http://www.medindia.net/healthnews/aids-hiv-common-opportunistic-infections-news.asp Medindia largest health website in india. en-us Copyright 2013. All Rights Reserved. Wed, 22 May 2013 17:34:23 GMT http://www.medindia.net/news/imphal-observes-international-aids-candle-light-memorial-day-and-generates-awareness-119227-1.htm In memory of AIDS victims, Imphal observed the 30th International AIDS Candle Light Memorial Day. This special day is observed across the globe, on the third Sunday of the month of May since many years. The objective of the movement is to mobilize public opinion and generate awareness in the world. It is about time that barriers of stigma and discrimination against those infected with HIV, are broken down by all. A similar effort was organised in Imphal by 16 civil societies jointly ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/imphal-observes-international-aids-candle-light-memorial-day-and-generates-awareness-119227-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/new-smartphone-app-aids-in-patients-preparation-for-colonoscopy-119191-1.htm A new study presented at the Digestive Disease Week in Florida suggests that using a smartphone application can significantly improve patients' preparation for a colonoscopy. The preparation process, which begins days in advance of the procedure, includes dietary restrictions and requires specific bowel preparation medication to be taken at strict intervals. The better the preparation, the easier it is for doctors to see cancer and precancerous polyps in the colon. The study, which was conducted ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/new-smartphone-app-aids-in-patients-preparation-for-colonoscopy-119191-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/novel-laser-system-comes-to-the-aid-of-surgeons-to-drill-through-skull-119070-1.htm Surgeons may need to relieve pressure on the brain by drilling burr holes through the skull using a trephine in the case of brain injuries and strokes. Performing burr hole craniotomies still happens to be a manual cranking operation, which is quite injury prone and can even cause meningitis. Researchers at Fraunhofer Institutes for Photonic Microsystems, Laser Technology, and Integrated Circuits have come out with a novel laser system that can be a safer option. The surgeon can use this new system ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/novel-laser-system-comes-to-the-aid-of-surgeons-to-drill-through-skull-119070-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/russia-lacks-a-strategy-to-combat-aids-119050-1.htm Due to the lack of any government strategy to fight AIDS in Russia, the number of deaths due to this disease is rapidly increasing, a senior healthcare official noted. "We have no national strategy to fight against AIDS," the director of the Russian Federal Agency against AIDS, Vadim Pokrovsky, told a news conference. The rate of new HIV infections grew 12 percent in 2012 -- 69,849 new cases against 62,384 new cases in 2011, according to the government figures. The number of deaths caused ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/russia-lacks-a-strategy-to-combat-aids-119050-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/venom-immunotherapy-to-the-aid-of-insect-stings-118920-1.htm While enjoying in the outdoors, there is a fear of being stung by insects and this can be a scary experience. Many people who have experienced insect bites go on to develop a local reaction at the place where they have been stung. This could cause them to experience swelling, redness, pain and itching. For some, the reaction can be severe which can last up to a week. Statistics have shown that nearly one in every 150 insect stings in children and one in 300 in adults has caused even life threatening situations....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/venom-immunotherapy-to-the-aid-of-insect-stings-118920-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/natural-remedies-to-the-aid-of-skin-problems-118743-1.htm Rose water and aloe vera may offer some natural remedies to get rid of skin related problems. Navin Sharma, head of research and Development at Cholayil Private Limited shares some useful tips that can help in attaining a "healthy" skin. Pearl pack: It improves the skin texture, balances moisture and makes the skin glow. It helps reduce dark marks, pimples and acne. It can be used both in form of paste and powder. Pearl helps in minimising the large pores on the skin and therefore reduces redness....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/natural-remedies-to-the-aid-of-skin-problems-118743-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/sex-superbug-could-be-deadlier-than-aids-118442-1.htm A new and aggressive sexually transmitted superbug could prove deadly than AIDS, say doctors. According to reports, the antibiotic-resistant strain of gonorrhea HO41 was found in Japan two years ago in a 31-year-old female sex worker. Alan Christianson, a doctor of naturopathic medicine, recently told CNBC that the superbug might be a lot worse than AIDS in the short run, as the bacteria is more aggressive and will affect more people quickly, Fox News reported. He said that getting ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/sex-superbug-could-be-deadlier-than-aids-118442-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/chili-peppers-may-aid-millions-of-migraine-sufferers-118296-1.htm