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Childhood Obesity May Influence The Their Quality Of Life

... had used a quality of life test called PedsQL 4.0 survey for about 2000 children in the age group of 5 to 10 yrs for over three years in order to establish a relationship between being overweight and change in quality of life. The test compiled scores on total health, physical and psychosocial well being o...

Right attitude makes you benefit from exercise

... the results of the survey. The respondents of the survey who were inactive seem to understand the benefit of exercising on health but still do nothing about it. With the problem of growing obesity in middle aged people and the link to cardiovascular diseases established, the attitude of the physically act...

Education in women brings sounder sleep

...n men. The researchers had carried out a national survey of 39,588 people of the age group pf 15 years and older in the city of Taiwan. The researchers considered several factors other than gender differences, like the social roles and socio economic status. The results of the study had shown that there i...

Milk in diet good for heart

...in our everyday diets. He researchers had taken a survey of764 men and asked them to weigh and record each and every item of their food items, and about 90% of them had maintained a detailed diaries. The men were in the age of 45 to 59 and they were observed for a period of 20 years after the initial study...

Women may not seek help for pelvic floor disorders

A survey done by the Temple University School of Medicine r... report their discomfort or seek medical help. The survey also reports that eventually when they do report to their medical practitioner the problem becomes o...

Poll Finds Many Americans Misinformed About Cancer

...ety researchers conducted in interesting national survey that was led by Ted Gansler, M.D., M.B.A to look ...er //in the minds of the public. They did a phone survey of 957 adults with no history of cancer to assess their understanding of the disease and its manage...

Poll Finds Many Americans Misinformed About Cancer

...ety researchers conducted in interesting national survey that was led by Ted Gansler, M.D., M.B.A to // lo...ncer in the minds of the public. They did a phone survey of 957 adults with no history of cancer to assess their understanding of the disease and its manage...

Survey shows how bipolar disorder affects the quality of life for patients

A global survey on bipolar disorder conducted by the World Federat...es of the condition for most of their lives. The survey results reveal that a third of the total people surveyed feel that social interactions suffer, as pe...

Men tend to deny being overweight

A national survey of men by the Cancer Research UK suggests that abo...f them do not accept themselves as overweight. The survey was done as apart of the research on men’s health called Men Alive Campaign. It shows the participan...

Anger can cause health problems

...g stress in your life. Reserachers who had done a survey of the literature that had tried to relate to various health factors and emotions through studies, have found out that hostility may be one of the major health risks and can even cause death from cardiac related issues. In one study, reserachers had ...

“Yes, I need Cosmetic surgery” – view of majority wome

A recent survey organized by women’s magazine, Grazia reported the...rest of women to undergo cosmetic surgery. // The survey results reported that an overwhelming half of the interviewed women is interested to undergo cosmeti...

Obesity and Physical inactivity is associated with Diabetes and Diabetes-Related Cardiovascular Comorbidities

...d States population. People with BMI 18.5 to The survey showed that those with higher BMI had greater chances of having diabetes and diabetes-related cardiovascular comorbidities. Similarly those people who were physically inactive but had normal weight had increased chances of having diabetes and diabete...

Study points out that HIV vaccine may not be accepted easily

... etc. The other concerns of the participant of the survey regarding a probable HIV vaccine were the price of the vaccine, whether there will be any side effects on reproductive organs, and whether they’ll get discriminated if they vaccinate themselves or not. Reference: University of Toronto, news release,...

Folk medicine is given more to UTI patients

... results have shown that 74% of the parents in the survey had admitted to having heard of giving cranberry j...inary tract infections. 29% of the parents in thee survey had given the juice to their children when they suffered from the urinary tract infection. Urinary ...

Over Six Million HIV Infected People In South Africa- Finds A Survey

...rica 's most pressing health challenge. The annual survey of pregnant women attending government ante-natal ...n aged 25-29 infected with the HI virus. The survey found wide provincial variations, with HIV prevalence among pregnant women increasing in all the pro...

Patients With Alzheimer’s Need To Be Checked For Visual Clarit

... Louis University researchers who have conducted a survey of people suffering from Alzheimer’s said that amongst the patients of the disease who have been staying in the medical homes most have lost their glasses, broken them or have glasses that have not been updated to their new eye sight power. Some of t...

The Dangers Of Vitamin A To Pregnant Women To Be Included On Label

...st thing for them and their baby, however a recent survey suggests that too much vitamin A can cause develop...ents say researchers based on a recent survey. The survey conducted by Oxfordshire brand of the UK's Trading Standards has found a third of multivitamin produ...

Scientists Warn Against Food Borne Illnesses

...sages are expressed is critical after conducting a survey of Michigan consumers who had bought refrigerated ...of risks could be difficult to determine. Another survey found that older Americans confidence is the food supply, could lead to complacency that’s risky whe...

Clampdown On Fake Drugs Manufacturers In India – New Bill Enacte

...acturing, they would have ordered for the national survey which was recommended by the Mashelkar committee last year. They also feel that there is no need to mix trade-mark offences and spurious drug manufacturing when there is already sufficient law under trademark and copy rights to handle such cases....

Elderly Women Remain At Risk From Hypertension

...MA, said that about 75% of the participants of the survey conducted in the concerned age group have hypertension. The research, which was based on data from the National Heart, Blood, and Lung Institute’s long-standing Framingham Heart Study, also found that older hypertensive women are especially at risk ...

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