Public Health

Remeber National Flag and remain healthy?

In a meeting at Varanasi one emienent scientist pointed out that remember the nantional flag of India and remain healthy.I have due respect and regards to whatever meaning was ascribed to our founders of the nation but this write up is for associating the ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Apr 5 2012 - 10:51pm

Guar gum from Cyamopsis tetragonoloba: a success story of Professor Randhawa at IIT, Roorkie.

"This gum prevents ice crystal formation and also creates the smooth, silky sheen in shampoos. ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Apr 6 2012 - 10:46am

Euphorbia tirucalli L.: has medicinal properties also.

Euphorbia tirucalli L.: Family: Euphorbiaceae Genus: Euphorbia Species: tirucalli, insulana Common names: English: Indian tree spurge, Milk hedge, Petroleum-plant, aveloz, milk bush, pencil tree, Sehund, Thohra, and Konpal-sehnd. E. tirucalli is a succulen ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Apr 9 2012 - 7:54am

Free Hangover Cure Now IV For 500 Dollars In Las Vegas

Why take something for free and feel cheap if you can pay half a grand and support quackery? Precisely! Hangovers from alcohol are almost entirely due to dehydration, read: too little water in your body. Although you drank a lot of water along with the sp ...

Article - Sascha Vongehr - Apr 15 2012 - 1:36am

Gut Microbiota Transplantation May Prevent Development Of Diabetes And Fatty Liver Disease

Nnew data presented today at the International Liver Congress(TM) 2012 shows the gut microbiota's causal role in the development of diabetes and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), independent of obesity[1]. Though an early stage animal model, ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Apr 20 2012 - 8:55am

Chronic Hepatic Diseases Generate High Costs To Europe

Separate Study Links Acute-on-Chronic Liver Failure to High Short-Term Mortality   Two studies presented at the International Liver Congress(TM) 2012 show the true impact that liver disease has across Europe. One highlights the financial cost of liver dis ...

Article - Anna Ohlden - Apr 21 2012 - 3:30am

The Trouble With Food Deserts

Close to supermarkets or not, fat poor kids are different than fat rich kids Over the past decade, the American obesity epidemic has provoked a wide range of possible solutions, from soda-pop bans in elementary schools to salad bars in high school cafeter ...

Article - Greg Critser - Apr 23 2012 - 12:50pm

Footballers Collapsing- The Tip Of The Iceberg?

Many of you, especially in the UK will have undoubtedly heard of the collapse of Fabrice Muamba. A Bolton Wanderer's football player, who at the time was playing in a FA cup football match watched by thousands. But is this a one-off or are we scratch ...

Article - Caezar Al-Jassar - Apr 23 2012 - 1:16am

Stress Up The Stress

I was away from the site for a while now. I have a good excuse for it since all this while- I got my Ph.D. award, my work recognized by my peers and took up a new job – all at one time. Dynamics of my life were seemingly distracting me from writing. Howeve ...

Article - Payal Joshi - Apr 26 2012 - 10:41am

Fluoride Safe? Don't Swallow, says fluoride expert

“ What really determines whether fluoride is safe, is the amount that is swallowed,” says Amid I. Ismail, BDS, MPH, MBA, DrPH, and Dean, Temple University, School of Dentistry in Dear Doctor Magazine. (1)   ...

Blog Post - Carol Kopf - May 2 2012 - 9:32am