All Entries in the "Health News" Category
Health Habits Influence Performance at Work Place
Recent research on employee behavior by a company in Poland named Citizen has revealed that when your food habits and physical activity are under surveillance of your employer then such a regime is more successful. As part of this study a project called Citizen Evolutionary Process Organism (CEPO) was launched by the company where the [...]
Novel Way of Preventing Metastasis in Cancer Patients
A new pathway for inhibition of metastasis has been discovered by the scientists at the Georgia State University. The discovery has been published in latest edition of the journal Nature Communications. This has lead to new hope in finding drugs that can help cure cancer. Cell Migration Proteins The students of professors Zhi Ren Liu [...]
What Is the Link Between Flu and Winter Season?
Recent findings on influenza and its link to seasonal changes has been published in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface. The study was conducted by Linsey Marr and her colleagues at Virginia Tech University. They measured the survival rate of influenza A virus in various humidity levels ranging from 17% – 100% and it [...]
How Divorce Can Affect Your Health
Going through a divorce is extremely difficult, both mentally and physically. Studies have shown that people who go through divorces are much more likely to have serious health problems after becoming divorced. With over 45 per cent of British couples divorcing before their 50th anniversary, there are serious implications that all couples should be aware of. [...]
New Medication for Treating Cholesterol Disorder
Drug developers at the Perelman School of Medicine, Pennsylvania have found a new drug to treat patients with hypercholesterolemia (HoFH). The report was made in the latest issue of The Lancet. The drug is called lomitapide, which reduces LDL or Bad Cholesterol in patients with HoFH. Homozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia (HoFH) The disease is characterized by [...]
Can Obesity be Cured!
A study was published in the latest edition of the Journal of Clinical Investigation, stating that the longer a person remained obese, the more irreversible the condition became. To prove this point, experiments were conducted on mice by researchers at the University of Michigan. Obesity is a state of being overweight and affects a huge [...]
New Vaccine to Combat Hay Fever
The latest publication in the Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology has revealed that a new vaccine to fight hay fever has been developed. The research was conducted at Imperial College London and King’s College London in collaboration with Guy’s hospital. Scientists working on this project have been successful in producing a prototype of the [...]
Strokes Among Young and Middle-Aged People on the Rise
According to a latest report published in the Neurology journal, more young people suffer from strokes today, than in 1990’s. Researchers in 1993 and 94 had found that 13% of stroke victims belonged to the age group of 20 to 54, whereas in the year 2005, the figure jumped to 19% according to HealthDay. This [...]
Embrace a Healthy Lifestyle to Cut Down Risk of Hypertension
According to a latest paper presentation on hypertension at the ESC Congress, following a healthy lifestyle reduces the risk of high blood pressure by almost 75%. Researchers at the National Institute for Health and Welfare, Finland have arrived at this conclusion after years of laborious study on the subject. WHO recommendations on lifestyle The World [...]
Obesity Paradox and Fitness Theory Quell Fatness Myths
A publication in the European Heart Journal has quelled the common belief that all obese people are unhealthy and prone to cardiovascular diseases. The paper was published based on a study by scientists at the University of South Carolina, USA. The research focuses on a subset of fat people who are as healthy as any [...]
