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Looking For A Friend Or Life Partner? Join A Gym

...// People visit gym not only for keeping fit and losing weight but also for meeting new people and prospective life mates. Nick Crossley, a Professor of Social Sciences from the University of Manchester, spent three years questioning gym members to find out the aspects motivating them to join health clu...

Husband - Causes Or Relieves Stress ?

... are worried that the institution of marriage// is losing ground. A new study conducted by James Coan, a neuroscientist at the University of Virginia, finds that women in a threatening situation show signs of immediate relief when holding their husband's hand and this has been observed in brain scans. T...

Abstinence from Alcoholism Pays Off, Says New Study

...he longer you drink excessively, the more you risk losing this capacity for regeneration. Therefore, alcoholics must not put off the time when they decide to seek help and stop drinking," he said. "The sooner they do it, the better," Bartsch added. Source-Newswise...

Drug Treatment Slows Macular Vision Loss in Diabetics

...chers injected the drug into the eyes of 10 people losing their sight from macular edema, one of many complications of diabetes and a first stage of diabetic retinopathy. Over the course of several months of therapy, every patient in the preliminary Hopkins study could read at least two more lines on the ...

Memory Improves After Sleep Apnea Therapy

...ith OSA often complain of daily forgetfulness, eg, losing their keys, forgetting phone numbers, or forgetting to complete daily tasks,” said senior study author Mark S. Aloia, PhD, National Jewish Medical and Research Center in Denver, CO, who conducted his research while at Brown University Medical School,...

Reach For That Bar

...nal Obesity Forum ‘You can improve fitness without losing weight and improve your lifestyle as well as reduce risk for cancer, stroke and heart disease’. KM...

'Prevention, Cultural Changes Must Lead AIDS Battle'

... contracting the disease. "Do the math - we are losing the HIV war," said Ward Cates, president of research at FHI, a US-based non-profit organisation that focuses on public health in the developing world.There is no one solution to the AIDS epidemic, but Cates argues that greater focus should be placed ...

Memory Complaints Are Associated With Alzheimer's Disease

...people who experience occasional memory loss, like losing their keys or forgetting their wife's birthday,' said Barnes. 'The important point in our study was that the people who hadn't developed Alzheimer's disease by the time they died, but complained about their memory performance, already had Alzheimer's...

Men are from Mars and Women from Venus, but why on Earth are Women so Woefully Wronged?

... home. Now, women need not worry about the risk of losing financial support from the husband. All these efforts will not see the light of day if basic attitudes of men do not change. Indeed men are wired differently, not necessarily, wrongly. Before acting irresponsibly, it might be worthwhile to seek gui...

Proposal to offer free surgery for obese children

...ho have undergone several unsuccessful attempts at losing weight. The overriding motive behind this idea is that obese children could be assisted with timely surgery that can offset potential lifestyle diseases, like diabetes, which would ultimately benefit both the individual and the NHS, the latter coul...

Which Is Better For Losing Weight? - Diet Or Exercise

... works well for weight loss, but dieters end up in losing muscle mass. //The study further suggests those who want to lose weight in their 50s and 60s, to consider heading to the cardio workout room instead of counting calories. Both, those who dieted and those who exercised lost a significant amount of w...

Joslin Diabetes Center Launches Veraxa Health

... expertise to reach patient populations at risk of losing vision. Based on more than a decade of research, development, clinical use and validation, JVN has been shown to provide clinical retinal evaluation of diabetic retinopathy comparable to 35 mm stereo slides (the industry’s “gold standard” for diabeti...

WHO Urges Shah Rukh Khan to Stop Endorsing Tobacco Products

... India. "In India alone, over 800,000 people are losing their lives due to tobacco and it is posing a huge challenge to the country's public health expenditure and productive working hours," Reddy said. Source-IANS...

Holiday Season Could Ring in “Heartburn Season

... Are you having difficulty swallowing? 2. Are you losing weight? 3. Does it hurt when you swallow? 4. Do you have fevers? 5. Do you have signs of bleeding? (Passing black stools is a sign there might be bleeding from the esophagus into the stomach.) “If you have heartburn associated with those warning...

Indian Chicken Back On Bhutanese Platter

...se earlier the consumers were paying similarly but losing about 250 grams in the form of the unwanted head, legs and innards,' said a customer. 'It is also much cleaner.' The meat was supplied by Arambagh Hatchers in Illambazar, West Bengal, who transported it till Phuentsholing in refrigerated trucks fro...

Disclose calorie count on menu says NY Health Department

... fast food business to groan in protest in fear of losing customers and having to deal with longer waiting lines if they have to start explaining to each customer the calorie specifications of each. The Board of Health has decided to take a vote this December to reach a decision regarding this proposal...

Indians Among Worst Affected By TB In Britain

...nclude fever and night sweats, a persistent cough, losing weight and coughing or spitting blood. Source-IANS...

Lesser Calories for Longer Life

...Center laboratory, rhesus monkey Matthias at 28 is losing his hair, lugging a paunch and getting a face full of wrinkles. However in the cage next to his, gleefully hooting at strangers, one of Matthias’s lab mates, Rudy, although a little older is the picture of monkey vitality. He is thin and feisty, pi...

Free Online Educational Videos for People with Diabetes

...hould be at or below 125/75 mmHg. "Diet, exercise, losing weight, minimizing stress, and reducing salt and caffeine intake all have a positive effect on blood pressure levels," emphasizes Dr. Brown. Eye Exam: Presented by Deborah K. Schlossman, M.D., Ophthalmologist, Beetham Eye Institute at Joslin Diabe...

Fears of Pandemic Flu makes Americans Ready for Change

... be likely to experience various problems, such as losing pay, being unable to get the health care or prescription drugs they need, or being unable to get care for an older or disabled person, if they stayed at home for seven to ten days and avoided contact with anyone outside their household. School Closi...

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