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No More Dietary Restriction for Heartburn Patients - Study Says

... acid to flow up into the esophagus. That causes a burning sensation behind the breastbone or acidic fluid surging up into the mouth. So it might seem logical to think that if a particular food has been shown to cause a loosening of the sphincter, then eliminating that food from your diet would allow the sph...

The Fight Against Hepatitis

The control of hepatitis outbreak has become a burning issue in Asian countries, especially with around 1.5 million clinical cases of hepatitis occurring each year.// Looking at the main causes of this condition, we found that one of the main reason for this growing condition is due to ignorance towards...

Spices and Herbal Tea Help in Losing Weight

... in curries and black or green herb teas encourage burning of fat in the body. The best results were obtained with combinations of black pepper, turmeric, ginger, cumin, red chilli, coriander and onion gave the best results. The Dutch researchers added that the spices helped to make the consumer feel ful...

Fat Metabolism Of Heart Muscles Affected By High Blood Pressure

... for energy. Even though fat is an efficient fuel, burning it for energy creates an unusually high demand for... in a while -- hypertrophic hearts can't switch to burning fatty acids as normal hearts would, possibly leaving them energy deficient, de las Fuentes explains....

Guide For A Healthy Heart

...y other benefits of regular physical activity like burning extra calories, building stamina, improving balance, strengthening your lungs, and boosting the way you feel. It deals with the myths and motivational barriers associated with physical activity, while providing practical advice and suggestions for ge...

Biological Basis Behind a Couch Potato

... weight gain usually results from eating too much, burning too few calories, or both, she said. The researchers drew their conclusions after performing a series of experiments with obesity-prone and obesity-resistant rats. The obesity-prone strain was developed for obesity research by breeding obese rats w...

Responders On 9/11 Face Health Risks

...ge fireball blowing out of the elevator which kept burning as the jet fuel poured down the shaft. I believe in fate. It just wasn't my turn. I was just 10 seconds, or 10 feet, ahead of the fireball." He said that firefighters and other responders who passed people over to safety probably saved a lot of liv...

Handicapped healthcare to the disabled

... Getting physically ill because of neglect is a burning issue; when people with a mental health problem come for checkup they should ideally be screened for the prevalence of other diseases. The study labeled “diagnostic overshadowing” explains how any sign of illness is associated with a mental problem,...

Campaign Against Cosmetic Surgeries Performed By Less-Skilled Non-physicians Launched

...operly trained personnel might result in scarring, burning and, even death in some cases. The American Society of Dermatologic Surgery (ASDS), has reported that nearly 40% of its members have reported an growing number of patients who have been seeking second consults for treatment for the repair of the d...

Burning fires in Northern Ontario Cause Hundreds to leave their Homes

...ing at hotels in Thunder Bay. The fires have been burning in a swath of land north of Lake Superior between ...y of Natural Resources said, "There are more fires burning than there are resources to fight them" With over half of their crews were made up of students who ...

Short-Term Topical Corticosteroid May Offer Relief for Certain Type of Psoriasis

...h pimecrolimus reported an increase in itching and burning shortly after application, however, most reactions lasted less than 30 minutes and resolved in a few days. "In conclusion, this study indicated the efficacy of all three active compounds, 1 percent pimecrolimus, 0.1 percent betamethasone, and 0.00...

Does Severe Mental Illness Warrant a lock-Up?

... their best foot forward to find an answer to this burning problem. The 1959 Mental Health Act has indicated that chronically ill patients are advised prolonged stay in Mental Healthcare Hospitals, if their illness poses a potential risk, both to themselves and to others. Further, their detention in the ho...

Hooked on the Hookah, a’int no good

...rtain other toxins." "And because the tobacco is burning at a lower temperature, it is more tolerable to inhale deeply, and in fact you need more force to pull air through the high resistance of the water pathway," Loffredo said. "That means the tobacco smoke can be penetrating deeper in a person's respira...

WHO issues Global Air Quality Guidelines

...the particles less than 10 micrometers. Mainly, burning of fossil fuels and other forms of fuel cause PM10 pollution. As the particles are too small to be filtered in the nose and throat, they enter the lungs and dwell there leading to health disorders. The recent WHO guidelines appeals to reduce the PM...

Travails of a Teenager's Tryst with Mental Health Care

...the eating disorder services. As if to add salt to burning wounds, one of the three Wellington’s Eating Disorder Service has decided to close, due to paucity of funds. The mother went on to explain that her daughter had been a target of sexual abuse, after which she suffered trauma, sleepless nights and ac...

Forest Fire Affects Singapore's Air Quality

...uthwestern winds have carried the acrid smoke from burning forests for land-clearing on Indonesia's Jambi, Riau and South Sumatra to Singapore and Malaysia. Motorists complained of greatly reduced visibility and the occurrence of the haze year-after-year from illegal clearing. Schools have been closed in...

Mizoram Women Under the Grip of Tobacco

...ur', is made locally by passing smoke generated by burning tobacco through water until the preparation turns cognac in colour and has a pungent smell. Besides this, 'Meizial', another local tobacco product, which comes in the form of 'beedis' (hand-rolled cigarettes), is also popular among women. The Tob...

Blindness cases in China on the rise

..."People should reduce outdoor activities under the burning sun or wear sunglasses," he said. Regular eye-check-ups for diabetics, developing reading and writing with correct postures in children and maintenance of adequate distance from televisions and computer screens are some of the suggestions given by ...

500 People Affected by Gas Leak Near Bhopal

Nearly 500 people complained of burning eyes and nausea in Madhya Pradesh Sunday after all... Nayapara Tola villages complained of vomiting and burning sensation in their eyes perhaps after inhaling gas that emanated from an unidentified source," distr...

Dengue takes on a feverish pitch, descends on additional unlucky 6

...uickly within 48 hrs. The NIH scientists have been burning the midnight oil to save the day for patients suffering the sickness....

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