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Breast Feeding prevents obesity later on in life

... the children were breast-fed, the chances of them not being obese were more. For example, those who were breast-fed for at least 7 months were 20% less likely to be overweight than those babies who were given breast milk for 3 months. The link between breast-feeding and weight remained even after Gilman...

African HIV strains more resistant to anti HIV drugs

...n them according to researchers. This however does not mean that these drugs will be powerless against th...n there are new strains of the virus, the key will not fit the lock and hence it will be difficult to control the burgeoning AIDS situation in Africa. But ...

No harm in reducing prenatal check up to 3 - 6 times says WHO report

...n the developed nations. However, these women are not more at risk than women who had more prenatal visi...its from 8 - 11 times to 3 - 6 times. The idea is not to discourage a pregnant woman from going to a doctor. Atleast 3 - 6 visits are a must. But to cut c...

Scientists plan human cloning clinic in the United States

...vos, a biologist at the Univeristy of Kentucky, is not medically qualified but holds a doctorate in repro...g occurs on many fronts. Because the technology is not yet perfected many believe that the process should not even by attempted on humans. It took 277 atte...

The World Bank funds private Hospital in India

...ould be supporting government run health services, not a private hospital". Both the bank and Maharashtr... Government claim that the new hospital will cater not just for rich India's health system, and the poor people who can't get services will be helped".Tawh...

Antidepressants come in handy for patients on treatment for hepatitis, cancers and multiple sclerosis

... good news is that Paxil and other antidepressants not only help alleviate the depression that could cause people to stop treatment, but also help in other ways. Study participants who took Paxil before undergoing 12 weeks of interferon treatment reported less pain and fewer instances of gastric irritat...

Diabetes and Depression often go hand-in-hand

...plications. Therefore, treatment of a mood problem not only improves the mood, but also improves blood sugar control. So cheer up. Fight depression and diabete....

Distraction therapy found very effective in postoperative patients

...ioneered this distraction therapy add that this is not substitute for pain medication but a way to enhance pain control....

Spouses and other partners lower blood pressure says new research

...ew York, the lead study author said that this does not mean single people are doomed to high blood pressu... with another person or by themselves. And it did not matter where they were or what they were doing. The mere presence of the significant other calmed b...

Kick Smoking with Nicotine Drink

...icism that these forms of nicotine replacement are not always user friendly. But with the number of smokers increasing day by day and the number of diseases caused due to smoking also increasing, these nicotine replacement options, however fanciful, are always welcome....

Just spice it up!!!!! Anti bacterial effects of spices unraveled in the West

...the added cinnamon in comparison to juice that did not have any cinnamon. Previously the same spice had been tested and proved to have anti E. coli properties. Though the research was restricted the beneficial effects of cinnamon, the scientists were all praise for other spices as well. Antimicrobial ef...

Special proteins to fight TB identified

...infection in mice. But this mutant form of TB did not cause a chronic infection unlike ordinary TB bacteria. It is possible that high levels of heat-shock proteins block the TVB bacterium's ability to infect cells, but another explanation is that the presence of extra heat-shock proteins sends a warnin...

Pharmaceutical giant offers AIDS related antifungal drug free to 50 countries

...ions. Representatives of Pfizer Inc. said they do not know how much the expanded 50-nation program would cost. However, they said that expenses of the project, called the Diflucan Partnership, would include drug manufacturing, shipping, transportation, medical training and patient education....

Pharmaceutical giant offers AIDS related antifungal drug free to 50 countries

...ions. Representatives of Pfizer Inc. said they do not know how much the expanded 50-nation program would cost. However, they said that expenses of the project, called the Diflucan Partnership, would include drug manufacturing, shipping, transportation, medical training and patient education....

Cancer patients turning to Internet for information

...lated study, investigators found that patients are not the only ones ousing the Internet. In many cases, their companions are also performing Web searches to obtain cancer-related information. Dr. Sofia Yakren of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York and her colleagues surveyed more than 4...

Vitamin E, the latest warrior against diabetes

...esults are very encouraging. Though diabetes dose not have an established cure as yet, the emphasis is on controling the disease so as to lessen the chances of developing complications of the spreaded disease. Vitamin E appears to be the latest warrior against the disease. Only time can say how succes...

Gene Therapy shows promise in treating Hemophilia

...The study was designed only to test the safety and not the effectiveness of the treatment of hemophilia. ...as a part of this method into the patients body do not cause the reaction or turn malignant. The next step is to look for ways to produce more clotting fa...

OBESE LIL' GIRLS !! SWEAT IT OUT OR U MIGHT BE ASTHAMATIC !!!

...d increased risk of developing asthma .The boys do not have any such associated risk of asthma even if they are obese , the researchers say. The risk of asthma is much higher among the girls who attain menarche before the age of 11.However ,the risk ,common in the girls who are obese at the age of 11 ra...

New dimension in the treatment of female sexual dysfunction

...ong-term risks of androgen replacement therapy are not known. Dr. Goldstein and colleagues note that more research is needed to determine whether women with sexual dysfunction should receive this treatment....

Researchers Scale to assess the Severity of Epilepsy in Kids

...actable epilepsy - a form of the disease that does not respond to commonly used drugs. Children who have their first epileptic seizure before their first birthday which is also called symptomatic generalized epilepsy - are at greatest risk, according to Anne Berg, an associate professor in biological sc...

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