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Eating Meat May Cause Heart Failure in Older Women

November 17, 2016 Srijitacause, Eating, failure, Heart, In, May, meat, Older, Women

Consuming high-protein diet, especially meat, may increase the risk for heart failure in women over the age of 50, a study has found. The findings showed that the rate of heart failure for women with higher total dietary protein intake was significantly higher compared to the women who ate less protein daily or got more of their protein from vegetables. While women who ate higher amounts of vegetable protein appeared to have less heart failure, the association was not significant when adjusted for body mass. “Higher calibrated total dietary protein…

Exercise May Help Parkinson’s Disease Patients

November 17, 2016 SrijitaDisease, exercise:, Help, May, Parkinson's, Patients:

Exercise may help improve gait, balance and reduce risks of falls in individuals living with Parkinson’s disease, researchers say. Parkinson’s Disease — a neurodegenerative disease that impacts movement, often including tremors — affects nearly seven to 10 million persons around the world, according to the Parkinson’s Disease Foundation. Despite the progressive nature of the disease, people living with Parkinson’s disease can expect to improve their physical condition by being more physically active, the researchers said. “Exercise should be a life-long commitment to avoid physical and cognitive decline, and our research…

iPad game may treat lazy eye condition in kids

November 15, 2016 SrijitaCondition, Eye, Game, In, iPad, Kids, lazy, May, treat

iPad game may treat lazy eye condition in kids A special type of iPad game effectively helped in treating children with amblyopia in restoring their visual abilities, more than the standard treatment, researchers say. Amblyopia — also known as the lazy eye — is the leading cause of monocular visual impairment — a condition in which vision in both eyes is used separately and one of the eyes has no vision with adequate vision in the other — in children. Amblyopia has traditionally been viewed as a monocular disorder that…

Infants Sensitive to Peanuts May Not Be Allergic to It

November 14, 2016 SrijitaAllergic, be, Infants, It, May, Not, Peanuts, Sensitive, to

Infants who are peanut-sensitised or have peanut allergy are not necessarily allergic, suggests a new study. “This is a very exciting development for those of us who have been treating an increasing number of kids with peanut allergies in the past 25 years,” said Amal Assa’ad, Managing Director, ACAAI Food Allergy Committee, US. “To be able to offer parents a way of reducing the risk of their children developing peanut allergies is remarkable and of real importance.” The authors recognised early introduction of peanut-containing foods may seem to depart from…

Shorter Sleep May Increase Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Drinks

November 14, 2016 SrijitaConsumption, drinks, Increase, May, of, Shorter, Sleep, sugar-sweetened

People who sleep five or fewer hours a night are likely to drink significantly more sugary caffeinated drinks, such as sodas and energy drinks, according to a new study. “We think there may be a positive feedback loop where sugary drinks and sleep loss reinforce one another, making it harder for people to eliminate their unhealthy sugar habit,” said Aric A. Prather, assistant professor at the University of California San Francisco. “This data suggests that improving people’s sleep could potentially help them break out of the cycle and cut down…

Shorter Sleep May Increase Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Drinks

November 14, 2016 SrijitaConsumption, drinks, Increase, May, of, Shorter, Sleep, sugar-sweetened