Blueberries Counteract Intestinal Diseases redOrbit Posted on: Monday, 8 February 2010, 13:18 CST | It is already known that blueberries are rich in antioxidants and vitamins. New research from the Lund University Faculty of Engineering in Sweden shows that blueberry fibers are important and can alleviate and protect against intestinal inflammations,...
Women and heart disease: Know the risk factors The Examiner | Think red for February during the "Go Red for Women Campaign" by the American Heart Association Flavio Takemoto @ www.sxc.hu/photo/1035568 If you like this ... Recognizing heart attack symptoms in women Quit Smoking Using Herbal Supplements Limit bad fats in your diet to lower LDL choles...
Abalone divers take legal action over disease spread Australian Broadcasting Corporation Victorian abalone divers and licence holders have instructed law firm Maurice Blackburn to start a class action. | They want to recover financial losses as a result of the spread of lethal abalone virus, ganglioneuritis. | The virus was first reporte...
New diseases blamed on lifestyle changes The Hindu | Special Correspondent | Demonstration-cum-exhibition on 'Miracles of herbs' organised | Demonstration:V. Ganapathi, Project Director and Siddha Medical Officer, Vivekananda Kendra, Kanyakumari, (second from right), at the exhibition in Vellore on M...
Blueberries Counteract Intestinal Diseases redOrbit Posted on: Monday, 8 February 2010, 13:18 CST | It is already known that blueberries are rich in antioxidants and vitamins. New research from the Lund University Faculty of Engineering in Sweden shows that blueberry fibers are important and can allev...
British couples offered online genetic test for 100 inherited diseases The Daily Mail | Simple: The £700 saliva-testing kit would tell couples if they were carriers of genetic diseases | Couples are to be offered a simple test to prevent them passing on up to 100 genetic diseases to their children in a breakthrough which experts said ...
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HPV Vaccines May Reduce Wide Range Of Genital Diseases redOrbit Posted on: Sunday, 7 February 2010, 10:45 CST | High-coverage human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccinations among adolescents and young women may result in a rapid reduction of genital w...
Heart disease could kill 2 million Indians in 2010 DNA India | Cardiovascular diseases are steadily emerging as the number one killer worldwide; the implications are even more significant in India. | Experts have predicted 3.75 million death...
'Eat less to avoid diseases and live long' The Hindu | HYDERABAD: You have to eat less to live long to avoid all degenerate diseases; also practise all traditional systems of medicines -- this message was conveyed to people by speake...
Lyme disease: 'I knew whatever was troubling me wasn't a sports injury' The Times | "There's just one problem," said Lou Pobereskin, the consultant neurosurgeon at Derriford Hospital in Plymouth. "This damn Lyme disease." The condition was not Pobereskin's area of practice. I had been referred to him for cervical myelopathy, a deg...
Exposure to industrial cleaner increases Parkinson's disease risk Zeenews Washington: A new study has linked an industrial cleaner to increased risk of Parkinson's disease. | According to the research, exposure to tricholorethylene (TCE), a chemical once used to clean metal like auto parts, could lead workers to develop Pa...
David V. Becker, 86, Dies; Expert on Thyroid Disease The New York Times | David V. Becker, a pioneer in using radioactive materials to diagnose and treat thyroid disease and an expert on the thyroid damage caused by the Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident in 1986, died Jan. 31 at his home in Manhattan. He was 86 and had c...
Medicinal value of Indian honey is on a par with the world's best DNA India | Mumbai: Indian honey has equal medicinal properties as the Manuka honey of New Zealand, believed to be of the best quality in the world. | Doctors from Nair Hospital tested the Indian honey on 226 patients and found that it had incredible healing properties. The findings were recently presented in the Second International Honey Conference in Mala...
Fish oil may help ease symptoms of mental illness The Examiner | Schizophrenia, like many other illnesses, has a link between early intervention and better outcomes. A recent Austria-based study suggests that fish oil may reduce a person's risk of developing a psychotic disorder. | During the study, individuals at "extremely high risk of developing psychosis" took either a placebo or f...
GOP cool to Obama call for two-party health talks Philadelphia Daily News | CHARLES BABINGTON | The Associated Press | WASHINGTON - Republicans gave a chilly reception Monday to President Barack Obama's invitation to discuss health care in a bipartisan, televised setting later this month, part of the White House effort to revive the stalled legislation. | The House and Senate GOP leaders said Obama and his fellow Democra...
