Asthma medication linked to infertility
Feb 16, 2018, at 09:12 pm
Adelaide, Feb 16 (IBNS): Women with asthma who only use short-acting asthma relievers take longer to become pregnant than other women, according to international research led by the University of Adelaide.
Self-defeating humour promotes psychological well-being, study reveals
Feb 15, 2018, at 01:22 am
New York, Feb 14 (IBNS): UGR researchers from the Mind, Brain and Behaviour Research Centre (CIMCYC) have established that individuals who frequently use self-defeating humour—aimed at gaining the approval of others through self-mockery—exhibit greater levels of psychological well-being.
Digital liver scanning technology could halve number of liver biopsies
Feb 14, 2018, at 10:08 pm
London, Feb 14 (IBNS): A study jointly led by the University of Birmingham and University of Edinburgh has revealed that a new scanning technology could almost halve the number of liver biopsies carried out on people with fatty liver disease.
Newly discovered gene may protect against heart disease,finds study
Feb 14, 2018, at 09:43 pm
New York, Feb 14 (IBNS): Scientists have identified a gene that may play a protective role in preventing heart disease.
One or more soda a day could decrease chances of getting pregnant: Study
Feb 14, 2018, at 09:33 pm
New York, Feb 14 (IBNS): The amount of added sugar in the American diet has increased dramatically over the last 50 years.
Feb 14, 2018, at 12:26 am
Kolkata, Feb 13 (IBNS): Affordability of health insurance is the need of the hour; this was stated by K. Sanath Kumar, Chairman and Managing Director, National Insurance Company Ltd at an ASSOCHAM organized day-long conference on “National Insurance ASSOCAHM Summit-Connecting Wellness to Insurance” here on Tuesday.
Sibling bullying makes psychotic disorders three times more likely: Study
Feb 14, 2018, at 12:13 am
London, Feb 13 (IBNS): People who were bullied by siblings during childhood are up to three times more likely to develop psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia in early adulthood, according to new research by the University of Warwick.
Can Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Be Treated?
Feb 13, 2018, at 04:16 am
At some point in life, we have all checked the gas knob twice, double-checked the iron plug and the lock of the front gate. While most of us do not give these instances a second thought, for those with OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder), these experiences may become both debilitating and distressing. People with OCD experience severe anxiety because of obsessive thoughts. These obsessions can be ideas, images or maybe thoughts that are unwanted and do not go away. Compulsions, on the other hand, are behaviors that are done repeatedly with an aim to relieve anxiety. Obsessions and compulsions often go hand in hand. For example, if one believes to be contaminated all the time and is obsessed with that feeling, they might feel compelled to repeatedly wash their hands.
J P Nadda launches National Deworming initiative
Feb 10, 2018, at 11:19 pm
New Delhi, Feb 10 (IBNS): J P Nadda, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare launched the National Deworming Day at a function at Gurugram, on Saturday.
Hearing loss linked to poor nutrition in early childhood, study finds
Feb 09, 2018, at 11:46 pm
Washington, Feb 9 (IBNS): Young adults who were undernourished as preschool children were approximately twice as likely to suffer from hearing loss as their better- nourished peers, a new study suggests.
Delhi-NCR generates 5900 tonnes of medical waste per annum: ASSOCHAM
Feb 09, 2018, at 09:14 pm
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IBNS): With a increase in the number of healthcare facilities, Delhi, Gurgaon, Faridabad, Noida and Ghaziabad collectively generate over 5900 tonnes medical waste annually, most of which remain untreated and dumped with municipal waste and thus cause serious health and environment hazard, reveals the ASSOCHAM.
Feb 07, 2018, at 10:41 pm
New York, Feb 7 (IBNS): The supplement nicotinamide riboside (NR) – a form of vitamin B3 – prevented neurological damage and improved cognitive and physical function in a new mouse model of Alzheimer’s disease.
Premature babies make fewer friends, but not for long, finds study
Feb 06, 2018, at 11:42 pm
London, Feb 6 (IBNS): Premature babies make fewer friends, feel less accepted by peers and spend less time socialising in early childhood – but this improves when they get to school – according to new research by an international research collaboration, including the University of Warwick, UK.
Only 3% workers worry their health care: ASSOCHAM Survey
Feb 06, 2018, at 09:37 pm
New Delhi, Feb 6 (IBNS): Despite increase in life-style diseases, only 3% of workers are worried about their future health since majority of it is hardly able to spare resources beyond meeting their daily needs and the absence of any affordable health services provided by corporates to majority of its employees, reveals ASSOCHAM survey.
Roving Robot visiting Kolkata Hospitals
Feb 05, 2018, at 07:06 pm
Kolkata Feb 3 (IBNS): Cancer is a relentless disease. Damaging organs and tissue in its wake, cancer can be insidious in its onset, hiding malignant cells and tumours in the most unreachable parts of the body. Early detection is a daunting challenge. Once detected, patients find it hard to accept its presence wasting time in exploring alternatives. Eventually calling for surgery, medication and a combination of Radio and Chemotherapy.
