Selectively chosen donors of kidney, experience no adverse affects on renal function, according to the study. Previous researches have already mentioned that, people who donate kidney have no significant effect on the kidney function or survival, lead researcher Dr. Hassan N. Ibrahim said. Researchers analyzed the data of 3,698 kidney donors from 1963 to 2007, Read more
Since 1998, another American woman had delivered eight babies in single pregnancy and has become the second U.S. lady who gave birth to living octuplets. Among them two were baby girls and six were baby boys which were nine week premature and delivered through C-section in the hospital of Los Angeles. The birth weight of Read more
World economic crisis are still not affecting cosmetic surgery as ever highest number of people are undergoing surgery in U.K. According to the figure, released by the professionals, highest number of men is undergoing breast surgery. The increase is five percent greater than the previous year. As ghost of economic crisis is affecting very field Read more
West Virginia and Kentucky, where smoking is a tradition, have the highest death rate due to smoking and related illnesses, new federal study has founded. Ten states have been identified, which have the highest average annual smoking death rates these include Indiana, Missouri, Nevada, Alabama, Tennessee, Arkansas, Mississippi and Oklahoma. Utah and Hawaii were at Read more
According to Xinhua News Agency, Chinese Health Minister Chen Zhu calls the hospitals for serious measures in health concerns regarding bird flu epidemic. He says for prevention and control of human bird flu cases, China faces a ‘grim’ situation. Three deaths have been reported in the past two weeks. Four were infected with bird flu. Read more
Almost 75 percent patients hospitalized for cardiac arrest showed normal cholesterol levels, far away from the risk of cardiovascular trouble, a nationwide study reported. The finding indicate towards the need to change the current threshold value of the cholesterol level, said study author Dr. Gregg C. Fonarow “The LDL cholesterol level at which people have Read more
Mutant gene, responsible for the heart disease among, ten of millions of people from the subcontinent has been isolated, according to a study. The guilty gene, found in more than1.5 billion people only in South Asia, is definite to create heart trouble, usually in later life, the researchers said. Scientists have already concluded that the Read more
Adding some cheese to simple diet can make it the special one in taste, but while eating such food, which is rich in heavenly taste we can also eat up bacteria, stomach lining of mammals and pure fat. In the preparation of chess and its flavor, bacteria are freely injected and tarnished into the substance. Read more
The most widespread type of flu this season has become resistant to the widely used antiviral drug Tamiflu, but there is no need to get worry, government health officials announced. Especially this season flu cases are far lower than the previous year, and other antiviral drugs are working well against this particular flu virus and Read more
National Safety Council, which is a leading customer safety organization in the US, has urged countrywide ban for using cell phones and other such devices while driving. At present, there are only few local and state laws which ban use of mobile phones and other hand-held devices while driving and according to National Safety Council, Read more
According to a new study, it can work a lot for employers if they encourage their workers for workout. In this company sponsored program, the participants (who were Home Depot employees) were supported to set their workout goals .The researchers found that it had considerably increased their levels of physical activity. The study is expected Read more
The conversation between physicians and adolescents about health behaviors is very poor, far away from the recommendations, study concluded. “Preventive measure is the most important part of quality primary care for adolescents,” Dr. Sally Adams said. Most of the diseases, which cause death in adolescents, can be prevented. In addition, “the health and lifestyle behaviors Read more
According to U.K researchers, aerobic exercise can prove more helpful to suppress appetite than some non-aerobic activity. In this study, 11 university students (male) were involved who took part in three kinds of sessions. In the first session, they were asked to run on a treadmill for 60min, and then took rest for seven hrs. Read more
There may be some noticeable skin conditions in a new born and most of them do not affect them much later in life. Here is the list of skin changes that may occur in your young infant matures: There is often a soft, fine hair called lanugo cover the baby’s skin, however, this covering should Read more
UK researchers suggest that early childhood injuries relate to later diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. The results of the study, which included 62,000 children, show head and burn injuries before two years of age may double the risk of ADHD diagnosis by 10 year of age. The study suggests that usually injuries are an Read more