Archive for August, 2010
The green vegetables are considered to be one of the greatest gifts of nature for mankind because they carry solution for many health and skin problems.
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Recently a new benefit of green vegetables have been found, Researchers from Leicester University in the UK have analyzed the data from six different researches linking between the usage of fruits, vegetables and Type 2 Diabetes. This thing has been revealed that the daily intake of green vegetables like spinach, cabbage, cauliflower and broccoli can lower the risks of developing type 2 diabetes.
The researchers were of the belief that the lifestyle change can bring amazing results on the occurrence of type 2 Diabetes, and after this research they strongly recommend the usage of green vegetables for the prevention of type 2 Diabetes.
IBM (International Business Machines) has brought a very revolutionary system for the medical purposes and this is the all-in-one electronic cardiogram management system that is basically aimed for the detection and management of cardiovascular diseases and it has been released in China.
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According to IBM, for the development of this system they have teamed up with Chinese electronic cardiogram systems provider Beijing Goodwill Information and Technology Co Ltd.
This new system will affectively help the doctors to detect the cardiac problem of patient by analyzing the ECG report.
Another exciting capability that has been claimed for this system by IBM is that this system will enable the doctors to monitor their patients by mobile devices.
We all know that the childhood experiences influences our personality throughout the life but the affects are not bounded to the mental behaviors, a recent research has shown that the adults who have experience abuse, poverty and social isolation in the childhood are at higher risks to getting the cardiac diseases.
While discussing about these findings Karen A. Matthews, a professor
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of psychiatry and epidemiology at the University of Pittsburgh, said in an American Psychological Association news release “Many diseases first diagnosed in mid-life can be traced back to childhood. Having some bad health habits in your 20’s and 30’s is part of the reason why people get diseases later on. However, it isn’t the whole reason” and further she explained that “The evidence shows that certain reactions to adverse childhood experiences associated with lower socioeconomic status, isolation and negative events can affect the disease process”.
Mathew has conducted a couple of theories on this issue and finally she has shown this conclusion that all the social oddness of childhood contributes to the cardiovascular diseases in childhood.
The weight loss surgery is considered an ideal treatment for the people, who are suffering from a problem of obesity but now a new study has shown some other health benefits of this surgery.
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The Bariatric weight-loss surgery for the obese people with type 2 disease can have very unexpected results, a study has shown that 3 out of 4 people had stop taking insulin and other diabetes medicines within the six months of the surgery.
Study’s lead author, Dr. Martin Makary, a surgeon and associate professor of surgery and of public health at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine said that “We’ve got a new epidemic in the world replacing smoking — its obesity. And, the number one health consequence of obesity is type 2 diabetes. Now, we have an effective surgical intervention for two major health problems”.
The monkeys have always being a good source of studying the human disorders, scientists have been using this animal from the past many years in order to research the human disorders and recently the monkeys have helped out the scientists on the issue of child’s anxiety.
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In the recent study scientists have identified two parts of a monkey’s brain that are linked to the severe anxiety problems in the monkeys and the scientists are suspecting that these could also be a cause of anxiety in the young children.
According to Ned Kalin, who has led this recent “We’re really excited about the findings because we think that they have the potential to have a direct impact on how we understand these illnesses in children and hopefully we can come up with better ways to treat kids based on this information”.