Life expectancy gains are slowing in both rich and poor countries
Feb 03, 2018, at 11:18 pm
New York, Feb 3 (IBNS): Increases in human life expectancy have slowed dramatically across the world since 1950, according to a study from researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
Feb 02, 2018, at 10:33 pm
New Delhi, Feb 2 (IBNS): With nearly 4.8 million children in WHO South-East Asia Region missing measles vaccination every year, the ‘big six’ countries of the Region today shared their immunization challenges and lessons learnt for accelerating efforts to eliminate measles and control rubella by the year 2020.
Breast cancer treatments may increase the risk of heart disease
Feb 02, 2018, at 09:37 pm
Dallas, Feb 2 (IBNS): Breast cancer patients may be at an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases including heart failure and may benefit from a treatment approach that weighs the benefits of specific therapies against potential damage to the heart, according to a new scientific statement from the American Heart Association published in its journal Circulation.
World's largest govt healthcare scheme to cover 10 cr Indian families: Jaitley
Feb 01, 2018, at 05:44 pm
New Delhi, Feb 1 (IBNS) Presenting the Union Budget 2018, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on Thursday said a National Health Protection scheme is being launched to cover 10 crore poor Indian families offering up to Rs 5 lakh in hospitalisation a year.
South-East Asia region aims to close immunity gap, wipe out measles by 2020 – UN health agency
Feb 01, 2018, at 02:50 pm
New York, Feb 1 (IBNS): The so-called ‘big six’ countries in the World Health Organization’s (WHO) South-East Asia region are meeting today in New Delhi on an accelerated strategy to wipe out measles and rubella in the next three years by targeting as many as 500 million children with vaccines.
Over $46 billion lost to premature cancer deaths in BRICS economies, UN research finds
Feb 01, 2018, at 02:42 pm
New York, Feb 1 (IBNS): Premature deaths as a result of cancer is costing major emerging economies tens of billions of dollars a year, a new United Nations health study has found, underlining the need for context-specific strategies for both prevention as well as treatment for those suffering from the disease.
Liverpool to lead international diabetic eye disease research project: Study
Jan 31, 2018, at 09:47 pm
London, Jan 31 (IBNS): Liverpool is to lead on a £1.15 million international research project to help transform early detection of diabetic eye disease in developing countries.
High rates of diabetes, hypertension found in India, finds study
Jan 31, 2018, at 01:52 am
New York, Jan 30 (IBNS): Rates of diabetes and hypertension are high among middle-aged and elderly people across all geographic measures and sociodemographic groups in India, according to the first nationally representative study of those conditions in the country.
Medicaid expansion linked with better, more timely surgical care
Jan 31, 2018, at 01:46 am
New York, Jan 30 (IBNS): The Affordable Care Act’s Medicaid expansion was linked to better access to surgery and higher quality surgical care, according to a new study from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health.
War in Ukraine has escalated HIV spread in the country: Study
Jan 31, 2018, at 01:37 am
London, Jan 30 (IBNS): Conflict in Ukraine has increased the risk of HIV outbreaks throughout the country as displaced HIV-infected people move from war-affected regions to areas with higher risk of transmission, according to analysis by scientists.
Ireland to hold abortion referendum vote in May
Jan 30, 2018, at 06:40 pm
Dublin, Jan 30 (IBNS): Ireland is going to host a referendum vote on the much debated abortion ban in May.
Breakthrough leads to sequencing of a human genome using a pocket-sized device
Jan 30, 2018, at 03:22 pm
London, Jan 30 (IBNS): A new nanopore technology for direct sequencing of long strands of DNA has resulted in the most complete human genome ever assembled with a single technology, scientists have revealed.
Body clock disruptions occur years before memory loss in Alzheimer’s
Jan 30, 2018, at 02:54 pm
New York, Jan 30 (IBNS): People with Alzheimer’s disease are known to have disturbances in their internal body clocks that affect the sleep/wake cycle and may increase risk of developing the disorder. Now, new research at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis indicates that such circadian rhythm disruptions also occur much earlier in people whose memories are intact but whose brain scans show early, preclinical evidence of Alzheimer’s.
UN health agency finds high levels of antibiotic resistance to world’s most common infections
Jan 30, 2018, at 02:03 pm
New York, Jan 30 (JEN): Antimicrobials have been a driver of unprecedented medical and societal advances, but their overuse has resulted in antibiotic resistant bacteria, with the World Health Organization (WHO) reporting new surveillance data on Monday which reveals widespread resistance to some of the world’s most common infections, including E. coli and pneumonia.
Feelings determine from which side we embrace each other, finds study
Jan 29, 2018, at 10:25 pm
Zurich, Jan 29 (IBNS): In emotionally charged situations, we tend to hug each other from the left side more often than in neutral contexts.