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World's oldest monkeys to help us fight HIV?

Turns out, world's oldest monkeys -- the Rhesus macaque -- could be prompted to produce neutralizing antibodies against one strain of HIV that resembles the resilient viral form that most commonly infects people.The study identified the rare, vulnerable areas on HIV and the immune system to make antibodies attack those areas. Further, research scientists showed that the body needs to produce neutralising antibodies that bind to the virus's outer envelope protein trimer. To support this idea, scientists found that they could protect animal models from HIV by injecting them with neutralizing antibodies that were produced in the lab."We found that neutralising antibodies that have been induced by vaccination can protect animals against viruses that look a lot like real-world HIV," said Dennis Burton, a researcher.The findings of the study were published in the Journal of Immunity.Although the vaccine is far from human clinical trials, the study provides proof-of-concept for the HIV ...

Magnesium levels have effect on Vitamin D: Study

Magnesium levels may have an effect in metabolising Vitamin D, says a recent study.Researchers at the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine found that Vitamin D can't be metabolised without sufficient magnesium levels.The study is published in the Journal of the American Osteopathic Association."People are taking Vitamin D supplements but don't realise how it gets metabolised. Without magnesium, Vitamin D is not really useful or safe," said Razzaque, a researcher.Researchers have explained that the consumption of Vitamin D supplements can increase a person's calcium and phosphate levels even if they remain Vitamin D deficient. People may suffer from vascular calcification if their magnesium levels aren't high enough to prevent the complication.Patients with the right amount of magnesium levels require less Vitamin D supplementation to achieve sufficient Vitamin D levels. Magnesium also reduces osteoporosis, which helps to mitigate the risk of bone fracture that can be attributed ..

Neck, back pain? Seek physical therapy to avoid opioid abuse

Are you suffering from neck, back and shoulder pain? If so, visiting a physical therapist early can reduce the consumption of opioids that can lead to their abuse as well as other health complications, suggests a study.

Physical activity can boost mood: Study

Increasing the level of physical activity can effectively boost one's mood, a study has found. The researchers, published in journal JAMA Psychiatry, found that increases in physical activity tended to be followed by increases in mood and perceived energy level. This beneficial effect was even more pronounced for a subset of the study subjects who had bipolar disorder, according to the researchers from Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in the US. For the study, activity trackers and electronic diaries were used for two weeks in a community sample of 242 (150 women and 92 men) adults, ages 15 to 84, with an average age of 48 years. The sample included 54 people with bipolar disorder. Mobile assessments in the study included wrist-worn devices that automatically recorded levels of physical movement in real time and electronic diaries that assessed mood and perceived energy levels four times per day for two weeks. These real-time mood and energy levels were rated by study ..

How being bullied ups mental illness risk in teens: Study

Being bullied can change the physical structure of the adolescent brain, increasing the risk of mental illness, a study has found. Researchers from King's College London in the UK suggest that the effects of constantly being bullied are more than just psychological. The study, published in Molecular Psychiatry, is the first to suggest that chronic peer victimisation during adolescence impacts mental health via structural brain changes. Researchers analysed data, questionnaires and brain scans of 682 participants from England, Ireland, France and Germany. As part of this project, high resolution brain scans of participants were taken when they were 14 and 19 years old. At the ages of 14, 16 and 19 these participants also had to complete questionnaires about whether they had been bullied, and to what extent. Overall, the results showed that 36 of the 682 young people were found to have experienced chronic bullying. The data of these participants were compared with those of the others ...

How does dieting during pregnancy influence your newborn's allergies?

Pregnancy period is the most precious and crucial stage for every woman. In order to prevent future food allergies in their newborns, pregnant women deliberately stop eating specific food items.The study, conducted by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, tracked 2,000 pregnant women from the third trimester of pregnancy and their infants through the first year of life."At the time the survey, few pregnant women said they gave up certain food items with the express aim of avoiding a food allergy in their babies," said researcher Karen Robbins. "However, mothers who had an older child with a food allergy or who had food allergies themselves had significantly higher odds of trying this food avoidance strategy."Despite diet changes, infants born to these mothers were twice as likely to experience problems with food at the age of four months-though not at the age of nine months or 12 months, and these infants were no more likely to be ..

Experimental HIV vaccine found effective in monkeys: Study

Scientists have found that an experimental HIV vaccine strategy could be effective in non-human primates.

Mamata considers tea tourism to benefit tea gardens

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Saturday mentioned that her government will consider tea tourism to benefit tea plantations in the state.

Breastfeeding for more than 6 months leads to smaller waist circumference

Turns out, breastfeeding for more than six months is independently associated with smaller waist circumference in the decade after delivery among women.Pregnancy contributes to an accumulation of abdominal adiposity, which is an indicator of cardiometabolic dysfunction in later life.The findings of the study are published in the Journal of Women's Health.During a recent study, the researchers assessed the relationship between waist circumference measured at follow-up and self-reported history of breastfeeding duration. Propensity score approaches were incorporated into the study to account for systematic differences between women who did and did not breastfeed.The novel use of propensity score methods enabled the researchers to minimise the possibility of bias in the likelihood of breastfeeding due to overall healthier lifestyles. Additional analyses that consider the lifetime duration of breastfeeding is proposed in order to advance understanding of the cumulative effect of ...

