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Humour replaces bickering as married couples age: Study
Prickly disagreements that can mark the early and middle years of a marriage mellow with age as conflicts give way to humour and acceptance, according to a study. Researchers from the University of California (UC), Berkeley in the US analysed videotaped conversations between 87 middle-aged and older husbands and wives who had been married for 15 to 35 years. They tracked their emotional interactions over the course of 13 years. The team found that as couples aged, they showed more humour and tenderness towards another. The findings, published in the journal Emotion, showed an increase in such positive behaviours as humour and affection and a decrease in negative behaviours such as defensiveness and criticism. The results challenge long-held theories that emotions flatten or deteriorate in old age and point instead to an emotionally positive trajectory for long-term married couples. "Our findings shed light on one of the great paradoxes of late life," said Robert Levenson, a UC ...
Novartis's new treatment for hives outperforms Xolair in trials
ZURICH (Reuters) - Novartis said on Tuesday it was taking its experimental medicine ligelizumab to late-stage trials after the drug showed signs of outperforming existing product Xolair in treating severe urticaria, also known as hives.
Panav Bio-Tech introduces classical swine fever vaccine in India
Panav Bio-Tech, a leading company in the animal healthcare, is now offering a vaccine for classical swine fever or Hog Cholera in India.Panav Bio-Tech has a diverse portfolio of Bio-preparation that consists of vaccines that help against dangerous animal diseases. It also offers therapeutic solutions to specific pathologies and innovative nutraceutical products for wellbeing of animals.Hog Cholera, which is also referred as swine fever or classical swine fever by some, is a serious disease of swine. It is often fatal and its symptoms include high fever and exhaustion. It is a highly contagious disease and is transmitted from infected pigs via numerous carrier agents, including vehicles in which pigs are transported from place to place, dealers who travel from farm to farm and farm attendants.Puneet Chopra, Director Imports, Panav Bio-Tech said, "It has been our endeavour to provide effective vaccination against fatal diseases and swine fever is a disease that is affecting all the pig .
Novartis goes after Roche asthma medicine Xolair with new drug
ZURICH (Reuters) - Novartis said it is pushing ahead with a late-stage study of its experimental drug ligelizumab after announcing the medicine outperformed Roche's Xolair in a Phase II clinical trial against urticaria, also known as hives.
Alcohol intake may cause weight loss in diabetics
Regular consumption of alcohol may lead to long-term weight loss in people with diabetes, say researchers.
Alembic Pharmaceuticals' subsidiary gets USFDA approval for Glycopyrrolate Tablets
Glycopyrrolate Tablets USP, 1 mg and 2 mg have an estimated market size of US$ 15 million for twelve months ending December 2017 according to IQVIA.
Alcohol intake is key to long-term weight loss in diabetic people
Turns out, alcohol consumption may attenuate long-term weight loss in adults with Type 2 diabetes.It was earlier noted that losing weight can help prevent or delay the onset of diabetes. While the best practice for weight loss often includes decreasing or eliminating calories from alcohol, few studies examined whether people who undergo weight loss treatment report changes in alcohol intake and whether alcohol influences their weight loss.Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania suggested that while alcohol consumption is not associated with short-term weight loss during a lifestyle intervention, it is associated with long-term weight loss in people with overweight or obesity and Type 2 diabetes,In the study, close to 5,000 people who were overweight and had diabetes were followed for four years. One group participated in Intensive Lifestyle Intervention (ILI) and the other in a control group consisting of diabetes support and education.Data showed that participants in the ILI ...
Essential oils from herbs may help treat Lyme disease
Oils from garlic and several other common herbs and medicinal plants show strong activity against the bacterium that causes Lyme disease.According to a study by researchers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, these oils may be especially useful in alleviating Lyme symptoms that persist despite standard antibiotic treatment.The study, published in the Journal of Antibiotics, included lab-dish tests of 35 essential oils that are pressed from plants or their fruits and contain the plant's fragrance, or essence.'The researchers found that 10 of these, including oils from cinnamon bark, garlic cloves, myrrh trees, cumin seeds, thyme leaves, and allspice berries showed strong killing activity against dormant and slow-growing 'persister' forms of the Lyme disease bacterium."We found that these essential oils were even better at killing the 'persister' forms of Lyme bacteria than standard Lyme antibiotics," said study's senior author Ying Zhang.Standard treatment with ...
Here's why Mediterranean diet is good for pregnant woman
According to a recent study, pregnant women with higher intake of the Mediterranean diet have 32 per cent lower risk of having children with an accelerated growth pattern, as compared to offspring of women that did not follow such diet.The Mediterranean diet is characterised by a high content of fruits, vegetables, olive oil, legumes and nuts. This healthy diet pattern has earlier been associated with lower obesity and cardiometabolic risk in adults.This study, conducted at the Barcelona Institute for Global Health, aimed at evaluating the association between adherence to a Mediterranean diet during pregnancy and growth patterns and cardiometabolic risk in early infancy.The findings of the study are published in the Journal of Pediatrics.It was performed with data of over 2,700 pregnant women, who filled in a questionnaire on dietary intake in the first and third trimester of pregnancy. In addition, the diet, weight and height of their offspring were followed-up from birth to age four
GSK slides after buying cancer firm Tesaro for hefty $5.1 billion
LONDON (Reuters) - GlaxoSmithKline has agreed to buy U.S. cancer specialist Tesaro for $5.1 billion, a costly investment to rebuild the pharmaceuticals business by new Chief Executive Emma Walmsley that unnerved investors.
