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“Don’t fear long haul flights!” Vascular surgeon tells travelrs

Dr. John Scurr, a vascular surgeon at London's Middlesex Hospital, advices passengers, who fly long haul flights, that there is nothing to fear. The death of a woman on board an airliner, while she was flying a long distance flight, has sparked off this sudden debate that long flights can be fatal to many people. Dr. Scurr says this fear is unfounded and that people are just ove...

The flip side of AIDS cocktails – HAART regime damages live

HIV infected patients on highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART regime) are forced to stop the treatment because of the toxic side effects of the treatment, which causes liver damage. According to a study led by Dr. Raymond T. Chung, who presented the findings at Digestive Disease Week in Atlanta last week, severe liver toxicity forced almost one in every four patients to stop the t...

Fireflies help speed development of new drugs

The glow that fireflies are famous for, are due to a glow molecule present in their bodies. This glow molecule is now helping illuminate the effectiveness of new medicines and speed up the development of new drugs for various diseases like AIDS,// Alzheimer's, Cancer and others. A study was carried out by researchers of the University of Michigan Health System who inserted the gene whi...

SARS make Air India cut flights

India's international carrier, Air India, has decided to make more cuts to its flights to Hong Kong because of concerns over Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS). The move comes as the body representing India's commercial pilots issued directives to its members not to fly on the Bombay-Hong Kong route. However Air India flights will be operated by pilots who are not members of the pil...

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...

British Women Flies to India for Treatment of Breast Cancer

A breast cancer patient made the journey from London to India in order to save money on her anti cancer medication-Herceptin.// India is likely to attract more such patients as there are considerable cost saving both for surgical procedures and medication.Fifty-year-old Linda Vijeh went to a private hospital in Pune for a mastectomy and reconstruction surgery done on October 4 and is no...

Charlotte Church Warns kiss n tell girls not to flirt with Henson

London: Welsh singer Charlotte Church is one jealous kitten, when it comes to protecting her handsome lover Gavin Henson from the admiring glances of young ladies who drape themselves all over the rugby ace. // The singer, who recently confessed that she would rather quit singing forever than lose Henson, has reportedly admitted that she gets really annoyed when girls flirt with her bo...

AIDS Afflicted Children Abandoned

The UN Childrens' Fund (UNICEF) has revealed that as many as 1,000 children in Venezuela may be infected with the HIV virus. The families of 390 children have abandoned them, and they are forced to fend for themselves. // The country’s Health Ministry sources have revealed that there are over 60 non-governmental organizations in the nation that are contributing towards spreading awarenes...

Sexual Harassment A Cause Of Deteriorating Health Among Female Flight Attendants.

A study was conducted on 2000 female flight attendants working for a National European Airline from 1965 to 1995. The results revealed that they rate their health as poor when they have been sexually harassed. This is of major // concern to the other women who are working with the public. Sexual harassment included women given unwanted attention, being proposed, ogled at, subj...

Mobile Phones Do Not Inflict Brain Damage

The human memory does not get affected due to the use of mobile phones, nor do mobile phones inflict brain damage. This has been revealed by researchers belonging to the Essex University//. The research was headed by Professor Riccardo Russo. The researchers strapped mobiles to volunteers' heads and asked them to do several memory tests. Participants were not told whether the phones were...

Health Insurance Scheme Generates Conflicting Opinions

An insurance scheme which has received the approval of the Government is attracting brickbats and bouquets. As many as 2.5 million households stand to benefit from the scheme which the ICICI-Lombard is // meant to implement. But the scheme has come under criticism from some experts who contend that it will do no good to the poor while undermining the reasonably successful public healthc...

Conflict over Productivity Commission report on physicians referral

The Productivity Commission of Australia has recommended a report which makes possible the patients to directly consult a Medicare funded consultation with out referral from the physician. // The Australian Divisions of General Practice (ADGP) has welcomed the report as they feel that the move will help to reduce the time for the patients in reaching a specialist and a consultation stra...

Parental Conflict Can Lead to Sleep Disorders in Children

A latest study conducted to determine the effect of parental conflict on learning and behavioral problems has now revealed that it might be due to the consequent sleep disorders in children. //Although it has been known from early times that conflict amongst parents lead to behavior and learning problems in children, the exact mechanism remained largely unclear. This new study, publ...

Parental Conflicts Lead To Emotional Insecurity In Children

Researchers at the universities of Notre Dame, Rochester (NY) and Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. have found that the way parents handle everyday conflicts between themselves affects the emotional development of the// children. This report on the impact of parental behavior on the psyche of their children is detailed in the January/February 2006 issue of the journal Chi...

