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Feeling depressed? You may be at higher risk of STROKE

Those who suffer symptoms of depression are at an increased risk of stroke, according to researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In particular, depressed African Americans showed the largest increase in stroke risk. Those people with the highest levels of depression had a 73% increase in their risk of stroke. However, it is not clear if the depression actually c...

The feel of pain

There are areas in the brain that deal specifically with the expectation of pain, as well as with the painful sensation itself, new research has shown.The finding not only explains why certain mind-based techniques can play a role in the management of chronic pain, but it may also lead to better anti-pain drugs.// In the research, published in today's Science, scientists from Oxford Un...

Gender difference in Pain Experience - Women feel More Pain than men

At the University of Bath in England an interesting study has been conducted that shows that women feel pain more than // men. This is despite the popular notion that the opposite is true. Why this gender difference no one as yet knows. “Until fairly recently it was controversial to suggest that there were any differences between males and females in the perception and experience of pain...

Researchers Feel The Need For Standards Of Practice In Immunoglobulin Therapy

Nursing specialists feel that there is a requirement for having a standard of practice in immunoglobulin therapy. A review article published in the July/August 2005 Journal of Infusion Nursing examines the need for established treatment guidelines // to support doctors and nurses in correctly dosing and administering intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) as replacement therapy in patients w...

Effective Treatment Of Drug Abuse Dependent On Feelings Of Shame Or Guilt

Drug abuse has become a common problem among children and adolescents. Most of the parents, who discover that their children are on drugs, are more interested in dragging them for treatment. A new study throws light on the very little // focus, which is given to identify the victim’s feelings of either shame or guilt, both of which can have significant implications on the treatment outcom...

Feelings Of Sympathy And Empathy Dictated by Personal Experience

It has now been demonstrated that our own experience is important to exhibit feelings of sympathy or empathy for others. Psychologists and neuroscientists have been working hard to understand what happens in our brain as soon as // we observe a person in action. The results of the observation show that the actions of the observer to a large extent are governed internally. The research...

Women Feel More Pain Than Men

At last scientist have confirmed what man has always knows - Women feel more pain than men.// The scientific fact is that women have more nerve receptors, which cause them to feel pain more intensely than men. According to researcher Bradon Wilhelmi, a member of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons, women averaged 34 nerve fibres per square centimetre of facial skin while men averag...

Feeling good is good enough for a man

It doesn't take much to make a man feel satisfied with his body: a look in the mirror and a sense of well-being seem sufficient//. For women, however, changes in body image need to be supported by hard, physical evidence. The findings surprised the study's author, Kathleen Martin Ginis, associate professor of kinesiology at McMaster University. "We thought – obviously incorr...

Earth Will Feel The Impact Of Global Warming

Greenhouse gasses which result in global warming may result in biological, climatological, and other major changes across the world. The chemical composition of Nuttalides truempyi, which are tiny ancient sea creatures were // analyzed by the researchers Richard Norris and Flávia Nunes belonging to the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, as a part of the r...

Foetuses Cant Feel Pain Says A Leading Psychologist

Dr Stuart Derbyshire, of the University of Birmingham, a leading psychologist said yesterday that foetuses couldn’t experience pain. He said that by telling women, who are considering abortions that their unborn child // can feel pain was not right and exposed them to inappropriate and possibly dangerous medical treatment. Dr Derbyshire carried out a study for evidence of the existence...

Peoples Feelings Can Subconsciously Influence Others

An article published in the latest issue of Current Directions in Psychological Science finds that other people influence us with out us even knowing of it//. The article explains that we are tied to each other. That what other people do and how they express their feelings can be a contagious, strong influence. Explaining that the stirring in the back of our minds are the influences o...

French Face Transplant Patient Reports Feeling of Sensation in New Face

World’s first partial face transplant patient reports great improvement following her face transplant surgery done 5 months back//. Isabelle Dinoire (dee-NWAHR') tells a French newspaper that her facial scars are more healed and she's recovered total feeling in her face. The 38-year-old mother of two has said she was under the influence of drugs when she was horribly mauled by her pet...

