Exercise counters brain shrinkage in Parkinson’s disease
New York| By protecting the brain from shrinkage, aerobic exercise may slow the progression of Parkinsons disease, a progressive disorder of the nervous system, says a neurologist.
In an editorial published online in the journal...
Stepping Up Awareness on Mental Health- Survey covers 12 States
27 December 2015 (Source ‘The Hindu’)
A team of nearly 60 experts from the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences (NIMHANS), which is leading the National Mental Health Survey (NMHS) with support from the...
Urban emergency departments matters as patients smoke cigarettes and use other substances at higher...
Washington D.C|HL
Prevention Research Center of the Pacific Institute conducted research. In the study researchers evaluated the in-depth understanding of smoking among patients in an urban emergency department.
The study was published in the journal -- 'Tobacco Use Insights.'
Studying patients...
Earlier dinner may lower risk of many cancers, study says
HL|People who eat dinner before 9 p.m. -- or at least two hours before going to sleep -- have a 20% lower risk of breast and prostate cancer than those who eat after 10...
Study shows highest BMI had almost twice the risk of early-onset colorectal cancer
Washington D.C. : According to a recent study, women who are overweight or obese have up to twice the risk of developing colorectal cancer before age 50 in contrast to women who have what is considered...
Sleep always Left Side
The position that we take while sleeping has a significant influence on our digestion. In ancient times, the monks used to lie down after each meal just for ten minutes to improve the digestive...
Blood test can predict the miscarriages
Washington D.C|HL
A blood test that could end the agony of miscarriages has come closer to reality after a team of scientists found a protein that helps babies stick to the womb.
The research found that...
Antibodies could have therapeutic potential,for Type-1 and Psoriasis
London|HL
Researchers from King's College London, analysed samples taken from 81 people with a rare autoimmune disorder called autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type 1 (APECED)
They found that injecting the mice with autoantibodies from the APECED patients...
Bariatric arterial embolisation treatment for people fighting from Obesity
NewYork|HLive
Bariatric arterial embolisation (BAE) new image guided treatment developed by radiologists for the people fighting from obesity.
In this BAE treatment, there is blocking of blood flow to a certain part of the stomach that...
Scientists discover new class of small-molecule drug of pain reliver
New York|HL
Researchers from Duke University have discovered a potential new class of small-molecule drugs that simultaneously block key targets in the treatment of pain.
The findings could lead to the development of a...
