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Children who sleep less than 10 hours are more likely to be overweight than those who sleep 12 hours or more.

Oregon researchers are set to begin the first clinical trial in the nation using fetal stem cells to treat infants and children suffering from a rare and fatal brain disease.

IGT (Insulin Glucose Tolerance) is a stage prior to the person becoming diabetic. Patients with IGT often will have normal or only minimally elevated HbA1c values but frequently will have other features of metabolic or ‘insulin resistance’ syndrome, explaining the increasing risk of vascular disease.

Moraga Biotechnology Corporation, an adult stem cell company based in Los Angeles, California, announces the discovery in adult tissues of a very primitive stem cell with properties that are similar to embryonic cells.

The Association of Malaysian Optometrists asked the Health Ministry to take stern action against any contact lens manufacturer or distributor who sells contact lenses to unlicensed practitioners.

Owners of a day camp were sued by a Wellesely family after their 6 year old daughter was denied admission only because she had diabetes.

Free Health check up and surgery was conducted on 100 cataract patients of Takeo province of Cambodia.

Diabetic patients who are treated with Pioglitazone are found to have 75 percent increases in body weight, which occurs due to water retention.

More than 35,000 people are diagnosed with cancer in United States, for which a bone marrow or peripheral blood cell transplant is required.

Around 1,070,000 eye patients received eye examination by Nepal Netra Jyoti Sangh, an organization for ophthalmic care throughout the country. The Sangh also provided surgical services for the treatment of cataract to 150,000 patients over the last one year.