There appears to be a link between how the skin reacts when rubbed with chili oil and what happens in the brain during a migraine. This fact is being dived into by researchers at the world's largest biotechnology company, Amgen Inc. so as to produce the debilitating headache's painful symptoms. bMigraine is a common form of headache where the pain can be so severe that ones' daily activities can be hampered severely/b. Migraine headaches are thought to arise from enlargement ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/chili-peppers-may-aid-millions-of-migraine-sufferers-118296-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/52-aids-patients-admitted-in-islamabad-hospital-in-the-first-four-months-of-this-year-118195-1.htm Nearly 52 new AIDS patients have been registered in the first four months of this year at the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS). The News International said the total number of patients registered at the PIMS Centre for Treatment and Prevention of AIDS since its establishment in 2005 has crossed 1,500. Of the total 1,504 patients, 400 were intravenous drug users while AIDS through sexual transmission was found in 800. Among them, 1,240 are males, 240 females and 24 children. ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/52-aids-patients-admitted-in-islamabad-hospital-in-the-first-four-months-of-this-year-118195-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/aids-vaccine-trial-ends-in-failure-us-authorities-118055-1.htm US authorities halted clinical trials of an experimental vaccine designed to halt the virus that leads to AIDS after discovering it did not stop infection. The program, which began in 2009, is the latest in a series of unsuccessful studies of candidate vaccines aimed at tackling HIV, the human immunodeficiency virus. The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases said volunteers in 19 US cities -- either gay men or transgender people who had sex with men -- took part in the study, ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/aids-vaccine-trial-ends-in-failure-us-authorities-118055-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/could-ocean-acidification-act-as-a-hearing-aid-for-fish-117797-1.htm Bignami, who recently completed his PhD in Marine Biology and Fisheries at UM said that, "Increased hearing sensitivity could improve a fish's ability to use sound for navigation, predator avoidance, and communication. However, it could also increase their sensitivity to common background noises, which may disrupt the detection of more useful auditory information." The study, a collaboration between UM and NOAA's Ocean Acidification Program at the Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorological ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/could-ocean-acidification-act-as-a-hearing-aid-for-fish-117797-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/a-30-million-initiative-to-fight-cancer-117244-1.htm To support Cambodia's fight against HIV/AIDS, The US have now launched a (Dollor) 30 million initiative. The five-year project is part of the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, Xinhua reported. It will focus on individuals at high risk of HIV infection with services aiming to prevent the spread of the disease and improve care and treatment of those infected by HIV, an embassy statement said. The Khmer HIV/AIDS NGO Alliance (Khana) will lead a consortium of organisations at the forefront ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/a-30-million-initiative-to-fight-cancer-117244-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/even-bmw-drivers-seek-aid-from-cyprus-red-cross-117124-1.htm The Cyprus Red Cross has long cared for the needy, but the island's financial woes run so deep that people unaccustomed to hardship including some who still drive BMWs are turning up for food aid. Anxious families waited at the organisation's headquarters in the Cypriot capital on Monday to collect boxes of pasta, rice, coffee, tea, sugar and tinned meats to keep them going for the next week. In the past, recent arrivals mainly from Africa, Asia and the Middle East filled the waiting room, ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/even-bmw-drivers-seek-aid-from-cyprus-red-cross-117124-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/new-single-dose-aids-drug-introduced-in-south-africa-117095-1.htm A new single dose anti-AIDS drug which will simplify the world's biggest HIV treatment regime to just one life-saving pill a day has been introduced by South Africa's health minister. The three-in-one combination anti-retroviral (ARV) was secured at a record-low price and will cost the state 89 rand a month ( (Dollor) 10, eight euros) per patient. "Before 2010, we were buying the most expensive ARVs in the world. Now we are a country where the ARVs are the cheapest in the world," said Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/new-single-dose-aids-drug-introduced-in-south-africa-117095-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/scientists-explain-how-aids-virus-grooms-its-assault-team-116846-1.htm Previously unknown properties of transmitted HIV-1, the virus that causes AIDS were identified