Poor Quality of Cabin Air in the Plane Can Cause DVT, After A Long Flight

Airlines are in a tight spot after it was suggested that , one of the major causes of DVT after long flights, could be poor cabin air quality//.DVT is not caused by mere sitting in cramped conditions on long flights according to researchers, who suggest that cabin air quality may also play a key role. A study in today's issue of the Lancet journal seems to throw up plausible risk factors...

Is Cancer, A Foregone Conclusion, To Afflict Cell Phone Users? FDA does A Reality Check.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is reconsidering and mulling over the veracity of the facts outlined in a recent study that showed// a link between heavy cell phone use and an increased risk of cancer. The FDA will be chewing upon an academic exercise conducted by researchers at the Swedish National Institute for Working Life who conducted a comparative study between statis...

Travel-Related Blood Clots Can Be Reduced By Using Flight Stockings

A new research has found that travelers who are prone to travel-related blood clots during long flight can cut their risk by pulling on a pair of elastic support hose before boarding. // The review examined the evidence that compression stockings can prevent deep vein thrombosis. Sometimes called “traveler’s thrombosis,” DVT is a circulatory condition in which blood coagulates into sm...

Site of Sleep Regulation Identified in Fruit Flies

Site of the brain responsible for sleep regulation has been identified in fruit flies. This area which was previously known for its role in learning and memory will help to further the study on sleep regulation and its role in memory. // The research was conducted by scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine. Despite its importance in everyday human function, very l...

Women Afflicted With Dry Eyes As They Approach Menopause

A survey sponsored by the Society for Women's Health Research has found that 62 percent of menopausal and perimenopausal women suffer from dry eye.// This symptom occurs more in women than in men and is directly linked to the hormonal imbalances in menopause. Some of the changes that occur are like burning, itching or scratchiness, of the eyes, blurred vision and sensitivity to light....

Formation Of Blood Clots on Long Flights May Not Be Due To Cabin Environment

The oft exclaimed ailment called economy class syndrome, that is associated with the formation of blood clots during long flights, may not be due to cabin environment, //as it is thought to be, reveals a new study. The finding supports the assessment that clots could form in healthy people, while sitting in cramped places, that cause a reduction in blood flow, especially in the legs, whi...

Bird Flu Crisis To Inflict Tremendous Damage: FAO

Bird flu crisis is likely to last several years inflicting ‘tremendous damage’ to bird population, domestic poultry in particular//, with continuing threat of the possibility of its turning into human pandemic affecting millions, the UN food agency has warned. Giving the new assessment, the Food and Agriculture Organization upped its monetary estimates for progressive control of the a...

A Baffling New Drug Plan In Texas Town

Bush administration officials in Washington say that Medicare's new prescription drug programme is progressing very well, filling more than three million // prescriptions a day and cutting costs for each beneficiary by an average of 50 percent. But in the Rio Grande Valley, Texas, the scenario is quite different. A lot of patients complain that they have difficulty getting the drugs...

Effect of Prolonged Stay in Space Studied Using Fruit Flies

Recently a study was conducted by the researchers at the University of Central Florida and University of California, Davis, to understand the effect of prolonged stays// in space and how it affects the astronauts' health. Hence they studied the effect by using Fruit flies aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery. The flies will need little care during their 12-day stay aboard the shuttle, w...

Two Die, 55 Afflicted With Gastroenteritis And Diarrhea

Two persons died of gastroenteritis and diarrhoea and 55 others were afflicted with the disease in Chhajli village in the Sunam sub-division //. The deaths of an eight-year-old boy and aged woman and illness of others were reported yesterday amidst apprehensions of an outbreak of cholera. Medical teams were pressed into service today. Civil Surgeon S K Bansal said 4-5 teams...

High Court Upholds HIV Afflicted BSF Jawan's Termination

The Delhi High Court today upheld the decision of the BSF to terminate the services of a BSF personnel who was found suffering from 50 percent disability on account of contracting the dreaded HIV ailment. // But the court clarified that the termination was being upheld on the ground that the victim was disabled due to the ailment and not because of his contracting HIV. A Di...

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Can Afflict Those Battling Heart Disease

Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) isn't limited to soldiers or witnesses of a horrifying event. It can also appear after a heart attack, a stroke, or heart surgery. Not only does PTSD cause emotional// and psychological distress, it may also slow recovery and hasten the progression of heart disease, reports the August issue of the Harvard Heart Letter. A special problem of heart-r...

The Flip Side to the Western Influence in Asia

While the influence of the West has brought about radical changes in business with tangible growth in Asian countries, the region is also coming up with many negative// fallout of a jet setting pace, so much a part of the western legacy. Statistics show that Japan is heading for a demographic crisis, with a rampant spread of mental health problems. The plummeting birth rate in Japan is...

