Posts Tagged ‘disease’

People who consume three alcoholic drinks every day double their risk of getting the "shakes" in later life, researchers have found. Skip related content Related photos / videos Drinkers Warned About Risk Of 'Shakes' Related content * Drinkers Warned About 'Shakes' Risk * Doctors Call For Action On Cut-Price Booze * Cheap drink 'fuels alcohol abuse' ... Full story

People who consume three alcoholic drinks every day double their risk of getting the 'shakes' in later life, researchers have found. Skip related content Related photos / videos Drinkers Warned About 'Shakes' Risk Related content * Drinkers Warned About Risk Of 'Shakes' * Doctors Call For Action On Cut-Price Booze * Cheap drink 'fuels alcohol abuse' ... Full story

According to a new study related to belly fat and heart failure, the body mass index (BMI) and the waist size of people influence their risk of being hospitalized with the heart failure condition or even death from the same. The findings of the study indicated that each additional BMI point increased the risk of heart failure hospitalization or death by 3 percent in women and ... Full story

London, Apr 7 (ANI): Ronan Keating has said that he was in a "mess" when he was confronted with a testicular cancer scare on a holiday recently. The Boyzone singer said that he "panicked" when he discovered a lump on his testicles during a holiday to South Africa. The 32-year-old crooner said that he was a bundle of nerves for two weeks, before he visited his doctor ... Full story

Dharamsala, Apr 7 (ANI): As a part of the Mind and Life Institute founded by the Tibetan spiritual leader Dalai Lama, Buddhists and scientists of metaphysics from across the globe converged here to deliberate on issues of science and Buddhism. The five-day conference that commenced on Monday happens to be the eighteenth in series of conclaves mooted by the Dalai Lama in 1987 when he ... Full story

Washington, April 7 (ANI): Researchers at University of Western Ontario have succeeded in growing new blood vessels using stem cells from bone marrow, a medical advance that could be used to treat patients with diseases such as peripheral artery disease. It's one of the severe complications often faced by people who've had diabetes for a long time. Reduced blood flow (ischemia) in their limbs can ... Full story

Gwalior, Apr 6 (ANI): A girl in Madhya Pradesh is spearheading an awareness drive to discourage use of polythene bags by distributing cloth and jute bags to the people. What started as a small effort on part of Kamakshi, a resident of Gwalior, has now evolved into a large-scale movement. She has been spearheading the drive against ... Full story

Washington, April 6 (ANI): Changes in five lifestyle factors can help significantly reduce the incidences of colorectal cancer, especially among men. One of the recommendations made by Professor. Donald Maxwell Parkin of Cancer Research UK Centre for Epidemiology, Mathematics, and Statistics, London, is that people's ... Full story

Washington, April 6 (ANI): Michael J. Fox was once mistaken for a drug addict because of the symptoms of his Parkinson's disease. The actor, who has battled Parkinson's since 1991, suffers some side-effects caused by the medication he takes to control his condition and a drug dealer thought the signs meant he was having withdrawal symptoms and even tried ... Full story

Washington, Apr 6 (ANI): Scientists have successfully used the African frog Xenopus as a tool to identify important clues about the effects of maternal consumption of alcohol in early pregnancy. As the Xenopus embryos are large, easy to work with and very responsive to environmental cues, they make for ideal instruments to understand early vertebrate development. Foetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) and Foetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) ... Full story

London, April 2 (ANI): Health experts are worried that middle-aged people are continuing to ignore sex disease risks. The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain has revealed that about one-fifth of the 2,258 adults polled, aged 45 to 54, confessed to having had unprotected sex with someone other than a long-term partner in the past five years. The society's said that people were found to have ... Full story

London, Apr 2 (ANI): Scientists have discovered a method that can manage the amount of fat that cells store for use as a back-up energy source, and can eventually lead to therapies for liver disease and diabetes. Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University have also found that the process, if disrupted, can enable cellular fat to accumulate, a key factor in age-related ... Full story

Washington, Apr 2 (ANI): Portuguese researchers have identified a vital component of olive oil that gives greatest protection from heart attack and stroke. Lead researcher Fatima Paiva-Martins from University of Porto has discovered an antioxidant called DHPEA-EDA that protects red blood cells from damage more than any other part of olive oil. "These findings provide the scientific basis for the clear health benefits that have been seen ... Full story

Johannesburg (South Africa), Apr.1 (ANI): A horrifying investigative film has exposed how prisoners in President Robert Mugabe's Zimbabwe are dying from either disease or hunger. The documentary, shown last night on South Africa's state broadcaster SABC, documented the "living hell" for prisoners across 55 state institutions. "Hell Hole", as the film is titled, is a grim account of a crisis in which dozens of inmates die ... Full story

London, April 1 (ANI): Jade Goody tried to recreate her life with family in a photo album and wrote a touching farewell to her sons before she died. The late Brit reality TV star, who lost her battle to cervical cancer on Mother's Day, had started putting together the album, Remember Me This Way, after she learnt about her fatal disease. The 27-year-old, who will be buried ... Full story

Washington, Apr 1 (ANI): Parkinson's disease sufferer Michael J. Fox has revealed that his medical condition has helped him become a better father. During an interview with Oprah Winfrey, which aired on her daily talk show in America, the 'Back To The Future' star said that his disease has made him put his kids first - and his work second. "If I'm sitting, watching ... Full story

Washington, Apr 1 (ANI): Michael J. Fox, who is suffering from Parkinson's disease, has revealed that his symptoms eased while he was in Bhutan to shoot a new documentary. Bhutan has been dubbed the happiest place on earth by many visitors - because locals live in a state of permanent joy. The 'Back To The Future' ... Full story

Washington, Apr 1 (ANI): A potential new HIV drug may one day treat patients who are not responding to Anti-Retroviral Therapy, suggests a new study. Researchers, from Imperial College London, the National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, and Innsbruck Medical University, said when they used a molecule called D-1mT alongside Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) to treat monkeys they were able to reduce the levels of the simian form of ... Full story

Washington, Apr 1 (ANI): Men who wish to stay healthy in every respect, and aspire for a disease free atmosphere, Chicago is the ideal city to live in, according to a new list. Barack Obama's home city headed the list of Top 29 cities for men around the world, reports Fox News. Spanish city Barcelona came at the second spot, while San Francisco took the third position ... Full story

Washington, Mar 31 (ANI): 'Back to the Future' star Michael J. Fox has revealed that he refuses to let his battle with Parkinson's disease stop him from living his life or from defining him. Fox, 47, was diagnosed with the degenerative brain disease back in 1991. He told talk show host Oprah Winfrey that struggling with the illness made him feel like he was dealing with an ... Full story