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Unregulated Fish Industry Harms Health Of Women

...,000 to 900,000 women working in the industry fall prey to Raynaud's Phenomenon. "Raynaud's Phenomenon leads to permanent damage to the skin and in some cases the tip of the bone starts showing. In many of the cases, they suffer from back pain though they are just 18 to 25 years old. After just two yea...

Health Insurance Scheme Generates Conflicting Opinions

...cally not feasible. "It is sad our leaders fall prey to the tactics of companies promising the sky," he said. "The private health sector will take away most patients. The public healthcare sector will suffer. This is the desire of those behind the scheme." B. Iqbal, a health educationist and a forme...

Obesity Causes Dental Caries In Children

... that obese children are also more prone to fall a prey to dental decay. //...

More Lizards, Including Pets, Found Venomous

...perfect knockout punch by monitor lizards to their prey like small mammals and lizards. It stops blood clotting, rapidly drops blood pressure and heightens the feeling of bite pain. They assume that lizard venom may have gone unnoticed for so long because it is not fatal, and yet, it may help lizards ca...

Condom Vending Machines To Be Installed Across Indian States

...vernment is to save millions of youth from falling prey to the disease. Inorder to increase awareness and promote community participation, of four-day unique mass mobilisation campaign named ''Goonj” had been conducted. It is believed that the program ''Goonj'' or echo would scare away the HIV/AIDS from t...

MSM: A ray of hope for arthritis patients

... 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 improve physical function in patients with knee ar...

Healthy At 50: Possible?

...diabetes and will help our population from falling prey to this often called “disease of the rich”. Diabetes is never good news to the ears as it brings along with it lot of other health complications and health restrictions. Source: Indo-Asian News Service More Information on Medindia Diabetes: All...

Toxin from the sea to relieve pain

...ustralia. The snail uses the venom to paralyze the prey before killing it for food. At least 20 people have been known to die from poisoning by envenomation by cone snails. The researchers of the study said that the toxin not only has pain killing properties, it can also heal injuries to nerves and other...

Research shows steady rise in allergic diseases

...d out exactly why more and more people are falling prey to atopy. The results of the study were published in British Medical Journal of this month. Reference: British Medical Journal, news release...

Snail venom Found To Ease Pain In Cancer Victims

...e venom that the snails inject to immobilize their prey might have beneficial effects // on some heart problems, strokes, central nervous system disorders and other ills. The latest study involved the experimental drug ziconotide, a laboratory-made equivalent of a compound in the venom of the small Conus ...

Obesity in children a risk factor for diabetes

...day's "baked potato generation"// could be falling prey to the disabling disease before they hit their 30s. It has been recognised for some time that being obese, or even overweight, can greatly increase the chances of diabetes, but authentication is growing that younger patients are at risk. A study, by...

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