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Scientists have spent decades thinking why elephants and other large mammals do not suffer from cancer in comparison to smaller mammals. A new research has found the reason and that is a gene called TP53, also known as guardian of the genome.

Researchers have unveiled that African elephants have 20 copies of the gene TP53. This gene is quite vital as it has the ability to create a protein that suppresses tumors. On the other hand, humans have just one copy of TP53.

A new research has found that contraception, especially intrauterine device (IUD) immediately after childbirth, is being widely offered to more number of women in different states of America. A massive rise has been noticed in specific Medicaid reimbursement for an IUD or contraceptive implant immediately after delivery, from zero to 19 states.

The measure is considered beneficial as it will help bring a decline in number of postpartum unintended pregnancy. It will also help low-income families who are unable to have their preferred contraceptive methods.

Study researchers have said that Medicaid programs offer reimbursements of the cost of implanting an IUD procedure. The researchers said the program has become quite popular in just three years.

The Office of the National Coordinator (ONC) for Health Information Technology of Regulations, which is related to documentation of electronic health record (EHR) systems and rules for Medicare and Medicaid programs, has included the final rules as a joint release with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) late Tuesday.

It was mentioned in HCI reports that many health IT leaders showed confidence in the flexibilities to the program provided by CMS. These IT leaders gathered in Chicago for the Health IT Summit in Chicago, which was sponsored by the Institute for Health Technology Transformation. Later, it was announced in the summit that CMS has announced a 60-day public comment period to smoothen the progress of Stage 3 of the EHR Incentive Programs.

A new research that provides new dietary guidelines by this winter will provide Americans recommendations on saturated fats. Recommendations are especially for those who are baffled to switch from low-fat milk to whole milk.

Earlier, the government guided people to switch from whole milk to low-fat dairy options, and questioned the health effects of a low-fat diet, according to the Washington Post.

For the first time, researchers have developed primitive human kidneys in a laboratory dish, by using stem cells. The functions of a fully formed adult kidney can be performed by the created kidneys, but the researchers are hopeful that the achievement will someday result into new ways to treat people suffering from kidney failure.

The head of the Kidney Research Laboratory at the Murdoch Children's Research Institute in Australia, Melissa Little, said that it was very exciting. Little, who led the research published on Wednesday in the journal Nature, said that according to her this was a really big advance.

Jackie Collins has one last message for the readers across the world. The best-selling author died around less than three weeks ago from breast cancer, and now her team has shared the last letter she wrote for her fans.

In a post on Collins' personal website, she explained, "As you may have recently heard, I revealed that I have been LIVING life to the fullest with Stage 4 Breast Cancer for the past six and a half years. With October being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, my message is this". She wrote that timely detection of breast cancer can save a lot of lives. For this, getting regular mammograms is must.

She continued that in case you have gone through screening, but you still feel that there is something wrong in your body then you must get a second opinion.