Health

1. Insula in brain key to smoking addiction
According to new research that a lesser-studied region of the brain called the insula holds the key to addiction to smoking.
Date of addition: 01/29/2007

2. Children Raised Near Busy Roads Have Poorer Lungs
US scientists suggest that children who grow up near busy roads or highways with traffic pollution have poorer lung function and are more likely to suffer long term respiratory and heart-related health problems than those who live further away.
Date of addition: 01/26/2007

3. Nicotine in cigarettes rising: Harvard study
A Harvard study have announced on Thursday that the amount of nicotine that smokers typically draw in per cigarette have risen by 11 percent from 1998 to 2005, perpetuating a "tobacco pandemic" that makes it harder for smokers to quit.
Date of addition: 01/25/2007

4. Breast cancer research nears B spent
In early 80's the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation has been found by Nancy Brinker. From then the foundation has grown from a small gathering of women in Brinker's living room to a world-renowned operation that will have invested billion in community outreach and research by year's end.
Date of addition: 01/23/2007

5. U.S. Cancer Deaths Drop for 2nd Year in a Row
The number of cancer deaths in the United States has dropped for the second year in a row. It shows that last year drop was not an accident!
Date of addition: 01/19/2007

6. Men should eat their reds and greens
Eating tomatoes and broccoli in the same meal could help men to fight prostate cancer. A study suggests that when they are both present in a regular diet, the two foods — known for their cancer-fighting qualities — help to reduce tumours more effectively than when they are eaten separately.
Date of addition: 01/16/2007

7. Bird Flu May Have Infected Relatives of H5N1 Patient
Two family members of a woman infected with bird flu in Indonesia were hospitalized with symptoms of the virus, said a doctor treating the patients. The disease spread to fowl in a fifth province of southern Vietnam.
Date of addition: 01/11/2007

8. House to Pass Stem Cell Research Bill
Their ranks bolstered by the November elections, supporters of legislation boosting taxpayer-funded research on embryonic stem cells were poised Thursday to easily pass the bill again even though President Bush vetoed it last year.
Date of addition: 01/11/2007

9. A Source of Stem Cells Without Controversy?
Scientists say they’ve found a new way to harvest stem cells without using human embryos. Describing them as “nearly as powerful as embryonic stem cells,” Reuters reports that the cells are capable of creating “muscle, bone, fat, blood vessel, nerve and liver cells in the laboratory.”
Date of addition: 01/09/2007

10. Moderate Drinking Cuts Heart Attack Risk in Hypertensive Men
Men with high blood pressure who have a drink or two per day may be at lower risk for heart attack than men who don't drink at all, new research suggests.
Date of addition: 01/03/2007