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Playing Pokemon Go May be Good for Your Health: Experts

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Image via AFP Playing Pokemon Go may be good for health as the widely popular augmented reality game is making people exercise more, a UK doctor has claimed. According to an article in medical journal The BMJ, the location-based game is not marketed as a health app but gamers do a lot of walking while playing. The popular app has made the streets of Britain a “reclaimed playground to have interconnected fun,” Dr Margaret McCartney wrote in the article. McCartney noted that a player walked 225 kilometres and lost 12.7…

How Much Exercise Will Lower Chronic Disease Risk?

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Image via iStock The daily dose of activity needed to lower the risk of diabetes, stroke and heart disease by at least 20 percent is several times the minimum recommended by the World Health Organization, researchers said Wednesday.The same applies to breast and bowel cancer, they reported in a study reviewing 35 years of research on the link between physical exertion — whether gardening or long-distance running — and five chronic diseases. The benefits of exercise are well known and beyond dispute. Most health authorities issue guidelines on the bare…

One in Every Eight Men May Develop Cancer

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It’s not an unknown fact that the world is battling cancer and in India an estimated number of people living with the disease are around 2.5 million. In India, it has been found that cancers of oral cavity and lungs in males and cervix and breast cancer in females account for over 50% of all cancer deaths. One of the major causes of cancer are gene mutations that occur after birth. Besides this, there are other lifestyle factors that may cause changes (mutations) to the DNA of our body cells leading…

The Diet You Should Be Following for Better Memory

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A new study shows that a Mediterranean diet can improve your cognitive function and reduce chances of Alzheimer. A Mediterranean diet (MedDiet) include plant foods, such as leafy greens, fresh fruit and vegetables, cereals, beans, seeds, nuts, and legumes. Dairy products and red meat are uses less while olive oil as its major source of fat. The study, published in the journal Frontiers in Nutrition the researchers investigated if and how a Mediterranean diet may impact cognitive processes over time. “The most surprising result was that the positive effects were found in countries…

Obesity on a Rise Among Cancer Survivors

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According to a study, obesity is more prevalent in patients who are diagnosed with cancer, particularly among survivors of colorectal and breast cancers. The study, published in the Journal of Clinical Oncology suggested that obesity is a growing public health burden for cancer survivors, which requires targeted interventions, including weight management efforts. The results of the research were based on data from a nationally representative sample of 5,38,969 non-institutionalised adults aged 18 to 85 years with or without a history of cancer. Among 32,447 cancer survivors, the most common diagnoses were…

An Ice Cream That is Healthy Too?

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Representational image: iStock Relishing an ice cream is an undeniable pleasure, but what if it comes coupled with health benefits? You heard right, Nutrice is an ice cream developed with the help of the Central Government’s Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) and it comes enriched with omega 3. The ice cream is being made at a factory in Karnataka’s Harohalli Industrial Estate.Omega 3 is added to milk powder, water, sugar and other ingredients right at the beginning of the ice cream making process. The oil is extracted from…