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Surya Namaskar

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Surya namaskar (or) Sun Salutation is a comprehensive yogic exercise which comprises of 12 steps. Ideally, surya namaskar should be performed by chanting 12 mantras, in praise of the Sun God.

Flu Jab may Cut Heart Attack Risk

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In middle-aged people with narrowed arteries, a flu jab appears to halve the heart attack risk, say researchers. The researchers wanted to find out if flu is an unrecognised, but clinically important, contributing factor to increased heart attack risk. Scientists assessed 559 patients over the age of 40 who were referred to a tertiary hospital during consecutive winters in 2008-10. Some 275 of these patients had sustained a heart attack and ...

Study Reveals Genesis of H7N9 Influenza Virus

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Researchers have used genetic sequencing to trace the source and evolution of the avian H7N9 influenza virus. Working in three Chinese provinces, researchers led by Yi Guan, Ph.D., of the University of Hong Kong collected samples from the throats and digestive tracts of chickens, ducks, geese, pigeons and quail. Fecal and water samples from live poultry markets and the natural environment were also collected. From these samples, the researchers ...

New Health-friendly Veggie-infused Cocktails

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Manhattan restaurants have come up with a healthier way of drinking alcohol by creating veggie cocktails made out of cucumber, carrots, kale and even peas. 'Colonie', a seasonal restaurant in Brooklyn Heights, serves up a 12 dollar worth 'Cool Hand Cuke' cocktail that is made of fresh-squeezed cucumber juice, organic cucumber vodka, and mint syrup, the New York Daily News reported. Tamer Hamawi, the owner of the eatery and mixologist, said that ...

Video Games Improve Brain Power

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Playing video games can improve the strategic thinking, claim scientists. Scientists from Queen Mary University of London and University College London (UCL) recruited 72 volunteers and measured their 'cognitive flexibility' - described as a person's ability to adapt and switch between tasks, and think about multiple ideas at a given time to solve problems. Two groups of volunteers were trained to play different versions of a real-time strategy ...

Solve Brain Games and Enhance Your Brain Power

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Mind exercises such as riddles, teasers and puzzles energize and sharpen your mental powers. Physical workouts are essential for your body and mental workouts are vital for enhancing your a href="http:www.medindia.net/animation/brilliant-human-brain.asp" target="_blank"brain/a power. Your brain requires stimulation to be in peak shape. The human a href="http:www.medindia.net/slideshow/ten-super-foods-to-boost-your-brain-power.asp" target="_blank"brain/a ...

Hypertension Improvement Program Associated With Increase in Blood Pressure Control Rates: Study

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A near-doubling of hypertension control between 2001 and 2009, compared to only modest improvements in state and national control rates was associated with the implementation of a large-scale hypertension program that included evidence-based guidelines and development and sharing of performance metrics by a study. The study can be found in the August 21 issue of iJAMA/i. "Hypertension affects 65 million adults in the United States (29 percent) and is a major ...

Lateral Wedge Insoles Not Associated With Improvement of Knee Pain in Osteoarthritis: Study

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Among trials comparing wedge insoles with neutral insoles, there was no significant or clinically important association between use of wedge insoles and reduction in knee pain, although oling of data from 12 studies showed a statistically significant association between use of lateral wedge insoles and lower pain in medial knee osteoarthritis. This conclusion was made by a new study that can be found in the August 21 issue of iJAMA/i. "Osteoarthritis of the ...

Researchers Are Attempting To Build Better Brain Implants

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Solutions to restore motor function in individuals who have suffered from spinal cord injuries, stroke or multiple sclerosis could be held by new implantation materials. "Microelectrodes embedded chronically in the brain could hold promise for using neural activity to restore motor function in individuals who have, suffered from spinal cord injuries," said Dr. Capadona. Furthermore, Capadona and his colleagues' method allows for measurement of mechanical properties ...

Target 2 Forms of Iron to Control Cystic Fibrosis Lung Infection: Study

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The bacterium iPseudomonas aeruginosa/i needs iron to establish and maintain a biofilm in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients. Therapies have been proposed to deprive the bacteria of this necessary element. According to a new study published in imBio (Regd) /i, the online open-access journal of the American Society for Microbiology, this might not work because they only target one of the two types of iron that are available in the lung. Current therapies focus ...

NEETs are Prime Suspects in Breast Cancer Proliferation: Study

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A study by an international consortium of researchers from Rice University, the University of North Texas, Denton (UNT); the University of California, San Diego (UCSD); and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem has identified two proteins as prime suspects in the proliferation of breast cancer. The research, which appears this week in the iProceedings of the National Academy of Sciences/i' Online Early Edition, may offer a path to therapies that could slow or stop ...

Too-low Diastolic Blood Pressure can be Deadly for CKD Patients: Study

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For CKD Patients too-low Diastolic Blood Pressure Can be Deadly. Having too-low diastolic blood pressure (DBP) may be deadly for patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD). Blood pressure (BP) recommendations are stricter for patients with CKD than for the general population and focus on lowering actual BP (the measurement of both systolic BP [SBP] and DBP) without consideration for achieving a DBP that is too low. Researchers reviewed health records for 651,749 ...

