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Now, a Drug Claims to Aid Smoking Cessation!
Dr. Teeth 23 July, 2008
(0) Comment Here is good news for those who want to kick the smoking habit as a new drug claims to help smokers overcome their addiction. Unlike other smoking cessation solutions that work only on controlling the withdrawal symptoms, Champix - a drug by Pfizer — reduces withdrawal symptoms and smoker’s sense of satisfaction derived from smoking, says its manufacturer.
“Both nicotine (found in cigarettes and responsible for addiction to smoking) and Varenicline act on the nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs) in the brain, which is associated with the addictive effects of nicotine,” says Dr Sajeela Maini, a Delhi-based smoking cessation therapist. “When the varenicline binds to these receptors it releases levels of dopamine that are required for normal functioning of the body.
Hence, it reduces the craving to smoke and eases the withdrawal symptoms,” she says. The unique drug researched and developed by Pfizer helps people to overcome smoking addiction, said Maini.
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Why men are most active sexually from late 20s
Dr. Teeth 19 July, 2008
(8) Comment If you think men can simply ignore their biological clock, think again as a new study shows that their fertility is just as susceptible to the effects of time as that of women.
A French study of over 12,200 couples having fertility treatment suggests the chance of a successful pregnancy falls when the man is aged over 35.
The quality of sperm begins to deteriorate in the mid-thirties and by the time a man is 45, one in three pregnancies end in miscarriage regardless of the age of the mother, the study says.
The researchers studied couples who had sought treatment for infertility at the Eylau Centre for Assisted Reproduction in Paris between January 2002 and December 2006.
All were given intrauterine inseminations (IUI), also known as artificial insemination, where sperm is inserted into the womb when the woman is ovulating.
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Long Drives, Mobile Use Can Cause Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
Dr. Teeth 16 July, 2008
(3) Comment Researchers at Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas have found that hours in the car can cause carpal tunnel syndrome and that the risk increases if the motorist talks on cell phone while driving.
“Repeated, prolonged gripping of anything-whether it’s a steering wheel or a tool-can contribute to carpal tunnel syndrome,” said Jennifer Valle, occupational therapist and certified hand therapist, Baylor University Medical Center at Dallas.
“There are activities you can do and modifications you can make to help alleviate the risk of developing carpal tunnel,” she added.
Following are some tips to ease the problem:
- Switch the hand you drive with-periodically using your left, then your right.
- Keep your hand in line with your elbow and your wrist straight.
“If you imagine the steering wheel as a clock, the best position to put your wrist in would actually be at three o’clock and nine o’clock,” Valle said.
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Meet the Brit man who is turning into a woman - naturally!
Dr. Teeth 13 July, 2008
(3) Comment A Brit man is seeking help from medical experts after he started turning into a woman naturally.
Pub singer Terry Wright started losing his hair and beard ten years ago and since then he has developed smooth skin, hot flushes and boobs.
The father-of-five has revealed that kids living nearby make fun him by calling him ‘She-Man’.
According to his blood tests, the 60-year-old has abnormally high levels of the female hormone oestrogen.
And doctors who have examined him say that they have never seen such a case - and do not know what to do to reverse the process.
Wright, of Birmingham, is now begging medical experts to help him.
“I am a man, not a woman. And I do not want to be a woman. I just want to get my life back to normal,” The Sun quoted him, as saying.
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Eat Chocolate for Breakfast to Lose Weight!
Dr. Teeth 11 July, 2008
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Here’s some good news from all those chocolate lovers trying to lose weight - instead of shunning your favourite sweet, dig into it for breakfast.Wondering just how this is going to help you shed those extra pounds? Well as it turns out, eating chocolate is part of the new ‘Big Breakfast’ weight-loss plan that involves 700-calories worth of carbohydrates into your body when you wake up.
Along with 30g of chocolate, you will also have to dig into a glass of milk, two slices of cheese, 85g of lean meat and two slices of buttered whole-grain toast every morning.
Doctor Daniela Jakubowicz, who has used the diet on her patients for 15 years, told the Daily Express that the breakfast works because it helps curb hunger cravings later in the day.
