Medindia Blogs http://blogs.medindia.net Networking for your health - The latest on Diseases and Conditions Wed, 16 May 2012 11:25:40 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 ‘First Gay President’ on Newsweek Cover Stirs Buzz http://blogs.medindia.net/health-news/first-gay-president-on-newsweek-cover-stirs-buzz/ http://blogs.medindia.net/health-news/first-gay-president-on-newsweek-cover-stirs-buzz/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 11:25:40 +0000 Medindia Health News http://www.medindia.com/news/first-gay-president-on-newsweek-cover-stirs-buzz-101367-1.htm On Monday, Newsweek declared Barack Obama 'the first gay president' on its cover week with no apologies, equalling its rival Time in the likes of online buzz. It depicted Obama with an angelic rainbow halo just days after Obama became the first sitting president of the United States ever to come out in favor of same-sex marriage. "Obama's earned every stripe in this haloed rainbow," said Tina Brown, editor of Newsweek and its online counterpart The Daily Beast, on her Twi...]]> image On Monday, Newsweek declared Barack Obama ‘the first gay president’ on its cover week with no apologies, equalling its rival Time in the likes of online buzz.

It depicted Obama with an angelic rainbow halo just days after Obama became the first sitting president of the United States ever to come out in favor of same-sex marriage.

“Obama’s earned every stripe in this haloed rainbow,” said Tina Brown, editor of Newsweek and its online counterpart The Daily Beast, on her Twi…

]]> http://blogs.medindia.net/health-news/first-gay-president-on-newsweek-cover-stirs-buzz/feed/ 0 Hand Function Restored With Surgery In US Patient http://www.medindia.com/news/hand-function-restored-with-surgery-in-us-patient-101369-1.htm http://www.medindia.com/news/hand-function-restored-with-surgery-in-us-patient-101369-1.htm#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 11:25:39 +0000 Medindia Health News http://www.medindia.com/news/hand-function-restored-with-surgery-in-us-patient-101369-1.htm US surgeons have employed a novel form of medical procedure called nerve transfer to restore hand function in a person who was paralyzed by a neck injury, said a study published on Tuesday. The breakthrough surgery worked by taking a non-functional nerve that controls pinching the forefinger and thumb and plugging it into a functioning nerve in the man's upper arm which had been used for bending his elbow. After many months of intensive physical therapy, the 71-year-old p...]]> US surgeons have employed a novel form of medical procedure called nerve transfer to restore hand function in a person who was paralyzed by a neck injury, said a study published on Tuesday. The breakthrough surgery worked by taking a non-functional nerve that controls pinching the forefinger and thumb and plugging it into a functioning nerve in the man's upper arm which had been used for bending his elbow. After many months of intensive physical therapy, the 71-year-old p...]]> http://blogs.medindia.net/health-news/hand-function-restored-with-surgery-in-us-patient/feed/ 0 740,000 Lives Rescued With US AIDS Relief Program: Study http://www.medindia.com/news/740000-lives-rescued-with-us-aids-relief-program-study-101370-1.htm http://www.medindia.com/news/740000-lives-rescued-with-us-aids-relief-program-study-101370-1.htm#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 11:25:39 +0000 Medindia Health News http://www.medindia.com/news/740000-lives-rescued-with-us-aids-relief-program-study-101370-1.htm A US aid program with the goal of helping foreign countries to fight the AIDS epidemic saved 740,000 lives from 2004-2008, states a US study published on Tuesday. The US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, was started by former president George W. Bush in 2003 with a five-year, (Dollor) 15 billion investment in global AIDS in 15 countries. The analysis by scientists at Stanford University School of Medicine in California examined health and survival information...]]> A US aid program with the goal of helping foreign countries to fight the AIDS epidemic saved 740,000 lives from 2004-2008, states a US study published on Tuesday. The US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, or PEPFAR, was started by former president George W. Bush in 2003 with a five-year, (Dollor) 15 billion investment in global AIDS in 15 countries. The analysis by scientists at Stanford University School of Medicine in California examined health and survival information...]]> http://blogs.medindia.net/health-news/740000-lives-rescued-with-us-aids-relief-program-study/feed/ 0 WHO Says High Blood Pressure Affects 1 in 3 http://www.medindia.com/news/who-says-high-blood-pressure-affects-1-in-3-101374-1.htm http://www.medindia.com/news/who-says-high-blood-pressure-affects-1-in-3-101374-1.htm#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 11:25:38 +0000 Medindia Health News http://www.medindia.com/news/who-says-high-blood-pressure-affects-1-in-3-101374-1.htm One in three adults suffers from high blood pressure, show WHO figures. Canada and the United States have the fewest patients, at less than 20 percent of adults, but in poorer countries like Niger the estimated figure is closer to 50 percent, the UN body said. While wealthier countries have seen their cases drop thanks to effective, low-cost treatment, in Africa many remain people undiagnosed and are not getting help, according to the WHO. Its World Hea...]]> One in three adults suffers from high blood pressure, show WHO figures. Canada and the United States have the fewest patients, at less than 20 percent of adults, but in poorer countries like Niger the estimated figure is closer to 50 percent, the UN body said. While wealthier countries have seen their cases drop thanks to effective, low-cost treatment, in Africa many remain people undiagnosed and are not getting help, according to the WHO. Its World Hea...]]> http://blogs.medindia.net/health-news/who-says-high-blood-pressure-affects-1-in-3/feed/ 0 Eating Too Much Sugar can Affect Your Learning and Memory http://blogs.medindia.net/health-news/eating-too-much-sugar-can-affect-your-learning-and-memory/ http://blogs.medindia.net/health-news/eating-too-much-sugar-can-affect-your-learning-and-memory/#comments Wed, 16 May 2012 05:06:25 +0000 Medindia Health News http://www.medindia.com/news/eating-too-much-sugar-can-affect-your-learning-and-memory-101340-1.htm Eating too much sugar can reduce your brainpower, warn US scientists who published a study Tuesday showing how a steady diet of high-fructose corn syrup sapped lab rats' memories. Researchers at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) fed two groups of rats a solution containing high-fructose corn syrup -- a common ingredient in processed foods -- as drinking water for six weeks. One group of rats was supplemented with brain-boosting omega-3 fatty acids in the for...]]> image Eating too much sugar can reduce your brainpower, warn US scientists who published a study Tuesday showing how a steady diet of high-fructose corn syrup sapped lab rats’ memories.

Researchers at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) fed two groups of rats a solution containing high-fructose corn syrup — a common ingredient in processed foods — as drinking water for six weeks.

One group of rats was supplemented with brain-boosting omega-3 fatty acids in the for…

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