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New Program For Helping With Self-Image
Date: May-28-2012A new program designed by researchers at the Department of Developmental and Educational Psychology enables people to learn to love their bodies and faces, improving a person's physical self-concept. Similar initiatives are already routinely applied in educational establishments and high schools. However, this program is different in so far that it does not involve physical exercise, but rather focuses on training people's cognitive side...
What Effects Do High-Fat Foods Have On Metabolic Syndrome And Diabetes?
Date: May-28-2012A study published in the May 31 edition of Cell Reports shows that eating high fat foods has provided new clues about how harmful molecular changes are set in motion. The findings provide a better understanding of the body's response to consuming high fat foods and could lead to new treatment options for diabetes and metabolic syndrome. High fat foods are a contributing factor for obesity and increase the risk for developing type 2 diabetes...
When Should PSA Screening Stop? Doctors Cannot Agree
Date: May-28-2012Prostate cancer is a slow-growing disease, and doctors are forever facing multiple barriers to discontinuing routine PSA screening. So, perhaps it is not surprising that consensus in the medical community on when to discontinue PSA screening is hard to achieve. Put simply, doctors are unable to agree completely when an old man should no longer be screened for prostate cancer. PSA stands for Prostate-specific antigen, it is a protein the prostate gland uses. Most of men's PSA leaves the body in semen. However, a small amount escapes into the blood stream...
Obese Teenager Has To Be Cut From Her Home
Date: May-28-2012Emergency workers in Wales, UK, had to partially demolish a house and build a scaffolding bridge into the house of a 63 stone (400kg) teenager, so that ambulance staff could get her out of the premises and over to a local hospital for treatment. In something reminiscent of the movie Wall-E, the girl Georgina Davis had grown so large it was impossible for her to leave the house by normal means...
New Treatment For Tinnitus Shows Promise
Date: May-28-2012Up to 21% of adults will be affected by tinnitus at some point during their lifetime. Although there are several treatments for tinnitus, described as a sustained ringing in the ears, there is little evidence as to which ones are more effective. Now, Dutch researchers have discovered that cognitive behavior therapy in addition to sound-based tinnitus retraining therapy is considerably more effective at reducing symptoms of the disorder than existing treatments. The study is published in The Lancet...
Intravenous Magnesium Sulphate Found Not Effective In Preventing Poor Outcomes After Stroke
Date: May-28-2012The topic of whether intravenous magnesium sulphate should be used to prevent poor outcomes after hemorrhagic stroke should finally come to an end after researchers have found that the treatment provides no benefits compared with placebo. The study is published Online First in The Lancet. Sanne Dorhout Mees from the University Medical Center Utrecht, Netherlands, who conducted the study, explained: "The findings from MASH 2 have important implications for clinical practice. Administration of magnesium is standard practice in many centers...
Cancer Risk May Be Lowered By Fat Removal Procedures
Date: May-28-2012Surgically removing abdominal fat from obese mice reduces their risk of ultraviolet-light induce skin cancer, say researchers. However, whether this applies to humans is still unknown. UV-induced skin cancer is the most prevalent cancer in the United States and affects over 2 million individuals each year. The study is published online in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences...
Men's Diets Benefit From Good Communication Between Couples
Date: May-28-2012Eating a healthy balanced diet is vital for all-round good health and although women try to keep their husbands on a healthy food track, the majority of married men tend to binge on unhealthy foods when away from home. Derek Griffith, assistant professor at the University of Michigan School of Public Health, explained: "The key to married men adopting a healthier diet is for couples to discuss and negotiate the new, healthier menu changes as a team...
He Thought He Was A Man, But He Was Also A Woman
Date: May-28-2012A prominent Denver photographer who thought he was a man, found out after an ultrasound screen to examine a kidney stone that he was also female. He has lived his whole life as a man, sometimes receiving comments about some female traits, only to find out that he was, in fact, born intersex. Steve Crecelius told Fox News that he remembers secretly putting on his mother's clothes and applying makeup when he was younger. He went on to explain that he had frequently identified with being female, and from a very young age - but he has lived his life as a male until a few years ago...
Stroke Survivors Benefit From Clot Buster
Date: May-28-2012Results of an international trial show that stroke survivors make a better recovery if they are given the clot-busting drug rt-PA in the first six hours following a stroke. Led by the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, the international trial, known as IST-3, found that for every 1,000 patients that received the clot-buster within the first three hours of a stroke, 80 more survive and live without help from others, compared to patients not receiving the drug. The IST-3 collaborative group write about their findings in a paper that was published online in The Lancet on 23 May. Alongside the...
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