by scientists from Los Alamos National Laboratory and University of Pennsylvania. The viruses that successfully pass from a chronically infected person to a new individual are both remarkably resistant to a powerful initial human immune-response mechanism, and they are blanketed in a greater amount of envelope protein that helps them access and enter host cells, they said. These findings will ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/scientists-explain-how-aids-virus-grooms-its-assault-team-116846-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/antibody-roadmap-to-aids-vaccine-discovered-116813-1.htm Scientists have identified the antibody roadmap to AIDS vaccine. Studying blood samples over a three-year period after the person was infected, researchers were witness to a microscopic battle between the virus and antibodies -- both evolving as they sought to gain the upper hand. For the first time, scientists were able to follow the full chain of events leading to the patient naturally producing broadly neutralising antibodies (BnAbs)-- so called because they attack different strains of ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/antibody-roadmap-to-aids-vaccine-discovered-116813-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/app-turns-iphone-into-a-hearing-aid-116607-1.htm Researchers at University of Essex have developed a new app that can turn your iPhone into a hearing aid. The app, known as BioAid, is free to download and works with iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. There are six fixed settings that the user can select to address their particular type of hearing loss with each of the settings four fine-tuning sub-settings which allows the user to target the specific frequencies that they have difficulty hearing. The app works by increasing the audio levels of ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/app-turns-iphone-into-a-hearing-aid-116607-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/tailored-weight-loss-programmes-aid-people-with-mental-illness-116585-1.htm People with serious mental illness can achieve significant weight loss with the help of a behavioural weight-loss intervention. A new bJohn Hopkins research proves that serious mental illness is not a barrier to successful weight-loss/b. A programme that focuses on simple messages and goals and involves regular exercises can help the mentally challenged to stay healthy and lose weight. Despite the knowledge that persons with serious mental illness, such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/tailored-weight-loss-programmes-aid-people-with-mental-illness-116585-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/antibiotic-may-provide-benefit-for-treatment-of-respiratory-disorder-study-116560-1.htm According to a study, among patients with the lung disorder non-cystic fibrosis bronchiectasis, treatment with the antibiotic erythromycin resulted in improvement in symptoms but also increased the risk of antibiotic resistance. The study appeared in the March 27 issue of iJAMA/i. David J. Serisier, M.B.B.S., D.M., F.R.A.C.P., of Mater Adult Hospital, South Brisbane, Australia, and colleagues tested the hypothesis that low-dose erythromycin would reduce pulmonary exacerbations in patients ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/antibiotic-may-provide-benefit-for-treatment-of-respiratory-disorder-study-116560-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/study-genes-in-breasts-may-predict-cancer-risk-and-aid-prevention-116304-1.htm According to a new Northwestern Medicine study, a newly identified set of genes may help identify women who are at high risk for getting breast cancer that is sensitive to estrogen and, therefore, would aid in prevention. "We now have the possibility of predicting if a preventive drug will work for a woman at high risk of breast cancer, so that we don't expose women to the risks and side effects of this drug if it won't help them," said Seema Khan, M.D., senior author of the study. Khan ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/study-genes-in-breasts-may-predict-cancer-risk-and-aid-prevention-116304-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/soothing-music-and-avoiding-networking-devices-aids-in-better-sleep-116241-1.htm Soothing music, avoiding overuse of networking devices, massage and naps can lead to a better sleep, according to a new study by Chinese researchers. The Chinese people sleep on an average of eight hours and 50 minutes everyday, but nearly half feel sluggish when awake, found the study prepared to observe Chinese people's sleeping habits and released Tuesday. The report is based on a survey conducted in November and December through random household visits in 20 cities, 20 towns and 20 villages....