Programming Note for January 20, 2010
January 19, 2010
(ChattahBox) – We will be moving the site to a more powerful server tomorrow, Wednesday morning US EST, on January 20, 2010. In the meantime we will not be able to do further updates until the switch is made but things should be back to normal in a few hours or so and we hope the migration will help ensure ChattahBox.com will have minimal downtime in the future.
Eye Test Could Lead To Middle-Age Alzheimer’s Catch
January 15, 2010
U.K. (ChattahBox) – A new method of scanning for Alzheimer’s almost 20 years before the average age of onset is being developed by a British research group, and could lead to major changes in early detection technology.
56% of young adults in a new sexual relationship infected with HPV
January 14, 2010
(ChattahBox) — A groundbreaking first of its kind study of couples led by Professor Eduardo Franco, Director of McGill University’s Cancer Epidemiology Unit, in collaboration with a team of colleagues from McGill and Université de Montréal/Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM), found more than half (56 per cent) of young adults in a new sexual relationship were infected with human papillomavirus (HPV). Of those, nearly half (44 per cent) were infected with an HPV type that causes cancer. HPV is sexually transmitted and causes cervical cancer as well as other cancers, including those of the vulva, vagina, anus, and penis. Although HPV viruses are very common more than 70 per cent of women and men will have this type of infection at some point the vast majority of infections are asymptomatic and last no more than one or two years. Fewer than 1 per cent of women who have HPV will get cervical cancer. Read more
New Alzheimers Cocktail Disputed
January 8, 2010
(ChattahBox) – A new Alzheimer’s cocktail called Souvenaid is making claims that it has a positive effect on slowing the overall progression of the disease. The claims are based off a study where a group with Alzheimer’s disease was give then drink over 12 weeks as opposed to a control group. Read more
The G-Spot May Be ‘Subjective,’ Scientists Say
January 4, 2010
U.K. (ChattahBox) – British scientists have done the largest and most extensive study ever on the location of the G-Spot, and the results seem to be that it doesn’t exist.
Kava Drink Runs And Scores With New Market Concept
January 4, 2010
California (ChattahBox) – With marijuana legalized for medicinal purposes in California, and dispensaries becoming more and more common, a new drink has hit the market with a pro-weed leaning.
Incisionless Lower Cost Weight-Loss Surgery Coming Soon
January 3, 2010
(ChattahBox) – Bariatric surgery has typically been a procedure performed exclusively on people who are dangerously obese, for the purpose of losing weight, but that will likely change soon with new innovations. The weight-loss surgery is currently only approved for people with a BMI of 40, or 35 with complications, but new “incisionless” procedures, some still in the early stages of development, are expected to make weight-loss surgery a far more common option for even moderately overweight people and diabetics, according to the Los Angeles Times. They mimic the results of more invasive surgeries that require hospital stays, but these new procedures, one of which is completely incisionless, can be done in an hour, which lowers risks and costs. A noninvasive technique called TOGA, or transoral gastroplasty, which is furthest along in clinical trials, works by having a surgeon insert a flexible tube through the mouth into the stomach and then uses staples to create a pouch that limits the amount of food that can be consumed. A small study using Toga showed that patients lost an average of almost 25 pounds after three months with no major complications reported.
Antibody Discovered That Hunts And Kills Prostate Cancer
December 29, 2009
(ChattahBox) – U.S. Cancer researchers have discovered an antibody called “F77″, which, when injected into mice, will bond with prostate cancer tissue and “initiate direct cell death” in it, according to a new study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science. In initial trials with mice “F77″ bonded with tissue where prostate cancer was the primary cancer in almost all cases (97 per cent) and in tissue cores where the cancer had metastasized around 85 per cent of the time.” Read more
Teeth Will Soon Be Growable, Thanks To New Procedure
December 28, 2009
U.K. (ChattahBox) – A new procedure will allow patients to grow their own teeth back, rather than having to rely on false teeth in what is being seen as a huge step in the dental industry.
New Procedure May Be Cure For High Blood Pressure
December 28, 2009
U.K. (ChattahBox) – A new surgical operation is being hailed as the greatest discovery in high blood pressure in more than 50 years, after it was found to lower the risk of stroke and heart attack by 50%.