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Excessive use of gas heaters harmful to health
People have started using gas heaters particularly at night to keep rooms warm oblivious to health hazards it poses to human health. Very few among them are aware of precautionary measures and majority do not care for even if they are known to thes
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High Blood Pressure: What You Need To Know
Essential information about High Blood Pressure.
What is high blood pressure?
When the heart beats, blood is forced through the arteries and it "pushes out" against the walls of the arteries. This "pushing out" is known as blood pressure. Blood
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Low-Fat Dairy May Lower Risk of Diabetes
Eating low-fat dairy products may help slightly lower the risk of developing diabetes, a new study of more than 40,000 middle-aged men suggests.
Each additional serving of low-fat dairy per day resulted in a 9 percent drop in risk. The link cou
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Tooth Loss Linked to Pancreatic Cancer in Smokers
The more teeth a smoker loses, the higher the risk that he will develop pancreatic cancer, according to a new study.
The risk of developing pancreatic cancer was 63 percent higher in smokers who had lost all their teeth, compared with those who
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Poor Blood Pressure Control Ups Stroke Risk
About half of all first-time strokes in patients being treated for high blood pressure result from the pressure not being adequately controlled, Swedish researchers report. Older age, diabetes, and smoking also raise the risk of stroke in these patie
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Diabetes Ups Urinary Infection Risk in Older Women
Rates of urinary tract infection (UTI) are higher among postmenopausal women with diabetes than among those without diabetes, researchers report.
Dr. Edward J. Boyko, of the University of Washington, Seattle, and colleagues tracked the health of
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Eating Red Meat Ups Diabetes Risk in Older Women
Middle age and elderly women whose diets include a lot of red meat appear to have an increased risk of developing diabetes, according to a report in the medical journal Diabetes Care.
Dr. Simin Liu, of Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, and
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Warning Signs of a Heart Attack
Most heart attacks aren't like in the movies - sudden and intense. Usually, they start slowly, with mild pain or discomfort. Often people affected aren't sure what's wrong and wait too long before getting help. Here are the most common signs of a hea
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Light at Night Might Be a Cancer Risk
Could electric light pose a cancer threat?
It might seem like the wildest of paranoid beliefs, but a growing number of scientists suspect it might be true. The reason: Turning on the lights after dark may affect a small number of "clock genes" tha
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Too Much Caffeine Ups Risk of Kidney Stones
People who are prone to kidney stones should limit their caffeine intake, new research suggests.
When investigators gave people with a history of kidney stones a dose of caffeine equivalent to that found in two cups of coffee, they began to excre
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