Health News

Sack lunches may not provide adequate nutrients to preschooler
Packing lunch for your child might not be a good idea, for a new study has found that sack lunches may not regularly provide adequate nutrients for the growth and development of young children. ANI

Health-monitoring system helps maintain older adults well-being
Many older adults want to remain active and independent for as long as possible. Now, researchers from University of Missouri suggest that installing health monitoring system can help keep check on the health of the elderly and ensure their privacy. ANI

New drug shows potential to treat angina, other cardiac problems
A compound, designed to prevent chest pains in heart patients, could act as a drug to treat angina and possibly other cardiac pathologies, according to a study on animals. ANI

Health News for September 8, 2008

MRI scans may lead to delayed breast cancer treatment
Women with newly diagnosed breast cancer, who receive an MRI scan, are likely to delay their treatment and opt for a mastectomy, suggests a new study. ANI

Now, rubber tyres to get rid of waist tyres!
If you thought tyres were just meant for wheeling around on the roads, you certainly need a reality check, for they can also be used to shed that extra flab around your waist- courtesy the new wheelie clever exercise programme ANI

Hookahs as harmful as cigarette smoking
University-level students are increasingly getting hooked to shisha, water-pipe smoking, in Karachi unaware of the fact that they are as harmful as cigarette, say researchers. ANI

Location, not quantity of fat determines heart attack risk
Researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center have found that how much fat a person has is not as important as where that fat is located when assessing risk for cardiovascular events and metabolic disease. ANI

Sweaty people less prone to exercise-induced asthma
University of Michigan researchers have found that people who make more sweat while exercising are less prone to asthma than others. ANI

Common painkillers may reduce prostate cancer risk
Common painkillers like aspirin and ibuprofen have shown some promise to lower prostate-specific antigen (PSA) levels, the blood biomarker to detect prostate cancer risk in men, in a new American study. ANI

Fatal superbug epidemic risk worries Oz scientists
Leading scientists in Australia have warned that a drug-resistant superbug that attacks healthy teenagers, and can be fatal is posing threat to the country. ANI

Milk makes bacteria resistant to antibiotics in animals
In a surprising discovery, scientists have found that milk makes potentially dangerous bacteria like Staphylococcus resistant to antibiotics used for treating animals. ANI

Once-a-week jab for diabetics to make painful daily pin pricks history
A breakthrough at the Research Institute of Mount Sinai Hospital may soon get many diabetics rid of the misery of taking insulin injections twice a day, for the researchers there have developed a once-a-week jab for type 2 diabetes patients. ANI