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Russians face the death trap laid by alcoholism

...tted population who just cannot give up an age old habit so easily. The government hasn't been spared the blame of trying to monopolize the liquor industry as well in the milieu of mud flinging that has ensued since this issue has been placed in the lime light....

Reinfection with Hepatitis C Stopped in drug users

...ug users contract hepatitis C mainly through their habit of sharing needles during injection drug use. WebMD.com said that further testing on the 658 hepatitis C-positive drug users showed that 506 had persistent infection and 152 had rid themselves of active virus. According to the researchers if trea...

Smokers Warned to Give up else Face Denial of Operations

...g to give up on smoking. Those who do not stop the habit could also be denied treatment. Smokers are at ...at increased risk of complications By quitting the habit the cost of hospital care is reduced. A simple saliva test can prove if the person is a smoker. ...

Its in your ‘hands’ to fight fatal nosocomial infectios

... shot way of curbing nosocomial infections was the habit of regular handwashing. Instead of using soap and water most health care workers nowadays resort to rubbing their hands with alcohol which has been proven to cutdown the chances of infection to almost half. Canada is the 30th nation to join hands ...

Eat Your Vegetables! You Are Less Likely to Get Stomach Cancer

...reinforced by a study, eating your vegetables is a habit which can only lead to good things. Yet another benefit of eating// vegetables like spinach and lettuce, carrots and salad vegetables, is a reduced risk of developing stomach cancer. The study was conducted by Susanna C. Larsson from the National ...

A slum in Mumbai – breeding ground for disease

...eives scarce water supply, so residents are in the habit of storing water for more than a week in drums, ‘an open invitation to mosquitoes’.” BMC Executive Health Officer Jayraj Thanekar echoed the concerns. “Moving about in that area is difficult,” he said. “We are doing our best to reach out to every hom...

Hooked on the Hookah, a’int no good

...om Turkey to Israel - but has historically been "a habit of older men, usually of low socioeconomic level, in rural areas and in older parts of cities," he said. But the waterpipe has gained wider appeal since the early 1990s, accompanied by alterations in waterpipe size and design and also in tobacco co...

Teen Smoking Cessation Programs Improve Quit Rates

... participate are more likely to kick the tobacco// habit than those who attempt to quit on their own. 'Most teens who are smokers do want to quit, but they need a lot of help, just as adults do,' said lead author Steve Sussman, Ph.D., of the University of Southern California. 'The good news is that teen ...

Are Food Labels Intelligible?

...atients. The survey revealed, despite the enduring habit of reading food-labels, as a prelude to making a purchase, most consumers did not assimilate the information. The pointers that consumers often check on food labels would most certainly hover around fat, calorie and sugar content of the food product....

The Rise in Unhealthy Snacking Habit

...Foundation (BHF) cautioned that a pack-a-day crisp habit is prevalent among 55% of the British children and are consuming the equivalent of five litres of// cooking oil annually. The BHF started a campaign to create awareness among people about the amount of hidden salt, fat and sugar in common foods and...

Mobiles As Addictive As Smoking In Youngsters

...ad author of the research //said that the constant habit of being attached to their mobile phones was causing stress among youngsters. His study found that one in seven became restless if they were away from their phone for a long time, while 14 per cent would be willing to lie to hide the exact time spe...

Scotland May Raise Legal Age For Buying Cigarettes

... smoking. We want to deter people from taking up a habit which leads to thousands of deaths each year," he added. RAS...

Couch potato parents make couch potato kids!

...have a huge role to play in making or marring good habit formation, as children emulate parents in their ways. In the light of the alarming increase in childhood obesity, and the reason for many types of childhood illnesses, it would indeed do good to make physical activity and exercises an integral part o...

Beijing Health Bureau Confirms Death Of A Person Due To Aids

... clinics this year to help drug abusers drop their habit in a bid to curb the spread of the disease. Approximately 650,000 people in China were living with HIV including approximately 75,000 AIDS patients according to estimates by Officials and experts. According to figures released by the World He...

Women Overindulging in Alcohol Increasing

...ABS, they have noted that women are picking up the habit at a faster rate. About two million Australians were found to be drinking at a high-risk level in a typical week. Though men were still more likely to be drinking more, the survey found the number of women drinking at high-risk level had doubled ...

Bitter Pill: Thrills That Kill

...e head: “You do anything long enough to escape the habit of living, until the escape becomes the habit Misplaced 'Ecstasy': Mood Enhancers That Spell Doom Nearly one in five Americans reportedly use ...

Timing of Food Consumption Activates Genes in Specific Brain Area

... be hard, and not just because it’s a routine. The habit may genetically change an area of the brain to expect the food// at that time, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have discovered. By training mice to eat at a time when they normally wouldn’t, the researchers found that food turns on bo...

Dealing with IBS

...s the abdominal discomfort or pains. Altered bowel habit with changes in both frequency and consistency manifesting as chronic or recurrent diarrhea, constipation, or both in alternation is a common occurrence. Diagnosis of IBS mainly involves identifying certain symptoms consistent with the disorder and...

Allen Carr An Anti Smoking Campaigner Diagnosed With Lung Cancer

...r’s efforts in having successfully come out of the habit had provided many people with the type of role model they needed. It was reported that over the last two decades he had dedicated his life in helping others give up the habit. A spokesman for Mr. Carr has said that it was not yet known whether his ...

Children Of Mothers Who Smoked Late In Pregnancies Tend To Be Smokers

... explained that even though smoking was actually a habit that had to learned, the research has suggested that smoking by the mother during pregnancy has a direct biological effect on the fetal brain. It was also explained that the probability of teenagers who have taken to smoke could be assessed from as...

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