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Grinding Teeth at Night Can Be Related to Stress – Shows Study
If you know somebody who grinds teeth during sleep, then, it can be a telltale sign that the person is suffering from some kind of stress. Well that’s what results of a recent study conducted by Heinrich-Heine-University, Dusseldorf, Germany on persons, who grind their teeth at night.
This habit of teeth grinding, called as ‘sleep [...]
Indian made H1N1 vaccine is on the way
5. March 2010
An Indian made H1N1 vaccine is on the way. Ahmedabad-based drug maker Zydus Cadila, who is making the vaccine in India, has announced completion of the first phase of the H1N1 vaccine trial on Thursday.
The company will now commence the phase II and phase III clinical trials in Ahmedabad, Bangalore, Jaipur and Pune, which will [...]
Community involvement crucial in battle against childhood obesity
5. March 2010
A new study carried out by American researchers suggests that community involvement is important in the fight against childhood obesity.
Researchers at the Michael & Susan Dell Center for Advancement of Healthy Living, which is part of The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth), claim community support of school obesity prevention programs is [...]
Think like a marathon runner to reduce work stress
4. March 2010
A marathon mindset, i. e. starting slow but picking up pace, can help people reduce their stress load and perform better at work, researchers have pointed out.
Experts at Tel Aviv University have come up with tips to help keep the energy tanks full while working.
Dr. Danit Ein-Gar of the University’’s Recanati Graduate School of Business [...]
Pneumonia vaccine offers protection to HIV patients
4. March 2010
London, Mar 4 : A vaccine for pneumonia and meningitis has been found to be effective in offering protection against re-infection in HIV-infected adults, according to a new study.
The clinical trial in Malawi, funded by the Wellcome Trust, saw three out of four cases show a positive result.
Researchers at the Malawi-Liverpool-Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Programme, [...]
Prozac, Celexa show promise for rheumatoid arthritis treatment
27. February 2010
A new British study has found that fluoxetine and citalopram exhibit anti-inflammatory effects.
The study led by Sandra Sacre, Ph. D. from the Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) in the UK found that treatment with fluoxetine and citalopram, which are available under the trade name Prozac and Celexa respectively, significantly inhibited disease progression of collagen-induced [...]
Strokes can happen to children too
27. February 2010
Children can have strokes too that can be recurrent, according to pediatric researchers.
Unfortunately, boffins said, the strokes often go unrecognized the first time, and the child does not receive treatment before the recurrence.
Pediatric neurologist Rebecca Ichord, M. D., director of the Pediatric Stroke Program at The Children’’s Hospital of Philadelphia, reported the study of arterial [...]
Osteoporosis drug may help cut risk of bone fractures, breast cancer, stroke
27. February 2010
The nonsteroidal selective estrogen-receptor modulator lasofoxifene may help reduce the risk of vertebral and non-vertebral fractures, ER-positive breast cancer, coronary heart disease and stroke in postmenopausal women with osteoporosis, says a new study.
The research has been published in the latest issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
Lasofoxifene has been shown to decrease bone loss [...]
A thicker brain helps fend off pain
27. February 2010
Individuals can reduce their sensitivity to pain by thickening their brain with the help of Zen meditation, says a new study.
The study has been published in a special issue of the American Psychological Association journal, Emotion.
Researchers from the Université de Montréal made their discovery by comparing the grey matter thickness of Zen meditators and non-meditators. [...]
Modified adult stem cells may help patients with spinal cord injury
27. February 2010
Transplanting genetically modified adult stem cells into an injured spinal cord can help restore the electrical pathways associated with movement, a new study in rats has shown.
In spinal cord injury, demyelination, or the destruction of the myelin sheath in the central nervous system, occurs.
The myelin sheath, produced by cells called oligodendrocytes, wraps around the axons [...]
Immunosuppressive drug may help fight Alzheimer’’s
27. February 2010
A new study has revealed that rapamycin, a drug that keeps the immune system from attacking transplanted organs, may help fight Alzheimer’’s disease.
Researchers from The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio found that rapamycin rescued learning and memory deficits in a mouse model of Alzheimer’’s.
Senior author, Salvatore Oddo, assistant professor in the [...]
Anti-booze adverts ‘raise alcohol use’
27. February 2010
Advertising campaigns that warn against alcohol abuse can actually spur increase in drinking among target audiences, claims a new study.
The research from the Indiana University Kelley School of Business is forthcoming in the Journal of Marketing Research.
Boffins in this first-of-its-kind study showed that the ads triggered an innate coping mechanism that enables viewers to distance [...]
Vitamin B3 may help in treatment of stroke
27. February 2010
Vitamin B3 or niacin, a common water-soluble vitamin, may help improve neurological function after stroke, an early study suggests.
When rats with ischemic stroke were given niacin, their brains showed growth of new blood vessels, and sprouting of nerve cells which greatly improved neurological outcome.
Now research is underway at Henry Ford to investigate the effects of [...]
Humans like sharing wealth – subconsciously
27. February 2010
Researchers from California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland, have become the first to gather images to prove that the human brain is a big believer in equality.
In their research, the team found that the reward centers in the human brain respond more strongly when a poor person receives a financial [...]
Curvy women ‘give men the same high as alcohol or drugs”
27. February 2010
Looking at curvy women’’s bodies has the same effect on men as taking drugs or drinking alcohol, says a new study.
According to the research, blokes use the same part of their brains when gazing at hourglass figures as they do when enjoying their favourite vices.
But looking at bony babes doesn’t bring the same response, the [...]
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5. March 2010
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