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Facts About Oral Cancer!
Dr. Teeth 9 July, 2008
(1) Comment Oral cancer is one of the few forms of cancer that has not experienced a significantly deceased mortality rate in the last 30 years. Deaths from oral cancer are higher than from cervical, testicular or thyroid cancer. It is estimated that more than 340,000 Indians will develop oral cancer in 2009 and that one Indian dies of this disease every hour of the day. The five year survival rate for oral cancer is approximately 50 percent, but early detection can result in survival rates of 80 percent or higher. The ideal opportunity for early detection of cancerous or pre-cancerous growths is during the annual hygiene examination. Unfortunately, the cellular changes that lead to oral cancer start below the surface of the epithelium at the basement membrane, making them difficult to detect by conventional screening methods.
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Happy Doctor’s Day
Dr. Teeth 1 July, 2008
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Doctors’ Day is an opportunity to further good public relations for the medicos and gives patients a chance to express gratitude towards doctors.
First of July has been designated as Doctors’ Day in India. It is surprising to know how few people are aware of this. A random survey amongst the people around us, including doctors, will confirm this. Hence to expect people to know the significance of Doctors’ Day would be unrealistic.
It is indeed important that both doctors and patients be made aware of the existence of this day and at the same time, of its relevance and significance in the larger context of healthcare in this country.
Is first of July designated as Doctors’ Day all over the world? No, it is Doctors’ day only in India. For example, in the US, Doctors’ Day is on 30th March every year.
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New AIDS Threat Emerging in India Among ‘Call Center Romeos’
Dr. Teeth 22 June, 2008
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A new AIDS threat is rising in India’s numerous call centers, where young staff are increasingly having unprotected sex with multiple partners in affairs developed during night shifts, a top AIDS expert has warned. While India has made great strides in bringing down its HIV infection rate, the promiscuity among “call center Romeos” is a great concern, Dr.
Suniti Solomon, who detected the first HIV case in India in 1986, told an international medical conference Saturday. The United Nations, however, still estimates there are some 2.5 million Indians living with HIV and AIDS now.
“India has reached a plateau of the infections,” Solomon told the International Congress on Infectious Diseases, which ends Sunday. Her concern now is the call centers, where many of the young staff work at night to correspond with the daytime working hours of their American and European clients.
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Orgasm and Indian Men, Poles Apart!
Dr. Teeth 18 June, 2008
(2) Comment Indian men may claim to have a healthy sex-life, but a new international survey claims that orgasm often eludes them.
Only 46 per cent of Indians manage to achieve orgasm almost every time they have sex but their counterparts in Italy, Mexico, Spain and South Africa are the most likely to climax, with 66 per cent of them managing to hit it right almost every time, claims the latest ‘Durex Sexual Wellbeing Global Survey’.
However, the Indian men can find solace in the fact that their Asian counterparts from China and Hong Kong (both 24 per cent) are the least likely to achieve orgasm every time, who are closely followed by Japanese (27 per cent).
The survey further points out that the more orgasms one has, the better he feels in general.
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Indian Origin Doctor Heads New Jersey Medical Dody
Dr. Teeth 13 June, 2008
(0) Comment Dr Gupta said that during his presidency at the MSNJ, he would work to keep the profession attractive for the best and brightest, and make the public and politicians aware of the mismanagement by insurance companies obsessed with profit. 
Dr R Prasad Gupta, who took over recently as the 216th president of the Medical Society of New Jersey, has pledged to work to preserve the integrity of the patientphysician relationship and decision-making.
Healthcare is at the centre of the patient-physician relationship, he noted.
“Most of the healthcare is delivered in an 8 feet x 10 feet examining room which may be located either in physician’s office, hospital, clinic, or anywhere else,” Dr Gupta told India Abroad.
“When the patient and doctor enter the room they establish a sacred relationship. The patient tells the doctor his/her deepest and darkest secrets and problems they are facing which they will not tell even their clergy or the loved ones or in a confession booth.
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How Much Sleep Do You Really Need?
