Kerala may have over 2 lakh dementia patients by 2021
September 20th, 2012 - 8:01 pm ICT by IANS
Thiruvananthapuram, Sep 20 (IANS) Kerala is estimated to have over two lakh dementia patients by 2021, said a report on the eve of World Alzheimer's Day, which is observed ... Read more...
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Madonna wants to be tougher parent
April 19th, 2012 - 2:48 pm ICT by IANS
Los Angeles, April 19 (IANS) Madonna considers herself a tough mother, but she believes she needs to be tougher.The singer raises daughter Lourdes, 15, son Rocco, 11, adopted son ... Read more...
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Euro 2012 free from cigarette smoke
February 28th, 2012 - 4:19 pm ICT by IANS
Warsaw, Feb 28 (IANS) World Health Organization (WHO) wants to ban smoking in fan zones of the Euro 2012 football competition as they see it as a perfect opportunity for ... Read more...
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Heart disease may be linked to prostate cancer
February 9th, 2012 - 3:24 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 9 (IANS) Coronary artery disease (CAD) and prostate cancer, two seemingly unrelated conditions, may actually share similar causes, according to the findings of a drug trial.CAD kills more ... Read more...
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Osteoporosis, the next big health worry for India (Oct 20 is World Osteoporosis Day)
October 20th, 2011 - 2:19 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 20 (IANS) It is expected to affect 36 million Indians by 2013 but osteoporosis - a disease associated with brittle bones, fractures and painful recovery - remains ... Read more...
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Lifting weights can help smokers kick habit
August 10th, 2011 - 2:59 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 10 (IANS) Weightlifting can be a simple and effective method to beat the smoking habit.The study, by Miriam Hospital's Centres for for Behavioural and Preventive Medicine, is the ... Read more...
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How cigarette smoke affects smokers
April 7th, 2011 - 1:19 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 7 (ANI): Scientists have demonstrated how cigarette smoke produces different 'metabolites' or active biological compounds, in individual smokers, compared to non-smokers.Smoke from cigarettes can affect nearly every organ in the ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Hookah use common among college students
April 6th, 2011 - 3:07 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 6 (ANI): Hookah smoking by young adults is popular despite a potentially negative effect on their health, a new study has found.Hookah bars are cropping up everywhere - from chic ... Read more...
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Avoiding or controlling diabetes may cut cancer risk, mortality
April 4th, 2011 - 1:14 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, April 04 (ANI): Diabetes is associated with lower risk of prostate cancer in men but with higher risk of other cancers in both men and women, according to a new study.The ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Gardening ‘increases vegetable consumption in older adults’
March 18th, 2011 - 1:21 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 18 (ANI): Older adults who participate in gardening may be more likely to eat their veggies, according to a new research from Texas A and M University and Texas State ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Smoking early in pregnancy linked to risk of heart defects in infants
March 1st, 2011 - 4:14 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, March 1 (ANI): A new study has found that maternal cigarette smoking in the first trimester was associated with a 20 to 70 percent greater likelihood that a baby would ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Cigarette smoking ups production of mucus in patients with bronchitis
February 18th, 2011 - 5:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 18 (ANI): A new study conducted by researchers in New Mexico has revealed that cigarette smoking is linked with overproduction of mucus - a symptom of chronic bronchitis.The study has ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Cigarette smoking may increase risk of muscle-wasting disease
February 15th, 2011 - 1:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 15 (ANI): Scientists have found that cigarette smoking may be associated with an increased risk of developing the muscle-wasting disease amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).To examine the association between cigarette smoking ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Man smokes in bed, suffocates to death
January 22nd, 2011 - 12:04 am ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) Cigarette smoking can kill -- in more ways than one. A man who smoked in bed suffocated to death -- after his bed caught fire. Police said ... Read more...
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Six stress-busting foods that will make you feel better
January 16th, 2011 - 5:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 15 (ANI): Having a stressful day at the office? Here's something you should know - what you eat can have big impact on how you feel.Dietician Cynthia Sass said that ... Read more...
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‘Cigarettes will be stubbed out by 2050′
January 9th, 2011 - 7:33 am ICT by IANS
London, Jan 9 (IANS) Cigarette smoking may be completely disappeared by 2050, experts believe.A combination of rising prices and the ban on lighting up in public places could finally kill off the ... Read more...
