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Priyanka Gandhi Discharged from Hospital After Gallstone Surgery

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Priyanka Gandhi Vadra - daughter of UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi was discharged from a hospital after she successfully underwent gallstone surgery, say sources. "Priyanka Gandhi was discharged from the hospital today (Wednesday)," said sources at the Sir Ganga Ram hospital, where she underwent surgery Monday. Priyanka, 41, was found to have stones in her gall bladder during a routine check-up. She was admitted to the hospital Sunday. ...

Foods that are Bad for your Skin

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Hydration, sebum formation and skin acidity determine the skin condition. Along with aging and environmental factors, diet too influences skin condition.

Study Says Heavy Moms-to-be at Greater Risk of C-section

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According to a new study, women with a pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI) of 40 had a higher risk of Cesarean section (C-section). Findings that appear in iActa Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica/i, a journal published by Wiley on behalf of the Nordic Federation of Societies of Obstetrics and Gynecology, indicate that women with more than a 16 kg (30 lbs) weight gain during pregnancy increased their risk of forceps or vacuum extraction, and C-section. Obesity ...

New Technology to Speed Up Diagnosis of Stroke from Vertigo, Dizziness Symptoms

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In a recent research, scientists have come up with a technique to distinguish stroke from peripheral vestibular in patients with vertigo and dizziness. According to the scientists, this technology could have the potential to save those tens of thousands of lives, which are lost every year due to misdiagnosis. Moreover, it could spare patients the money and time spent in MRI. The system includes a pair of goggles mounted with a webcam and accelerometer. ...

Learn to Manage Multiple Health Covers

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There are many health plans available and today many individuals are opting for more than one health cover. Many individuals are covered by employers, but they look for stand-alone health covers, in case they lose their job. Many others, especially high net worth individuals buy more than one policy to increase their health cover costs. Group policies are more relaxed in their cover for pre-existing diseases, but individual policies cover these diseases ...

Cashless or Reimbursement Health Policy

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iBuy a policy which suits your needs./i In a cashless health insurance policy it is exactly that - cashless. The policy holder makes no payment and the insurance company settles the bill. In a reimbursement plan the policy holder pays the bills and the insurer pays him when he files a claim. With a cashless health policy the choice of hospitals is limited, as you have to be admitted to a hospital which comes under the insurer's ...

Acupuncture May Help Relieve Seasonal Allergies: Study

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The impact of allergies on a patient's quality of life is quite significant. Spring season ushers in sunshine and blooming flowers, but with that comes the wind and the pollen. For many of us, this could be the onset of allergy season! Allergic rhinitis or what is known as hay fever is a learned response by the immune system which is accompanied with burdensome symptoms such as nasal congestion, uncontrollable sneezing, watery eyes, itchy and runny nose. ...

Insomnia Ups Risk of Heart Failure

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People who suffer from symptoms of insomnia are at an increased risk of developing heart failure, finds study. The study followed 54,279 people between the ages of 20-89 for an average of more than 11 years, and found that those who suffered from three symptoms of insomnia had a more than three-fold increased risk of developing heart failure compared to those with no insomnia symptoms. Dr Lars Laugsand, a post-doctoral fellow in the Department of ...

Junk Food Diet During Pregnancy Turns the Child into Junk Food Addict

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Pregnant mothers who eat junk food have babies who are likely to grow up into junk food addicts, suggests a recent Australian study. A healthy balanced diet during pregnancy is crucial for the future health of children. The researches performed by Jessica R. Gugusheff and her colleagues from the FOODplus Research Centre in the School of Agriculture Food and Wine at the University of Adelaide in Adelaide, Australia offer us a potential explanation for ...

Visceral Fat Linked to Intestinal Cancer

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Visceral fat - fat stored in the abdominal cavity is directly associated with a higher risk for colon cancer, states research published in iCancer Prevention Research/i. "There has been some skepticism as to whether obesity per se is a bona fide cancer risk factor, rather than the habits that fuel it, including a poor diet and a sedentary lifestyle," said Derek M. Huffman, Ph.D., postdoctoral fellow at the Institute for Aging Research at the Albert Einstein ...

National Workshop of Transplant Coordinators Provides Guidelines to Promote Deceased Donation in India

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A high level workshop that included international and Indian stakeholders from the field of organ transplantation met in Delhi over 3 days to discuss ways to increase the deceased donation rate in the country and help overcome organ shortage. A living person can only donate one of the two kidneys or a part of the liver; however a person who is brain dead can donate almost nine common organs and tissues. The current organ donation rate from deceased donors range ...

Community-based HIV-prevention Efforts Help Reduce New Infections

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Communities that worked together on HIV-prevention efforts in Africa and Thailand saw a rise in HIV screening and also a drop in new infection rates, states study presented this week at the Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections in Atlanta. The U.S. National Institute of Mental Health's Project Accept - a trial conducted by the HIV Prevention Trials Network to test a combination of social, behavioral and structural HIV-prevention interventions ...

