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I have arthritis. My doctor has given me painkillers which are causing indigestion. I also suffer from a digestion problem. Is there any food that can help me reduce my pain?
Those who suffer from gas, acidity, nausea after a meal are usually deficient in digestive enzymes. If food is not properly digested, it stays with the system and gets fermented. This produces toxins and overgrowth of bad bacteria in the body. This in turn causes food allergy, pain, stiffening of joints, mucous conditions, ecze...
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In the past, plague, flu and other infectious diseases have threatened the existence of mankind, but people have survived, not because of wonder drugs, but because of a strong immune system. To ward off infections, it is essential to make our immune system invincible.
A lady was diagnosed with cancer and was put on chemotherapy, which tends to weaken the immune system. She then started doing yoga and her immunity shot up to above 95 per cent.
At any given time, a human body is host to various diseases. When mic...
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A HUGE study from Denmark offers the latest reassurance that cellphones don't trigger cancer. Scientists tracked 420,000 Danish cellphone users, including 52,000 who had gabbed on the gadgets for 10 years or more, and some who started using them 21 years ago.
They matched phone records to the famed Danish Cancer Registry that records every citizen who gets the disease — and reported that cellphone callers were no more likely than anyone else to suffer a range of cancer types.
The study, published in the Journal of the National Cancer In...
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SCIENTISTS APPREHEND poor life quality of human beings in the coming years. A large number of chilDr.en may fall prey to physical deformities, behavioural abnormalities and mental retardation.
This was stated by an eminent scientist and deputy director at the Regional Occupational Health Centre, Kolkata, a wing of the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) dr Amal Roy Chowdhury, while talking to Hindustan Times. He was here to adDr.ess a symposium at the DAV College on "Male reproductive toxicology — A ne...
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IF YOU want to live longer and lower the risk of heart disease, a move to the mountains may help.
Research by scientists in Greece shows that mountain dwelling is good for the heart and longevity.
People living at higher altitude have lower odds of dying from heart disease than those closer to sea level, even if they have factors that could increase their risk.
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WOMEN TAKING daily amounts of non-aspirin painkillers -- such as extra-strength Tylenol -should monitor their blood pressure, doctors say following a new study suggesting a link between the drugs and hypertension.
''If you're taking these over-the-counter medications at high dosages on a regular basis, make sure that you report it to your doctor and you're checking your blood pressure,'' said dr Christie Ballantyne, a cardiologist at the Methodist DeBakey Heart Center in Houston who had no role ...
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Most people I know are convinced their daily commute is slowly and surely killing them. Now there is scientific evidence to prove them right.
Exposure to traffic has been identified as a trigger for heart attacks for people with heart disease, more so in women, elderly men, the unemployed and those with a history of angina (pain or discomfort in the chest). A person is said to have heart disease if he or ...
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If a person knows he has HIV but still does not take precautions, can he be arrested? I know of a couple where the man hid his positive status and got married. Now his wife and one child are HIV positive. Can it be grounds for a divorce? Lawyers' Collective: An HIV positive person, who is aware of such status, and, who knowingly or negligently does any act that exposes another individual to the risk of transmission, can be punished under sections 269 and 270 of the Indian Penal Code. Such acts would include unprotected sex, reusing contaminated needles and donating blood. The prosecution must show that the accused has knowledge of her/his HIV positive status as also the modes of transmission.
There are several legal consequences of non-revelation of HIV positive status before marriage. Under most matrimonial laws, failure by a party to disclose material facts or circumstances' concerning her/himself including one's HIV positive status is a ground for the other par...
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Can HIV be spread through infected scissors and blades used by barbers?
If instruments contaminated with blood are not sterilised after use, there is a risk of HIV transmission.
The chances, however, are very small. There is no risk of infection unless the skin is cut and infected blood gets in to the wo...
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If there's one thing that annoys marketing executive Priyanka Mehra, it's the fact that she constantly falls sick. At least once a month for a few days, she gets the sniffles, a stuffy nose and mild fever. How she wishes she were healthy, just like everyone else seems to be.
But that's not going to happen, says Mumbai-based consultant dietician Dr Sushila Sharangdhar, unless Priyanka manages to build up her immunity. "People tend to fall sick more often with common ailments like the cold, when immunity levels are low," says Dr Shar...
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