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Fight Heart disease and Pain with Meditation

...e acclaim and meditation is the hallmark of Indian school of medicine and forms the crux of even the rituals and patterns of worship in Hinduism. Unfortunately in India as more people take up and ape the West in a big way it is just the reverse in the United States where people are taking note of Ayurveda ...

Good sleep enhances task performance

...ions by allowing recovery sleep by Harvard Medical school researches. Subjects who were sleep deprived on the first day showed no improvement in task performance but those who were allowed to sleep showed a substantial improvement. This type of sleep is required for memory consolidation. There are two typ...

OBESE LIL' GIRLS !! SWEAT IT OUT OR U MIGHT BE ASTHAMATIC !!!

...s aimed at preventing excessive weight gain during school years, especially in girls, may thus be a valuable tool in preventing asthma-related morbidity during adolescence"....

Big and Bright

...less than 2500 grams) have lower IQ test scores at school age - and the smaller the babies at birth, the larger the IQ deficit. The new study showed the association between birth weight and IQ was stronger in boys than girls, with a 1000g increase in birth weight related to a 4.6 increase in IQ among ...

Early puberty linked to nutrition

According to a research done by the school of Medicine from Harvard,after studying the eating behavior and the growing indexes of 67 girls, concluded that the inclusion of more animal fats and less vegetables in the diet between the 6th and 8th year of age took some of the participants of the...

Fright could be more harmful

...ber, paint fumes set off a bioterrorism scare at a school in Washington State, sending 16 students and a teacher to the hospital. Just after the beginning of the current anthrax scare a liquid, which turned out to be window cleaning fluid, was sprayed at a Maryland subway station. As many as 35 people repor...

Safe for people with asthma

...peak expiratory flow, asthma symptoms and time off school or work, all as a measure of asthma exacerbation. There was no significant difference - 20 per cent had exacerbations after flu injection, compared to 25 per cent after the placebo. The researchers conclude the flu jab is safe for people with asthma ...

Teens listen to parents about smoking

...riend who smoked and those who performed poorly in school were more likely to become smokers than their peers....

Smoke less to stay young

...ioned 118 young people in their first year of high school to understand their cigarette comsumption patterns and determine their level of nicotine dependency. Among the young people who said they had smoked only once or twice in the month before the interview, 11.5 percent displayed one or more symptoms of ...

Medications linked to xerostomia and caries

...// the two most common causes of absenteeism among school children asthma and caries. In 655 patients bet... we studied originally were patients at our dental school clinic, not a totally random sample. We want to examine whether socioeconomic issues also affect the...

Relationship bertween birth weight and IQ

...less than 2500 grams) have lower IQ test scores at school age - and the smaller the babies at birth, the larger the IQ deficit. The new study showed the association between birth weight and IQ was stronger in boys than girls, with a 1000g increase in birth weight related to a 4.6 increase in IQ among ...

What makes young girls smoke

...rs identified include stress, a parent with a high school education or less, being from a one-parent household, drinking alcohol, poor academic performance, and poor conduct. NHLBI Director, Claude Lenfant, M.D., says, "Getting youths not to start smoking has been very hard. Many environmental, social, and...

Life anticipation differences identified

...hite people. And those who did not complete //high school are at a similar disadvantage compared to high school graduates. Now, for the first time, a study has identified the major health factors underpinning the...

Stress triggers acne

... of the main concerns of teenagers heading back to school is the attack of acne on their skin. Dermatologists at UT Southwestern Medical Center say that stress is one of the main causes for an attack of acne. Mounting stress produces increased secretion of the hormone androgen //which results in an increas...

Want to have a nice day? Eat breakfast!

... General Hospital assessed //the effects of eating school breakfast, on the academic and emotional functioni... children. Researchers found that children who ate school breakfast, in addition to improving their psychological dimensions also improved their maths grades,...

Women who quit smoking during pregnancy tend to relapse

...ere more likely to quit and those with only a high school education had the lowest relapse rate. Women on Medicaid were found to have the lowest quit rate and the highest relapse rate. The researchers concluded that the study provided the impetus for targeting anti-smoking therapies at women who have quit...

Immune function could benefit from exercise

...nisms, are the most common reason for absence from school or work, and a frequent problem in the ambulatory setting. In the elderly, it becomes a more serious problem because as people advance in age, the immune system function declines making them less resistant to microorganisms. In the study, nearly 45 ...

Kids not getting enough Physical Exercise

...lso found that there were major variations between school system PE requirements, teacher participation, and...plans. The investigators thus indicated that PE in school was falling short in meeting Healthy People 2010 goals for PE in both frequency and activity intensi...

Germs to blame for bad breath

...ate University of New York at Stony Brook's dental school suggested that environmental differences could also be the reason for the different types of bacteria in the mouth. Paster suggested that halitosis can be reduced by brushing the tongue twice daily, along with scraping the tongue and using oral care ...

Swimming in Chlorinated Pools Raises Asthma Risk

...linked to cellular damage, in the blood samples of school children....

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