About 4,200 patients may be at HIV risk in a New York Hospital as they are feared to have received insulin of possible exposure to hepatitis viruses and human immunodeficiency virus due to possible blood contamination. South Nassau Communities Hospital in Oceanside on Long Island, near New York City, have issued alert to the patients, saying they may have received insulin from a pen reservoir — … [Read more...]
Gestation disorders can put your heart at risk
Researchers from California have found that women who have a history of gestational disorders are at high risk of developing heart diseases in comparison to those who don’t suffer such gestational disorders. According to Erica P. Gunderson, senior scientist in the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research in Oakland, California, women who experienced gestational disorders may be at higher risk of … [Read more...]
US researchers develop after sex gel that prevents you from HIV infection
In a discovery that could act as pathbreaking in the field of science, researchers have claimed to have developed a gel that they claim can protect from HIV infection even if applied after having sex. US researchers have developed a unique vaginal product that they call after-sex gel which promises women to provide protection from HIV infections. According to the researchers, the vaginal gel … [Read more...]
Study links obesity with ovarian cancer
A new study has found a link between obesity and ovarian cancer. Obesity is the root cause of many lifestyle diseases that are leading to preventable deaths in US. In the past four decades, obesity rates in the US have soared, and kids ages six to 11 have been hit the hardest. The study says more the weight, higher is the rate for developing ovarian cancer in women. The study was conducted … [Read more...]
Chimerix agrees to provide unapproved medicine to 7-year-old boy struggling fatal disease
Pharmaceutical company Chimerix Inc has struck a deal with U.S. regulators to provide an unapproved medicine to treat a 7-year-old boy in Virginia who is suffering from a fatal viral infection. Kenneth Moch, Chimerix President and Chief Executive, said in a statement on Tuesday, "Being unable to fulfill requests for compassionate use is excruciating, and not a decision any one of us ever wants … [Read more...]
‘Cefaly’ headband-like device to prevent migraines gets FDA nod
The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has given green signal to first medical device that aims to treat migraine headaches. A nerve-stimulating headband received the approval by FDA as the first medical device to prevent migraine headaches. According to the FDA, the device provides a new trustable option for patients having unbearable migraine medications. The new migraine prevention … [Read more...]
Smartphones can loosen emotional bonding with your children: Study
Are you involved with your smartphone more than your family on your dinner table? With advancement of science and technology, people of all age groups are more and more involved in their mobile phones either for playing games or exploring web or simply or chit-chat. But whatever be the reason this phone addiction can damage your emotional bonding with your family. In a first-of-its-kind … [Read more...]
Bullying can lead your kids to attempt suicides
A new study has made some glaring exposures about bullying among children. It says, children who are bullied are more than twice as likely to have suicidal thoughts and to make attempts of taking lives as their peer who aren't bullied. The situation is more worrisome as researchers point that such types of bullying or harassment that happens on internet, commonly called cyberbullying, are more … [Read more...]
Young non-melanoma cancer survivors at increased risk of developing other cancers: Study
A new study has found that young people who have survived non-melanoma skin cancer are at high risk of developing other types of cancers in later stage of their lives. The researchers used the All England Record-linked Hospital and Mortality data collected between the period 1999 and 2011. For the study, 502,490 patients of nonmelanoma skin cancer were involved. These patients were then … [Read more...]
New blood test can predict Alzheimer’s with 90 percent accuracy
The researchers have invented a new blood test for tracing Alzheimer’s disease risk with more than 90 percent accuracy. According to the researchers, this blood test can predict if a healthy person will develop mild cognitive impairment or Alzheimer's disease within three years. Moreover, the test has the ability to identify 10 lipids, or fats, in the blood that predict … [Read more...]
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