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Competitive Sports: Is the heart Sportive Enough?

...ports have been held in high regard since the very old days and it continues to enjoy the privilege even today. None of the other recreation forms have been able to substitute mankind with another alternative. // Very little is known about the risk of sudden death associated with exercise in young compet...

Parental Behavior And Movies Can Alter Perceptions About Smoking

...n of children in the age group of two to six years old were different about cigarettes and alcohol if the...op for a social evening, children two to six years old were nearly four times as likely to choose cigarettes if their parents smoked and children who viewe...

MSM: A ray of hope for arthritis patients

...e throughout the world. It is no longer limited to old people even the younger generation is falling prey to this disease.// But there is some good news for those affected. A recent clinical trial confirmed that Methylsulfonylmethane, or MSM, a naturally occurring sulphur compound, can relieve pain and...

Cholesterol Mystery Solved By Nobel Laureates

A 72 year old mystery about cholesterol synthesis which has been bugging scientists for so long has finally been cracked by Nobel laureates. // The Shoenheimer effect has long been unexplained, but not now. The first evidence for end-product feedback regulation o...

Encephalitis Survivors Face The Risk Of Becoming Disabled

... vacantly as they struggle to survive. Eight-year old Himalaya was admitted to the specially created encephalitis unit, headed by paediatrics professor Kushwaha, about 29 days ago. The drips and life support systems were removed after 20 days. But the child, who has been reduced to bare bones, is appar...

Do not regret growing older, It is a privilege denied to many

...would have been embarrassed by the odd behavior of old people in public. It is time we get used to such t...d Aging mentions that such behavior is not because old people intend to be rude but because of their lack of tact as a result of age related changes in bra...

Patient Negligence - Significant Problem In The Early Detection Of Breast Cancer

...use demonstrate that overall use by women 50 years old and older range from 65-82 percent and depend on a...d one in over 27 months. Older women over 80 years old were more likely than younger women to not receive screening. Among those women who had received s...

Aspirin Might Counter Side Effects of Cox-2 Painkillers

... with no toxic effects and they found that the Age old still world wide used Aspirin was found to have no toxicity in addition it was found to decrease the incidence of heart attacks. The study was conducted by Dr. Thomas Coffman, Chief of Nephrology at Duke University. The findings of the research which...

Cataract incidence high among people on a high carbohydrate diet.

... very common eye ailment generally associated with old age. Now-a-days it is easily treatable by a simple lens transplant and laser surgery.// But they are also a major cause of blindness worldwide is left untreated. According to a recent study at ARS Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Centre on ...

Exercise For Effective Pain Management In Old People

...experience 25% less muscle and joint pain in their old age than people who are less active. Furthermore, ... the effect of exercise on musculoskeletal pain in old age....

Hydroxyurea Treatment For Children With Sickle Cell Disease

... the new study, 21 children from two to four years old who had sickle cell anemia were given the drug hydroxyurea orally as a flavored liquid formula. A majority of the children took the drug for at least four years and more than half of the participants completed all six years of the study. The treatme...

Age Can Changes Symptoms Of Sinusitis

...aluated in this study. The mean age was 45.5 years old (range: 18-86 years). Group 1 consisted of 203 patients (112 females and 91 males), group 2 consisted of 213 patients (107 females and 106 males), and group 3 consisted of 98 patients (54 females and 44 males).Among the presenting symptoms, facial pa...

Overdentures: An Optimal Solution To Edentulousness

...hen all teeth are lost either to disease or simply old age. Traditionally, complete dentures have performed the job of replacing missing teeth quite adequately though it must be said that they were a compromise as far as the patient was concerned. A new concept called overdentures has been in vogue for ...

High Court Issues Notice To Centre On Smoking Ban In Films

...films or TV programmes from portraying smoking and old films to carry warnings. Around 800,000 Indians reportedly die from smoking-related diseases every year. --IANS...

Quit smoking for healthier gums

...ing increased the chances of preserving teeth till old age, "Dentists have known for some time that smokers have worse oral and gum health than non-smokers but for the first time we have shown that quitting smoking together with routine gum treatment results in healthier gums," he concluded....

Children At Risk For Chronic Disease Due To Consumption Of Fried Food

...e per week. Overall, girls and boys 13 to 14 years old ate more fried food away from home than 9 to 12 year olds. At the end of the three-year study, the proportion of girls and boys who ate four to seven servings per week had more than doubled, to 7.5 percent and 12.7 percent, respectively. The study ...

Clowns farewell in operating room, easing anxiety in children

...ted among 40 children between 4 months and 3 years old showed a significant reduction in the anxiety levels before surgery. The finding is very valuable in view of the fact that three out of every five children suffer from anxiety before surgery. Surprisingly, reduction was also seen among parents who ac...

BCG vaccine for both Protection and treatment of Tuberculosis

...test is more accurate and specific compared to the old Tuberculin Skin Prick Test, which cannot differentiate between BCG vaccination and TB infection. There are about 10 million cases of TB globally each year and 1 in 3 people are infected with the TB bacterium. BCG is the most widely used vaccine wor...

Poisoning by fruits similar to blackberries

... 11 patients died (6 children, 5 adults) mainly in old reports....

Bird Flu Survivor Recounts her ‘hell

...recounts her story of being 'in hell'.// 27 years old Pranom Thongchan, of Srisomboon, central Thailand, tells her horrific story on how she watched first her chickens dying... Then it was her niece who coughed blood as she passed away in her mother's arms. And just after a few days the virus attacked h...

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