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The Happiness Formula....

...eedom of choice and sense of community? 4. Can you call on the support of people close to you, immerse yourself in what you are doing, meet your expectations and engage in activities that give you a sense of purpose? Life coach Pete Cohen who co-wrote the study and came up with the equation says that man...

Heart disease in women being under-treated

... said that this study should prove to be a wake-up call to physicians who need to more aggressively use appropriate drugs like aspirin, beta blockers and ACE inhibitors in women with heart disease....

Flying with caution, with SARS

...he Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that call for extra disinfections, if a SARS infected traveler was on board. Experts suggest frequent hand washing with either soap and water or an alcohol-based hand rub to avoid getting infected. The experts are currently recommending travelers postpone th...

Marriage does not have much impact on life satisfaction

...en return to their previous level. The researchers call this 'hedonic leveling' and it's a measure of people's overall life satisfaction. Widows and widowers show an initial decrease in life satisfaction after losing their spouse, but as time goes on they do not stay miserable for the rest of their lives....

Are Indians aware of SARS ?

...dical care provided to SARS patients. Even what we call confirmed cases are only confirmed through laboratory tests and they are only between 60 and 65 per cent accurate according to a senior scientist at the National Institute of Communicable Diseases. As social isolation faced by a family in Pune, whose...

Tea Pill Lowers Cholesterol

...icate a role for tea in lowering cholesterol. They call for more research aimed at confirming these results in more diverse populations....

Skin Cancer “Reflection” Detectin

...is. "They never found a primary, which is what you call the skin cancer as it first forms on the surface of the skin. It had already gotten into my lymph system,” he says.// Now, technology called photonics may help doctors detect skin cancer much sooner. Optical scientists says it works similarly to ult...

ICMR along with other International Research organisation with drug development for Neglected Diseases

... DNDi has already initiated a successful worldwide call for research proposals and many scientists around the world are already researching new possibilities in drugs for neglected diseases. Theplan is that Over a 12 year period, DNDi will have a balanced project portfolio and six to seven projects regist...

Chemotherapy Effective for Bladder Cancer

...onger than patients who only have surgery. Doctors call this an important advance in the treatment of this deadly disease. Bladder cancer is the fourth most common cancer in men and the eighth most common cancer in women. According to the American Cancer Society, approximately 57,000 people will be diagn...

An hour of exercise a week cuts hypertension

...s and kidney failure.// Many guidelines currently call for anywhere between half an hour and an hour of moderate exercise on most days of the week to reduce the risk of heart disease, cancer, diabetes and obesity.Researchers from Japan, tested 207 men and women who had high blood pressure but were otherw...

Link Between Obesity and Behavior in Kids

.... Dr. Lumeng says her findings should be a wake-up call to parents, teachers and physicians. She concludes, "We can’t ignore either the mind or the body in trying to prevent the lifelong health effects from weight problems and mental disorders that start in childhood. When interventions aren’t working wit...

Breast Cancer Survivors Worry About Infertility

...ge, M.D., says this study should serve as a wakeup call for health care providers. "We don't have a great system for educating these women and showing them data -- even if incomplete -- about these questions and advising them on what they can consider to attempt to preserve fertility," says Dr. Partridge...

Breast Cancer Survivors Worry About Infertility

...ge, M.D., says this study should serve as a wakeup call for health care providers. "We don't have a great system for educating these women and showing them data -- even if incomplete -- about these questions and advising them on what they can consider to attempt to preserve fertility," says Dr. Partridge...

New Hope for Kidney Failure

...ffects of these factors against cell damage." They call it "remarkable" that the HGF does not seem to negatively affect kidney development, yet it has a "striking protective effect" against kidney failure. "We conclude that gene delivery of HGF to the proximal tubule may be an interesting approach in des...

Drugs Taken During Pregnancy Found To Affect Unborn Babies

...esearchers conclude, “Results of the present study call into question the conclusion that SSRI use during pregnancy has little impact on the developing fetus and infant outcome.”...

CPR! How Effectively is it being done ?

...eart Association CPR standards.While the standards call for 12 to 15 breaths per minute, the EMS personnel were delivering on average 37 -- essentially causing their victims to hyperventilate. Even after personnel were retrained to follow the guidelines, they gave about 22 breaths per minute, still too ma...

Accuracy of Mammograms

...omen covered by a non-profit health plan comparing call backs for false-positive results with the women’s ...0 and 34) were 27 percent more likely to receive a call back, and those in obese categories II and III (BMI 35 or greater) were 31 percent more likely. Thu...

Identifying The Risks Of Developing Schizophrenia

...s at that stage of pregnancy. However researchers call for more research not only to confirm these findings, but also to uncover the best way to prevent influenza exposure among women who may become pregnant and to determine whether it is the virus itself that increases the risk for schizophrenia or whet...

Calcium-rich Diet Good For Youngsters

...ontribute positively to overall nutrition and they call for programs aimed at promoting a calcium-rich diet among youngsters....

Avoiding Drugs During Pregnancy

...ces. In conclusion researchers say their results call into question the conclusion that SSRI use during pregnancy has little impact on the developing fetus and infant outcome....

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