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Alcohol Gives Better Survival After Heart Attack

Alcohol Gives Better Survival After Heart Attack

Oct. 31 | According to a US Study, women who drank from a few alcoholic drinks a month to more than three a week in the year leading up to a heart attack ended up living longer than women who never drank alcohol. The findings, which focused on more than 1,000 women...

Aspirin Cuts Down Risk By 63 Percent Of Bowel Cancer

Aspirin Cuts Down Risk By 63 Percent Of Bowel Cancer

Oct. 31 | A study published in The Lancet medical journal suggest that two pills of asprin daily can cut down the risk of bowel cancer by 63 %. This is the result of study spanning more than a decade.  And there is something to take away from here for further...

Biosimilars In Emerging Markets

Biosimilars In Emerging Markets

Oct. 31 | Nations with social or business activity in the process of rapid growth and industrialization are termed as emerging markets in economics term. Economists have a large list of countries indicating the emerging markets for pharmaceuticals that are China,...

Shyness And Social Phobia

Shyness And Social Phobia

Oct. 31 | There is no secret that teenagers are prone to mood swings and sometimes like to keep to themselves. According to a study published by the American Academy of Pediatrics, some adolescents’ feelings extend beyond normal human shyness to a debilitating...

Healthier Diet Leads To Stronger Sperm

Healthier Diet Leads To Stronger Sperm

Oct. 31 | Two studies have shown that the diet can affect mobility of sperm and quality of semen among the men. For years, nutritionists have rallied around the notion that “you are what you eat.” Now, new research suggests this adage might even extend...

Unmarried Men Have More Risk Of Cancer

Unmarried Men Have More Risk Of Cancer

Oct. 31 | Unmarried men are in general more likely to have more risk of cancer than their married counterparts and there is some indication that the divide is in fact getting worse. A new research published in BioMed Central’s open access journal BMC Public...

Malaria Deaths Declined By 20% In Last Decade

Malaria Deaths Declined By 20% In Last Decade

Oct. 31 | Malaria accounts for 20% of childhood deaths in Africa. There has been a fall of just over 20% in the number of deaths from malaria worldwide in the past decade, the World Health Organization says. A new report said that one-third of the 108 countries...

HIV Risk Double In Africa With Contraceptive Use

HIV Risk Double In Africa With Contraceptive Use

Oct. 31 | A hormone shot given every three months is the most popular contraceptive for women in eastern and southern Africa and that appears to double the risk that the women will become infected with H.I.V., according to a large study. Moreover, when it is used...

Low IQ Related To Gene Mutations Passed On By Older Dads

Low IQ Related To Gene Mutations Passed On By Older Dads

Oct. 31 | A new study suggests that low IQ of the child can be passed on to them by older dads through chromosomal gene mutations. Certain genetic abnormalities in a man’s chromosomes appear to be linked to intellectual disabilities in his offspring, especially...

Oral Sex Risk Men Of Throat Cancer More Than Smoking

Oral Sex Risk Men Of Throat Cancer More Than Smoking

Oct. 31 | Human papillomavirus spread by oral sex may cause more cases of throat cancer in men than smoking, a research finding that aims to test a new drug used against the infection. Researchers examined 271 throat-tumor samples collected over 20 years ending...
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