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Spouses and other partners lower blood pressure says new research

The May issue of Psychosomatic medicine reports that spending a little quality time with one's spouse and other partners seems to have a calming influence on a person's blood pressure. In a study that used portable monitors to track people's blood pressure, it turned out that the participants' pressure was lowest when they were with their partners, regardless of what they were doing....

Liver cancers which spread are linked to a particular gene

Live cancer is one of the most aggressive cancers worldwide and its incidence is high in the Asian and African countries due to hepatitis infection and aflatoxin contamination of foodstuffs. The cancer is also becoming prevalent in the United States. Researchers in the US and China have been studying gene activity in liver tumors using the new 'gene chip' technology and found a way of det...

Partnership Between Diabetes India And Elsevier Announced

A new publishing partnership has been announced between Elsevier and Diabetes India. The partnership would be marked by the launch of a new journal, named Diabetes Research & Metabolic Syndrome in June 2006. // The journal would focus on the importance of the relationship between diabetes and metabolic syndrome with special reference to the causes of vascular damage and a glucose centered...

Particulate matter affects lung development

When children living under polluted, hazy skies move away to communities with cleaner air, their lungs begin to grow more quickly, according to a study by researchers at the Keck School of Medicine of USC.Preventive medicine researchers followed more than 100 children through their teen years and compared those who moved away to other communities in the West.Resulting changes in air poll...

Drugs control and industry departments to share a common e-platform

The drugs control, health and industry departments in Andhra Pradesh are to have a common e-platform which is both informative and interactive at the same time with the inauguration of www.aponline.gov.in, the state government's latest initiative to integrate all the activities of all its departments under one umbrella. The portal is being developed by Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) as p...

Find a partner

Researchers have validated that unmarried men tend to die younger than married ones. Psychiatrists believe that a marital relationship may benefit men's long-term health by giving them emotional ward.// Researchers in Stockholm found they also found that death rates from heart disease and stroke were higher in unmarried men than in married men. There was hardly any discrepancy in death...

Drinking wine as part of a healthy living

According to researchers, those who consume wine in moderation have healthier lifestyles overall than abstainers or those who consume other types of alcohol. It is well established that moderate alcohol consumption seems to confer some health benefit,// chiefly in the form of reduced risk of heart disease. A new study shows that it may not be the alcohol itself, but linked lifestyle fact...

Partial-Breast Irradiation an Unproven Therapy

It's called partial-breast irradiation, and proponents see it as a promising alternative treatment for breast cancer patients who've just had a lumpectomy.// Thousands of women have already sought out the therapy, which requires just one week or less of radiation after breast cancer is diagnosed, instead of the six or seven weeks required for whole-breast irradiation. But i...

Changing Partners may put Expectant Mothers at Risk

New research finds that women who change partners between the births of their first two children are more likely to deliver pre-term babies with a low birth weight than women who have the same partner.// These babies are also more likely to die within the first year of life. The results are the same even when researchers take into account the mother’s age and education, the interval be...

Specific Changes In A Particular Gene Found To Increase The Risk of Alzheimer’s Diseas

Researchers say they have now identified a gene variant that may increase the risk of late-onset Alzheimer’s disease, // which in turn could lead to improved understanding of the disease and new prevention and treatment developments. According to latest research it was seen that specific changes in the gene in a protein called ubiquilin-1 was associated with an increased incidence of Alzh...

Full time workers are less health conscious than part time workers

Full time employees may be less health conscious and may be spending less time daily in exercise than part time //workers. New research suggests that working full time leads to a sedentary life style that may be harmful in the long term. People who work full time have less time for leisure, which is generally spend in watching television, play video games or sit in front of the compute...

Treatment of postpartum depression needs to be personalized

In order to provide quick relief from post pregnancy depressions, health care// workers have tried to identify women who may be more vulnerable to this type of depression and taken preventive measures to avoid the condition. However a recent study by the researcher of University of Toronto, Canada who had reviewed 15 randomized control trials on 7,697 women had said that it is possible to...

Gene-Nanoparticle Gene Transfer Is Better Than Viral Vector Transfer System

Nanoparticles can be used in gene therapy to transfer therapeutic genes in to brain cells //and helps in studying genetic mechanism of brain diseases. Gene-nanoparticle complexes developed by scientists at the University of Buffalo, has proved to deliver therapeutic genes directly into the brains of living mice, the transfer rate is comparatively higher to transfer rates of viral vecto...

MRI with nanoparticles highly sensitive in detecting prostate cancer metastases

High-resolution MRI with magnetic nanoparticles is highly sensitive in detecting clinically occult lymph-node metastases in prostate cancer, according to a new report. In fact, routine use of this modality preoperatively could obviate many unneeded surgeries.// The nanoparticles, which are given intravenously 24 hours before scanning, work by binding to lymphatic cells. The particles only...

