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Costlier Health Care Weigh Downs the Women

... kind of tests and routine examinations that women gets done when she is pregnant. People like Judith Waxman, vice president of the National Women's Law Center, are advocating the need for a national debate where the employers should switch to policies with higher deductibles and more bendable and low ...

Chondroitin may Not Have Any Beneficial Effect on Arthritis, New Study Says

...roitin at the moment of severe disease and then it gets better, you might be convinced that it's the drug, but it's actually the body (healing)," he says. One thing the study did not rule out is the possibility that chondroitin may lessen pain in patients with less severe arthritis. Whatever the case,...

Insomnia-related Symptoms High Among ‘Night Owls

... symptoms of insomnia.The amount of sleep a person gets affects his or her physical health, emotional well-being, mental abilities, productivity and performance. Recent studies associate lack of sleep with serious health problems such as an increased risk of depression, obesity, cardiovascular disease and...

Arsenic in Chicken Feed may Cause Health Complications

...e same compound under certain anaerobic conditions gets transformed into toxic forms of arsenic. Arsenic is known to cause cancer of the lung, kidney, colon, and bladder. The use of these compounds has triggered a debate in health circles. Many suppliers have completely halted the use of this compound ...

Recovering Pranab Mukherjee Likely to Be Discharged Tomorrow

... and going by the rate of his recovery - Mukherjee gets busy again. Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko is likely to be in India next week, the source said. Source-IANS/B...

Indian Court Refers Novartis Plea for Patent on Anti-cancer Drug to a Separate Board

...so from now. And if a company like the Novartis gets its step in the door, asserting its right to patent even minor modifications of existing formulations, drug prices could go through the roof. No firm then can manufacture generic drugs, which are less expensive. As patents near expiration, manufact...

Sunburnt Holiday-makers Boost Their Chances of Fatal Skin Cancer

...t shades of brown and black," she said. "If a mole gets inflamed or starts to bleed or itch, then get it checked out. But it’s also important to remember that any of these signs don't necessarily mean you have melanoma." SunSmart campaign manager Rebecca Russell, said: "This year the campaign is focusin...

Health Secretary Apologizes For Failed Online Recruitment System

...n the process of ensuring that every junior doctor gets an interview and those interviews have already started - but they haven’t finished - for the job of their first choice. “The short-listing process didn’t work. We are in the process of sorting it out and we are now guaranteeing every junior doctor an...

Sleep Quantity Affects Morning Testosterone Levels in Older Men

...erences in the amount of sleep a healthy older man gets can affect his level of testosterone in the morning, according to a study published in the April 1st issue of the journal SLEEP. The study, conducted by Plamen Penev, MD, PhD, of the University of Chicago, focused on 12 healthy men between the age...

Web Page to Warn Against Online Purchase of Isotretinoin

...he drug, including a link to iPledge. The Web page gets connected when people search for Accutane, or any of its three generic versions -- Amnesteem from Mylan Laboratories, Claravis from Barr Pharmaceuticals and Sotret from Ranbaxy Laboratories. PRI...

Recurring Chlamydia Infections Common in Teenage Girls

...ners about the infections and ensure their partner gets treated, which can be a very difficult thing for a young woman to do in the context of a sexual relationship.” Niccolai states that a major reason for chlamydia infection and re-infection is the lack of consistent and correct use of condoms, which ...

Teenagers, When Away from Home, Die of Allergic Reactions, Study Says

...the top of mountain it's small "but by the time it gets to the bottom of the mountain it becomes huge." For those with food allergies, vigilance about food preparation is essential to staying safe. "The extra challenge for teens with food allergies is that they need to be careful about every food that ...

Real Life Jekyll and Hyde

.... He is just not the man I know. In his dreams, he gets very physical and starts punching the walls.' Another side effect of the sleep disorder is insomnia - Rogers would stay awake for days, as he was scared of what he would do once he fell asleep. Hope came when Rogers was referred to the sleep cl...

Swell Gel May Bring Respite From Back Pain

...aring tissue of the disc. Subsequently disc height gets reduced resulting in unbearable pain. The microgel particles designed by the research team are like ‘smart sponges’ when dispersed in water. It has a low pH in water and therefore a low acidity. Hence it can be injected through a syringe. Once when i...

Sleep Deprivation Could Affect Psychologically too

...s, a person’s ability to judge men and matters too gets hampered, it has been found//. Sleep deprivation lowers metabolic activity in the brain region, William D S Killgore and colleagues at Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, report in the journal Sleep. When they subjected a group of volunteer...

Ban on Cell Phones To Be Withdrawn In Hospitals

...art using their mobile phones when the ban on them gets lifted shortly. Mobile phones were not permitted in the hospitals because it was believed// that its electromagnetic radiation might hinder the functioning of medical equipments. But as per the directive issued from the Department of Health, cell pho...

Computer Programmers, need not fear Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

...TS happens when a nerve passing through your wrist gets pinched, usually because of arthritis, obesity, water retention due to pregnancy and so on. In fact it is noted that there is little clinical data to prove whether repetitive and forceful movements of the hand and wrist during work or leisure activ...

Successful Islet Cell Transplant in Mice With Type 1 Diabetes

...omas are the ones retaining the p53 protein, which gets stabilized during treatment and triggers self-destruction of cancerous cells. “If confirmed experimentally, our hypothesis will serve to pre-select patients with the best chances of success – those with p53 – and spare the rest – those without p53 – ...

Sunshine Protects Fetus From Developing Diabetes

...immune disorders Hence the vitamin D that the body gets from sunlight could actually help to cut the risk of the unborn child from developing them. As people often lack sufficient vitamin D, experts advise expectant mothers to ensure regular but sensible sun exposure or the right diet. The vitamin is ...

Ovarian Cancer May Mimic Fallopian Tube Formation

...s next steps are to find out why paired box gene 8 gets turned on and to discover its targets in order to find out of it turns on another decision-making gene or an endpoint gene. "That’s the daunting task of cancer biologists,” he said. “Now that we've sequenced the human genome, we have to make sense ...

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