Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Health Updates

In a landmark decision, the Union Health ministry on Tuesday released the first India-specific guidelines for prevention and management of obesity and metabolic syndrome.
Health Ministry Releases New Guidelines For Obesity


Manipal : Two teenaged girls, who were born without cervix and vagina, now can lead a normal life, thanks to a reconstructive surgery done to rectify the problem called Cervicovaginal Agenesis.
Reconstructive surgery done successfully on teenage girls


Los Angeles (Xinhua): Chronic vitamin D deficiency may be a culprit in heart disease, high blood pressure and metabolic syndrome, a new study has suggested.
Vitamin D deficiency may increase risk of heart disease


By Sue Mueller Tuesday Nov 25, 2008 (foodconsumer.org) -- Vitamin D deficiency may lower risk of osteoporosis in patients with inflammatory bowel disease or ...
Vitamin D deficiency linked to bone disease


WASHINGTON: A Canadian study has provided further evidence that older adults are less capable than their younger counterparts in filtering out distracting information.
Older people more prone to distraction


If one works under a bad boss for a long time, it can have a cumulative ill effect on the employee’s health, the study due to be published in Occupational and Environmental Medicine has suggested.
Bad Bosses can be Bad for Your Heart


By Jyoti Pal Sweden, November 25: A new research has revealed that employee's opinion of his boss has a relation with the probability of his getting a heart ...
Boss's behavior could give you a heart attack


A 24-hour blood pressure recording holds greater value in predicting potential cardiovascular outcomes than occasional readings taken during routine medical visits, a Brazilian research concludes.24-hour blood pressure test better at seeing risks Reuters India
Continuous blood pressure monitoring better in predicting risks


ISLAMABAD: Physicians in Germany who say they have "functionally cured" a patient with HIV/AIDS are warning that their accidental breakthrough is effective ...
’AIDS cure’ good for only one percent of patients: experts

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