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Research Shows Connection between Mental Health and Physical Fitness

Thursday, April 22nd, 2010

Interesting today all that everyone seeks to attain is prime health. Everyone is conscious about the kind of food they eat and want to find ways by which they are completely physically fit. However, the sooner people come into physical activities that help to achieve better health and fitness levels the better. In fact, right […]

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Gene Therapy has Helped Three Legally Blind Patients

Sunday, August 16th, 2009

The NIH National Eye Institute (NEI) at the National Institutes of Health has conducted clinical trials by researchers at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and the University of Florida, Gainesville. After a year, three patients, ages 22 to 25, who recieved the gene therapy have continued to show gains and visual improvements. 
The  gene therapy is used for […]

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Preventing Injuries to Female Athletes - Young Girls More Prone to Injury

Friday, July 4th, 2008

Since the government passed Title IX in 1972 the number of girls participating in high school sports has increased 10 fold.  While there are many positives to this statistic, there is also a concerning trend: women/girls have statisically been more prone to injury that their male counterparts.  One major concern is that  girls/women are at […]

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What is high blood pressure?

Saturday, June 7th, 2008

Blood pressure is a measure of how easily blood flows through your body - it is the pressure of blood in your arteries. Uncontrolled high blood pressure, or hypertension, is potentially fatal, yet the condition often goes undetected. Many people are unaware of its seriousness and do not understand how to control it or how […]

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Deep Vein Thrombosis, Is a clot travelling with you?

Thursday, May 15th, 2008

Frequent flyers worry about dangerous blood clots from deep vein thrombosis (DVT), but flying isn’t that risky for most of us.
European researchers studied 8755 adults for six years to evaluate cases of DVT and pulmonary embolism, which occurs when a clot breaks off and blocks blood flow. They found just one DVT in every 4656 […]

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Short Term Memory Loss , Memory Development

Monday, April 28th, 2008

Brain Memory is the human’s capacity to retain and recall things. The Brain Memory is the grand storage system of many events and information.
The events, experiences, outlook of a human or animal, everything is deposited in the brain. Some of the events are stored without the knowledge of the person. Some of the things are […]

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Cure Warts

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

Having warts is not a very pleasant experience for anyone suffering from them. Genital warts are even worse. And should you have genital warts you should consider getting them taken care of by a doctor.
One of the most disturbing areas of sexual health problems in recent years is the prevalence of genital warts that affect […]

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Quality Sleep, fats and your sex life

Friday, April 4th, 2008

 Did you know…..we spend about one third of our lives sleeeping?
And even though the exact reasons for sleep remain a mystery, we know many of the body’s major organ and regulatory systems continue to work actively while we sleep.
So why is sleep….or quality sleep so important to us?

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Self-diagnosis and why it can be dangerous

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

 You’re the best expert when it comes to your own body, so you’re the first one to know when something is wrong. Self-diagnosis and treatment is becoming more common as we take control of our own health.
It makes it even easier now with so many medicines available over the counter. But that doesn’t mean you […]

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Sleep Apnea management with CPAP

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008

 Sleep apnea is a temporary interruption of breathing that happens repeatedly during sleep.
Many people think they have sleep apnea because they snore when sleeping. However, snoring is much more common than sleep apnea.
Obstructive sleep apnea is the most common type of sleep apnea. (The second, rarer type is called Central Apnea which occurs when the […]

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