Obesity results in 100,500 cancer cases a year in US
Posted on 06. Nov, 2009 by Turbo in Health
An estimate says that obesity causes cancer in 100,500 people every year in US.
According to the American Institute for Cancer Research Analysis only 50% of the population realize the cancer carrying risk in obese people.
Among the various cancers linked to obesity, breast cancer forms the foremost serious with over 33,000 cases every year caused by obesity, then comes endometrial cancer having 20,700 cases every year, then with 13,900 cases kidney cancer, with 13,200 cases a year colon cancer, followed by pancreas, esophagus and gallbladder.
While obesity also increases risk of diabetes and heart related diseases they all add to a whopping $147 billion to US’ healthcare bill. Sadly, about a third of adult population in US fall under obese category.
India to become diabetics’ capital of the world
Posted on 21. Oct, 2009 by Turbo in Health
According to the International Diabetes Federation (IDF), Brussels, India to have most diabetes patients in the world; a projected 50.8 million diabetics by 2010. The figure makes India diabetics’ capital of the world.
The federation says that the number is expected to rise to about 87 million which makes 8.4 per cent of India’s adult population diabetic by 2030.
At present 7 per cent Indian adults are diabetic and the metabolic disorder occurs chiefly due to sedentary lifestyle, bad diet habits and also high amounts of mental stress.
China, is second to India and currently has 43.2 million reported diabetics and the number is projected to go up to 62.6 million by 2030.
According to IDF, more than 1 million people will succumb to the disease by next year and among them women will be 58 per cent.
World wide the diabetics’ number increased from 30 million way back in ‘85 to 150 million by 2000. The projected number for 2010 is 285 million and will touch 435 million mark by 2030.
Founding fathers of stem cells- frontrunners for Nobel Prize in Medicine
Posted on 04. Oct, 2009 by Turbo in Health
The Canadian researchers who discovered the stem cells long back which paved way for a lot of research in medicine, will be the frontrunners for the 2009 Nobel prize in Medicine. The two are regarded as fathers of stem cell research.
Drs. Ernest McCulloch and James Till have been the pioneers of stem cell research, and they have won Lasker Award in 2005 for the same. The Lasker award is regarded as American Nobel.
It was in the early 70s that the two researchers identified the regenerative capacity in the stem cells. And. due to the regenerative capabilities, stem cells offer scope of replacing damaged tissues and organs in medicine and offer scope to treat conditions including Alzheimer’s disease, diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis and even heart diseases.
