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Experimental Blood Test May Spot Heart Attack Risk, Study Says

Oxidized phospholipids can be tested in blood to indicate the possibility of heart// attack in people under 60 years. A report in the 7th July issue of New England Journal of Medicine indicates that blood levels of Oxidized phospholipids may indicate the amount of fatty build- up patients have in their arteries of heart. This may in future be able to avoid the use of invasive tests...

Spread Of Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever Is A Probability, Say Experts

Researcher from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine had said in a research finding to be published in The New England Journal of Medicine that the disease called Rocky Mountain spotted fever may spread faster// than people thought possible, to cause an outbreak. The research highlights the importance of the recent outbreak in Arizona, US, as the first confirmed cases that could...

New Method To Identify Protein Hot spots

Though Proteins are stable there are certain conditions under which they loose their stability and aggregates with the unbounded proteins leading to protein aggregation called as Amyloid Fibers// which is though to be responsible for causing neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer and Parkinson Diseases. The Research team from Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, led by the researcher...

Upgrade Health Benefits: Wal-Mart in a Tight Spot

Olympia: With an imminent deadline, labor unions are pushing Wal-Mart against a Wall, to cough up more on Healthcare for its staff. // Although it appears that the unions are doing this for the cause of the workers, and improve their lot, there appears more to it than what meets the eye. The scene is on the brink of a major tussle between the vehemently anti-union companies and the unio...

Misconceptions Put AIDS Patients In Tight-Spot

Despite the widespread awareness being propagated by the Indian government many AIDS patients are put to hardships, as still most of the people don’t even possess the basic knowledge about AIDS.// Newly married Celina was busy knitting dreams of life and love when destiny dealt a cruel blow - she was infected with AIDS through her husband at the age of 21. Now, 13 years l...

Fresh Bird Flu Cases Spotted In Southern Russia

Moscow: The southern state of Volgograd, in Russia, has reported the deadly H5N1 strain of the bird flu virus, according to reports from the state veterinary authorities.// This is the second case in two weeks. Nearly 11 regions in Southern Russia have reported Bird-Flu infections from the beginning of 2006 and birds in large numbers have been culled. Blood samples from the 25 hens t...

Childhood Obesity Vs Malnutrition- A Spotlight On WHO Obesity Measurement For Kids

In an attempt to assess and ensure health of children worldwide, a battery of standardized measurement tests to monitor children's growth//, motor development and nutritional status has been recommended by the World Health Organization. It is hoped that this WHO initiative would enable health care workers to take appropriate measures to equalize both ends of the child health spectrum....

Eyeing Trouble! Doctor in a blind spot.

While it is the legal norm to take the consent of patients prior to medical trials, a famous eye surgeon has confessed to initiating// medical trials without obtaining approval from the patients. Dr Deepak Chitkara, 46, from Liverpool, found himself in a blind spot after he inserted "untested" lenses into patients' eyes as part of a study. Following this, Mr. Chitkara, lost his job at...

Spotlight on Aids-prevention

New Zealand is witness to an International Aids Candlelight Memorial which is an effort to bring home the message that Aids is very much a domestic problem and disassociating from it is not going to remedy the situation. // It is estimated that nearly 2700 New Zealanders are suffering HIV. The annual candle light memorials were always in remembrance of the people who had died of AIDS...

Antioxidants Could Halt Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever

Summertime is for hiking and camping, but it brings with it the risk of tick bites and Rocky Mountain spotted fever. In order to prevent such illnesses, researchers //are looking at the role played by antioxidants like alpha-lipoic acid and green tea and vitamins C and E in preventing infection by rickettsia bacteria. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease, part of t...

Health commission in a tight spot over delays in NHS complaints investigation

The BBC Radio 4 Today programme turned the spotlight on the healthcare commission, in charge of examining the complaints from patients about their experience with NHS//, which the commission has heavily fallen back on meeting the deadline. The Healthcare Commission has a huge pile of 3000 cases yet to investigated, which makes up almost 55% of the total number of complaints given to...

Physician Communication Spotty When Prescribing Medications

Physicians could do a much better job of communicating critical elements of medication use when they prescribe new drugs to their patients, a new UCLA study has found//. The study, slated for publication in the Sept. 25 issue of the Archives of Internal Medicine, found that in too many instances, physicians did not address such things as the purpose of a medication, potential adverse s...

