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'Heart Shrinking' Trial to Combat Heart Failure to Begin
Added On : 28th April 2012
A trial using electricity to shrink the hearts of patients with heart failure is about to start in Liverpool.
It will involve electrically stimulating one of the nerves leading to the heart, which it is hoped could shrink the heart and improve life expectancy.
This is the first trial of the technique in humans, after it was shown to keep rats and dogs alive for longer.
This first patient will be operated on in the next few days.
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Shift Workers 'Risking' Diabetes and Obesity
Added On : 12th April 2012
Shift workers getting too little sleep at the wrong time of day may be increasing their risk of diabetes and obesity, according to researchers.
The team is calling for more measures to reduce the impact of shift working following the results of its study.
Researchers controlled the lives of 21 people, including meal and bedtimes.
The results, published in Science Translational Medicine, showed changes to normal sleep meant the body struggled to control sugar levels.
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Resistance Spread 'Compromising' Fight...
Added On : 8th April 2012
Resistance Spread 'Compromising' Fight Against Malaria
Scientists have found new evidence that resistance to the front-line treatments for malaria is increasing.
They have confirmed that resistant strains of the malaria parasite on the border between Thailand and Burma, 500 miles (800km) away from previous sites.
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Stem Cells: New Hope for Macular Degeneration
Added On : 25th January 2012
Embryonic Stem Cells Safe; Some Vision Gained in First 2 Patients Treated
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Gender Bending Chemical 'Makes Girls Aggressive'
Added On : 24th October 2011
Exposing unborn baby girls to a chemical found in everyday plastics could cause behavioural and emotional problems in later life, warns a new study.
The chemical, biosphenol also known as BPA, is often used to make plastic water bottles and in the lining of tin cans and has already been linked with an increased risk of cardiovasuclar disease and diabetes.
Lead author Joe Braun, research fellow in environmental health at Harvard School of Public Health in the United States, said: "The study confirms two prior studies showing that exposure to BPA in the womb impacts child behaviour, but is the first to show that in utero exposures are more important than exposures during childhood."
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Gum Disease 'Link' to Early Birth
Added On : 14th March 2010
Successful treatment for gum disease cuts the risk of pregnant women giving birth early, US research suggests.
The preliminary research showed those whose gum disease was not treated successfully were three times more likely to give birth before 35 weeks.
The study of 160 women was presented to the annual conference of the American Association for Dental Research.
UK experts said the finding was "controversial" but advised pregnant women to take care of teeth and gums.
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Medical Insurance for Workers Mandatory...
Added On : 28th June 2012
Medical Insurance for Workers Mandatory, Says Health Council
RIYADH The Council of Cooperative Health Insurance has made it mandatory for all business owners to cover their workers with medical insurance from the date of their arrival and hand them insurance cards within 10 days of their arrival in the Kingdom, a local daily reported.
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Smuggled Livestock Transmit Rift Valley...
Added On : 20th May 2010
Smuggled Livestock Transmit Rift Valley Fever in Jizan
JIZAN Medical experts here believe that the potentially deadly Rift Valley Fever (RVF) was brought into Jizan by a sheep smuggled from Yemen.
Three weeks ago a medical examination showed that one man had contracted RVF.
The discovery of the case has set off alarm bells. The animal had clearly bypassed the Kingdoms checkpoints where animals are checked for diseases. It is now clear that the smugglers are getting animals through on the border of the two countries.
It appears they use deserted, mountainous back roads to bring the diseased livestock into the Kingdom. The smuggled animals are then placed together with Saudi
livestock.
The smuggling is likely taking place from the Yemeni town of Hart, bordering the Kingdom.
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H1N1 Vaccines Made Available at 15 Centers
Added On : 25th January 2010
JEDDAH Anti-swine flu vaccines have been made available at 15 medical centers in the Western Province, Dr. Nuha Dashash, Deputy Director of Jeddah Health Affairs Managements primary health care department, said here Sunday.
We have provided these medical centers with enough quantities of H1N1 vaccines. These vaccines will be enough for all community members including Saudis, and expatriates, he said.
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Mystery Skin Disease Strikes Infant
Added On : 2nd October 2009
JEDDAH Zeyad, a one year-old boy, was taken to the Childrens and Maternity Hospital in Aziziyah District here Wednesday when the small red spots that had suddenly appeared on his skin rapidly grew within 24 hours, covering large parts of his tiny body.
Falah, Zeyads father, said the doctors at the hospital told him that they had never seen a similar case before and that they needed to take skin samples for testing.
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