Washington, June 23: The number of patients who have lowered their ‘bad’ cholesterol to the advised level has nearly doubled in nine countries over the last decade, according to a study released.
The research, published in the American Heart Association’s journal Circulation, said patients in the United States, Brazil, France and South Korea had improved their cholesterol through a combination of medical treatment and lifestyle changes.
London, June 23: Filling rotten baby teeth may be an unnecessary trial for children to endure, experts say. Some 40% of five-year-olds in the UK have tooth decay and at least one in 10 of these are treated with fillings. But anecdotal evidence from 50 dentists gathered by Manchester University researchers suggests filling baby teeth may not offer significant benefits.
Advisers to the NHS are now beginning a study on treatment options to provide dentists with clear guidelines.
London, June 22: Have you just given birth to a baby and are dying to shed those extra kilos? Well, women should not put themselves under too much pressure to lose weight right after giving birth, according to the latest research.
The German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care has warned that overdoing early weight loss attempts could have a negative impact on breastfeeding.
Gaining weight in pregnancy is not only normal but necessary too. The mother’s body has to nourish the growing baby. Some of this added weight will usually be lost as soon as the baby is born.
Bangalore, June 22: Not all was well on June 10 for Manoj Gokhale, a 33-year-old engineer working with GE. He was dropped off near his house at 4.30 pm that day, when Manoj suddenly fell unconsciousness.
The only thing that he vaguely remembers is a man offering to drop him home. But a splitting headcahe seemed to fog his memory.
London, June 22: A ban on sunbeds for under-18s moved a step closer after an official report revealed at least 100 Britons die from using them each year.
Hundreds more suffer malignant cancer or disfiguring injuries – and the toll could be higher, according to Government-appointed experts calling for new legal curbs.
They are demanding that under-18s are barred by law from tanning parlours, with an outright ban on unsupervised or coin-operated sunbeds.
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New Delhi, June 21: Delhi has always been famous for its street food, but its food habits are now eating into the health of its citizens.
According to the figures released by the Delhi Government’s Economic Survey, heart disease is the single biggest killer in the National Capital, followed by diabetes. According to the survey, released on Friday, heart attacks kill approximately 15,442 people in 2007. In comparison, diabetes kills 3,920 people.
Cancer, though perceived as deadlier, is a distant fourth, killing 2,516 people. A little ahead of cancer, tuberculosis killed 2,597.
Mumbai, June 21: Urinary incontinence is something women rarely talk about. But it is an affliction that hampers them from doing even everyday things. World Continence Week, starting Monday, aims to encourage women to come out and deal with it.
New Delhi, June 20: Two adults and a five-year-old boy Saturday tested positive for the influenza A (H1N1) virus in the national capital, taking the total number of affected people in India to 53.
“Three more people have tested positive for the swine flu Saturday, including an indigenous case where the patient contracted the flu without going abroad,” Delhi Health Secretary J.P. Singh told IANS.
The five-year-old boy who came back from Canada and was admitted to the Airport Health Organisation Hospital (APHO) two days back, has tested positive.
London, June 20: Want to retain your sight as you age? Well, eat a diet full of fruit and vegetables daily, say researchers.
A new study, led by Indian-origin Usha Chakravarthy of Queen’s University in Belfast, has revealed that antioxidants found in fruit and vegetables may slow down sight loss in many elderly people.
Age-related muscular regeneration (AMD), an incurable eye disease which causes blurring of central vision, affect a number of aged people across the world.
Sydney, June 20: An Australian stroke victim paralysed for more than 20 years has walked again thanks to anti-wrinkle drug botox, in a case hailed as extraordinary by his medical team.
Russell McPhee, 49, was confined to a wheelchair after suffering a severe stroke 23 years ago that left him so disabled that doctors initially told him he would never leave hospital.
But after being injected with botox, the anti-ageing treatment popular among Hollywood celebrities, McPhee can walk around his home unaided and travel up to 100 metres (330 feet) using a walking stick.
Washington, June 20: Clem Reeve likes the idea that the tiny scaffolding placed in his heart will melt away once its vital job is done.
He began suffering chest pains in December. But now he is feeling even better than before, after becoming one of the first patients in a new international trial of dissolving heart stents.
“It’s bloody brilliant. The best fact is that I’m getting a really good night’s sleep,” said 58-year-old Mr Reeve, a council roading assets manager, from Whangarata, south of Auckland.
Washington, June 20: It isn’t just the thunder thighs that shrink after obesity surgery. Melting fat somehow thins bones, too. Doctors don’t yet know how likely patients’ bones are to thin enough to break in the years after surgery. But one of the first attempts to tell suggests they might have twice the average person’s risk, and be even more likely to break a hand or foot.
Chandigarh, June 19: Calorie conscious consumers are rapidly shifting to ‘lassi’, a drink popular in rural areas, making it one of the biggest money spinner for Punjab’s Milk Cooperative– Milkfed.
