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Horticultural Therapy Offers Measurable Physical, Mental Benefits

...ertain number of times per minute. “If a patient loses interest in that activity, a therapist who’s skilled in the practices of horticultural therapy might then hand her a pruning tool and discover that the patient is happy to clip dead leaves from plants until her hands are too tired to prune any longer...

Cough costs UK a whopping ￡979m!

...ely ￡875million, while the health service industry loses ￡104million. According to the British Thoracic Society (BTS), this figure does not include “chronic” coughs caused by asthma, drugs or environment factors. The BTS said that over-the-counter medicines seldom help and more research needed to be d...

Bladder Control following Weight loss in women with Prediabetes

...efits of modest weight loss. A 200-pound woman who loses 10 to 15 pounds not only lowers the risk of developing type 2 diabetes but also improves bladder control. If you’re a woman at risk for type 2 diabetes, preventing or delaying diabetes and improving bladder control are powerful reasons to make these ...

The Bald Truth: Men Better to Cut Short Thinning Hair

...normal person has about 100,000 hair follicles and loses about 60 to 70 a day. "But if it turns into 60 to 100 strands a day, you should get it looked at," says dermatologist Rolf Hoffmann. Even those levels of hair loss do not mean baldness is imminent. If it only lasts for two or three days, Blume-Peyt...

Insufficient Sleep Associated with Poorer Blood Glucose Control

...nd that type 2 diabetes-which occurs when the body loses the ability to respond to the insulin that converts glucose into energy-may contribute to sleep problems. Kristen L. Knutson, Ph.D., of the University of Chicago, and colleagues conducted a study of 161 African-Americans with type 2 diabetes, incl...

US Grants Rs.190 mn to Fight TB in India

...dia since 1998," the statement said. The country loses nearly 43 billion dollars due to the disease every year. The number of TB cases in India is double that of China, which has the second largest TB cases. Source-IANS...

Pregnant Women With Lupus Are At Greater Risk

...s an autoimmune disease in which the immune system loses its ability to distinguish between "self" and foreign substances and thus relentlessly attacks the body's own tissues and cells. Individuals with lupus often exhibit many different symptoms, including arthritis, kidney disease, rashes, fevers, anemia...

Which Is Better For Losing Weight? - Diet Or Exercise

...those who exercised. "In addition, once a person loses weight, his or her muscles don't have to work as hard at everyday movements, such as rising from a chair, walking up steps or getting out of a car," Weiss says. "Because they're carrying a lighter load, less demand is placed on them." The muscles...

Fear of Possible Harm Hinder Nanotech Development

...e nanotechnology,' asserts Maynard. 'If the public loses confidence in the commitment-of governments, business, and the science community-to conduct sound and systematic research into possible risks, then the enormous potential of nanotechnology will be squandered. We cannot let that happen.' 'Fears over ...

New Study Weighs Benefits of Exercise, Diets

...those who exercised. “In addition, once a person loses weight, his or her muscles don't have to work as hard at everyday movements, such as rising from a chair, walking up steps or getting out of a car,” Weiss says. “Because they're carrying a lighter load, less demand is placed on them.” The muscles...

British Lady Sails Through Brain Bypass Surgery Using Vein Graft

...rysm. An aneurysm is a defect of artery walls that loses its elasticity and swells up with a collection of blood. This had developed behind her right eye. Later on when doctors at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham detected that the aneurysm was increasing in size, they advised brain surgery. The doct...

Regrowth of Zebrafish's Tail Fin may Offer Clues for Treating Human Injuries

If a zebrafish loses a chunk of its tail fin, it’ll grow back within a week. //Like lizards, newts, and frogs, a zebrafish can replace surprisingly complex body parts. A tail fin, for example, has many different types of cells and is a very intricate structure. It is the...

Good Diet Includes Herbs

... per day. Dry garlic, or garlic left out too long, loses its healthy benefits," said Zick. Rosemary is an antioxidant that improves memory and possibly helps prevent cancer.Basil, oregano and rosemary fight colds. Thyme treats chronic coughs. "The health benefits of thyme are unique. It has been tradit...

Milk Might Transmit Mad Cow Disease

... the central nervous system of the cows. The brain loses control and the animal ultimately dies. Prion proteins are believed to cause the disease. // A mad cow’s milk may contain these prion proteins and the disease might be transmitted from the mad cow to humans who happen to drink its milk, according to...

Mother’s Cells in Diabetic Child Produce Insuli

...” Earlier it was thought that probably the child loses tolerance to the half-foreign cells of the mother and develops diabetes as a result. But the current research disproves this. Dr Lee Nelson, a co-researcher said, “ The findings raise the possibility that a mother's stem cells might be harvested, a...

UF Launches Project to Bridge the Regeneration Gap

... "A salamander can be injured to the point that it loses its limbs or part of its spinal column, yet a few weeks later you'll see it scurrying across your lanai," said project leader Dennis A. Steindler, Ph.D., executive director of UF's Evelyn F. and William L. McKnight Brain Institute. "The Regeneration ...

Lake Superior in US Losing Ice Cover Fast, Signaling Global Warming

...tion of the lake and continued warming. The lake loses more water to evaporation in a winter without ice cover than it does during the summer. As a result water levels could drop sharply. In recent months, the lake's level has been lower than at any equivalent time since 1926. Lake Superior freezes ove...

Encephalitis Kills 6 in Western Bangladesh

...he disease is high fever and one stage the patient loses sense. A virus causes the disease, the doctors said. The patients should be kept quarantined during treatment. Civil Surgeon Dr Abu Taher with a team of specialist doctors from Kushtia General Hospital visited the areas. Source-IANS/B...

My Show Will Make People Health Conscious: Rahul Aggarwal

...nts competing to lose weight. The participant, who loses the maximum amount of weight, will be the winner. 'My show is not only meant to entertain but also educate the audiences about the health hazards associated with obesity. Obesity is a grave health problem in India as 55 percent of the urban populat...

A New Milestone in Stem Cell Research

...rts. In a heart attack, part of the heart muscle loses its blood supply (usually due to furring up of the arteries with fatty material) and cells in that part of the heart die, leaving a scar. This reduces the ability of the heart to pump blood around the body. While the blood supply to the heart can b...

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