Day September 9, 2016

I am sure you have heard this statement before time and time again, “treat others the way you want to be treated”. That statement is true with respect as well, if you respect others then you will be able to…

People who have chronic illnesses frequently end up suffering alone in silence. Today, with the omnipresence of social media, many of us “scream” into the empty void of the world by posting these “invisible illness” or “silent epidemic” memes hoping…

Anterior Cruciate Ligament Tear (ACL): This type of tear involves a valgus stress to the knee (Figure 2). Usually the patient will have swelling and a hematoma. A hemorrhage in the knee will indicate an ACL tear in 80% of…

Later in her list, she reminded moms that the first shower will resemble a scene from the movie “Carrie” and that “everyone you’ve ever met” will want to visit you and your new addition in the hospital. “People get overexcited…

Suddenly, the car came to a screeching stop. Brian, who was driving, had slammed on the brakes to avoid a dog in the road. Everyone in the car exhaled, and, after a beat, we were driving again. The store was…

The head of the U.S. government’s fight against the Zika virus said that “we are now essentially out of money” and warned that the country is “about to see a bunch of kids born with microcephaly” in the coming months. Friday’s…

In 1991, over-65s cutting face were most common hair removal injuries Now, 19-34-year-olds cutting pubic and trunk region are most common And the figures have rocketed up nine-fold, new study reveals  By Mia De Graaf For Dailymail.com Published: 16:19 EST,…

New review of 21 studies found link between phones and sperm count Public health are hesitant to say phones definitely harm sperm – there is currently no way to prove exactly how radiation and sperm count are tied But experts…

Gastric bypass can cut 70% of body weight, effectively keep weight off But patients tend to suffer from deficiency in minerals and vitamins Now research shows this deficiency could lead to underweight babies  By Mia De Graaf For Dailymail.com Published:…

The Connecticut toddler was diagnosed with E. coli in June Tests have now confirmed she was immune to last-resort drug Colistin is a powerful drug used for antibiotic-resistant germs By Mia De Graaf For Dailymail.com and Associated Press Published: 10:53…

Rising concerns about spending on prescription drugs that treat rare diseases are not justified, according to a new analysis in the journal Health Affairs. “We wanted to focus on the true impact of orphan drugs,” said Victoria Divino, a senior…

A woman wanting to use her dead daughter’s frozen eggs to give birth to her own grandchild is being allowed to export them to the US for treatment. The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) granted permission following a Court…

An Ottawa resident raised the alarm this week over what he saw as a worrying concentration of cases of multiple sclerosis in his neighbourhood, but experts say identifying a disease cluster is more challenging for chronic conditions like MS than…

As long as Joanne Photiades could remember, she’d wanted to be a mother. So when she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer 14 months ago and was told that to survive, one of her ovaries would have to be removed, her first thought…

Though specific calorie-count suggestions for each goal aren’t listed on the website, I didn’t sweat it: Because chronic anxiety perpetually suppresses my appetite, my problem has never been how much I eat, but what I eat. I’ve always sucked at…

Sound familiar? For fitness fiends, it can be tempting to double up on daily workouts, whether that means a morning run and then an evening Spin, or following your favorite fitness instructor from her yoga class to her session at…

2. There’s Never a Wrong Time to Get Acquainted with Your Anatomy “I’m surprised by how many of my patients lack an understanding of their own vaginal anatomy. So many patients tell me they’ve never explored their own vaginas to…

Apple’s new iPhone will come with Bluetooth-powered wireless earbuds  Dr Joel Moskowitz of UC Berkeley cites research slamming Bluetooth He warns even low frequency emissions break down blood-brain barrier  By Mia De Graaf For Dailymail.com Published: 15:18 EST, 8 September…

A research team led by Charles S. Cox, Jr., M.D., at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) has been awarded $6.8 million from the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) to assess the safety and efficacy of…