Brazil Stands Against Deforestation

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A quarter of a century ago, When farmer Luiz Martins Neto first moved to Sao Felix do Xingu, the area had virgin forest, gold and a reservation for the local indigenous people. "They used to say it was the best place to live," he said. But like many others, he created his first fazenda -- coffee plantation -- with slash and burn techniques, helping to destroy his pristine surroundings. "In those days, the more you cleared the forest, the ...

Dogs can Warn Owners About Low Blood Sugar Levels

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The most loyal and loving of pets come to the rescue of humans once again. Recent research has shown that dogs can be trained to alert diabetics about dangerously falling blood sugar levels. During the study, researchers found that "glycaemia alert dogs" were able to spot the change in blood sugar levels of their owners and warn them. Dogs have the intelligence and capability of detecting danger due to their sense of smell. They can pick up the chemical ...

Poll: Women Never Wear 75 Pc of Their Shoes

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A new poll has concluded women don't wear three out of the four pairs of shoes that they have. Thousands of the shoes that women have lay at the back of a wardrobe, or are discarded as they were uncomfortable, didn't match an outfit or were unwanted gifts, the Daily Express reported. 41 percent women said that they owned a pair of expensive shoes that they never wore - in case they got damaged. In the study conducted by VoucherCodesPro.co.uk ...

S. African University Launches Campaign To Attract Top Postgraduate Talent

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Intensifying the continent's battle for brains, Johannesburg's University of the Witwatersrand launched a campaign to attract Africa's top postgraduate talent. The university -- also known as Wits -- wants to enrol 1,200 more postgraduate students by 2014, in a drive to tap Africa's growing education market. Vice-chancellor Adam Habib said he was ready to engage in a "global war for the very best academic talent." "If we are going to be ...

HIV/AIDS Burden Shifts to Changing Group of Regions

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Showing that greater attention and financial investment may be needed in places where the disease has not reached epidemic levels, the HIV/AIDS epidemic is changing in unexpected ways in countries around the world. This is according to a new study from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME) at the University of Washington. HIV/AIDS is the leading cause of disease burden in 21 countries concentrated in four regions: Eastern and Southern ...

India's Gardens Have Colonial Stamps Put Up By Homesick British

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Cloaked behind towering foliage and only shyly revealing its contours as the visitor approached, India's monument to love, the Taj Mahal, was once even more romantic. This remained until a British viceroy removed the mystery. Lord Curzon, an enthusiastic gardener and Britain's viceroy to India from 1899 to 1905, "imposed an imperial stamp" on what has become the nation's most famous monument, says US historian Eugenia Herbert. Curzon "effectively clear-felled" ...

Sleep Disorder Specialist: 'Set Up More Sleep Clinics'

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Setting up more sleep clinics and comprehensive treatment facilities is imperative, with one out of every 20 Indians suffering from sleep disorders, feels a US-based Indian sleep disorder specialist. "Patients need a comprehensive sleep disorder clinic where their problems can be addressed. Also you need to have specialists who can look after their issues. Sleep disorder is a broad term and there is a range of problems," said Noel Wheeler at a talk organised by the ...

Health Ministry: Over 15,000 Dengue Cases Reported

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Health ministry figures show that India has recorded 15,893 dengue cases in 2013, a sharp increase from last year. In a written reply in the Lok Sabha Tuesday, Health and Family Welfare Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad said total dengue deaths across the country till July this year were 56 while it was 76 in 2012. Dengue, a vector-borne disease, has affected major cities of the country. This year 15,893 cases have been reported, a sharp increase from 8,899 ...

Survey Finds How 'Going To Bed Angry' can Make Your Marriage Miserable

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It has become difficult for couples to make their marriage work under all that pressure with the stressful lives that professionals lead today. However, Huffington Post has come-up with some prescription for a happy marriage, which was offered by almost everyone during a survey of hundreds of long-married older people. People married 40, 50, 60 and more years told the publication that married couples should always resolve their differences before they ...

Defeat Increases Consumption of Fat and Sugar

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On a big football game, fans of the losing team seem to load up on saturated fats and sugars, whereas supporters of the winning team opt for healthier foods. This is according to new research published in iPsychological Science/i, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science. "Although prior studies had shown that sport outcomes influence reckless driving, heart attacks, and even domestic violence, no one had examined how they influence ...

Women Who Receive Care During Pregnancy Have Better Outcomes

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A systematic review published in iThe Cochrane Library/i suggests that maternity care that involves a midwife as the main care provider leads to better outcomes for most women. Researchers found that women who received continued care throughout pregnancy and birth from a small group of midwives were less likely to give birth pre-term and required fewer interventions during labour and birth than when their care was shared between different obstetricians, GPs ...

