Recent research revealed that stress is deadly for melanoma patients as it can accelerate the growth rate of the disease. Eric V. Yang, a research scientist at the Institute for Ohio Behavioural Medicine Research (IBMR) and Ronald Glaser, director of IBMR and a professor of molecular virology, immunology and medical genetics studied the effect o stress on cancer cells.

Recent research revealed that environmental factors such as divorce, use of anti depressants can make one looked aged. Hence wrinkles are not only result of age but also result of kind of environment one lives in. Happy and satisfied life could be the key to look younger forever.

Bahaman Guyuron of University Hospitals Case Medical Center and collogues studied data collected from 186 pairs of identical twins as these pairs are genetically programmed to age exactly the same.

San Francisco  - Teenagers who watch a lot of television or spend long hours playing video games run a higher risk for depression as adults, according to a US study published this week in the Archives of General Psychiatry.

In the study, which began in 1995, 4,100 adolescents were asked about their television viewing habits and use of other electronic media such as video games. None of the participants had symptoms of depression when the study began.

Washington, Feb 3 : A beach vacation may turn out to be hazardous for your kids, for a new study has found that sunny holidays can make children vulnerable to future skin cancer risk.

The study, led by Lori Crane, Ph. D., M. P. H., chair of the Department of Community and Behavioral Health at the Colorado School of Public Health, found that vacationing at the shore led to a 5 percent increase in nevi (more commonly called "moles") among 7-year-old children.

Amsterdam  - A Dutch national has died of Creutzfeld-Jacob disease, or mad cow disease, the Dutch Royal Institute for Health and the Environment RIVM said in a statement released on Monday.

The patient died in early January.

Post-mortem investigations performed by the Utrecht Medical Center, the teaching hospital affiliated with Utrecht University, and the Creutzfeld-Jacob Disease expertise centre in Rotterdam, confirmed the patient died from Creutzfeldt-Jakob.

Washington, Feb 02 : A new study, led by an Indian-origin researcher, has shown that sleep duration is linked to changes in the levels of specific cytokines that are important in regulating inflammation.

The results of the study, conducted by Dr. Sanjay R. Patel, assistant professor of medicine at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, and his colleagues, suggest that inflammation may be the pathway linking extreme sleep durations to an increased risk for disease.