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...se suffering from diabetes, medics need to be more aware of the risks of after surgery complications as they will be having more and more such people coming for joint replacement surgeries. This research report is published in the current issue of the journal Clinical Orthopedics and Related Research....Acrolein may be the key to halting spinal cord damage
...ock, it actually gets worse. Science has long been aware that some chemicals the damaged cells release are part of the problem, but no one has ever been sure which chemicals are responsible." When a spine is damaged, the change in its ability to function follows a well-defined pattern. In response to the ...AIDS - The ‘silent but lethal tsunami’ of Asia
...y large uneducated population, which are still not aware of what AIDS, how it spread and what can be done to stop it from spreading. However with the help of government programs, strong campaigns and reaching out to the rural districts on scales that only the government bodies can succeed in doing, it is p...Men tend to deny being overweight
...e about 75% of the answers showed that men are not aware of physical inactivity increasing their health ris...body weighs. The campaign is designed to make men aware of the risks associated with being overweight or obese. The results also brought out that men are al...Preventing falls in elderly with noise
...e noise have to just right, so that it can make us aware of the sensations which we otherwise wouldn’t be noticing. Researchers feel that their findings can be used to make the elderly people more sensitive to change of balance that can make them lose their footing and fall to risk an injury. Reference: ...Parents understand better the hearing loss problem in children if counseled
...opment, detect the signs of a hearing loss, and be aware of the treatment options that are available today. The research findings show that one reason parents tend to ignore the problem of hearing loss in children is that they think use of the hearing aids will stigmatize the child and cause their friends...Fentanyl Narcotic Pain Patch under Scrutiny
...ay that some patients and doctors may not be fully aware of the dangers of this very strong narcotic painkiller; hence they feel the need to highlight important safety information about the drug which could benefit both patients and doctors . Some of the signs of overdose associated with fentanyl skin patc...Early detection of alcohol abuse is better option for treatment
...t can be used as a biomarker. often people are not aware of the fact that misuse of alcohol can be very har...d advent of a bio-marker can help them who are not aware of the risk they have for their health. is that misuse of alcohol will harm an individual's health,...Tackling Prostate Cancer With A New Dietary Supplement
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...al problems. The person with this disorder is not aware of its own accurate body shape – ‘body image disturbance’. Person with symptoms of anorexia feels that he is very overweight and he feels that he blocks away the entire doorway because he is so overweight. Though he may look normal and his forearm an...Yoga for preventing weight gain in middle age
...ight loss is more due to the way yoga makes people aware of their bodies, than the direct burning of energy and the resultant weight loss. Reference: Alternative Therapies in Health and Medicine, July 2005...Eleutherobin From Coral Fights Cancer Cells
...te cancer which neither they nor their doctor were aware of. But some prostate cancers can grow and spread quickly. The people most likely to get prostate cancer are men over age 50. For more information read : http://www.medindia.net/patients/ patientinfo/prostate_cancer.asp Information about Gas...Britney Spears Donates $50 000 To Support Cancer Patients
...te cancer which neither they nor their doctor were aware of. But some prostate cancers can grow and spread quickly. The people most likely to get prostate cancer are men over age 50. For more information read : http://www.medindia.net/patients/ patientinfo/prostate_cancer.asp Information about Gas...Estimates For Number Of HIV/AIDS Deaths In India Still Not Available
...the growing menace of HIV/AIDS,// UN officials are aware that there are yet no firm estimates of number of people suffering from the disease are available from the Indian officials. According to Peter Piot, executive director of the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), one of the statistics ...Habit Memory May Enhance Learning In People
...be unconscious and happen even when people are not aware of their learning experience//. The research comes...ough habits formed even when they are actually not aware of doing so. Habit learning occurs when information is stored unconsciously, through repetition and...Drug used to treat hypertension effective in countering Migraines
...the next 12 weeks), though none of the groups were aware whether they were taking the placebo or the medicine. Researchers found that during the 12 week periods, the average number of days with headaches was 18.5 with placebo and 13.6 with the medicine. 30 to 45 per cent of the subjects showed 50 per cen...Simple Procedural Improvements Can Improve Care Of Stroke Patients
...e forms led to the improvement. All hospitals were aware that these measures were being monitored, and there were many discussions about the treatments, the researchers commented. Source: Newswise ...Record Growth Of Soya-Based Dairy Alternatives Over The Past Year In European Markets
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