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Yoga Can Be Good For Breast Cancer Patients

... are published in nearly 75 research papers in the top reading journals”. He further added: “What we have been able to show is that yoga is effective by systematic protocols, which are acceptable by international standards. The MD Anderson Center has also come forward and for the first time seen how yoga...

Transplanted heart made more acceptable by daclizumab

... rejection after a heart transplant// when used on top of standard immunosuppression. The drug, a humanized monoclonal antibody, is directed against the interleukin-2 receptor, thereby inhibiting T-cell proliferation. Patients who were taken into the Study were either given daclizumab or a placebo. Th...

Estimates For Number Of HIV/AIDS Deaths In India Still Not Available

...m now. He feels that dealing with AIDS should be a top concern, and not enough is done in most states. Piot noted some states like Tamil Nadu had seen a decline in the infection rate. The problem of data accuracy, he said, was more pronounced in northern states such as Uttar Pradesh and Bihar than in s...

Dairy Products Reduce Risk Of Type 2 Diabetes In Men

... activity, and other dietary factors, those in the top quintile, who consumed the highest amount of dairy products, were 23 percent less likely to have type 2 diabetes compared with those in the lowest quintile of diary intake. Each serving of dairy per day is associated with a 9 percent lower risk of t...

Revolution in surgery

...up of fatty deposits in the vessel walls. Only the top of the artery was working and receiving blood. Dr Oesterle said veins could be used because even when arteries were badly affected, veins were seldom affected. In this procedure, a catheter system, guided by ultrasound was inserted into an artery i...

Glucose may support in Cardiac Arrest

...Metabolic intervention seems to have a future - on top of other therapy and provided they don't have heart failure.'' About three quarters of people who have a heart attack have no signs of heart failure. While experts were encouraged by the glucose findings, they appeared to give up on another infusion...

When it comes to health, all chocolates not the same.

...ut after two weeks, systolic blood pressure -- the top number -- had dropped an average of five points in the dark-chocolate group. The lower, or diastolic, reading fell an average of almost two points. In 1998, a Harvard study of nearly 8,000 of its male graduates determined that eating the equivalent ...

Scientists Have Traced How The SARS Virus evolved

...ld in live food markets in southern China, are the top suspect for first spreading the disease to people. Thousands have been slaughtered as a preventive measure.But scientists don't know whether some other animals, perhaps rodents who live in the same markets, are the ultimate source of SARS and infecte...

Scientists Have Traced How The SARS Virus evolved

...ld in live food markets in southern China, are the top suspect for first spreading the disease to people. Thousands have been slaughtered as a preventive measure.But scientists don't know whether some other animals, perhaps rodents who live in the same markets, are the ultimate source of SARS and infecte...

Vitamin E Found To reduce bladder cancer risk

...residents. Those whose vitamin E intake was in the top 25 percent had just half as much bladder cancer as those in the lowest quarter. The actual difference in the amount of vitamin-rich food the two extremes ate was small, however, the equivalent of a single daily serving of spinach or a handful of almo...

SARS (Bird Flu) spreading in the Asian continent

...ns to the problem, which is now a global, issue of top priority health issues to tackle....

Top Ten Super Food Items That Can Help In Avoiding Cancer

...the DNA from damage by free-radicals. The list of top 10 Anti-cancer fruits and vegetables that can help are listed as follows: 1) TOMATOES: contain Lycophene and has been linked to lower risk of prostate, ovarian and cervical cancer. 2) GARLIC: Stimulate the body’s anti-oxidants. They also have anti...

Need for early screening and effective cancer treatment in India

...gh colon and rectum cancer is so far not among the top five cancers in India, this may not remain the case as Indians increasingly switch to a western lifestyle and non-vegetarian diets. Most patients with colorectal cancer seek treatment only when they are into advanced stages, making treatment a big ch...

Arthiritis: Brightly-coloured fruit and vegetables offer protection

...s found to be an important factor and those in the top third for beta-cryptoxanthin intake were only half as likely to develop IP as those in the lowest third. The findings appear to confirm previous evidence that a modest increase in fruit and vegetables containing beta-cryptoxanthin and vitamin C, equ...

Maybe It Is Time For Doctors To Look After Their Health As Well

... trying to meet the expectations of relatives. On top of this, these consultants have an enormous workload coupled with insufficient levels of satisfaction from some areas of their work”. Hence approaches designed to reduce consultants’ workload and enhance their job satisfaction are urgently needed...

'Art of Living' concept expanding around the globe

...mes for the staff and postgraduate students of the top Russian medical institute. Educational programmes, homes and hospitals for children were also included in the MoU. Ravi Shankar, who has influenced many worldwide with his breathing, relaxation and meditation techniques, also addressed a large gathe...

Testing For HIV/AIDS Compulsory For New Military Recruits

...ess and has proved effective, he said. Singh said top priority was given to administer anti-retroviral drugs to treat freshly detected HIV cases in the armed forces. "Early detection and treatment will help contain the disease," he added. Singh said those armed forces units going abroad on various assi...

Exercises Should Be Recommended During Pregnancy

...stetricians should make exercise recommendations a top priority, says the study. The hesitance of obstetricians to recommend exercise to pregnant women is rooted in old-fashioned notions of pregnancy as a time of confinement. The researcher points out that pregnancy is a perfect time for women to begin ...

Crohns Disease Could Be Caused By Gaps In The Intestinal Barrier

... around a thousand billion cells are shed from the top of the villi every day. Scientists found that this renewal process leaves 'gaps' in the lining of the bowel which, in healthy tissue, are immediately filled with a glue-like substance that plugs the gaps. This is in contrast to the previous assumpt...

Pigs Population A Major Threat To Encephalitis Ravaged UP

.... "They could be in tens of thousands," remarked a top official of the state health department. In this state capital itself, pigs are a common sight in residential areas, including slums. "Their number has been increasing every year. We cannot do anything to stop the menace," complained Sukhdeo, a r...

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