13 Sep 2012Health

Woman to receive first US double arm transplant

Texas woman who lost all four limbs to a flesh-eating bacteria has been approved for a double arm transplant at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital in what will be the first such procedure performed in the United States.Katy Hayes, 44, of Kingwood, Texas, will receive two new arms above the elbow. The hospital is working with a regional organ donor bank to find a donor. The surgery has not yet been...

Source : Ndtv | 251 Day(s) AgoCategory : Health

Math Anxiety Causes Trouble for Students as Early as First Grade : International Business Times

Texas woman to receive first U S double arm transplant : Reuters India

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COPD patients with low "health literacy" fare worse

the American waistline continues its spread, fitness is shaping up as one of the hottest careers of this tepid economic recovery.(Reuters Health) - People with chronic lung disease who have trouble grasping health information more often end up in the emergency room than their savvier peers, a new study shows.Earlier research has shown low "health literacy," a common problem in the U.S., is tied to...

Source : Reuters India | 250 Day(s) AgoCategory : Health

U-M develops new guidelines for family physicians to evaluate urinary leakage in women : news-medical

Helping kids be more sun safe is a challenge study : Reuters India

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Times Of India

Gut Microbes Enable the Body to Extract More Calories from Food

you think you have your food all to yourself, you are mistaken. You're actually sharing the food with a large community of microbes waiting within your digestive tract. According to a new study from the University of North Carolina School of Medicine some gut microbes increase the absorption of dietary fats, allowing the host organism to extract more calories from the same amount of food. "This...

Source : Medindia | 250 Day(s) AgoCategory : Health

Gut microbes help body absorb more fat from food : News Track India

Gut bugs help in getting more from food : Prokerala

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Times Of India

Study Finds Puberty is Turned On by Brain During Deep Sleep

recent study reveals slow-wave sleep, or 'deep sleep', is intimately involved in the complex control of the onset of puberty. The study is accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's iJournal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism/i (iJCEM/i). The many changes that occur in boys and girls during puberty are triggered by changes in the brain. Previous studies have shown that the parts...

Source : Medindia | 250 Day(s) AgoCategory : Health

How disturbed sleep in children can 'affect the onset of puberty' : dailymail

Deep sleep not brain switches on puberty : Newkerala

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Times Of India

Social cognition reduced in FEP, UHR patients

(FEP) patients show widespread impairments in social cognition, and such impairments are also evident, albeit to a lesser extent, in those at ultra-high risk (UHR) for psychosis, researchers report.Indeed, UHR patients showed an intermediate level of social impairment between FEP patients and mentally healthy individuals (controls), although the difference compared with controls was only significant...

Source : news-medical | 251 Day(s) AgoCategory : Health

Corticosteroids only help minority of alopecia patients : news-medical

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Exercise Can Reduce The Urge To Eat

Most people believe that they can "work up an appetite" with vigorous exercise, however, that theory may not be entirely true - at least immediately after a workout.The study, conducted at BYU (Brigham Youth University) by Professors James LeCheminant and Michael Larson, found that an exerciser's motivation for food is actually decreased after a 45 minute moderate-to-vigorous workout.In the current...

Source : Medicalnewstoday | 250 Day(s) AgoCategory : Health

Exercise may Reduce Food Motivation: Study : Medindia

Exercise may actually reduce motivation for food : News Track India

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Times Of India

Sleeping pills and anxiety drugs may impair ability to drive

Drugs prescribed for treating anxiety, depression and insomnia may increase patients risk of being involved in motor vehicle accidents,...

Source : Webindia123 | 250 Day(s) AgoCategory : Health

Sleeping pills and anxiety drugs ' may impair ability to drive' : News Track India

Drugs Used to Treat Depression Insomnia may Up Driving Risk : Medindia

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Times Of India

Stem Cells Replace Damaged Nerve Cells In Inner Ear

group of researchers from the United Kingdom who worked with deaf gerbils were recently able to give the animals the ability to hear again. The study is the first of its kind to replace damaged nerve cells with stem cells., discovered that hearing can improve when nerves were placed in the ear of the gerbils. Gerbils were the focus of the study as they have a hearing range similar to that of humans....

Source : Red Orbit | 250 Day(s) AgoCategory : Health

In gerbils, stemcells boost hopes of ending deafness : Straits Times

Stem cells hold hope for cure of deafness : Webindia123

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Indian under-fives the most vulnerable in the world

etc.Indian under-fives the most vulnerable in the world (Thinkstock photos/Getty Images)Despite the government's efforts to improve maternal and child health, the latest report released by(WHO) India Representative Nata Menabde, however, says that given the size of the population, absolute numbers will always be high in case of India. This should not overshadow the fact that the country has made s...

Source : Times Of India | 250 Day(s) AgoCategory : Health

Indian under-fives the most vulnerable in the world : Newkerala

Indian under fives the most vulnerable in the world Second Lead : Prokerala

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Insight for Treating Diabetes Via Single Gene Cause of Insulin Sensitivity

team of Oxford University researchers has discovered the first single gene cause of increased sensitivity to the hormone insulin. The opposite condition - insulin resistance - is a common feature of type 2 diabetes, so finding this cause of insulin sensitivity could offer new opportunities for pursuing novel treatments for diabetes. Although mutations in the iPTEN/i gene cause a rare ...

Source : Medindia | 250 Day(s) AgoCategory : Health

Single gene mutation found to cause insulin sensitivity : Fox News

Link Between Serum Ferritin and Diabetes Elaborated Upon in New Research : Medindia

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