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Cosmetic Surgery TV Shows Get Viewers Pondering 2007-08-10 02:15:00 Reality TV shows focused on plastic surgery can boost viewers' own interest in these types of procedures, a new study finds.Shows such as Extreme Makeover and The Swan also make those who watch them frequently feel more knowledgeable about plastic surgery, compared to those who don't watch as much of this reality fare."The more they watched the shows, the more interested" they became in plastic surgery, said Dr. John Persing, the senior author and a plastic surgeon at the Yale University School of Medicine in New Haven, Conn.His team published its findings in the July issue of the journal Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery
.In the study, Persing and his colleagues surveyed 42 cosmetic plastic surgery patients who were seeking plastic surgery for the first time at the Yale Plastic Surgery Clinic. Most of the survey participants were women. The average age was about 36 years.In all, 57 percent were classified as "high-intensity" viewers who regularly watched at least one of the shows. T Read more:Cosmetic
How sunshine protects against breast cancer 2007-08-09 02:44:00 A new study has linked the level of vitamin D in the blood to a reduced risk of breast cancer in post-menopausal women. The research, carried out at an Omaha university in the United States, showed that women given supplements of vitamin D and the mineral calcium were half as likely to get the disease. Read more:sunshine
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New at-home fertility test 2007-08-09 02:33:00 The first at-home fertility screening test for men and women went on sale in the United States on Monday. The test, called Fertell, allows couples to assess key elements of both male and female fertility with 95 percent accuracy, according to maker Genosis, Inc. The test can be purchased over-the-counter at CVS, Longs drug stores, as well as online, the company said. The male portion of the test measures the concentration of motile sperm, a key indicator of sperm health. Results are available within 80 minutes. The female portion checks follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) levels in a woman's urine on the third day of her menstrual cycle.FSH is a key indicator of ovarian reserve, a measure of the age of a woman's ovaries and their ability to respond to FSH in order to produce eggs that can be fertilised, Genosis said. The results of the female test can be available in 30 minutes. – (HealthDayNews)
Cholestrol risk factors 2007-08-09 02:06:00 Inactivity. Lack of exercise may lower your level of HDL cholesterol. Obesity. Excess weight increases your triglycerides. It also lowers your HDL cholesterol and increases your VLDL cholesterol. Being overweight can create a more serious risk factor for health problems depending on how you carry the extra weight. If you carry most of your fat around your waist or upper body, you may be referred to as apple-shaped. If you carry most of your fat around your hips and thighs or lower body, you're considered to be pear-shaped. Generally, when it comes to your health, it's better to have the shape of a pear than the shape of an apple. If you have an apple shape — a potbelly or spare tire — you carry more fat in and around your abdominal organs. Fat in your abdomen increases your risk of many of the serious conditions associated with obesity. A woman's waist should measure less than 35 inches. A man's waist should be less than 40 inches. Diet. Cholesterol naturally occur Read more:factors
Mars' Sleep Cycle Study May Help Earthlings 2007-08-09 01:48:00 By synchronizing people to the Martian day, U.S. researchers are demonstrating the flexibility of the human biological clock.The study might help further research into sleep woes, said researchers in the division of sleep medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston."Understanding how our biological clock can be adjusted is a critical step in developing therapy for circadian rhythm sleep disorders, which disturb sleep at night and compromise daytime cognitive functioning," lead author Frank A. J. L. Scheer, associate director of the Medical Chronobiology Program at BWH, said in a prepared statement.His team was able to synchronized volunteers' biological clocks to the 24.65-hour day of Mars and to the 23.5-hour day often experienced by astronauts in low orbit around the Earth. The researchers also found that synchronizing with the Martian clock resulted in long-term changes to the circadian period of the volunteers' biological clock. This showed, for the first time, flexibilit Read more:Sleep
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How To Deal With In-Growing Hairs 2007-08-08 05:28:00 Beauty therapist Victoria Nash shows you how to deal with in-growing hairs, which occurs when a hair is too weak to break through the surface of the skin. Step 1: ExfoliateExfoliate weekly with a body scrub or washable mitt in the shower, which will remove dead skin cells and lift the hair away from the skin. Apply the scrub to dry skin and wash off in the shower.Step 2: RemovalIt is possible to remove in-growing hairs with tweezers if you are careful not to break the skin. Pluck the hairs in the direction of hair growth so you don't break off the hair strand. If a hair is deeply imbedded in the skin, apply a lotion containing AHAs (alpha hydroxy acids) which will eliminate dead skin cells and help the hair to rise to the surface. Read more:Growing
