Health (General) – Newsletter for February 16, 2011

‘Foreign docs, including Indians, 6 times more likely to banned than those trained in UK’

LONDON – Doctors who qualify from non-European countries, including India, are six times more likely to banned for putting patients in danger than those trained in the UK, a study has found.

The Daily Mail quoted the NHS-funded National Clinical Assessment Service (NCAS) study as saying that a GP is three times as likely to be …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : ‘Foreign docs, including Indians, 6 times more likely to banned than those trained in UK’.

Calorie labelling has no effect on food purchases: Study

WASHINGTON – A new study has challenged the idea that calorie labelling has an effect on the purchasing behaviour of teenagers or what parents purchase for their children.

Brian Elbel, assistant professor at the New York University School of Medicine, and his team compared receipts and surveys from 427 parents and teenagers at fast-food restaurants … Original source on Gaea Times at : Calorie labelling has no effect on food purchases: Study.

Scientists 1 step closer to developing treatment for chikungunya

NEW DELHI – Scientists have moved a step closer to developing a treatment for chikungunya, a disease spread by the Aedes mosquito.

According to Straits Times, scientists from Singapore and France have discovered two antibodies that could fight against chikungunya, a disease that currently has no available vaccine or specific treatment.

The two monoclonal antibodies, which were …. Original source  : Scientists 1 step closer to developing treatment for chikungunya.

Michelle Obama promotes breastfeeding

LONDON – As part of her campaign against childhood obesity, US First Lady Michelle Obama is urging women to breastfeed.

She is calling for the removal of barriers to nursing at work.

The Obama administration has already introduced more flexible work rules and tax breaks on nursing equipment in order to encourage American women to breastfeed.

The move … Read : Michelle Obama promotes breastfeeding.

Kids of working mums ‘are up to 3 times more likely to be ill’

LONDON – A new study has found that the children of working mothers are up to three times more likely to be ill.

The research of the health of 90,000 schoolchildren found that those whose mothers worked were more likely to have spent time in hospital, to have been diagnosed with asthma and to have suffered …. Read the original article  : Kids of working mums ‘are up to 3 times more likely to be ill’.

Michelle Obama portrayed as overweight in cartoon attacking her obesity campaign

LONDON – US First Lady Michelle Obama has been portrayed as an overweight, hamburger-munching glutton in a very personal cartoon attack.

The offensive caricature, which was posted on Biggovernment.com, is a dig at her obesity campaign, which celebrated its one-year anniversary last week, reports the Daily Mail.

It comes as Barack Obama’s wife pushes her campaign to … Read more : Michelle Obama portrayed as overweight in cartoon attacking her obesity campaign.

Common bone drugs may cut colon cancer risk

WASHINGTON – Scientists have found that the use of bisphosphonates – drugs already taken by millions of healthy women to prevent bone-loss – for more than one year is associated with a 50 percent reduction in the risk of postmenopausal colorectal cancer.

Lead researcher Prof. Gad Rennert, of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Faculty of Medicine, … Read this article on Gaea Times at : Common bone drugs may cut colon cancer risk.

Mediation boosts brain health – and just in a few months

WASHINGTON – A new study Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston has found that regular meditation can boost brain health and results begin to show in just a few months.

The researchers tracked 16 people who took a course on mindfulness-based stress reduction that includes guided relaxation exercises and easy stretching – and practiced for about 30 … Read more »»».

Losing hair at 20 linked to increased risk of prostate cancer

WASHINGTON – A French study has found that men who start to lose hair at the age of 20 are more likely to develop prostate cancer in later life.
he research compared 388 men being treated for prostate cancer with a control group of 281 healthy men and found that those with the disease were twice …. Original article on Gaea Times at  : Losing hair at 20 linked to increased risk of prostate cancer.

Zinc ‘can treat the common cold’

WASHINGTON – A team of scientists, including an Indian-origin researcher, believes that zinc supplements can reduce the severity and duration of illness caused by the common cold.

The findings, based on a review of data from 15 trials, could help reduce the amount of time lost from work and school due to colds.

The idea that zinc … Original source on Gaea Times at : Zinc ‘can treat the common cold’.