health-and-fitness

HIV started to spread more than 100 years ago

By Assam on October 2, 2008

A new study shows that HIV first began to spread among humans in sub-Saharan Africa, sometime between 1884 and 1924. Scientists previously estimated its origin at around 1930. It means that HIV virus is more than 100 years old and it was present in this World, must earlier than we thought.

Michael Worobey, an evolutionary [...]

Secondhand Smoke can make Kids Nicotine Addict

By Assam on September 30, 2008

Smoking is injurious to health. And even secondhand smoke can harm a lot. We all know about this fact. But the findings of a new study by Canadian researchers points towards another harmful affect of smoking. The researchers found that secondhand smoke can turn kids into nicotine addicts.

During the study the researchers looked at [...]

Inhalers Increases the Chances of Heart Attack

By Assam on September 24, 2008

According to a new work published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, drugs that are widely used to treat lung problems such as emphysema and bronchitis can significantly increase the chance of a heart attack, stroke or even death.
The research by Wake Forest University School of Medicine shows that use of the [...]

New clue found for Leukemia Treatment

By Assam on September 19, 2008

Researchers at the Stanford University School of Medicine have discovered that Glycogen synthase kinase 3 (GSK), a sugar-regulating enzyme that was thought to protect against cancer actually promotes a deadly form of leukemia. It was an unexpected news for the researchers as GSK3 has never been implicated in promoting cancer.
But, the findings also indicate that [...]

2.4 million Cancer cases Linked to Tobacco

By Assam on September 7, 2008

A new report released by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) once again proves that tobacco is the main culprit of cancer cases. The report has linked 2.4 million cancer cases reported during 1999-2004, in the U.S. to tobacco.
According to the report, the two cancers most commonly attributed to tobacco use include [...]

Bipolar Disorder linked with Age of the Father

By Assam on September 3, 2008

A Swedish study have found that there is a relation between bipolar disorder in children and the age of their fathers. The findings of the study was published in the journal the Archives of Psychiatry and it suggested that older fathers are more likely to have children with bipolar disorder.
The Swedish covered 13,428 people with [...]

Odor of Skin Cancer Discovered!

By Assam on August 25, 2008

Soon doctors will be able to detect skin cancer through smell emitted by the patient’s body! A team of American scientists have identified an odor that is found in skin cancer tissue samples. This new finding may help scientists in further research, diagnosis and treatment of the disease.
The research team was led by Michelle Gallagher [...]

FDA approves Amgen’s Nplate

By Assam on August 23, 2008

U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) haved approved Amgen’s blood platelet booster drug - ‘Nplate’. FDA said that Nplate is safe and effective for treating a rare clotting disorder that can cause dangerous bleeding
Nplate is an injectable drug and it helps stimulate bone marrow into producing blood platelets in patients with chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura [...]

Sleep Apnea increases Death Risk

By Assam on August 4, 2008

The findings of a new study published in the edition of the journal Sleep, suggests that people with Sleep Apnea are more likely to die from any cause than are people without the disorder. Sleep Apnea, also known as sleep-disordered breathing is not a disease condition that kills you acutely. But, it is a condition [...]

Remedies for Bad Breath

By Assam on June 14, 2008

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