Condoms leave Brits red-faced 2007-08-08 05:19:00 A new survey suggests that about a third of Britons are so embarrassed about discussing condoms with a new sex partner that they don't use a condom at all. But the Family Planning Association (FPA) poll of 2 169 adults also found that about a third of respondents said they regretted not using a condom with a new sex partner in the past, BBC News reported. "We have to ask why in the 21st Century when sex is so widely portrayed in British culture, talking about condoms is still embarrassing," said FPA chief executive Anne Weyman.She noted that adults in their 30s, 40s and 50s seem to have an especially difficult time talking about condoms and need special targeting with safe sex campaigns, BBC News reported. A forgotten generation"Thirty-somethings are a forgotten generation. They received little sex and relationship education at school but grew up in an increasingly sexualized society," Weyman said. "They've had to find the confidence themselves to talk about condoms and learn the har Read more:Condoms
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Delay baby, win a honeymoon 2007-08-08 05:06:00 Authorities in western India are offering to pay for a second honeymoon for couples who delay the birth of their first child by two years in an attempt to control birth rates, a newspaper report said on Tuesday. The offer, called the "Honeymoon Package", is being made by authorities in Satara district in the state of Maharashtra, the Times of India said. Couples delaying the birth of their first child by two years would get a honeymoon package worth 5 000 rupees ($125) and around 7 500 rupees ($190) if they can hold off for three years, it said. "The money is sufficient for a couple to enjoy a second honeymoon for two or three days at a favourite destination," district health officer V.H. Mohite was quoted as saying by the newspaper. Satara has a population of about 3 million. A recent survey found that the district registered about 25 000 marriages every year and 87 percent of the newly weds had a child in the first year of marriage. 4 000 fewer birthsAuthorities hope that if 20 perc Read more:Delay
Female Circumcision Claims Yet Another Girl's Life in Egypt 2007-08-13 01:15:00 A 13-year-old Egypt
ian girl has died during an illegal operation to mutilate her genitalia, the Al-Masri Al-Yom daily reported on Saturday. Karima Rahim Massud died as the result of problems with the anasthaesia in the Nile Delta village of Gharbiya. Her death was discovered after her father sought a death certificate from another doctor. The medical practice where the operation took place has been closed, and the doctor is being interrogated, the newspaper said. Female
genital mutilation, also known as female circumcision, is a practice that dates back to pharaonic times in Egypt. It is common in a band that stretches from Senegal in West Africa to Somalia on the east coast, and from Egypt in the north to Tanzania in the south. The practice, which affects both Muslim and Christian women in Egypt, was banned in 1997 but doctors were allowed to operate "in exceptional cases." Female circumcision can cause death through haemorraging and later complications during childbirth. It also c
Quitting on Impulse May Be Smokers' Best Bet 2007-08-13 01:08:00 Smokers are often told the best way to nix their habit is to have a game plan, including a quit day and a quit strategy. But could that advice be counterproductive? In a recent study putting that question to the test, smokers who quit spontaneously -- without advance planning -- had a greater chance of succeeding than those who planned ahead. The results, published in the British Medical Journal, seem to flout traditional smoking-cessation guidance. Dr. Michael Siegel, a professor of social and behavioral sciences at Boston University who examines tobacco control policies and smoking behavior, said the findings make a lot of sense."Planned quit attempts are implemented gradually and thus the level of motivation is probably rather low," he said. "But these unplanned, sudden attempts probably reflect some sentinel event or great tension that precipitates a very high level of motivation to quit. And thus these attempts are more successful," he reasoned. Study authors Robert West and Taj S Read more:Quitting
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Bed-wetting linked to lower IQ 2007-08-13 00:44:00 Children who are still wetting
the bed at age seven have lower IQ scores, on average, than their peers who stay dry through the night, UK researchers report.The findings support the theory that bed-wetting is a genetic phenomenon due to delayed maturation of the central nervous system (CNS), say Dr Carol Joinson of the University of Bristol and colleagues. They call for more research to better understand the intellectual functioning of children who wet the bed, and to determine if bed-wetting is also related to learning and academic problems.Bed-wetting is a common problem among children, Joinson and her team note, with up to 22% of boys and 15% of girls still wetting the bed by age 7. At this age, 2% to 4% of children will wet themselves during the day, while 2.3% of boys and less than 1% of girls soil themselves.Link between bed-wetting and IQ?Children who wet the bed are thought to either have difficulty waking up when their bladders fill, or to have trouble suppressing the reflex Read more:linked
Hormone tied to food fondness 2007-08-13 00:38:00 The appetite-suppressing hormone leptin may do more than just reduce one's hunger; it might also regulate one's fondness for food and thus figure high in overeating and obesity, according to a study released on Thursday.In experiments on two people with a rare congenital leptin deficiency, British researchers found that providing them with additional levels of the hormone appeared to diminish the amount of pleasure they associated with food, as well cutting their sense of hunger and increasing feelings of fullness.The finding suggests that our enjoyment of food is partly biologically-driven, and may ultimately explain why some people have to work harder to control their weight than others, the authors of the paper said."While body weight remains stable for many people over a long period of time, other people gain weight very easily," said Sadaf Farooqi, a researcher in the department of clinical biochemistry at the University of Cambridge.Studies needed to show brain responses"More
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