What you put in your mouth determines how good your eyes are. As simple as it may sound, the fact is that your diet has a great role in shaping the way your visual health is being stressed by ophthalmologists on World Sight Day
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Posted by Jenni (#1) 588 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)Lung cancer treatment getting safer by a new method
Posted by Jenni (#1) 589 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)
For patients of lung cancer, there could be a safer and more efficient treatment in the offing as researchers in Scotland are developing a method to give drugs by inhalation rather than the approach of intravenous delivery currently followed.
Experts in foetal medicine reminded of ethical issues
Posted by Jenni (#1) 589 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)
Even as foetal medicine or perinatal medicine takes giant strides, professionals must pay attention to the ethical challenges, Yves Ville, chairman, Department of Obstetrics and Fetal Medicine at Necker-Enfants-Malades Hospital, Paris Descartes University, said.
Exercise as good as drugs in staving off migraines
Posted by Jenni (#1) 590 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)
The belief that exercise may be as good as drugs in staving off migraines the excruciating headaches seems to be validated by latest research.
Potatoes not the dietary villain as claimed
Posted by Jenni (#1) 590 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)
Potatoes are often painted as villains for dieters, but a new study has found that the staple food is not that bad after all.Foods like potatoes and white bread with a high glycemic index (GI) are absorbed quickly by the body, triggering a spike in blood pressure.
Plan to fortify milk, oil with vitamin D under consideration
Posted by Jenni (#1) 591 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)
The National Institute of Nutrition is considering a proposal to fortify milk and oil with vitamin D, its Director B. Sesisekaran said here on Monday.
Sleep-deprived teenagers may be at risk of brain damage
Posted by Jenni (#1) 591 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)
Parents, please note make sure that your teenage children get adequate sleep daily, for a new study has claimed sleep deficiency could affect their brains later in life.
Mind and body Feel it in your bones
Posted by Jenni (#1) 592 days ago (http://www.thehindu.com)
Among the many conditions that can bog people down as they age, bone-related issues such as osteoporosis are perhaps very common. Thankfully, food, exercise and medication can together work like magic