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/soothing-music-and-avoiding-networking-devices-aids-in-better-sleep-116241-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/newly-identified-genes-can-predict-breast-cancer-risk-and-aid-prevention-116072-1.htm A new Northwestern Medicine study has identified a set of genes that may predict which women are at high risk for getting breast cancer that is sensitive to estrogen and such women would be helped by taking drugs to prevent it. "We now have the possibility of predicting if a preventive drug will work for a woman at high risk of breast cancer, so that we don't expose women to the risks and side effects of this drug if it won't help them," said Seema Khan, M.D., senior author of the study, which ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/newly-identified-genes-can-predict-breast-cancer-risk-and-aid-prevention-116072-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/health-care-aid-to-depend-on-tax-returns-116001-1.htm Income tax returns for 2012 come with implications related to health care. The returns a person files will be the chief factor to determine his eligibility for federal assistance when buying health insurance through the new state health exchange which will operate from 2014. According to the federal Affordable Care act all Americans are required to buy health insurance or face tax penalties. There will be no change for who are covered by employers. Federal subsidies will help pay ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/health-care-aid-to-depend-on-tax-returns-116001-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/aid-eye-health-through-nutrition-115992-1.htm Experts at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) says that it is possible to aid eye health through nutrition and supplements. Research by the National Eye Institute (NEI) has shown that high levels of antioxidants and zinc, in the form of a nutritional supplement tablet, reduced the risk of advanced age-related macular degeneration (AMD). "AMD is the leading cause of blindness in older adults," said Cynthia Owsley, Ph.D., professor and vice chair for clinical research in the Department of Ophthalmology....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/aid-eye-health-through-nutrition-115992-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/to-beat-tropical-diseases-immune-finding-aids-quest-for-vaccines-115966-1.htm For a range of diseases that affect 200 million people, mainly in tropical south-east Asia, Africa and Central America, scientists are a step closer to developing vaccines. Researchers studying infections caused by parasitic worms - which can lead to diseases such as elephantiasis and river blindness - have shown how these can shut down a part of the immune system that might otherwise fight sickness. Preventing this immune reaction enables the infection to persist, causing chronic illness. Scientists ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/to-beat-tropical-diseases-immune-finding-aids-quest-for-vaccines-115966-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/religious-taboos-dampen-aids-tests-in-morocco-115900-1.htm Women in Morocco turn towards mobile clinics offering free AIDS tests as they 'don't have anything'. Around 29,000 people are infected with HIV in a country of 33 million, according to estimates by the Pan African AIDS Organisation (OPALS), a relatively low figure compared with other Arab countries. But large swathes of Moroccan society are religious, with sex outside of marriage and adultery still illegal, and the AIDS virus has long been a taboo subject. Around 80 percent of victims ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/religious-taboos-dampen-aids-tests-in-morocco-115900-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/under-affordable-health-care-getting-aid-may-prove-to-be-complex-115843-1.htm The draft application for health cover, under President Obama's health Care overhaul, is about 15 pages for a three member family. Three major federal agencies, including the IRS will examine the application; check on identity, income and citizenship with 21 steps. As Obamacare wants people with low incomes get adequate help and health covers, the first part of the application clears up exactly where you are placed money wise. The second part is where you choose ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/under-affordable-health-care-getting-aid-may-prove-to-be-complex-115843-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/high-levels-of-antibacterial-protein-in-genetically-modified-goats-milk-aids-diarrhea-treatment-115794-1.htm Milk obtained from genetically modified goats could be used to treat diarrhea in children, suggests a recent research. Nearly 1.8 million children around the world succumb to diarrheal diseases. Scientists genetically modified a goat to increase the levels of lysozyme in the goat's milk. Lysozyme is an antibacterial protein found in human breast milk. It helps prevent bacterial infections in the gastrointestinal track. James Murray from the University of California, Davis and his colleagues, ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/high-levels-of-antibacterial-protein-in-genetically-modified-goats-milk-aids-diarrhea-treatment-115794-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/major-breakthrough-aids-in-diagnosing-alzheimers-15-years-before-symptoms-strike-115591-1.htm A major breakthrough was made by researchers from Melbourne in diagnosing Alzheimer's 15 years before symptoms strike, offering hope of avoiding dementia. The discovery gives drug companies a target to aim for as they search for a cure to Alzheimer's. A team from the Austin Hospital has tracked the build up of a waste protein called amyloid, discovering levels that can be detected accumulating in the brains of those who will go on to suffer dementia 15 years before they suffer extensive memory loss, the Herald Sun reported....