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Westchester, September 1 (ANI): Exposure to workplace bullying is associated with increased sleep disturbances, according to a new study.

A study in the Sept.1 issue of the journal ‘Sleep’ claims association between observed bullying and sleep disruption, indicating that bullying has unfavorable effects even when it is experienced indirectly.

It also helps reveal the prevalence of [...]

Washington, August 26 (ANI): The world’s largest species of fruit bat, Pteropus vampyrus, could be driven to extinction in Peninsular Malaysia at the current hunting rate, scientists have warned.

They say that around 22,000 of these bats, also known as “large flying fox”, are legally [...]

New Delhi, Aug.21 (ANI): The Himachal Pradesh Government has started a toll free number to provide information on swine flu to the general public.

The state’s Health Minister, Dr.Rajeev Bindal, told a health ministers conference here today that a state team comprising of epidemiologist, physician [...]

Washington, July 10 (ANI): For women who suffer from migraines, here’s some good news: New study shows that your risk of breast cancer may be reduced by as much as 26 percent.

And no matter what a woman’s age or what migraine triggers a woman might [...]

Washington, July 10 (ANI): A new study by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University has shown that elevated insulin levels in the blood could raise the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women.

Increased breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women has previously been linked to obesity and diabetes. Both conditions involve insulin [...]

Toronto, June 24 (ANI): While babies born at 37 or 38 weeks are though to be full term, scientists have now found that such tots have slightly lower IQs, and a modestly higher risk of death in early infancy, as compared to those born after closer to 40 weeks in the womb.

Michael Kramer, a McGill [...]

Washington, May 29 (ANI): Consuming red or white meat does not raise the risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women, says a new study.

The large study, conducted by researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine of Yeshiva University, has been published in the International Journal of Cancer.

A number of previous studies have found that eating [...]

Bratislava – Slovakia Thursday reported its first case of the new A(H1N1) influenza, also known as swine flu, reports said citing country’s Chief Epidemiologist Ivan Rovny.
A 37-year-old man, who arrived Friday from the United States via the Vienna airport, was confirmed to have contracted swine flu, the Sme daily newspaper reported on its web [...]

Prague – The Czech Republic Monday confirmed its first case of the new H1N1 influenza, also known as swine flu, an official said.
A 29-year-old Prague man, who is in home care with mild symptoms, was confirmed to have contracted swine flu, Chief Epidemiologist Michael Vit told a news conference.
The idnes. cz news web site [...]

Washington, May 17 (ANI): One in five Americans has admitted to peeing in a swimming pool, says a new poll.

In fact, almost half of the total quizzed admitted to one or more behaviors that contribute to an unhealthy pool, according to the survey conducted by the Water Quality and Health Council, reports Live [...]

Melbourne, April 29 (ANI): Drinking out of water bottles made from PET plastic may pose a human health risk, reveals a new study.

According to lead researcher Martin Wagner, Goethe University, Frankfurt, a questionable finger could be raised on the safety of the PET plastic water bottles.

The study found that estrogenic compounds trickle into the water [...]

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Washington, Apr 27 (ANI): Statins, drugs widely prescribed to lower cholesterol, could protect against prostate cancer and other related diseases, according to a new study.
In the large Mayo Clinic cohort study, researchers looked at three different aspects of urological health-prostate cancer, erectile dysfunction and prostate enlargement. /pp
The findings of the study came from data in [...]

Washington, Apr 14 (ANI): Heart patients who become depressed are at greater risk for heart failure (HF), a condition in which the heart can’t pump enough blood throughout the body, says a new study.

The study published in the April 21, 2009, issue of the Journal of the American College of Cardiology, is the first to [...]

A study of the relationships of nearly 5,000 people tracked for decades in the Framingham Heart Study shows that good cheer spreads through social networks of nearby family, friends and neighbors.
They say misery loves company, but the same may be even more true of happiness.
In a study published online today in the British Medical Journal, [...]

Washington, Mar 17 (ANI): Risk factors including age, gender, diabetes, blood pressure, cholesterol levels, smoking and risk of gastrointestinal bleeding, should be taken into account before patients go for aspirin to prevent heart attacks or strokes, according to new recommendations from the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.

The organisation has updated its 2002 recommendation about using [...]

London, Mar 17 (ANI): A vegetarian diet could help protect against cancer, new research suggests.

Writing in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, researchers, who analyzed 52,700 men and women, found that those who did not eat [...]

London, Feb 20 (ANI): People who live in neighbourhoods with numerous fast food outlets are more likely to have a stroke, a new study has found.

Large numbers of fast food restaurants in an area can push up the stroke risk by up to 13 per cent, according to the New Scientist study of one Texas [...]

Washington, Feb 15 (ANI): Researchers at Tulane School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine and the Harvard School of Public Health have found that eating just one serving of green leafy vegetables or three servings of fruit a day reduces the risk of developing Type II diabetes.

They also found that one serving of fruit [...]

Washington, Feb 11 (ANI): Vigorous exercise can help prevent both cataracts and age-related macular degeneration, according to a new research.

The pair of studies that tracked approximately 41,000 runners for more than seven years found that running reduced the risk of both cataracts and age-related macular degeneration.

“In addition to obtaining regular eye exams, people can take [...]

Washington, Feb 11 (ANI): Vigorous exercise can help prevent both cataracts and age-related macular degeneration, according to a new research.

The pair of studies that tracked approximately 41,000 runners for more than seven years found that running reduced the risk of both cataracts and age-related macular degeneration.

“In addition to obtaining regular eye exams, people can take [...]