Chicken Pox Fears Cause Captain To Force Baby From Flight

Chris and Caroline Snaith, a couple travelling on a My Travel flight to Newcastle last month were forced to leave their 10-month-old baby son in Tenerife after the captain// of the plane refused to take the baby onboard since he had a spot on his head. The captain thought it was chicken pox. The boy was left with his grandparents since his mom had an interview to attend. My Travel's a...

Young, Obese Adults Afflicted with Disease of the Old

Acute diverticulitis used to be a disease that was commonly seen among patients older than 50 years old. However it is today now being seen in several obese young adults//, according to a study conducted by the University of Maryland Medical Center's department of radiology in Baltimore, MD. Acute diverticulitis is one of the most frequently encountered acute diseases of the colon and...

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....

Polio afflicts a girl despite vaccination

A 1-year-old girl has been diagnosed with polio in spite of receiving 9 doses of the polio vaccine. According to an official statement, polio can be prevented by 4-10 doses of the vaccine//. However, this does not hold true for this girl called Jannat. “Earlier she used to roam around the house. Now she can't even stand properly,” Jannat's Mother, Akhbari Khatun says.Jannat was diagno...

Indian Engineer Sentenced for Groping Women During Flight

Software engineers might be the brand ambassadors of India. But they could also prove a huge embarrassment for the country, as has happened in the case of Thirumurthy Nakka Boomaiah , 35 and hailing from Chennai, in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. He has been sentenced to 69 days in prison in US for groping women during a flight from London to Philadelphia and assaulting f...

Run Amok Enzyme Causes Same Problems in Both Humans and Fruit Flies

An enzyme found at elevated levels in several human cancers has been linked to abnormal tumor growth in fruit flies//, a discovery that provides a new model for understanding the link between stem cell biology and cancer, according to researchers. Using fluorescent staining and laser-scanning microscopy, the eight-member research team studied various mutations in a gene called aurora-A...

Minister Calls for Action Plan To Solve Man-Animal Conflict

Minister of State for Environment and Forests has called for an action plan and comprehensive strategy for tackling man-animal conflict. Speaking at a National Workshop// on ‘Human - Leopard Conflict Management’ here today, the Minister - Shri Meena, said that we need to have a re-look at our existing strategies in this regard. He said that man-animal conflict is one of the challenging is...

Food Odors Linked With Lifespan in Fruit Flies

Researchers studying fruits flies have made a Startling discovery. The researchers who want to learn why organisms tend to live longer //if their intake of calories is restricted have found that the smell of food can have a negative effect on longevity in the fruit flies. Scientists have known for decades that restricted dietary intake can increase the lifespan of many species, but the...

Fruit Flies May Pave Way to New Treatments for Age-related Heart Disease

The tiny Drosophila fruit fly may pave the way to new methods for studying and finding treatments for heart disease//, the leading cause of death in industrialized countries, according to a collaborative study. The study reports that mutations in a molecular channel found in heart muscle cell membranes caused arrhythmias similar to those that are found in humans, suggesting that under...

75 Filipinos Afflicted With TB Die Everyday

The World Vision Foundation, Incorporated (WVFI), a Geneva-funded organization, appropriated $4.6 million dollars to fight the menace// of tuberculosis (TB) in at least 22 countries in the world, including the Philippines, for a period of five years. WVFI national project manager Marlon Villanueva made the announcement during the launching on Thursday of Social Mobilization on Tuberc...

Flies too Have Immune Memory!

Researchers have found that primitive immune systems of fruit flies may develop long-term protection from infection//. It was earlier believed that immune memory was not possible for insects. The findings at the Stanford University School of Medicine could have implications for new ways of developing human vaccines, especially for people with compromised immune systems. Th...

Flying Returns from Long-haul Flights – Jet Lag and Health Ris

The effect of repeated long-haul flights on air crew is hazardous, scientists have warned. Female crew who are exposed to frequent jet lag// complain of menstrual irregularities, mood swings, and many such problems that could stand in the way of good health. The body’s routine cycles get disturbed upon frequent travel across different time zones. The body’s cycles are regulated by the...

Study Finds That Fruit Flies also Have Free Wills

A new study has found that fruit fly - drosophila melanogaster - is not just a 'complex robot' as previously thought, but an insect with 'free will' and spontaneity. The study was conducted by an international team of researchers including Alexander Maye and Bjrn Brembs George Sugihara and Chih-hao Hsieh. Brembs said that it negated earlier beliefs about these insects...