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Defeating colon cancer

Increasing folic acid intake and decreasing alcohol help beat the risk for those with a family history of colon cancer. According to previous studies have shown that colon cancer often runs in families.// If you have a sibling or parent with the disease, you can opt for regular colon exams, cut down on red meat and eat lots of fruit and vegetables to reduce your cancer risk. According...

"Defeat AIDS Pledge" by Andhra CM

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y.S. Rajasekhara Reddy Saturday administered a "defeat AIDS pledge"// to people in a major effort to create awareness on HIV/AIDS,. India has 5.13 million people infected with HIV/AIDS. Andhra Pradesh has the highest prevalence of HIV cases in the country with more than 400,000 affected people. According to the National AIDS Control Organization (NACO), the...

Features Of The Brain Affect Asthma And Other Stress Related Disorders

In a study done by researchers from University of Wisconsin-Madison had reported that specific brain circuits are responsible for disorders that are affected by stress, like asthma. The study, which appears in the latest online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, // reveals a functional link between emotion processing centers in the brain and certain physiologi...

Another Feather In The Garlic Cap: Helpful In Avoiding Breast Cancer

Garlic is no doubt the wonder food. With a plethora of medicinal properties it is a great food. Legend suggests that garlic may ward off evil spirits, such as vampires. Now scientists are finding that garlic, //or a flavour component of pungent herb, may help ward off carcinogens produced by meat cooked at high temperatures. Cooking protein-rich foods like meats and eggs a...

Surgeon Attempts to Create A Surgical Hernia Feat

A surgeon in Chennai performed 41 hernia surgeries in 13 hours, 41 minutes and 19 seconds said a press release of a hospital here in Chennai. // The surgeon Dr J S Rajkumar, chairman, Lifeline hospitals was attempting to surpass the previous record of 41 surgeries in 24 hours. The patients on whom the surgeries were done were poor patients. Apparently the surgical exercis...

Another feather in fish oil cap: hope against retinal degenerative diseases

Fish oil has numerous health benefits and is being touted as a new age elixir. So another research is in its honour is welcome.Nicolas G. Bazan, MD, PhD, Boyd Professor// and Director of the Neuroscience Centre of Excellence at LSU Health Sciences Centre in New Orleans, in a paper reports on the role that the omega-3 fatty acids in fish oil play in protecting cells in the retina from deg...

Birds of a Feather: Children, Activists and Bird Lovers Join To Celebrate World Migratory Bird Day in Kenya

Kenya – Kenya Is all set to celebrate World Migratory Bird Day. Amid the Avian Flu onslaught and the fear of its spread, birds, especially wild migratory ones are being// looked upon with disdain. This time, children, artists, and environmentalists will add to the gaiety of the World Migratory Bird Day, to be held on the edge of the Great Rift Valley. A worthy effort to narrow the rift wi...

Blood Clots, A Common Feature Of Vascular Dementia And Alzheimer's

A new study conducted by researchers at University of Manchester now reveals that spontaneous blood clots may be associated with two diseases, Vascular Dementia and Alzheimer's disease//, the results of which can be cited in the British Medical Journal (BMJ). This finding could eventually pave way for improved strategies to either treat or prevent dementia. Although previous studies hav...

Jaipur Girl’s Rare Feat: The Youngest To Pass Class 12 At The Age Of 1

Akansha Singh Saini might not enter the Guinness Book of World Records, but her achievement of passing the much-dreaded Class 12 exam at the age// of 11 definitely makes her a wonder-kid. Born on April 21, 1995, Akansha, daughter of Dhanpat Singh Saini, a medical practitioner, passed her Class 12 exam in the science stream as a regular student of Mangalam Vidhyapeeth School in the Bas...

Defeating the 'Diabesity' Beast

The Federal Government could halt the spread of Australia’s childhood diabetes and obesity epidemic within just one year, experts have revealed in the latest edition of the// Medical Journal of Australia. But Professor Paul Zimmet, Director of the International Diabetes Institute in Melbourne, and Professor Philip James, Chairman of the International Obesity Taskforce in London, say...

Remove Stigma to Defeat HIV/AIDS in India, says UN Envoy

The stigmatisation of HIV/AIDS is a major hindrance in controlling the fast-spreading disease in India, says a top UN official//. "Stigma and discrimination are indeed problem areas in tackling HIV/AIDS in India," said Nafis Sadik, special envoy of the UN secretary general for HIV/AIDS in Asia and the Pacific. "There is acceptance of the problem at the highest level, although l...

Feathers Ruffled After 4000 Birds Die in the Land of Haute Couture, France

Paris: To ascertain the exact reason that led to the death of almost 4000 chickens on a farm in northeastern France//, officials are conducting detailed tests, though preliminary investigations have ruled out bird-flu. According to a communiqué released by the ministry, the death of the birds was sudden, bewildering officials since 3500 birds on the same farm are keeping healthy. The...

Another Feather in the (Folic) Cap - Folic Acid Foils Hearing Loss

Folic acid, a vital B vitamin is a must in the medicine chest of a pregnant woman. It is well known that deficiency of folic acid could lead to serious birth defects// in the baby. Folic acid is also beneficial in allaying the risk of stroke and heart disease. Now, there appears to be one more feather in the folic cap, a Dutch study has shown. Folic acid may actually reduce low frequency...

Pigeon Feathers to Judge Pollution Levels

Can the pollution level of a city be judged by pigeon feathers? Yes, if research done at a university here is to be believed//. According to researchers in the zoology department of the University of Rajasthan, the shed feathers of pigeons can indicate the pollution level of the area they inhabit. Research scholar Bhumesh Bhadoriya reached the conclusion after three years...

Tamil Nadu Doctor Denies His Teenaged Son's Surgery feat; Terms It Conspiracy

A doctor in Tamil Nadu, who allegedly tried to get his 15-year-old son into the record books by allowing him to perform a caesarean operation , today said the accusation was a ploy by his detractors to defame him. Dr. Murugan rubbished the media reports that he made a video recording of his son Dhileepan Raj, a tenth standard student, operating on a 20-year-old woman and later gave i...

Brit Women Opts for Fake Tan Than Exercise to Mask Their Worst Features

A new survey has found that British women, who are dissatisfied with their bodies, would rather opt for a fake tan to mask themselves up, than do some exercise. Three-quarters dont like the way they look, while one in five admit they feel far better about themselves if they look bronzed, a survey by Cosmetics giant Nivea has revealed. About six in 10 women felt that t...