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Risk of heart disease begins in teens

New study on individuals with type 1 diabetes reveal that they have more chances of developing heart disease by the time they reach their teens. The findings were based on study done on a group of adolescents whose age was ranging from 12 to 21 years, without type 1 diabetes. It was found that there was substantial fatty plaque buildup inside the arteries regardless of body weight, famil...

Cancer Begins With Epigenetic Changes: Study

In a new study that is to appear in the January issue of Nature Reviews Genetics, a Johns Hopkins researcher suggests that cancers might begin with epigenetic //alterations instead of the traditional view that cancers usually occur in individuals whose genes have been altered by prevailing conditions. "We're not contradicting the view that genetic changes occur in the development of cance...

Learning About Healthy Diet Choices Begins At Schools

Schools that inculcate healthy eating habits by practicing what they preach can go a long way in promoting long term diet choices in elementary // children, according to a study conducted by a team of researchers at the University of Texas. The researchers divided the study in two parts. The first part aimed at an ambience change that afforded many selections of food under the low fat...

China Begins Human Trials For HIV/AIDS Drug

Chinese scientists have announced that they are staring human trials for testing the efficacy of a drug that has proved to be useful for both HIV/AIDS as well as hepatitis B. The chemical, 1,5-di-O-caffeoylquinic acid (1,5-DCQA),// is an extract from a Chinese herb called Inula britannic, has worked on HIV as well as HBV, according to Dong Junxing, a leading scientist with the Academy of...

Administration of Fish Drug for Asthma Patients Begins in Andhra

The administration of the wonder fish medicine for asthma patients began here Thursday amid a raging controversy over its efficacy //. Hundreds of people were seen standing in queues for their turn to take fish medicine, renamed as fish 'prasadam' or holy offering by Bathini Goud family to avoid any controversy. The administration of the medicine, touted as a wonder cure f...

Harvard Begins Controversial Human Stem Cell Cloning Project

Harvard University researchers plan to ask women to donate their eggs for research as they race to grow embryonic stem cells matched to patients // which they say would hopefully find new treatments for many debilitating diseases such as diabates or neurodegenerative disease. They want to extract embryonic stem (ES) cells after creating human embryos containing DNA from patients with...

Writing on the Wall - Lead Poisoning Begins at Home?Paints Could Be Toxic!

Leading the way to reduce lead poisoning in children, The Medical Research Council has alerted parents desirous of doing up children’s homes with vivid colors, will do good// to reconsider, in the light of reports about harmful levels of lead in paints. Earlier in the year, the MRC had found nearly 42% of children tested, had portrayed toxic levels of lead in their blood, thought to...

For an Anthrax Free Smailholm, Decontamination Operation Begins

Remanence of anthrax spores in Smailholm and the border areas has raised the concern of NHS Borders, instigating a decontamination operation// at a village hall where drumming classes were being conducted. NHS Borders have deputed the New York-based specialists Sabre, to look into this matter. The finding revealed that there were traces of anthrax evident in certain areas in Northumbe...

Johns Hopkins Begins Aggressive Screening for 'superbugs' in Children

Safety study triggered decision to go beyond standard monitoring and testing schedules// Infection control and critical care experts at The Johns Hopkins Hospital have ordered testing for the two most common hospital superbugs for every child admitted to its pediatric intensive care unit. The more stringent admission screening methods for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus au...

The Blessing of Good Mental Health Begins with Breast Milk, Says a Study

A Perth-based academic insight into the blessings of breast milk has conveyed that infants who feed on mother’s milk for over 6 months// experience sound mental health during their growing years. Analyzing the growth and development of 2500 Australian children for 16 years, the study found that children who were breastfed for more than six months had remarkably reduced hostility and u...

India sounds bird flu alert as migration season begins

India Wednesday sounded a bird flu alert in all states as the season of migratory birds begins with the onset of winter.// "We have given clear instruction to all our states to be on vigil. The alert will be in place till February next year," said Upma Chawdhry, joint secretary, department of animal husbandry. "The three states - Maharashtra, Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh - w...

