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Why You Should Treat Retirement Like A Startup Business

September 27, 2019September 27, 2019 Loknath Dasa, Like, retirement?, Should, Startup, treat, Why, You

Have you ever worried if you’ll run out of money? Can you imagine a point where you might wonder how you might bring in that next dollar? Are you thinking you might have to cut expenses in order to stay afloat? Who do these anxieties describe? An entrepreneur? A retiree? Trick question! It’s both! More and more financial experts now recognize the similarity between living a comfortable retirement and running a sustainable business. And if you’re thinking of retirement, you just might want to pay attention to what they say.…

Cannabis extract can be used to treat psychosis, says this study

September 5, 2018 Loknath Dasbe, Can, cannabis?, extract, Psychosis, Says, Study, This, to, treat, Used

A single dose of the non-intoxicating compound of cannabis — cannabidiol — can help reduce brain function abnormalities seen in people with psychosis, results of a clinical trial, led by an Indian-origin doctor, has revealed. Psychosis is a mental disorder characterised by a disconnection from reality. Brain activity in the people at risk of psychosis remains abnormal compared to the healthy ones. But in people who had cannabidiol, the abnormal brain activity was less severe than for those who received a placebo, suggesting cannabidiol can help re-adjust brain activity to…

Now Treat Your Eczema With This New Unusual Approach

August 10, 2018 Loknath Dasapproach, Eczema, New, Now, This, treat, Unusual, With, Your

I hate my eczema. When it flares, the skin on my eyelids becomes red and angry. The nape of my neck itches and burns. My earlobes prickle and weep from irritation. Mostly, I feel like a hostage in my own skin. I’ve tried countless remedies – including elimination diets and prescription creams and ointments. They provide a slight respite, but there’s been no magic cure. New research, though, suggests an unusual new approach that might change things for me and the 32 million other Americans who suffer from eczema: applying…

ICMR drafts rules to manage and treat liver cancer

July 5, 2018 Loknath Dasand, Cancer, drafts, ICMR, liver, Manage, Rules, to, treat

Country’s research regulator, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), has issued a draft consensus document for treating the most common type of liver cancer— hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) — that could work as reference point for doctors and caregivers. HCC accounts for 90% of cancers of the liver worldwide, with a growing incidence in most countries. Globally, HCC is the fifth most common cancer (7.5 lakh new cases annually) and is the third leading cause of annual deaths due to cancer (7 lakh deaths each year) after lung and stomach cancer.…

More people prefer popping pills and drinking healthy tea over exercise to treat high BP

April 11, 2018 Loknath Dasand, BP, Drinking, exercise:, Healthy, High;, More, Over, People, pills, Popping, prefer, Tea, to, treat

According to a recent study, people would rather pop a pill or sip tea than exercise to treat high blood pressure. Researchers wanted to find out how people weigh the benefits of high blood pressure treatment options against its inconvenience. They asked survey respondents to imagine that they had high blood pressure and then asked about their willingness to adopt any of four “treatments” to gain an extra month, year or five years of life. In this survey, the “treatments” proposed were: a daily cup of tea, exercise, pills or…

New robot can help treat rare birth defect that affects the food pipe of babies

January 19, 2018 Loknath DasAffects, Babies, birth, Can, defect, Food., Help, New, of, pipe, rare, That, The, treat, ‘robot

Scientists have created a robot, which can be implanted into a baby’s body to treat a rare birth defect that affects the food pipe. The prototype robotic implant, developed by the researchers at Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital in the US, encourages tissue growth in babies. The robot is a small device which is attached to the oesophagus by two rings. An incorporated motor then stimulates the cells by gently pulling the tissue. Using two types of sensors – one to measure the tension in the tissue and…