Health News

How cancer prevention drives aging
For the first time, researchers have found how cellular senescence, the well-known mechanism for preventing cancer, can trigger aging and age-related disease by changing the local tissue environment. ANI

Scientists unveil genes vital to vital to adult heart function
In a study on fruit fly Drosophila, scientists at the Burnham Institute for Medical Research (Burnham) have found that genes involved in embryonic heart development are vital to adult heart function in both fruit flies and humans. ANI

Psychiatric disorders common among college-aged
A new study has revealed that psychiatric disorders appear to be common among 18- to 24-year-olds, with overall rates similar among those attending or not attending college. ANI

Health News for October 11, 2007

Lethality of influenza virus enhanced by protein
A new study has unraveled some of the mystery surrounding the influenza virus, by finding that a particular protein is the key factor that can turn it lethal. ANI

Daily glass of wine now deemed safe for pregnant women
Pregnant women can now have wine - but in a small quantity - says the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) draft. ANI

Majority adult steroid users not athletes or risk-taking teens
Most of the non-medical anabolic-androgenic steroid (AAS) users are not athletes or risk-taking teenagers, but those who particularly want to increase muscle mass, strength, and physical attractiveness. ANI

Researchers link 9/11 stress to low birth weight babies in New York
A new study has held the stress caused by the 9/11 disaster responsible for an increase in low birth weight babies born in and around New York in the months after the tragedy. ANI

Folic acid supplements can dramatically lower blood arsenic levels
A new research conducted in Bangladesh has revealed that folic acid supplements can significantly lower blood arsenic levels in people chronically exposed to arsenic-contaminated drinking water. ANI

Health of adolescents declining as obesity, depression rise
Australian researchers have found that the health of adolescents is declining, as the rates of obesity, depression and diabetes rise. ANI

How stem cells choose to become either skeletal or smooth muscle revealed
US researchers have identified a key protein that controls the mechanism by which stem cells choose to become either skeletal muscle cells that move limbs, or smooth muscle cells that support blood vessels. ANI

Expensive running shoes are not worth the money
A new study has found that expensive trainers are not worth the money, and that cheap and moderately priced running shoes are just as good in terms of cushioning impact and overall comfort. ANI

NAS report recognizes the importance of toxicogenomics
A report by the National Academies of Sciences (NAS) has offered new tools, which can help recognize the importance of toxicogenomics. ANI

Brain circuits used in sensation of touch identified
A study has identified the brain circuits that facilitate spatial discrimination through touch. ANI

Immune system protein may act as early warning system for lung cancer
An immune system protein may help detect lung cancer in the early stages, a study has revealed. ANI

Genetic, not environmental factors, may be behind severe heart defect
American researchers have found that Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome (HLHS), a severe cardiovascular malformation that is difficult to treat and is often fatal, is caused primarily by genetic factors. ANI

Statins may lower heart attack risk for life
A new study conducted by researchers at Glasgow University has revealed that patients who take statins (cholesterol-lowering drugs) remain at far less risk of heart attack for a decade after they stop using them and perhaps even for life. ANI

Obese people six times as likely to develop gullet cancer
A new research has revealed that obese people are six times as likely to develop gullet (oesophageal) cancer than people of a healthy weight. ANI

Half of Brits over 100 will be mentally ill by 2074
The number of Britons reaching the age of 100 is increasing on an unprecedented scale, but this longer lifespan wont be without age-related diseases, according to a leading neuroscientist. ANI