Health (General) – Newsletter for November 9, 2010

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Painkillers during pregnancy can make sons infertile

LONDON – Painkillers taken by pregnant women could expose their unborn sons to risk of infertility, researchers say.

Prolonged use of medicines such as paracetamol, aspirin and ibuprofen may harm the development of boys’ sexual organs.
Around half of women take over-the-counter painkillers during pregnancy, usually for headaches, according to the journal Human Reproduction.
But … Read more >>.

Device to tell cancer patients how long they will live

LONDON – Terminal cancer patients could soon be offered a simple and accurate diagnosis of how much time they have left to spend with loved ones.

Scientists have developed a technique based on factors such as breathing, pulse rate, weight loss and blood cell count which they hope to incorporate into a hand-held device.
It … Read more : Device to tell cancer patients how long they will live.

Flossing cuts risk of heart attack

LONDON – A new UK study claimed that regular flossing keeps one’s health perfect and also reduces the chances of heart attack.

Dental Health Foundation estimated if you are not regularly flossing, your gums and teeth won’t be as healthy as they … Read more >>>.

Women delay getting help for heart attacks

LONDON – Women experiencing heart attack symptoms delay going to hospital for nearly three hours on an average, says a new study.

The US study confirms that women are more likely to ignore life-threatening symptoms because they think a heart attack is predominantly a ‘male problem’.
A recent survey found that fewer than a … Read more >>.

Heterosexual HIV spread in China ‘aggravated by unprotected sex, drugs’

WASHINGTON – Researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have examined the burden of HIV and sexually transmitted disease among male clients of the commercial sex industry in China’s Sichuan province.

Since 2007, heterosexual transmission has replaced injecting drug use as the primary transmission mode of all HIV infections in China.

“We found a large … Original article on : Heterosexual HIV spread in China ‘aggravated by unprotected sex, drugs’.

India’s life-saving gift gathers dust in Nepal

KATHMANDU – A gift from the Indian government that cost NRS 149 crore and could have saved thousands of lives in Nepal has been gathering dust for two years, lying unused, thanks to the protracted political instability in the country.

The 200-bed Nepal Bharat Maitri Emergency and Trauma Centre built in Kathmandu by India following …. Source : Gaea News Network.

‘Smart’ new drug shows promise in ovarian cancer

LONDON – Sixty percent of women with ovarian cancer could be helped by a new ’smart’ drug treatment currently being developed, say scientists.

Until now it was only thought that those who had ovarian cancer as a result of carrying an inherited “faulty” copy of the BRCA gene, accounting for up to 15 percent … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : ‘Smart’ new drug shows promise in ovarian cancer.