Health aNd Fitness Guide

Scientists have listed 11 factors that will help doctors predict if a post-menopausal woman is going to suffer hip fractures over a period of five years. A broken hip is a common injury among the elderly, and can lead to more serious problems, even death. → Continue reading »

Malaria confirmation won’t take hours anymore. The Binax NOW Malaria Test is a quick and simple way to detect malaria. It involves placing a few drops of whole blood on a dipstick. The results can be had in 15 minutes. The results, which have to 95 percent accuracy, still have to be re-confirmed using standard → Continue reading »

It’s a ‘cool’ cure. Manuel Gonzalez-Brito and John Kuluz, professors of pediatric critical care medicine at the University of Miami, are researching how body-chilling devices minimize injuries tied to cardiac arrest, and brain and spinal cord traumas. → Continue reading »

A skin-patch, called Neupro (rotigotine transdermal system), can treat symptoms of early Parkinson’s disease. Parkinson’s, a major cause of memory loss and unsteady steps in old age, is the result of depletion of a chemical (dopamine) in the brain. → Continue reading »

People who suffer from repeated migraines have a thickening in an area of their brains that is involved in processing pain, say researchers. It is not clear if the migraines or the brain-thickening come first. “We don’t know if it’s a cause or a consequence” of migraines, said study senior author Dr Nouchine Hadjikhani, associate → Continue reading »