Apollo Hospital to collaborate with US cancer center to open new radiation therapy department

The Apollo hospital in Ahmedabad is to collaborate with The Bakersfield based Comprehensive Blood and Cancer center (CBCC), to start a new radiation therapy department. // In an other six months the CBCC of US is to supply new radiation therapy machines to Ahmedabad Apollo Hospital. Alexander Kuruvilla the CEO of Apollo Hospital said that, "It will be for the first time for us that we wi...

Ruling: HIV victim exempted from disclosing condition to partner

The Wellington District Court, New Zealand, has ruled that HIV-positive people don't have to disclose their condition to their sexual partners if condoms are used. Justin Dalley was charged with criminal // nuisance after not disclosing to his female partner his HIV positive status before they engaged in protected vaginal sex and unprotected oral sex. However, Judge Susan Thomas today...

Unwed mothers find it difficult to attract potential life partner

Women who have children out of an extramarital relationship are less likely to marry when compared to other single women of their age. But even if they do marry, their husbands tend to be less well-matched, in terms of age // and educational background. The data for the study was collected from a population of 102, 722 women aged 18 to 34. The study showed that single mothers were less...

Gold Nanoparticles: Agents For Noninvasive Cancer Therapy

Gold nanoparticles are potential and very practical agents in therapeutic applications. Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco and Georgia Institute of Technology, writing Cancer Letters // (Available online 28 September) demonstrate the efficiency of gold nanospheres as photothermal agent by selectively delivering gold nanoparticles to oral carcinoma cells that over...

British Healthcare Mission Explores Partnership Possibilities With Indian Healthcare Sector

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) and British High Commission organized a seminar to explore the possibility of pushing medical tourism in India along with joint ventures in services and manufacturing. They invited the // United Kingdom Trade and Investment's (UKTI) healthcare mission to lead the discussion with Indian partners in Chennai on Wednesday. The British delegation w...

Microscopic Nanobombs Blow Apart Breast Cancer Cells

Researchers at the University of Delaware have developed a unique nanobomb that can be used to detect and blow apart cancer cells, more specifically breast cancer cells//. This latest attack on cancer has been detailed in the journals NanoBiotechnology and Oncology Issues by Balaji Panchapakesan, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at UD. The report says that the n...

Doctors take part in walk: a step towards creating diabetes awareness

The World Diabetes Day is observed on November 14 in order to create awareness related to Diabetes, which is a group of diseases with one thing in common - a problem with insulin, and has reached epidemic proportions. // As a part of the World Diabetes Day, a walk is being organized in Madurai on November 14. The walk will begin at 7.30 am from IMA hall, Panagal road and en...

Bird flu threat ruled out: Karnataka Forest Department

Ruling out the threat of bird flu in the famous Ranganathittu bird sanctuary near Srirangapatna, about 100 km from Bangalore, Karnataka Forest Department today said that it was totally geared up to meet the threat from migratory birds. // The Department has taken precautionary measures against bird flu as it is generally flocked by migratory birds from several countries including Centr...

Clinical Renal Trails Do Not Have Sufficient Women Participants

New findings that are being presented during the American Society of Nephrology’s 38th Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, say that women are not being adequately represented during medical trials // more specifically renal trials. Through analyses of the recently conducted renal trials showed this shortcoming. It is theorized that this may be the r...

Aspartame, Artificial Sweetener, A Safe Bet!

The long raging debate over the safety of artificial sweeteners got an impetus when a new study confirms. The Calorie Control Council today stated that a rat study conducted by Italy’s Ramazzini Institute //is totally contradictory with the extensive scientific research and regulatory reviews conducted on aspartame. The U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) has said they are not recommend...

Sex, Race Influence Lung Cancer Trial Participation

Women and African-Americans are generally reluctant to enroll in treatment trials for lung cancer, according to a new study appearing in the January 15, 2006 issue of CANCER, the journal of the American Cancer Society.// Previous studies have found that the drugs that are a part of the chemotherapy regimen are primarily approved after clinical trials that involve more men than women. La...

MP Calls For Ban On Aspartame

The UK Parliamentarian Roger Williams has called for a ban on an artificial sweetener aspartame, which is used in the production of 6,000 types of medicines, food and drinks.// He said that there was definite evidence that the sweetener, which is used in cereal, chocolate and cola, may cause cancer. The European Ramazzini Foundation has published reports that aspartame caused cancer in ra...

India to be part of global cancer society

India will join the France-based International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) as a member to join global efforts to find answers to one of the major causes of death worldwide.// "The cabinet has approved India taking up membership of IARC for 2005-06 and 2006-07 at a total expenditure of $5.99 million," Information and Broadcasting Minister Priya Ranjan Dasmunsi said. "B...

