http://healthnews.today.com Learning to Live a Healthy Life Wed, 15 Apr 2009 16:30:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Type 2 diabetes patients who experience sever hypoglycemia, the condition when blood sugar level drops dangerously, are at great risk of developing dementia in later stage of life, the findings of a new study by Kaiser Permanente suggests. This is for the first time researchers have found a link between ... http://healthnews.today.com/2009/04/15/low-blood-sugar-in-diabetics-increases-the-risk-of-dementia/ You know a lot about healthy diets? Think once again. Because most of the healthy diets actually fails to reduce the risk of heart diseases, the findings of a new study suggests. The study, conducted by researchers at McMaster University, also reveals that the Mediterranean diet is the most beneficial ... http://healthnews.today.com/2009/04/14/mediterranean-diet-is-best-for-heart/ It is reported that researchers at Stanford University School of Medicine are developing a new technique for cancer diagnosis that not only detect cancer but also tells whether or not a treatment is working. And the best thing is that it requires just a tiny drop of blood or a ... http://healthnews.today.com/2009/04/13/new-technique-detects-cancer-from-a-drop-of-blood/ Diabetes is deadlier than you thought! Failure to control type 2 diabetes have bad effects on the brain functions and it may even lead to memory loss, the findings of a new study suggests. It means if a diabetes patient neglects the disease, in the long run he or she ... http://healthnews.today.com/2009/04/12/diabetes-may-lead-to-memory-loss/ After many years of research, scientists at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) have identified a mutated gene that is responsible for short-rib polydactyly syndrome, a rare and deadly disorder found in newborn babies. With the identification of the gene, scientists will be now able to diagnose the disease even ... http://healthnews.today.com/2009/04/11/short-rib-polydactyly-syndrome-gene-identified/ The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a rapid test that can quickly determine whether or not a person is infected with deadly avian flu. The test is called as the "AVantage A/H5N1 Flu Test" and it can detect the A/H5N1 virus infection in less than 40 minutes. The ... http://healthnews.today.com/2009/04/10/fda-approves-rapid-detection-test-for-avian-flu/ A new study published in the latest issue of New England Journal of Medicine revealed that a type of "good" fat, which was thought to be found only in babies and children, may also present in adult humans. In fact in adults this fat is metabolically active and thus it ... http://healthnews.today.com/2009/04/09/good-fat-can-fight-obesity-and-prevent-diabetes/ Our body produces an interesting stress hormone called Cortisol. After waking up, a surge of this hormone alerts our brain to prepare the body for the day and also makes us aware of changes happening around us. So, this is really an important hormone for us. But, the findings of ... http://healthnews.today.com/2009/04/08/stress-hormone-linked-to-asperger-syndrome/ Smoking during pregnancy is harmful for the baby. It may lead to several serious consequences including abortion, premature birth, low birth weight and even death of the infant. Now, a new study published in the journal SLEEP suggests that maternal cigarette smoking also increase the risk for sudden infant death ... http://healthnews.today.com/2009/04/07/maternal-smoking-increases-the-risk-of-sids/ According to the findings of a new study, broccoli sprouts, which is also called as baby broccoli, can provide us protection against some common but serious stomach ailments such as ulcers, gastritis and even stomach cancer. In order to obtain the benefits all we need to do is eat at ... http://healthnews.today.com/2009/04/06/broccoli-sprouts-helps-prevent-stomach-ailments/