Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD)- The Silent Killer Kidney disease accounts for 26 million chronic kidney disease (CKD) adult cases, in the United States alone. People suffering from diabetes, heart disease, high blood pressure and those who are older than 60 years old are more prone to this dilapidating disease. Most will have chronic kidney disease for years which they fail to look here and also without realizing it as the […]
upiter, the giant planet will make its closest approach to the Earth on Friday night, Feb 6. The phenomenon is called Jupiter’s Opposition, a celestial event when the planet Jupiter would be opposite to Sun from the perspective of Earth. As Jupiter moves closest to the Earth, it will appear as the brightest star in the sky tonight and those in the east coast of India from Kolkata to Viskhapatnam […]
You awake with that familiar foggy head, nasal stuffiness, thick nasal drainage, fatigue, your teeth hurt and your head is splitting. Oh no, another sinus infection. You make an appointment with your health care provider. You tell your provider, “I know I have another sinus infection. The only thing that will clear it up is an antibiotic. Nothing else works.” Sinus Infection Both you and your health care provider may […]
New Delhi: One of the most dreaded diseases, cancer is emerging as a leading killer worldwide decimating 10 million people yearly and Indian women are no exception to it. World Cancer Day is being observed today i.e. Feb 4 worldwide. Every year more Indian women that men are diagnosed with cancer. Though the number of women diagnosed with cancer is more but more men die to cancer annually. In […]
Swine flu has claimed 191 lives in the country in January alone with Telangana reporting the highest number of cases of people afflicted with the H1N1 virus followed by Delhi, the government said today. The total number of cases of swine flu coming to light across India in January stood at 2,038. It’s everywhere. Rajasthan has been among the worst swine flu-hit states along with Telangana, where two more died […]
Jerusalem: Researchers are developing a new technology that would enable smartphones to screen their users’ breath for life-threatening diseases. A research consortium headed by Professor Hossam Haick of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology is developing a product that, when coupled with a smartphone, will be able to screen the user’s breath for early detection of diseases. The SNIFFPHONE project will link Haick’s breathalyzer screening technology to the smartphone to […]
San Francisco: Carl Djerassi, who was widely considered as the father of the birth control pills by the chemists, has passed away at the age of 91. An Austrian-born US chemist, he died of complications of liver and bone cancer on Friday in his San Francisco home, Stanford University spokesman Dan Stober said. As a professor of chemistry at Stanford, Djerassi was the most famous for leading a research […]
Girls who drink sugary soda more often are more likely to start their menstrual cycles at a younger age, according to a new study (pdf) out of Harvard Medical School. Researchers analyzed data from 5,583 girls in the Growing up Today Study (GUTS), surveying American children from 1996 to 2001, beginning when they were between the ages of 9 to 14. The study, published in the journal Human Reproduction, found […]
Jimmy hands $2 worth of dimes to the conductor and finds a seat at the back of the bus. He settles himself in for what is going to be a long night – taking off his scuffed leather shoes and resting his head against a window opaque with condensation. Jimmy, 47, has had the same routine for the last three years since losing his job as a chef at Microsoft. […]
Ayurveda is the ancient science of natural medicine with roots going to back Vedic India. The name is derived from Sanskrit, where ‘ayur’ means longevity or life and ‘veda’ means science. Ayurvedic practitioners believe in the body’s ability to heal itself, when supported with the right choices of food, herbs, a healthy and positive bent of mind and appropriate life style modifications. A lot of focus is placed on creating […]
