A new research has found that the incidents of prostate cancer are higher in the regions where contraceptive pills are taken in widely by women. The research has found that the usage of contraceptive pill may have led to an increase in prostate cancer globally.
But, however, the researchers do not find any sure cause for the link and however told that the male exposure to oestrogen could heighten the risk.
The researchers said that excess oestrogen exposure by men has been linked to cancer and they found that more oestrogen …

A vaccine against cervical cancer has made Lucy,13 to sleep for 23 hours a day.
Now, the paediatric consultant is investigating about the ill effects of the vaccine Cervarix on Lucy. The national vaccination programme of Cervarix began in the year 2008 and already this vaccine has shown severe side effects on some girls.
Lucy was among the top students and showed good attendance record before she was provided with the vaccine.
Lucy received her third dosage of Cervarix during May and her health began to deteriorate and was having the habit to …

S.Subramaniam, the veteran ethnic Indian leader of Malaysia admitted to one of the Kuala Lumpur hospital and he felt unwell on Friday night.
He has been admitted to the hospital and diagnosed with milk cerebral bleeding due to high blood pressure.
The former deputy president of the Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) S.Subramaniam underwent a 13 hour brain surgery on Saturday- the news papers said.
S.Subramaniam is 67 year old and according to doctors that his condition is “stable”, but not returned to his consciousness. Doctors said that this unconsciousness is common in some …

Diabetes Patient Club (DPC) started in the year 2002 and it now has more than 5,000 members and in this way it has become one of the biggest support groups in Pune.
A member of the Club Sanjay Kataria told that he had been diagnosed with diabetes before 14 years and he became mentally ill by constant thinking that he would not be able to lead a normal life with food restriction and dependent on drugs.
The 44 year old Sanjay Kataria told that he was advised by doctors to take …

Some of the diabetics suffering a lot with daily frequent blood level glucose monitoring. Now scientists say that tears from our eyes are enough to monitor the glucose level though required several times a day.
Even some of the diabetics do not follow the necessary monitoring of daily glucose level since the traditional method of testing glucose from blood causing discomfort.
Now, scientists from University of Michigan have developed an equipment containing sensor which measure the glucose levels in tears.
The scientists used rabbits for their study and trial and found that …

The picture of Rebecca Jones, 26 and her daughter Maisy, 7 looks like sisters in the same sized and identical dresses and it is the fact that mother Rebecca is affected by anorexia for a long time and she is weighed 5 stones lesser than her daughter Maisy.
Rebecca Jones is now a medical secretary and survives only on soup, toast and energy drinks. However, doctors had warned her that lack of nutrients may cause life threatening symptoms.
However, Rebecca is eight inches taller than her daughter and said that she …

The latest device- a stomach implant helps in reducing obesity and provides patient to trick their brain into feeling full.
Experts says that this gastric pacemaker could enable patient to eat less and lose their weight in considerable quantity and it may also replace the surgical procedure to reduce their stomach size and thereby their weight.
The newly invented device is only a credit card size and it is able to send signals to brain by tricking and creates an impression of fullness.
the device is implanted through a key hole surgery …

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 …