After winter flu, its spring that is waiting to affect you. But here we wish to bring to you a list of the most challenging places to live with spring allergies. The official onset of spring season was March 20 but signs of winters are still abound. The Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America says, "Even in the throes of what feels like a 2014 Ice Age, millions of Americans have begun … [Read more...]
Novartis To Seek Approval For Heart Failure Drug LCZ696 As Trial Ends Positively
Bolstering its prospects of getting cardiovascular franchise, Swiss company Novartis is going to seek approval for an experimental heart failure treatment sooner than it had expected. An independent panel has recommended Novartis to close a late-stage trial for a twice-a-day pill LCZ696 after the clinical trial results showed patients taking the drug lived longer without being … [Read more...]
Statins may help men with erectile dysfunction
A new study has found that popular cholesterol-lowering drugs Statins may offer great help to men who suffer erectile dysfunction. The researchers at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School led by John B Kostis carriedthe first meta-analysis of earlier studies related to erectile dysfunction and statins. The research team analysed 11 clinical trials to find out the main effects of statins … [Read more...]
Marriage keeps heart diseases at bay, says study
Love and marriage, both have connection with your heart. Marriages are good for your physical as well as your mental health. And now, a study has also established scientific evidences into it. A new study has found that married couples are less likely to develop heart diseases than those who are single, divorced and widowed. The researchers carried study on 3.5 million adults in America and … [Read more...]
Anorexic Woman from Tennessee saved by Strangers at YMCA
26-year-old Lauryn Lax calls her stranger friends as ‘YMCA angels’ who saved her life 3 years ago and now she is planning a bash with them. Recalling her date with death, Lax says, "I didn't know these people. I had seen them more as acquaintances. But now they are my angels.” On an August morning in 2011, Lauryn Lax would have died if her nine angels at the YMCA, the place where she went … [Read more...]
Overweight People Less closer to Death than Underweight
Not only obesity but being underweight is also a big threat for your health. According to the Canadian researchers, people who are underweight have the highest risk of dying than those who are underweight. While the risk of dying for obese people is 1.2 times, the risk of dying for those who are underweight is almost 1.8 times, the researchers said. Dr Joel Ray of St Michael's Hospital … [Read more...]
New BP treatment Renal denervation fails to cure resistant hypertension
In a setback in the field of high blood pressure cure, a new treatment that has promised to check BP problem has failed in a large rigorous study, doctors said on Saturday. Renal denervation, a new treatment for blood pressure, works by threading a tube through blood vessels into the renal arteries and then zapping them with radio-frequency energy to kill nerve endings. The researchers say, the … [Read more...]
Married couples are less likely to develop heart disease
Married couples are less likely to develop heart disease than those who are single, divorced and widowed, says a new study. For the study, the researchers surveyed 3.5 million adults in America and found heart disease were less likely to develop in them. Several other related studies have also made similar findings but this study was a bit different as far as its study size as well as the … [Read more...]
Mediterranean diet linked with lower diabetes risk
If you want to lower your risk of diabetes then start following Mediterranean diet. A new study has found that Mediterranean food helps in lowering risk of diabetes, especially among people at high risk for cardiovascular disease. According to the researchers, this form of diet helps in reducing risk of diabetes by 21 percent as compared to the control dietary groups. They say, the reduced … [Read more...]
Autism rate up in US, says CDC report
A new report released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that the number of children with autism has surged to 1 in 68 in the United States. The report, released on Thursday, said that the recent figures are a 30 percent increase since the CDC estimated just two years ago that 1 child in 88 suffered from the disorder. The new findings are based on a review of records … [Read more...]
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