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HEALTH

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Scientists a step closer to Hepatitis C vaccine  European scientists have successfully tested in animals a vaccine for Hepatitis C, a debilitating viral disease that can cause liver failure and cancer, according to a study released this week. Currently, there is no human vaccine for Hepatitis C, - More

High Blood Pressure: What You Need To Know  Essential information about High Blood Pressure. What is high blood pressure? When the heart beats, blood is forced through the arteries and it "pushes out" against the walls of the arteries. This "pushing out" is known as blood pressure. Blood - More

Low-Fat Dairy May Lower Risk of Diabetes  Eating low-fat dairy products may help slightly lower the risk of developing diabetes, a new study of more than 40,000 middle-aged men suggests. Each additional serving of low-fat dairy per day resulted in a 9 percent drop in risk. The link cou - More

Tooth Loss Linked to Pancreatic Cancer in Smokers  The more teeth a smoker loses, the higher the risk that he will develop pancreatic cancer, according to a new study. The risk of developing pancreatic cancer was 63 percent higher in smokers who had lost all their teeth, compared with those who - More

Poor Blood Pressure Control Ups Stroke Risk  About half of all first-time strokes in patients being treated for high blood pressure result from the pressure not being adequately controlled, Swedish researchers report. Older age, diabetes, and smoking also raise the risk of stroke in these patie - More

Diabetes Ups Urinary Infection Risk in Older Women  Rates of urinary tract infection (UTI) are higher among postmenopausal women with diabetes than among those without diabetes, researchers report. Dr. Edward J. Boyko, of the University of Washington, Seattle, and colleagues tracked the health of - More

Eating Red Meat Ups Diabetes Risk in Older Women  Middle age and elderly women whose diets include a lot of red meat appear to have an increased risk of developing diabetes, according to a report in the medical journal Diabetes Care. Dr. Simin Liu, of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, and - More

Warning Signs of a Heart Attack  Most heart attacks aren't like in the movies - sudden and intense. Usually, they start slowly, with mild pain or discomfort. Often people affected aren't sure what's wrong and wait too long before getting help. Here are the most common signs of a hea - More

Light at Night Might Be a Cancer Risk  Could electric light pose a cancer threat? It might seem like the wildest of paranoid beliefs, but a growing number of scientists suspect it might be true. The reason: Turning on the lights after dark may affect a small number of "clock genes" tha - More

Too Much Caffeine Ups Risk of Kidney Stones  People who are prone to kidney stones should limit their caffeine intake, new research suggests. When investigators gave people with a history of kidney stones a dose of caffeine equivalent to that found in two cups of coffee, they began to excre - More

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Drinking Coffee Helps Fight Alzheimer's  Consuming three cups of coffee per day can greatly decrease the threat of you getting Alzheimer's disease, new evidence implies. Individuals drinking their regular caffeine treat have half the "mental decline" of those who do not go near the stuff - More

Head Injury  Head injury causes damage to the scalp, skull or brain. It can be a minor condition or severe and even life-threatening. Symptoms: Minor head injuries may cause headache, bruising, swelling and cuts, which may bleed profusely, even if small. - More

Something’s In The Air  Most people in Pakistan are prone to different kinds of allergies. Dr M. Anwar Waqar and Dr M. Yahya Noori explain why they occur. Many times we wake up with itchy eyes and a runny nose — coughing, sneezing and cursing — wondering what happened - More

Busy Minds May Slow Alzheimer’s  Keeping the brain busy may help stave off signs of Alzheimer’s disease, researchers report. The University of Chicago study found that mice that lived in an "enriched environment" with chew toys, running wheels and tunnels that helped keep thei - More

Walking burns more fat than running  ISLAMABAD: Researchers have found that low-intensity exercise may burn more fat than high-intensity activities when it comes to shedding pounds. The findings were reported in the International Journal of Sports Medicine. The research team, le - More

Common painkiller doubles heart attack risk: study  ISLAMABAD: Common painkiller such as Ibuprofen, which is available without prescription, doubles heart attack risk if taken in high doses for a long time, a study has revealed. Scientists from the clinical trial service unit at Oxford University, - More

Loud Music Can Cause Lung Collapse  Blasting music can be hard on the ears and the neighbors, and now researchers say it can also pack enough punch to collapse a lung. Reporting in the medical journal Thorax, they describe the cases of four young men who suffered a lung collapse -- t - More

Exercise & Mental Depression  Depression is a sense of being sad. Sadness in itself is a normal emotion that everyone experiences during life but depression is more than feeling just sad - it is rightly defined as a cluster of symptoms. Usually, clinical depression happens when a - More

Secondhand Smoke Deadly for Nonsmokers  Adults who’ve never smoked but who live with a smoker have a 15 percent greater risk of death than people who live in smoke-free homes. That’s the finding of new research published online this week in the British Medical Journal. The study ex - More

Baby Bottle Tooth Decay  Baby bottle tooth decay is caused by prolonged contact with almost any liquid other than water. The condition can stem from putting your baby to bed with a bottle of formula, milk, juice, soda or other soft drink, or by allowing your baby to suck o - More  Source: