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Walnut is the Best Nut for Heart-Healthy Antioxidants: StudyAlthough all nuts are healthy, scientists have said that walnut may be the world's healthiest nut. Activist Priest Helps Ill Canadian Baby in Getting Treatment in U.S.An activist American priest intervened in a medical and ethical battle over a severely ill Canadian baby, helping whisk the boy away from a Southern Ontario hospital "under the cover of darkness" for medical treatment in the U.S.A. Keeping Track Of Prostate Symptoms Through iPhone AppThe advancement of technology has gone up to a really high level where it has merged with medical science and they together have created smarter ways of handling many medical issues and thereby helping mankind in dealing with a lot of problems when human beings alone became unable to handle problems of their own. Dark Chocolate Better Than Fruit Juices For Heart, Finds StudyA new study has found that dark chocolate is better for heart than fruit juices. The study published in the Chemistry Central Journal said that dark chocolate and cocoa are good for heart because they have more anti-oxidant capacity than fruit juice. The study added that chocolate products also have more heart-healthy flavanols and polyphenol, but these substances are not found in hot cocoa mix as it is processed. "When looking for a sweet snack, a square of dark chocolate might, in fact, be your healthiest choice," said Suzanne Steinbaum, a cardiologist at Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan to New York Daily News. Apple iPad, iPod Touch & iPhone Capable of Making Medical InferencesThe Food and Drug Administration has approved on Friday that the Apple devices like the iPad, iPod Touch or iPhone can be used to make medical inferences. The MIM software that is installed in the company's devices provide clear enough images required for the purpose. In 2009 Teen Birth Rate Dropped To A Record Low In US, Says CDC ReportAccording to the latest data released by the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the birth rate for teenagers dropped to the lowest ever in 2009 in the country. The data showed that the rate fell 8 percent from a year earlier, which is remarkable as it the largest single-year drop since 2001. The data showed that the birth rate of girls ages 15 to 19 was 39.1 births per 1,000 in 2009 and it remained steady or dropped in every state except West Virginia. The agency said that the rate had fallen for 14 years but it increased 5 percent from 2005 to 2007. Sex During Pregnancy Safe, Finds StudyA new research has suggested that sex during pregnancy is almost always safe and normal. The latest primer on the topic was published on January 31 in the Canadian Medical Association Journal. The study said that pregnant women and their partners should not worry about having sex during pregnancy and they can engage in sex according to their comfort level. The authors however, wrote that in the case of high-risk pregnancies, it may sometimes carry risk. New Research finds correlation between healthy habits in young age and in adult cholesterol levelsA fresh new research has attempted at finding more correlation between the levels of cholestrol that a human being is going to enjoy as an adult and the kind of lifestyle that they have led when they grew up from their childhood to their adulthood. Red Cross asks for more voluntary blood donors to deal with shortfallthe Red Cross of the United States of America, are also finding themselves in a pretty helpless scenario and reach out to the general people of the country to put their hands up and get counted as voluntary blood donors. Bone Marrow Testing Increases in UMass Memorial CenterThe largest health insurers of the state began to notice about a year ago that the UMass Memorial Medical Center was submitting an unusually high number of expensive claims for bone marrow testing, the reason for which was brought to light this week. Dannon Company Inc. to Pay Compensation in Yogurt IssueA food processing firm based in New York has agreed to limit the health claims it makes for its yogurt and dairy beverage products. It has decided that it will pay 39 states, including Wisconsin, an amount of $21 million to settle false advertising charges. Prayers help you through difficult timesA graduate student in sociology at University of Wisconsin-Madison, Shane Sharp interviewed 62 women who were the victims of partner violence, to find out how prayers help people through difficult times in life. He found a multifaced answer to his study.
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