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| Antioxidants unable to slow ageing |
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 A research team from University College London has studied that diets and creams claiming their antioxidant properties could cheat ageing may be of no value.
The scientists have found even those given enhanced antioxidant powers to deal with tissue damaging `free radicals` did not live longer using Nematode worms.
The team said that in the Genes and Development journal, there was `no clear evidence` that they could slow ageing.
There is a 50-year-old theory... |
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| Ganjam district has 90% AIDS patients due to migrated labourers |
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 The Ganjam district of Orissa has 90 percent of its AIDS patient are migrated labourers from neighbouring states particularly to Surat in Gujarat from where the labourers do carry the virus.
The district has always been in the news due to its place in the AIDS map of the country. Most of the people in the state migrate to nearby states as labourers and bring the dreaded virus and spread all over the district.
According to the latest figure, the total number of people ca... |
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| Red Cross launches HIV/AIDS awareness drive on World AIDS Day |
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 Indian Red Cross Society has launched a six-day AIDS awareness campaign mainly targeting the youth on the occasion of World AIDS Day on December 1.
R V Kulkarni, honorary secretary of the city unit of the Red Cross has said that the drive is part of its HIV/AIDS Youth Peer Education Programme (YPEP). He added, "The programme involves activities like rallies, street plays, lectures, poster exhibitions etc."
The society is spreading its message at the Pune railway station... |
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| Dairy foods make stronger bones |
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 As per the recent studies, eating plenty of dairy foods, meat, and other high-protein foods in childhood result in stronger and healthier bones in adolescence.
Earlier studies have shown mixed results on the effects of dairy or calcium supplements on bone health. The researchers from America analysed data from a study that involved 106 children for 12 years. The research was conducted to study the effects of usual childhood dairy intake on adolescent bone health. The children were 3... |
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| Bird Flu outbreaks in Assam, above 300 birds die |
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 A senior official from Assam has informed on Thursday that bird flue has outbroken in the state of Assam so authorities have ordered culling thousands of chicken and ducks.
R. C. Jain, a senior state government official said on Friday, "We were informed that the samples sent to laboratories in Bhopal and Pune have been tested positive. So we have ordered for culling in the area, which will start today." Jain added, "It is H5N1 stain."
Jain said, "We have imposed a ban on... |
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| Study reveals Bad Boss Can Give Heart Disease to Employees |
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 According to a recent research study result, bad boss can give heart disease to employees. The study reveals that the competency of boss not only determines the working atmosphere of the office but also affects health of employees.
Researchers from the Karolinska Institute and Stockholm University studied the heart health of the male employees, aged between 19 and 70 over a period of nearly a decade.
During this study period, 74 cases of fatal and non-fatal heart attac... |
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| Health Ministry releases Obesity guidelines |
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 The health ministry along with the Diabetics Foundation of India and 20 other national health organisations, has released on Tuesday, the first India-specific guidelines for prevention and management of obesity and metabolic syndrome.
According to the experts, the guidelines are the need of the hour as a large number of people are suffering from obesity and related problem are being ignored due to the lack of them.
Dr Anoop Misra, a co-convener of the submit and direc... |
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| Garlic-based tablet can treat diabetes |
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 According to a new study, a tablet-form garlic-based drug can treat diabetes types I and II. The drug is based on vanadium and allaxin, a compound found in garlic.
The new Royal Society of Chemistry journal Metallomics has published the study. When Hiromu Sakurai and colleagues from the Suzuka University of Medical Science, Japan, gave the drug orally to type I diabetic mice, they found it reduced blood glucose levels.
They had discovered in their earlier study that t... |
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| Stress-free lifestyle helps to fight cancer |
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 A study of the Ohio State University researchers has revealed that stress-free lifestyle can help fight cancer.
The study involved a research on a small number of women recovering from breast cancer surgery. The patients took part in a psychological `intervention` designed to reduce stress and promote a healthy lifestyle, and the analysis revealed that the women survived longer and were less likely to relapse than those who did not.
The study started in 1994. The resea... |
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| Diabetes patients get alternative with Insulin spray |
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 Diabetes patients have got a new Oral-Recosulin, a recombinant DNA human insulin buccal spray, which will be helpful for suffering from acute injection phobia.
The spray is on phase-3 trial and is yet to be launched in the US. It has been approved for marketing in India.
Announcing the launch, Shreya Life Science Pvt. Ltd, domestic business director Ram Shelat said, "It has been approved for marketing in India. We are waiting for price approval, and by the first week o... |
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