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Shah Rukh Khan admitted to KD Hospital in Ahmedabad

Shah Rukh Khan admitted to KD Hospital in Ahmedabad

Wed, May 22, 2024

According to reports, Khan was admitted to the hospital at around 2 pm after he suffered from heatstroke and dehydration in his body.

The Deadly Link: Addiction, Processed Food, and Obesity's Impact on Cancer Risk

The Deadly Link: Addiction, Processed Food, and Obesity's Impact on Cancer Risk

Mon, Apr 01, 2024

How dangerous are drug addiction, processed foods, and obesity in increasing the risk of cancer in young people? Watch this special report of Aapki Khabar Aapka Fayda.

Incorporating technology into fitness course: Apps and gadgets that really work

Incorporating technology into fitness course: Apps and gadgets that really work

Fri, Mar 22, 2024

Technology has revolutionised the way we approach fitness. Gone are the days of blindly wandering the gym floor or relying solely on gym memberships. Today, a world of fitness apps, fitness gadgets, and online fitness courses are at your fingertips, ready to personalise your workouts, track your progress, and keep you motivated.

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Aapki khabar Aapka Fayeda: How bad is sitting at an office desk all day?

Aapki khabar Aapka Fayeda: How bad is sitting at an office desk all day?

Thu, Sep 05, 2019

Aapki khabar Aapka Fayeda: How bad is sitting at an office desk all day?

Exercise can help beat cocaine addiction: Study

Exercise can help beat cocaine addiction: Study

Tue, Sep 03, 2019

Exercise can help prevent relapses into cocaine addiction, claims a study. Individuals who are addicted to cocaine have altered neural, behavioural and physiological responses to stress. In addition, exercise has been shown to reduce stress hormones and elevate mood, which could assist in alleviating anxiety and negative emotions associated with withdrawal," reported the study published in the journal Behavioural Brain Research. Studies already have shown that aerobic exercise (also known as "cardio") is an effective strategy against many physical health problems, including heart disease, diabetes, and arthritis, along with certain mental health issues, such as stress, anxiety, and depression.

Use of digital technology not linked to mental health, says study

Use of digital technology not linked to mental health, says study

Mon, Aug 26, 2019

A recent study has revealed that spending more time on smartphones is in no way related to mental health. The study was published in the journal Clinical Psychological Science. The study tracked young adolescents on their smartphones to test whether more time spent using digital technology was linked to worse mental health outcomes. The researchers found little evidence of longitudinal or daily linkages between digital technology use and adolescent mental health. The study surveyed more than 2,000 youth and then intensively tracked a subsample of nearly 400 teens on their smartphones multiple times a day for two weeks. The researchers collected reports of mental health symptoms from the adolescents three times a day and they also reported on their daily technology usage each night. They asked whether youth who engaged more with digital technologies were more likely to experience later mental health symptoms and whether days that adolescents spent more time using digital technology for a wide range of purposes were also days when mental health problems were more common. In both cases, increased digital technology use was not related to worse mental health.

Silent strokes common in older patients: Study

Silent strokes common in older patients: Study

Mon, Aug 19, 2019

Researchers have found that silent covert strokes are more common than overt strokes in people aged 65 or older who have surgery. While an overt stroke causes obvious symptoms, such as weakness in one arm or speech problems that last more than a day, a covert stroke is not obvious except on brain scans, such as MRI. Each year, approximately 0.5 per cent of the 50 million people age 65 years or greater worldwide who have major, non-cardiac surgery will suffer an overt stroke, but until now little was known about the incidence or impacts of silent stroke after surgery, reported the study published in the journal, 'The Lancet.'

Aapki Khabar Aapka Fayeda: Are you too eating food outside frequently?

Aapki Khabar Aapka Fayeda: Are you too eating food outside frequently?

Wed, Jul 10, 2019

It has been stressed upon enough times for it to be drilled in our psyche- eating healthy food is crucial for a healthy life. Healthy foods including whole grains, fruits and vegetables are said to be good for a healthy body and mind and health experts have been known to advise everyone to include good portions of all these foods in their daily meals.

Health Budget 2019: Pre-budget expectations of the healthcare industry

Health Budget 2019: Pre-budget expectations of the healthcare industry

Thu, Jul 04, 2019

Ahead of the budget, healthcare experts and social workers have renewed the demand for a significant increase in the public spending on health care sector in order to provide affordable health services, build hospital infrastructure and address the shortages of medical staff.

Higher salt intake can cause gastrointestinal bloating, says study

Higher salt intake can cause gastrointestinal bloating, says study

Mon, Jul 01, 2019

People tend to report more gastrointestinal bloating when they consume a diet high in salt, recent findings suggest. The scientists re-analysed data from a large clinical trial--the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension-Sodium trial (DASH-Sodium)--conducted two decades ago, and found that high sodium intake increased bloating among trial participants.

