Washington, Nov 10 : Young women who survive breast cancer often face problems related with sexual intimacy in their relationships, and prefer using sexual enhancement products to combat them, according to an Indiana University study.

Titled "Young Female Breast Cancer Survivors: Their sexual function and interest in sexual enhancement products and services," the study was led by Debby Herbenick, associate director of the Center for Sexual Health Promotion at IU Bloomington''s School of Health, Physical Education and Recreation.

Washington, November 10 : A new study has revealed that influenza vaccination can help reduce the risk of blood clots forming in veins by 26 percent

“Our study suggests for the first time that vaccination against influenza may reduce the risk of venous thrombotic embolism (VTE),” said Dr. Joseph Emmerich, lead author of the study and professor of vascular medicine at the University Paris Descartes and head of the INSERM Lab 765, which investigates thrombosis.

“This protective effect was more pronounced before the age of 52 years,” he said while presenting the findings at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions
2008.

London, November 10 : Health experts are urging people not to rely on untested remedies advertised on the Internet, insisting that they sell “false hope”.

Backed by charity Sense About Science, the group of medical experts has revealed that the online promotion of treatments is increasingly exploiting vulnerable people.

According to them, many untested therapies being advertised on the Internet involve high costs, and do not work.

The experts say that such therapies are based on "unreliable" evidence.

Sense About Science says that people desperate for a cure are being targeted by hundreds of online advertisers.

London, November 10 : Yale University researchers have moved a step closer to unravelling the mystery behind the oft-fatal rupturing of blood vessels in the brain, scientifically known as aneurysms, on the back of an international study.

Lead researchers Professor Murat Gunel and Sterling Professor Richard Lifton joined forces with a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator to scan the genomes of over 2,000 individuals suffering from intracranial aneurysms along with 8,000 healthy subjects.

London, Nov 10 : A new study by UK and US scientists has revealed that the sheer physical effort involved in breastfeeding may leave babies with stronger lungs well into childhood.

Previous studies have established that breastfeeding protects babies from respiratory problems early in life, but the relationship with lungpower later in childhood is less clear-cut.

For the study, the researchers followed a total of 1,456 babies from the Isle of Wight all the way through to there 10th year to test this.

A third of them had been breastfed for at least four months, and on average, these children could blow out more air after taking a deep breath, and could blow it out faster.

London, Nov 10 : A new study has revealed that statins, which are normally given to people with high cholesterol levels to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke, can be equally beneficial for people with lower cholesterol levels.

The research team has found that statins were able to reduce heart attack and stroke risk by almost 44 pct in people with high inflammation but normal cholesterol levels.

The study involving 17,800 men and women with normal cholesterol levels showed that rosuvastatin could cut deaths from heart attacks and strokes.

After a two-year follow up, the researchers found that 20mg a day of rosuvastatin could cut C-reactive protein levels by 37pct.