Relaxation in a room alone with soft and soothing music or 'thermotherapy'is as effective in stress busting and depression as as massage, informs a new US study published in the journal Depression and Anxiety.   The study invesgator mentions that massage therapy is among the most popular complementary and alternative medical (CAM) treatments for anxiety. The comparison groups in the experimental s...

Today is the World Kidney Day (WKD). The day being observed since 2006. A normal adult's kidney is about size of our fists. They are located deep in the abdomen, just beneath the our rib cage. our kidneys perform the following functions: -to remove toxins and excess water from our blood; -to help in controlling blood pressure; -to produce red blood cells; and -to keep our bones healthy. On this ...

A latest research reveals that the HIV virus can infect long-lived bone marrow cells that eventually convert into blood cells. It informs that the virus can lie dormant in the bone marrow cells to be reactivated and cause renewed infection. Also, the virus kills the new blood cells and then moves on to infect other cells, the research adds. Information about research Ø   Research team: Dr. Kathl...

GreenPeace organization is campaigning against Bt brinjal and other GM crops and food items. They cite the following evidences for their stand. Ø   Rats subject to transgenic potatoes were observed to have had adverse effects in their vital organs including the kidney, thymus, and gastronomic muscle. Ø     Allergic reactions can be caused either by a protein known for its allergenic properties i...

According to GreenPeace organization that is spearheading a campaign against genetically engineered (GE) foods, there is growing scientific evidence that GE crops are harmful to biodiversity and the environment. Furthermore, once GE crops are released into the environment they cannot be recalled. As living organisms they can reproduce and pollute indefinitely. In order to support their argument, G...

Greenpeace is sending a petition asking the Prime Minister to stop Minister Chavan from poisoning our food.One can sign this petition available at www.greenpeace.in/safefood/chavan-petition/   The effort of the organisation is   to save our food from genetic contamination and ensure that the PM takes necessary action, urges the website.   Here is what their website wants to share about genetic mo...

  The Greenpeace organisation is sending a petition to the PM regarding production and marketing of Bt Brinjal. Their email communiqué and website says the following. Bt Brinjal could be back because science and technology minister Prithviraj Chavan is trying to change the rules of the game. It is urged by the Greenpeace that as many as possible people must sign the petition asking the Prime Minis...

Popular help for panic attack treatment has become available on iTunes and Amazon; 'Being in Him' by Christian Relaxation and Meditation on Scripture helps anyone to learn to relax while teaches listeners how to manage anxiety. Relaxation God's Way is used worldwide by professional psychologists and counselors. Visit http://www.beinginhim.net for more information. in the San Jose area, join anxi...

Some of my longtime colleagues retired during the recessionary tsunami of last year. they returned to their native villages and picked up their lives. We keep in touch and exchange emails. Invariably the correspondence veers round to their daily routines. How do they fill the hours, after years of putting so many hours at paid work? It is always helping wife in and around the kitchen, doing chores...

A fortnight ago, a personal crisis made me a care giver. Arriving in US, I spent days researching on irritable Bowel Disorders in general and Crohn's Disease and Colitis in particular.  I began to read the Book: 'Maker's Diet'. This book is authored by a young man who nearly died from Crohn's Disease, but survived to tell his story. He went on to found his own chain of health food and other nutrie...

The practice of FGM is a violation of the rights of a child and amounts to cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment that violates the physical well being and dignity of women, says a UN report. It was in 2007, the UN passed a resolution that stated FGM caused “irreversible” damage to a woman’s body. The report informs that about three million girls face the risk of FGM)across the world every year, m...

Agartala (Tripura): 2010-02-04: Doctors of south Tripura district hospital have successfully removed a massive 40 kg tumor from the abdomen of a 55 year old lady. Sources said, Gynecologist Dr SB Chakraborti along with other doctors and nurses conducted such a rare operation. The infrastructure of the said hospital was not up to the mark to carry out such an operation. However, Doctors were left ...

According to Dr. Donald M. Lloyd-Jones, a researcher cardiologist, if the following seven factors   are kept under control, one can keep his or her heart healthy. As Donald puts it: "You live longer, you live healthier longer, you have much better quality of life in older age, require less medication, less medical care," if you control the prescribed seven factors. The seven factors being: •     ...

A study on the effect of HIV on blood flow in the brain has been done jointly by the researchers at the Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of California-San Diego. ·         Result: The blood flow in the brains of HIV patients gets reduced to levels normally seen in uninfected patients 15 to 20 years older. ·         Sample: 26 subjects with HIV and 25 uninf...

According to a study published in the journal “ACS' Organic Letters”, D-ribose, a naturally occurring sugar produced by fermentation can provides an inexpensive and abundant source of starting material for making the swine flu drug since D-ribose costs about one-sixth as much as shikimic acid. Present cost of Tamiflu is $8 per dose. In lab studies, the scientists demonstrated the potential use of...