Health (General) – Newsletter for November 5, 2010

Weak at maths? Try zapping your brain!

LONDON – Jolting the brain with an electric current can make it good or bad with numbers, depending on the spot where it is applied, study shows.

Oxford University and University College London students agreed to having a current passed through their brain while they did numerical tests.
Passing the current one way through the … Read more >>.

Hard work ‘improves’ taste of food

WASHINGTON – The harder we have to try to obtain something, the more we realise its worth. This applies even to food we normally find unappetising, a study shows.

A Johns Hopkins University study suggests that hard work enhances our appreciation for something as uninspiring as low-fat, low calorie food.
For example, if we had … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Hard work ‘improves’ taste of food.

Vitamin E ‘could increase stroke risk’

LONDON – A new study has revealed that taking vitamin E could slightly increase the risk of a particular type of stroke.

An international team of researchers has found that for every 1,250 people there is the chance of one extra haemorrhagic stroke – bleeding in the brain.

Researchers from France, Germany and the US studied nine …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : Vitamin E ‘could increase stroke risk’.

‘Health ministry to expand female foeticide project in Haryana’

NEW DELHI – To counter the low sex ratio in Haryana, the union health ministry has decided to expand the scope of social group Centre for Social Researchs (CSR) project on female foeticide, a project official said Thursday.

The ministry has decided to take the project “Meri Shakti Meri Beti” further in two Haryana districts … Read this article on Gaea Times at : ‘Health ministry to expand female foeticide project in Haryana’.

‘Low water intake causes urinary tract infections’

NEW DELHI – Low water intake leads to urinary tract infections (UTIs) in women, doctors said Thursday.

About 25-30 percent of our UTI patients are women who drink less water. Inadequate amount of water and salt increase the risk of this disease, said Sunil Prakash, head of nephrology at Artemis Health Institute, Gurgaon.
The …. Read the original article  : ‘Low water intake causes urinary tract infections’.

25 faint due to gas leak in Karachi

KARACHI – At least 25 people, including 18 students and seven women teachers, fainted due to gas leakage in a private school in Karachi Thursday, a media report said.

Due to a power cut at the J.Q. Academy in Kahardar area, school authorities turned its gas generator on. However, after some time, the whole school … Read : 25 faint due to gas leak in Karachi.

39 more infected with dengue in Delhi

NEW DELHI – As many as 39 cases of dengue were reported from the capital Thursday, taking the total number of people infected with the vector-born disease to 5,682.

According to an official of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD), eight people have succumbed to the mosquito-born disease this year.
With the morning and …. Original article  : 39 more infected with dengue in Delhi.

Bone marrow cancer drug could be used to treat rheumatoid arthritis

WASHINGTON – A new study has found that a drug that is used to treat bone marrow cancer could also provide a promising treatment for rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

The study conducted by Greek researchers has suggested that the biologic drug bortezomib (Velcade), a … Read more >>.

World’s first robot-assisted pancreas transplant performed

LONDON – Doctors have carried out the world’s first robotically-assisted pancreatic transplant on a mother-of-two in Italy.

The team from Pisa Hospital performed the operation on a 43-year-old woman who had been suffering from type one diabetes since 19 years and previously had a kidney transplant.
She suffered no complications during the three-hour procedure.
The … Original source on Gaea Times at : World’s first robot-assisted pancreas transplant performed.

Scientists reveal prostate cancer’s multiple personalities

WASHINGTON – A team of scientists has taken an important step toward a better understanding of prostate cancer by uncovering evidence that it is not one disease but rather several factors which can be measured and, in the future, destroyed by targeted therapy.

The research team led by of Dr. Mark A. Rubin, at Weill …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : Scientists reveal prostate cancer’s multiple personalities.