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Here's how exercising helps in reducing belly fat
Some of you may have made a New Year's resolution to hit the gym or do some aerobics to reduce that annoying belly fat. But have you ever wondered how physical activity reduces the belly fat? According to a recent study, a signalling molecule called interleukin-6 plays a critical role in this process.The study was published in the journal 'Cell Metabolism'.A 12-week intervention consisting of bicycle exercise decreased visceral abdominal fat in obese adults. But remarkably, this effect was abolished in participants who were also treated with tocilizumab, a drug that blocks interleukin-6 signalling and is currently approved for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis.Moreover, tocilizumab treatment increased cholesterol levels regardless of physical activity."The take home for the general audience is 'do exercise,' We all know that exercise promotes better health, and now we also know that regular exercise training reduces abdominal fat mass and thereby potentially also the risk of ...
Moderate drinking not harmful for elderly patients with heart failure
Elderly people above 65 who are newly diagnosed with heart failure can continue moderate alcohol drinking without worsening their condition, a new study suggests.
Indian-American teenager wins Cornell University hackathon
An Indian-American teenager has won the inaugural "Digital Transformation Hackathon" at Cornell University for designing a device to detect the actual pain level of a patient during a diagnosis.
'Dry January' can help stay healthy, save money all year: Study
Taking part in 'Dry January' challenge, which involves abstaining from alcohol for the first month of the new year, can help people regain control over their drinking and spending, as well as boost health, a study has found. Researchers from University of Sussex in the UK took data from over 800 people who took part in Dry January in 2018. The results showed that Dry January participants were drinking less in up to August. They reported that frequency of being drunk dropped from 3.4 per month to 2.1 per month on average. "The simple act of taking a month off alcohol helps people drink less in the long term: by August people are reporting one extra dry day per week," said Richard de Visser, from the University of Sussex. "There are also considerable immediate benefits: nine in ten people save money, seven in ten sleep better and three in five lose weight," he said. "These changes in alcohol consumption have also been seen in the participants who didn't manage to stay alcohol-free for ..
Balancing quality, cost and access critical for public health: President
President R.N. Kovind on Friday urged the need to achieve a perfect triangle of "quality, cost and access," saying it was critical to get all three in place to work together in public health.
Decide new AIIMS location while noting existing healthcare infra in vicinity: Parl panel
A parliamentary panel has told the Health Ministry to decide the location of new AIIMS keeping in mind the existing healthcare infrastructure in the vicinity of earmarked area, so that duplication of facilities is avoided. The committee in its 111th report on the Functioning of New AIIMS (Phase-I) under the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) expressed concern at the duplication and concentration of tertiary care services at a particular place. "In the places that have been selected for setting up of AIIMS-like institutions, the critical gap in the tertiary healthcare is already being filled by private sector," the department-related parliamentary standing committee on health and family welfare said. "The committee strongly believes that AIIMS should be located in an area with low human development index that lags behind in tertiary healthcare," it said. According to the panel, site selection for any AIIMS-like institution requires a detailed assessment of the geographical
Goal of 'Health for All' must be integral to India's policies: President Kovind
President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday said that the goal of 'Health for All' must be integral to the country's programmes and policies.Inaugurating the '12th Global Healthcare Summit' organised by the American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin, the President acknowledged the professionalism and excellent reputation of doctors of Indian origin in the US.He said that India and the US shared complementarities in the pharmaceutical field - in clinical research, drug discovery and manufacture, adding that both countries can work together to address common challenges posed by lifestyle diseases.President Kovind underlined that the goal of 'