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Health Benefits of Fennel Seeds

Health Benefits of Fennel Seeds

Diet And Nutrition

Fennel seeds are a must-have in almost every Indian kitchen due to its health quotient. Here are a few health benefits of fennel seeds.

Diet For Vertigo

Diet For Vertigo

Diet And Nutrition

True vertigo is a severe form of dizziness that is a movement hallucination. Try out some of these diet strategies that will help regulate fluid imbalances and reduce vertigo symptoms.

Oxidative Stress / Free Radicals Cell Injury

Oxidative Stress / Free Radicals Cell Injury

Health Information

Oxidative stress is a form of injury to body tissues due to increase in free radicals. If the injury is sustained it leads to chronic diseases.

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For Better Mental Health: Choose a Commute With Green Spaces

For Better Mental Health: Choose a Commute With Green Spaces

Environmental Health Oct 19 2018 6:29 PM

People who go on their daily commutes through green spaces tend to have better mental health, finds a new study.

Diwali: Healthy Snacking Tips

Diwali: Healthy Snacking Tips

Lifestyle News Oct 19 2018 4:08 PM

Experts have revealed simple and healthy snacking ideas to offer your guests at Diwali parties.

Infertility in Men Linked to Prediabetes

Infertility in Men Linked to Prediabetes

Diabetes News Oct 19 2018 1:07 PM

Older age, higher follicle stimulating hormone levels, and idiopathic nonobstructive azoospermia (absence of sperm in semen) were associated with prediabetes.

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World Osteoporosis Day

World Osteoporosis Day

Health Watch Oct 19 2018 6:49 PM

World Osteoporosis Day is observed annually on 20th October every year by the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) to raise awareness on ways to prevent osteoporosis and other bone-related diseases, thereby improving bone health. The theme for this year 2018 is Love Your Bones.

Novel Algorithm can Non-invasively Localize Source of Heart Conditions

Novel Algorithm can Non-invasively Localize Source of Heart Conditions

Health in Focus Oct 17 2018 6:13 PM

New imaging algorithm developed recently can diagnose and localize source of atrial fibrillation (a type of rhythm disturbance in the heart) without the need for doing any invasive heart procedures.

Pax5 Guards Your Immune System Against Diseases

Pax5 Guards Your Immune System Against Diseases

Health in Focus Oct 16 2018 3:54 PM

Immune health can be maintained by the ordered packaging of DNA by the protein Pax5 in B-cells. Pax5 scans the DNA to access encoded information for maintaining optimal health and for fighting diseases like cancer.

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Diabetes May Increase Arthritis, Osteoporosis Risk

Diabetes May Increase Arthritis, Osteoporosis Risk

People with diabetes are more likely to suffer from osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and osteoporosis. Regular exercise can be the best treatment for preventing diabetes and arthritis, as it provides positive outcomes on blood sugar control and musculoskeletal pain.

Vitamin B Supplements May Boost Kidney Function in Young Diabetics

Vitamin B Supplements May Boost Kidney Function in Young Diabetics

Vitamin B deficiency is linked to a higher risk of kidney damage and is often noted in children and adults with type-1 diabetes. Simple supplementation of vitamin B complex can protect against kidney disease development and progression.

Milk Protein Helps Reduce Chemotherapy Side Effects

Milk Protein Helps Reduce Chemotherapy Side Effects

Cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy can reduce the side affects by supplementing a protein called lactoferrin.

Testosterone: Know More About The Male Sex Hormone and Its Role

Testosterone: Know More About The Male Sex Hormone and Its Role

Testosterone is an androgenic hormones prescribed as a replacement therapy in male patients for acquired or congenital primary hypogonadism, hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism, and to stimulate delayed puberty in males.

Minoxidil Treats High Blood Pressure and Prevents Hair loss or Alopecia

Minoxidil Treats High Blood Pressure and Prevents Hair loss or Alopecia

Minoxidil is a peripheral vasodilator agent prescribed with other blood pressure drugs for treating severe high blood pressure and to stimulate hair regrowth in conditions like androgenic alopecia or hair loss.

Ketamine: Anesthesia Drug Used in Surgery for Temporary Loss of Consciousness

Ketamine: Anesthesia Drug Used in Surgery for Temporary Loss of Consciousness

Ketamine is general anesthetic agent prescribed for the induction and maintenance of anesthesia for short procedures and for some diagnostic purposes. It is a prescription drug which induces a state usually referred to as dissociative anesthesia.

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