According to a new study teens addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers had better results at leaving the drugs if they were given extended treatment using a combination of detoxification medications as compared to a short-term detoxification program using the same medication. The study, published in the November 5 issue of JAMA, said buprenorphine and naloxone have both proved to be effective in opioid addiction treatment. Buprenorphine works by easing withdrawal symptoms and naloxone prevents or reverses the effects of injected opioids.

According to a new study by University of Colorado researchers, women hands carrying far more germs than men's. The study published online Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science, said this information could help scientists work out what constitutes a "healthy" level of bacteria, diagnose disease and maybe even get an advance warning of something about to go amiss.

Robert E. Marquis, a professor of microbiology and immunology at the University of Rochester Medical Center said, "The findings of the last few decades suggest that many diseases are due to many organisms, and it's the concerted change that leads to disease,"

A study of nearly 1,500 patients treated for kidney cancer at the University of California-Los Angeles in the last 15 years indicates that patients may benefit from an individualized treatment approach.

According to Lead researcher Dr. Arie S. Belldegrun from the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, “All localized kidney cancers patients are not same & not all metastatic kidney cancer patients are also same.”
 

The genetically modified crop of soya bean, which increases omega-3 level & prevent heart attacks has passed the first phase of testing in America. It can be used in spreads, yogurts, cereal bars and salad dressings.

According to a study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association, Researchers have found that folic acid and other vitamin B supplements do not offer any benefit in lowering cancer risk. On the upside, researchers noted that it won’t increase your risk either.

Dr. Shumin Zhang, study author and an associate professor of medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, in Boston said, "In women at risk of cardiovascular disease, we found that folic acid, vitamin B6 and vitamin B12 had no beneficial or harmful effects on the risk of invasive cancer or breast cancer."

Recent research showed the importance of flu vaccination in protecting children against respiratory diseases.

Two year study conducted by researchers at the University of Rochester Medical Center has shown that the administration of all recommended flu vaccines to kids reduces their likelihood of catching the respiratory virus, due to which many children are hospitalised every year.