In a new study it is found the global warming may expose millions of more people to malaria. Scientists say the mosquitoes move to higher altitudes. The study is published in the US journal Science. It is said the tropical highland areas in central America, southern America, Asia and Africa are at risk. In 2012…
You need to put down the soda, skip sweetened breakfast cereal and never add sugar to tea or coffee if start following the new guidelines of World Health Organization (WHO). The organization has proposed cutting down the sugar intake to below 5 percent of daily calories to get additional health benefits. In the words of…
In future HIV patients will be prescribed just on shot in every one to three months instead of intake of daily pills as many follow now to cut the risk of the disease. Researchers have experimented a drug that has been tested positive in the prevention of HIV in monkeys. AIDS conference reported on Tuesday…
Series of case studies show eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE) may come up independently after a child outgrows a food allergy. Researchers studied 1,025 children with EoE. In it they found seventeen children developed EoE after the allergy was gone to the same food. In 2 cases the patients had documented normal esophagogastroduodenoscopy before developing the EoE.…
In a new study researchers have found a rare mutation that helps in protecting Type 2 diabetes. It is applicable to even fat people. After testing on 150,000 people the researches pronounced mutation reduces risk of Type 2 diabetes by two-thirds. The mutation destroys a gene that is used by the pancreas cells of our…
In a new study it is found the infant sleep machines that are designed to soothe baby with sound could end up with doing harms to the hearing of babies. The machine is very popular with harried parents and researchers tested fourteen such widely available machines. The findings are published in Pediatrics journal. It is…
Rare, tragic birth defects have risen in the Washington state recently. Health officials are baffled to see many new-born are missing parts of brains and/or skulls. In a recent investigation 23 cases of anencephaly have been found in three countries of the area between the period of January 2010 and 2013. This mean about 8.4…
In a new study researchers have found high calorie of diets can help in extending the lives of those people who are suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Massachusetts General Hospital gave their ALS patients a high-calorie, high-carbohydrate tube-feeding formula and found on average fewer adverse events compared to those patients who were not given…
National Eating Disorders Association says half population of girls in the US has eating disorders. They follow unhealthy eating habits such as skipping meals and vomiting. The week was for awareness of eating disorders among US teens at the Nevada High School. Students were taught how to uplift each other and the Missouri Representative Randy…
In a new study researchers have found more ‘plasticity’ may keep the active brains busy too at night. It will not shut down at night, as many people complain. The research is based on studied conducted on about 30 people of aged 50 years and above. The study is small and hence the findings are…