Climate warming may increase malaria risk in colder areas

Climate warming may increase malaria risk in colder areas

Fri, Jun 28, 2019

Even a slight increase in temperature may shoot up the risk of malaria to hundreds of thousands, if not millions, including travellers, in areas that are currently too cold for the completion of malaria parasites development, claims a recent study.

Aapki Khabar Aapka Fayada: Know about the harmful effects of antibiotics

Aapki Khabar Aapka Fayada: Know about the harmful effects of antibiotics

Fri, Jun 28, 2019

Know about the harmful effects of antibiotics. To know more watch the video

Researchers draw link between processed foods and rise in autism

Researchers draw link between processed foods and rise in autism

Fri, Jun 21, 2019

According to a recent study, processed foods may hold key to rise in autism. With the findings of this study, researchers suggest that they are now a step closer to showing the link between the food pregnant women consume and the effects on a fetus' developing brain.

Hypertension drug may help Alzheimer's patients

Hypertension drug may help Alzheimer's patients

Tue, Jun 18, 2019

Seeking new treatments to slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease, researchers found the blood pressure drug nilvadipine increased blood flow to the brain's memory without affecting other parts of the brain. Alzheimer's disease is the most common form of dementia. The risk for the disease increases with age and the causes are largely unknown. Previous research has shown that blood flow to the brain declines in early Alzheimer's disease. These findings indicate that cerebral blood flow in patients with Alzheimer's can be reversed in some regions, according to the study published in the Journal of Hypertension. Nilvadipine is a calcium channel blocker used to treat high blood pressure. Researchers sought to discover whether nilvadipine could help treat Alzheimer's disease by comparing the use of nilvadipine and a placebo (a medicine or procedure prescribed for the psychological benefit) among people with mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease. Researchers note that sample sizes were too small and follow-up time too short to reliably study the effects of this cerebral blood flow increase on structural brain measures and cognitive measures. Previous studies have hinted that high blood pressure treatment could reduce the risk of developing dementia. The authors think that beneficial effects on brain blood flow could explain part of this effect.

Aapki Khabar Aapka Fayeda: Incomplete sleep could cause serious damage to your bod

Aapki Khabar Aapka Fayeda: Incomplete sleep could cause serious damage to your bod

Wed, Jun 12, 2019

In this segment of Aapki Khabar Aapka Fayeda; Watch: Incomplete sleep could cause serious damage to your body

These public health interventions could prevent millions of premature deaths

These public health interventions could prevent millions of premature deaths

Tue, Jun 11, 2019

To reduce the incidence of premature death from cardiovascular disease (CVD), people must maintain lower blood pressure, cut sodium intake, and eliminate trans fat from their diet, suggests a new study. Researchers estimated that scaling up treatment of high blood pressure to 70 per cent of the world's population could extend the lives of 39.4 million people. Cutting sodium intake by 30 per cent could stave off another 40 million deaths and could also help decrease high blood pressure, a major risk factor for CVD and eliminating trans fat could prevent 14.8 million early deaths. More than half of all delayed deaths, and two-thirds of deaths delayed before age 70 are projected to be among men, who have the highest numbers of non communicable disease deaths globally, researchers found. Regions expected to benefit most from the interventions include East Asia, the Pacific, and South Asia, as well as countries in sub-Saharan Africa. The authors said that a variety of programmes and policies would be necessary to reduce premature CVD-related deaths. One important strategy would be to increase the use of blood pressure medications, many of which are safe and affordable.

E-cigarette vaping harms mucus clearance, study suggests

E-cigarette vaping harms mucus clearance, study suggests

Sat, Jun 08, 2019

A new study highlights that e-cigarette vaping hampers the cleaning of mucus from the airways. The study published in the Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine also stated that a single session of vaping can deliver more nicotine to the airways than smoking one cigarette. Researchers report that exposing human airway cells to e-cigarette vapour containing nicotine in culture resulted in a decreased ability to move mucus or phlegm across the surface. This phenomenon is called "mucociliary dysfunction." Mucociliary dysfunction is a feature of many lung diseases, including asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), and cystic fibrosis. "This study grew out of our team's research on the influence of tobacco smoke on mucus clearance from the airways," said senior author Matthias Salathe, University of Kansas Medical Center. Salathe added, "The question was whether vape containing nicotine had negative effects on the ability to clear secretions from the airways similar to tobacco smoke." Specifically, the study found that vaping with nicotine impairs ciliary beat frequency, dehydrates airway fluid and makes mucus more viscous or sticky. These changes make it more difficult for the bronchi, the main passageways to the lung, to defend themselves from infection and injury. The researchers note that a recent report found that young e-cigarette users who never smoked were at increased risk to develop chronic bronchitis, a condition characterized by chronic production of phlegm that is also seen in tobacco smokers. The study also found that nicotine produced these negative effects by stimulating the ion channel transient receptor potential ankyrin 1 (TRPA1). Blocking TRPA1 reduced the effects of nicotine on clearance in both the human cells in culture and in the sheep. "Vaping with nicotine is not harmless as commonly assumed by those who start vaping, At the very least, it increases the risk of chronic bronchitis." Dr Salathe said.