Virginia Mason now offers the totally laparoscopic Whipple procedure as an advanced surgical option for removing tumors from the head of the pancreas. Adnan Alseidi, MD performed the first totally laparoscopic Whipple at the Virginia Mason Liver, Pancreas and Biliary…

Enlarge this image A computer model could map the paths a cancer is likely to take. Jennifer C. Waters/Science Source What if doctors could call up a computerized map that would show them how a case of cancer is likely…

Part 2 of the TED Radio Hour episode Big Data Revolution About Riccardo Sabatini’s TED Talk The human genome is a complex code that contains all the data that makes a person. Scientist Riccardo Sabatini says we have the power…

Darcyana Walsh was diagnosed with a brain tumour at 21 months She has responded well to chemotherapy and the cancer has shrunk Mother Debbie Asprey since diagnosed with secondary breast cancer She is using Darcyana as her strength  and hopes…

Children are consuming up to three times too much sugar every day, a major survey has revealed.  The National Diet and Nutrition Survey found that people in the UK are not eating enough fruit and veg, while consumption of red…

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A research team from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, led by Madeleine Cunningham, Ph.D., in conjunction with the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), has developed the first-of-its-kind biomarker test to help detect autoimmune-induced neuropsychiatric disorders. The Cunningham…

More than 20 years ago, a billboard in China piqued the interest of a chemical biologist. It endorsed an extract from the plant known as the “thunder god vine” as an immunosuppressant. A brief review of published research revealed that…

EKF Diagnostics, the global in-vitro diagnostics company, announces that Separation Technology, Inc., a subsidiary of EKF, has moved its manufacturing and operations from Sanford, Florida to Boerne, Texas. Separation Technology, Inc. now shares operational facilities with another EKF Diagnostics Company,…

Picture a little boy imitating his father shaving in the mirror or a little girl wobbling proudly in her mother’s high heels. From infancy, we learn by watching other people, then use those memories to help us predict outcomes and…

Scientists from Jerusalem and Duesseldorf have succeeded in generating induced pluripotent stem cells from a rare disorder called Nijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS) and to push these cells to become early neurons, revealing the mechanisms leading to the neurological phenotype observed…

A 22-year-old woman has told how pole dancing ‘saved her’ after major spine surgery left her house-bound for two years and severely depressed. Daniella Smith, from Great Barr, Birmingham, was born with spinal scoliosis – a curvature of the spine…

Lara Kitchen, from Perth, Western Australia, was just 14 years old and about to start high school when she started to lose her hair.  Shortly afterwards, she was diagnosed with Alopecia areata and for years, struggled with her mental health…

Sarah Young, from Victoria, has a nine-year-old girl who was bullied She said Willow had been physically and verbally attacked  Ms Young took to Facebook to share why she thinks bullying must stop Willow now has self-esteem issues and is…

Scientists used brain scans to identify patterns associated with feelings They then manipulated volunteers when they looked a pictures of faces They rewarded participants whenever they detected the brain patterns Volunteers rewarded for negative patterns found faces less appealing By…

Researchers at the University of Adelaide are urging doctors and patients to refrain from using a specific steroid treatment to treat infertility in women unless clinically indicated, because of its links to miscarriage, preterm birth and birth defects. Writing in…

An international group of researchers has for the first time identified a set of 30 inherited recessive genes that play a role in intellectual disability (ID), a neurodevelopmental disorder that, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC), affects as…

A new study of 3050 twins finds moderately vigorous physical activity – i.e., more strenuous than walking – to be associated with better cognition in a 25-year follow-up.   A long-term follow-up study of 3050 twins from the Finnish Twin…

Although diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (DLBCL) is a curable disease in most patients aged 65 years or older, these patients are also at higher risk of chemotherapy-related death within the first 30 days of treatment. To quantify the risk of…

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A Florida State University research team, in coordination with a team from Japan, has found that the epithelial tissues that line the surfaces of organs throughout the body intrinsically have hot spots for cancerous tumors. They discovered this by examining…