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 July 20, 2008

Experts call for antibiotics crackdown to fight superbugs
Health experts have called for rationing of medicines for patients in a bid to halt the spread of hospital superbugs. ANI

The Top 10 food myths revealed
Think light coloured olive oil is lighter in calorie content or eating carbs can give love handles? Well, in that case, you need a reality check, for all these notions are mere myths, say two Sydney based dieticians. ANI

Simple resistance training can improve oldies quality of life
Simple resistance training can improve muscle strength, power and functional performance in older adults, says a new study from the University of Queensland. ANI

Primary immune sensor that detects stomach viruses identified
American scientists have moved one step closer to realising an effective treatment for the stomach flu that can cause nausea, vomiting, and diarrhoea. ANI

Exercise not the perfect answer to dementia
Exercising is a good answer for almost any disease. But, when it comes to dementia, a group of researchers say that, at the moment, physical activity is not the perfect answer as a treatment for elderly patients with the condition. ANI

Obese workers not lazy or harder to get along with: Study
A Michigan State University scholar has countered commonly held beliefs that obese office goers are lazier, more emotionally unstable and harder to get along with than their normal weight colleagues. ANI

Most adults unaware that activity cuts colon cancer risk
While colon cancer is considered to be preventable, a new study has cited that parents may not always be informed by primary care doctors that increased physical activity can cut the risk of this cancer. ANI