It is a chronic condition that the sufferer feels the pain as piercing with thousands of needles at the same time. Millions of Britons particularly women above the age of 40 are affected by fibromyalgia. The pain is triggered even by a lightest touch.
The associated symptoms are lack of concentration, headaches, memory loss and muscle stiffness.
But, the latest advancement in imaging technique has helped in identifying the particular place of the brain that is responsible for the condition.
The relief of pain is obtained by combination of psychotherapy, …

A landmark research comprising 16 countries showed that taking aspirin daily can cut the long-term risk of cancer. The researchers found it can reduce the risk by 60 percent in people with a family history of the disease.
the people who take aspirin in low dose could benefit from its anti-cancer properties. During the study, 861 patients with lynch syndrome which leads to bowel and other types of cancers. Half of them were given with 600mg of aspiring for two years and the remaining with placebo. A long term follow …

Scientists are looking at Python’s mechanism in protecting its heart from diseases even if they take a large meal as big as a deer. The fats found to circulate in the blood streams of pythons after its heavy meal goes up to 50 times more than its normal level. This sudden increase in the fat level does not affect its heart health.
Scientists believe that the mechanism behind this natural protection of heart in pythons would enable to find out a new drug to save human hearts from diseases.
Pythons living …

Burdwan, West Bengal: Following the death of 13 babies, new 4 deaths at B.C.Roy memorial hospital from Thursday and 12 newborn deaths occurred at Burdwan Medical College and hospital raised the total death to 29 from yesterday.
The hospital superintendent Tapas Kumar Ghosh of Burdwan hospital said that one to three days babies referred were underweight and suffering from jaundice, septicemia and encephalitis.
Ghosh said that doctors were at their best services to save the lives. He said that the hospital is overcrowded with babies though there are only 60 beds and …

A new research has found the reason behind the potentially dangerous blood infection from their implanted cardiac devices.
It is found that patients who have the implants may develop infection because of a biofilm of persistent bacterial bugs on the surfaces of their devices. Researchers have found some strains of bacteria like staphylococcus aureus have certain genetic variangs in the proteins on their surfaces that make them more likely to form these biofilms.
The cardiac implants comprises pacemakers, defibrillators and prosthetic cardiac valves and about 1 million patients receiving implants each year …

The one more death of a child on Thursday, Dr. B.C.Roy Memorial Hospital for children, Kolkata observed its 13th death of child in 48 hours.
However, the hospital authorities said that this rate of death is no abnormal.
The analysis of the children admitted here were revealed that almost all children admitted were underweight, suffering from infection and congenital heart disease and hence these figures of death may seem abnormal, but, they are not abnormal –said Dr. Dilip Kumar Pal, the hospital superintendent.
The committed comprising four members on Thursday …

Bangalore: during the festival deepavali, number of cases especially children were on high for their eye injuries because of the dangerous crackers and out of about 54 cases reprted, three are at the risk of losing their eyesight in their one eye.
An eight year old Akul Bhatnagarof RT Nagar was hit by explosion of crackers on his face. He had injuries in his eyes and admitted in Narayana Nethralaya in Rajajinagar (NN)where he undergone surgery and it is said that his chances of getting back his eye sisght is …

Researchers have found that there is increased risk for developing lung cancer and in inverse, a higher body mass index and black tea could reduce the risk of lung cancer.
The researchers analyzed the data received from 126.293 people from the year 1978 to 1985 and put them under follow up till the year 2008.
Their study included the relationship of cigarette smoking, gender, ethnicity, alcohol consumption, BMI and education levels.
The study concluded that out of 1,852 people affected by lung cancer, the cigarette smoking has been shown as the strong …

It is brought to light that nearly a rise of 50percent of diabetes in the last 5 years and it is prominently increased by obesity.
Now there are about three million adults and children now have the condition of diabetes. New cases increased up to 117,000 in the past 12 months alone. NHS is estimated to spend about £9billion every year in treating patients.
Type 2 diabetes affects 90 percent of the sufferers and the remaining people is affected by type 1 diabetes which is believed to be genetic.
Health experts warns …

Heart rate is the number of heartbeats per unit of time or expressed as beats per minute(bpm). Heart rate could vary from time to time such as during exercise or sleep.
Doctors used to measure the heart rate usually to diagnose and track of medical conditions. Heart rate could be measured by finding the pulse at the body surface. The pulse rate is measurable by finding the artery’s pulsation on the body where it is transmitted to the surface by pressing it with index and middle fingers. Usually, the thumb is …