Lack of Sleep Makes Men Hungrier and Prevents Women Feeling Full
A lack of sleep can contribute to obesity by increasing the appetite in men and preventing women from feeling full after a meal, a study has found.
An experiment on 27 healthy volunteers found that restricted sleep affected levels of different hormones in men than in women.
Scientists have thought that long-term sleep deprivation may contribute to obesity because it increases the number of calories eaten the following day.
It has now been found the mechanism for this differs between the genders.
Read MoreOveractive bladder (OAB) takes its toll on many aspects of your life, including your interpersonal relationships. For many of the estimated 30 million Americans who live with OAB -- especially women -- sex can be excruciatingly painful, not to mention tinged with the fear of leakage and/or odor.
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WHO Lauds the Transparency Embraced by the Saudi MOH in its Preventive Procedures
Dr. Jawad Mahjour, the WHO Director of Infectious and Epidemic Disease, has praised the transparency pursued by the Saudi Ministry of Health in its preventive procedures, with reference to the standard rates of immunization accomplished by the Ministry, which amounted to 98%.
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Boys left infertile by childhood cancer treatment may one day be able to produce healthy sperm by using stored stem cells, monkey research suggests.
Chemotherapy and radiotherapy can kill tumours and the cells which make sperm.
A study, published in the journal Cell Stem Cell, extracted sperm-producing stem cells before cancer treatment and later placed them back into the monkey.
Sperm which could fertilise an egg were produced, which experts labelled a "milestone" in research.
Most men who have cancer treatment which could affect their fertility can choose to freeze sperm before their treatment starts. This is not an option for patients who have not yet gone through puberty.
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Over-the-counter Antibiotics Sale Goes Up with Haj Flu Season
JEDDAH With the end of Haj, the flu season has started for both pilgrims and residents.
People are buying antibiotics and other medication straight from pharmacies to treat their illnesses quickly.
Selling antibiotics without a prescription is against the law, yet a number of pharmacies are still issuing the medication.
Sami Badawood, head of health affairs in Jeddah, said the law completely bans pharmacists from dispensing antibiotics or any other medication over-the-counter except for painkillers, cough treatments and antiseptic creams. Read MoreHilary Wilson of Duluth, Ga., now 60, was officially diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis or RA in 1987, but she is pretty sure she had the inflammatory arthritis long before that.
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The FDA has approved Pfizer's Xeljanz (tofacitinib), a first-of-its-kind treatment for rheumatoid arthritis.
Xeljanz is approved for use by patients not helped by methotrexate, the usual first treatment for RA. It's a pill taken twice a day.
Xeljanz is a type of drug called a Janus kinase or JAK inhibitor. Blocking JAK mutes the inflammation responses responsible for RA.
"Xeljanz provides a new treatment option for adults suffering from the debilitating disease of RA who have had a poor response to methotrexate," says Badrul Chowdhury, MD, PhD, the FDA's head of pulmonary, allergy, and rheumatology products.
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JEDDAH: Jazan University said yesterday that it was developing a tablet in cooperation with the University of California and International Society of Addiction Medicine (ISAM) to help people get rid of the habit of chewing qat.
"We have presented a paper at ISAM's annual conference in Geneva on how to quit the use of qat based on a research conducted on 50 people," said Rashad Al-Sanousi, director of narcotics research center at the university.
"The paper covered the reasons for some people to quit the use of taking qat and its effect on them and their families," he said.
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