Risk Factors for Recurrence of Depression

Depression is a common mental health disorder that negatively affects daily functioning and quality of life. Unfortunately, depression is often a recurrent disorder. Current treatment guidelines are based on clinical features of the disease, but new evidence points to sociodemographic and psychosocial characteristics that influence the severity and prognosis of depression.  Specifically, a study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal highlights smoking and a feeling of lack of control over one’s life as significant...

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Eating less 'can boost your brain and help you remember more'

Eating less could help you remember more, researchers have found. Skipping dessert and having an after-dinner coffee instead could also be good for your brain, as well as your waistline. The news comes from an Italian study into ‘calorific restriction’ – the idea that near-starvation rations boost health and extend life.  Scientists have long known of the phenomenon, but have struggled to work out just what it is about severely cutting calories that improves health. Researcher Giovambattista Pani decided to focus on a protein called...

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Loud iPods overtake noisy workplaces as most common cause of hearing damage

Loud iPods overtake noisy workplaces as most common cause of hearing damage Millions of commuters risk hearing damage because they have set the volume level too high on their MP3 players. In the past, loud workplaces were blamed for causing the majority of harmful noise.  However, researchers at Michigan University in the US found that noise from MP3 players has overtaken as the biggest danger to hearing. Occupational health experts found nine out of 10 people using public transport were exposed to excessive noise through listening...

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Young mother, 20, dies after taking 'a few extra paracetamol' to help cope with br*ast surgery pain

A young mother died from liver failure following routine surgery after she took 'a few extra tablets' of paracetamol each day to cope with the pain. Desiree Phillips, 20, had a number of benign lumps on her br*ast removed earlier this year. Doctors prescribed antibiotics and over-the-counter paracetamol to help her cope with the discomfort. Her family suspected she was taking just ‘a few extra tablets’ a day before she was admitted to hospital with a failing liver nine days after the operation. The single mother, from Llanelli, South Wales,...

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Why fish makes the best baby food - it halves wheezing in young children

Eating salmon and cod could prevent the onset of breathing problems among young children according to scientists.A study revealed that babies who were fed fish before they were nine months old were half as likely to report wheezing later in life compared to those who weren't.It is hoped the findings will encourage parents to reassess their children's eating habits.Each child's diet was assessed along with their health at six months, 12 months and four and a half years.This is the latest piece of research, set to be published in the December issue...

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Warning over hidden danger of taking too much Paracetamol

Taking too much paracetamol in pills and cold remedies could kill you, warn British researchers.Victims of ‘staggered’ overdoses often fail to realise the amount they are taking could be fatal over a few days, they say.Experts have also pointed out, however, that many of us will be taking paracetamol or combination remedies containing the drug this winter to combat colds and flu, and that it is a safe and effective painkiller when the correct amount is taken.A study shows the risk of dying from liver failure is higher from accidental overdose...

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Chicken and eggs can boost your memory: Scientists discover nutrient that may slow down ageing of the brain

This may be the first time you've heard of it, but diets rich in choline may help protect your brain from the affects of ageing.The nutrient from the B vitamin family is found in foods like chicken, eggs and saltwater fish as well as legumes such as kidney beans.Researchers at Boston University found people who got plenty of choline in their diets performed better on memory tests and were less likely to show brain changes associated with dementia.The findings add to evidence that your lifetime diet may make a difference in how your brain ages,...

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7 easy ways to boost your immune system

Your body’s immune system is more powerful than you probably imagine. How powerful, you ask? Scientists from the University of Pennsylvania recently took immune cells from three patients with leukemia, then genetically altered them into “serial killer” cells, designed to attack one tumor cell, then another and another. The study was small and the treatment experimental, but the results were groundbreaking—two patients went into complete remission, and the other had a dramatic antitumor response. The modified immune system cells multiplied at least...

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Can eating too much make your stomach burst?

Someone at your Thanksgiving table will likely say some version of this tomorrow, after you've all stuffed your faces with turkey, mashed potatoes, sweet potatoes and the rest. But how much would you have to eat in order for your stomach to actually burst? Is that even possible?"Interestingly enough, you can rupture your stomach if you eat too much," says Dr. Rachel Vreeman, co-author of "Don't Cross Your Eyes ... They'll Get Stuck That Way!" and assistant professor of pediatrics at Indiana University School of Medicine. "It is possible, but it's...

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Diabetes breakthrough could save sufferers from drawing blood by testing tears instead

Diabetics may be saved from having to draw blood several times a day to test their sugar levels after scientists found a way to use tears instead.Diabetics have to test their blood sugar levels from two to 10 times a day by drawing a droplet of blood with a finger-prick test.However, some people don't measure their levels often enough because of the discomfort it causes.Now researchers at the University of Michigan have developed a sensor that can detect blood glucose levels in tears.The study, which used rabbits as human substitutes, found glucose...

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Eating Nuts Helps In Loss of Weight!

The researchers said that eating at least one ounce of raw and unpeeled nuts such as hazelnuts, walnuts and almonds will help you manage your weight better. Eating nuts increased the levels of serotonin in the brain which reduces the feelings of hunger and is also beneficial to your heart.Around 42 people took part in the study, led by Cristina Andres-Lacueva, of which 22 people followed a nut rich diet for over 12 weeks while the remaining were told to avoid nuts.According to the study, published in the American Chemical Society Journal of Proteome...

