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 5, 2008

Moderate subclinical hypothyroidism raises death risk
A new research suggests that people with moderate subclinical hypothyroidism (SCH), a condition in which the thyroid is mildly underactive, are at an increased mortality risk. ANI

Women more vulnerable to alcohols long-term effects
Women are more likely to have long-term effects of alcohol than men, says a new study. ANI

Heavy load of activities make kids thrive emotionally
A heavy load of scheduled activities does not increase childrens levels of stress, instead it helps them thrive emotionally, according to a new study. ANI

No link between newborn thyroid function, cognitive development
Scientists have claimed that theres no link between newborn thyroid function within the normal range and cognitive development ANI

Obese more accurate at predicting their activity levels
While it is believed that obese people cannot keep a track of how much calories they consume, Temple University researchers have found that when it comes to knowing how much one is exercising, fat women are much more accurate at predicting activity levels than overweight and normal weight women. ANI

Being with nature may help beat the blues
Feeling blue? Well, then all you need to do is step in a natural environment, for it do wonders for the mental health. ANI

Fat kids should be treated as abuse victims
Dangerously overweight children who are overfed by their parents should be treated as victims of abuse and should be taken away from their homes and given radical weight-loss surgery, according to a health expert. ANI

Tanning beds killing 43 Aussies a year
Tanning beds have been held responsible for killing 43 Australians a year, according to a new report. ANI

Soon, effective implanted cardiac devices with improved security
A researcher from the University of Massachusetts Amherst who had shown that an implantable heart defibrillator is vulnerable to hacking has been given a grant in a bid to improved security in implanted cardiac devices. ANI