A New Study Feels That The UK heart drug Guidelines Not Enough

A team of researchers from the University of Manchester feel that Statins, A cholesterol-lowering drug should be prescribed for more people in the UK// so as to effectively reduce the heart diseases. The researchers looked at 1,653 men aged 49 to 65 from the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s, and recorded how many of them had a heart attack or stroke. They then used the findings to calculate...

NHS Computer Link Plan Is Wasteful, Feel Experts

The NHS computer link, which was to have cost ￡6.2 billion, originally is now being spoken of as a ￡20 billion projects//. Experts say this is a waste of the taxpayers' money. Prof Martyn Thomas, visiting professor at Oxford University Computing Laboratory, said, 'This programme shows many signs that it is at risk of failing. We are hearing concerns about computer products being used...

Euthanasia Should Be Legalised feels An Ethics Professor

The Professor of the London School of Medicine and Dentistry has called for the legalisation of voluntary and non-voluntary euthanasia in the UK//. Len Doyal a professor of medical ethics has asked the government to legalise non-voluntary euthanasia. The professor believes that doctors should be able to ends lives swiftly and humanely, and stated so in an article that was published to...

Indian Students in New Zealand Feel Insecure

Indian students in New Zealand report low levels of perceived security at school, with some remaining absent as a result, according to a new survey//. The Youth 2000 national survey, conducted by the Auckland Regional Public Health Service and Auckland University, asked 922 Asian students about their mental and physical health, besides experiences at home and school. Chines...

Britain Feels the Urgency to Vaccinate the Poultry against Bird Flu

About 10 million doses of bird flu vaccine were ordered on the advice of the Chief Veterinary Officer (CVO) to be given to all poultry in England.// The decision was taken after the organic free-range poultry producers requested the government. But the problem is that the vaccines could mask the presence of bird flu and so assist its spread of the disease. But the CVO also said in a sta...

Fast Food : Let the Consumer Feel the Pinch

The calories that contribute to ill health are loaded in fast foods, which deserve to go off the shelf and consequentially off the lives of many // , who are negatively influenced by their advertised benefits to health. To begin with, the ideal thing would be to ensure the promotional campaigns for unhealthy foods are off the air , so that people are dished out the right information about...

Many Kidney Specialists Feel Unprepared for End-of-Life Decisions

Sixty percent of nephrologists don't feel well prepared to make the decision to stop dialysis in kidney disease patients nearing the end of life // , reports a study in the November Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. Nephrologists who are more experienced and more familiar with the formal guidelines for end-of-life decision making—developed by the Renal Physicians...

Detecting Cold, Feeling Pain: Study Reveals Why Menthol Fresh

Scientists have identified the receptor in cells of the peripheral nervous system that is most responsible for the bodys ability to sense cold. The finding, reported on-line in the journal Nature (May 30, 2007), reveals one of the key mechanisms by which the body detects temperature sensation. But in so doing it also illuminates a mechanism that mediates how the body experiences in...

Feeling Tired? Don’t Worry - You May Be Less Likely To Get Hur

Sleepiness and Sleep Deprivation - long been associated with an increased risk of injury - this commonly accepted theory might not be true – says a recent study// by a University of Missouri, Columbia. In this research, more than 2,500 patients, Daniel Vinson, professor of community and family medicine, found that patients who reported feeling sleepy were, surprisingly, less likely to...

Lost That Lovin' Feeling? Don't Blame the Pill

When your sex drive is sputtering, you may want to take a closer look at several factors in your life.// In fact, it’s natural for people to ask: Is the loss of sexual desire due directly to taking the birth control pill? The answer to this question – which has been asked for more than 40 years, since the oral contraceptive was introduced – may now be less murky, according to research...

Immunity May Be Weakened By Insecure Feeling

Body’s resistance to fight diseases is said to be associated with insecure feeling. This was disclosed// by an Italian research. This research was led by Angelo Picardi of Italian National Institute of Health in Rome which was published in Psychosomatic Medicine. The study was conducted on 61 healthy women who were younger than sixty years of age. It was found that women who w...