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Children with low levels of zinc may be at higher risk of autism

Children who are low in zinc may be at higher risk of autism.A study found that large numbers of children with autism and related conditions such as Asperger’s syndrome were deficient in the mineral, which is found in meat, bread and dairy products.The researchers said their finding provided hope for the treatment and prevention of autism.But British experts say it is impossible to draw any firm conclusions from the study – and people should not rush out to stock up on zinc supplements.Autism and related conditions affect more than one in 100...

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How you CAN beat your 'fat genes' and lose weight... with exercise

When getting in to last season’s clothes is a struggle, it is all too easy to tell ourselves that being plump is in our genes. But those cursed with the ‘fat gene’ are mistakenly shunning exercise in the belief they are powerless to shift those extra pounds, a study claims. Experts have found that when it comes to our weight, we are not slaves to our genes after all.Being active can melt away unsightly rolls of fat – even in those who have inherited DNA that makes them prone to obesity. Their study focused on the ‘junk food gene’, a strain of...

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Two glasses of wine a day could increase br*ast cancer risk by 50 per cent

Women who drink just two glasses of wine a day are 50 per cent more likely to get br*ast cancer than those who don’t drink at all, a major study has found. Even those who indulge in only three or four glasses of wine over an entire week – well within the Government’s recommended limits – are putting themselves at risk. Researchers also warn that women who drink regularly in their 20s and 30s are far more likely to develop the illness in later life, regardless of whether they subsequently cut back. The Government recommends that women should...

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Nurse hopes to have world's first baby from a transplant womb donated by her own MOTHER

An intensive care nurse is so desperate to have a baby she has decided to undergo a womb transplant from her own mother.  It means that should the operation be successful her child would be born from the same uterus from which she herself was born. Melinda Arnold, 34, from Melbourne in Australia, was born without a womb but has ovaries that produce eggs.  Her mother's age has not been disclosed, however she would only be accepted as a viable womb donor if she was pre-menopausal. The average age for a woman to reach the menopause...

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Garra rufa fish can spread HIV

Health authorities in Britain are afraid that trendy pedicures in which fish are used can spread HIV and hepatitis C. UK tabloid The Sun reported that the country's Health Protection Agency said risks from the treatment in which fish nibble the client's feet "could not be excluded". And it said that people with illnesses such as diabetes or psoriasis, or those with a weakened immune system, were especially vulnerable and should not indulge in the latest pampering craze. Infections and bacteria might be passed on by the tiny garra rufa fish or...

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Vitamins linked with higher death risk in older women

When it comes to vitamins, it appears you could have too much of a good thing, say researchers who report a link between their use and higher death rates among older women. Experts have suspected for some time that supplements may only be beneficial if a person is deficient in a nutrient.  And excess may even harm, as the study in Archives of Internal Medicine finds. All of the women, in their 50s and 60s, were generally well nourished yet many had decided to take supplements.  Multivitamins, folic acid, vitamin B6, magnesium,...

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Children of mothers who don't take folic acid ‘more likely to have severe language delays’

Women who fail to take folic acid in early pregnancy could be threatening their child's ability to speak according to scientists. A study has revealed that mothers who don't take the vitamin supplement are twice as likely to have children with severe speech delays.  Experts at Columbia University in New York, say that the results highlight the health benefits of folic acid which is already known to reduce the risk of certain types of birth defects.  Around 40,000 Norwegian women were questioned during the first stage of pregnancy...

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Want to cure that snack habit? Eat more protein as too little makes you hungry

Too little protein in your diet makes you feel hungry and reach for fattening snacks, an international study shows. Eating more than the average amount of foods such as meat, fish, eggs and nuts can stop you gaining two pounds a month. Researchers found that those whose meals were ten per cent protein consumed 260 more calories a day than those on 15 per cent protein.   Not only did they eat more but 70 per cent of the extra calories they ate were between snacks between meals rather than at mealtimes. Raising consumption to 25...

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Asthma inhalers to be banned by year's end for allegedly disrupting ozone layer

Asthma sufferers who use inexpensive, over-the-counter Primatene Mist (PM) inhalers will no longer be able to obtain them beginning in 2012, thanks to a phase-out of the product initiated by the Obama administration.  In accordance with the Montreal protocols adopted during the Bush administration, products that emit chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs), which include PM inhalers, are an alleged threat to the ozone layer, and are thus being withdrawn from use.  The decision is a curious one, though, as the Obama administration recently...

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Swimming Pool Chemicals Cause Thousands of Injuries: CDC

More than 28,000 cases of injury and illness caused by swimming pool chemicals are estimated to have occurred in the United States between 2002 and 2008, according to a new federal study.  Most of the cases occurred at private homes, and the most common problems were respiratory symptoms and eye and skin injuries, the researchers said.  The findings are based on projections from a nationally representative sample of hospital emergency rooms and a state-based injury and illness surveillance system, the researchers said.  They...

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Red Wine May Get Thumbs up for Br*ast Cancer

The latest research conducted jointly by Italian researchers collaborating with the Americans indicating that Resveratrol blocks estrogen receptors that make br*ast cancer grow, is perhaps the first study to claim positive effects of red wine against cancer but it must not make women to rush to the nearby wine bar yet, warns Subhash Arora. The finding of the study published in the October, 2011 edition of the FASEB Journal is important for women whose br*ast cancer becomes resistant to hormonal therapy. For the study, the scientists tested the...

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