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Calcium supplements to be discouraged?

In a study from Europe, it was found that people taking calcium supplements had nearly double the risk of heart attacks as those not taking supplements. There were about 23980 participants in the...

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Deep vein thrombosis more likely on occupying window seat in aircraft

In an interesting observation, researchers found that deep vein thrombosis during or after air travel tended to occur more in patients occupying the window seat in the aircraft than in the aisle seat....

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Obesity and diabetes increasing in teenagers

A National Health & Nutrition Examination Survey (NHNES) from the US of 4000 teenagers, showed that 34% were overweight or obese. Those considered pre-diabetic or diabetic was 23%. Nearly half of...

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News on coffee gets better

News on coffee gets better – The   New England Journal of Medicine in May 2012 reports a study which concludes that men and women who drank  two to three cups of coffee a day had 10 % and 13 % decrease...

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Higher white rice consumption increases the risk of Type 2 Diabetes mellitus

A meta-analysis of cohort studies showed that higher white rice consumption increases the risk of Type 2 Diabetes mellitus (T2DM). 3,52,384 participants with a follow up of 4 to 22 years were studied....

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Dark Chocolate – Sweet Prevention of Cardiovascular events

Patients at risk for heart disease may benefit by eating dark chocolate. This is reported in Bristish Medical Journal (BMJ). Chocolate has to be dark and contain at least 60 – 70 % of chocolate or...

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Skinny Jeans and your nerves

Neurologists are seeing more number of patients with Meralgia Paresthetica and skinny jeans are implicated as the culprit. The condition is characterised by tingling and burning pain in the outer side...

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When “Good” cholesterol becomes bad for the heart

In some patients HDL Cholesterol – the “good” cholesterol does not protect the heart. A subclass of HDL that carries a particular protein is bad for the heart. This protein is called apolipoprotein...

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Eat less and your heart will thank you

People with restricted calorie intake were found to have a higher Heart Rate Variability (HRV) which is a marker of the heart’s ability to adapt to physical activity, stress and other stimuli. HRV...

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New Vein for Old

The Lancet reports that Swedish researchers successfully transplanted into a 10 year old girl, a vein grown from the patient’s own stem cells. She had a block in the vein that carries blood from the...

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