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Genetic Dentistry: Your Dentist may be able to grow you a new set of Teeth.

Researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio have successfully regrown mouse teeth in a petri dish from single mouse cells - and they think humans are next. They hope to push the research in the direction where they could take initial tissue from a [human] patient, put it in a culture dish and grow a tooth for them.To accomplish this seemingly futuristic fea...

Check if your “Favourite medical web-site” is indulging in Quackey

Frauds has become an ever-growing menace on the Internet. Now a millennium project by like minded people have listed 500 health related web-sites that are such havens of quackery! This information should serve as a guideline for surfers to be weary of tall claims made out by such sites. The information can be accessed on http://www.ratbags.com/rsoles/categories.htm Statutary...

Stress reduces your immunity- startling but true!!!!!

In a startling expose, new research into how our immunity works says stress reduces our immunity and makes us more vulnerable to diseases. For long we have agreed that stress is bad for our health but this aspect of stress decreasing our immune status is sure to cause a lot of concern. With the advent of HIV/AIDS and other immune-disorder related conditions claming many victims every...

Hostility can hurt your heart

Researchers at Ohio State University have found that people who tend to get angry showed an increase in the levels of homocysteine - which is a chemical found in blood and strongly associated with coronary heart disease. Catherine Stoney, associate professor in the department of psychology and co-author of this study// states that it is one possible reason that people with high hostility...

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...

A poke to cure your snore

American scientists say they have developed a cheap, pain-free injection to stop people snoring. Snoring occurs when airflow vibrates across the soft palate tissue which becomes relaxed during sleep.The "snoreplasty" procedure involves injecting a chemical called tetradecyl sulphate into the fleshy soft palate at the back of the throat. The snoreplasty technique, detailed in the New Scien...

A cup of coffee could hamper your diet

Coffee in its "purest" form has no fat and no calories whatsoever. However, the accompaniments with coffee like cream and flavoured syrup can add on to calories that pile up on your waistline. Those delicious chocolate or blended coffee drinks can add up to 500 calories or more. Here is a list of add-ons and their effects on your waistline. Two tablespoons of flavored nondairy creamer (li...

Food Habits Could Change Your Genes

Eating specific food could change your genes, say researchers after success in a rodent study.Researchers Moshe Szyf, Michael Meaney and colleagues at McGill University in Montreal have found that nutrients // and supplements changed genetics by switching on or off certain genes in rodents, reports science portal EurekAlert. The new research was conducted in the lines of a two-year-o...

Resurface your skin

According to American dermatologists, there is a new high-tech way of smoothing out the wrinkles in your skin. Lines and age spots are an inevitable sign of ageing, especially if you've spent time in the sun. No-one wants these, but cosmetic creams have their limitations, and surgery is expensive so you might feel like resigning yourself to the inevitable. But, according to Dr Robert Weis...

Quit coffee and help your heart

A new study from Brazil has found that coffee drinkers who quit drinking caffeinated filtered coffee cut their blood levels of cholesterol and the protein homocysteine.High levels of both substances are known risk factors for heart disease. Some of the compounds, called terpenoids, are known to increase cholesterol levels. Lead author Dr. Hannson Right, of Marylandl University Hospit...

Warm yourself to sleep

According to Swiss researchers, you are more likely to fall asleep swiftly if your hands and feet are warmer than the temperature of the bedroom. Herbal infusions, relaxation techniques, hot baths and// sleeping pills have all been put forward as answers to that wide-awake feeling. But it appears that nothing beats the dilation of blood vessels in the hands and feet as a sure way to induc...

Choose your mate

According to a new research the descendants of females who are given a choice to select their partners live longer than those who are not given the choice.The research involves the humble fruit fly, but experts believe it could have inkling for the human espousal game. Geneticists from the University of Georgia, led by Dr Daniel Promislow, put one virgin Drosophila melanogaster, a vari...

Cut your puff's

It is well perceived that smoking accelerates the risk of heart disease, but now researchers say that every cigarette has the inherent capacity for the development of a heart attack.This is because each cigarette appears to have a startling - and almost immediate impact on the cardiovascular system.// In a study of heart attack patients, the researchers found that those who smoked a ci...

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...

Importance of soy protein in your diet

The benefits of consuming soy protein has been less explored. According to doctors at the Mayo Clinic, there are many ways in which you can use the high protein content of soy in your diet.// Soy bean protein is a useful food because it is low in saturated fat and cholesterol. If one wants to reduce the total calories in your diet, doctors feel that it may be a good notion to replace soy...

