Archive for August, 2008

Biochips developed for rapid detection of infections! »

A new method to detect infections and to test serious diseases and drugs is developed by Manchester University scientists which uses Bio chips. Published online in the Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS), the technique uses Protein chips that are objects like slides. They have proteins attached to them and permit crucial data about [...]

High humidity is favorable for athletes! »

Humidity and heat, which makes us restless, can be proved favorable for the athletes. On one side when Olympic athletes are worried about heat and humidity, researchers said that the same heat and humidity is positive for them. Research shows that higher humidity can result in increased concentration of athletes ‘drawing’ on mental ‘reserves’ and [...]

Things to be taken care while Pregnancy! »

Pregnancy is a very critical and crucial time period not only for would be mother but for a father too. Avoid any risk that can lead to complicate or terminate a pregnancy. There are a number of different activities you should encourage or avoid during your pregnancy. Regular medical examination and proper diet are the [...]

Special video game to adhere young cancer patients to medicines! »

According to a report in the journal Pediatrics, special video games can help the young cancer patients to take their prescribed medicine. “Targeted video games can help improve the lives of young people with cancer, most importantly improve their adherence to their treatment,” said the study’s lead author, Dr. Pamela M. Kato of the University [...]

Drug to cure common cold: Research! »

Common cold is the most common but the most troublesome and irritating problem of everyone.  For long time, scientists are struggling to get any reliable cure of common cold. Finally an international team has developed a drug against common cold bugs. The scientists claims that the cold-busting pill known as BTA798 can be effective against [...]

Eat eggs and lose Weight! »

Good news for egg eaters. Eat two eggs daily and keep yourself fit! Researchers found that a breakfast with two eggs daily can help lose some weight comparative to eating a bagel of equal calories. The study was conducted on 152 overweight people into four groups: two groups were fed on two eggs with breakfast [...]

Some surprising facts that affect memory! »

When a human start aging it is naturally to lose memory better to say we naturally lose the power of multitasking and to do things quickly. However, mental capacity may increase with age which relates with ability to reason and use our experience. Maintaining the memory is a major concern among aging people all around [...]

Eat Broccoli to reverse diabetes damage! »

A broccoli can help the diabetic patients as the recent research done by a University of Warwick have shown that it undo the damage to heart blood vessels caused by diabetes. People with diabetes are up to five times more likely to develop cardiovascular diseases such as heart attacks and strokes which further damages blood [...]

Advantages of being slim! »

Obese people are always worried about their extra weight and somehow wants to reduce themselves but did you ever think that why obese people keep trying to lose their weight? There are lots of reasons behind the efforts to lose weight. An extra pound of weight give rise to so many problems and to remove [...]

Lose your weight without Dieting! »

If some one asked about how to reduce weight, the very easy reply is dieting. But if you want to lose your weight without dieting, here I am to help you. Change your mind about food: The very first thing is to change your mind about food. Food is needed to live but do not [...]