Recent study has given hope that damaged bones and joints can be healed without series of difficult surgeries. Researchers found that stem cells can be used repair damaged bones and joints.

Researchers at Keele University are testing the effectiveness of injectible stem cells in animal models. These stem cells can be injected and guided with a magnet to place where they are needed. Study on mice has shown that these stem cells were able to grow new cartilage and bone.

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Rising rate of obesity in children has become a serious issue demanding wholesome efforts of parents and society to fight it. Obesity has risen dramatically since the early 1990s. Faulty food habits are one of the prominent reasons behind rising rate of obesity. The Ontario Medical Association made proposal which could help in cutting down high rates of obesity in children.

A heart transplant was cancelled as the donor baby was able to breathe without the ventilator. Two-month-old Kaylee Wallace suffers from Joubert Syndrome, a rare genetic brain condition. In this condition, a baby is unable to breathe without a machine when she sleeps. She also has severe problems related to kidney. She was being kept alive with help of a respirator. Her parents decided to donate her heart to another baby.

According to a new study related to belly fat and heart failure, the body mass index (BMI) and the waist size of people influence their risk of being hospitalized with the heart failure condition or even death from the same.

The findings of the study indicated that each additional BMI point increased the risk of heart failure hospitalization or death by 3 percent in women and 7 percent in men; while a waist-size increase of 10 centimeters furthered the risk by 19 percent in women and 30 percent in men.