The sale of lassi has registered a 49 per cent growth this year clocking Rs 7.42 crore, an official spokesman said here today.
He said that Milkfed had been changing its product profile keeping in view the fast changing preferences of consumers especially young consumers who are showing great interest towards low calorie drinks including Verka’s Lassi.
New Delhi, June 19: Swine flu cases in the country today touched 50 with six more persons, including a two-year- old boy and 66-year-old woman, testing positive for the disease.
Three fresh cases were reported from Delhi while two were from Bangalore and one from Mumbai. Out of the new cases, one case in Delhi was of human to human transmission.
“Six new cases have been reported from Delhi (3), Bangalore (2) and Mumbai (1). Of the 50 cases, 16 have been discharged while the rest are all stable and remain admitted to health facilities,” a Health Ministry official said.
Tokyo, June 19: Health experts have long warned of the risk of obesity, but a new Japanese study warns that being very skinny is even more dangerous, and that slightly chubby people live longest.
People who are a little overweight at age 40 live six to seven years longer than very thin people, whose average life expectancy was shorter by some five years than that of obese people, the study found.
Dubai, June 19: Drinking just one cup of black tea everyday might protect against cardiovascular disease, a new research has found.
According to the study conducted at University of L’Aquila in Italy and supported by the Lipton Institute of Tea, black tea consumption improves blood vessel reactivity and reduces blood pressure and arterial stiffness, indicating a notably better cardiovascular health profile.
Using a group of 19 healthy men (mean age 33), the researchers assigned the participants to one of five prescribed intakes of the tea over five periods lasting one week each.
Washington, June 19: While every mother wants what is best for their infant, those moms with multiple sclerosis (MS) have difficult choices to make. Breastfeeding, which is the best option for a baby, may not be possible due to medications taken to control the symptoms of MS. However, it has been shown that exclusive breastfeeding may help protect women that suffer from multiple sclerosis against relapses of their disease, possible by delaying the immediate return to normal monthly cycles after giving birth.
Washington, June 19: Computer injuries bring to mind tired eyes, carpal tunnel syndrome, and back or shoulder pain. Workdays of constant data entry can cause all of those problems, but that’s not the kind of computer injuries that have the medical profession talking.
The best way to care your baby is to go extra miles for feeding and preparing the right recipes. As your baby grows, he needs extra nutrients to be supplied in his food.
The food supplements for your babies also keep changing with each passing month. The healthy option to feed your toddlers the right kind of supplement is to give them home made baby food recipes.
Bangalore, June 18: Over the years, the blood vessels supplying blood to the heart muscle get blocked due to a deposit of cholesterol and fat. Angina or Coronary Heart Disease develops when the blockage becomes 70 per cent or more.
WHO estimates that Indians will make for 60 per cent of the world’s cardiac patients by 2010. It is not just the elderly but those in their late 20s and 30s who are now becoming vulnerable to blocks.
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Gandhinagar, June 17: An 11-year old girl and her parents have been quarantined in a government civil hospital in north Gujarat after she displayed swine flu-like symptoms after returning from the US, a health official said here Wednesday.
The state Health Department official said the girl had cold and cough after her return from Michigan June 14 and was quarantined for the past three days at the civil hospital of Himmatnagar, the headquarters of Sabarkantha district, about 80 km from here.
New Delhi/Hyderabad/Jalandhar, June 17: Four people including a six-year-old boy tested positive for swine flu in the national capital, taking the total number of influenza A (H1N1) cases in India to 35, health officials said here Wednesday.
‘Four more people tested positive for the swine flu Wednesday morning,’ Delhi Health Minister Kiran Walia told IANS.
She said these people were admitted to the Airport Health Organisation hospital (APHO).
New Delhi, June 17: Though no new H1N1 influenza cases have been confirmed in the capital, 14 new suspected cases were reported on Tuesday. The Delhi
government’s health department swung into action soon after it received calls from three students, part of a 20-member contingent that visited Nasa on an educational trip, complaining of flu-like symptoms on Tuesday evening.
Mumbai, June 16: Doctors warn swine flu cases may escalate when the mercury dips during monsoon..
The rains may not bring good news this year. Doctors warn of a spurt in the number of cases of swine flu during monsoon.
As the number of swine flu patients in the country climbed to more than 20 over the weekend, the Union health ministry warned of a sudden escalation in the disease in the next couple of months.
Doctors from across the country say the menace of the H1N1 virus is less in the scorching summer, as it cannot survive in temperatures above 40-45 degrees.
New Delhi, June 16: The Indian government is urging people not to travel abroad until swine flu in the country is under control, after seven more people tested positive.
The new cases come from the Indian city of Jalandhar where a group of students had recently returned from a trip to the US space agency, Nasa.
The total number of those infected by swine flu throughout India now stands at 30.
Last week the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global flu pandemic.
The swine flu (H1N1) virus first emerged in Mexico in April and has since spread to at least 74 countries.