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Diet and exercise can be a better option to control diabetes

...s of such a kind of diabetes may remain dormant in adults for many years before the actual symptoms arise. S...second study by the same researchers show that for adults below the age of 65, it will be cost effective to go for exercise and diet to control diabetes than ...

Combination Therapy Found To Be More Effective In Treating Brain Cancer

Researchers say adults suffering from the most common form of brain cancer might fare better with a combination of radiotherapy and // chemotherapy than radiotherapy alone . Based on findings of the study it was seen that most people with the type of cancer known as gliob...

Childhood Obesity May Influence The Their Quality Of Life

...e children are more likely to become overweight as adults and may be more at a risk for cardiac disease, diabetes, arthritis and cancer. Moreover, their self- image may be poor than their non-obese counterparts leading to low self-confidence and lack of self-esteem. The researchers had used a quality of l...

Supplement Of CLA May Reduce Body Fat

... This proves that CLA supplementation in healthy adults is not only acceptable to the body but it also helped in reducing body weight and may help in maintaining the body fat mass in the longer time phase. However experts are of the opinion that the results are not sufficient to use triglycerides or CLA ...

Exercise can improve functional limitation of arthritis patients

...earchers of Feinberg School of Medicine, US 5715 adults were taken in the study of age 65 yrs and old with arthritis. Functions, which were checked, were ability to do tasks pertaining to daily living and specialized activities of daily living that involved rigorous activities. Account was taken of other ...

Lights can lighten your moods

...rsity of North Carolina. Researchers had studied adults of age 18 to 65 yrs who had met the mood disorder diagnosis. Treatment was based on dawn stimulation for SAD, bright light treatment for non-seasonal depressions and conventional antidepressants for other affective disorders. The results of the stu...

Study suggests symptom driven therapy for adults with asthma

For adults with the problem of asthma, it may help if they ta... Hence this treatment method is only restricted to adults having chronic mild asthma.Current treatment for asthma suggests daily controlling medication, and f...

Diet to lower heart disease risk for type 2 diabetes

...mendation of the WHO. The study says most American adults take about 15g of dietary fiber. Supplements of fiber are aimed to make for the difference. The new study made by the researchers at Unicity International in Orem, Utah have found out the twin benefits of lowering the LDL and increasing the HDL in ...

Right attitude makes you benefit from exercise

For healthy adults in their middle age who exercise regularly, the be...s or anything else. In a random trial taken of 40 adults in the age group of 40 to 55 years, surveys were conducted to know about their health oriented physi...

Low glycemic diet effective for reducing cardiovascular risk

...sually rate more than 70. The study had 23 obese adults have any one of the two types of diets; the first one was with foods of low GI without any strict restriction on fat or carbohydrate. The control diet plan was restricted intake of carbohydrates and fat. The results of the study showed decrease in ...

Survivors of childhood cancer may have long-term health problems

...s had looked into the clinical conditions of 10397 adults who had been treated for pediatric cancer between 1970 and 1986. Their medical records were again checked at the time of the study when their ages ranged from 18 to 48 years. Their health reports were matched with those of their healthy siblings who ...

Elderly people with chronic pain can use narcotics safely

...On the other hand, the use of the drug for younger adults may lead to constant increase in the dosage with s...ntists to assess the need for narcotics in younger adults versus the elderly, researchers have suggested that narcotics may be prescribed for sever chronic pa...

Adult bone health is dependent on lifestyle we live

...odyweight accounted for most of the bone health of adults between the ages of 49 and 51. For women, 25% of the bone mineral density was explained by the body weight variations. Researchers feel that birth weight do seem to affect the skeletal growth, and adopting a healthy lifestyle will work wonders for ad...

Experimental vaccine for shingles is effective

... elderly people more severely. The new vaccine for adults will now be able to bring relief to all people who have been suffering from the disease. The research will be published in the new edition of New England Journal of Medicine....

Mental health may deteriorate as early as in the teens

...bstance abuse disorders and impulse disorders. The adults who have reached the age of maturity without any sign of any mental disorders are least likely to be at risk from mental ill health. Researchers of the study feel that their study underestimated the extent of mental disorders that had affected the p...

New treatment for babies with sickle cell anemia

...thod of treatment had been used currently to treat adults and older children with the disease. Researchers have said that short-term liquid hydroxyurea therapy can be safe as well as effective in babies and may be given in increased dosage to young children in the age group of two to five years. The result...

Ankylosing spondylitis may not be detected in children

...ysical incompetence at work. Researchers say that adults who had the symptoms of the disease since childhood are more severely affected with the condition that can significantly reduce their quality of life....

Association between childhood diet and stroke

...l Heart. Cardiovascular disease, which occurs in adults is not just due to exposure to risk factors in adulthood but is more of an accumulated event over an entire lifetime. Previous studies have suggested that diets low in saturated fat, high in fruit, vegetables, and fish, and rich in antioxidants are a...

Asthma and Panic- a vicious cycle

...and panic attack in young adults. Around 590 young adults were followed between ages 19 and 40 and information was obtained using semistructured diagnostic interviews. These interview scheduldes were conducted by trained professionals. At each interview, information on the occurrence of allergic rhinitis, u...

Substance abuse linked to adult antisocial syndrome

...S, and others after taking information from 43,000 adults of USA. Antisocial personality disorder is a form of psychiatric condition that is characterized by behavior that tends to manipulate, exploit or violate the rights of others. Often people with antisocial personality tend to do criminal activities. ...

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