China Lifts ban barring entry to Foreigners with HIV and AIDS
Fri, 30/04/10 – 9:49 | No Comment

China, which has had a strict regulation for the past 20 years of not allowing foreigners with either HIV, AIDS sexually transmitted diseases and leprosy has changed it. The regulation has been relaxed recently after …

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Check your DNA for Alzheimer’s
Monday, 30 Mar, 2009 – 9:02 | No Comment

5 million Americans have Alzheimer’s and every 70 seconds someone in America develops this disease. According to a report one among 7 of us will develop Alzheimer’s by the age of 65. And after 85 …

STDs and circumcision
Monday, 30 Mar, 2009 – 8:56 | 2 Comments

 
After the latest study on circumcision and rate of getting infected with Herpes and HPV, researchers are calling for a change in people’s opinion about the controversial procedure of circumcision. In one of the largest …

Tea taken too hot can increase the risk of throat cancer
Sunday, 29 Mar, 2009 – 12:17 | No Comment

 
Tea has always been known to be beneficial to health but a recent study has found that if taken too hot it can actually increase ones chances of getting throat cancer. Supporting this study is …

Female athletes watch out!
Sunday, 29 Mar, 2009 – 8:46 | One Comment

 
It is observed that in sports played by both men and women, women sustain more concussions than men. According to a research, concussion among girls playing soccer in high school is 68 percent higher than …

Watch Your Cough
Saturday, 28 Mar, 2009 – 8:21 | No Comment

 
Normal symptoms like trouble swallowing or a cough that doesn’t go away or a sore throat can be an indicator of a rare esophageal cancer that attacks the throat. This can develop when stomach acid …

Should One Starve Before Surgery?
Saturday, 28 Mar, 2009 – 8:15 | No Comment

 
One is always asked to starve before surgery and even women in labor are asked not to eat just in case a surgery is needed. A few years ago, patients were not even allowed to …

Teen Tan- May Get Banned
Friday, 27 Mar, 2009 – 8:15 | No Comment
Teen Tan- May Get Banned

 
A girl who wanted to look good for a local pageant went for a tanning session when she was 15 and later that year, her mother noticed a scab on her back, which turned out …

Freeze away the fat
Friday, 27 Mar, 2009 – 8:10 | One Comment

FDA is on the verge of approving the new, innovative method of reducing fat. These are the exact opposite of saunas, and are used in cryotherapy spas where freezing temperatures are used to tighten skin. …

Brain surgery for obesity
Thursday, 26 Mar, 2009 – 8:40 | 4 Comments
Brain surgery for obesity

This may sound a little strange as most of us link only liposuction to surgery for the obese. In West Virginia a second brain surgery of its kind was done, where Carol Poe, 60, and …

Calcium- rich diet lowers cancer risk
Thursday, 26 Mar, 2009 – 8:36 | No Comment

 A recent study has shown that diet rich with calcium will lowers risks of developing cancer. The study was done on nearly half a million men and women and involved food containing calcium rather than …