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Rajswasthya – www.rajswasthya.nic.in – Rajswasthya : Department of Medical Health and Family Welfare, Rajasthan
Rajswasthya – www.rajswasthya.nic.in – Rajswasthya : Department of Medical Health and Family Welfare, Rajasthan
Rajswasthya – www.rajswasthya.nic.in is website of Department of Medical Health and Family Welfare, Rajasthan. The website is developed in Hindi, and has information related to Health Services, Family Welfare Services, and Medicine Control.
The website also contains information related to Jobs in Department [...]
Healthy lifestyles on the decline in US
Washington, May 27 (ANI): A new study conducted in the U.S. has found that only a small proportion of adults follow healthy lifestyle pattern, and in fact, the numbers are declining.
Researchers from the Department of Family Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, [...]
Family history doesn’t affect hormone replacement therapy-breast cancer risk
Washington, May 20 (ANI): Researchers from University of Rochester Medical Centre have revealed that the risk of developing breast cancer due to taking hormone replacement therapy remains the same, regardless of the family history of disease.
“Although we know that family history is a risk factor, we don’t know yet what it is about family history [...]
Meditation key to treating female incontinence
Washington, May 5 (ANI): Meditation or cognitive therapy may be an effective management strategy to control the frequent urge to urinate among women, according to a study.
Loyola University Health System (LUHS) have employed cognitive therapy to treat overactive bladders.
The therapy employs deep-breathing and guided-imagery exercises that train the brain to control the bladder without medication [...]
Pacifiers don’t interfere with breastfeeding success
Washington, Apr 30 (ANI): Giving an infant a pacifier does not interfere with breastfeeding success, say researchers.
The team led by Dr Fern Hauck, researcher and associate professor of family medicine and public health sciences at the University of Virginia School of Medicine has found no adverse relationship between the two.
“Physicians, nurses and others who [...]
Unpleasant family secrets raise disease risk, hinder healing
Washington, Mar 25 (ANI): Family secrets such as alcoholism, abuse and unwanted pregnancies are an obstacle to healing when disease strikes, according to a new study.
“Family secrets lead to feelings of guilt, anger and helplessness. [...]
