International Stroke Survey And Some Signs of Stroke

September 7th, 2005 A simple ten minute survey to determine your life expectancy. It says about me: In an extremely high risk overweight category, meaning you are at extremely high risk for obesity-related illnesses such as heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke and cancer.

September 27th, 2005 Pfizer Inc. said U.S. regulators (FDA) have approved its cholesterol lowering drug Lipitor. Lipitor is used to reduce the risk of stroke and heart attack in diabetic patients.

January 29th, 2007 A large study, conducted by Dr. James M. Brophy and his colleagues, from the McGill University Health Center in Montreal, confirms that selective COX2 inhibitors - Vioxx (rofecoxib) and Celebrex (celecoxib) are both associated with increased risk of repeat heart attack.

April 11th, 2005 It is not how obese you are but the location of obesity that matters according to researchers at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. Where adults carry their fat, rather than how much of it they have, might be a better indicator of their risk for metabolic syndrome, a disorder that causes high blood pressure and insulin resistance in 22 percent of U.S.

May 15th, 2008 A short survey on your programming language preferences, shouldn't take more than 1 minute of your time. Please participate and let others know too.

June 10th, 2005 Three Transplant Patiet have died due to rare infection (LCMV virus) from rats, raises concern for all transplant patients. On a different front educated women are less likely to suffer from insomnia. And it appears that milk is destined to make a comeback. It had really a bad press all along.

March 23rd, 2005 "Positron Emission Tomography is being installed at AIIMS next month, through which we will get the final proof of our work on heart patients. All the patients would be screened for finding how viable our work was and would also study various heart tissues of the patients metabolically," Dr P Venugopal, director AIIMS, said.  "We also plan to inject stem cells directly into the pancreatic arteries of patients suffering from diabetes," he says.

August 10th, 2006 Nearly one in 10 people in UK believe they have fallen victim to identity fraud, according to a survey of 2,200 adults by YouGov. People aged under 30 are most prone to falling victim because they are the poorest at protecting personal details, the survey suggests.

August 23rd, 2007 According to DesktopLinux.com's just completed survey, the number of Desktop Linux users has more than doubled in 2006, and Ubuntu remains the no. 1 Linux distribution of choice for desktop users.

November 3rd, 2006 Google is asking for participants for their user studies. They will pay handsomely - 75 $ / hour.

December 8th, 2005 InfoWorld published results of a survey which found Google search users were more net savvy and more likely (statistically significant) to have household income above 60, 000 USD, in comparison with competing search engines like Yahoo, MSN etc.. Unfortunately some of us tend to misinterpret results of such survey and infer erroneous causal relationships like - A way to get rich would be to use Google Search or MSN Search users are dumb (wouldn't you love to make that inference?).

August 21st, 2006 A new buttonless handset by Pilotfish and Synaptics heralds a new generation of mobiles which understands your signs and gestures and your cheek too. Onyx device understands signs and gestures, thanks to the sensitive touch pad covering most of its surface.

July 21st, 2005 Report Summary: As the prevalence and social influence of weblogs continue to increase, the issue of the ethics of bloggers is relevant not only to the blogging community, but also to people outside it. This study explored ethical beliefs and practices of two distinct groups of bloggers--personal and non-personal--through a worldwide web survey.

March 22nd, 2006 The new T-Mobile MDA, a cellphone powered by Windows Mobile 5.0, has so many features that you may just leave your laptop at home. The 5.6-ounce MDA supports four international cellular frequencies and can connect to newer EDGE networks.

March 23rd, 2005 According to a survey conducted by security firm Mirapoint and market research company the Radicati Group, nearly a third of e-mail users have clicked on links in spam messages. One in ten users have bought products advertised in spams.