Fertility Doctors Say Acupuncture 'Offers No Help with IVF'
Fertility Doctors have revealed that acupuncture and Chinese herbal medicines do not increase the chances of having a baby through IVF.
Physicians will start informing their patients about this revelation.
An increasing number of women are ready to pay hundreds of pounds for the ancient treatments in the hope of attaining their unfulfilled dream of motherhood.
Eggs to be Regarded as Superfood
According to a latest report, eggs should be considered a ‘superfood’, for their ability to improve health and help in dealing with obesity too.
Eggs are one of the most nutrient-rich foods available and people should be consuming at least one egg a day to fetch good results. ‘Nutrition & Food Science’ will publish the study in June.
Researchers reveal that eggs can help play a vital role in weight management and dieting.
Non-Smokers Feel Smoking Bans 'Should be Extended'
People who have quit smoking are requesting Ministers to prohibit smoking in the doorways of public buildings to help more people give up smoking.
Margaret Brown, who was a chain smoker earlier, now assists others to give up smoking. The call comes on national No Smoking Day, as smokers are advised to overcome this awful habit.
The ban came into effect in Scotland on March 26, 2006 four years back. Ms. Brown feels it is time to extend the legislation.
Heart Surgeon Confirms to Leave his Hospital Post
The surgeon who performed the operation on four children who died after undergoing heart surgery at a leading hospital is reportedly confirmed to leave his post. Children's heart surgery has been suspended at the John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, while an investigation into the deaths, which occurred in the last three months, is issued out.
Nursing Assistant Accused of Submitting False Receipts
A nursing assistant, Margaret Hamilton, 47, is reported to steal money for items she claimed she bought for vulnerable elderly and psychiatric patients.
Hamilton, who possesses a 28 years experience in the health service, withdrew up to a maximum of £100 form the patients and spent her on her luxuries
Female Condoms to be Made Available Free of Cost in Washington DC
In order to combat HIV/AIDS, major of causing maximum number of deaths in black women in Washington DC, it has been planned that female condoms will be offered free of cost for the females in easily approachable places like beauty salons, convenience stores and high schools.
Lawsuit Against Fish Oil Companies for PCB in Fish Oil
Oil fish capsules sold in guise of health supplements have polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) compounds, an environmental group says so.
A lawsuit was filed by the Mateel Environmental Justice Foundation and two plaintiffs against companies who have broken California law by not mentioning PCB levels on their labels. It is a toxic man-made chemical that is debarred from production in U. S since 1979.
73% Women 'Never Tested for HIV'
A new poll has found that 73% women in Britain do not get tested for HIV, including a noticeable number of them believing that there is no need for a test. Experts believe that females are putting themselves more to the risk of getting an HIV infection. The poll for MAC Aids fund aimed at supporting HIV and Aids patients backed by Singers Lady Gaga and Cyndi Lauper.
In 2008, almost 7,300 people were diagnosed with HIV in the UK, which is three times the figure last decade.
Calorie Details in Cinema Snacks Should be Made Available: FSA
Expressing their concern over the high fat sugar and salt content in cinema snacks that ignorant film fans consume during their cinema trip, the Food Standards Agency (FSA) said that the fans should be given complete information about the size and amount of calories that cinema snacks contain.
Government’s Obesity Reduction Plan Fails to Encourage PE
The Government's new obesity reduction plan has failed to promote physical education for school children, according to the Labour.
According to the Richard Simpson, PE goal of two hours a week for school children were made by the previous executive but the progress is not that fast.
Teenager Lost Her Leg as Doctor Missed Cancer 4 Times
A teenage cheerleader named Shannon Corr, who is 15 years old, had to lose her leg as doctors missed her cancer four times by telling her that she was suffering from growing pain and only needs to take rest.
Jeanetta Swift, her mother, took her to hospital, so that she could be fully scanned by experts at Peterborough District Hospital. The experts noticed muscle wastage in her right leg and revealed that she is suffering with Osteosarcoma.