Gardeners, Beware of your back!

Middle and old age people are now increasingly taking to gardening as a hobby, as newspapers and TV programmes paint a rosy picture of beautiful gardens. Though gardening has been proven to have it's own health benefits, researchers now suggest that enthusiastic// new gardeners who start with little or no idea of how to lift properly and do not have adequate preparation, land up having se...

Wash your hands to keep healthy!

We all know the importance of keeping a clean environment and self to lead healthy, disease free lives. However, many of us are not aware that just a simple habit of hand washing could help us reduce the risk of many infections. Everyday life does not involve// many activities that would get our hands dirty, apart from heavy house work and gardening, and this is probably the reason why...

Something to relieve the pain in your neck!

Many jobs, which involve looking up for a long time, like painting, plumbing, etc. could be a pain in the neck, literally. However, a new product called Necprotech developed by a New Zealand inventor Darrell Poole could help// reduce neck strain by a third. The product was developed by Darrell Poole who makes clinging to a rock wall look easy, but a slip five years ago could have cost...

Smoking habit affects your baby's health

To ensure the health of their children most expecting moms will do whatever needs to be done. Whether it be vitamins, right diet or plenty of rest. But are those moms who smoke, ready to set aside their habit or smokers who live or work with expectant moms willing to put their habit on hold for the sake of the child? A statistics that came out of a recent meeting of the Bax...

How to Save Your Skin From Sunburn

While health experts tirelessly warn that the long-term consequences of too much sun exposure can be skin cancer, the short-term effects can be blazingly clear to anyone who's spent a day basking on the beach. Characterized by bright, red skin that is sensitive, if not painful, to the touch, sunburn is a sure, almost immediate sign that you didn't use proper protection.// The skin has lit...

Troubled Childhood found to affect your Liver

Researchers believe a troubled childhood can lead to an increased risk of liver disease. Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis is one of the 10 leading causes of death in the United States. Drug use and high-risk sexual activity are common causes of hepatitis.// Alcohol abuse and hepatitis are both causes of liver disease. The researchers theorized abuse or neglect during childhood...

Liquid Drano for Your Arteries

A new study shows infusing heart attack patients with high density lipoprotein may reverse years of heart disease damage.// Researchers from the Cleveland Clinic injected patients with a laboratory-produced version of HDL, or good cholesterol, which naturally removes fatty buildups from arteries. Thirty-six patients received doses of HDL, and 11 patients who served as a control group r...

Does Your Prescription Have An Inappropriate Medicine?

New research shows doctors are prescribing too many inappropriate medications for older people. Using data from national health // care surveys, researchers, looked at prescribing patterns in physicians’ offices and outpatient clinics in 1995 and 2000. The results showed nearly 8 percent of all the visits involved prescribing at least one drug on the “inappropriate” list. Nearly 4 percent...

Will Your Baby Grow Up To Be A Future Einstein ?

More than 360,000 babies are born everyday on the planet .For a smarter baby, experts say it's not all in the books ,emotional development // plays a big role in raising intelligent kids. Researchers say we need to realize that our emotions are the fuel that gives rise to social behavior but also to different levels of intelligence. Genetics also plays a role, but its future is not writt...

The Best Way To Get Your Childs Attention

Statistics show attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) affects up to 12 percent of children in the United States. Research has shown // that increased attention problems at age 7 among kids was seen more in children who watched more television as babies and toddlers.The study tracked the number of hours kids watched television at ages 1 and 3. On average, 1-year-olds watched abou...

Helmets Effective In Protecting Your Head

According to findings from a recent study neurosurgeons say they are now convinced that helmets reduce rather than cause injuries.// Studies in the past have suggested wearing helmets during a motorcycle or all-terrain vehicle accident may actually increase the risk of skull base and cervical-spine (or neck) injuries secondary to the swelling of the head. These findings prompted researc...

Helmets Effective In Protecting Your Head

According to findings from a recent study neurosurgeons say they are now convinced that helmets reduce rather than cause injuries.// Studies in the past have suggested wearing helmets during a motorcycle or all-terrain vehicle accident may actually increase the risk of skull base and cervical-spine (or neck) injuries secondary to the swelling of the head. These findings prompted researc...

How Effective Is Your Hand Wash Solution ?

