WHITE-KNUCKLE roller coaster rides are unlikely to damage the brains of the vast majority of thrill-seekers, top US scientists said on Tuesday after an exhaustive review.
For years, doctors have reassured epilepsy patients that seizures are relatively benign. While a fall during a seizure may cause injury, the surge of electricity in the brain does no actual damage, patients were told.
While fruit juice is recommended food, it can upset the stomach of some kids. This is true especially in cases of juices with high amounts of a sugar alcohol called sorbitol. Some children are unable to digest sorbitol, which leads to a bout of diarrhoea.
Doctors have warned that people who have Botox injections to get rid of wrinkles and to make them look younger may develop new ones in different places, according to a study published in the journal Cosmetic Dermatology. Skin specialists believe that the body tries to recreate the facial expressions that the treatment has smoothed out.
In 1991, New York City experienced an outbreak of MDR TB that eventually claimed more than 500 lives. Recently, a MDR TB outbreak in Russia has killed many more. WHO has recommended a new treatment method ‘DOTS’ (Directly Observed Treatment, Short course) after the resurgence of the tuberculosis and increased incidence of drug resistant tuberculosis.
Technology has at last found a way to help migraine patients get relief from excruciating headaches. An electric device implanted into the patient’s forehead is seen to control the pain to a large extent.
Researchers studying breast cancer have found that only a small percentage of the tumour cells are capable of moving on and creating new cancer elsewhere in the body, a discovery they hope will lead to ways to target the most dangerous cells.
Pregnant women, who drink eight or more cups of coffee a day, could double their risk of stillbirth as compared to pregnant women, who do not drink coffee.
Standard programs that help children with dyslexia read better seem to change the way their brains work, U.S. researchers reported on Tuesday.
Contrary to general belief, UC Irvine researchers have found that high-fat diet protects the brain cells of new-borns from damage caused by prolonged seizures. The finding may lead to new strategies to prevent brain injury in adults.