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Tag: "winter" at medical news

Way out of winter depression

...lieved to be linked to the lack of sunlight in the winter months. Winter depression involves suffering from ...now found that light therapy// helps in countering winter depression. The therapy, which involves exposure to bright light from a specially designed box, help...

Supplements for Ear Infections

...per respiratory infections that plague children in winter months. Researchers, from the New York Eye and Ear...additional ear infections for the remainder of the winter season. Linda A. Linday, M.D., from the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary this study provides prelimin...

Light therapy decreases depression during pregnancy

...uffering from seasonal affective disorder (SAD) or winter depression, might also work on women suffering from depression during pregnancy. The author noted that around 10% of pregnant women meet the criteria for major depression. However, doctors are often reluctant to prescribe antidepressant medications...

Take care of skin in winter

... experts at the University of Alaska, sharing some winter skincare tips would help you deal with the demands...y weather.// For those of us in Europe and the US, winter can be hard on the skin and you need to take extra care. The experts say you should always use a mil...

Outdoor cold is a health hazard

...d that too many excess //deaths has occured in the winter - 40,000 - in Britain. He believes that cold temperatures alter the body's physiology, so that blood becomes thicker than normal. This raises the risk of clotting and heart attack. Much attention has been given in recent years to indoor heating wit...

Winter months encourage binge eating

The dark winter months motivate binge eating in certain susceptibl...eating that many of us might indulge in during the winter months. The researchers found that people who were evening types, preferring to eat in dimmer lighti...

An aide to cold

...given a placebo. Over a 90-day period during the winter when most colds occur, just 32 colds were recorded among those taking the supplement, compared to 75 amongst those taking the placebo. The study also predicated that those taking the supplement who did catch a cold were more likely to make a speedie...

Diet, Sunlight connected to Breast Cancer Risk

...lk. In fact, Grant notes in his report, during the winter in Europe, blood levels of vitamin D have been found to be higher in northern countries, where fish may be the main source of the vitamin....

Probiotics can help

...re centres in Helsinki, Finland over a seven month winter period. The children were fed milk with or without Lactobacillus GG three times a day. The team found there was no difference in the number of days spent with diarrhoeal or respiratory symptoms. But the children given the probiotic had less severe d...

Prevention is better than cure

...'common'illness during the change of weather from winter to summer. It is a disease that occurs when viruses invade the human nose and throat. The viruses reach cells in the human nose and throat after travelling from the outer part of the nose or from the moist membranes of the eye via the tear duct.// ...

Ginseng's efficacy debatable

...inese ginseng can only be used in the winter. "The winter is cold, so it is the ying, and you need something yang to counter it," says Zhu....

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