Archive for March, 2007

Even small loss can improve overall health

According to the experts, even losing just 5% of body can be a great boosting factor for your overall health. Suppose you are having 200 pounds of weigh, even losing just 10 pounds can be really healthy. With the number of overweight people increasing in US, there is also bigger increase in diseases like blood pressure, diabetes, heart disease and block. All these just increase the problems in

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Schizophrenia drug has fewer side effects

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An investigational schizophrenia drug called bifeprunox appears to have fewer worrisome side effects than current agents used to treat schizophrenia -- a disease marked by distorted thinking and hallucinations.

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CHIK fever seen in US travelers to the tropics

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - In a report released Thursday, US health officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention describe 26 cases of Chikungunya fever that occurred in 2006 among US citizens who traveled to countries in the tropics.

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Prostate cancer treatment side effects differ

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - For men with early prostate cancer, radioactive seed implantation and surgery to remove the prostate are two effective treatments, with roughly the same costs, but these treatments have different long-term side effects, French doctors report.

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School vaccine exemptions put kids at risk

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Rules that allow parents to exempt their children from immunization requirements for "philosophical" reasons are putting all kids at risk of outbreaks of vaccine-preventable disease, Arkansas researchers warn.

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