulses, a new study has found . Scientists describe this behavior as being somewhat similar to the courtship duets of songbirds. According to the study, which has been reported by National Geographic, these fish produce weak electrical fields using specialized organs in their tails....

Snacking While Driving Doubles Accident Rates

If you're thinking about munching on that snack while driving then don't, for a new study has found that eating at the wheel doubles the rates of accidents . Researchers at Brunel University carried out a study to see whether or not eating or drinking at the wheel has any effect on a person's reflexes while driving. They found they are nearly twice as likely to be taken by surprise...

Smoking Bans Spawn 'Smirting': Flirting While Smoking on the Street!

Speed dating, blind dates and the web are all pass, for the latest way to bag a partner is smirting-a combination of smoking and flirting. This new trend is a blessing for many singleton smokers who can now experience new social encounters when going outside for a cigarette. This blend of smoking and flirting developed in the countries where a ban on smoking in workpl...