Archive for the 'Health News' Category

How to Fight with Loneliness?

Monday, December 1st, 2008

If you feel lonely everyday here is the tips to fight with loneliness.
1. Play Hip-hop music and dance along with it till you get sweat.
2. Go to Gym and do gym till you are getting sweat.
3. Stop thinking about the past.
4. Try to be optimistic.
5. Try to have a habit of reading.
Practice these [...]

Vitamin D may extend your life

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

NEW YORK: ‘Sunshine Vitamin’ is good for your bones and cuts the risk of cancer and diabetes, doctors have said for years. But, a new study has revealed that taking the compound everyday might extend your life too.
A team of international researchers has carried out a study and found that taking a daily dose of [...]

Big FM kicks off AIDS awareness campaign

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

MUMBAI: Big 92.7 FM in association with Heroes Project India, has kicked off a week long HIV and AIDS awareness campaign.
The campaign which will be carried out both on-air and on-ground will focus on spreading the right information and will urge people to stop discrimination towards HIV affected patients.
 

Cigarettes can make men go bald

Wednesday, November 28th, 2007

Most people know that smoking causes cancer, heart attack, lung disease and impotence.  Now, a study on Asian men has revealed that cigarettes also lead to baldness.
Male-pattern baldness runs in families and is influenced by male sex hormones and some environmental factors such as diet and stress. Researchers are now saying that smoking also causes [...]

Fish, vegetables cut asthma in children

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

LONDON: Children who eat a diet of fish and fruity vegetables like tomatoes and aubergines everyday are less likely to develop respiratory allergies and asthma, according to a new study.
Researchers in Europe, who carried out the study over a period of seven years, found that children who consumed more than 60gm of fish and 40gm [...]

Vitamin D could add years to your life: Study

Tuesday, September 11th, 2007

London, Sept 11: Vitamin D is definitely good for health, doctors have said for years, but a new study has revealed that taking a pill of the organic compound everyday could help you live longer.
Scientists in Europe came to the conclusion after they recently carried out a study on 57,000 people, the results of which [...]

Childhood TV viewing can cause teenage problems

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Watching television more than two hours a day early in life can lead to attention problems later in adolescence, according to a study released on Tuesday.
The roughly 40 percent increase in attention problems among heavy TV viewers was observed in both boys and girls, and was independent of whether a diagnosis of [...]

Diabetes treatment that could save 100,000 lives

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

Tens of thousands of lives could be saved by giving a drug that lowers blood pressure to everyone with diabetes, scientists have discovered.
Findings from the largest trial of its kind could revolutionise the treatment offered to Britain’s 1.8million patients with type 2 diabetes.
At present, only those with high blood pressure are offered medication such as [...]

Secondhand smoke kills house pets

Sunday, September 2nd, 2007

A leading U.S. veterinarian has suggested that secondhand smoke is a health threat to house pets such as dogs, cats and birds.
Previous studies have already shown the deadly effects of secondhand smoke on non-smoking human beings. But, Dr. Carolynn MacAllister, a Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extension Service, veterinarian, says that secondhand smoke is associated with [...]