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Self control makes stress response easy

...ieving that one can control a stressful situation makes it easier on your heart and circulation.// Exposure to a stressful situation is potentially damaging to health because it increases blood pressure and resistance to blood flow. Over time, these responses may accumulate to increase the risk of heart d...

Balanced diet important in cancer prevention

...recent years have led to increasing obesity, which makes people more susceptible to a range of cancers - oesophagal, bowel, breast, womb and kidney. In addition, excess alcohol increases the risk of oesophagal, liver and throat cancers. Taking more exercise will help you ward off cancer - and fruits and ve...

Apollo inaugurates centre for back and neck pain

...pain management called evidence-based medicine and makes use of special proprietory software and analysis models to devise individual treatment profiles for patients. Reddy said it was planned to launch similar centres in Delhi and Hyderabad in the near future and other key metros later. He said that it wa...

Relief of pain for suffering patients

...lways bring death quicker. In fact, untreated pain makes the patient worse, and it is good medical practice to do everything possible to relieve it. It's to be hoped that others will adopt the Toronto guidelines - so that no-one ever has to die in pain....

New approach to anti-anxiety drugs

...esearchers have found that lack of a brain protein makes mice notably less anxious and may extend the findings to humans with anxiety disorders. Anxiety is a natural human response to life,// but when it gets out of hand it can inhibit everyday behaviour and cause much suffering. Around 15 million people m...

Voice has to be looked after with care

...have a problem. Parkinson's disease, for instance, makes the voice soft and mumbled and people might find it hard to understand you. Other times you may be misusing your voice without realizing it. Researchers at the University of Arizona are currently looking into 'vocal hygiene' and have some useful su...

Treating varicose veins

...jecting a solution that causes inflammation, which makes the veins close up, can all deal effectively with varicose veins. Crossing your legs, standing, and obesity do not appear to increase the risk of varicose veins And if you're worried about developing the condition, be aware that the main risk factors...

Gene variant foretells diabetic neuropathy

...in the US have now identified a gene variant which makes people more likely to suffer from peripheral neuropathy if they have diabetes. The gene variant is APOE4, which has also been implicated in increased risk for Alzheimer's disease. In the current study, 187 people with diabetes were found to have mo...

Quit smoking after cancer diagnosis

...ey have cancer is tricky - for instance, if stress makes them smoke, it would be better to address the causes of the stress first. And some patients believe it is too late to give up once they have cancer. They should be informed that, in fact, quitting smoking may improve the outcome of the disease, even ...

Laser may stop macular degeneration

... macular degeneration, wet and dry. //The dry form makes upto75 percent of all cases and is characterized by the formation of yellowish deposits within the layers of the retina known as drusen. People with dry macular degeneration have a gradual loss of vision. While there are a number of procedures under ...

Vitamin E rich diet guards from Parkinson's

... be less likely to develop Parkinson's disease. It makes sense - for the condition has been linked to oxidative damage of brain tissue, and vitamin E is a powerful antioxidant. No protective role was found for vitamin E supplements, however. It should also be borne in mind that the health professionals in ...

Lifetime risk of heart failure increases

...used by increasing pressure within the heart which makes it hard to pump blood around the body. Typical symptoms are breathlessness and fatigue and the condition is very disabling. Researchers for the Framingham Heart Study have been looking at the rates of heart failure over a 24 year time period in a g...

Aggressiveness is a prime heart disease risk

...tack or hospital admission, during the study. This makes hostility an even greater risk factor for heart problems that smoking, alcohol consumption, cholesterol, and socio-economic factors. The researchers suggest that hostility has an impact upon the nervous system that may affect the health of the heart ...

Longer airway in males increases sleep disorder risk

...lways longer in men than in women. This difference makes the male airway more susceptible to collapse, the researchers say. This may be at least part of the reason why men are more susceptible to sleep apnoea than women are....

Overcoming actively may help in breast cancer

... There is much debate over whether mental attitude makes a difference in the fight against cancer. Researchers in the US have been looking// at several studies and they conclude that stress, mental outlook and coping style are all relevant to key biological factors like immune function and hormonal levels....

Myth of 'female impotence' created to boost sales

...he coining of the term "female sexual dysfunction" makes an illness out of normal changes in women's sexual feelings which may happen after childbirth or being with the same partner for many years. The article says that a group of researchers in close conjunction with pharma companies sponsoring meetings ...

Want to have a nice day? Eat breakfast!

... but do very little to aid brain function. So what makes up a healthy breakfast? One that supplies a quarter to one third of the day's protein plus fiber rich complex carbohydrates and a small amount of fat. A whole grain cereal with fruit and low fat or skim milk or low fat or non fat yogurt fruit and ski...

New oral antiviral treatment of cold sores approved

...also added that this new application for Valtrex// makes it the first one-day, oral antiviral medication proven to shorten the duration of a cold sore outbreak. Cold sores, also known as herpes labialis and commonly referred to as fever blisters, are ulcers or blisters on the lip and outer edges of the m...

Something to relieve the pain in your neck!

...d. The product was developed by Darrell Poole who makes clinging to a rock wall look easy, but a slip five years ago could have cost him his life. The slip happened because his belayer, the person whose job it is to keep the safety rope taut, had stopped looking up, due to the strain on his neck. Followin...

Exercise helps people with cramping leg pain

...perience pain during exercise, so they stop, which makes them unfit and they become housebound or dependent. He suggested that PAD patients with claudication should walk until they reach a moderate level of leg pain and then continue for several minutes longer as this appears to increase muscle metabolism ...

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