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Number of world smokers growing significantly

January 8, 2014 Posted by Contributor

Even though the global smoking rate has declined since 1980, the total number of world smokers has grown significantly. The revelation has been made in a study published online in the Journal of the American Medical Assn. Researchers have found that the total number of smokers around the world with a pack-a-day habit has increased significantly. At a time when global smoking rate declined … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: cigarette, Smoking, tobacco

Utah physician amongst five in the country to win funding for research

January 8, 2014 Posted by Staff

SALT LAKE CITY: Dr. Kevin Jones, a pediatric oncologist at the Huntsman Cancer Institute, is one of the five in the country who won the funds for his further research on childhood cancer. His research is mainly focussed on the metabolism in alveolar soft part sarcoma genesis. Cancer cell metabolism is a growing field of study. Other receivers were physicians and researchers who will work … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health, Salt Lake News Tagged With: Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation, Alveolar soft part sarcoma(ASPS), childhood cancer, tumor

Homework and Video Games Might Slow Down Concussion Recovery In Kids

January 7, 2014 Posted by Staff

Young people may take more time than the adults to recover from concussion, a new study shows. The study published on Jan. 6 in Pediatrics also shows whatever they do during the duration of recovery are of more importance. According to the research those who get indulged in cognitive activities like playing video games and doing home work after a concussion had longer recovery time than young … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: concussion, homework, Kids, online, recovery, video games

Get Stress Free, Relieve Anxiety Through Meditation

January 7, 2014 Posted by Contributor

Meditation is solution to many brain related problems like anxiety, depression and pain.  A new study conducted by researchers from the Johns Hopkins University says that those who have been indulging into thorough meditation from past many centuries have managed to succeed from their stress-related health problems to a larger extent. The scientists used data from 47 existing researches to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: depression, Meditation, stress anxiety

Brain Dead Jahi Mcmath Released From Oakland Hospital, Shifted To ‘Safer’ Facility

January 7, 2014 Posted by Contributor

13-year-old Jahi McMath, who was declared brain dead after complications from surgery last month at Children’s Hospital Oakland, has been shifted to an unnamed facility, the family of the teen said. “She is no longer with the Oakland hospital and has been transferred to a facility that will provide her care,” the family and their lawyer said while declining to identify the facility citing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: Brain dead, Children’s Hospital Oakland, Jahi Mcmath

Bullied Teen pursued free plastic surgery from a NYC nonprofit

January 6, 2014 Posted by Staff

A NYC nonprofit gave a home schooled bullied teen a free nose job. Renata, 15 who was home schooled and after tolerating several bullying from her classmates convinced herself and her mother, Michelle, that a nose job was the only way forward. "They were just calling me 'that girl with the big nose,'" Renata says. "It just really hurts. And you can’t get over it." "I tried convincing … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: bullying, Cosmetic Surgery, NYC, plastic surgery, Teen

Mystery brain Paralysis Illness made four year lose his blinking ability

January 6, 2014 Posted by Staff

Born with heart defects, Corbin Dourant, 4, Oregon boy suffered with many ailments. The prominent of all is a very rare condition that is making his cerebellum shrink. The cerebellum is that region of the brain that has a major role in motor control. The shrinking is affecting his muscle movement and speech and has made him unable to blink. Mother Natalie Dourant said in a statement that he … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: Boy, Brain, cerebellum, four year, genetic disorder, Paralysis

University of Chicago among Six Centers Sharing $540 Million for Cancer Study

January 6, 2014 Posted by Staff

CHICAGO — The cancer researchers at the University of Chicago are presented with $90 million as a work aid. The donation was announced at the Ludwig Center on Monday. It's part of a $540 million contribution from Ludwig Cancer Research to six institutions. Monday's gift append to the foundation established in 2006 to create the Ludwig Centers at each institution, bringing Ludwig's total funding … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health, National News Tagged With: Cancer, Harvard University, Johns hopkin university, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center, metasis, Stanford University, university of chicago

Funds at risk after State finds ‘jeopardy’ to disabled at 3 centers

January 6, 2014 Posted by Staff

Suffering from the threat of losing Medicaid funding, Porterville center for the developmentally disabled is one of three risk-prone centers, after the case of some patients been discovered in unsafe conditions. The California Department of Public Health announced late Friday that it would take steps to decertify the Porterville, Lanterman and Fairview Developmental Centers. Health officials … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: abuses, disabled, funding, medical centers

McDonald’s the New Weight Loss Formula for a Science Teacher

January 5, 2014 Posted by Editor

In an update to to the 2004 documentary "Super Size Me," in which filmmaker Morgan Spurlock ate nothing but McDonald's for a month leading to abominable upshots to his health, John Cisna, a science teacher at Colo-Nesco High School went on an all-McDonald’s diet for three months and actually lost 37 pounds. He did the experiment along with three students. And when he approached his local … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Health Tagged With: McDonald's, weight, Weight loss

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