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‘Workplace Cake Culture’ May Fuel Obesity Risk: Experts

January 5, 2017 Srijita'fuel', Cake, Culture', Experts, May, Obesity, Risk, workplace

Sharing sweet treats at workplace may be contributing to several health problems such as obesity and poor oral hygiene, experts in the UK have warned. It may be a case of managers wanting to reward staff, colleagues wanting to celebrate or people bringing presents back from their holidays that sees sugary snacks going into the workplace, said Professor Nigel Hunt, dean Faculty of Dental Surgery at the Royal College of Surgeons in the UK. However, it was detrimental to employees’ health and they should make a New Year’s resolution to…

Vitamin D Deficiency May Up Chronic Headache Risk In Elderly Men

January 5, 2017 Srijitachronic, D, Deficiency, elderly, Headache, In, May, Men, Risk, Up, Vitamin

Deficiency in the levels of Vitamin D may increase the risk of chronic headache in middle-aged and older men, according to a new study. The findings showed that individuals with the lowest vitamin D levels had over a two-fold risk of chronic headache in comparison to the those with the highest levels. Vitamin D deficiency has also been associated with chronic tension-type headache, perhaps by causing musculoskeletal pain. Previous studies have found Vitamin D to play a role in various neurovascular diseases. The study adds to the accumulating body of…

Living Close To Major Roads Increases Dementia Risk

January 5, 2017 Srijitaclose, Dementia, increases, living, major, Risk, Roads, to

People living near major roads have a higher chance of developing dementia, according to a large-scale study published in British medical journal The Lancet on Thursday. The research looked at six million adults living in Ontario, Canada between 2001 and 2012, and found that those living less than 50 metres (yards) from a busy road had a seven percent higher incidence of dementia. The risk was four percent above normal for those living 50-100 metres from main roads and two percent higher among those 100-200 metres away. There was no…

Iron Deficiency: Anaemia May Up Hearing Loss Risk

December 31, 2016 SrijitaAnaemia, Deficiency, hearing, Iron, Loss, May, Risk, Up

Scientists have found that iron deficiency anaemia may increase the risk of hearing loss, a finding that may open new possibilities for early identification and appropriate treatment of the condition. For the study, researchers from Pennsylvania State University in the US determined iron deficiency anaemia by low hemoglobin and ferritin levels for age and sex in 305,339 adults ages 21 to 90 years; associations between hearing loss and iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) were then evaluated. Of the patients in the study population, 43 per cent were men; average age was…

Study says diabetes spikes death risk in patients on dialysis

December 30, 2016 Srijitadeath, Diabetes, Dialysis, In, On, Patients:, Risk, Says, spikes, Study

Kidney disease can be a silent killer. Before symptoms are seen or experienced by the patient, the kidneys can degenerate to the point of not working. And diabetes only makes it worse.The risk of death is several times higher for diabetics on haemodialysis, scientists have found. The final stage of chronic kidney disease, called end stage renal disease, is when the kidneys are no longer able to remove enough wastes and excess fluids from the body . At this point, patients are put on dialysis or advised a kidney transplant.A…

Immune molecule deficiency increases risk of Epstein-Barr

December 27, 2016 SrijitaDeficiency, Epstein-Barr, immune, increases, molecule, of, Risk

‘ WASHINGTON, Dec. 23 (UPI) — Researchers from the National Institutes of Health National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, or NIAID, have found a genetic immune disorder causing increased risk and poor control of Epstein-Barr virus and EBV-associated cancer. The team studied two unrelated sets of siblings with uncontrolled EBV, which developed into Hodgkin’s lymphoma in three of the children. Researchers found the cause of their disease was a lack of the CD70 protein, which is found on the surface of different types of immune cells. The children also…