 | Girls who are obese at the age of three may reach puberty when they are nine, according to a study that says childhood obesity could be causing earlier puberty in girls.
Joyce Lee and colleagues at the University of Michigan Health System... More |
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 | Several private companies have established umbilical cord blood banks in India saying they would be a life saver for thousands. But some health experts term this "unethical and of negligible value".
The umbilical cord blood is a rich source of... More |
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 | Southwest China's Yunnan Province, which has a large number of people living with the HIV/AIDS, plans to provide free treatment to more HIV/AIDS victims this year with traditional Chinese medicine (TCM).
Addressing a provincial health meeting... More |
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 | People whose spouse or partner spends increasingly more time in a pub are often tormented by the question: Is he or she an alcoholic?
It's a real issue for many people, men and women alike. They live with alcohol as a third party in their... More |
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 | Moisture in the air and mould-infested houses may cause asthma in children, according to a latest research that has asked doctors to be aware of the link while treating young patients.
Poor housing conditions are already linked to the illness but... More |
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 | Even as Indian doctors in Britain, adversely affected by the Feb 9 high court ruling that disallowed a judicial review of new immigration rules, lodged an appeal against the judgement, the health authorities began shortlisting doctors, including... More |
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 | China has become an overseas market for Japanese patients looking for organ transplantation.
Although Japanese make up less than five percent of foreign patients in Chinese hospitals, more people, frustrated with years of waiting and agony and... More |
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 | Deprivation of sleep could affect your judgment, suggests a new study.
Earlier studies have shown that it can adversely affect brain function. Now William Killgore and colleagues at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Silver Spring,... More |
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 | After the holidays and after many comfortable winter evenings, many people notice they have put on weight, particularly on their hips, thighs and buttocks.
But one or two kg of additional weight should not cause panic, said Isabelle Keller of... More |
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 | A team of Indonesian veterinarians has developed a disinfectant spray it claims kills the bird flu virus on contact, a news report said.
The team from Airlangga University in Surabaya, East Java, said the disinfectant could be used to spray... More |
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