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/major-breakthrough-aids-in-diagnosing-alzheimers-15-years-before-symptoms-strike-115591-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/new-drug-with-vitamin-b-and-folate-may-aid-migraine-sufferers-115570-1.htm A team of researchers is well on their way to find a cure for the worst form of headache-Migraine! Migraine is not new to us. One of Lewis Carrol's character in his classic 'Alice in Wonderland' shows signs of experiencing what we now know as 'aura' an experience that is linked to migraine. A scientific team from Queensland is hoping to find a cure for migraine with a treatment involving vitamin B and folate supplements. According to Bridget Maher, postdoctoral ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/new-drug-with-vitamin-b-and-folate-may-aid-migraine-sufferers-115570-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/new-hearing-aids-to-distinguish-between-speech-and-background-noises-115494-1.htm New research striving to develop new hearing aids that distinguish between background noises and speech. Conventional hearing aids amplify both speech and noise indiscriminately so they don't make it easy to distinguish meaningful signals, such as speech, from background noise. To overcome this barrier, researchers from the Universities of Southampton and Cambridge will use knowledge generated from neuronal brainstem recordings to design novel signal processing strategies. By designing this ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/new-hearing-aids-to-distinguish-between-speech-and-background-noises-115494-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/to-end-female-genital-mutilation-britain-announced-global-aid-programme-115423-1.htm In a bid to end the practice of female genital mutilation, Britain announced a 35 million ( (Dollor) 53 million, 41 million euro) global aid programme. In what it said was the largest ever international commitment to the issue, Britain's international development ministry said the programme should reduce genital cutting by 30 percent in 10 African countries over five years as well as support work further afield. "It is time to break the taboo on genital mutilation," said junior development minister ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/to-end-female-genital-mutilation-britain-announced-global-aid-programme-115423-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/robots-learning-language-with-the-aid-of-artificial-brain-114728-1.htm A robot was able to learn, and subsequently understand, new sentences containing a new grammatical structure with the help of an artificial brain system. INSERM and CNRS researchers and the Universite Lyon 1 have succeeded in developing an "artificial neuronal network" constructed on the basis of a fundamental principle of the workings of the human brain, namely its ability to learn a new language. Thanks to so-called recurrent construction (with connections that create locally recurring ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/robots-learning-language-with-the-aid-of-artificial-brain-114728-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/aids-patients-in-port-cities-to-be-cared-for-114580-1.htm A memorandum of understanding (MoU) has been signed between the department in the health and family welfare ministry and the ministry of shipping. In a bid to target vulnerable groups in coastal cities, the department of AIDS control has teamed up with the shipping ministry to provide treatment, support and preventive care to port workers as well as fishermen, seafarers, truckers and single male migrants. According to the MoU, the National Aids Control Organisation (NACO) will provide HIV/AIDS/STI ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/aids-patients-in-port-cities-to-be-cared-for-114580-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/two-studies-by-utsw-researchers-could-aid-development-of-new-treatments-for-autoimmune-diseases-114543-1.htm Researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center are conducting two separate studies that could lead to the development of new treatments for autoimmune diseases, such as lupus, and improve the effectiveness of current treatments available for viral, bacterial and parasitic infections. The studies identify a new enzyme that acts as a sensor of innate immunity - the body's first line of defense against invaders - and describe a novel cell signaling pathway. This pathway detects foreign DNA or even ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/two-studies-by-utsw-researchers-could-aid-development-of-new-treatments-for-autoimmune-diseases-114543-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/artificial-bone-could-soon-aid-fixture-of-shattered-limbs-114313-1.htm Shattered limbs can soon be healed with the help of artificial bone, which is created using stem cells and a new lightweight plastic. The use of bone stem cells combined with a degradable rigid material that inserts into broken bones and encourages real bone to re-grow has been developed at the Universities of Edinburgh and Southampton. Researchers have developed the material with a honeycomb scaffold structure that allows blood to flow