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Slim chances of women getting slimmer with age when on refined food.

... increasing the circulating sugar in the body in a sudden surge which is termed as a high glycaemic diet. Where as vegetables and whole grain foods take time to break down and are classified as low glycaemic foods. Recent studies have revealed that women on a high glycaemic diet are prone to feel hungry m...

Hepatitis B Drug Tyzeka Approved By FDA

...as discontinued. But the agency has warned against sudden discontination as symptoms could worsen. Hepatitis B infection usually transmits through sexual contact or contaminated blood. Tyzeka does not reduce the risk of transmission, nor does it cure the disease. Common side-effects of Tyzeka are elevated...

Polio Strikes Again in Delhi

Delhi is seeing a sudden spurt in the number of polio cases among children there in spite of most of them already having received polio drops.// Delhi was free from polio cases for 21 months. Then came the case of eight month old Sameer who has never traveled out of Delhi ...

Hormones and the Skin: the Role Hormones Play as We Age

... telogen effluvium. This temporary shedding can be sudden and very alarming to some women, according to Dr. Jaliman. However, hair growth will subsequently return to normal approximately four to six months following pregnancy. Nails also are affected by the hormonal changes of pregnancy with most women expe...

Encouraging a Lifetime of Healthy Skin Right from the Beginning

... on your child’s skin and on their clothing, avoid sudden temperature changes, keep your child’s bedroom and play areas free of dust, and dress your child in breathable, preferably cotton, clothing. "Caring for a toddlers skin can be challenging at times, but a soft touch, common sense and working with a ...

Federal government blamed for allocating meager portion to health sector:ALP

...e in availability of manpower. Even areas like the sudden invasion of avian flu, which has been reasonably focused upon shows gross figures of unspent funds. The point raised against the government was that every dollar that trickles into the government’s coffers is precious and should be ensured that i...

Listening to the Sound of Skin Cancer

...hey heat up and shrinking as they cool down. These sudden changes generate loud cracks -- relative to the granules' size -- which propagate in the solution like tiny tsunamis. The sound waves produced by melanin are high-frequency ultrasounds, meaning that they cannot be heard by the human ear, even if am...

Commonplace Sugar Compound Silences Seizures

...zures, of which there are many kinds, occur due to sudden changes in how brain cells send electrical signals to each other. In about 30 to 50 percent of epilepsy patients, available treatments - including the removal of parts of the brain's temporal lobe - are largely ineffective. 2DG is essentially a mor...

Effects of the Drug Ice- A Tip of the Iceberg!

...itability and paranoia is raised; they've got this sudden sensation that things aren't quite right. They then either run away or take on the threat." SV...

Rising numbers indicate looming cocaine epidemic

...immediate rush of euphoria they trigger, can cause sudden respiratory or cardiac arrest. In contrast, cocaine's cumulative effects - including blood vessel damage that increases the risk of heart attack or stroke over time - can unexpectedly kill years after abuse begins, Gold said. "Cocaine gives them a ...

Stroke Symptoms Common Among General Population

... had a stroke and whether they had experienced the sudden onset of any of six stroke symptoms. Brief physica...roke symptoms. Eight and one-half percent reported sudden numbness on one side of the body; 5.8 percent sudden weakness on one side of the body; 4.6 percent s...

Smoke-Filled Cars: New Fodder for the Next Clean Air Fight

...and reiterated that tobacco pollution is linked to sudden infant death syndrome, ear infections and asthma attacks in children. “There is an argument that even exposure for very short periods of time, perhaps even 10 seconds can precipitate asthmatic episodes in children,” Rees said. He added that ventila...

Hypertensive Kids at risk of sleep disordered breathing

...brief periods of not breathing (apnea) followed by sudden attempts to breathe. The sleep disruptions lead to daytime fatigue and reduced cognitive performance. Another SDB, obstructive hypoventilation, is inadequate breathing to meet the body's needs. Risk factors for SDB in children include obesity and e...

Results for Wet Age-Related Macular Degeneration Show Significant Vision Improvements

...ent of all AMD-related blindness and can result in sudden and severe vision loss. The dry form is associated with atrophic cell death of the central retina or macula. The wet form is caused by growth of abnormal blood vessels that leak fluid and blood under the macula causing scar tissue that destroys the c...

Sharp rise in HIV infection cases in Victoria

..., however, it rose alarmingly high last year. This sudden rise seems to continue this year. The total number of new HIV cases last year was 286. It was the maximum since 317 in 1991. As a result, the state government is to spend $2.7 million on awareness programs on HIV and other sexually transmitted dise...

Obesity Drug Advertisements Misleading Teens

...ail list wrote, ‘Am I the only one who's noticed a sudden incidence, since the branded advertising started, of people requesting Xenical who have a [body mass index] of 25 or less?’. "These [mainly female] patients look like they have a healthy weight, yet they're all telling me they want to lose another 5...

New ECG screening Promises Reduction in Sudden deaths in Athletes

Reports of sudden deaths among young healthy athletes on the field i...hat the sport activity and effort is a trigger for sudden death in people affected." Dr. Gaetano Thiene of the Center for Sports Medicine and Physical Activ...

Coughing Could Help Heart Attack Victims

... They were taught how to recognise the symptoms - sudden dizziness and weakness, shortness of breath, sudden sweating and blurred vision - and then taught the proper coughing technique. The patients used the...

Prostate Cancer Treatment Increases Risk of Diabetes and Heart Disease

... coronary heart disease, myocardial infarction, or sudden cardiac death by examining data from approximately 73,000 men age 66 or older who were diagnosed with local or regional prostate cancer. This work was supported by the Prostate Cancer Specialized Program of Research Excellence (SPORE) of the Nation...

Incorporate Sleep Evaluation into Routine Medical Care

... play a role in narcolepsy, a disorder marked by a sudden and uncontrollable urge to sleep Children with chronic illnesses, especially those on ventilators, tend to have parents with disrupted sleep The immune system may be affected by a lack of sleep, altering blood chemistry in a way that potentially co...

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