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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Types Of Cancer: Symptoms And Management

Globally, the month of October is used to create awareness on br*ast cancer. According to estimates, over 1.38 million new br*ast cancer cases are diagnosed annually with 458, 367 deaths worldwide annually. One of the keys for treating br*ast cancer is catching it very early on, experts say.  This month aims to promote women’s awareness of the disease and encourage mammogram screening which has become much more accurate at detecting early states of the disease. Many non-governmental organisations and the Federal Ministry of Health are of...

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Piles Information

Piles, also known as hemorrhoids, can be described as the swelling and inflammation of veins in the rectum and anus. There are two types of piles - internal and external.  When struck externally, piles cause a lot of pain, but no bleeding. However, in case of internal piles, there is no pain, but a discharge of dark blood. Hemorrhoids are usually not dangerous or life threatening and in most of the cases, its symptoms will go away within a few days. To get information on the causes and symptoms of piles, go through the following lines. Causes Of Piles  .Chronic constipation  .Bowel...

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'Belly Fat' Linked to Development of Asthma, Study Finds

The findings, presented at the European Respiratory Society's Annual Congress in Amsterdam, have shown central obesity as a risk factor for the disease. Excess abdominal fat has been linked with a number of health effects, such as diabetes and heart disease, but there has been little focus on its link with lung disease. Previous studies have found a link between asthma and body mass index (BMI), which is a marker for overall obesity. This new study looked at waist circumference, which is a marker for central obesity, to see whether this...

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Steve Jobs Had Pancreatic Cancer: Warning Signs You Need To Know

As the world says good-bye to Apple CEO and visionary, Steve Jobs, the news of his death at the early age of 56 could be a wake-up call to us. Jobs had pancreatic cancer–a silent and often deadly disease that he had battled since 2004. And even with its high mortality rate, little is known about this type of cancer and how to catch it or prevent it. Let’s start with the facts: Pancreatic cancer is one of the fastest spreading and deadliest cancers, and often goes undiagnosed until it’s too late. Only about 4% of patients survive five years after...

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Fair-skinned? You may need to pop vitamin D pills, say expert

Fair-skinned people who burn easily in the sun may need to take vitamin D supplements, according to research. Vitamin D is essential for healthy bones and people get most of what they need from exposure to sunlight during the summer months.  NHS advice says that between April to October exposing your skin to the sun for around 15 minutes a day should be enough. But a new study funded by Cancer Research UK has found that people with very pale skin may not be able to spend long enough in the sun while also avoiding sunburn. It suggests that...

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How iPads could help 'blind' children to see

Children living with severe vision problems could transform the way they communicate simply by using an iPad, researchers say. A team from the University of Kansas gave the tablet computers to a group of children with a cortical visual impairment (CVI).  The severe neurological disorder results from brain damage which prevents them from interpreting visual information, making them essentially 'blind.' 'We tested 15 children and were absolutely shocked,' said lead researcher Muriel Saunders. Every single child was enthralled with...

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Increased Fat in Children Raises Their Blood Pressure Risk

A study of 1,111 healthy Indiana school children over a period of 4.5 years revealed that when the children's body mass index (BMI) reached or passed the 85th percentile -- the beginning of the overweight category -- the adiposity effect on blood pressure was more than four times that of normal weight children.  Adiposity is fat under the skin and surrounding major organs. The absolute value of BMI is not used to classify weight status in children, because change in BMI is normal and expected as children grow and develop. Instead, BMI...

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Overweight Mothers Increase Asthma Risk for Their Children

Epidemiology & Community Health found that there was an increased risk of 20 to 30 per cent, compared with women who have a healthy pre-pregnancy weight Swatee Patel, Principal Lecturer in Statistics in the University of Greenwich's School of Health & Social Care, analysed data from almost 7,000 15 and 16-year-olds born in northern Finland.  The study also suggested that the heavier the women, the greater the risk of wheezing and asthma-like symptoms. Those with a history of allergies also have a much higher risk of their children...

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New Microbicide May Block AIDS Virus from Infecting Human Cells

Development and laboratory testing of the potential new microbicide to prevent human immunodeficiency virus infection is outlined in a study set for online publication in the journal Molecular Pharmaceutics. Despite years of research, there is only one effective microbicide to prevent s*xual transmission of HIV, which causes AIDS, or acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Microbicide development has focused on gels and other treatments that would be applied vaginally by women, particularly in Africa and other developing regions. To establish infection,...

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