Washington, Apr 15 : In a breakthrough study, a group of patients with type 1 diabetes were freed from daily insulin injections for up to four years following a transplant using their own stem cells.

According to the study in the April 15 issue of JAMA, a theme issue on diabetes, majority of patients with type 1 diabetes who underwent a certain type of stem cell transplantation became insulin free with good glycemic control, and also increased C-peptide levels, an indirect measure of beta-cell function.

Richard K. Burt, M. D., of the Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, presented the findings of the study at a JAMA media briefing at the National Press Club in Washington, D. C.

Washington, Apr 14: Researchers from University of Utah have found that lack of proper nutrition in the womb may cause permanent genetic changes in the offspring.

In the study conducted using rats, the researchers found that fetuses receiving poor nutrition in the womb become genetically primed to be born into an environment lacking proper nutrition. As a result, the rats were likely to grow to smaller sizes than their normal counterparts.

Sydney, Apr 14  First there were the S. N. A. Gs (Sensitive New Age Gyus), then came the metrosexuals, retrosexuals and now, the latest male breed making ladies go weak in the knees is "neosexual".

A typical "neosexual" has been identified as one having shrugged off the femininity of the metrosexual and returned to his more masculine, primitive roots.

A research, which was commissioned by a deodorant company, found 81 per cent of females wanted guys to be sensitive without losing masculinity.

Sydney, Apr 14 : Bitter melon may not seem a very appetising name, but experts say that this vegetable may help protect the world''s population from malnutrition and disease.

Dr. Dyno Keatinge, the head of a not-for-profit research institute which uses horticulture to fight poverty and malnutrition, says that Bitter melon is rich in vitamins and offers protection against diabetes.

"It''s not a sweet vegetable, and that''s why I like it in salad and a whole range of things," the Sydney Morning Herald quoted him as saying.

Washington, April 14 : Experts at UT Southwestern Medical Center say that diseases in the lining of the uterus can be easily visualized and diagnosed with the aid of a procedure, when used in conjunction with vaginal ultrasounds.

The doctors involved in their study women who were in the midst of or had gone through menopause and who complained of abnormal bleeding.

Washington, Apr 14 : Despite all the crunching and munching at every meal, our teeth remain stronger to go under some more tests each day, and now researchers have attributed this resilience to the microscopic "basket-weave" structure of human tooth enamel.

Tooth enamel, which forms the outer coating of teeth, is a strong but brittle substance.

Although the brittleness of teeth is comparable to that of glass, they can last a lifetime without cracking to pieces.