VIMSAR to impose 'no work, no pay' against agitating jr
The Veer Surendra Sai Institute of Medical Sciences and Research (VIMSAR), Burla, Monday decided to impose no work, no pay against its agitating junior doctors who are on strike since November 17, sources in the institute said. The decision on 'no work, no pay' would come into from Monday and will be imposed on those who have not worked after November 16, VIMSAR principal and dean Braja Mohan Mishra said. The VIMSAR authorities have also sent an SOS to the health department to provide at least 60 doctors to manage the situation arising out of the ongoing agitation by the junior doctors. The Junior Doctor Association (JDA) of VIMSAR, which is the largest health care facility in western Odisha, are on strike demanding removal of its director Ashwini Pujahari alleging that he has indulged in unlawful activities. Mishra said the decision on 'no work, no pay' was taken in the disciplinary committee meeting of the institution in which heads of the departments of the ...
71% Indians have poor muscle health: Survey
About 68 per cent people in India are protein deficient, while 71 per cent have poor muscle health, a recent survey has pointed out. Citing reports, experts on Monday said 84 per cent of Indian vegetarian and 65 per cent of non-vegetarian diets are protein deficient. "According to our latest survey with IPSOS, a leading global market and opinion research firm, around 68 per cent of people have lower protein content in their body than adequate and 71 per cent of the people have poor muscle health," InBody Clinical Executive Dr Ankita Ghag said in a statement. The findings stated a correlation between poor muscle health and protein deficiency in India which needs to be addressed, she added. "We believe there is a need to build awareness about the importance of muscle health amongst Indians and find appropriate solutions," Ghag said. Referring to a Indian Market Research Bureau (IMRB) study in 2017, nutritionist Kavita Devgan said 84 per cent of Indian vegetarian and 65 per cent of ...
Toxic flame retardants in kid's car seats may cause harm
Scientists have found toxic flame retardants in newly manufactured children's car seats, sparking concerns about children's health.
Papua New Guinea scrambles to vaccinate as polio returns
Decades after polio was eradicated from Papua New Guinea, the crippling and sometimes deadly disease has returned, leaving doctors scrambling to revive long-lapsed vaccination programmes. Until earlier this year, the polio virus was endemic in only three countries in the world: Afghanistan, Nigeria and Pakistan. But a relatively rare strain is now spreading throughout rugged, jungle-cloaked Papua New Guinea, one of the world's poorest countries. Since the first case was detected in April -- paralysing a six-year-old boy named Gafo near the northern coast -- polio has infected dozens more nationwide, prompting the government to declare a national emergency. Papua New Guinea, which today has a population of around eight million people, thought it had eradicated the wild variant of the virus in 1996, and was certified polio-free in 2000. But since then, experts say, lapsed vaccination programmes and poor sanitation have left an open invitation for the prehistoric disease to return. "It's
Modern lifestyle diseases turning into killers: Venkaiah Naidu
Vice President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Monday urged the medical fraternity to campaign against modern day lifestyle as non-communicable diseases (NCD) were turning into killers.
AI system may accelerate search for cancer discoveries
Searching through the mountains of published cancer research could be made easier, thanks to a new AI system developed by scientists. The system, called LION LBD and developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge in the UK, has been designed to assist scientists in the search for cancer-related discoveries. It is the first literature-based discovery system aimed at supporting cancer research, according to the study published in the journal Bioinformatics. Global cancer research attracts massive amounts of funding worldwide, and the scientific literature is now so huge that researchers are struggling to keep up with it: critical hypothesis-generating evidence is now often discovered long after it was published. Cancer is a complex class of diseases that are not completely understood and are the second-leading cause of death worldwide, researchers said. Cancer development involves changes in numerous chemical and biochemical molecules, reactions and pathways, and cancer ...
Can better cancer care lower company's health costs?
NEW YORK (Reuters) - When companies try to tackle rising healthcare costs, shifting more of the burden to employees is increasingly the strategy of choice.
Himachal-based university files 105 patents this year
Himachal Pradesh-based Shoolini University near Solan town has emerged as one of the top patent filers in the country which include the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs), the university said on Monday.
Shoolini University Among Top Patent Filers
/ -- The university has filed 105 patents this year so far Himachal-based Shoolini University has emerged among top patent filers in the country which includes the prestigious Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs). (Logo: https://mma.prnewswire.com/media/792680/Shoolini_University_Logo.jpg ) The nine year old private university, which is managed by a Trust, has filed 105 patents so far this year. It hopes to file at least 10 more before the end of the year. As per the latest data available on central institutions with the Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD), only three such institutions have filed over 100 patents so far this year. These are IIT Madras (132), IIT Bombay (104) and Indian Institute of Sciences, Bengaluru (101) While IIT Delhi has so far filed 96 patents. Prof. P.K. Khosla, Vice Chancellor, Shoolini University said, "The University has crossed the milestone of filing over 200 patents and aims at filing 100 patents every year. Our thrust is also on converting
Achievements and endowments of AMRI Hospitals in 2018
AMRI Hospitals, one of the fastest growing chains of private hospitals in Eastern India, is a name to reckon with when talking about endowments and accomplishments in India's medical sector.Retaining its position among 'Best Private Hospital' in Kolkata, AMRI took it up by a notch by clinching the second rank as the 'Best Hospital' in Eastern region, besides also ranking 2nd in the 'Best Private Hospital' category also in Bhubaneswar.AMRI Hospital has been ranked as one of the best private hospitals in The Week-Hansa Survey 2018. With this, the hospital has established yet another benchmark of excellence in its continuous growth and success.Numerous other awards and accolades bestowed upon AMRI Hospitals hold a testimony to its commitment to medical care and efforts to widen the horizons of the country's healthcare sector.The group has its super specialty tertiary care units located at Dhakuria, Mukundapur, Salt Lake, and Bhubaneswar, along with a state-of-the-art day care facility - .