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Bad News for Short People

...scence, which determine adult height, appear to be related to a person's health later in life."...

Feeling depressed? You may be at higher risk of STROKE

...ually caused the stroke, or if some unknown factor related to stroke risk prompted depression prior to the event. "Our results show that everybody who suffers depression should be concerned about their stroke risk, not just those with high levels of depression," Dr. Bruce S. Jonas of the Center for Advanceme...

Abortion Pill approved by FDA

...DA's careful evaluation of the scientific evidence related to the safe and effective use of this drug," said Dr. Jane Henney, commissioner of food and drugs. "The FDA's review and approval of this drug hasadhered strictly to our legal mandate and mission as a science-based public health regulatory agency."...

Check if your “Favourite medical web-site” is indulging in Quackey

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Kissing can cause Kaposi’s Sarcoma in AID

...n researcher, noted that herpes virus 8 is closely related to the common Epstein Barr virus, which causes mononucleosis,long known as the kissing disease.“Teenagers tend to get this when they start kissing,” she said. “The reason they get Epstein Bar virus and not herpes virus 8 is that most people have Epst...

Stress reduces your immunity- startling but true!!!!!

...h the advent of HIV/AIDS and other immune-disorder related conditions claming many victims every day, the new buzzword is immunity and how we can live healthy without compromising on our own inbuilt lines of defence. Especially when HIV and other immune suppressing conditions (generally following viral infe...

New drug to treat Heart Attack and damaged tissue

If a blood vessel in blocked the related tissue experiences ischemia, a state of low oxygen...ceptor molecules, procoagulants and permeability – related genes. By deleting Egr-1 gene, the tissue injury level decreases and it enhances oxygen function a...

Sexual abuse affect health for a lifetime

... effects are not only due to sexual abuse but also related to stress-related hormonal alterations. It was evaluated that counseling to an extent may improve the health of those who are sexually abused early and it needs further advance research....

Eating disorder in Diabetic girls lead to eyesight damage.

... dosing of insulin lead to early onset of diabetes related complications and are associated with increased risk of permanent eyesight damage. Intensive treatment to diabetes could be the risk factor for developing eating disorder could further be explored and studied....

Individuals with sleep related breathing disorders more prone to heart disease

...sleep. Most individuals may have less severe sleep related breathing problem that may go unrecognized. These ...search group has shown that individuals with sleep related breathing problems were more at risk than those with no sleep related breathing problems by 1.5 time...

Water - The silent killer!!!

The world health organization says, water related illnesses claim up to 3 million lives a year. WHO released a report to coincide with World Water Day on 22nd of March. The report says most of those who die are children and much of the suffering is needless. People in the developing world are partic...

Smoking a greater risk than HIV? Yes say health experts!!!!

...ex, United Kingdom, says smoking and other tobacco related deaths would surpass 10 million a year. The short term and long term side effects of smoking are well known and a recent study says that smoking has startling and immediate side effects on the cardio vascular system. While the Indian government is co...

Not all tooth pain may have dental origins!!

...blem entirely. Pain radiating to the temple may be related to temporomandibular joint disorder, which is pain and discomfort associated with the joint that hinges the lower jaw. Sinus infections, particularly during allergy season, can be a common source of tooth pain he added.All the dentists opined that go...

Depression may cause delayed wound healing

...times slower than that of normal people. These and related reports find a place in the latest issue of the journal, “Psychosomatic Medicine”. Psychological factors could have direct and indirect effects on the rate of wound healing, according to the researchers. Depression and other psychological problems h...

TB coupled with AIDS soars in Africa

...IV positive and 2.5 million people died due to HIV related causes last year in Africa alone....

HIV did not arise from polio vaccine

... mainstream researchers believe HIV arose from the related Simian Immunodeficiency virus (SIV) in chimps has bolstered the idea that HIV was mistakenly unleashed through polio vaccination. The theory was first made famous in a 1992 Rolling Stone article, and the idea gained more steam with the 1999 publicati...

ATG useful in transplant patients as substitute for steroids

...ntinues its good work, ATG will reduce the steroid related side effects and costs for patients, on life long immunosuppressive therapy to guard against transplant rejection, in a big way....

Half of world's children are passive smokers - damning disclosure from WHO

...HO says 11,000 people die every day, due to causes related to smoking and the figure is expected to more than double by2020, if current trends continue.She saved the worst for the tobacco majors and said "big tobacco companies have paid for bogus scientific studies, unleashed well-funded campaigns to attack ...

Pharmaceutical giant offers AIDS related antifungal drug free to 50 countries

... In an announcement on Wednesday Pfizer said AIDS related antifungal drug Diflucan will be given free of cost to battle HIV through a programe to be coordinated by World Health Organization and the United Nations. "Together with our partners in the United Nations and the WHO, we now have a framework to off...

Pharmaceutical giant offers AIDS related antifungal drug free to 50 countries

... In an announcement on Wednesday Pfizer said AIDS related antifungal drug Diflucan will be given free of cost to battle HIV through a programe to be coordinated by World Health Organization and the United Nations. "Together with our partners in the United Nations and the WHO, we now have a framework to off...

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