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Varying Amount Of Fat In Fast Food Chain Across the World

... the fat content are related to the type of frying oil used, with the trans fat being found in high concentrations in hydrogenated vegetable oil. Research shows that on eating just five grams of trans fat a day increases the risk of heart disease by 25 percent. Trans fat raises bad cholesterol and lower...

Too Much Of Fried Food Increases Cancer Risk

...ially harmful particles released into the air when oil is heated to the temperature needed to cook chips ...oils produce these harmful particles but vegetable oil is the most dangerous. Corn oil and olive oil also pose a risk. Deep-frying chips in particular pr...

Mortality Rates Due To Heart Diseases Is High In Rural Areas Too

... smoking, wrong diet consisting of high salt, high oil and high sugar intake along with low-fibre diet including fruits and vegetables," Rohina Joshi, research fellow with George Institute for International Health, told IANS. "This has led to setting up of an intervention programme for trying to identi...

IMF considers Bird Flu to be a Dark Cloud

...ments, and the IMF warned that a sharp reversal in oil prices "could have adverse effects on the financia...s in some of these countries." Further hikes in oil prices could "create headwinds in financial markets" by pushing up interest rates, slowing growth an...

Arab World Wakes Up To the Call of Science

...er. He suggested that the increasing revenues from oil production should be used to fund science and technology development. Statistics show that Arab nations put together spend about 0.15 % of their gross domestic product on research and development. When this is compared to that of the global scenar...

Breath to Reveal Presence of Breast Cancer

...t indicate the presence of breast cancer into tiny oil and water-filled pockets, reported the online edition of Daily Mail. The user is then alerted to the presence of cancerous cells by reading on the breathalyser. Breast cancer is a type of cancer in which cells in the breast become abnormal and gr...

Another feather in fish oil cap: hope against retinal degenerative diseases

Fish oil has numerous health benefits and is being touted a...s on the role that the omega-3 fatty acids in fish oil play in protecting cells in the retina from degenerative diseases like retinitis pigmentosa and age-...

A Diet Rich in Omega-3 Has Numerous Health Benefits

...sis and eczema. During pregnancy, sufficient omega oil intake has been shown to encourage the growth of a...the over-fives and vegetarians could take flaxseed oil capsules. Vegetarians could also try Healthspan’s cerebrum algae capsules. By simply taking a suppl...

Jets Can Now Be Propelled By Coal-based Fuel

...tigation by Schobert. The process uses light cycle oil – a petroleum byproduct -- and coal-derived refined chemical oil -- a byproduct of the coke industry. The researchers mix the two components and add hydrogen. When d...

Improvements in ADHD with Fish Oil

...ty symptoms showed dramatic improvements with fish oil supplements in teenagers.Durham County Council’s s...ation of omega-3 fish and omega-6 evening primrose oil over a period of three months 94% of these students aged 12 to 15 also had a high rating of inatte...

How Healthy Is A Regular Dose Of Cod Liver Oil?

Seven Seas, the producer of Cod-liver oil has removed many of its products off the shelf bec... Cardiff University have observed that cod liver oil is effective in relieving arthritis and also has beneficial effects in reducing the risks of heart d...

Vitamin E Can Lead To Heart Disease And Cancer

...sunflower seeds, mustard greens, almonds and olive oil (alpha tocopherol). The two forms of the vitamin differ in the chemical structure. Under laboratory conditions, gamma tocopherol was found to completely destroy animal cells (brain cells of mice) while this effect was not observed with alpha tocoph...

Aggressive Teenage Behaviour: Blame It On The Anabolic Steroids

...rnt during puberty. Injection of steroids in an oil suspension was found to precipitate an extreme aggressive response. The aggression was 10 times greater than that showed by control group hamsters. Furthermore, the effect of drug-induced aggression was found to last for approximately 2 weeks after w...

Bio-Functional Garments That Could Revolutionize Fashion Industry

... as vitamin E or scents such as lavender or orange oil are sold widely. The capsules are made from a variety of materials that open and release their contents when rubbed, pressed or warmed by body heat. Wearing the garment and washing it reduces the number of microcapsules, and the item loses is extra...

Bird Flu: Fear of the Unknown Could Put Financial Markets in a Soup

...arly fueled by common factors like interest rates, oil price etc. This is probably because bird flu has not wrecked large-scale havoc yet; in terms of the human deaths, 92 being the global human death count of bird flu. Therefore the economic impact has been more localized. Another reason for the mar...

Measles Outbreak In Bihar Creates Panic

...s have stopped shaving, having a hair cut or using oil and have even postponed marriages and other social functions, said Umashankar Sharma, a villager. 'We have been following the age old practice,' he said. 'There are several families in the village who have more than three to four children affected,...

Change In Lifestyle Recommended To Avoid Cardiac Disease

...e working overtime, literally burning the midnight oil to do better in academics and their work sphere. Increasingly, it is the younger generation which is becoming vulnerable to the disease,' Chandra told IANS on the sidelines of a workshop on cardiovascular disease for doctors. The disease earlier af...

President Bush proposes HSAs scheme for the benefit of both the workers and the country

...sation and benefits at Baker Hughes, said that the oil services are offering HSAs to their employees and that 70 of its 12,900 employees have signed up. This low rate is due to the lack of good information about health care for consumers. Hence medical community should step forward in providing vital inf...

Rain Gardens Can Improve Water Quality

...ficantly reduced the concentration of fertilizers, oil and particulates reaching storm drains. The study appeared in the journal Environmental Science and Technology and says a shallow depression in a garden containing bark mulch and shrubs can remove up to 99% of toxins. Most of the rain that falls on c...

Experimental Therapy Effective Against Malignant Melanoma in Horses

...umor cells. "I think this research on frankincense oil suggests that this ancient medicine may have signi...e melanomas respond to this therapy." Frankincense oil is an extract from fermented plants and has numerous chemicals like boswellic acid, which is a recog...

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