through it, enabling stem cells from the patient's ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/artificial-bone-could-soon-aid-fixture-of-shattered-limbs-114313-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/gum-disease-found-to-worsen-infection-in-animal-model-of-aids-113829-1.htm The number of viral variants in moderate gum disease in an animal model exposed to an AIDS- like virus were high in number, causing infection and greater inflammation, Texas Biomed scientists in San Antonio have found. Both of these features have potential negative implications in long term disease progression, including other kinds of infections, the researchers say in a new report. The public health message from the study is that even mild inflammation in the mouth needs to be controlled because ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/gum-disease-found-to-worsen-infection-in-animal-model-of-aids-113829-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/humanitarian-aid-workers-in-uganda-show-signs-of-mental-health-problems-113805-1.htm The high risk for mental health problems among staff working in humanitarian organizations in northern Uganda, due in large part to their work environment is being shown by a latest research. A new study by researchers at Columbia's Mailman School of Public Health examined the mental health of 376 Ugandan workers at 21 humanitarian aid agencies and found that a significant number of the staff at these organizations experienced high levels of symptoms for depression (68%), anxiety disorders ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/humanitarian-aid-workers-in-uganda-show-signs-of-mental-health-problems-113805-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/helping-ordinary-people-advance-their-status-is-the-internet-113016-1.htm New research says that the internet has given ordinary people unprecedented scope to reach mass audiences and advance their social status through displays of "good taste." "Ordinary consumers were previously limited to sharing their views and tastes within their circle of friends and acquaintances, and only media professionals and others in powerful positions could reach a mass audience," write study authors Edward F. McQuarrie, Jessica Miller and Barbra J. Phillips from Santa Clara, Southern ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/helping-ordinary-people-advance-their-status-is-the-internet-113016-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/amid-border-tensions-indian-doctors-aid-pakistani-patients-complex-liver-transplants-112835-1.htm While Pakistani insurgents were brutally beheading Indian soldiers, a group of Indian doctors were helping their Pakistani counterparts to do complex liver transplants in Lahore. The doctors from Delhi's Apollo Hospital spent long hours in the surgery room of the Sheikh Zayed Hospital during a four-day trip that began Jan 6 - incidentally the day major trouble erupted on the Jammu and Kashmir border. Unlike during the 2012 trip, this time the Indian doctors only oversaw the "right lobe ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/amid-border-tensions-indian-doctors-aid-pakistani-patients-complex-liver-transplants-112835-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/vegetables-can-aid-in-digestion-of-red-meat-112795-1.htm New Zealand scientists have suggested that complementing a diet rich in vegetables can help in the digestion of red meat and prevent illnesses that come with the consumption of the heavy diet. Experts with the government-run Plant and Food Research Institute investigated the effects of red meat consumption with and without fermentable carbohydrates on the bowel health of rats, Xinhua reported. The research published in the Journal of Food Science suggested that the impact of red meat consumption ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/vegetables-can-aid-in-digestion-of-red-meat-112795-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/un-says-conflict-making-it-impossible-to-provide-food-aid-to-a-million-hungry-syrians-112722-1.htm The ongoing conflict in Syria is making it impossible to help provide food aid to more than one million Syrians who are hungry and helpless, the United Nations' World Food Program revealed. The World Food Program (WFP) said it is helping 1.5 million Syrians, but continued fighting and an inability to use the port of Tartus to deliver food mean many people are not receiving aid. The UN estimates that over 60,000 people have been killed in the uprising, which began in March 2011, the BBC reports....