Dr. Teeth 11 June, 2008
(0) Comment Sleep is one of the richest topics in science today: why we need it, why it can be hard to get, and how that affects everything from our athletic performance to our income. Daniel Kripke, co-director of research at the Scripps Clinic Sleep Center in La Jolla, Calif., has looked at the most important question of all. In 2002, he compared death rates among more than 1 million American adults who, as part of a study on cancer prevention, reported their average nightly amount of sleep. To many his results were surprising, but they’ve since been corroborated by similar studies in Europe and East Asia.
Q: How much sleep is ideal?
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Milk Protein Negates Side-Effects of Anti-Inflammatory Drugs
Dr. Teeth 9 June, 2008
(1) Comment In a significant breakthrough, biotechnologists at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) have found that a protein present in milk negates the side-effects of anti-inflammatory pills - the most frequently prescribed drugs all over the World for acute inflammatory disorders.
The researchers, who have been working on the project for the past 15 years, have established that lactoferrin, a protein present in the human, bovine, camel and goat milk exerts a protective effect on anti-inflammatory drugs.
Chronic administration of common anti-inflammatory drugs like nimuslide, paracetamol, aspirin, diclofenac and ibuprofen according to experts lead to gastric and intestinal injuries. “These drugs are most frequently prescribed but their chronic administration leads to damage of gastroduodenal mucosa resulting in gastric and intestinal injuries, which include peptic ulcers and formation of structures within small and large intestines,” said Prof. Tej P. Singh, a biotechnologist at the department of biophysics in AIIMS.
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Traditional Fish Medicine For Asthma
Dr. Teeth 8 June, 2008
(0) Comment Hundreds of asthma patients from different parts of India took the traditional fish herbal drug but the numbers have drastically come down this year.
The Bathini Goud family, which has been administering the herbal drug with fish free of cost for over 160 years, continued distribution of the medicine since Saturday night at Exhibition Grounds in the heart of the city.
About 300 members of the family gave the medicine through the night and this exercise is expected to continue till Sunday night.
The ‘prasadam’ is administered on the occasion of ‘Mrigasira Karti’, which heralds the onset of monsoon. It started at 7.32 p.m. Saturday, the time decided by astrologers.
The Bathini family performed traditional prayers at their ancestral house in Doodhbowli before the event.
However, the turnout has drastically come down as the medicine is losing its popularity with every passing year due to controversies surrounding its ingredients.
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Smoking ban to be enforced in India from Oct 2
Dr. Teeth 1 June, 2008
(3) Comment The Centre would strictly enforce the ban on smoking in public places from October 2, Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare Anbumani Ramadoss said.
“An Act on no smoking in public places has been brought out by the Centre two-and-a-half years ago, but it remained only on paper. Now, we have made a modification in the already enforced rule and from October 2, 2008, the modified rule will be enforced strongly across the country,” he said at a function, as part of World Tobacco Day being observed on Saturday.
Elaborating on the Cigarettes and other Tobacco Products (Prohibition of Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act-2003, he said the Government of India has notified revised Rules on the Prohibition of Smoking in Public Places on May 30, 2008.
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Indian Medical tourism to earn $1.87 Bn a year by 2012
Dr. Teeth 27 May, 2008
(2) Comment India is set to earn Rs.80 billion ($1.87 billion) a year in foreign exchange from medical tourism by 2012, according to a study by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (Assocham).
With easy visa facilities to overseas patients coupled with best emerging medical infrastructure facilities, India’s medical tourism can become a lead foreign exchange earner and the earnings will grow from the existing Rs.35 billion annually to Rs.80 billion a year by 2012, Assocham president Venugopal N. Dhoot said.
The study on Prospects of Medical Tourism for Higher Forex Earning was done under the supervision of the health committee of Assocham, headed by Sir Ganga Ram Hospital chairman B.K. Rao.
“The primary reasons as to why medical tourism would flourish in India include much lower medical treatment costs for various ailments, such as bone narrow transparent, bye-pass surgery, knee surgery and liver transplant as compared to western countries,” Dhoot said in a statement Monday.
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