Health (General) – Newsletter for January 18, 2011

Antibiotics may up irritable bowel syndrome risk in kids

LONDON – Antibiotics may heighten the risk of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) and Crohn’s disease in children.

Scientists believe the drugs may encourage harmful bugs and other organisms to grow in the gut, triggering the conditions.
A research team looked at 580,000 children over an eight-year period and examined records of their prescriptions and medical …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : Antibiotics may up irritable bowel syndrome risk in kids.

Weekend drinking is more lethal than daily downing

LONDON – There is bad news for exclusive weekend drinkers – they could be harming themselves more than what daily drinkers get.

Researchers at Toulouse University in France compared the drinking habits of middle-aged men in three towns in France with that in Belfast in Northern Ireland.
The Frenchmen drank much more overall, about … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : Weekend drinking is more lethal than daily downing.

This nasal spray can mask food aroma, and beat hunger

LONDON – A nasal spray that masks the smell of food could help curb hunger or yearing for food.

Louisiana State University researchers in the US have discovered that a type of drug used to lower blood pressure can also curb appetite and lead to weight loss.
The drug CP404 is a calcium channel … Read more >>>.

French nun credits late Pope John Paul with giving her ’second birth’

LONDON – A French Catholic nun has credited late Pope John Paul with curing her of Parkinson’s disease, and also giving her a ’second birth’.

Sister Marie Simon-Pierre, 49, who was about to quit working because of her ailment, woke up in June 2005, two months after the Polish-born pope had died, to find that she …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : French nun credits late Pope John Paul with giving her ’second birth’.

Kidney gene linked to increased heart failure risk

WASHINGTON – A new study has identified the first DNA sequence variant common in the population that is linked to an increased risk of heart failure, and appears to play a role in causing it.

“It’s a kidney gene. This protein is not even expressed in the heart. Nobody has previously considered that kidney-specific gene defects …. Original article  : Kidney gene linked to increased heart failure risk.

Housewife works out recipe for regrowing hair

LONDON – What did mother-of-three Mary Corrigan do when balding patches on her head devastated her? The 43-year-old housewife came up with a ‘grow-your-hair-back diet’ which did work — within four months.

The former chef turned to her own resources after her trichologist told Corrigan that she would have to live with it as … Read more : Housewife works out recipe for regrowing hair.

Smoking is the main reason why men die sooner than women

WASHINGTON – A new research has revealed that smoking accounts for up to 60 percent of the gender gap in death rates across Europe, and kills twice as many men as alcohol.

The reasons why women have been outliving men in developed European countries since the mid to late 18th century, in some cases, have been … Read more >>>.

Heart failure patients admitted to general wards more likely to die

WASHINGTON – A new study has found that heart failure patients admitted to general wards are twice as likely to die as those admitted to cardiology wards.

The national heart failure audit for England and Wales also suggests that women fared worse than men when it comes to appropriate investigations and treatment, although death rates were …. Source  : Heart failure patients admitted to general wards more likely to die.

A mosquito scam breeding in India?

BANGALORE – The health ministry’s refusal to allow the use of a highly potent mosquito control agent developed by one of its own institutes and granting permission to an imported product, has kicked up a controversy. At stake is not only a Rs.1,000 crore (approx $220 million) market, but also the eradication of diseases like …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Paramedic centre planned in Chandigarh

CHANDIGARH – The government will set up a centre of excellence in paramedics in the city in the coming months, union Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said here Monday evening.

We are going to have a centre of excellence in paramedics in Chandigarh. The government of India will sanction a budget of … Read more »».