France, Italy and Spain may have lifted the ban on gay men’s blood donation, however, Scotland’s blood transfusion service, despite calls from gay men’s groups, has refused to do the same.

A petition to the Scottish Parliament demanded a review of the donation rules to let healthy gay and bisexual men give blood.

A new study conducted by British scientists discovered that intake of fish twice a week might help in preventing kidney problems in diabetics.

The study, published in the November edition of the American Journal of Kidney Diseases, the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation, showed that intake of fish lowers abnormal levels of protein in the urine of diabetes patients.

The researchers analyzed the records of over 22,000 middle-aged and older English men and women, 517 of whom were diabetics, especially type 2 diabetes.

According to a new study teens addicted to heroin or prescription pain killers had better results at leaving the drugs if they were given extended treatment using a combination of detoxification medications as compared to a short-term detoxification program using the same medication. The study, published in the November 5 issue of JAMA, said buprenorphine and naloxone have both proved to be effective in opioid addiction treatment. Buprenorphine works by easing withdrawal symptoms and naloxone prevents or reverses the effects of injected opioids.

According to a new study by University of Colorado researchers, women hands carrying far more germs than men's. The study published online Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academies of Science, said this information could help scientists work out what constitutes a "healthy" level of bacteria, diagnose disease and maybe even get an advance warning of something about to go amiss.

Robert E. Marquis, a professor of microbiology and immunology at the University of Rochester Medical Center said, "The findings of the last few decades suggest that many diseases are due to many organisms, and it's the concerted change that leads to disease,"

A study of nearly 1,500 patients treated for kidney cancer at the University of California-Los Angeles in the last 15 years indicates that patients may benefit from an individualized treatment approach.

According to Lead researcher Dr. Arie S. Belldegrun from the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, “All localized kidney cancers patients are not same & not all metastatic kidney cancer patients are also same.”
 

The genetically modified crop of soya bean, which increases omega-3 level & prevent heart attacks has passed the first phase of testing in America. It can be used in spreads, yogurts, cereal bars and salad dressings.