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Vitamin D, parathyroid hormone levels ‘don’t affect cardiovascular mortality’
December 16th, 2010 - 3:15 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 16 (ANI): A new research has found that there is no link between serum levels of vitamin D or parathyroid hormone and cardiovascular mortality.Researchers collected data from the Rancho Bernardo ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Regular exercise may prevent middle-age weight gain
December 15th, 2010 - 3:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 15 (ANI): A new study has revealed that young adults, particularly women, who maintained high levels of moderate and vigorous activity over a period of 20 years experienced smaller gains ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
‘Surgeon General’ Voices That Just One Cigarette Can Harm The Body By Engendering Deadly Ailments
December 10th, 2010 - 10:55 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
December 10, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Even short contact with tobacco smoke engenders instantaneous bodily damage thereby bloodying cells and setting alight tissues in fashions that can set in motion grave ... Read more...
Posted in Health |
Experts call for ban on e-ciggies until safety concerns are addressed
December 7th, 2010 - 2:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 7 (ANI): Electronic cigarettes should be banned unless the safety concerns have been addressed, say researchers.Electronic nicotine delivery systems or ENDS are not tobacco products, but are designed to look ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Students smoke as Delhi completes two-year ban
October 1st, 2010 - 10:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Oct 1 (IANS) A 16-year-old boy standing outside his school in Delhi puffs on a cigarette and tries to make smoke rings with a group of his friends Friday, a ... Read more...
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Risk factors for painkiller addiction identified
August 29th, 2010 - 4:31 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 29 (ANI): Why are some people more likely to become addicted to painkillers than others? Well, a new study has started to unlock the puzzle.Geisinger investigators have found that patients ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Novel test may lead to custom-tailored quitting approaches for smokers
August 29th, 2010 - 3:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 29 (ANI): A new test being developed could now pinpoint smoke deliveries of select chemicals that an individual smoker consumes on a per cigarette basis.Scientists said that it provides ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Passive smoking doing more harm than people may think
August 21st, 2010 - 1:32 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 21 (ANI): In a discovery that supports public smoking bans, researchers have found that an infrequent smoke, or being exposed to secondhand smoke, may be doing more harm than people ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Scientists link gum inflammation to Alzheimer’s
August 4th, 2010 - 5:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 4 (ANI): A research has found that individuals with gum disease are more likely to have cognitive dysfunction associated with Alzheimer's disease.The research team, led by Dr. Angela Kamer, examined ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Beware! Smoking can upset your genes
July 14th, 2010 - 5:31 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 14 (IANS) Scientists have found that exposure to cigarette smoke not only upsets gene expression - the process by which genetic information is converted into the structures and functions of ... Read more...
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Smoking ‘influences gene function’
July 14th, 2010 - 3:39 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, July 14 (ANI): In a recent study, researchers found that exposure to cigarette smoke can alter gene expression - the process by which a gene's information is converted into the structures ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Plain cigarette packs a big turn off for teens: Kiwi study
June 24th, 2010 - 4:50 pm ICT by ANI
Wellington, June 24 (ANI): Removing all branding off cigarette and tobacco packets could actually be effective in turning teenagers off smoking, according to a New Zealand study.Australia is the first country to ... Read more...
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Religious teens less likely to consume marijuana
June 24th, 2010 - 1:40 pm ICT by IANS
London, June 24 (IANS) Religiosity makes teens half as likely to use marijuana, says a study."Some may think this is an obvious finding, but research and expert opinion on this issue have ... Read more...
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Alcohol use, smoking, coffee drinking, linked to migraines in teens
June 7th, 2010 - 4:14 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 7 (ANI): A new study has linked alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking to increased migraines and tension-type headaches (TTH) in high school students.Coffee drinking and physical inactivity were associated ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Karachi school-girls in the grip of smoking epidemic
June 2nd, 2010 - 6:06 pm ICT by ANI
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Karachi school-girls is on the rise with 16 percent girls being smokers, a
recent research has revealed.Prof Nadeem Rizvi, Head of Chest Diseases
Jinnah ... Read more...
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Smoking ‘ups depression risk’
June 1st, 2010 - 4:59 pm ICT by ANI
Wellington, June 1 (ANI): Smoking can increase depression risk, according to a new Kiwi study.The study, conducted by Otago University, suggests nicotine-dependent people are more than twice as likely to get depressed ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Female rheumatoid arthritis ‘on the rise’
May 27th, 2010 - 5:37 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 27 (ANI): A newly published study by researchers from the Mayo Clinic has shown that the incidence of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in women has risen during the period of 1995 ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
New effective strategy for treating tobacco addiction
May 12th, 2010 - 1:36 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 12 (ANI): A group of researchers has developed a novel tea filter to treat cigarette addiction and have discovered the molecular mechanism behind the smoking cessation effect.Professor Zhao Baolu and ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
J-K Govt launches drive to enforce ban on smoking
May 4th, 2010 - 4:44 pm ICT by ANI
Srinagar, May 4 (ANI): The Jammu and Kashmir Government has launched a drive in Srinagar to enforce a ban on smoking.The drive was to ensure that smoking does not take place at ... Read more...
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