Women, who experience intense hot flashes and night sweats during the onset of menopause, can take heart and look upon these as protection against cardiovascular diseases, according to the findings of new research. Vasomotor symptoms or hot flashes as the layperson knows it are caused by changing hormonal levels and dilation of blood, can lead to physical and emotional upheavals in a woman’s life, and has no effective remedies. Some studies had earlier identified hot flashes, night sweats... 

Researchers from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center have found that mammalian heart in new-born can regrow and heal itself fully in case of damage,  an amazing feature seen in the zebra fish and amphibians, but was not known to occur in mammals. Assistant professor of internal medicine and senior author of the study Dr. Hesham Sadek and colleagues removed  the left ventricular apex in lab mice, which is the lower portion of the heart comprising about 15% of the heart muscle.... 

Researchers say failure of IVF treatments in women has nothing to do with stress or anxiety that they face while going through the process. Stress was thought to play a significant role in failure for women to conceive naturally or by any assisted reproductive procedures, more because the process was time-consuming and expensive. Researchers are not denying that stress does contribute but researcher Jacky Boivin, PhD, a health psychologist at Cardiff University in Wales observes, “It could... 

Kids who live on farms breathe in fresh clean air and they are less likely than city-bred kids to have asthma, according to a new European study, the results of which were published in the New England Journal of Medicine. However, the study attributes the reduced asthma risks to the wide variety of microbes that kids living on farms are exposed to. A comparative analysis to study asthma and atopy in kids raised on farms and those raised elsewhere was undertaken by lead researcher Markus Ege, an... 

A new study undertaken by the National Institutes of Health, US, has indicated that using cell phones, increases activity of the brain cells, which are closest to the phone antenna. However, the study did not shed light on the highly debated issue on whether cell phone usage increases brain cancer risks or if it causes any other brain abnormality. The largest study ever, in which 420,000 cellphone users in Denmark participated, had not found any risks between cell phone usage and brain cancer. The... 

The health benefits of  a fiber-rich diet provides,  like weight loss and healthy digestive system are well known and now a new study confirms that consuming fiber rich foods can keep you healthy and add years to your life. Researchers from the  National Cancer Institute analyzed data  from the National Institutes of Health -  AARP’s diet and health study that conducted food surveys with 219,123 men and 168,999 women, aged 50 to 71 during 1995 and 1996. The researchers followed the participants... 

Researchers in Denmark have reported the findings of a 33-year long study that has shown for the first time, that increased levels of non-fasting triglycerides raises risks of ischemic strokes in men and women. The findings of the research were published online in the Annals of Neurology, on February 18. Anette Varbo, M.D., Copenhagen University Hospital in Denmark, and colleagues studied how increasing levels of non-fasting triglycerides and cholesterol were linked with increased ischemic stroke... 

Two independently conducted studies have found gastric bypass  to be the best option for the morbidly obese and diabetes patients, as compared with Lap Band and gastric sleeving, which are the other weight-loss surgeries available. Last week, the Food and Drug Administration approved the marketing of Lap-Band weight-loss surgery that will benefit 11 million new patients, but the new study finds gastric bypass to be more effective, while the risks involved for both Lap Band and gastric bypass remain... 

Scientists at the University of Leicester along with a Singapore based  medical device  manufacturing company, HealthSTATS, have developed a new blood pressure monitoring device, which will revolutionize blood pressure monitoring in the future. The innovative  technology involves a wrist watch-like device, which monitors blood pressure in the largest artery, the aorta that originates at the heart, to measure the central aortic systolic pressure or CASP. A sensor records the pulse wave at the... 

A new study finds alcohol causes more harm than is already known, by disrupting sleep in women who indulge in binge drinking. The study reviewed 59 women and 34 men, all healthy adults aged between 24 and 29 , and who had  a family history of alcoholism. The participants were given a placebo beverage one night and alcohol the next night, between 8.30 pm and 10 pm.  The alcoholic drink was 1 part of alcohol and  4 parts of caffeine free coke, while an equal volume of  the placebo beverage was...