Public Health

Calotropis procera is a „spreading shrub or small tree with medicinal properties

Dietmar Brandes (2005): Calotropis procera on <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /> Fuerteventura. ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Dec 1 2009 - 10:47pm

Researchers Push Home Smoking Ban--For The Children, Of Course

Researchers from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health say it's time to ban smoking in private residences. Never mind those archaic ideas like choice and private property, this must be done, they argue,  to protect the children. And if y ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 3 2009 - 3:29pm

Where's The Science?

A recent article entitled " Risk of blood clot after surgery higher and lasts longer than previously thought " raises an interesting point especially in light of recent discussions about public perceptions regarding medical care.   The risk of ve ...

Article - Gerhard Adam - Dec 4 2009 - 1:35am

Re-engineer Our Gut To Beat Diabetes?

For type 2 diabetics, the choices are invariably slim: take medications and hew to a strict diet, or don’t take medications and hew to an impossibly strict—and largely unpalatable—diet. Such are the current options for maintaining the strict control of bl ...

Article - Greg Critser - Dec 4 2009 - 7:49pm

Ethnobotanical studies provide vast amount of data with potential use in medicine.

The use of plants and their parts is not a subject of interest, since the relationship between man and plants is in practice from time immemorial. But due to the intrusion of modern civilization in the remote country side most of the people of the globe h ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Dec 5 2009 - 9:39am

Curculigo orchioides Gaertn. is used in traditional medicine

Scientific Name Curculigo orchioides Gaertn. Family Amaryllidaceae Used Part Tuber Distribution Area This small herb found in India in the sub- tropical Himalayas from Kumaon eastwards and in the western ghats from Konakan southwards. Common Uses. The turb ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Dec 5 2009 - 7:38pm

Rubia cordifolia Linn. has medicinal properties

Scientific Name Rubia cordifolia Linn. Family Rubiaceae Used Part Root. Distribution Area A, prickly creeper or climber, common throughout India, ascending to an altitude of 3,750 m. Common Uses. The Indian madder of commerce consists of short rootstocks w ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Dec 5 2009 - 7:42pm

Mosquitoes Capable Of Spreading West Nile Virus Exist In Large Numbers In The South Of Europe

Potentially fatal mosquito-borne West Nile fever (WNF) can become much more widespread in Europe than previously thought, say scientists in a new report just out in the journal BMC Evolutionary Biology(1). The disease in temperate climates is carried by a ...

Article - Catarina Amorim - Dec 7 2009 - 10:31pm

Cardiovascular Fitness Makes Children Smarter

Not only is cardiovascular health good for children physically, it turns out that it may also promote intelligence. In a study published this week in PNAS, researchers say they have demonstrated a clear positive association between adolescent fitness and a ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 7 2009 - 3:21pm

Flu Season H1N1 Outbreak Less Severe Than Anticipated

Despite the considerable amount of concern generated by the H1N1 outbreak earlier this year, the authors of a new study featured in PLoS Medicine believe it's impact will be relatively mild this flu season, with the number of hospitalizations and deat ...

Article - News Staff - Dec 7 2009 - 6:14pm