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POSTED September 4, 2011 - 18:07 | POSTED BY Neharika Sabharwal

Stress, traumatic lifestyle fuels IVF demand in India

Demand for In-Vitro Fertilization (IVF), also called assisted reproductive technology continues to grow in popularity to resolve pregnancy problems in India.

The IVF has been around for over 30 years but the demand for assisted human reproduction has gained ground in the last few years.

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POSTED April 20, 2011 - 12:56 | POSTED BY Dipankar Roy

Desk job workers face twice the risk of colon cancer--study

People who believe they are comfortable with their desk jobs may have a reason to worry as findings by Australian researchers suggest long-term sedentary work may lead to an increased risk of chronic diseases.

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Terry Boyle, a Ph.D. aspirant, and his colleague from the Western Australian Institute for Medical Research, University of Western Australia, observed a link between desk jobs and colorectal cancer, and found it to be independent of any recreational activity.

The two-year long study involving men and women aged 40-79 years living in Western Australia (WA) also observed the association in participants who were most recreationally active.

Researchers, however, found no link between desk jobs and the risk of proximal colon cancer.

POSTED March 7, 2011 - 15:59 | POSTED BY Silky Chandvani

Cardiac breakthrough: Scientists find genetic clues to heart disease

In a landmark research at the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom and University of Lubeck in Germany, researchers have discovered 13 new gene variants associated with the risk of coronary heart disease (CAD).

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The breakthrough study findings might pave way for the treatment and even prevention of the world's number one killer that claims more than 90,000 lives a year in the UK.

Dr Robert Roberts, of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Canada, said in a press release: “This is a landmark result because we have identified so many genes and most operate using completely unknown mechanisms to us right now.

“Now our job is to understand how these genes work, develop a new group of drugs to target them and identify people who will benefit most.”

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