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Study Suggests, Music Doesn’t Hurt Driving Performance

Study Suggests, Music Doesn’t Hurt Driving Performance

June 22, AP – For younger but experienced drivers, loud music from a CD or radio is not a safety concern on par with talking on a cellphone behind the wheel, a simulated-driving study of about 50 college-aged students found. Listening to music while driving doesn’t seem to curb response time and might even boost […]

June 21, 2013 | By More
Anti-aging cream worth by vital ingredients, don’t judge by price

Anti-aging cream worth by vital ingredients, don’t judge by price

June 21, AP – There is a plethora of anti-aging products, so it gets difficult to select the right product for the skin. Is anti-aging cream worth the money? Expert says the quality of an anti-aging cream depends on the formulation and not the price. According to Oriflame India’s beauty and make-up expert Aakriti Kochar, […]

June 20, 2013 | By More
Women Fret More Over Weight Gain in College

Women Fret More Over Weight Gain in College

June 20, AP – “As women gained weight, their eating attitudes worsened and body dissatisfaction rose,” said Laura Girz, a University of Toronto graduate student and lead author of the study, published online recently in the journal Appetite. It’s true that college students tend to pack on extra pounds, but women are more likely to […]

June 20, 2013 | By More
Study finds: Even ‘Silent’ Strokes Can Harm Memory, Thinking

Study finds: Even ‘Silent’ Strokes Can Harm Memory, Thinking

June 20, AP – Researchers reporting June 19 in the journal Neurology said the findings emphasize the need to be vigilant when any sign of stroke occurs. People who experience stroke-like symptoms — so-called “silent strokes” — but do not have full-blown strokes are still at higher risk for memory and thinking problems, a new […]

June 19, 2013 | By More
Ten-minute MERS-Coronavirus diagnostics test to be featured at Abu Dhabi Exhibition

Ten-minute MERS-Coronavirus diagnostics test to be featured at Abu Dhabi Exhibition

June 18, AP – The Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) is the region’s latest medical dilemma with public health authorities now on high alert. Many countries in the Middle East don’t have the means to perform monitoring at point-of-care level as samples collected from suspected cases are sent long distances to central laboratories for […]

June 18, 2013 | By More
Study finds: Skipping Breakfast May Raise Diabetes Risk

Study finds: Skipping Breakfast May Raise Diabetes Risk

June 18, AP – When women skipped the morning meal, they experienced insulin resistance, a condition in which a person requires more insulin to bring their blood sugar into a normal range, explained lead researcher Dr. Elizabeth Thomas, an instructor of medicine at the University of Colorado. Eating breakfast every day may help overweight women […]

June 17, 2013 | By More
SARS-like infection ‘coronavirus’ claims four more lives in Saudi Arabia

SARS-like infection ‘coronavirus’ claims four more lives in Saudi Arabia

June 17, AP – Saudi Arabia’s Heatlh Ministry said on Monday that four more people had died of the disease. A recently discovered strain of the coronavirus has claimed a further four lives in Saudi Arabia, according to the country’s Health Ministry. The SARS-like infection has killed more than 30 people in the Gulf kingdom. […]

June 17, 2013 | By More
The importance of calories

The importance of calories

June 16, AP – HOT AND CRISPY fried snacks, sweets, carbohydrates-rich food and much more should be avoided if you want to keep a check on your weight, but do provide calories to your body, say experts. Though most of us avoid having food items with lots of calories, our body requires some amount of […]

June 16, 2013 | By More
New study: Steroid Injections for Back Pain linked to Spinal Fracture Risk

New study: Steroid Injections for Back Pain linked to Spinal Fracture Risk

Older adults who get steroid injections to ease lower back and leg pain may have increased odds of suffering a spine fracture, a new study suggests. It’s not clear, however, whether the treatment is to blame, according to experts. But they said the findings, which were published June 5 in the Journal of Bone and […]

June 15, 2013 | By More
Severe Flu Season Causes Big Rise in Child Deaths

Severe Flu Season Causes Big Rise in Child Deaths

June 14, – This past flu season started earlier, peaked earlier and led to more adult hospitalizations and child deaths than most flu seasons, U.S. health officials reported Thursday. The predominant strain of flu circulating in 2012-13 — H3N2 — made the illness deadlier for children, explained Lynnette Brammer, an epidemiologist with the CDC. “With […]

June 14, 2013 | By More