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Eat greens to have a ever green heart

...ables and fruits protect against heart disease are likely to multiple," Joshipura concluded. Diets low in fats and rich in fruits, vegetables, nuts, improved the blood flow in men with high cholesterol, the second study reveals. "The beneficial effects of dietary intervension are not limited solely to its ...

Emphasis to ban Drugs ads by Doctors

...ministration believes a patients bill of rights is likely to become a reality. "Every patient should be able to get the treatment that he or she needs, including the right.. to see the specialist when a specialist is needed, Thompson said, prompting a standing ovation by several hundred AMA members attendin...

Protein in urine foresees heart disease

...ed albumin in their urine were nearly 4.5 times as likely to have died from cardiovascular diseases 15 years later as those with no measurable levels of the protein in their urine. Microalbuminuria, the condition wherein the albumin is excreted in the urine is an early predictor of heart disease in those w...

Noise tampers hearing

Like adults, children are likely to suffer hearing loss from continued exposure to loud noises like music, power generators, drilling machines and firecrackers, according to a new national survey. The survery says that 5 million children have noise-induced hearing loss in one or bot...

Obesity raises IVF miscarriage risk

Obese women are far more likely to miscarrry after IVF treatment- but losing even a few kilos could make a huge difference, say doctors. They are urging overweight women to change their diets, and take excercise, prior to embarking on fertilty treatments. Obese women have long be...

Alcohol shrinks brain

...s. Older individuals were nearly three times more likely to show brain shrinkage in this region than individuals in their 30s, Dr.Kubota said. The good news is that alcoholic brain damage is partly reversible. Individuals who give up the bottle can recover brain volume and boost blood flow. The researche...

India's anti-AIDS drug market engaged in price war

...AIDS drugs. This has triggered a price war that is likely to escalate in coming days. The large number of AIDS cases has lured many companies to develop anti-AIDS drugs and market it in India and abroad by adapting innovative approaches to pricing. The anti-AIDS drug market, currently dominated by Mumbai-...

Brisk Walking lowers memory loss in women

...ir brains young. Women who walk regularly are less likely to experience the memory loss and other cognitive declines in mental function that can come with aging.// In the study, they concluded that the least active women walked an average of about a half mile per week, while the most active group walked a...

CDC reveals relationship between prepregnant weight and heart defects in infants

...who were overweight in their prepregnant state are likely to have heart defects than of normal weight women....nd that infants of underweight women were 26% less likely to have a heart defect than infants of average-weight women. Infants of overweight and obese women w...

Risk of Cancer can be reduced to 40% with a High Fiber Diet

...drink more than a bottle of wine are 50 times more likely to suffer from throat cancers. Hence people are advised to eat five portions of fruit and vegetables a day to achieve optimum health and avoid cancer. These studies give us a truthful picture of the relationship between cancer and diet....

A sunscreen from the sea

...agreement to develop the coral sunscreen, which is likely to hit the market in the near future. Corals have developed natural sunscreens to cope with long-term exposure to the high-intensity ultraviolet radiation penetrating shallow reef waters and, in the 1980s, AIMS discovered a natural ultra-violet (UV)...

Watch your weight when pregnant

Fat women are more likely for Cesarean delivery, says Dr.Bell from Duke University NC. Years ago, anesthesia had been one of the major causes of maternal mortality. Pregnancy and obesity both make it difficult to breathe under general anesthesia, so a woman's risk is doubled...

Prevention is better than cure

...ve more severe colds than non-smokers and are more likely to suffer serious complications such as bronchitis and pneumonia. Though colds are generally contracted from other people, social isolation also increases susceptibility to colds.Stress is another factor that increases chances of a person contractin...

Protective effects of tomatoes in prostate cancer

...eated had smaller tumors and tumors that were more likely to remain confined to the prostate, as well as lower levels of prostate specific antigen or PSA in serum, a common marker used to detect prostate cancer. Dr. Edward Giovannucci, professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School said that as the numbe...

A better way to measure cholesterol

...rt disease. Men with high levels were twice as likely to die compared to those with low levels. For women, the relative risk was nearly two and a half times greater. They found out that non-HDL was a better predictor than elevated LDL in this study. The researchers suggest that non-HDL levels should be ...

Maternal alcohol consumption linked to behavioral problems in children

...tail a week during pregnancy were three times more likely to have a child diagnosed with behavioral problems...ail per week across pregnancy--were three times as likely to have delinquent behavior scores in the clinical range. Alcohol consumption during pregnancy can ...

B Vitamin protects and lowers toxicity of Arthritis Drug

...ong with the arthritis drug methotrexate were less likely to have a liver related complications than those taking just methotrexate. Hence patients taking the folate supplements were able to continue their drug therapy for longer periods. In their study which included 400 patients , came out with t...

Alerts for safety of heart device

...ment is costly. With the growing population, it is likely that more devices will be fitted and it is important that manufacturers make sure that they are reliable....

Young womens woes

... research has found that young women are much more likely to die following a heart attack than young men.The...which contradicts the stereotype that men are more likely to die of heart attacks, was published in The Annals of Internal Medicine this week. Researchers fr...

Young women's woes

... research has found that young women are much more likely to die following a heart attack than young men.The...which contradicts the stereotype that men are more likely to die of heart attacks, was published in The Annals of Internal Medicine this week. Researchers fr...

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