Soups in Supermarkets Found Containing Harmful Salt Levels
High street chains and supermarkets offer soups that contain high level of salts that might result in disorders like heart attacks and high blood pressure, alarmed a survey conducted by the health organization Consensus Action on Salt and Health (Cash) during December and February.
The organization examined 575 ready-to-eat foods and checked for the unhealthy amount of salts in them and concluded that 25% of it was not able to meet the Food Standards target of salt content.
Height of Negligence in Stafford Hospital
Robert Francis’s report on the catalogue of unsuccessful care of patients resulting in the deaths of up to 1,200 at Stafford Hospital has shocked all the papers.
The Guardian says the report paints a thorough picture of failure, neglect, insensitivity, chronic ineptitude and poor decision-making.
While The Daily Mirror calls it a "terrible stain on the NHS".
It is astonishing that none of the board at Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust has faced any disciplinary proceedings.
Having Babies After Ovary Transplant Possible
After an ovarian transplant, a woman has become the first in the world to give birth to healthy babies which she thinks are a miracle. Stinne Holm Bergholdt, 32, got an ovarian transplant after was being treated for cancer which possibly would have made her incapable of conceiving.
The successful treatment of Mrs. Bergholdt is expected to raise hopes of having a family for almost 18,000 women detected with cancer annually in Britain. These females are generally less than 44 years of age and three fourth of them are predicted to suffer infertility due to treatment.
Scotland may legislate to tackle obesity time-bomb
Scotland has plans to introduce new laws to force fast-food outlets and restaurants to reduce portion sizes and restrict the sale of high-calorie foods near schools to tackle the problem of obesity.
Public Health Minister Shona Robison said the number of obese Scots could double by 2030, which would cost the economy £3 billion per year. Adult obesity has been predicted to reach 40 per cent in twenty years.
Baby Peter’s doctor ‘suicidal’; left UK
Dr. Sabah Al-Zayyat, who was accused of failing to detect Baby Peter’s snapped spine two days before his death is “suicidal” and unfit to face a disciplinary hearing.
The pediatrician Dr. Sabah Al-Zayyat was due to appear before the General Medical Council on Monday. But, the hearing was adjourned until Wednesday after it was informed that Sabah Al-Zayyat’s mental health had “broken down completely” and she had left the country.
Bringing up a child costs more than £200,000
The average cost of bringing up a child from birth to the age of 21 has jumped 4 per cent over the past one-year period to more than 200,000 pounds, an annual survey of parenting claimed.
The cost of parenting climbed 43 per cent since the beginning of the annual survey in 2003.
Childcare costs, including nursery fees, after school clubs and holiday clubs, demand as much as 54,696 pounds.
According to the study, education is the second most expensive item as education-related costs added up to 52,881 pounds.
Researchers to tackle peanut allergies in a new £1-million three-year trial
According to a study by the researchers at Cambridge University, a new immunotherapy can play a significant role in helping people with the potentially-terminal peanut allergy to trounce the allergic reaction within several months.
For the biggest-ever trial to find treatment for peanut allergy, which, along with other tree nut allergy, affects almost 3.3 million Americans and nearly one in 50 young Britons every year, the researchers suggest that the sufferers of the allergy should be given small amounts of peanuts daily; so as to build up their tolerance to peanuts.
Afternoon nap boosts brain's learning power: study
Taking an afternoon nap improves the ability of the brain to absorb new information, a new research by a team of US experts has claimed.
Researchers found that sleep is required to clear short-term memory from brain to make space for new information.
Speaking on the topic, lead researcher Prof Matthew Walker said, “It's as though the e-mail inbox in your hippocampus is full and, until you sleep and clear out those fact e-mails, you're not going to receive any more mail.”
US experts eager to find cause of breast cancer
US experts for ascertaining which chemicals initiate breast cancer are up for a toxicity test on chemicals.
Megan Schwarzman, a physician and environmental health researcher at the University of California, Berkeley, said, "We're currently not identifying chemicals that could be contributing to the risk of breast cancer."
Schwarzman added that out of over 200 chemicals that are present in the environment, only a handful are linked to mammary tumors when they were tested on animals in lab and these have been regulated by the US authorities
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