Friday, April 29, 2016

Nutritional supplements found to boost effectiveness of anti-depressants and other top stories.

  • Nutritional supplements found to boost effectiveness of anti-depressants

    Nutritional supplements found to boost effectiveness of anti-depressants
    Nutritional supplements found to boost effectiveness of anti-depressants Updated April 28, 2016 20:30:09 Four nutritional supplements could make a big difference to the effectiveness of anti-depression medication, an international study by University of Melbourne researchers and colleagues from Harvard has found. Key points:Four supplements found to boost medicationOmega 3 gave a 'significant' improvementStudy published in Journal of PsychiatryAny improvement is an "im..
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  • Qld research paves way for IVF advancement

    The discovery of two genes that increase a woman's chances of having non-identical twins could help develop better IVF treatments, researchers say.Queensland University of Technology scientists have found women with two genetic variants are 29 per cent more likely to have dizygotic or non-identical twins.The first variant is close to the gene that causes women to generate more eggs per cycle.The second is linked to the gene found to make women more sensitive to hormones released along with an eg..
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  • 93% of leukaemia patients in remission after an experimental T cell therapy

    93% of leukaemia patients in remission after an experimental T cell therapy
    Doctors are reporting "extraordinary" results after the first clinical trial of an experimental type of immunotherapy against advanced leukaemia. The new approach was tested on 29 late-stage leukaemia patients who'd exhausted all other options. After the therapy, 27 of them went into remission - that's an incredible 93 percent success rate. One patient who wasn't successful the first time around went into remission after a second, higher dose.  To be clear, this is a very early trial and not a..
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  • Chiropractors in the spotlight after baby treated for colic

    Chiropractors in the spotlight after baby treated for colic
    Chiropractors in the spotlight after video surfaces of baby being treated Chiropractics is in the spotlight after video emerged of a chiropractor working on a baby.The chiropractor believed he could treat conditions such as asthma or colic.รข€‹Anthony Coxon, President of Victoria's Chiropractors Association told Tom Elliott he does treat young babies."I can understand why people - particularly outside of the chiropractic profession - might be a little bit concerned," Mr Coxon said.  But he sai..
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  • Baby echidna finds new mother at Taronga as it recovers from chicken attack

    Baby echidna finds new mother at Taronga as it recovers from chicken attack
    Hi mum: Taronga Wildlife Hospital supervisor Annabelle Sehlmeier with Bonsai, the baby echidna. Photo: Paul Fahy/Taronga Zoo A baby echidna is recovering after an encounter with a flock of chickens in a Newcastle backyard.The puggle arrived at Sydney's Taronga Zoo in early April after its run-in with the birds.It was alone, dehydrated and had scratches across its belly and hind legs, Taronga Wildlife Hospital supervisor Annabelle Sehlmeier said. ..
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  • UK study says gay men with boyfriends less likely to suffer from depression

    UK study says gay men with boyfriends less likely to suffer from depression
    London researchers have found gay and bisexual men who live with their boyfriends are half as likely to suffer from depression as their single counterparts.The study conducted by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine drew on close to 6000 responses from the Stonewall Gay and Bisexual Men’s Health Survey to probe  the mental health of the LGBTI community. The researchers found those participants who lived with their partners had better mental health than those who lived alone or wit..
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  • How women with eating disorders are using Instagram to help them recover

    How women with eating disorders are using Instagram to help them recover
    Young women with eating disorders are using Instagram to help them as they recover from their illnesses.GETTING more than 100 likes on your #eeeeeats Instagram of the pizza you just devoured might be a fun accomplishment to show off. But for people who are recovering from eating disorders, posting food pictures on Instagram is a part of something much bigger: recovery.When you search for “recovery” on Instagram, you’ll find thousands of people, mostly young women, who are sharing their eating di..
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  • Dread of red-head gene adds years to appearances

    Dread of red-head gene adds years to appearances
    Tim Minchin, proud ginger Photo: Adam Fulton Why do people sometimes appear to be younger than others of the same age? The culprit turns out to be an innocent-sounding gene, MC1R, responsible for producing, among other things, locks of fetching red hair as well as pale skin, researchers have discovered.Variations in this gene account for differences in how old people are perceived to be, the international research team reports in the journal Current Biology,..
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