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How a man's mind really works

...the same way. Anyhow, the male brain attaches less personal identity to the inside of a home and more to the workplace or the yard -- which is why he doesn't get worked up about housework. Male hormones such as testosterone and vasopressin set the male brain up to seek competitive, hierarchical groups in its...

False beliefs could cost cancer patients their lives

...om friends' or 'Everyone knows that'. "Some cited personal experiences, saying their mom went for surgery and the surgeon said 'there was nothing we could do -- it spread."' People may then associate surgery itself with the spread, say researchers. If non-small-cell-lung cancer, the most common type, is fou...

Vision Loss Due To Diabetic Retinopathy a Major Cause Of Concern

...motional reaction to vision loss and household and personal care areas. Based on their findings researchers conclude that , low-vision rehabilitation services with programs aiming to improve outdoor mobility, print reading, participation in leisure activities, and psychological health could be an effective ...

The Effectiveness Of Antibacterial Products In Reducing Infection

... house. One group was given household cleaning and personal hygiene products that contained antibacterial ingredients and the second group was given identical-looking products that did not have antibacterial ingredients. Researchers asked about infectious disease symptoms such as runny nose, fever, cough, sor...

New Treatment For Headache

... coming out of my ears and my nose. I don’t have a personal recollection for two and a half years after that moment. ”Eric suffered a massive head injury. "My pain just got worse and worse, until I couldn’t stand it. I mean, it was so sharp, I didn’t know what to do. It was really hard to deal with life,” he ...

Counting Calories Might Be The Ideal Way To Stay Healthy

...ation of the activity, researchers suggest finding personal benchmarks based on individuals weight and lifestyle. For example, exercise standards for a 155-pound person say walking for 30 minutes at four miles-per-hour burns 150 calories. Heavy cleaning for 45 minutes burns 250 calories, and an hour of single...

Ebola-like virus is on the way to cause epidemic in Angola

... The virus may spread by sharing needles, or by personal contacts. The symptoms will appear a few days after contracting the disease. With flu like symptoms the virus can affect the major organs like liver, kidneys, spleen and reproductive organs....

Study links diabetics to increased risk of urinary tract infections

...n they need to be more careful with their diet and personal hygiene as they are more prone to urinary tract infection. Reference: Journal American Journal of Epidemiology, Issue March 2005....

New robotic drill to do dental implants

...nd a needle to send the impulses from the gum to a personal computer. The computer will then use the data thus collected with a CT scan to configure the drilling guidelines. The guidelines are then adjusted with the frame and at the press of a button, the robotic drill will do the fixing of the dental implant...

Music to help schizophrenic patients

... therapy were musical improvisation, discussion of personal issues related to the musical process etc that required specially trained therapists. The sessions conducted ranged from 7 to 78 sessions. The patients were again evaluated 1 to 3 months after treatment. The results showed that the patients who rece...

MRI for distinguishing between dementia and Alzheimer’s diseas

... inhibition or control, and changes in dietary and personal hygiene habits; or gradual language dysfunction. The researchers for the study had used blood flow in the areas of the brain to distinguish between two forms of neural degenerative disease. Researchers feel that since the progression of frontotempor...

Obesity may cause frailties in elderly women

...ed inability to be independent in attending to all personal needs, and risk of decreasing mortality along with lowering of general health leading to a varied number of diseases. The condition is very common in people suffering from chronic disease and elderly populations. Some of the symptoms pf being frail a...

Kidney Donors Health Can Cause Anxiety Among Kidney Recipients

...road. Donors subsequently felt an immense sense of personal satisfaction from donating." Mr. Gill conducted the research as part of his PhD at the School of Nursing and has been invited to present the findings at the British Sociological Association's Medical Sociology Group annual conference in September a...

Obesity Can Increase The Chances Of Injuries

...ys about one out of every four obese people report personal injuries in men and about one out of every five obese women report the same. This may be compared to the one out of six normal weight men and one out of eight normal weight women who report such injuries. Researchers report that while there have b...

Drug Prices in India to be Monitored - NPPA to Tie up with ORG

...ween 2.14% to 34.62% after they were called for a personal hearing to explain the reasons for steep price increase on certain products. NPPA recently stepped up the monitoring of non-scheduled formulations in an effort is to be more fruitful with the introduction of the proposed computerisation of its day...

Hearing Problems Of Middle Age Are Affecting The Younger Generation

...ng people's exposure to amplified sound and use of personal listening systems, such as cell phones and portable music devices, that students seem to be always using. The damage can be temporary or permanent." In addition to hearing loss, too much noise exposure can result in hearing constant ringing, called ...

Patients Suffering From Severe Mental Diseases Are At Risk Of Being Crime Victims

...21 percent of persons with SMI had been victims of personal theft (theft of an item from one’s person), more that 140 times higher than the NCVS rates. Nearly 28 percent of persons with SMI had been victims of property crimes, approximately four times higher than the NCVS rates. Among persons with mental dis...

Obesity More Likely to Cause Disability than Death in Elderly

...th ADL tasks is often associated with the need for personal care. This can make the excess years of disability difficult for individuals, their families and society, said the researchers. The research team examined data collected between 1993 and 1998 through a nationally representative survey of adults of a...

Learning Just How Different We Are

...hen health care can be individualized according to personal needs. Although we all share the same genetic code, how those genes express themselves at individual levels presents a challenge for scientists in developing medicines and dietary advice. According to a recent study, researchers say by understanding...

Virtual Reality For Treating Stress Disorders

...e caused them or threatened to cause them grievous personal harm. Some such traumatic events may be violent assaults, natural or human being caused disasters, accidents or wars. More on Medindia: http://www.medindia.net/patients/ PatientInfo/depression_about.htm ...

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