Peanut allergy is the third most common food allergy in young children and is the most common food allergy in older children, adolescents and adults.// Researchers studied about 20 participants who were not allergic to peanuts. Participants washed with various cleaning agents, plain water, and an antibacterial hand sanitizer after applying a teaspoon of peanut butter to their hands. Resu...

Your Wheezing Could be Due To Your Bed

According to new research, there is a link between certain types of bedding and frequent wheezing in children. Results of a recent study show // an association between frequent wheezing and synthetic quilts and pillows, and electric blankets. For the study, synthetic pillows were those reported as foam, sponge, tontine, polyester or Dacron. Quilts of Dacron, polyester or other synthetic c...

How Safe Are Your Cosmetics ?

Most people long for flawless skin and at present there are thousands of products that have been developed to cater to the various needs of people. But in certain people, skin care // products, including make-up and sunscreen, as well as hair and nail care products, can lead to an allergic reaction on the skin called contact dermatitis. Sometimes it's even difficult for people and their d...

Troubled Childhood found to affect your Liver

Researchers believe a troubled childhood can lead to an increased risk of liver disease. Chronic liver disease and cirrhosis is one of the 10 leading // causes of death in the United States. Drug use and high-risk sexual activity are common causes of hepatitis. Alcohol abuse and hepatitis are both causes of liver disease. Researchers theorized abuse or neglect during childhood would lead...

Fish is Good for Your Heart

Recent study suggests that older patients can avoid the risk of stroke by eating broiled or baked fish. In the study, researchers found those who ate fish; one to four// times a week had 28% less risk of developing an irregular heartbeat(known as atrial fibrillation), than those who ate fish less than once a month. And people who ate five or more servings had even greater benefit – as...

Can your bulging abdomen lead to cancer?

The answer is yes, according to a recent study in the journal Obesity Research. Body fat consists of various forms of fat tissues, of which adipose //tissues are of two types- subcutaneous fat and visceral fat. Researchers have found that a higher level of visceral fat may make the people more at risk to prostate cancer. When 63 prostate cancer patients were compared with same number of...

Eye testing can reveal the condition of your heart

According to the latest issue of Harvard Heart Letter, testing of eyes may tell more about the condition of your heart.// Clinical testing of eye can predict the condition of the heart, kidneys or conditions like diabetes or stroke. In a study headed by Dr. John I. Loewenstein, a retina specialist at Harvard-affiliated Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, the relationship has been drawn...

Prevent Cardiac Problems And Laugh Your Way To Good Health

According to a paper presented at American College of Cardiology, laughter can be our passport //to good healthy heart. The chief presenter of the paper Michael Miller, MD, director of the center for preventive cardiology and associate professor of medicine at the University of Maryland in Baltimore, had come to this conclusion after studying 300 participants, 150 healthy and 150 people s...

Baby Talking Is Good For Your Child

For ages mothers have been using baby talk with their children. And yet many a times they have been advised by //ople not to use baby talk as it may lead to delay in learning how to speak a language. Now research shows that mothers have been right all along! In an article in the journal Infancy, researchers Erik D. Thiessen and Roberta Michnick Golinkoff had said that baby talk and the...

Heredity Can Decide Your Drinking Habits

New study says that how much we drink may be decided by a genetic factor. // The study has revealed that the gene called DRD2 Taq1A(C32806T) polymorphism and social alcohol drinking may be related in opposite direction. This means people with a stronger gene of this type will tend to drink alcohol less than people with a weaker effect of this gene. The gene is responsible for enhancing...

TV watching may turn your child into a bully

A new study on child behavior had pointed out that excessive exposure to television at the early childhood age might make the child indulge in bullying behavior.// A child is considered to be a bully when he repeatedly harasses and attacks other children. Bullying can be done by actual physical attack on others or by verbal assaults, threats, extortion and intimidation. Pare...

Your headache can stem from your body weight

Obesity may be the cause of migraines and severe headaches. In a study that had measured the influence of body mass //index on frequency, and severity of headaches, the results had shown that chronic daily headaches are more common in obese people than those with normal body weight. The researchers had taken the physical history of the participants by telephonic interviews and had divi...

Lights can lighten your moods

Many of the mood swings including clinical conditions like seasonal affective disorder (SAD) may be cured by light //therapy, says the scientists of University of North Carolina. Researchers had studied adults of age 18 to 65 yrs who had met the mood disorder diagnosis. Treatment was based on dawn stimulation for SAD, bright light treatment for non-seasonal depressions and convention...