Archive for December, 2006

Exercise to Prevent Breast Cancer and as a safer method for Weight Loss

Thursday, December 21st, 2006

We all know the benefits of exercising. But here are two more reasons to get off that couch and work up a sweat. Doctors have said that exercising may help to prevent breast cancer and can also be a much safer way to lose weight than dieting.
One report from the Mayo Clinic College of […]

Brain’s Capacity to regenerate improves as soon as one stops Drinking Alcohol

Monday, December 18th, 2006

Alcoholics should stop drinking as soon as possible, because according to a new research, brains can recover from alcoholic damage, and this research has also revealed the brain’s capacity to regenerate. But there is one condition; the sooner one kicks the habit, the more they may actually recover.
The findings of this research used sophisticated […]

New Impotence Treatment being tested by Scientists

Monday, December 18th, 2006

Scientists in America have developed a new treatment to cure impotence. They hope that this initiative will help give men total control over any insecurities that are caused due to impotence. A professor at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, Arnold Melman and a few other researchers have developed the new […]

Man undergoes successful implantation of a Mechanical Heart in Canada

Saturday, December 16th, 2006

A heart patient in Montreal has become the first living Canadian without a heartbeat. In November, Gerard Langevin, a 65 year old man from Quebec man became the first patient to undergo successful implantation of a mechanical heart that pumps blood continuously using a turbine suspended in a magnetic field.
The medical breakthrough was announced […]

Drug Tests on Animals may prove to be unreliable, study shows

Saturday, December 16th, 2006

Tests of drugs on animals may be unreliable and may not be accurate about their effect on humans, says a new study. A team from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine looked at studies in six areas of treatment and found tests on animals agreed with human trials in just three.
The team […]

Possible Alzheimer’s Disease Fingerprint found in Spinal Fluid during Preliminary Tests

Friday, December 15th, 2006

Scientists say that they may have found a fingerprint of Alzheimer’s disease in the spinal fluid of Alzheimer’s affected patients. Researchers at the New York Weill Cornell Medical College have discovered a pattern of 23 proteins floating in a spinal fluid that seemed to identify Alzheimer’s in a preliminary test.
A lot of research is […]

New Ayurvedic Mouthwash hopes to provide relief to Oral Cancer Patients

Friday, December 15th, 2006

Now oral cancer patients will no longer have to suffer in pain from radiation associated mucositus, for a cheap and very effective relief solution will soon be available in chemists. Scientists at the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology and Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, India have developed an ayurvedic mouthwash.
This ayurvedic mouthwash consists of three commonly […]

Brain Tumors carry Infectious Agents, especially in people with Younger Siblings, study proves

Thursday, December 14th, 2006

If you have four or even more siblings, then you should get your brain scanned. A study has found that the number of your brothers or sisters, especially younger ones, can trigger the chances of developing a brain tumor.
The study, which was conducted by a team of boffins led by Andrea Altieri with the German […]

Amylase, an enzyme in Saliva can indicate if one needs more Sleep

Thursday, December 14th, 2006

When somebody has drooping eye-lids, a wide yawn as well as a nodding head, these signs tend to give away the fact that the person is really sleepy. But now, researchers have added a whole new dimension of precision to this picture. They have found a saliva enzyme that in creases with sleepiness.
This discovery […]

Exercise helps to prevent Breast Cancer and is a safer method for Weight Loss

Wednesday, December 13th, 2006

We all know the benefits of exercising. But here are two more reasons to get off that couch and work up a sweat. Doctors have said that exercising may help to prevent breast cancer and can also be a much safer way to lose weight than dieting.
One report from the Mayo Clinic College of […]