Protein ‘Fingerprint’ in Spinal Fluid Could Spot Alzheimer’s Disese

Scientists collaborating at Cornell University in Ithaca and Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City have identified a panel of 23 protein biomarkers// in cerebrospinal fluid that acts as a neurochemical “fingerprint,” which doctors might use someday to identify patients living with Alzheimer’s disease. The research will be published in the December online-edition of the journa...

Mercury Contamination (Hotspots) Identified

Researchers surveying mercury contamination in fish and birds in the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada has identified five "hotspots" where concentrations// of the element exceed those established for human or wildlife health. The US and Canadian research team focused on levels of the potent neurotoxin in yellow perch and common loons, but it also took into account cont...

New Scan to Spot Early Effects of Alcohol on Liver

Scientists have developed a scan that could spot the early effect of liquor on liver and signs of liver-related illness.// The new machine, which uses technology similar to ultrasound, can assess the degree of liver damage drinkers may be doing themselves, reported the online edition of Daily Mail. Until now damage could be accurately tested only by sticking a biopsy needle...

The Pill Comes Under the Spotlight

FDA advisors are planning to review existing birth control pills this week. This decision follows results from clinical studies that show the incidence of pregnancies to// have increased by twice over the last 10 years, while the subjects were on the pill. Improper use, inferior products and other reasons are considered, as causes for this observation and the panel will discuss whether...

Gene Test to Spot Adults Who Might Get Diabetes

A set of genes that appear to raise the risk of adult-onset diabetes has been identified, promising a test that can predict// who is likely to develop the disease. An international team of scientists has identified five different genetic variants that are linked to the condition, which is caused both by family inheritance and lifestyle factors such as poor diet, obesity and smoking. T...

Women’s Health Takes the Spotlight in Ma

The 7th Annual National Women’s Health Week will be celebrated May 13-19 this year. It is an opportunity to raise awareness// about steps women can take to improve their health. Women often put their health behind the health of their children, spouses and other family members. This week encourages women to be mindful of their health as well. “Sex Differences in Health Awareness Day” w...

‘For-profit Dialysis Centers’ in the Spotlight Over Anti-anemia Drug Overdoe

A novel US study has exposed the key drivers behind the functioning of kidney dialysis profit centers across the United States. //Bottom line figures rule the roost, and these centers prescribe overdoses of anti-anemia drugs to realize higher hemoglobin levels in the patients. The study which is published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, demonstrates how over dosing...

Chandigarh to Impose Spot Fine for Smokers from July

The Chandigarh administration, planning to make the city 'smoke-free' from July, Wednesday proposed an on-the-spot penalty on the offenders. At a meeting of the committee set up to work out details of implementing the proposal for a 'smoke-free' city, it was decided to empower police officials of the rank of sub-inspector to compound the offence of smoking in public places by recove...

Scientists Spotted Out Tumor Vessel by Molecular Markers

Results from a new study have made it easier for scientists to distinguish between growing blood vessels in healthy tissues and those that are associated with tumors . This is a significant finding because this distinction, particularly at a molecular level, has remained elusive for quite some time. A major strategy for destroying cancer cells has been to disrupt the growing blood vess...

Antarctic Icebergs Serve as 'hotspots' for Ocean Life

Antarctica's icebergs have a major impact on the ecology of the ocean around them, serving as 'hotspots' for ocean life, according to a new study by American researchers. The icebergs hold trapped terrestrial material, which they release far out at sea as they melt. This process produces a "halo effect" with significantly increased nutrients, chlorophyll and krill out to a radius of...

Scientists Have Discovered Blood Protein That Could Spot Colon Cancer

Researchers have discovered proteins CCSA-3 and CCSA-4, present in blood that accurately identify colon cancer and precancerous polyps, which might be used to develop a blood test to identify at-risk individuals. The study was conducted by a team of researchers led by Robert Getzenberg at the Johns Hopkins' Brady Urological Institute. These proteins were first discove...

Gene Linked With Restless Leg Syndrome Spotted Out

Scientists have identified the first gene that is linked to Restless Leg Syndrome (RLS), which is a common sleep disorder that affects millions of people worldwide . RLS is characterised by powerful, most often overpowering need to move the legs and is also a major cause of insomnia and sleep disturbance. We now have concrete evidence that RLS is an authentic disorde...

Paris Spotted Smoking Pot!

It looks like socialite Paris Hilton hasn't given up her old ways completely as she was spotted smoking pot outside Teddy's, a nightspot in Hollywood , though she recently claimed that she has never done drugs. A witness said that the Simple Life star, who served time in the slammer for violating terms of probation, emerged from a SUV exhaling a cloud of marijuana smoke....