Public Health

Too Much Couch Time May Cut Your Life Short

Spending too many hours on the couch watching TV could cut your life short, according to a new study in Circulation. Australian researchers tracked the lifestyle habits of 8,800 adults and found that for every hour of television watched per day, the risk o ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 11 2010 - 6:25pm

Mentally Ill- Broken or Fixable?

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Blog Post - Keith Adams - Jan 12 2010 - 6:22pm

Vanda tessellata (Roxb.) Hook ex Don (=V.roxburghii R.BR.) has medicinal properties

Scientific Name Vanda tessellata (Roxb.) Hook ex Don (=V.roxburghii R.BR.) Family Orchidaceaae Used Part Root. Distribution Area An epiphytic orchid, 30-60 cm. high, found from Uttar Pradesh to West Bengal, extending southwards to Kerala.. Common Uses. Th ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Jan 13 2010 - 2:11am

Entada phaseoloides (Linn.) Merr. syn. E. scandens has medicinal properties

Scientific Name Entada phaseoloides (Linn.) Merr. syn. E. scandens Benth. (Ref no.9 page 59 names this as E.pursaetha DC and puts E. scandens Benth.) Family Fabaceae Used Part Fruits. Distribution Area The plant occurs throughout the sub-Himalayan tract, f ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Jan 13 2010 - 2:17am

Phragmites karka Trin. ex Steud

Phragmites karka Trin. ex Steud. (Syn P. karka Retz., P. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /> ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Jan 13 2010 - 2:21am

Zanthoxylum armatum DC has medicinal value.

Zanthoxylum armatum DC. syn. Z. alatum Roxb. and its var.planispinum (Sieb. & Zucc.) Rehd. & E. H. Wils.; Z. planispinum Sieb. & Zucc.) (I agree with Dr. Komatsu that Z. armatum and Z alatum are separate species and not synonym Kumar) Family Ru ...

Blog Post - Ashwani Kumar - Jan 13 2010 - 2:36am

Obesity Rate Slowing In The U.S.

While much concern has been generated by the obesity epidemic in the United States in recent years, with about one-third of adults obese in 2007-2008, new data suggest that the rate of increase for obesity may be slowing, say the authors of a study appeari ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 13 2010 - 12:48pm

Nursing Students Smoke More Than The General Public

The rate of smoking among nursing students is twice that of the general population, indicates a survey of over 800 new nursing students published in the Journal of Advanced Nursing. Busy bodies in the health community argue the results indicate that smokin ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 13 2010 - 2:04pm

Parenthood Is Good For Your Blood Pressure

Children have a reputation for driving their parents crazy, so chances are that most people don't become parents for the health benefits. But maybe they should. According to a study conducted by researchers at Brigham Young University, raising childre ...

Article - News Staff - Jan 14 2010 - 10:15pm

Molecular markers and DNA