The researchers also found that problems in working life are associated with mid life depression and anxiety. The study is based on over 8000 participants of the 1958 Birth Cohort, who were born during one week in March 1958, and
A daily dose of caffeine blocks the disruptive effects of high cholesterol that scientists have linked to Alzheimer's disease, earlier studies have shown. The current study, by researchers at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences,
The team discovered that Solanum villosum (S villosum), a member of the nightshade family commonly found in India and known for its medicinal properties, can effectively keep dengue mosquitoes at bay. The team of researchers including Nandita Chowdhury, Anupam Ghosh
The discovery by three separate teams of scientists makes the strongest case so far for the biological underpinnings of the addiction of smoking and how genetics and cigarettes combine in cancer, experts said. And it may lay the groundwork for
The findings are based on a secondary analysis of nearly 18,000 kids who participated in two separate National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES III and NHANES 99-02). The researchers found no differences in rates of caries (tooth decay) among
The research team, led by Kimberly Doheny, Ph.D., assistant director of the Center for Inherited Disease Research at the McKusick-Nathans Institute of Genetic Medicine at Johns Hopkins, took DNA from 1,154 smokers suffering from lung cancer and 1,137 smokers without
The study was conducted on six grade students across a metropolitan area, for determining the factors that distinguished young alcohol users from nonusers, including even their stated intentions regarding future alcohol use. The researchers knew that early alcohol use can
Nipah virus is rapidly spreading into rural India and Bangladesh, killing up to three-quarters of the infected people. "People are catching this disease by drinking date palm juice or probably by eating fruit contaminated by the virus, or through contact
Red wine has been shown to protect people from heart disease, even when they follow a diet high in saturated fat, and the healing powers of tea are becoming the stuff of legend. Now, researchers at the University of Massachusetts
A spinal cord injury often causes permanent paralysis and loss of sensation below the site of the injury because the damaged nerve fibers can't regenerate. he nerve fibers or axons have the capacity to grow again, but don't because they're
Dr. Subhash C. Pandey, professor and director of neuroscience alcoholism research at the UIC College of Medicine and the Jesse Brown VA Medical Center in Chicago, says that these "epigenetic" changes are minor chemical modifications of chromatin, dense bundles of
South Australian MP Ann Bressington has suggested that women should sign a contract before having sex to combat false rape allegations. In a response to proposed laws making it an offence to continue a sex act with a person who
Two Amravati-based doctors have filed a PIL in the Bombay High Court on the malnutrition deaths in the state, especially in the tribal belt of Amravati district. Petitioners' lawyer Jugalkishor Gilda today produced a report by government-approved Chemo Test laboratory,
Beijing-based Sinovac Biotech Co has been given approval by China's drug regulator to produce the vaccines for defending humans against the H5N1 strain of the virus and its epidemic variety, after two years of clinical trials, the state media reported.
Researchers at the University of Lincoln suggest that the raw sheep milk used to make the salty white Greek cheese contains friendly bacteria that kill harmful food poisoning bugs like Listeria. "We were able to isolate lactic acid bacteria found
Rosemary is as good with roast chicken as it is with lamb. Simply tuck a few branches between the wings and the body of the bird, and baste well with oil while roasting. Cook in a fairly hot oven so
