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The Science of Solar Eclipse

...from infra red rays. The fact that the Sun appears dark in a filter or that you feel no discomfort does not guarantee that your eyes are safe. It is generally said that pregnant women should relax in a bed if possible during an eclipse. It is wise, to ensure proper care of a pregnant women during an ec...

High-Vegetable & Fruit Diet Reduce The Risk Of Pancreatic Cancer

...ts, yams, sweet potatoes, corn and yellow squash), dark leafy vegetables and cruciferous vegetables. Light-green vegetables, tomatoes and tomato products showed weaker protective benefits. Fruits were found to be protective but significantly less so than vegetables, with citrus fruits and citrus juices m...

People Still Neglect To Use Sunscreen In Spite Of Cancer Warnings

...ought they did not need sunscreen because they had dark skin. Another reason they cited for not using sunscreen was that there was none available. The study’s authors advocate for the development of coordinated skin cancer prevention programs that specifically target college athletes. Such programs could...

Indian doctors in America help Katrina victims

...lso in the know of women who had been raped in the dark at the New Orleans Super Dome where panicked residents fled to escape the rising waters. Jain, along with the 146 patients and 500 employees and family members, was moved to Veterans Affairs Medical Centre facilities in Houston, Jackson, Shreveport,...

Solarium use is associated with an increased risk of skin cancer

...bout twice as high for blondes than for women with dark brown or black hair. For red-haired women, the risk was about four times as high, the researchers said. The presence of irregularly shaped moles, called nevi, also increases the risk of melanoma cancer, the study found. Women with a single nevus on ...

When it comes to health, all chocolates not the same.

... result among patients who drank milk while eating dark chocolate.// The results suggest that milk and ot...tive compounds in chocolate. Only subjects who ate dark chocolate showed a temporary increase in their antioxidant levels. The blood pressure effect Cocoa...

Red hair connected with anaesthesia

... aged between 20 and 50 with natural bright red or dark hair were given the anaesthetic desflurane, and then monitored for reflex movements to painful stimuli. It took more anaesthetic to extinguish these pain responses in the redheads. The researchers believe that the link between red hair and anaesthe...

Diabetic risk reduced by whole grains

...al fiber found in whole grains such as brown rice, dark breads, whole grain cereals, and other foods helps to slow the digestion, thus slowing the release of glucose into the blood. This, in turn, helps to reduce the insulin response that occurs in the body after eating. The fiber also makes people feel f...

Research on HIV takes new direction

...allow the HIV to spread. This area is still in the dark ages, so there's plenty of opportunity for progress....

Yet Another Use For Cocoa Flavonols

...demonstrated that the flavonols found in cocoa and dark chocolate have heart health benefits and new work is beginning to elucidate the mechanisms for this action. Latest research indicates a possible benefit on brain health, as flavonols boost blood flow to certain regions of the brain. Researchers who...

Research Finds How Post-traumatic Stress Leads to Long-Lasting Memories

... a well-lit compartment with access to an adjacent dark compartment. Because rats are nocturnal and prefer dark environments, they tended to enter the dark compartment. Upon doing so, however, they were each give...

Monkeys offer genetic clues to adult blindness

... in older adults, yet researchers are still in the dark about many factors that cause this incurable disease. William W. Dawson, professor of ophthalmology and physiology in the University of Florida and other researchers, studied seven genetic sites in the monkeys that correspond to human chromosomes l...

Dark Chocolate Is Helpful In Lowering Blood Pressure.

A study conducted recently links dark chocolate consumption to improved insulin sensitiv...pertension. The study reveals that three ounces of dark chocolate a day for several weeks lowers blood pressure by an average of 10 percent and improves ins...

Dark chocolate benefits the heart

...ocolate is bad// for health, there comes news that dark chocolate can actually improve heart function. At...School, Greece investigated and studied effects of dark chocolate consumption on blood vessel function in 17 young and healthy subjects. The scientists fou...

New food guide for people fighting excess weight

...t category. Even the vegetables are categorized as dark green veggies, orange veggies, dry beans & peas, starchy veggies, and other veggies for easy understanding and identification with the vegetable group for common man. Obesity is a growing problem world wide and the new diet plan is all set to restr...

Understanding The Mystery Behind Sleepless Nights

...making the bedroom a haven for sleep by keeping it dark and removing televisions and computers....

Reducing The Risk Of Heart Disease

...han 75 percent. The Polymeal includes wine, fish, dark chocolate, fruits and vegetables, almonds and garlic, which are eaten on a daily basis (except four times a week only of fish). Researchers figured out how much each ingredient cuts heart disease individually and then worked out the combined effects ...

Fear of the dark could be more than just fear!

...ar of the darkness beyond the windows, fear of the dark was no longer evident in the girls. Within days, one girl was more confident and was sleeping through the night....

Juices are Best! but which one?

...s lighter in color offer more health benefits than dark juices // such as red grape or prune juice. Consumption of adequate iron is essential for infants and young children as it is a vital factor for physical and intellectual growth. To ensure proper intake of iron consumption of cereals, formulas, a...

The advantages of berries

...ey are full of anthocyanins, which give them their dark colour, phenols like ellagic acid (also found in strawberries), vitamins A, C and E, and folic acid. The researchers also compared the ability of black raspberries to absorb free radicals with blueberries and strawberries. The raspberries had 11 pe...

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