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ZYDUS enters female health care segment

...enopausal period in a woman, which usually sets in between 45 to 55 years. In India, PMO affects at least one out of every three menopausal women. It is aptly termed a ‘silent killer,’ as 30 per cent of bone mass is already lost by the time it is detected. If not prevented osteoporosis leads to fractures, ma...

Lancing tumours into the body

...it in a container of silicone oil, which was fixed between two vertical coils of wire. By pumping alternating current through the coils, Ishiyama produced a rotating magnetic field around the container, which set the screw spinning.Because of its threaded surface the screw slowly began to cut through the oil...

Protein and fat improve memory

...rch is necessary to unravel the unique connections between each nutrient and brain region involved in memory, according to researchers....

Asthmatics at increased risk of lung cancer

...matic women than for men. The reasons for the link between asthma and lung cancer, however, remain unclear. ...n, the researchers say their study confirms a link between asthma and lung cancer, and contradicts previous research by demonstrating that asthmatic women may ...

Artists prone to cubital tunnel syndrome

.... Adequate rest periods are needed. The difference between normal discomfort and detrimental pain should be understood. And last but not the least is an evaluation from a physician is a must. ...

Antenatal kerosene exposure endangers child's sight

...The researchers compared the vision of 43 children between 3 and 6 years old whose mothers were frequently exposed on the job to organic solvents with 29 children whose mothers were not exposed. . The researchers found a significantly higher number of children with color blindness and poorer visual acuity am...

Eat more vegetables and fruits

...mes a day increased from 15 per cent to18 per cent between 1993 and 1998 (the latest period for which the sta...during the five year period - underlining the link between overweight and unhealthy eating. According to association the majority of the population is not gett...

Infection linked with heart attack

... over the next three years or so, there was a link between the number of infections and the likelihood of heart attack death. Those who had up to three infections had a 2 percent chance of dying, those with four to five had a 8 per cent chance, and in those with six to eight infections, the chance went up to...

Artificial lenses- Boon to cataract patients

...by the relaxing eye muscles, the degree of overlap between the lenses increases, allowing the eye to focus on closer objects.When the muscles contract, pulling on the rim of the implant, the lenses spring back out again to allow focusing on more distant objects. Shen has calculated accurately that these cha...

Get, set, go...

... building healthy bones. In girls this tends to be between 10 and 12 and in boys it is from 13 to 15. Extra effort to exercise during this time will make a big difference, say researchers at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, who are studying 254 children. Research co-ordinator Heather McKay ...

Alzheimer's followed by head injury

...eir findings to do not demonstrate a definite link between the two but show that there is a strong associated...entation and eventually death.It is estimated that between 2 and 4% of people over 65 years of age and up to 20% of those over 85 years of age suffer from the ...

Link Between Infection And Heart Disease

...e has been a lot of research on the potential link between infection and heart disease. Now, a new study show...nfections. "We showed a significant association between the number of infections to which someone has been exposed and the extent of hardening of the arteri...

Breast screening among diabetic women

...ty of Texas surveyed 300 women with diabetes, aged between 55 and 70 years, comparing them with control subjects without diabetes. They found that 50 per cent of the diabetes group were having mammograms to screen for early breast cancer, compared to 70 per cent of the controls. The reasons why rates of mamm...

The way you talk matters a lot

...ing over the telephone with the receiver cradling between their head and shoulder could be put into problems...ephone talking to a patient, cradling the receiver between his left ear and shoulder so he could keep his hands free. Soon after that he experienced a tempor...

Immunisation to prevent cot deaths

...y looked at more than 470,000 cot death cases from between 1984 and 1994, checking to see if they had been immunised or not. They found that only half the babies who had died from cot death had been immunised. Two-thirds of the live babies had taken part. Among children of three or more months old, 68% of ...

Smoking Linked To Low Infant Birth Weight

...fect of cigarette smoke, suggesting an interaction between metabolic genes and cigarette smoking" said the report from Boston University School of Medicine. Low birth weight babies -- those born at about five pounds or less -- have higher death rates and are more susceptible to a number of other health pro...

Variation in breast cancer

...ers protection. Many studies have suggested a link between a high fat diet, rich in animal products, and breast cancer.// An independent researcher based in Chicago, USA, reveals that dietary differences might explain the geographical variation in breast cancer. Rates are high where the proportion of daily c...

Lengthy Fingers could predict heart attacks

...ntists at Liverpool University have related a link between the length of a young boy's finger and their chances of having a heart attack at a later age.// They believe the link could provide doctors with a simple way to to spot potential heart disease victims at a very early age. The research shows that...

Thumb Sucking in children Lead to Overbite

...roblem was noted among 13% of children who stopped between 2 to 3 years and in 20% of those who continued to suck fingers or a pacifier after the age of 4. A higher percentage of children who persisted in sucking fingers or a pacifier also developed...

Sex safe for strokes

...search, which digresses fears that there is a link between sex and strokes. The team based its findings on a 23 year study of 7,000 men aged between 47 and 60, in England. During the study, which is backed by the Stroke Association, 65 participants...

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