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Childhood Asthma May Up Obesity Risk: Study

January 20, 2017 Srijitaasthma, childhood, May, Obesity, Risk, Study, Up

If your child is suffering from asthma, they may be at higher obesity risk later in childhood or adolescence according to this new study. In fact, asthmatic children were 51 per cent more likely to become obese over the next decade in comparison to those who did not have asthma in which a person’s airways become inflamed. “Early diagnosis and treatment of asthma may help prevent the childhood obesity epidemic,” said Frank D. Gilliland, Professor at the University of Southern California (USC) in the US. Although, the researchers are unclear…

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…

Catch up lost sleep after New Year’s Eve

January 1, 2017 SrijitaAfter, Catch, Eve, Lost, New, Sleep, Up, Years

The run up to the new year with all that partying must have been hectic, leaving you tired and sleep-deprived. If you’re struggling to catch up on rest today, don’t just opt for the usual hot milk and warm bath. Try these other ways that can bring on the Zzzzs… The 4-8-7 trick Sleep therapists advocate this yoga trick. You simply breathe deeply through the left nostril on a count of four, hold that for seven counts and breathe out the air with a sound in eight counts. Experts call…

Here’s why overweight people give up easily on their workout routine

December 31, 2016 Srijitaeasily, Give, Here's, On, Overweight, People, Routine:, their, Up, Why, workout

A study finds as to why losing weight is not easy for obesepeople as it states physical inactivity results from the altered dopamine receptors – decreased motivation to move – rather than excess body weight. The study, conducted on mice, has been published in the journal of Cell Metabolism. “We know that physical activity is linked to overall good health, but not much is known about why people or animals with obesity are less active,” said study’s senior author Alexxai V. Kravitz from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive…

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…

5 nasty skin conditions you can pick up at the gym

December 27, 2016 Srijita5%;, at, Can, Conditions:, Gym, nasty, pick, skin, The, Up, You

Next time you hunker down on that bench, consider all the other guys who sweated their way through their workouts there, too. Along with that pool of perspiration, the other guys could be leaving a host of other nasty things behind. Things like viruses, bacteria, and fungi that can cause some gross, uncomfortable, or even serious skin conditions if they make their way into your body. Here, 5 nasty skin conditions you can pick up at the gym—and what you need to do to cure them, stat. (For the ultimate…