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Multi billion-dollar suit filed against cell phone firm for causing brain tumours

...hone usage could cause brain tumours. Analysts are quick to point out that though there is no evidence as yet linking cell phone radiation to brain tumours, a spurt of legal battles are expected as more and more cases are detected. The lawyers of the legal firm, which has slapped the case on the cell phone...

Doctors needed urgently in Gujarat

...es round to help the victims, localauthorities are quick to point out that help is literally pouring in. M...s for the quake affected regions ofGujarat. He is quick to point out that medicines are available aplenty butthere is a dearth of doctors at the site. Docto...

Stem cell research- now Nobel Laureates join the debate

...s Watson and Hamilton O. Smith. The opponents are quick to rubbish the claims of the scientists. In a hard-hitting statement, Douglas Johnson, legislative director for the National Right to Life Committee criticized the scientists and said. "Just as war is too important to be left only to generals, the ki...

High-protein diets may pose health risks

...risks, he emphasises. High-protein diets induce a quick drop in weight primarily through loss of body fluids caused by the diuretic effect of eliminating most carbohydrates, he explains. Glycogen, the form of sugar used by the body for energy, is lost from the muscles as well, sometimes causing fatigue. I...

Relief from common back pain

... of benefits over invasive surgery because this is quick and painless. ...

Herbs: rich soure of antioxidants

...ds and treat illness. Now, herbs have emerged as a quick and easy way to get a concentrated source of antioxidants - without all the extra calories of whole foods, Wang says. She recently compared the antioxidant activity of herbs to a few select spices, including paprika, garlic, curry, chilli and black p...

Herbs: rich soure of antioxidants

...ds and treat illness. Now, herbs have emerged as a quick and easy way to get a concentrated source of antioxidants - without all the extra calories of whole foods, Wang says. She recently compared the antioxidant activity of herbs to a few select spices, including paprika, garlic, curry, chilli and black p...

Importance of Fatty food In Hypercholestrolemia

...ng to Australian scientists fast food meals may be quick and easy, but no matter how we justify them, we know they are loaded with fat. Now there is new reason to restrict the junk you eat. Your arteries stiffen within hours.// Researcher Paul Nestel, of melbourne's Baker Medical Research Institute, fed 1...

Air pollution may raise risk of lung cancer

...rdiopulmonary disease and cancer. Scientists were quick to point out that the increased cancer risk from breathing particulate pollution is only a tiny fraction of the increased risk from smoking. "This means, over the long run, your lungs and heart are experiencing damage equal to what you would get if y...

Lethal Heart Condition linked To Cocaine Use

...uses an increase in stress hormones that can cause quick rise in BP. This may tear the lining of the vessel, which can allow blood to enter and rip it even further. The dissection may stop blood from reaching critical organs, or even cause the aorta to rupture. Researchers reviewed hospital charts lookin...

Drinking milk: Good or bad?

...re the cows also have less A-1. However, they were quick to add that their two-year study did not prove that A-1 protein, which is dominant in the milk New Zealanders drink every day, actually caused heart disease or diabetes, but showed further research was needed. Bob Boyd, New Zealand’ Food Safety Autho...

Return of SARS possible this fall

...ld cause more deaths than did the first outbreak.A quick response from national and international authorities is critical to containing the disease, the report says. SARS disrupted business worldwide but hit Asian economies and people the hardest, the report says. Canada also suffered, with a secondary ou...

Just standing next to a large person can be bad for one's image

...arge, nicely dressed woman. The volunteers took a quick look at one or the other of the pictures and then were asked their opinion of the man. They rated him from 1 to 5 on 50 negative adjectives -- called the "fat phobia scale" -- that people often use to describe obese people. The man with the big woma...

Alcohol Dependence Gene Identified

...evelop alcohol dependence. The investigators are quick to point out, however, many factors are likely involved in becoming an alcoholic and just inheriting the right genes is only part of the picture.One reason it is so difficult to find genes involved in psychiatric disorders is that there is an interpl...

The Use Of Antibiotics Questioned

... current procedures to treat sore throats were too quick to prescribe antibiotics // unnecessarily. Out of an estimated 6.7 million annual sore throat patients, 70 percent received antibiotic prescriptions. Doctors also researched the use of throat cultures and rapid tests to detect streptococcus in childr...

Evaluating The Benefits Of A Low – carb Diet

...s, and white sugar are rapidly digested, causing a quick rise in blood sugar and insulin. This in turn leads the body to slow the metabolism, causing people to feel hungrier sooner. Low-carb diets, however, emphasize foods that are digested more slowly, such as whole grains, fruits and nuts. Blood sugar r...

A New Evaluation Tool That Could Predict Death Risk in Heart Patients

...atment of acute heart failure and offers a simple, quick way for clinicians to assess mortality risk upon hospital admission and quickly decide on a treatment strategy. Researchers used data from more than 100,000 heart failure patients to develop a risk model after analyzing 33,046 hospitalizations. The ...

Is Surgery The Only Solution To Backache?

...ical traits. Some of the factors that hampered a quick recovery from back surgery are depression, frequent headaches, use of tobacco and a low education level. The effect of these factors seems much stronger than preexisting conditions of cardiac problems and arthritis. Patients with multiple problems, h...

MRI for distinguishing between dementia and Alzheimer’s diseas

...e new technique will not only be non-invasive, but quick and easy way to diagnose the condition of the patient. Reference: University of California, San Francisco, news release, June 200...

Treatment of postpartum depression needs to be personalized

In order to provide quick relief from post pregnancy depressions, health care// workers have tried to identify women who may be more vulnerable to this type of depression and taken preventive measures to avoid the condition. However a recent study by the researcher of Univers...

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