Illicit body parts from cadavers used for transplant

Three New Jerseyans who got bone transplants from tissue that may have been illegally harvested from New York funeral-home corpses have tested positive for hepatitis // and syphilis, their lawyer said. All of them underwent surgery at Shore Memorial Hospital in Somers Point, N.J., and claim to have been infected through a body-part-snatching scandal being investigated by the Brooklyn DA...

Herbal Medicines with Animal, Human Body Parts! - Swami Ramdev Accused

It is time for spiritual gurus to enjoy the spotlight, following reports of contamination of herbal and other ayurvedic medicines with animal // and human body parts. Miracle cures may now become possible through medical products prepared from human skulls and bones and even animal testicles. // The source of raw materials for such preparations- graveyards of course! Swami Ramdev, muc...

Alzheimer's Can Be Slowed Down By Gold Nanoparticles

A combination of radiation and gold nanoparticles can help in slowing down the progress of Alzheimer's disease, according to a research conducted by scientists from Spain and Chile. The healthy brain // cells will not be affected by this. According to their study, to be published in the American Chemical Society's Nano Letters, the technique, a type of molecular surgery, has the potent...

NRIs Called Upon To Participate In AIDS Awareness Programs

People of Indian origin (PIO) and Non-Resident Indians (NRI) have been called upon by Oscar Fernandes, the Minister of State for Overseas Indian Affairs // to take an active part in the AIDS awareness campaigns being conducted in India. The Government is seeking the involvement of related agencies and organizations to contribute towards this effort. Fernandes, made this announcement...

Fire department stem cell donors felicitated with 'Honor Roll of Life'

Two Fire Department City of New York fire fighters will be honored with “Honor Roll of Life” for donating their bone marrow cells for saving Leukemia patients. The two Fire fighters John Jensen and Joe Kazlauskas donated their stem cells from bone marrow for treatment // of two leukemia patients which helped to save their life. The fire department is very proud in helping human lives as...

Like a particular taste and hate the other: Well, Blame it on the Brain!

Scientists have now linked the liking of a taste to the brain and its neurons. So it is not you who will be blamed if you dislike the bitter gourd but just love the chocolate.// The study that demonstrated this relation was done on fruit fly Drosophila by Kristin Scott and colleagues. According to their model the brain has special cells which detect specific tastes. Multipl...

UK Health Department White Paper aimed at improving Health care facilities

The United Kingdom Health Department as introduced new reforms to make the health service more patient friendly and aims at giving better treatment at an affordable // consultation and easily accessible, this minimum effective plan is aimed at concentration more at providing better services to patients. The Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt on the new reforms as said that UK health plans a...

Blue Cross Signs Up 110,000 Minnesotans For Part D Medicare Plans

The Blue Cross health plan announced today that more than 110,000 Minnesotans have availed Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage through Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota and the Blue // Cross Blue Shield Northern Plains Alliance. The company said that it was processing 10,000 Part D applications each day and that as far as they were concerned there was no problem with the plan...

Different Parts Of The Brain Are Involved In Memory Retention

Separate parts of the brain are activated for processing a single brief memory, according to researchers belonging to the UCI. // This will have a significant impact with regard to treating memory disorders which are a result of injury or disease. The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences has published the research results. Rats were experimented upon during the course of t...

Persistent Fatigue Could Be An Early Indicator Of Postpartum Depression

A new study says that constant fatigue immediately after birth may be the best indicator of subsequent postpartum depression. The study also says that women who felt fatigues two weeks after the birth of their child were more// likely to be depressed. "All mothers are tired right after having a baby - it helps them get the rest that they needs to recover and heal from the physical and...

Artificial sweetener, Aspartame, may be the potential cause of lymphoma, leukaemia

It has been found through an animal study that Aspartame can cause lymphoma, leukaemia. The study points out that drinking four to five 20-ounce bottles of diet soda sweetened with aspartame each day would be the //cause of cancers. The study would be published in March issue of Environmental Health Perspectives, an US government-run environmental science journal. The method...

Betterment Of Health In Case Of Gay And Lesbian Civil Partnerships

Gay and lesbian civil partnerships (gay marriage) is thought to bring an increased number of health benefits. Researchers said that such marriage lead to betterment in the health of both sexes in a variety of ways. // Civil partnerships for gay couples also offer numerous advantages. Professor Michael King, of London's Royal Free and University College Medical School, in a study publish...

'New York Condom' To Be Promoted Soon: Health Department

New York recidents who have been reciving free condoms for nearly 9 months will soon be provided with specialised condom packs, incorporating // the New York city logo as a promotional offer. More than 9 millions free condoms have been distributed since June, according to health officials. The proposal was announced by the Health Department, New York city, just in time during Valentin...