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A study has revealed that girls who undergo radiation therapy in childhood due to cancer are more prone to contact breast cancer later in life.
Washington, DC—In a study of mostly minority and socioeconomically disadvantaged families, 99 percent of participants reported having access to the Internet. More than half of the families were interested in receiving health information electronically, an important finding in the quest to improve access to health information. The study, conducted in the Emergency Department at Children's National Medical Center, is published in the June issue of Pediatric Emergency Care.
PASADENA, Calif., June 5, 2012 - People who have had an episode of herpes zoster, also known as shingles, face a relatively low short-term risk of developing shingles, according to a Kaiser Permanente Southern California study published online in the Journal of Infectious Diseases. These findings suggest that among people with immune systems that have not been compromised, the risk of a second shingles episode is low.
A latest study says that some intimate details of a woman's sex life can be gauged by just seeing her walk. According to researchers from Belgium, a walk reveals a lot about a woman's sex life. During the research, scientists from the Universiti Catholique de Louvain, Institut d'itudes de la famille et de la sexualiti, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium, studied the ways in which different women walked and the results revealed that those who have orgasms during vaginal intercourse have a differ...
Hitting the treadmill at your gym, or going for a swim can do more than just help you lose pounds. A recent study has revealed that exercising can help reduce neuropathic pain or pain related to nerve damage. Researchers say that exercise relieves pain by reducing levels of certain inflammation-promoting substances called cytokines, reports Medical Daily. According to the report, with exercise, the pain responses to temperature and pressure could be reduced up 50 percent in rats, along with a re...
StopAdvisor is a new web-based smoking cessation program, which takes smokers from preparation for the target quit date to the quit date itself. It achieves this by offering expert advice through a combination of interactive menus and personalised sessions. Post quit date, it encourages users to report important information that the program will use to help them overcome the difficulties they encounter along the way. In their study¹ Robert West and Susan Michie from University College London and...
A recent study in US by Dr. Michael Wolf, from Northwestern University in Chicago, and his colleagues, has revealed that millions of people are unintentionally overdosing on Britain's most popular painkiller, Paracetamol.
Now whether you can kick the butt with the help of drug treatments will be predicted with the help of genes, say researchers.
What is the best way to talk to someone about prognosis and quality of life when serious illness strikes? It turns out that no one had studied that question through direct observation, until the University of Rochester Medical Center audio-recorded 71 palliative care discussions.
A new study suggests that aspirin or similar pain killers on a regular basis may protect against skin cancer.
Shopaholics can now breathe a sigh of relief, as scientists say they can treat shopaholics with the pills used for Alzheimer's disease.
The Caterpillar got down off the mushroom and crawled away in the grass, remarking as it went, 'One side will make you grow taller, and the other side will make you grow shorter.' -Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll
Small packets of detergent with attractive packing have caused hundreds of children to mistake them for sweets and swallow them in U.S.
CORVALLIS, Ore. – Scientists have just identified a new reason why some curry dishes, made with spices humans have used for thousands of years, might be good for you.
EAST LANSING, Mich. — A new study testing the benefits of a virtual exercise partner shows the presence of a moderately more capable cycling partner can significantly boost the motivation – by as much as 100 percent – to stick to an exercise program.
Study Finds that Every Minute Counts for Stroke Patients 
Russian Gymnast Has the World's Strongest Vagina 
5 Surprising Signs You’re Probably a Genius 
Special “Goo” Makes Naked Mole Rats Cancer-Proof 
Forever Young? Report Reveals Top 50 Tell-Tale Signs You're Getting Old 
Bras Make Breasts "Saggier", 15-year French Study Reveals 
Testosterone May Give Postmenopausal Women a Cognitive Boost 
Low Vitamin D Intake Linked to HIgh Blood Pressure 
Tai Chi could be the Answer for a Longer Life 
Stroke Symptoms Linked to Cognitive Decline 
