Posts Tagged ‘Health News’

article-1032599-01de853000000578-272_468x403.jpgAccording to the researchers of the U.S. and U.K., the reward centers in the mother’s brain get light up while seeing her baby smile; similarly, as it has been observed in experiments on drug addicts. The researchers are expectant that the findings will give more insight to understand the mom-baby bond.

The study has been published online in the journal Pediatrics‘s Ist July issue and it is the work of the researchers at University college London and Baylor College of Medicine (BCM), Houston.

Dr Lane Starthearn who is a research associate at BCM College’s Human Neuroimaging laboratory stated:

“For child development, there is a critical relationship between mothers and infants.” Read the rest of this entry

obesity.jpgNational-Obesity-Reduction-Plan: Germany

1. Teenagers obesity measuring plan

2. German Ministry of Health

Obesity is increasing day by day in Germany and it is creating a lot of problems especially for the teenagers. Meanwhile, the medical doctors have said that almost 30 million Euro (47-million-dollar) plan is going to be launched pretty soon and this is the project designed for the next two years to improving the health and fitness conditions of the Germans’ adolescents so that they can pass a happy life. This program is designed by the Ministry of Health.

3. Fasten health improvement services
Health Minister Ulla Schmidt elucidated a short while ago that the plan of reducing high rates of Germans’ obesity can merely work when there would be fasten health and fitness opportunities for the German civilians, so there will be a lesser amount of obesity cases.

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diabetes_drug_avandia_in_spotlight.jpgWASHINGTON (AP): Diabetes medications became the major issue for the drug-makers, because these are costing millions of dollars to the companies under strong recommendations.

The officials of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) voted 14-2 that all newly manufactured diabetes drugs must go through in-depth studies to assure they don’t raise risks of heart attacks.

The recommendations from different diabetes experts, cardiologists and statisticians became lesser than a year, while the FDA was reprimanded for its managing of heart risks connected with an extensively used GlaxoSmithKline pill. Read the rest of this entry

8.jpgIt has been found by the researchers of The Netherlands that the odds of regular ear infection are double in babies and children who use pacifiers or dummies if compare to those who don’t use.

The study can be found in the advanced online issue of the Family Practice journal and it’s a work of Dr Maroeska Rovers and colleagues from the Julius Center for Health Science and Primary Care, University Medical Center Utrecht.

Although, recent researchers has reported relation in use of a pacifier or dummy and high risk of AOM, middle ear infection but methodological limitations prove it not reliable and that was Read the rest of this entry