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Kochi To Conduct Campaigns Against Chikungunya

...sociation said in a statement that people need not panic as chikungunya was curable. RAS...

AIIMS Student Dies of Dengue Fever

...umber of cases was really alarming and had created panic among hostel residents, most of whom were queuing up for a check-up. The national capital has this year recorded over 400 cases of dengue fever - more than double the number reported in 2005. According to health authorities here, at least 10 people...

Women More Prone to Anxiety Disorders than Men

...rities. Women are twice as likely to suffer from panic disorder or social phobia compared with men, and they are three times as likely to have agoraphobia (fear of being in public places). They also face a slightly higher risk for specific phobia (fear of a particular object or situation). About 10%–14% ...

Mental Health: Mind at Peace or in Pieces?

...orders are seen to be at their wits end, grappling panic attacks, or irrational fears, and sometimes even obsessive compulsive behavior. Mood disorder is another type of mental illness characterized by depression, manic depression or mood swings. Such patients may display extreme sadness or elation, and sw...

Food Poisoning Kills Nine at Chhattisgarh Relief Camp

...ment officials said the food poisoning had created panic in the camp and hundreds of people had started returning to their forested villages since early Tuesday. There were reported rumours of an epidemic having spread in the camp. About 4,000 tribals have settled at the Injeram camp for the past one yea...

Yoga and Meditation May be Helpful to Combat Chikungunya

...ems including serious ailments such as depression, panic attacks, diabetes, heart problems, cancer and AIDS, besides leading happier lives. Source-IANS...

Stress Produces PTSD-like Symptoms in Rats

...when they were given yohimbine, a drug that causes panic in people with PTSD. Importantly, the stressed rats exhibited profound memory deficits, which indicates they had impaired functioning of the hippocampus, a brain structure which is necessary for learning and memory and shows impaired functioning in p...

Panic Phobias, Physical debility-“P’s”in a pd?

...t an association of anxiety disorders ranging from panic disorder, fear of being in public places, social phobia, simple phobia, to obsessive-compulsive disorder, along with physical disorders resulted in at least a day of disability. Although the authors claim to have weeded out some of the common biase...

Distribution of Flu Vaccines Unpredictable

...According to health experts said people should not panic if they get their shots later than usual. The flu season typically does not peak until February or later. "It's been recommended that we keep immunizing through January. Patients who haven't gotten the flu shot by that point could still be protected...

Adequate Ground Work before a Pandemic Necessary

...the problems post 9/11 in New York, when there was panic after stocks depleted, she has said it is extremely na?ve and silly, if one is not prepared for an emergency. She uses the site, flutrackers.com and vouches for its reliability in enabling the exact status of bird flu. In her estimate, bird-flu is ...

Panic Attacks Can Increase Complications in Diabetes Patients

People with diabetes who have repeated panic attacks are less likely to have properly managed t...betes symptom, and lower functioning. 'But because panic and depression so often go hand in hand, we weren't certain that patients who have panic, independen...

Fear Of Cancer Due To Duck Egg Contamination In China

...aminated eggs were mainly sold in Beijing, but the panic has spread far beyond the Chinese capital. This heated issue has resulted in South Korea announcing that it would investigate duck eggs imported from China. It is reported that Hebei province has seized 580 kg of suspicious eggs and 800 kg of co...

Tune Your Brain To Fight Disorders

...urofeedback training that helps reduce symptoms of panic disorder, alcohol addiction, ADHD, brain damages and depression have been produced by U.S. and other countries. When patients wired to a computer become nervous, noisy sounds are produced and when they get relaxed, nature's sounds are produced whi...

Fear Factor in Toronto: health officials fight Hepatitis A outbreak

...have assured the public that there is no reason to panic as situation is well under control. Hepatitis A is a disease caused by a virus ,that affects the liver. It is typically heralded by yellow discoloration of skin and eyeballs (jaundice).Often the patients complain of fever and retching. They find th...

Teen Marijuana Use Does Not Predict Drug, Alcohol Abuse

...policy for six decades and caused many a parent to panic upon discovering a bag of pot in their child’s bedroom. The Pitt researchers tracked 214 boys beginning at ages 10-12, all of whom eventually used either legal or illegal drugs. When the boys reached age 22, they were categorized into three groups...

Panic Gripped Young Man After Wrong Diagnosis With HIV

... home on Dec 2, he and his family were thrown into panic and sorrow with the fear of death hanging over him. After a few days of mental agony, some of his family members asked him to send it for testing elsewhere. They doubted the test report since Sharma, who is in his early 30s, is a healthy man. He ha...

Misconceptions About Pet Owners Health Condition Revealed

...abetes, ulcer, sciatica, migraine, depression, and panic attacks were more common among them. Socio-demographic background factors and risk factors explained the differences between the two groups. Motivating middle aged people, those belonging to lower social groups, and those living in the countryside t...

New Gadget to Treat Insomnia, Stress

...for several other conditions including anxiety and panic attacks, is said to help relax muscles and regulate the activity of the parasympathetic system, the part of the nervous system that slows the heart, dilates blood vessels and relaxes muscles. "By addressing the actual nerves that regulate stress, ...

Meningitis and Encephalitis are Different

...eing treated for encephalitis. This has raised the panic buttons in the state. But the apprehensions and fears of people were put to rest with health officials describing the two indications as totally different and are found to be caused by different bacteria. Meanwhile the three cases of encephalitis are...

Read This Now Not Later!

...ity of mental disabilities people have -- anxiety, panic -- they can be defined as a special case of procrastination.' The financial angle includes an average loss of $400 per year, caused by delay in filing taxes and last minute Christmas shopping with credit cards being five times higher. According ...

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