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Metabolically Healthy Obesity May Increase Heart Disease Risk

Metabolically Healthy Obesity May Increase Heart Disease Risk

People who were obese and overweight developed metabolic syndrome, a condition with a group of metabolic risk factors such as hypertension, high blood sugar, abnormal cholesterol levels and unhealthy fat which increase the risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes.

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Trichotillomania / Hair Pulling Disorder

Trichotillomania / Hair Pulling Disorder

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Trichotillomania is a hair pulling disorder where a person urges to pull out hair from their scalp, eyelashes, and eyebrows. Hair pulling is an impulse control disorder which can result in noticeable hair loss in adults and adolescents.

Dental Anxiety / Dental Phobia

Dental Anxiety / Dental Phobia

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Dental Anxiety is kind of dental phobia where a person has a fear of going to dentist mainly due to painful dental procedures associated with the past.

Kleine-Levin Syndrome (KLS) / Sleeping Beauty Syndrome

Kleine-Levin Syndrome (KLS) / Sleeping Beauty Syndrome

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Kleine Levin (KLS) or sleeping beauty syndrome is a rare neurological disorder that primarly affects young boys, marked by excessive sleep associated with hypersexuality. The rare sleep disorder has no definite treatment.

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New Vertigo Type Discovered

New Vertigo Type Discovered

Research News May 25 2018 2:19 AM

New type of vertigo with no known cause has been identified by neurologists.

Ultrasound Surgery: New Treatment for High Blood Pressure

Ultrasound Surgery: New Treatment for High Blood Pressure

Research News May 25 2018 2:12 AM

New surgery involving ultrasound energy targets the nerves connected to the kidney has been found to significantly reduce blood pressure in patients with hypertension.

Heart Failure Patients Report High Levels of Loneliness

Heart Failure Patients Report High Levels of Loneliness

Heart Disease News May 25 2018 2:08 AM

Heart failure patients who felt socially isolated were much more likely to die or be hospitalized than more socially connected patients.

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Nutritional Value of Rice Decreases With Increased Levels of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

Nutritional Value of Rice Decreases With Increased Levels of Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

Health in Focus May 24 2018 5:27 PM

Increasing levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) due to air pollution found to decrease the nutritional value of rice with resultant malnutrition in predominantly rice eating populations.

Exercising Leg Muscles Critical to Neurological Health

Exercising Leg Muscles Critical to Neurological Health

Health in Focus May 24 2018 3:31 PM

Brain health depends on exercising the leg muscles, says a new study.

New Food-Based Obesity Preventive Score Developed

New Food-Based Obesity Preventive Score Developed

Health Watch May 23 2018 8:06 PM

A new, simple food-based score developed can help predict long-term risk of overweight or obesity in healthy adults. The score can improve eating habits, create awareness and provide preventive counseling.

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Health Tip on Novel Therapy for Lung Cancer

Health Tip on Novel Therapy for Lung Cancer

Tea leaf extract derived quantum dots can inhibit the growth of and destroy upto 80 percent of lung tumor cells, according to a recent collaborative venture between Swansea University experts and colleagues from two Indian universities. The findings of the study appear in the journal of Applied Nano Materials.

Health Tip on Step Towards Tailoring Organ Transplant Procedures

Health Tip on Step Towards Tailoring Organ Transplant Procedures

A new machine-learning-based algorithm can help save lives by accurately predicting the life expectancy of patients who have had a heart failure. The algorithm was developed by a research team at UCLA led by Mihaela van der Schaar, Chancellor's Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering. The study is published in the journal PLOS One.

Health Tip on Benefits of Learning Music and Speaking New Languages

Health Tip on Benefits of Learning Music and Speaking New Languages

Learning music or speaking another language can improve brain function, reports a new study. A team of researchers observed that musicians and bilinguals, i.e., individuals who can speak two languages fluently used fewer brain resources while performing a working memory task. The findings of the study are published in the journal Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences.

Citalopram: Drug Helps to Treat Depression, Anxiety and Panic Disorder

Citalopram: Drug Helps to Treat Depression, Anxiety and Panic Disorder

Citalopram is an antidepressant used for major depressive illness, panic disorder with or without agoraphobia, anxiety, body dysmorphic disorder, social phobia, premenstrual dysmorphic disorder, and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Insulin: Hormone Keeps Blood Sugar Level Under Control During Hyperglycemia

Insulin: Hormone Keeps Blood Sugar Level Under Control During Hyperglycemia

Insulin is a peptide hormone produced by the beta cells of the pancreatic islets prescribed for treating type 1 diabetes mellitus, type 2 diabetes mellitus, gestational diabetes, diabetic ketoacidosis, and hyperosmolar hyperglycemia.

Clomiphene/Clomifene: Drug for Infertility in Women (who do not produce eggs) / PCOS / PCOD

Clomiphene/Clomifene: Drug for Infertility in Women (who do not produce eggs) / PCOS / PCOD

Clomiphene is an ovulatory stimulant which induces the pituitary gland to stimulate the release of the egg from the ovary. It is also prescribed to treat male hypogonadism, menstrual abnormalities, and for suppression of lactation.

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