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/un-says-conflict-making-it-impossible-to-provide-food-aid-to-a-million-hungry-syrians-112722-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/to-aid-future-discoveries-god-particle-big-bang-machine-to-be-revamped-112640-1.htm A revamp is being carried out by engineers to help the world's largest and most powerful atom smasher reach maximum energy levels with a 2-year hibernation period starting March. This is being done so that it could help in more stunning discoveries following the detection of the so-called "God particle." With the reopening of its 10-billion-dollar proton collider in early 2015, the stage will be set for observing more rare phenomena-and unlocking more mysteries, James Gillies, chief spokesman ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/to-aid-future-discoveries-god-particle-big-bang-machine-to-be-revamped-112640-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/potatoes-come-to-boeings-aid-in-testing-in-flight-wi-fi-112195-1.htm More than 9,000 kgs of potatoes were used by American aircraft maker Boeing in order to test the signal strength of its in-flight Wi-Fi system. Passenger seats on a decommissioned plane were loaded with 9,000kg of potatoes in sacks for several days, to check signal strengths. According to Boeing, potatoes' "interactions" with electronic signals mimic those of a human body, making them "the perfect stand-in for people who would otherwise have had to sit motionless for days while the data was gathered....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/potatoes-come-to-boeings-aid-in-testing-in-flight-wi-fi-112195-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/brazils-progress-in-fight-against-aids-hailed-111871-1.htm Luiz Loures of Brazil, who was recently appointed as the deputy chief of the United Nations HIV-fighting program, has hailed his own country's achievements in the fight against the deadly global epidemic. "We are beginning to talk of the end of the epidemic. Scientific progress makes it possible," Loures told the daily Folha de Sao Paulo, estimating the milestone could come within the next 15 years. "We will not succeed in eradicating the virus, which is an issue for a more distant future....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/brazils-progress-in-fight-against-aids-hailed-111871-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/saltswitch-new-smartphone-app-to-aid-healthy-eating-111735-1.htm Salt is very much necessary for our body but when consumed in excess can cause premature death or disability. Salt is best when reduced in food and now there are tools to help consumers choose foods with reduced salt content. The recent tool is an application called SaltSwitchthat promises to help those who wish to reduce their salt consumption. The George Institute for Global Health has teamed up with Bupa Australia to introduce SaltSwitch smart phone app, and is a latest version of FoodSwitch app....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/saltswitch-new-smartphone-app-to-aid-healthy-eating-111735-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/fight-against-aids-aided-by-bats-with-white-nose-fungus-111438-1.htm Bats with white-nose fungus sometimes suffer in the same way that humans with AIDS do finds scientists. Carol Meteyer, a scientist for the U.S. Geological Survey, peered through a microscope at hundreds of little bats and started to notice something very weird. The bats had managed to survive the white-nose fungus that had killed millions of other bats hibernating in caves, mostly in the Northeast. But they had succumbed to something else that had left their tiny corpses in tatters, their wings scorched and pocked with holes....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/fight-against-aids-aided-by-bats-with-white-nose-fungus-111438-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/by-releasing-hazardous-black-carbon-kerosene-lamps-aid-global-warming-111437-1.htm Researchers say that small kerosene lamps that light millions of homes in developing countries also contribute to global warming. New measurements showed that kerosene wick lamps release 20 times more black carbon than previously thought, said researchers at the University of Illinois and the University of California, Berkeley. Black carbon is a hazard for human health and the environment, affecting air quality both indoors and out. It has a major impact on climate as it absorbs heat and sunlight, warming the air....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/by-releasing-hazardous-black-carbon-kerosene-lamps-aid-global-warming-111437-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/researchers-simulate-crucial-step-in-aids-virus-maturation-111191-1.htm Molecular simulation techniques have been used to explain a specific step in the maturation of the HIV virions by bioinformaticians at IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute) and UPF (Pompeu Fabra University). This process explains how newly formed inert virus particles become infectious and is essential in understanding how the virus replicates. These results, which have been published in the latest edition of iPNAS/i, could be crucial to the design of future antiretrovirals....]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/researchers-simulate-crucial-step-in-aids-virus-maturation-111191-1.htm http://www.medindia.net/news/debate-about-how-tumors-spread-resolved-with-the-aid-of-study-110979-1.htm A team of scientists has shown for the first time how cancer cells control the ON/OFF switch of a program used by developing embryos to effectively metastasize in vivo, breaking free and spreading to other parts of the body, where they can proliferate and grow into secondary tumors. They were led by researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine. The findings are published in the December 11 issue of the journal iCancer Cell/i. In 90 percent of cancer deaths, ...]]> http://www.medindia.net/news/debate-about-how-tumors-spread-resolved-with-the-aid-of-study-110979-1.htm