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Showing posts with label health. Show all posts

Add "No Smart Phone" to you "To-Do List" for Healthy Regime.

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According to study carried out by researchers from Kent State University, Spending more time than required time may lead you unhealthy life.

New York Daily news reported that the researchers found out that the persons who spent lot of time on their phone, more than 14 hours per day were less fit than those who spent about one and half hour a day.

Hookah can also be reason for Cancer, finds new study.

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In a new study conducted by researchers from UC San Francisco find that smoking hookah is no good from smoking cigarette. The researchers came to this conclusion by studying and measuring the chemical in the urine and blood sample of hookah smokers contains a different, but still harmful mix of toxins.

UCSF research chemist Peyton Jacob III, PhD, and UCSF tobacco researcher Neal Benowitz, MD, both based at San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, said hookah use exposes smokers to higher levels of carbon monoxide, especially hazardous to those with heart or respiratory conditions, and to higher levels of benzene, long associated with leukemia risk.

Scientists get hands on oldest blood of a human.

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  • Scientists have discovered the world's oldest blood cells in the remains of a 5,300-year-old iceman found in Italy.
  • The scientists found traces of blood around an arrow wound that killed the man in the mountains of what is now the Alto-Adige region of northern Italy.
  • "Otzi the iceman" was discovered in 1991 at 3,200 metres in a glacier by hikers in the German-speaking region near the border with Austria.
  • After using a microscope to identify what appeared to be red blood cells, they confirmed the discovery by using an atomic force microscope which identifies molecules with a laser beam.

Student drinks his own urine to survive in Jail

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  • An American engineering student, left forgotten in a holding cell by federal drug agents without food or water for five days, claims he survived by drinking his own urine.
  • Daniel Chong, a student of University of California, San Deigo was taken into custody along with eight others in a DEA raid on April 21 that unearthed 18,000 ecstasy pills, other drugs and weapons.
  • Chong was finally found on April 25 and taken to a hospital for treatment for cramps, dehydration and a perforated lung.
  • Chong's attorney plans to file a claim suit against the federal government.

Via DC

A woman for Britain suffers from one of the World's rarest disease called ‘Electrosensitivity’.

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So what is 'Electrosensitivity' ??? In this Case, it may be defined as the cause of various feelings and sensations of suffering headaches, chest pain, nausea and tingling in her arms and legs due to electromagnetic fields emitting from the electrical devices.

The above medical condition is suffered by a British woman, aged 55, now, hates to live in modern world.

Janice Tunnicliffe, a resident of Nottinghamshire, struck with the illness after she received chemotherapy for bowel cancer three years ago, the Daily Telegraph reports.

Electric simulation helps a paralysed man to sense, stand and walk.

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Rob Summers is able to stand while his spinal cord is stimulated

A US man named Rob Summers who was a Baseball player and a team winner who was paralyzed from the chest down after being hit by a car was very happy and speechless and was in disbelief after he was able to voluntarily move his toes, hips, knees and ankles and also walk on a treadmill with the help of electrical stimulation of his spinal cord.

After being injured in car accident his spinal cord was damaged, due to which messages from the brain, which used to travel down the spinal cord, were blocked and he was paralysed.

Now, tattooing on teeth is a new trend in India.

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We have seen various tattoos on skin, now its time to see on teeth :D. The Young style seeking Indians are going gaga over dental tattoos, so don't be surprised if one of your friend shows you one.

According to Heman Verma, orthodontist and implantologist, Dental Styler in Gurgaon, In the last two-three years, dental tattoos have gained popularity especially as youth today are more savvy and adventurous than before.

This trend is quite popular in an age group both girls and boys, between 14-35 years in Urban India.

Hot pepper can burn the unwanted calories in you.

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Study by scientists had found that including some red pepper can curb appetite and help burn unwanted calories.

"We found that consuming red pepper can help manage appetite and burn more calories after a meal, especially for individuals who do not consume the spice regularly," said Richard Mattes, professor of foods and nutrition at Purdue University, who led the study.

Coffee and Fast food, a deadly combo.

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Doctors from the University of Guelph had warned not to have fast food with coffee as it could have dangerous repercussions for your wellbeing as it causes a spike in blood sugar levels.

