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London, Sept 11 (ANI): Diet drugs work because they make people eat more healthily, claim psychologists.

In the study, presented at the British Psychological Society’s Division of Health Psychology conference in Birmingham, researchers found that dieters who lost the most weight [...]

London, Sept 2 (ANI): A research team led by Indian-origin scientists from University of Michigan have discovered a new mechanism that would help in future therapies for conditions ranging from autoimmune diseases to organ transplants to cancer.

U-M biochemistry professor [...]

London, Aug 28 (ANI): A new study by researchers from Utrecht University in the Netherlands has suggested that a soluble fibre supplement called psyllium should be the first line of attack in treating irritable bowel syndrome (IBS).

In the study, researchers compared adding bran, psyllium and a [...]

Washington, July 7 (ANI): If Medical College of Georgia researchers are to be believed, organ transplantation in future may include microscopic beads that create “designer” immune cells so that patients may tolerate their new organ.

Dr. Anatolij Horuzsko, reproductive immunologist [...]

London, May 30 (ANI): Taking supplements of vitamin D could reduce the incidence of breast cancer by a quarter and bowel cancer by a third, say scientists.

What’s more, the vitamin, sometimes called “bottled sunshine”, should be offered to the population as part of a public health drive, the boffins suggested.

To reach the conclusion, researchers reviewed [...]

London, May 11 (ANI): A study suggests that healthy people who are on the verge of becoming overweight may be at an increased risk of developing bowel cancer.

It has found that such people are about 15 per cent more likely to develop bowel cancer than those at the lower end of the range.

Professor Martin [...]

London, May 7 (ANI): Manchester United boss Sir Alex Ferguson kept vigil beside his gravely injured grandson’s hospital bed, as the kid fought back from the brink of death.

Ferguson clutched Charlie’s hand and whispered words of support as the sedated ten-year-old recovered from a five-hour [...]

Washington, April 9 (ANI): Suffering from constipation? Well, help is on the way – a team of researchers has identified a potential drug target to make it a lot easier to go to the bathroom, especially when all other methods fail.

They have discovered a group of nerve ending receptors, which, when stimulated, causes the [...]

London, Mar 28 (ANI): English midfielder David Beckham has only to make it onto the pitch against Slovenia today to get his 109th cap, and beat the record of Bobby Moore, regarded by many as England’s greatest player.

Beckham equalled Bobby Moore’s tally when he appeared in the friendly against Spain last month, but recently admitted [...]

New Delhi, Mar 22 (ANI): British reality star Jade goody has lost her battle to cervical cancer, media has reported.

The mum of two, 27, who recently married boyfriend Jack Tweed, died in her sleep at her home in Essex, southeast England, her publicist Max [...]

London, Mar 5 (ANI): Robots may soon replace army medics on the battlefield, say researchers.

Scientists hope to replace Mobile Army Surgical Hospital with “Trauma Pod” including robot surgeons and nurses, in the next 10 years.

The three-armed surgical robot, being developed by Pentagon’s Defence Advanced [...]

Melbourne, Feb 21 (ANI): Students can have a better understanding of human anatomy, if all the organs and parts are painted on a real live body, according to an Australian expert.

Professor Paul McMenamin, of the University of Western Australia, reckons that body painting can turn out to be a useful tool in anatomy classes.

“Essentially we’re [...]

London, Feb 19 (ANI): With an increase in the number of older passengers and extended flights, there’s a subsequent rise in the occurrence of on-board health problems, according to US researchers.

And thus, a Lancet review has suggested that both travellers and authorities should be aware of the risks, whether they are blood clots or flu [...]

Brisbane, Feb.19 (ANI): Colo-rectal expert Brian Collopy told a Brisbane Magistrates Court today that controversial Indian-born surgeon Dr. Jayant Patel fell short of competent medical practice when he wrongly diagnosed and performed an unnecessary operation on a man who later died.

Bundaberg Base Hospital patient Mervyn Morris, 76, died in June 2003 after Dr Patel performed [...]

London, Feb 14 (ANI): Cancer-stricken Jade Goody is reported to be planning a one-million-pound extravagant wedding with beau Jack Tweed for the sake of her kids.

The Big Brother star is keen to tie the knot in a “traditional” ceremony.

However, if she becomes too weak and ill, the couple will marry in hospital.

She has less [...]

London, Feb 08 (ANI): Jade Goody will continue to give media appearances as she battles against cancer, says her representative Max Clifford.

Earlier this week, the former Big Brother star learned her cervical cancer had spread to her bowel, liver and groin.

And she underwent a lengthy operation on Feb 06 to remove the tumour from her [...]

London, Jan 29 (ANI): The humble worm could hold the key to wiping out asthma and other conditions which are on the rise due to the modern mania with cleanliness, reckon scientists.

Researchers in Nottingham are currently investigating whether giving hook worms to asthma sufferers can cure their condition.

In developed countries, the worms have been eliminated [...]

London, January 20 (ANI): A new study conducted by scientists at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) suggests that DNA may not be the only carrier of heritable information, and that a secondary molecular mechanism called epigenetics may also account for some inherited traits and diseases.

The researchers say that their findings challenge [...]

Melbourne, Jan 9 (ANI): Tom Cruise along with wife Katie Holmes is giving potty training to daughter Suri.
Talking in a wide-ranging interview in Weekend Australian Magazine, the actor revealed that he sure knows his stuff.
Cruise revealed that he and Katie don’t use star charts and other reward systems for their 2-year-old daughter and instead prefer [...]

London, Jan 9 (ANI): A team of International researchers has identified genetic markers associated with risk for ulcerative colitis.
Ulcerative colitis is a chronic, relapsing disorder that causes inflammation and ulceration in the inner lining of the rectum and large intestine.
The most common symptoms are diarrhea (oftentimes bloody) and abdominal pain. Ulcerative colitis and Crohn’’s disease, [...]