Health News

Are Hospitals And Doctors Prepared For The Upcoming Olympics?

Date: Jul-06-2012
The Olympics, the world's largest sporting event, which starts on July 27, is a reminder for medical and dental practices to ensure they are adequately prepared in terms of staffing and transport issues. It is crucial that preparations are already underway in light of the additional influx of visitors in London, with over 14,000 competing athletes from around the world and 10.8 million available tickets to see the Olympic and Paralympic Games...

Depression And Chronic Inflammation Result From Childhood Adversity

Date: Jul-06-2012
Inflammation is the body's natural response to injury caused by invading pathogens, whether this be a sore throat due to bacteria from a cold, a wound that has become infected, or any other foreign pathogen that the body has to fight in order to get rid of it. Evidence is now growing that psychological traumas cause a similar response, although this type of inflammation can be destructive...

Early Stage Breast Cancer Patients Benefit From Single Dose Radiation At Time Of Surgery

Date: Jul-06-2012
The NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center is the first and only hospital in New York City that offers women with early stage breast cancer innovative INTRABEAM radiotherapy, which is administered in a single dose during surgery. �Women with early stage breast cancer often undergo a lumpectomy to remove a cancerous tumor. After surgery, the patients usually receive a six to seven-week long regimen of daily radiation therapy doses to the entire breast. Dr...

People Who Lack Control Are More Likely To Be Superstitious

Date: Jul-06-2012
During the 2010 soccer World Cup, Paul the Octopus became a worldwide superstar for correctly "predicting" the winner of all games in the competition.�Queensland University researchers have found that people who felt a lack of control in their lives were more likely to believe in the claimed "psychic abilities" of the famous octopus. Dr Katharine Greenaway decided to conduct an experiment with "psychic" Paul and 40 participants, half of which were induced to feel a sense of high control and the other low control...

Meningitis Vaccine Is Being Developed From Common Cold Virus

Date: Jul-06-2012
A leading cause for meningitis and septicemia in the UK is meningococcus B (MenB) bacterium infection. Healthy children can become severely ill within just a few hours if they contract meningitis or septicemia, as both illnesses develop randomly and with alarming speed. It often occurs in babies, very young children or teenagers between the ages of 15 to 19 years.  Each year, over 1,300 cases of MenB diseases are reported in the UK and Ireland...

Teen Drug And Alcohol Abuse Reports By SAMHSA

Date: Jul-06-2012
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has released two new reports regarding substance abuse. The first report suggests that 12 to 17 year-olds are far more likely to begin abusing most substances in the summer compared with any other time of the year. The second report reveals that the average yearly rate of drug-related emergency department (ED) visits decreased from 18.2% between 2005 to 2008 to 6.1% in 2009 and 2010...

Why Do Cancer Rates Increase As We Age?

Date: Jul-06-2012
As we age, our risk of developing cancer increases, now researchers at the University of Colorado Cancer Center say that this is because our tissue landscape changes as we age. The study is published in the journal Oncogene. James DeGregori, Ph.D., researcher at the University of Colorado Cancer Center and professor of molecular biology at the University of Colorado School of Medicine, explained: "If you look at Mick Jagger in 1960 compared to Mick Jagger today, it's obvious that his tissue landscape has changed...

Malaria Battle - Researchers Explain New Insights

Date: Jul-06-2012
Two studies published in The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene provide new insights into the war against malaria. James W. Kzura, M.D., President of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, explained: "Both of these studies demonstrate the incremental successes and long-term challenges faced by our drive to prevent needless deaths due to malaria. Make no mistake, this is a winnable battle. We can and will ultimately eradicate malaria from its strongholds in Africa and Asia...

American Diet Fuelling Heart Disease And Diabetes Rates In Southeast Asia

Date: Jul-06-2012
As Southeast Asians embrace American fast foods, such as pizza, french fries, hot dogs and hamburgers, more are dying prematurely form coronary heart disease and developing diabetes type 2, researchers from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health and the National University of Singapore reported in the journal Circulation. The authors say that attention should be focused on the impact of behavioral and dietary changes that take place when cultures interact...

Progression Of Biomarkers For Alzheimer's Disease - 5th & 6th November London

Date: Jul-06-2012
The central nervous system is a fundamental part of the human body's response system, creating a massive range of reactions, targets, and in turn, diseases. With increasing average life expectancy, this wide range of disorders (from Alzheimer's, to Parkinson's, MS, dementia and depression), is becoming increasingly widespread in the population creating an ever greater need for new treatments and therapies. Clinical trials are still an important area of discussion, with increasing efficiency in R&D and clinical trials as an essential part of the pharma industry...