‘Health’ Archives
Dengue symptoms, Treatment
Dengue, also known as break bone fever, due to the extreme pain caused in bones and muscles, is a mosquito-borne infection transmitted through the bite of an infected female Aedes aegypti mosquito0 days of virus incubation, DEN-2, DEN-3 and DEN-40 days 104°F50,000 and 450,000 per microlitre of blood Prevention [...]
TV viewing affects childhood fitness
Toddlers' television-viewing habits have a direct impact on their fitness in later childhood, a study has shown0, researchers found Every extra hour of weekly television between the ages of two and four led to almost half a millimetre increase in waist circumference [subscribe2]
US approves first-ever pill to help fight HIV
The first-ever daily pill to help prevent the spread of HIV has been approved by US regulators - a milestone in the 30-year battle against the virus believed to cause AIDS5 years in the US0, studies showed that the drug could actually prevent people from contracting HIV when used as a precautionary measure4,000 per year, putting it out of reach [...]
HIV infects 1000 children daily: UNICEF
The United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund ,000 children become infected with HIV every day, many of whom are born in sub-Saharan Africa,000 children are newly infected with HIV0, about 19 million others became infected with HIV The announcement comes ahead of the International AIDS Society’s biennial conference Experts from [...]
Obesity a threat to food security
The overweight population is threatening future food security, scientists have warned5 million of which is due to being overweight and 35 million is due to obesity, according to the study, which is to be published in 'BMC Public Health' Professor Ian Roberts, who led the research at LSHTM, said: "Everyone accepts that population growth [...]
India and US sign agreement on collaboration in Diabetes Research
An agreement on collaboration in Diabetes Research has been signed between Shor treatment of diabetes and its associated co-morbidities; development and testing new treatment methodologies, including point of care and telemedicine technologies, diabetes self-management approaches, and improved technologies for insulin delivery and monitoring of [...]
Breast milk may protect against HIV
Breast milk may protect children against the Aids virus, research suggests Tests on mice show that even though some children acquire HIV from breastfeeding, mother's milk has a strong anti-viral effect Most at-risk breastfed infants do not end up with HIV despite long and repeated exposure Scientists carried out a study of genetically [...]
Fish oil is not the answer for memory loss
Researchers say they have ascertained compelling evidence that fish-oil supplements do not offer protection against dementia Previous studies said that omega-3 fatty acids, particularly those in fish oil, could provide protection for brain cells However, a team of experts conducting the Cochrane Review now said there was no evidence showing [...]
Bodybuilding & diet supplements may damage liver
Popular and bodybuilding may cause liver damage, in some cases, so severely that might lead to organ transplantation, warns a review of US national data18 percent percent used a variety of other types of supplements “The number of cases in our network has increased over the years,” cautioned Dr Jose Serrano of NIH “There were no deaths, [...]
Night shifts raise breast cancer risk
Women who regularly work the night shift or work into the early hours are at a significant higher risk of developing breast cancer, warn a new Danish study8,500 women who worked for the Danish Army between 1964 and 1999 The findings demonstrated that night shift workers had on average a 40 percent higher risk of breast cancer compared with [...]
Chemicals raise rare birth defect risk
Women exposed to a group of chemicals called PAHs during pregnancy are more likely to have babies with gastroschisis, a rare defect of umbilical cord0,000 compounds which most of them are resulted from incomplete burning of carbon-containing materials like oil, wood, garbage or coal9 years of age, which is notable because young maternal age is a [...]
Friends influence kids’ activity levels
Children who have more physically active friends are more likely to engage in exercise themselves than kids whose friends are mostly sedentary, a US study says public school students aged 5 to 12 for a period of 12 weeks2 weeks” The researchers concluded that social networks can be used as a “novel” and “promising” means to promote [...]
Yoga may help rheumatoid arthritis relief
Regular practice of yoga may significantly help reliving the symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis to 35 who had suffered from RA for on average 105 years About half of the participants were assigned to six weeks of Iyengar yoga classes while the others were added to a class wait list Iyengar yoga is a form of the ancient Indian practice known [...]
Calcium pills may raise heart attack risk
People who consume calcium supplements are a at higher risk of developing a heart attack or a stroke, according to a study which questions taking unnecessary supplements0 years The results showed that people who consumed calcium supplements regularly were 86 percent more likely to experience a heart attack than those who did not The finding [...]
Vigorous exercise may cut psoriasis risk
Vigorous exercise may significantly reduce the risk of developing psoriasis, a hard to treat common skin problem in which immune system mistakes the skin cells as a pathogen Researchers from of Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston reviewed health data of more than 86,000 women to investigate the association between [...]
Sugar can make you dumb: survey
Eating too much sugar can eat away at your brainpower, according to Researchers at the University of California Los Angeles 8 kilograms of high-fructose corn syrup per year, according to the US Department of Agriculture [subscribe2]
Caesarean section babies more likely to become obese
Babies born by Caesarean section are more likely to become overweight or obese by the age of three than their counterparts delivered naturally,250 mothers and their children admitted to Massachusetts hospitals between 1999 and 2002 The babies were examined and weighed at birth, at 6 months and again at age 3 About 25 percent of the studied [...]
Silent heart problems common in obese teens
Adolescents who are obese are more likely than their normal weight counterparts to have silent and symptomless heart problems, researchers warn It has been known for a long time that adult people with obesity are more likely to experience cardiovascular disease and death but a new preliminary study has raised the alarm for the younger people as [...]
Study finds one-third of malaria drugs ‘fake’
More than a third of malaria drugs flooding into markets in Asia and Africa are fake, say researchers who warn that the dirty business may foil global fight against the deadly disease999 and 201006 countries2 million patients die every year due to infection caused by a form of malaria parasite called Plasmodium falciparum, according to the lead [...]
Losing weight may reduce breast cancer risk
Weight loss may reduce the overweight women’s risk of breast cancer by lowering the blood levels of hormones associated with developing the tumor0 and 20 percent among overweight or obese women who lost weight The benefits of losing weight applied to those breast cancers that are estrogen receptive which include about 70 percent of all cases, [...]
