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Light therapy decreases depression during pregnancy

... were instructed to expose themselves to an hour a day of bright ultraviolet light from a light box within 15 minutes of waking up for three to six weeks. The researchers reported that the patients showed a moderate improvement of their levels of depression after just three weeks of light treatment. Fo...

Sex timing has no impact on risk of Birth defects

...irmed that fertilization that occurred more than a day after the sperm or egg was released from the body ...who had sex at a time deemed "optimal"--either the day before or the day their body ovulated--to women who had sex at a "non-optimal" time: more than a day...

FDA panel refuses anti-viral cold remedy

...unlikely that patients would see a doctor within a day of the first symptoms. The drug's developer, ViroPharma and marketing partner Aventis Pharmaceuticals, had hoped to have it on the market in the earliest possible under the brand name Picovir. Mark McKinlay, vice president of research and developme...

How to repeal male infertility?

...from the Hopkins University say that they may one day be able to reverse some cases of male infertility. The announcement is based on findings from an animal study that show infertile male mice treated with gene therapy are able to go on to produce offspring.// According to researchers, up to 30 percen...

Evading sports injuries

...o pace yourself - the goal is 30 minutes or more a day of moderate exercise. Using the right equipment is essential too - a helmet when riding a bike, for instance, to avoid head injury. If you need to, do take lessons - being aware of the correct technique and form will help protect you from injury....

Anorexia in boys is common too

...ave the disorder. For example, during inpatient or day hospital treatment programs, male patients are usually surrounded by girls. Castro added that her findings demonstrate the importance of studying bone mass in boys, as well as girls, given that they can regain any losses while still in adolescence....

Defebrillators in use

...f cardiac arrest. It could be that the AED may one day soon be as common a feature of the home as the personal computer....

Ginseng aids Diabetes

... of the ginseng extract used in this study may one day have clinical implications for the treatment of humans with diabetes....

Vitamin C maintains healthy lungs

...in lung function over time.// Just like an apple a day keeps the doctor away, an orange a day may help keep lung disease away, according this new research. By minimizing the decline in lung fu...

What makes young girls smoke

Smoking is always a day to day problem among the adolescents. Every day, more than 3,200 adolescents start smoking. Statistics show...

Fish rich diet lowers leptin

...at a diet that includes 300 to 600 grams of fish a day and accounts for about a fourth of their total daily calories. The inland-dwelling tribe members eat a vegetarian diet. Both groups consume about 2100 calories a day....

Eating chocolate makes you happy

... web-based survey, biting a bar of chocolate every day is connected to good mood and happy feelings. Eventhough chocolates are high in fat and sugar, it has long been seen as a pleasurable indulgence.// However, recent evidence suggests that, like other plant based products, it also contains antioxidants...

Functional foods reduce cholesterol

...cholesterol levels. One group ate ground beef each day that contained phytosterols while a second group ate non-supplemented ground beef. Researchers recorded their cholesterol levels at the beginning and at the end of the four-week period. The study finds phytosterol-supplemented ground beef lowers tot...

Niacin Safe for Diabetics

...were assigned to take either a 1,000 milligram per day dose, 1,500 milligram per day dose, or a placebo, found low doses of the medication had little effect on blood sugar control. eGl...

Impact on Lung function based on exposure

...rcent in people who smoked 15 or more cigarettes a day at the beginning of the study. Among people who had asthma and also smoked heavily, the rate of decline was 16 percent. The researchers believe exposure to cigarette smoke early in life and other factors may damage growing lungs and lead to faster d...

Keep fit always

These days fitness has become everyone's fetish in day to day life. Keeping fit costs hardly anything if you think creatively about your activities. If you belong...

Low potassium intake may elevate stroke risk

...he lowest potassium intake - less than 2.5 grams a day - had one and a half time greater stroke risk than those with a high intake, of four grams a day or more. There was a special group which was a sub-group on diuretic drugs for high blood pressur...

Effect of drug on Renal Cancer

.... Researchers increased the dose by 110-200 mg per day until a target dose of 1,300 mg per day was reached. The most common, but reversible, side effects were constipation, drowsiness and fatigu...

Drinking adequate amounts of water

...e that we should drink about two litres of water a day that's eight glasses// of volume eight ounces (th...leads to a figure of about two and a half quarts a day (64 to 80 ounces which is roughly 8 by 8, as stated above). Dr Heinz Valtin of Dartmouth Medical Sch...

Vacuum device increase breasts

...wo plastic domes over their breasts for 10 hours a day for 10 weeks straight.// The domes are connected t...rated, computerized vacuum device. Skipping even a day adds a week to the treatment. However, the device does seem to be a viable alternative to surgery f...

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