Ayurvedic Medicines

A new study The University of Texas at Austin has revealed that high levels of the stress hormone cortisol play a critical role in blocking testosterone’s influence on competition and domination. The findings show that when cortisol-a hormone released in the body in response to threat-increases, the body is mobilized to escape danger, rather than respond to any influence that testosterone is having on behaviour

Surgeons have suggested that transorbital neuroendoscopic surgery (TONES) is a safe and effective option for treating a variety of advanced brain diseases and traumatic injuries.

Measuring the health status of cystic fibrosis (CF) patients would now get easier as researchers have found that exacerbations in CF are linked to chronic infection with a bacterium called Stenotrophomonas maltophilia. The finding that chronic infection with S. maltophilia is independently linked with an increased risk of exacerbations gives clinicians and researchers a new potential target in fighting their disease as well.

A new study has found that over-activation of a single protein may shut down the brain-protecting effects of a molecule and increases the likeliness of the most common form of Parkinson’s disease.

The Nobel Medicine Prize winner will be named today, kicking off a week of prestigious award announcements including the two that are most watched, Literature and Peace. Speculation is as always rife for those honours, to be announced on Thursday and Friday respectively, with many predicting a poet will grab the literature award, and some saying a Chinese dissident will follow last year’s jaw-dropping surprise pick of US President Barack Obama for the Peace Prize. …

Women in Saudi Arabia are fighting back against tribal traditions that make them hostage to the whims of their fathers and male guardians who alone can decide who their future husbands will be. Faced with a lifetime of being forced to remain single, an increasing number of Saudi women, many of them university graduates with good jobs, are going to court to dispute their fathers’ refusal to sign off on their marriages.

Despite increasing awareness of iodine deficiency, the potential for iodine toxicity, particularly from sources containing seaweed, is less well recognised, according to a case study in the iMedical Journal of Australia/i. Dr Bronwyn Crawford and co-authors, including Dr Diana Learoyd, Associate Professor at the University of Sydney, reviewed a series of cases of thyroid dysfunction in adults associated with ingestion of a brand of soy …

Despite a high prevalence of osteoporosis in elderly Australian men, awareness, diagnosis and treatment of the condition remain low, according to a study published in the iMedical Journal of Australia./i Ms Kerrin Bleicher, a physiotherapist and PhD Student at the University of Sydney, and coauthors conducted a study to determine the proportion of older Australian men who meet the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) criteria for osteoporosis treatment …

The currently available pneumococcal vaccines are effective in preventing invasive pneumococcal disease (IPD), according to a study in the iMedical Journal of Australia/i.

A diet rich in walnuts and walnut oil may prepare the body to deal better with stress, according to a team of Penn State researchers who looked at how these foods, which contain polyunsaturated fats, influence blood pressure at rest and under stress. Previous studies have shown that omega-3 fatty acids — like the alpha linolenic acid found in walnuts and flax seeds — can reduce low density lipoproteins (LDL) — bad cholesterol.