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• Gastroesophageal reflux disease increases the risk of cancer
  A new study reported in the American Journal of Medicine, suggests that people suffering from gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) are at a higher risk of developing laryngeal cancer. 30/Sep/2006

• Salads are highly nutritional
  A study that examined salad consumption by more than 17,000 people in United States, has found that salads provide more health benefits than previously thought. 30/Sep/2006

• Eat pecan nuts to reduce the risk of heart diseases
  A new study has found that eating pecan nuts can inhibit unwanted oxidation in blood vessels, reducing the risk of heart diseases. Pecan (Carya illinoinensis), is a tree native to southeastern North America and its nuts are edible, rich in protein and unsaturated fats, with a buttery flavor. 30/Sep/2006

• Beware of dust mites.
  A new research has found that dust mites and their excretions can irritate the immune system in humans and make them vulnerable to infections. 30/Sep/2006

• Lung Cancer patients can now live longer
  A new experimental drug discovered in New Zealand has provided hope to millions of lung cancer patients, worldwide. Doctors feel that the discovery of this new drug is a milestone in the fight against this disease. 29/Sep/2006

• Avian Flu H5N1 is mutating
  The H5N1 strain of avian flu, which has killed nearly 150 people worldwide, has started to show signs of mutation that could make this virus resistant to anti-viral drugs like Oseltamivir (Tamiflu) and other vaccines that will be developed in future, according to a WHO scientist. 29/Sep/2006

• Drinking alcohol? Be prepared for gout attacks!
  A new study carried out by researchers from Boston University, has found that consumption of alcohol, even in small quantities can trigger painful gout attacks in some people. 28/Sep/2006

• Women over 40 are at risk to insulin resistance
  Women, who are over 40 years of age and fat around their waists, with a family history of diabetes or cardiovascular diseases, are prone to a condition called insulin resistance (a condition that often leads to type 2 diabetes). 28/Sep/2006

• Exercise can save you from colon cancer
  A new study has found that exercising for an hour a day; six day a week can save us from colon cancer, the third most common form of cancer and the second deadly in the western world. 28/Sep/2006

• Body Dysmorphic Disorder & Anorexia
  The sufferer of anorexia Nervosa will look into the mirror and see staring back at her a totally different person from the one you or I see. It doesn't matter how much weight has been lost or even if weight needed to be lost in the first place the anorexic will always see them selves as overweight. 28/Sep/2006

• Diagnosing Alzheimer’s disease
  Diagnosing Alzheimer at its early stages will get easier in future, using a computer-aided technique, which will identify the first symptoms of this disease, according to a new study carried out by researchers at University of California, Irvine. 27/Sep/2006

• Cell transplantation can be a solution to blindness
  Cell transplantation can provide vision to elderly blind people, according to a new study carried out by researchers at Advanced Cell Technology, Massachusetts, and University of Utah Health Science Centre. 27/Sep/2006

• Teenagers & puberty
  You got through the teething years and the terrible two’s when your toddler and you had a battle of wills, you got through the tantrums and tears because they couldn’t get what they wanted, or so you thought. 26/Sep/2006

• Teenagers & problems with bullying
  There is always at least one bully in school, there always has been and there always will be it’s a sad fact, bullying is rife not only in school but it is something which even adults in the workplace have to contend with. 26/Sep/2006

• Vaccines could put an end to the HIV epidemic
  Analysts from the Futures Group and the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative, have reported that effective administration of AIDS vaccine to 70% of the population (in countries where this disease is at epidemic proportions) by 2030 could eventually put an end to the HIV epidemic. 26/Sep/2006

• Vaccines to eradicate Otitis & Sinusitis
  Trials of a new vaccine that aims to eradicate childhood Sinusitis (sinus infection) and Otitis (ear infection) and many cases of bronchitis (a respiratory tract disease) in adults will begin shortly in U.S. This vaccine will not be saving lives, but rather prevent annoying illnesses like sinusitis, to make life much better, according to the leader of this trail, Dr. Michael Pichichero, a professor of microbiology, immunology, pediatrics and medicine at the University of Rochester, New York. 26/Sep/2006