Stop Smoking Services in England Have Helped 20,000 to Quit

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Stop smoking services across England have had an increasing impact in helping smokers to quit in their first 10 years of operation and have successfully reached disadvantaged groups. This was found by a study published on bmj.com. However, performance across local services has varied considerably and requires attention, say the authors. In 1998, the UK government established a network of stop smoking services to ensure that every smoker in the country ...

Desk Rage is a Reality at the Workplace

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A recent research in Britain has revealed that the average office worker is short tempered or angry at his work desk nearly two times in a day. They have called it desk rage. Some of the possible reasons are clients' bad behavior, computer crashes and a colleague robbing them of credits. Nearly 42% of Brits are at their impatient worst on a Monday. Nearly 51% are upset over who makes tea at work, and not having sufficient time for lunch. Those ...

Dopamine in Food Restriction and Drug Abuse: Study

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Scientists report a possible basis for why food-restricted animals show increased susceptibility to drugs of abuse. This association has puzzled researchers since it was first observed more than three decades ago. Senior author Michael Beckstead, Ph.D., from the School of Medicine at The University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio, said the team found that dopamine neurons in a brain region called the isubstantia nigra/i fire bursts more ...

In Black Adults, Higher Urinary Albumin Excretion Linked With Increased Risk of CHD

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Higher levels of the urinary albumin-to-creatinine ratio was associated with greater risk of incident but not recurrent coronary heart disease in black individuals when compared with white individuals. This is according to a study in the August 21 issue of iJAMA/i. "Increased urinary albumin excretion is an important marker of kidney injury and a strong risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Black individuals have higher levels of urinary albumin excretion ...

Freak Trampoline Accident Claims Life of a Nine Year Old

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It was freaky death for 9-year-old Oaklee Sidwell from southern Utah, who was sitting on a trampoline in her backyard which suddenly took flight after a gush of wind sent it flying for more than 150 feet. Garfield County Sheriff's officials said this accident happened when she was playing with her friends on the large trampoline in her backyard. All others had dismounted the trampoline and she was the last one sitting on it when the gust of wind sent the trampoline ...

Researchers Identify Genetic Associations for Gastrointestinal Condition in Infants

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Researchers have identified a new genome-wide significant locus (the place a gene occupies on a chromosome) for infantile hypertrophic pyloric stenosis (IHPS). It is a serious gastrointestinal condition associated with gastrointestinal obstruction. This is according to a study in the August 21 issue of iJAMA/i. Characteristics of this locus also suggest the possibility of an inverse relationship between levels of circulating cholesterol in neonates and IHPS ...

The Lows of Wearing High Heels

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Though women get a high when they wear heels, a recent hi-tech technology has shown its bad effects using for the first time a 3D scan of a female foot in high heels. The recent technology shows how high heels actually kill the feet. The 3D scan of a woman wearing high heels has shown the shocking effect that heels can have on the female foot. According to consultant orthopedic surgeon, Andy Goldberg, the body weight is forced on to the front of the ...

Genetics may Play Role in People's Taste Receptors

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Penn State food scientists reveal that genetics may play a role in how people's taste receptors send signals, leading to a wide spectrum of taste preferences. These varied, genetically influenced responses may mean that food and drink companies will need a range of artificial sweeteners to accommodate different consumer tastes. "Genetic differences lead to differences in how people respond to tastes of foods," said John Hayes, assistant professor, food ...

Venezuela in Search of Tourists

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Venezuela has everything a tourist could want -- boasting the highest waterfall in the world, nearly deserted Caribbean islands and dense jungles with ocean views, except the tourists are not coming. In a country where explorer Christopher Columbus once believed he had found heaven on earth, officials are struggling to draw travelers, with only 700,000 visitors each year, in part due to Venezuela's somewhat tarnished image. After neglecting the tourism ...

Altruistic Behaviour may Have Originated from Manipulation

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A new study has revealed that manipulation might be responsible for the evolutionary origins of some helpful or altruistic behaviour. Manipulation not only occurs in humans and animals but also at the cellular level, such as among cells in a multicellular organism, or in parasites, which can alter the behavior of their hosts. In the study, the researchers at the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis developed a mathematical model ...

Study Explores How Sleep Helps Brain Learn Motor Task

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After a piano lesson, you go to sleep and when you wake up your fingers are better able to play that beautiful sequence of notes. Scientists explore how sleep makes that difference. The new study by neuroscientists helps to explain what happens in your brain during those fateful, restful hours when motor learning takes hold. "The mechanisms of memory consolidations regarding motor memory learning were still uncertain until now," said Masako Tamaki, a postdoctoral ...

Regular Exercise Prevents Western Diet-associated Erectile Dysfunction, Heart Disease

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Researchers put rats on a 'junk food' diet to test the effects of aerobic exercise and found exercise effectively improved erectile dysfunction and the function of vessels supplying blood to the heart. Obesity continues to plague the U.S. and now extends to much of the rest of the world. One probable reason for this growing health problem is more people worldwide eating the so-called Western diet, which contains high levels of saturated fat, omega-6 polyunsaturated ...