Aapki khabar Aapka Fayada: Know which type of food you should prefer

Aapki khabar Aapka Fayada: Know which type of food you should prefer

Fri, Jun 07, 2019

In this segment of Aapki khabar Aapka Fayada, Know which type of food you should prefer for better health.

Early life challenges affect how children focus on activities

Early life challenges affect how children focus on activities

Fri, Jun 07, 2019

Facing adversities and challenges during the early years of lives affect children's executive function skills and their ability to focus and organize tasks, recent findings suggest. According to the study, experiences such as poverty, residential instability, or parental divorce or substance abuse, can lead to changes in a child's brain chemistry, muting the effects of stress hormones. These hormones are responsible to help us face challenges, stress, or to simply help us "get up and go."Together, these impacts to executive function and stress hormones create a snowball effect, adding to social and emotional challenges that can continue through childhood. As part of this study, a team of researchers examined how adversity can change the ways children develop. The study, published in the Journal of Development and Psychopathology, evaluated 306 children at intervals over more than two years, starting when participants were around 3 years old, up to age 5 1/2. Children were from a range of racial, ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds, with 57 per cent considered lower income or near poverty. Income was a key marker for adversity. In addition, the children's mothers were surveyed about other risk factors that have been linked to poor health and behaviour outcomes in children, including family transitions, residential instability, and negative life events such as abuse or the incarceration of a parent. Against these data, Lengua's team tested children's executive function skills with a series of activities, and, through saliva samples, a stress-response hormone called diurnal cortisol. In another activity, children interact with two puppets -- a monkey and a dragon -- but are supposed to follow only the instructions given by the monkey. When children are better at following instructions in these and similar activities, they tend to have better social skills and manage their emotions when stressed. Children who did well on these tasks also tended to have more typical patterns of diurnal cortisol. But children who were in families that had lower income and higher adversity tended to have both lower executive function and an atypical diurnal cortisol pattern. Each of those contributed to more behaviour problems and lower social-emotional competence in children when they were about to start kindergarten.

Steroids can lower risk of lung cancer in COPD patients up to 30%

Steroids can lower risk of lung cancer in COPD patients up to 30%

Thu, May 30, 2019

A recent study has found that steroid inhalers used by patients of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) could reduce the risk of lung cancer by as much as 30 per cent. The researchers evaluated medical and pharmacy data of 10 years for 39,676 adults in British Columbia who were diagnosed with COPD, including 994 people who were later diagnosed with lung cancer. They compared outcomes for people who took inhaled steroids versus those who used beta-agonists, another class of drugs used to treat COPD. "Results showed that if you had COPD and consistently used a steroid inhaler, your chances of getting lung cancer were between 25 per cent and 30 per cent lower compared to people who took other treatments," said the study's author Larry Lynd. "In Canada alone, more than 700,000 people have been diagnosed with COPD," said Don Sin, the study co-author. "These results highlight the importance of identifying which of those patients may be at the highest risk for lung cancer and may benefit from therapy with inhaled steroids," Sin added. Although there is no cure, treatments can help manage the disease.

Stress leads to Facebook addiction: Study

Stress leads to Facebook addiction: Study

Thu, May 30, 2019

While Facebook can act as a source of comfort during periods of stress, recent findings suggest that stressed users are at risk of developing a pathological dependence on such social media sites. As part of the study, the researchers evaluated the results from an online survey that had been taken by 309 Facebook users between the ages of 18 and 56. Findings of the study are published in the Journal of Psychiatry Research. The researchers' questions helped deduce the stress level, as well as how much social support the participants received offline and online. Moreover, the users were asked how much time they spend on Facebook daily and how they feel if they can't be online. The higher the stress level, the deeper the engagement with Facebook "Our findings have shown that there is a positive relationship between the severity of daily stress, the intensity of Facebook engagement, and the tendency to develop a pathological addiction to the social networking site," concludes Julia Brailovskaia. At the same time, this effect is reduced if users receive support from family and friends in real life.

Here's how clean eating can become an unhealthy obsession

Here's how clean eating can become an unhealthy obsession

Thu, May 16, 2019

Consuming healthy food is a good practice, till the time it turns into an obsession because then it becomes physically and socially impairing. According to a recent study, those who have a history of an eating disorder, obsessive-compulsive traits, dieting, poor body image, and a drive for thinness are more likely to develop a pathological obsession with healthy eating or consuming only healthy food, known as orthorexia nervosa.

Here's how clean eating can become an unhealthy obsession

Here's how clean eating can become an unhealthy obsession

Thu, May 16, 2019

Consuming healthy food is a good practice, till the time it turns into an obsession because then it becomes physically and socially impairing. According to a recent study, those who have a history of an eating disorder, obsessive-compulsive traits, dieting, poor body image, and a drive for thinness are more likely to develop a pathological obsession with healthy eating or consuming only healthy food, known as orthorexia nervosa.

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