Hamburg - The progress of Crohn's disease, a chronic inflammatory disease of the intestines, exacerbates dramatically in smokers, according to a professor at Goethe University in Frankfurt.
Smokers, who contract Crohn's disease, must undergo surgery and suffer the dangerous advanced stages of the disease more commonly than non-smokers, said Professor Axel Dignass at a recent congress of Europe's Crohn disease and colitis organization in Hamburg. In most people with Crohn's disease the last section of the small intestine is affected.
London, Feb 22 : Kids as young as two should be examined for signs of obesity in order to prevent future health struggles, say British Government advisers.
Health officials are asking experts to develop tests for children to determine if they are becoming fat.
Advisers say that it is often too late by primary school to start addressing bad habits, reports the Telegraph.
New York, February 22 : Here's some good news for tea-lovers: having three or more cups of the drink everyday can cut the risk of stroke, says a new study.
According to Lenore Arab, professor of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine, drinking the beverage can reduce the threat by as much as 21 per cent.
UCLA boffins observed that the result was obtained in tea made from the plant Camellia sinensis and not from herbs.
Washington, Feb 22 : As part of a major achievement in tumour research, scientists at Uppsala University have developed a new tool that can study signals in body that control the generation of blood vessels.
The findings of the study can help in learning which signals in the body attract or repel blood vessels that can further improve the knowledge in tumour research.
Washington, February 21 : A new study by Uppsala University scientists shed new light on the injuries that the males' mating organs cause in females.
The researchers suggest that such injuries are the side effects of the benefits the males reap from their mating organs.
"One especially tricky case involves species where the males have mating organs that are supplied with hooks, barbs, and flukes that cause internal injuries in females during mating. This is extremely common among insects, but it also occurs in many other animal groups," says Professor Goran Arnqvist, at the Department of Ecology and Evolution.
Washington, Feb 21 : ''Brain Storming'' sessions often see people talking of a variety of topics, but how a person''s brain quickly processes the meaning and understands what other people are saying at the same time is an ability that has always intrigued researchers.
Psychologist Jos J. A. Van Berkum from the Max Planck Institute in The Netherlands has now described how the brain turn seemingly random sounds and letters into sentences with clear meaning.
Hamburg - The progress of Crohn's disease, a chronic inflammatory disease of the intestines, exacerbates dramatically in smokers, according to a professor at Goethe University in Frankfurt.
London, Feb 22 : Kids as young as two should be examined for signs of obesity in order to prevent future health struggles, say British Government advisers.
New York, February 22 : Here's some good news for tea-lovers: having three or more cups of the drink everyday can cut the risk of stroke, says a new study.
Washington, Feb 22 : As part of a major achievement in tumour research, scientists at Uppsala University have developed a new tool that can study signals in body that control the generation of blood vessels.
Washington, February 21 : A new study by Uppsala University scientists shed new light on the injuries that the males' mating organs cause in females.
Washington, Feb 21 : ''Brain Storming'' sessions often see people talking of a variety of topics, but how a person''s brain quickly processes the meaning and understands what other people are saying at the same time is an ability that has always intrigued researchers.
