Copenhagen: A new study states that certain non-oral hormonal contraceptives, skin patches, implants and vaginal rings carry a higher risk of serious blood clots than others.

Several studies have assessed the risk of venous thrombosis (blood clots) in women using oral contraceptive pills, but now studies have assessed the risk in users of non-oral hormonal contraceptives. These products more continuously releases hormones into the body to prevent pregnancy.

A team, led by Ojvind lidegaard professor at the University of Copenhagen, reviewed data on non-oral hormonal contraceptive use and...

Patna: Bhojpuri songs have been entertaining people for a long time and now this folk media tool will provide a different utility by spreading awareness about kala azar disease, a reccurring epidemic that takes hundreds of lives in the state each year and afflicts a thousand of poor people.

The state government has roped in singer-actor Manoj Tiwari for the initiative.

A health department...

London: A study reveals that nearly two-thirds of children are dehydrated because they hardly drink anything during breakfast.

An analysis of more than 450 children between nine and 11 years showed 60 percent were classed as 'not sufficiently hydrated' - a stage just below 'clinical dehydration'.

A team from the University of Sheffield Medical School, Britain, studied what the children were...

New Delhi: World Asthma Day is observed on the first Tuesday of May every year. In 2012, the day fell on May 1. The day is marked to spread awareness amongst people about the fatal disease as doctors find this one of the least misunderstood diseases.

Asthma makes breathing difficult hence causing a restlessness and breathlessness amongst patients. During asthma attack the air patient inhale...

Sydney: Muscle inflammation outside the joints is as much to blame for discomfort and poor mobility in arthritis sufferers as inflammation of the joint itself, says a new study. It potentially opens the way to better treatment.

Knee arthritis treatment has focussed on relieving knee joint inflammation. But researchers from Victoria University, La Trobe University, Warringal Hospital and St....

Washington: If youngsters hooked on fast food have greater chances of becoming overweight, then blame fast-food ads on TV which entice them in the first place.

"We know that children and adolescents are highly exposed to fast-food restaurant advertising, particularly on television," said Auden C. McClure, assistant professor of paediatrics at the Children's Hospital, Dartmouth,...

Thiruvananthapuram: This is bad news for all who use 'gutka' and similar smokeless tobacco products. A research in the US has for the first time, identified a specific oral cancer-causing chemical in smokeless tobacco products.

Dr. Silvia Balbo of the Masonic Cancer Center at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, US, found after a study on rats that smokeless tobacco products contain a...

Stockholm: According to a new study, people who drink low-fat milk and eat low-fat curd and cheese have a lowered stroke risk compared to those who consume full-fat dairy foods.

Researchers who surveyed 74,961 adults aged 45 to 83 found that those who ate low-fat dairy foods had a 12 percent lower risk of stroke and a 13 percent lower risk of ischemic stroke (when an artery to the brain is...

New Delhi: The summer may have been delayed in large parts of the country but is here finally and so are skin problems such as acne, rashes, sunburn and tanning. But all it takes to deal with them is a little hygiene, good sleep, lots of water and a healthy diet plan, say experts.

Healthy skin reflects overall health and so it is important to take care of it rather than relying on expensive...

New Delhi: Swineflu H1N1 virus was noticed under discussion across the country for a long interval of time last year while, this time the same virus is back in country and all Government hospitals are ready with emergency based medication centers.

After a long discussion about SwineFlu H1N1 virus then we came to know that people are still not very much aware about this virus and people starts...