New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) A sedentary lifestyle, increased alcohol consumption and obesity are contributing towards making India the “world capital of liver diseases” by 2025, a health expert said Saturday. “Urbanisation and changes linked with it like sedentary lifestyle, fatty food, uncontrolled blood sugar, obesity, smoking and high alcohol intake is leading Indians towards […]
Agartala, April 19 (IANS) A court in Tripura Saturday sent a Kolkata-based doctor to five days in police custody on charges of cheating two Tripura residents by taking money and promising their sons admission in medical colleges in Bangalore. Santanu Tathagata Pal, a radiologist who runs a clinic in Salt Lake City in Kolkata, was […]
Monrovia, April 16 (IANS) The government of Liberia has announced that measures have been stepped up to contain the Ebola outbreak in the West African country. Some of the measures include the establishment of a laboratory at the Liberia Institute of Biomedical Research (LIBR) in Margibi county to test for Ebola and Lassa Fever, the ministry […]
London, April 14 (IANS) Why is that the severity of alcoholic liver disease (ALD) is not equal in all heavy drinkers? The secret may lie in the the gut flora or what is now known as microbiota, says a study. “These findings provide first evidence for a causal role of gut microbiota in alcohol-induced inflammation,” said […]
London, April 14 (IANS) Parents, let the kids play in the sun if you want them to keep non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) at bay as a research has confirmed links between low vitamin D and Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). NAFLD refers to fat build-up in liver cells in people who do not drink alcohol […]
Toronto, April 14 (IANS) Even as women with diabetes are at higher risk of breast cancer, diabetic women get so hassled managing the chronic condition that they often end up leaving other preventative actions, like screening for cancer, to fall by the wayside, a study has found. Women with diabetes are 14 percent less likely to […]
New York, Does diet has a connection with discipline in your life? Yes. A junk food diet makes you fat and lethargic, and later indisciplined. A study provides evidence that being overweight makes people tired and sedentary – not the other way around. “Overweight people often get stigmatised as lazy and lacking discipline. The results […]
London, Outdoor exercise could be more beneficial than indoor workouts as a study has found that children exposed to scenes of nature while exercising are likely to have lower blood pressure. “Hypertension is a chronic health problem across the world, so given the results we have seen in our study it is crucial that we continue […]
New York, April 7 (IANS) There might soon be new approaches to tackle the deadly malaria. A research team at University of California, Riverside has generated a 3D model of the human malaria parasite genome at three different stages in the parasite’s life cycle. The parasite that causes malaria in humans is Plasmodium falciparum. To understand […]
Los Angeles, April 5 (IANS) Running is a great cardio workout which helps aid weight loss alongside a healthy eating plan, but there are plenty more reasons why one should put on one’s running shoes. Femalefirst.co.uk lists reasons why running is beneficial: * It doesn’t cost you anything: You can run anywhere you like to, […]