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Women Deliver Babies With Eye Defects in Jharkhand Villages

...ic elements or are consuming them through polluted drinking water," said Nitish Priyadarshi, an environmentalist, who has worked on water pollution in coal mining areas. He added: "The state government should investigate the water and air pollution with the help of experts to ascertain the exact reason beh...

Cancer Patient’s Life Improved With Anti-reflux Valv

...alve inverts allowing for belching or vomiting. By drinking one gulp of water, it reverts to its anti-reflux position. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration cleared the “Dua Esophageal Stent” for use by patients with esophageal cancer in 2002. Using a similar windsock design, Dr. Dua modified the valve and ...

Mailing Pamphlets can Reduce Alcohol Consumption

...d drinkers in the general population reduced binge drinking by 10 per cent. It is found to be a promising// p...led to them asked respondents to compare their own drinking to the average male or female in the general Canadian population. “Many heavy drinkers mistakenly...

Chronically Ill Prisoners Face Great Healthcare Problems

...s smoking, past use of illegal drugs and hazardous drinking are high among UK prisoners and they face an increased risk of hepatitis, sexually transmitted diseases, HIV and communicable diseases. 'Prisoners are also more likely to have mental health problems than the rest of the population and previous rese...

Dangerous Side Effects of Tea Exposed

...t coronary artery disease. They had also said that drinking tea could help fight against autoimmune disease - ...udy, Rutgers University researchers announced that drinking tea could cause chromosome damage and fetal leukemia, reported the online edition of The Washington ...

Brief Intervention on HIV and Alcohol Risk Encourages Safer Sex

... 12% of women receiving STI clinic services report drinking before sex, and the rate of alcohol use before sex...vel interventions for supporting risk reduction in drinking places such as shebeens and taverns, in parallel with risk reduction counselling for high-risk drink...

Large Fluid Intake Won’t Help to Keep Cool for Marathon Runner

...rmal. The sporting community has long assumed that drinking large amounts of water helps to keep the body's te...en to your body and drink if you feel thirsty, but drinking several litres of water will not help you run any faster.' Source-Eurekalert/...

Hot Flashes: Studies Explore the Various Possibilities Involved

...olism in some animals, the team thought that light drinking might alter sex steroid hormone levels in midlife women. But their analysis failed to turn up any significant hormonal differences between the alcohol users and the women who never used alcohol. “We don’t know why (moderate alcohol consumption) is ...

A Village in Madhya Pradesh Achieves Total Sanitation

...ftop. This has helped them to get enough water for drinking and cleaning in their school. This new technique has also helped them understand that electricity is not needed for lifting water - all through the 'learn by play' technique. 'What is more important, no case of dysentery has been reported from th...

Women Binge- Drinkers Warned Of Possible Link To Breast Cancer

...y 2001. In detail, the doctors found that binge drinking four or five drinks on a day in the week increased... our data imply that women should not do any binge drinking or drink larger amounts of alcohol." According to Mirch, it is possible that weekend binge drinke...

Cognitive Problems Occur More Rapidly in Female Alcoholics Than in Males

...y chronic alcohol abuse within a shorter period of drinking and with less overall consumption. A new study sho...ences of alcohol abuse/dependence earlier in their drinking careers and with less alcohol consumption than do men," explained Barbara A. Flannery, senior scient...

Health Effects of Casinos Have Been Ignored: Experts

...e with other potentially addictive activities like drinking alcohol and smoking. The UK currently has a low prevalence of problem gamblers, but this seems likely to increase when the Gambling Act 2005 is implemented, they say. Gambling affects physical, mental and social wellbeing as well as creating debt...

Alcohol Abuse During College Days Leads to Heart Disease in Later Life

...s an additional reason to be concerned about heavy drinking in college-age individuals." While most studies of...onsumed two to five drinks of alcohol on a typical drinking day, one to two days a week; and 3. heavy drinkers, who consumed three or more drinks at least thre...

Modern Lifestyle Could Damage Heart

...ealthy habits such as smoking, eating a poor diet, drinking too much alcohol and not getting enough exercise - adding to the risk of developing heart problems. For some people, being under constant stress can contribute to developing high blood pressure. Every year, high blood pressure is implicated in an e...

Drinking Tea Could Protect Your Skin

...edition of Daily Mail. They compared their diet, drinking habits and lifestyle with a similar group who did not have cancer. They found that regular tea drinkers were 65 percent less likely to have squamous cell carcinoma and almost 80 percent less at risk of a basal cell carcinoma. The biggest benefits w...

Don't Gamble With People's Health, Warn Experts

...e with other potentially addictive activities like drinking alcohol and smoking. The UK currently has a low prevalence of problem gamblers, but this seems likely to increase when the Gambling Act 2005 is implemented, they say. Gambling affects physical, mental and social wellbeing as well as creating de...

Smoking Indicator of Alcohol Misuse

...ncern because 26 percent of the U.S. population is drinking at hazardous levels, which puts them at increased ...hol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) defines hazardous drinking as exceeding either daily or weekly drinking limits. Men should consume no more than four drinks in ...

Study Finds the Effect of Alcohol and Aspirin in TBI Patients

...cal changes that may result from moderate to heavy drinking of long duration. One concern is brain atrophy, which leaves more room inside the cranium for blood to collect during a brain injury. Alcohol weakens the walls of blood vessels and makes them more susceptible to rupture and bleeding. It is theorized ...

Doctors in UK Promoting Awareness of Gastro-oesophageal Reflux Disease

...ically occur after eating a large or fatty meal or drinking alcohol. · Lying down, bending over or bending and lifting can all cause reflux. · It is made worse by smoking. · Reflux symptoms may have no apparent cause. · The frequency with which the symptoms occur varies. For most people, they are rare but...

Campaign for Safe Drinking Water in India, Nepal

...ment Tuesday for better community //access to safe drinking water and improved sanitation in India and Nepal w... up in 10 schools to give children access to clean drinking water, said Kulwant Singh, chief technical advisor of the UN Habitat, Delhi. Other techniques that...

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