• Anorexica : Societal Pressures Are Sometimes to Blame for Eating Disorders
  When you discover that someone you know has an eating disorder, your first thought is probably what caused that person to develop it in the first place. The answer is going to be low self-confidence and esteem. However, what underlying factor caused the lack of self-esteem and confidence? 26/Sep/2006

• Diabetes is more dangerous than obesity
  According to a new study, diabetes and not obesity increases the risk of death in young people, making them more prone to critical illnesses compared to people who do not suffer from this disease. 26/Sep/2006

• Yoga is the best solution to atherosclerotic obstructions
  Changing lifestyles are putting more and more people at risk to coronary heart diseases, which is caused by unhealthy eating habits and sedentary lifestyle. 26/Sep/2006

• Anorexia: Playing God
  How often have we heard the phrase "size doesn't matter" but is that really true or do we just persuade ourselves it doesn't. 25/Sep/2006

• Mammography can save you from breast cancer!
  With one out of eight women at risk of developing breast cancer in their life time, health experts around the world are recommending annual mammograms for all women over 40, to reduce the risk of breast cancer. 25/Sep/2006

• Cardiovascular diseases are the world’s largest killers
  More than 17 million people die from stroke and heart diseases every year, making them the largest killers in the world, according to World Health Organization. 25/Sep/2006

• Anorexia : Cognitive Behaviour Therapy as a Possible Treatment of Anorexia
  Of the many types of therapy available as a possible source of help for the anorexic Cognitive therapy is a possible source. Cognitive behaviour therapy or CBT as it is more commonly known is the processes of helping a person get rid of negative thoughts you might have about yourself. 24/Sep/2006

• Controlling Cholesterol – Eat soy protein foods
  Soy protein, a storage protein held in protein bodies in soybeans, present in bean curd, soy milk and in other soy protein foods, is found to be beneficial to the heart. 23/Sep/2006

• Which type of diet suit us the most?
  We would have seen and heard a lot of people having heated discussions on the above topic. Nowadays-even doctors around the world have started recommending people to stick to a vegetarian diet to remain healthy and to stay away from coronary diseases. The non-vegetarian diet is losing its popularity. 23/Sep/2006

• Anorexia: Black or White No Grey Areas
  The person suffering from anorexia very often as part of there illness will have distorted thoughts about themselves and place far too much importance on there appearance. For example "being thinner I would be so much happier" or "I would get grossly overweight if I ate all the things I wanted to". 23/Sep/2006

• Foto-Facial Treatment in Rejuvenation of Skin
  Skin rejuvenation is a cosmetic medical procedure that has been used to restore young appearance to the skin. This procedure of reversing the aging process is a ‘boon’ to many people who would like to regain their youthful appearance. Foto-Facial treatment is a new technology that could make the dream of reversing the aging process come true. 23/Sep/2006

• Renal cell carcinoma is turning more fatal
  Deaths resulting from ‘Renal cell Carcinoma’ or ‘Kidney Cancer’ continues to rise, in spite of the fact that many new cases are being diagnosed and treated early, according to a report released by researchers at University of Michigan. 22/Sep/2006

• China is getting more obese
  A recent survey on physical health in China showed that one out of three men and one out eight boys, living in urban areas are overweight. The survey covered 245,035 people aged 3 to 69, living in 31 provinces across the country. 22/Sep/2006

• Anorexia Nervosa Fashionably Thin
  Anorexia Nervosa literally means "nervous loss of appetite" but this is in fact misleading, in actual fact people who suffer from anorexia do not in fact have a loss of appetite at all. Those suffering from this affliction are actually fearful of gaining weight, rather they see themselves and convince themselves they are overweight. 22/Sep/2006

• Can Vitamin D help reduce Breast Cancer?
  Recent study presented to the American Association for Cancer Research and the American Society of Clinical Oncology suggests that adequate consumption of vitamin D may well help reduce the risk factor of breast cancer from occurring in women. 22/Sep/2006

