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Weight Loss Pill - Is It a Fraud?

Weight Loss Pill - Is It a Fraud?

For an overweight individual, quick and easy weight reducing methods may be the most lucrative option. Diet pills, heating belts, weight reduction capsules, Ayurvedic slimming powders, pil...

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New Practices In Glaucoma Diagnosis

New Practices In Glaucoma Diagnosis

Scientists have been constantly pursuing newer tests to diagnose Glucoma. Glaucoma is an incurable condition of the eye and if left untreated can cause blindness and once it effects the vi...

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Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes Associated With Low Serum Amylase

Metabolic Syndrome and Diabetes Associated With Low Serum Amylase

In a community based study in Japan, researchers investigated if low serum amylase is linked with an increased risk of metabolic diseases such as diabetes and Metabolic Syndrome (Met S). ...

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Orlistat Diet Drug Linked To Kidney Damage - A Blow to Fight Against Fat

Orlistat Diet Drug Linked To Kidney Damage - A Blow to Fight Against Fat

A team of Canadian researchers, led by Dr. Matthew Weir of the University of Western Ontario, noticed an increase in kidney damage among people consuming the weight loss drug Orlistat, so...

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Abortion Does Not Increase Risk of Mental Problems

Abortion Does Not Increase Risk of Mental Problems

Concern has been expressed regarding potential harm to women’s mental health in association with induced abortion but there is no clear evidence whether induced abortion is associated wit...

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Multiple Sclerosis Patients Present With High Incidence of Celiac Disease

Multiple Sclerosis Patients Present With High Incidence of Celiac Disease

Celiac disease (CD) is a common systemic disorder related to gluten intolerance and is often associated with different autoimmune and neurological diseases. The study’s lead aut...

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Mercury Exposure and Risk of Heart Diseases: Nothing Fishy About It!

Mercury Exposure and Risk of Heart Diseases: Nothing Fishy About It!

Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health published a study that exposure to mercury does not increase the risk of coronary heart disease, stroke, or other cardiovascular diseases...

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Japanese Tsunami Aftermath: Health Concerns

Japanese Tsunami Aftermath: Health Concerns

On March 11, 2011 , horror unfolded in Japan as the Tsunami struck the island nation and wrecked havoc along the country’s north-eastern coast , washing away entire communities along t...

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Mental Disorders and Obesity

Mental Disorders and Obesity

Studies have shown a strong correlation between common mental disorder and obesity. It is suggested that people with repeated episodes of common mental disorder are particularly at risk of s...

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Blood Pressure-Reducing Medication May Protect Kidney in Diabetes

Blood Pressure-Reducing Medication May Protect Kidney in Diabetes

Blood pressure-reducing medication olmesartan may help protect the kidneys of people with type 2 diabetes, suggests study. Kidney is one of the worst affected organs in long standing diabet...

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Indian Diet and Its Impact on Obesity and Cardiac Diseases

Indian Diet and Its Impact on Obesity and Cardiac Diseases

The role of diet and eating habits in India's progressing chronic disease epidemic is unclear but needs to be studied more precisely to establish a coherent relation between the two. Indi...

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International Women's Day 2011: “Equal Access to Education, Training and Science & Technology: Pathway to Decent Work for Women”

International Women's Day 2011: “Equal Access to Education, Training and Science & Technology: Pathway to Decent Work for Women”

International Women's Day (IWD) is celebrated all over the world on the 8 th of March each year. This year, 2011, marks the Global centenary year of IWD. This day was first celebrate...

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Is Blood Pressure Reduction Beneficial in Stroke?

Is Blood Pressure Reduction Beneficial in Stroke?

High blood pressure increases the risk of developing stroke. Patients with hypertension often have stiffened arteries, due to deposition of cholesterol, the condition known as atherosclero...

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Bursting the Genomic Bubble

Bursting the Genomic Bubble

It has been ten years since the human genome, the blue print of our life, was decoded and the mystery that marks us as a species, unraveled. Although the significance of genomics is of...

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Losing Sleep may Mean Gaining Weight

Losing Sleep may Mean Gaining Weight

Obesity has become a major public health issue throughout the world. India harbours 5% of obese population and this is likely to become an epidemic if due measures are not implemented. ...

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