Samjhauta Victims in Pakistan Feel Neglected

Victims of the train blasts on the Samjhauta link train in India, being treated for burn injuries at a hospital here, feel neglected by the government //and doctors alike. They complain of lack of adequate medical attention, scars not being healed and unsatisfactory results of plastic surgery. A team of the Daily Times newspaper found there was no doctor in the Mayo Hospital ward where...

Why We Feel a Sense of Dj Vu

A recent research has identified a neuronal mechanism that our brains may use to rapidly distinguish similar, yet separate places and experiences. The study, conducted by University of Bristol neuroscientists working with colleagues at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), could lead to treatments for memory-related disorders, as well as for the perplexity and uncertaint...

Now a Drug to Stop the Feeling of Hunger

Soon, you might just have to pop a pill to stop feeling hungry, for researchers have developed a compound that mimics the activity of the hormone which makes people feel full . Researchers developed peptide BL-3020 as an analog to aMSH, a naturally occurring hormone that is excreted during eating and binds to a receptor in the brain called MC4R. When the bodys need for food is met, t...

Koreans in Canada Feel Put Down by Subtle Racism

Racistm does upset those at the receiving end, even if it is all subtle, as in Canada apparently. Social slights and ambiguous remarks that are hard to pin down is more dangerous to mental health than overt discrimination, according to a study of 180 Korean immigrants living in Canada. "We found that the subtle form of discrimination has a greater impact on psychological distress s...

Feelings Of Injustice At Work Can Lead To A Heart Attack

British research reveals findings that had better be taken heed of, by bosses. The study shows that feelings of being treated unfairly at work can lead to dire consequences, like a heart attack. The study lead by Roberto De Vogli from University College London and published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health tracked the health of 8,000 U.K. civil servants working in...

Talking About Your Feelings Really Does Help

If you're feeling sad or angry, then you need to talk about your feelings with someone, for a new study has found that doing so really will help you feel better. The study found that talking things over with a therapist, or a pal, or even putting your feelings down on paper, produces a therapeutic effect in the brain, thereby helping us feel better. Psychologists at UCL...

Dating, Drugs and Sex Make Teens Feel Older Than They are

Parents have always suspected it, and now a scientific study has backed them up by showing that dating, sexual activity and drugs do make teens feel older than they really are. Researchers at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada, along with researchers at the University of Victoria, carried out the study. As a part of the study they surveyed a random sample of nearly 700 a...

Burnt Brits Don't Feel Hot

Nearly forty per cent (37 per cent) of British women and a quarter of British men have confessed that they have felt unattractive on holiday as a result of excessive exposure to the sun, according to a survey by Cancer Research UK*. This research has been conducted to highlight Sun Awareness Week, which kicks off Monday 7 May. The survey also found that embarrassment over unsightly...

Japanese Firm Develops Glove That 'feels' 3D Images

Ever dreamed of being drawn close to a smiling Marilyn Monroe or feeling the muscles of fitness guru Billy Blanks? A Japanese firm on Wednesday unveiled a system that enables you to feel "the shape and softness" of three-dimensional images using a sensor-loaded glove. The "tangible 3D" system creates graphics that seem to burst out of a screen and has a glove that all...

Reason Behind Sleepy Feeling During Sickness Found

Researchers have found that the immune protein - tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNF-alpha) is the reason why people feel sleepy while sick . The study was conducted by a team of researchers led by Thomas Birchler at the University Hospital of Zurich, Switzerland. The protein was known to set off inflammation in response to infection and some chronic diseases like rheum...

World's First Face Transplant Patient Feels She is Alive Again

The French woman who received the world's first face transplant 18 months ago said Friday she felt reborn, but admitted she still looks at herself in the mirror with a combination of sadness and wonder. "I am back in the world of humans, those who have a face, a smile, facial expressions which allow them to communicate. And I am alive again," Isabelle Dinoire, 40, said in an interv...