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Three meals daily Keeps 'Kerala's elderly Healthy

...ercent of them were tipplers. Around 18 percent of old men drink and close to 25 percent smoke. However, the fairer sex beat its male counterparts in chewing betel leaf, with close to 20 percent addicted to the habit compared to 13 percent men. Sabu Aliyar, a member of the study team, said these were o...

Conditions Of The HIV/AIDS Patients In The Mizo Society

...uthorities to shift the lady after treatment to an old age home. On hearing this she turn down food and other medicines that paved way to her early death. In many cases HIV patients were expelled from their homes and in others relatives don’t accept the bodies from the hospitals after they die. The key...

Blood Pressure Later Leads to Cognitive Problems

...ected to more cognitive problems during a person’s old age according to a study published by the Neuropsychology. A higher risk factor// is encountered by people who suffer from hypertension, than those with blood pressure, where cognitive functions are concerned. As many as 60% of those who are over 60 ...

Healthy Brains Depend Upon Survival Genes

A healthy brain can be maintained by a person at old age through activities that exercise the brain like a daily crossword puzzle. The University of Edinburgh’s scientists are doing further research on this subject// with the object of identifying the ‘survival genes’ in the brain. The awakened genes...

Chemotherapy Treatment Can Be Given To The Elderly also

...ent can be given to eligible patients inclusive of old people and women who suffer from stage III colon cancer, according to the Journal of the American Medical Association//, which published the study. The survival rates are reportedly higher with this treatment. According to researchers, patients who ...

ESRC offers new dynamics for old in UK

...ending power will increase. Answers to problems//, old and new, will have to be sought. In a move to a...rsity has spotlighted aspects of care provision in old age. The ageing debate is also discussed in ESRC's current publication The Edge and at ESRC's onl...

Beware of stroke that trails heart attack

...he past twenty years (1979-98). Factors such as old age, diabetes, previous history of stroke all results in increased risk of stroke after a heart attack. The stroke remained the major cause of death in patients after surviving a heart attack. The various measures to prevent heart attack is to exer...

Acute Shortage Of Dentists in UK: Oral Care for Elders To Suffer A Setback

...their dental health. The reluctance of many// such old people to compromise on dentures has resulted in a...ed population (gerodontology). Generally growing old meant losing some if not all of their teeth, until some time ago. But now, the situation has changed...

After sugar it is salt’s turn to come under the scientist's eye

...se relation of salty taste acceptance by two-month old infants against their birth weight: lighter birth weight infants show greater acceptance of salt-water solutions than do babies who were heavier at birth. "The early appearance of this relationship suggests that developmental events occurring in u...

Panic In Russia Over HIV Infected Blood

...of them getting infected with the virus. A 35 year old female donor in Voronezh is reported to have donated the infected blood//. Conflicting statements are coming in from the authorities with regard to the exact number of people treated with the infected blood. Russia faces the most serious HIV/AIDS p...

Bird flu claims 70th Victim in Asia

...u virus infection has caused the death of a 5 year old boy in Thailand which has raised the toll to 70 in Asia. The boy is not found to be in direct contact with chickens, but the officials feel// that he would have contacted the virus from the neighboring poultry. The latest good news to ease bird flu...

Older generation might pose a threat to increase the NHS budget

...by 2031 there will be an increase in the number of old people, increase in the requirement of health care facilities for them. // Statistics show us that UK older generation is pressurizing the National Health Sector (NHS).There is an increased rate of Coronary Heart Diseases (CHD), heart attacks and ot...

TI Cycles Introduces Foldman

..., the two models are targeted at the young and the old for recreational activity and weekend expeditions. As an ideal exercise for legs, cycling scores over walking, jogging or running in burning calories and reducing weight. The company is launching the bike in six cities across the country, including ...

Genetics of Ageing with Preserved Mental Capacity.

...udy analyzed 100 individuals who were ninety years old or above. There were equal number of men and women in the study. These individuals should have not have compromised mental capacity. Researchers compared their DNA (with the latest genome survey procedure) to those of 100 young individuals (18-25 y...

Indonesian boy with huge neck tumor was surgically removed

Lukas Wahangara, 12 year old boy from Indonesia had a tumor measuring about 7.87 inches diameter and weighed 4.41 lb and the tumor made up around 10% of his body weight.// The tumor was successfully operated by the Surgeons in Singapore at Mount Elizabeth Hospital involving diff...

Tool To Detect Health Literacy among Patients

...from this the other people like recent immigrants, old people, people with low income and chronic disease all have low health literacy. The health care official said that due to low health literacy people end up paying a huge amount ($58-$73 billion/year). Hence there is an utmost necessity to improv...

Number Of Dementia Cases To Rise Drastically

... which is connected to cardiovascular disease, and old age, and by the year 2020, this figure is expected to rise to 42 million, and to 81 million by the year 2040. South Asia and China will account for largest increases. China alone accounts for five million dementia cases, while Western Europe accou...

The Looming Controversy Surrounding Facial Transplant

Some people, no matter how old they get, never lose their beauty - they merely move it from their faces into their hearts. ~Martin Buxbaum Jacqueline Saburido was a very normal girl who was in pursuit of her dreams until 6 years ago. // A tragic incident that occurred on the 19t...

Valley's Winters - Time For Nostalgia And Salt Tea

...ional value system. If we give up our heritage and old value systems to change with the times, it would be a great loss. We must somehow try to have the old gel with the new,' the sociologist adds. With youth evincing keen interest in learning about their ...

Uninsured People Turn To Free Clinics.

...up 35-64 are not insured. Rick Sawyer a 60 year old man from Scotia, N.Y., who suffered from an attack the previous year found himself facing a huge stack of hospital bills and did not have a health insurance. This made him visit the free clinics every year. It’s not that people who live in dreade...

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