New Drug Fights Diabetes

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A simple once-a-day injection could offer hope to millions of people with diabetes, say researchers. The ground-breaking drug - a longer-lasting type of insulin - costs just 2.20-pound-a-day, the Daily Express reported. In order to keep their problems under control, many diabetic patients inject themselves with insulin several times a day to keep their blood sugar level steady. But the new drug called Tresiba, developed by Novo Nordisk, ...

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez Dies of Cancer

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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez died Tuesday in Caracas, reports Vice President Nicols Maduro. With tears in his eyes, Mature addressed Venezuelans from the Doctor Carlos Arvelo military hospital, where Chavez passed his last two weeks after he came back from Cuba on Feb. 18. "At 4:25 p.m. the commander President Hugo Chavez deceased," he said, calling the event a "historical tragedy" and urging Venezuelans to be vigilant for the peace of the ...

UN Report Says Designer Drugs on the Rise

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According to UN-affiliated report designer drugs are multiplying at worrying rate and pose serious health risk. "In recent years, there has been an unprecedented surge in the abuse of new psychoactive substances," often called "legal highs" or "designer drugs," the Vienna-based International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) said in its annual report. "In Europe alone almost one new substance is appearing every week. Previously, between 2000 and 2005 ...

Foods That Could Harm Your Kidneys

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We are often conscious of eating a diet that is healthy for the heart or to prevent obesity. However, we rarely think of controlling our diet for the benefit of our kidneys! Our kidneys work untiringly to filter liters and liters of blood in order to eliminate unwanted toxins from the body in urine. One of the simple ways where you could maintain good health of your kidneys is by restricting intake of certain foods. Here are some foods that could be ...

DHA Helps Maintain Blood Pressure in Mouse Model

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Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) fatty acid was found to lower blood pressure in anesthetized wild type mice but not in mice genetically engineered, say scientists. Toshinori Hoshi, PhD, professor of Physiology, at the Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, and colleagues showed, in two papers out this week in the iProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences/i, how fish oils help lower blood pressure via vasodilation at ion channels. ...

Key to Heart Failure Discovered

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A key biochemical step underlying heart failure discovered by scientists could aid the development of new drugs to treat and possibly prevent heart failure. "Drugs we currently use for heart failure are not very effective," explained lead investigator Walter J. Koch, PhD, Professor and Chairman of the Department of Pharmacology at TUSM, and Director of the Center for Translational Medicine at TUSM. But, he added, "The more we learn about the disease mechanism, ...

Deadly Strain of Hard-to-treat Bacteria Spreading in US Health Facilities

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A particular risk to the nation's most vulnerable patients is emerging from a deadly strain of hard-to-treat bacteria that is spreading in US health facilities authorities said in a report on Tuesday. Health officials said the bacteria has proved stubbornly resistant to treatment with antibiotics, making some infections impossible to cure. Up to half of all patients who get blood stream infections from the bacteria die, health officials said. The ...

Discovery of New Mechanism Shows How Kale, Bitter Melon May Improve Treatment for Asthma, COPD

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Scientists have discovered a new mechanism that shows how bitter tasting substances like the kale and bitter melon that you are eating may someday save your life. An interdisciplinary team of scientists at the University of Massachusetts Medical School have taken a step forward in understanding how the substances that give some foods their bitter flavor also act to reverse the contraction of airway cells, a process known as bronchodilation. This effect may one day ...

Risk of OCD Among New Mothers

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A recent study has shown that one out of 10 of new mums portray symptoms of OCD, or obsessive compulsive disorder, where they experience powerful negative thoughts that causes them to obsess over it as a way to ensure mistakes do not happen. Some of the new mothers go on a mental overdrive with concern over germs or of over injuring their baby. OCD is known to affect nearly 3% of adults. The concern about motherhood and its host of responsibilities ...

US Includes Delhi Gang Rape Victim for Its International Women of Courage Award

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The US State Department decided to include the 23-year-old girl-who died after being brutally gang raped in a moving bus in Delhi-for its International Women of Courage Award for 2013. The decision was welcomed by the Indian Government. Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur said the award is an inspiration to Indian women. "It gives us great satisfaction that a girl from our country, who endured so much trauma and succumbed to those injuries, ...

Daily-dose of HIV Prevention Fails in Southern Africa

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A study revealed that daily doses of drugs or vaginal gels have proven ineffective at preventing HIV infections in southern Africa, saying most of the women failed to use them as directed. "Although there may be other explanations for why these products don't always work to prevent HIV, it's hard to ignore the fact that that so few women in our study used them," said Jeanne Marrazzo, who reported the results from more than 5,000 women in 15 trial sites in Uganda, ...