A healthy person's blood sugar levels shoot up after eating a high-fat meal, but that spike doubles after having both a fatty meal and caffeinated coffee jumping to levels similar to those of people at risk of diabetes, says Marie-Soleil Beaudoin from University of Guelph.

Wanna quit smoking??? Try Texting !!!!!!

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Trying hard to quit smoking, but not able to???? Then try this........... Recharge you mobile with SMS(message) plan and start texting. This may help you to cease your smoke urge, according to studied carried out by researchers at the University of Oregon and other institutions.

Both projects used the same group of test subjects  27 heavy smokers recruited from the American Lung Association's Freedom From Smoking program in Los Angeles.

UK researchers shows highest-resolution optical microscope ever

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Scientists form the UK have demonstrated the highest-resolution optical microscope ever, aided by tiny glass beads.

The microscope is so powerful that imaged objects down to just 50 billionths of a metre to yield a never-before-seen.

The team says the method could even be used to view individual viruses.

Scientist claims to developed an app which can detect cancer.

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Team of Scientists from Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, with the help of app developers claims to have developed a smart phone app which they say can detect cancer more accurately than the normal techniques generally followed in today's hospitals.

Doctors says, It takes an hour to make the diagnosis.

The researchers found that in initial tests, the device was 88 per cent accurate in distinguishing cancerous stomach tumours from benign growths.

A cup of Tea can boost your memory: Study

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According to research carried out by Dutch scientists, tea has the power to zap brain power, keeps fatigue away and helps thinking capability.

Researchers looked at the effect of key chemicals found in tea on the mental performance of 44 young volunteers.

The effects of these ingredients, an amino acid called L-theanine -- also found in green tea -- and caffeine at levels typically found in a cup of tea, were compared with a dummy treatment, the journal Nutritional Neuroscience reports.

High intake of Energy drinks can kill you: Study

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According to study conducted by the University of Miami School of Medicine, Energy drinks have serious adverse effects on children’s health.

Their study says that energy drinks can put kids, especially those with diabetes, seizures, cardiac abnormalities, or mood and behaviour disorders, at severe health risks apart from making them hyper-active, reported the nbcmiami.com.

Now, flaunt Six pack abs with Cosmo surgery.

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Now forget about all the hard work that you may do get your SIX PACK. Now its time to run behind Surgeons instead of Gym trainers.

Introduced in the country about three years ago, Vibration Amplification of Sound Energy at Resonance (VASER) is a revolution of sorts as it's not only used for body contouring but also helps in getting illusionary abs.

Beware, Magnets can confuse your brain.

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Scientists from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have found a way to switch off your sense of right and wrong, by using magnets.

Scientist first asked a group of volunteers to rate actions on a scale from one (morally forbidden) to seven (permissible), the journal Proceedings of the US National Science Academy reports.

House wife from US comes out with successful recipe to cure her bald patches on her head.

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This 43-year old, home mommy from US, mother of three had come with her home recipe to cure balding patches on her head, which doctors claims to have no cure to it.

Mary Corrigan came up with a 'grow-your-hair-back diet' after a lengthy long research, devastated after hearing the Doctors negative response. Her diet did work, gave positive results within four months.

Writing down worries boosts your performance

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(PTI)Researchers at the University of Chicago found that the exercise of writing down worries appears to clear the mind and allows it too focus on the job in hand.

The technique is so powerful that students taking an exam showed a 20 per cent improvement in their marks if they used it just before sitting down, they found.

"People are in this stressful situation and they worry about it and the consequences," said Prof Sian Beilock, who led the study.

Hormones of Trust has its own limits: Researchers

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A hormone, named Oxytocin, produced by the hypothalamus in the brain, which helps and has been shown to make people trust each other more and promote feelings of love.

But according to researchers, this hormone has now been found to have limits, since it promotes love and trust only towards know(in-group) people and not towards people who are seen as different.

Psychologists have therefore concluded it is involved in ethnocentrism.

Low depression found in Optimistic teens.

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According to the study carried out by Australian researchers, the found that kids who think positive about themselves and around them are less prone to depression.

This study was carried out on more than 5,600 Australian teens, aged between 12 to 14, was lead by researcher, Dr. George C. Patton of the University of Melbourne and Royal Children's Hospital in Australia.

This study was published in the journal Pediatrics.