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Drug Menace among Youth Quadruples since 1997

Scotland: This ain’t funny, but drugs seem to hold many youth under a spell. Recent figures have revealed the alarming rise of drugs among youngsters,// to the tune of an increase of 400%, ever since the labour has come to power. Experts have reiterated the need for specialized services to remedy this menace, among children. Neil McKeganey, professor of drug misuse research at the Uni...

Woman Delivers Identical Quadruplets

A 26-year-old woman has delivered identical quadruplets, a rarity claimed to be occurring once in forty lakh cases globally, at a corporate hospital here. // Shruthi Vivekanandan, a software professional based here, delivered the girl babies- Aditi, Aakriti, Akshathi, Aapthi, at the Apollo Hospitals on April 25 last, ten weeks prior to her full term, without any medical complications, d...

Mother Of Triplets Gives Birth To Quadruplets

Angela Magdaleno, the lady who gave birth to triplets through IVF procedure three years ago, has now given birth to quadruplets without any infertility treatments. She gave birth to two girls and two boys on July 6.// "I'm happy because they're healthy and so am I," Magdaleno said on Wednesday. But then reality took over and she confessed that she was worried about the future. "I don't...

Officer of Anti-Submarine Squadron Quarantined With Tuberculosis

A 32-year-old first-class petty officer, a member of the Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 4, has been kept in isolation with active tuberculosis. He had returned// on July 6th after a six-month deployment aboard the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan, the Navy said yesterday. The sailor became sick in early June and was initially diagnosed as having pneumonia by ship's medical staff, bu...

Gluten Intolerance Quadruples Susceptibility to Tuberculosis

People who are gluten intolerant run four times the risk of developing active tuberculosis (TB) infection, suggests research published ahead of print in Thorax. // Gluten intolerance, or coeliac disease, is a chronic inflammatory condition of the small bowel, caused by an exaggerated immune response to the gluten found in wheat, barley, and rye. It affects up to 1% of the...

Stronger Quadricep Controls Knee Osteoarthritis

Arthritis is a term that means inflammation of a joint There are many types of arthritis.One of them is Osteo arthritis. Osteoarthritis// is also called 'degenerative joint disease,' or 'wear-and-tear arthritis.'.Quadricep is the muscle which straightens the leg at the knee joint. A stronger quadriceps muscle helps to prevent the deterioration of cartilage at the knee cap among those with kne...

Quadriceps Strength Benefits Those with Knee Osteoarthritis

A stronger quadricep, the muscle responsible for straightening the leg at the knee joint, does not lead to damage in the knee and helps prevent the deterioration of// cartilage behind the knee cap among those with knee osteoarthritis, according to research presented this week at the American College of Rheumatology Annual Scientific Meeting in Washington, DC. Strengthening exercises f...

Delhi Resident Gives Birth to Quadruplets

A Delhi resident has given birth to four kids in a hospital, authorities said Thursday. // Lakshmi, 23, gave birth to three girls and a boy in the Maharaja Agrasen Hospital in Punjabi Bagh in northwest Delhi Wednesday. 'The condition of both the mother and the babies are stable. We had taken all precautionary measures as the ultrasound test had clearly indicated it,' said...

Alzheimers Incidence is Set to Quadruple by 2050

The number of those hit by the debilitating Alzheimers across the globe would quadruple by 2050, and the biggest jump is projected for Asia. At the moment the continent has almost half of todays Alzheimers patients, at 12.6 million. By 2050, the region will have 62.8 million of the world's 106 million Alzheimer's, researchers at Johns Hopkins University say. When the wor...