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Winter Premature Babies Face Threat From Lung Disease

...nds before holding their child, and insisting that others do, too; washing babies’ toys, clothes, play areas and bedding often; not sharing personal items (pacifiers, cups, forks, spoons, towels, washcloths); keeping babies away from anyone with a cold or influenza, and avoiding crowded areas and day care d...

Indians Are More Prone To Lifestyle Diseases

...screened either because they are ignorant... While others prefer to stay ignorant of the state of their body," he said. The survey showed that improper lifestyles lead to diabetes and related vascular, cardiac and neurological problems and that regular health check-ups allow for early diagnosis and treatm...

A first for India - IVF baby born of surrogacy

... is that I wanted a child and I needed the help of others for that," said 45-year-old Banerjee, a chartered accountant by profession. The baby was born under the supervision of Sudarshan Ghosh Dastidar of GD Institute for Fertility Research. In this unique process involving three people besides the doctor...

First Bird flu case reported in Turkey

...sed on the two affected Romanian villages and five others which have had suspicious bird deaths in recent days. No livestock may be taken from the Danube delta to market. Due to spread of bird flu to Romania, there are wide spread fear that the disease could spread to Bulgaria. So, the borders and the regi...

Tennis elbow not new among cricketers, say experts

...as been a long-standing curse on sportspersons and others alike. Kinjal Suratwala, an eminent sports-physiotherapist who has been associated with the India-A team, says, "There may have been symptoms, which were largely ignored. But after Sachin's case, people have become more aware and are being more caut...

Unsafe Injections and Unclean Hand hygiene major cause of hospital infections in India

...y may also spread drug resistant microorganisms to others in the hospital and the environment. WHO is to focus and spread the importance of hand hygiene, which is the focus of this year, which could control the spread of health care associated infections. Hand transmission can be controlled by proper hand w...

Fungal spores in the pillows can trigger an asthma attack

...are more likely to be hypersensitive to fungi than others with asthma and if you think that fungi could be a trigger for you, you should consult your doctor and try to avoid the trigger by cleaning the bed and disinfections of your pillow”. Source: BBC News...

Richard Gere Joins Indian Stars For Fight Against AIDS

...Sarathi, Rahul Nambiar, Suresh Peters, Malathi and others sang a mix of Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada songs. A shawl from Lord Venkateswara temple in Tirupati was wrapped around Mr. Gere and Singer Usha Uthup sang the theme song composed by maestro Illayaraja to start the event....

The 'Mad Cow' Disease And Protein

...the study on human brains. Moreover, this work and others carried out on the brains of the autochthonous Pyrenees breed of cow will help to explain the operating mechanisms of the prions in bovine spongiform encephalopathy. This study, published in Brain Research, is an addition to the work of the Departm...

Remote Robotic Surgery Using Miniature Robots

...ctions – some have lights and camera on them while others have surgical instruments. Hence a set of them can be introduced inside the body for surgery. At the Minimally Invasive and Computer-Assisted Surgery lab at the University of Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha Dr.Dmitry Oleynikov said at a Wednesday...

Shy Bladder Syndrome: A Social Phobia Or Functional Disorder Of Micturition?

...h could be more like a discrete social phobia, and others which are more urological in nature. They suggest futher studies to clarify the characteristics of this often neglected disorder....

Stomach Beats Can Tell the Truth About Lying

...ds of lie detection and will not replace them till others validate it. However this additional tool will be of great help to criminologists. According to Kevin Murphy, a psychologist at the Penn State University, Pennsylvania, the new test might give more and potentially very useful data but it won't prov...

Imbalance In Gender Ratio Addressed By Religious Leaders

...slim, Buddhist and sects like Brahma Kumaris among others was that misuse of new techniques to have a male c... luminaries like Nandita Das and Hema Malini among others to spread awareness about the adverse impact of this trend. There have been numerous instances where...

Iron Supplementation Aid In Relief From Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder

...lly out of his seat, and he frequently interrupted others in class. The teachers reported that the child was clearly more hyperactive, inattentive, and slower in his activities than his peers. Therefore, the synthesis of information from parents and teachers supported the diagnosis of attention-deficit/hy...

Negative Effects Of Sedatives

...d taken sedatives for five consecutive nights with others taking dummy pills. They found that the risk of side effects such as dizziness, loss of balance, falls, and disorientation outweighed the benefits of such drugs. Although benefits from taking sedatives, such as more sound uninterrupted sleep, ease...

Extensive Campaigning To Warn Against Children’s Growing Affinity To Fast Food In Britai

...ten thought chips were made mostly from oil, while others suggested eggs, flour and even apples. The quality of food eaten by children remains a hot political topic after a high-profile campaign by television chef Jamie Oliver. Education Secretary Ruth Kelly has pledged ￡220-million (about R2,6-billion) t...

Scientist affirm mother’s advice

...eet in icy water for 20 minutes, and the other the others had their feet in an empty bowl. 29 percent developed a cold within five days, compared with only 9 percent in the control group not exposed to a chill. Professor Ronald Eccles, director of the center, said the study had shown, for the first time, ...

Exposure to Chill can result in common cold symptoms

... their feet in a bowl of ice-cold water, while the others sat with their feet in an empty bowl as the control group. Over the next four to five days, 29 percent of the chilled volunteers developed cold symptoms, compared to only nine percent in the control group. "The chilled group had approximately 10 t...

Regular light exercise slows down aging of the brain

... lived to old age. Some were more sedentary, while others had access to an exercise wheel. Scientists examined chemical compounds in 41 tissue samples taken from a part of the brain important for balance and movement at the end of experiments, reports science portal EurekAlert. More active rats were fou...

Sleeping Is No Mean Art … It Is A Privilege Denied To Many

...ergy, a high risk of workplace accidents, and many others not foreseen at the moment. Sleep apnoea is categorized into three forms: obstructive, central and mixed. Of these obstructive is more common. Central sleep apnoea is a neurological disorder associated with decreased levels of oxygen in the blood a...

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