Keys to Good Health in Old Age Begins in Midlife

Middle aged men who would like to grow old in good health should have strong grip, not overweight, a good education, and a wife, according to a recent study.// A 40-year study of nearly 6000 Japanese-American men living in the US state of Hawaii revealed nine factors that were good predictors of which middle-aged men would live healthily into their 80s and beyond. The nine fac...

Cancer Prevention Begins During Pregnancy

Cancer can be prevented from the womb! Mothers can prevent the occurrence of cancer in their child during infancy and through the course of life //just by having a nutritious diet which contains generous servings of cruciferous vegetables like cabbage and broccoli. A new study by scientists from the Linus Pauling Institute at Oregon State University, done with laboratory mice, found that...

Trial on Medical Staff Accused of Spreading HIV Infection Begins

In Shymkent, a city situated in the southern Kazakhstan, the trial on twenty medical staff who is accused of spreading HIV virus begins today.// These medical personnel have been charged with serious allegations like the purchase of blood from donors who have not tested for HIV infection, reuse of disposable syringes, needles and other medical equipments. These people are also said to b...

Madhya Pradesh Begins Surya Namaskar Amid Muslim Opposition

Bhopal: As many as 300,000 students, led by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan, took part in the 'surya namaskar' - a warm-up yoga exercise that begins with salutation to the// sun as the primal source of energy - in government schools across the state as it unveiled a physical education policy here. "The government was committed to creating awareness about yoga, which helps to kee...

A Combined Research for Producing Chlamydia Vaccine Begins

Researchers at San Antonio's South Texas Center for Emerging Infectious Diseases (STCEID) and at San Antonio Health Science Center// (UTHSC) have come together in a combined effort to discover a vaccine that will prevent Chlamydia. Chlamydia is a common sexually transmitted disease caused by the bacterium, Chlamydia trachomatis, which can damage a woman's reproductive organs. In women...

India Begins Trial of Oral Vaccine for Stray Dogs

The Animal Welfare Board of India (AWBI) has started a pilot project in cities and neighboring rural areas for introducing a new anti-rabies// oral bait vaccine that will be fed to dogs. Every year more than 70,000 stray and community dogs are being sterilized in India, says AWBI. The stray and community dog population in the country is estimated at nearly 20 million. Hea...

Brain Structure Changes Years Before Memory Loss Begins

People who develop dementia or Alzheimer's disease experience brain structure changes years before any signs of memory loss begin, according to a study. Researchers say these findings// may help identify people at risk of developing mild cognitive impairment (MCI), which leads to Alzheimer's disease. Researchers performed brain scans and cognitive tests on 136 people over the age of 6...

MMR Immunization Drive Begins in Iraq

Iraq has embarked on a massive immunization drive aimed at protecting millions of children from a potential measles outbreak. According to health experts, nearly 10% of the// children could die in the face of an epidemic. Iraq's Ministry of Health is conducting the MMR (measles, mumps and rubella) immunization campaign which will be on for two weeks. This is being funded by the Europe...

Gay Film Festival Begins in Delhi

A ten-day long festival for gays began in the capital on Saturday. The Nigah Queer Fest will showcase over 20 films on homosexuality directed by many international directors. The films will be followed by panel discussions and a photographic presentation. The aim of the programme is to give voice to the issue in a country where Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code (I...

Research Suggests Breast Cancer Fatigue Begins Before Chemo

Even before women with breast cancer undergo chemotherapy, they experience fatigue and disruptions in sleep and activity levels, according to a new study from the University of Nebraska Medical Center (UNMC) in Omaha, Nebraska. Researchers say their findings suggest that health professionals should address fatigue following breast cancer surgery and before any further medical proce...

Australian Injured as Spain Begins Annual Bullrunning Festival

An Australian suffered injuries to a thigh and three other people were slightly hurt Saturday as thousands of Spaniards and tourists celebrated the start of the nine-day San Fermin bullrun. The festival involves copious amounts of dancing, alcohol and the "encierro", when bulls are released onto the streets and hundreds of people are chased along an 825-metre (yard) course leading...