Novel use for graphene found -- detecting brain disorders

Graphene, a form of carbon and the super-strong, ultra-light material discovered in 2004, enables flexible electronic components, enhances solar cell capacity, and promises to revolutionise batteries. Now scientists have added one more use to this list.

WB allocated over Rs 1,000cr for tea garden workers since 2011

The West Bengal government has allocated over Rs 1,000 crore for the welfare of tea garden workers in the state since 2011, Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said on Saturday. Banerjee, in a Twitter post on International Tea Day, said her government has also been providing 35 kg of rice at Rs 2 per kg to the tea garden workers. "Today is International Tea Day. In #Bangla, we have allocated more than Rs 1,000 crore for the welfare of tea garden workers since 2011. "We give 35 kg rice at Rs 2 per kg, electricity, and water supply for free to tea gardens," she tweeted. The state government is considering the prospects of tea tourism as well, the CM added. The International Tea Day is observed since 2005 in tea-producing nations, including India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Vietnam and Indonesia, among others.

J&J shares nosedive on report it knew of asbestos in Baby Powder

(Reuters) - Shares of Johnson & Johnson fell 10 percent on Friday and were on track to post their biggest percentage drop in more than 16 years, after Reuters reported that the pharma major knew for decades that cancer-causing asbestos lurked in its Baby Powder.

J&J shares nosedive on report company knew of asbestos in baby powder

(Reuters) - Shares of Johnson & Johnson tumbled 12 percent on Friday and were on track to post their biggest percentage drop in more than 16 years, after Reuters reported that the pharma major knew for decades that cancer-causing asbestos lurked in its Baby Powder.

SC orders status quo on sale of shares of Fortis to Malaysian firm IHH Healthcare

The Supreme Court Friday ordered status quo with regard to the sale of controlling stakes of Fortis Healthcare to Malaysian IHH Healthcare Berhad by former Ranbaxy promoters and hospital operators -- Malvinder and Shivinder Singh. The apex court was hearing the plea of Japanese firm Daiichi Sankyo which is seeking to recover Rs 3,500 crore, awarded to it by a Singapore tribunal in its case against Malvinder and Shivinder Singh. The Japanese firm, which has filed the contempt plea against the Singh brothers in the apex court, has said that it was promised some shares of Fortis Healthcare by the Singh brothers. "Status quo with regard to sale of the controlling stake in Fortis Healthcare to Malaysian IHH Healthcare Berhad be maintained," said a bench comprising Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi and Justices S K Kaul and K M Joseph. The top court also issued notices to the Singh brothers asking them to explain as to why contempt proceedings be not initiated against them for allegedly violating .

HC quashes Centre's 'unreasonable' ban on pvt firms making, selling oxytocin

The Delhi High Court on Friday quashed the Centre's decision to ban private firms from making and selling Oxytocin, used to induce labour and prevent bleeding during child birth, saying it was "unreasonable and arbitrary" as it did not consider the "deleterious effect" of such a move on pregnant women and young mothers. A bench of Justices S Ravindra Bhat and A K Chawla said the government did not consider that restricted supply of the drug, by confining its production to one state-run unit, would pose a danger to the users of the "potentially life-saving" medicine. The Centre by a notification issued in April this year had prohibited private licensed firms from manufacturing and selling Oxytocin, also used to help young mothers lactate, on the ground of widespread misuse of the drug in the dairy sector. The April 2018 decision was challenged in four separate petitions filed by BGP Products Operations GmbH -- a subsidiary of Mylan Laboratories -- Neon Laboratories, NGO All India Drug .

J&J shares drop on report company knew of asbestos in baby powder

(Reuters) - Shares of Johnson & Johnson fell over 6 percent on Friday, on track to post their biggest percentage drop in more than a decade, after Reuters reported that the pharma major knew that its baby powder was contaminated with cancer-causing asbestos. The decline in shares wiped off about $24 billion from the company's market capitalization and made the stock the biggest drag on the Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500 indexes.

J&K govt approves amendments in transplantation of human organs bill

The state government Friday approved the Jammu and Kashmir Transplantation of Human Organ (Amendment) Bill, 2018. The bill seeks to amend various provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir Transplantation of Human Organ Act, 1997, to bring its provisions at par with those of the Central act, a government spokesperson said. The State Administrative Council (SAC) under the chairmanship of Governor Satya Pal Malik Friday approved the amendments in the bill, the spokesperson said. The salient features of the bill include: establishing a human organ retrieval centre and a state human organs and tissues removal and storage network; maintaining a registry of the donors and recipients of the human organs and tissues; inclusion of grandparents and grandchildren as near relative in the definition clause; authorizing foreign national relative for transplantation; transplantation of tissue which would cover pellet injury; constitution of authorization committee, he said. The amended bill gives powers of

J&K Guv clears proposal to upgrade 5 hospitals

The Jammu and Kashmir administration has decided to enhance the health care facilities in five hospitals by upgrading them to 'District Hospital' category, an official said. The State Admgginistrative Council (SAC), headed by Governor Satya Pal Malik, has given approval to the creation of 158 posts, under various categories, in order to upgrade the 5 health care centres, he said. These facilities will enhance to the 'Sub District Hospitals' to 'District Hospital' category, he added. With the up-gradation the health care centres at Samba, Reasi, Bandipora, Ganderbal and Shopian are likely to get a boost.

Cannabis-based drug may help in motor neuron disease: Lancet

A cannabis-based drug may help ease muscle movement for people suffering from motor neuron disease, the results of a clinical trial have shown.