• Excess Weight Raises Women’s Health Risk
  The health complications and risk of extremely obese women may have been underestimated Researchers at the University of Pittsburg have reported to the Journal of the American Medical Association that obese women have a greater risk of suffering from coronary heart disease, high blood pressure, hypertension, diabetes and even death. 22/Sep/2006

• Routine Tests Not Sensitive Enough to Detect Breech Births.
  A new Australian study has suggested that the routine check up by expectant mothers in late pregnancy may not be sensitive enough to detect abnormal fetal positions such as breech. Breech presentation is where the fetus is presented with the feet or buttocks first instead of the head. 22/Sep/2006

• Stress Eating More Common in Women than Men
  A British study has shown that women are more likely to indulge in unhealthy habits than men. Women tend to smoke, snack on high fat and high sugar foods and drink more caffeine when subjected to long hours of work. 22/Sep/2006

• Strategies to Reduce Risk of Ovarian and Breast Cancer
  A new research has given hope to women with certain genetic mutations to lower the risks of ovarian cancer by removing their ovaries. 22/Sep/2006

• Women’s Stroke Risk Reduced by Healthy Lifestyle
  A study on more than 37,600 women from 1993 who were 45 years and older has finally brought in the results which were published in the Archives of Internal Medicine. 22/Sep/2006

• Women at Higher Risk of Lung Cancer
  The July issue of Journal of the American Medical Association has reported than women who smoke have higher chances of developing lung cancer compared to men. 22/Sep/2006

• U.S Women Lack Lung Cancer Awareness
  A recent survey by the United States National Lung Cancer Partnership (NLCP) on more than 500 women has revealed that American women are not aware of the severity of lung cancer or how they can be affected by them. 22/Sep/2006

• Gene Variants Cause Higher Stroke Risk in Younger Women
  A new research for the “Stroke Prevention in Young Women Study 2” has revealed that the existence of some gene variants may raise the risk of stroke in younger women. 22/Sep/2006

• Babies Can Recognize Mathematical Errors.
  Scientists from the US and Israel had recently conducted a study on 24 babies between the age of six to nine months by showing them puppet displays. 22/Sep/2006

• Probiotics for the Elderly
  Scientists believe that taking probiotics by those who are over the age of 60 can be extremely beneficial to combat bowel conditions like Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). 22/Sep/2006

• Epilepsy Drug May Cause Birth Defects.
  A research on more than 300 pregnant women has found that 20% of them who had taken the epilepsy drug valproate suffered miscarriages or delivered babies with birth defects. 22/Sep/2006

• Preeclampsia Risk Reduced by Multivitamins
  A recent study by doctors from the University of Pittsburg has shown that women who took multivitamins before and during the first trimester of pregnancy considerably reduced the risk of developing preeclampsia. 22/Sep/2006

• Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk Higher in Women Smokers
  A US study has reported that smoking doubles the probabilities of women developing rheumatoid arthritis even if they do not have the genetic risk (HLA-DRB1 SE) factor for the disease. 22/Sep/2006

• US Babies getting fatter says study
  Babies in the USA are getting fatter according to Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care studies. Researchers have examined data on more than 120,000 Massachusetts children under the ages of 6 for the past 22 years. 22/Sep/2006

• "DES Daughters" at substantial higher breast cancer risk
  Researchers writing for the August issue of the Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention journal have revealed that the so-called "DES Daughters" - women born to mothers who during their pregnancy used the anti-miscarriage drug diethylstilbestrol - are at substantial greater risk of getting breast cancer compared to women not exposed to the drug while in the womb. 22/Sep/2006

• Medication Errors More than 40,000 a Year
  A query from The Healthcare Commission to The National Patient Safety Agency (NPSA) has reported that more than 40,000 medications have been erroneously dispensed to patients for the past 12 months in England and Wales. 22/Sep/2006

• New Breast Cancer Drugs Gets The Nod
  The National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) has issued a final draft appraisal on the three breakthrough drugs that slows down aromatase in postmenopausal women who are diagnosed with early stage of breast cancer. 22/Sep/2006

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