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Finding The Key To Weight Loss!

...ecreases the appetite, leads to the consumption of fewer calories and results in weight loss. However some are of the opinion that preventing weight gain is a more complex matter than simply telling people to eat less and exercise more. For the sudy19 subjects followed three different diets, one after th...

Gene Variation Associated With Better Mobility For Older Individuals

...e a certain gene variety have the tendency to have fewer problems in their movements than the people who lack the gene expression. The research done by the scientists of Wake Forest University School of Medicine was published // in the latest issue of JAMA. Mobility limitation (i.e., difficulty walking ...

Researchers Present Ways To Reduce The Risk Of Dementia

...ife and more general factors were reviewed, having fewer siblings, suburban residence, more years of education and advantageous socioeconomic status of parents were among early life factors that seem to protect against cognitive impairment later, possibly by establishing cognitive reserve. Intellectual sti...

Trained Counselors Counseling Pregnant Smokers To Quit May Not Work

...on group compared with the control group, although fewer women in the intervention group reported smoking more. Seventeen (4.8%) of the women in the intervention group stopped smoking compared with 19 (4.6%) in the control group. Fifteen (4.2%) in the intervention group cut down compared with 26 (6.3%) in...

Health Authorities Claim Some Relief likely from Post floods diseases in Mumbai

...r image//. The health authorities have reported fewer admissions of new patients Monday as the outbreak of deadly post-floods diseases such as leptospirosis and dengue showed signs of abating. The government-run hospitals say the situation is likely to become completely normal over the next few days wi...

Patients Fare Better With Doctors Who Do More Angioplasty Procedures

...rs. And, it found that a few doctors who performed fewer angioplasties each year still had very good patient outcomes, suggesting that “practice makes perfect” isn’t the whole story for the minimally invasive procedures known as percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). The researchers say their data, fr...

Elderly People Can Take Up Computers To Fight Depression

...hypothesis that those using computers would report fewer depressive symptoms than non-users.Through observa...ors who were computer users reported significantly fewer depressive symptoms than their counterparts who do not use the computer.Researchers also found that ...

Latest Research Shows That Multivitamins Might Not Prevent Infections In All Elderly

...20 per cent less likely to get a cold and also had fewer colds over the study period than a placebo group. Although some trials have shown that other supplements, especially of trace elements, have reduced infections in older people in care. Latest research shows that for those living at home, where risk...

Red haired withstand to pain more than blond headed

...significantly decreased pain threshold and require fewer anesthetics to block out certain pains. The main aim of the study is to find the biochemical pathways that can be used to develop better ways of combating pain. “People would be interested in the possibility of developing new anesthetics or co-anesth...

The Two-In-One Estrogen Therapy For Managing Menopause And Maintaining Healthy Skin

... in menopause has been found to be associated with fewer wrinkles and less skin rigidity in postmenopausal women, and may have cosmetic benefits according to a new study. Hormone therapy, if started early can be a key to the prevention of wrinkles by maintaining the elasticity of the skin. They found that...

Hollywood Actress Hunter criticises Hatcher for weight loss.

...ecreases the appetite, leads to the consumption of fewer calories and results in weight loss. However some are of the opinion that preventing weight gain is a more complex matter than simply telling people to eat less and exercise more. Click here to read More: http://www.medindia.net/News/View_news...

Chitosan May Not Conclusively Help Weight Loss

...ht loss, but the best way to lose weight is to eat fewer calories and increase physical activity....

Older People Can Also Eat As Young!

...ets older, it’s as if the body senses the need for fewer calories and many people lose interest in food. Added to decreased appetite, being alone during mealtimes (for someone who is widowed) and impaired mobility may make shopping and cooking too much of a bother. But following the above plan will help ...

Metal In Medicines Can Fight Diseases Effectively

...ents. Drugs based on these molecules could produce fewer side effects compared to some of today’s treatments, and they could also combat drug resistance. Pharmaceutical companies tend to make drugs from the same limited set of ingredients, drawing upon only about a half-dozen of the more than 100 known ch...

Smokers Avoid Dental Care More Than Others

People who smoke are often the ones who make fewer visits to the dentists than their nonsmoking counterparts. This happens in spite of the fact that smoking puts them more at risk from periodontal diseases than others.// The finding holds true regardless of age, gender, race, ethnicity, socioeconom...

Immunosuppressive drug shows promise in treatment of eye disorder

...aper their dose of the steroid prednisone to 10 or fewer milligrams daily. Side effects such as stomach upset or mild diarrhoea warranted the withdrawal of seven patients from the study. However, these side effects can be minimized by reducing the dosage of the drug in most of the cases, which offers a ...

Pharma Companies May Influence The Decisions Of Medical Students

...nts are entering an environment with progressively fewer boundaries between medicine and the pharmaceutical industry, which spends $12 billion to $18 billion annually marketing to physicians (including residents), according to background information in the article. This includes 60 million visits annuall...

New Drugs For High Blood Pressure Better Than Old Ones

...vented more major cardiovascular events and caused fewer cases of diabetes than the older drugs. In a second study researchers from Imperial College London, UK had looked at differences in blood pressure and other variables in patients assigned the newer drugs versus those allocated the standard drugs. Th...

Indian Health Ministry approves sale of Emergency contraceptives as over the counter drug

... breast cancer. Emergency contraceptive pills have fewer side effects compared to normal contraceptives and costs around 30 rupees and the government wanted to reduce the price. Emergency pills consist of a hormone levonorgestrel, which avoids pregnancy. Dr. Mittal said, “We have a drug which can prevent f...

Heart Patients More At Risk Get Fewer Medicines

...tients who are more at risk from death may get the fewer of medications. Heart failure affects more than 5 million people // in Canada and the United States and is associated with a high death rate, according to background information in the article. Medications shown to reduce the risk of illness and de...

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