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India children's health 'ignored'

More than half of Indian children under the age of five do not get the health care they need, according to a report by Save the Children. It ranks India alongside Ghana when it comes to providing basic health care to its children under fi [...]

Posted On : May, 08 2008 | Comments : 0

Health Insurance Companies Ordered To Reinstate Canceled Pol...

Los Angeles: California state health officials have ordered the largest health insurance companies in the state to reinstate 26 health policies which officials say were improperly canceled. The investigation will continue as they look over [...]

Posted On : Apr, 18 2008 | Comments : 0

Indoor Plants Help In Reducing Environmental Toxicity

I do not think anyone is aware of the fact that indoor plants do really help in reducing environmental toxicity to a great extent which is why you should choose to put indoor plants in your homes and offices s [...]

Posted On : Mar, 17 2008 | Comments : 0

Health Net ordered to pay $9 million after canceling cancer ...

One of California's largest for-profit insurers stopped a controversial practice of canceling sick policyholders Friday after a judge ordered Health Net Inc. to pay more than $9 million to a breast cancer patient it dropped in the middle [...]

Posted On : Feb, 23 2008 | Comments : 0

Obesity Predisposes Middle-Aged Women to Stroke

According to a report by the American Stroke Association, growing obesity among middle-aged women has led to an increase in incidence of stroke for women between the ages 35 and 54.obesity o=increases risk of strokeIn a study led by Dr. Amy [...]

Posted On : Feb, 21 2008 | Comments : 0

The pill linked to reduced ovarian cancer risk

The longer a woman uses the oral contraceptive pill, the lower her risk of getting ovarian cancer later in life, The Lancet medical journal reports. Ten years of pill use reduced ovarian cancer cases as well as deaths from the disease, acc [...]

Posted On : Jan, 28 2008 | Comments : 0

New Test May Predict Subsequent Stroke Risk

Getting a “Minor Stroke” is no doubt related to a neurological problem or due to a major surgery but the good news now is that doctors have been successful in predicting subsequent risk of stroke by taking a s [...]

Posted On : Nov, 16 2007 | Comments : 0

Study: Anti-Convulsant Drug May Help Reduce Alcohol Dependen...

Topiramate, an anticonvulsant drug prescribed for epilepsy seizures and migraine headaches may help those with alcohol dependence, a study released Tuesday suggested.Professor Bankole Johnson, the lead author of the study said that the drug [...]

Posted On : Oct, 10 2007 | Comments : 0

Tired Or Toxic? Chronic Fatigue Syndrome And Environmental T...

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) currently recognizes more than four million chemical compou [...]

Posted On : Oct, 08 2007 | Comments : 0

Osteoporosis drug helps patients with hip repaired

Elder patients who had a broken hip repair and received an infusion of Reclast (Zoledronic acid), an osteoporosis drug, just once a year were at a much lower risk of death from all causes and new clinical fractures compare [...]

Posted On : Sep, 19 2007 | Comments : 0

Spot reduction

Infomercials for various exercise contraptions would have us believe that exercising a specific area of the body will melt all the fat in that region. This is, unfortunately, not true. Stomach crunches cannot reduce your paunch and [...]

Posted On : Jun, 01 2007 | Comments : 0

Reducing polluting gases

A University of Florida engineering student has developed a method to reduce nitrogen oxide emissions from small pollutants like car and lawn mower engines, industrial boilers and barbeque grills. These sources are a major contribut [...]

Posted On : May, 02 2007 | Comments : 0

fat can reduce effect of vitamin C

Researchers at the university of Glasgow have found that a high fat diet could hamper the anti cancer effects of vitamin C. Nitrite, a potential carcinogen, is present naturally in the saliva. This nitrite enters the acidic e [...]

Posted On : Apr, 10 2007 | Comments : 0

Scientist accidently discovered First Evidence Of Alcohol-Ca...

Dr. Jian-Wei Gu is the assistant professor of physiology and biophysics at the University of Mississippi Medical Center. He found this remarkable discovery by accident. He came to Missipi to do reasearch on Cardiovascular system. "S [...]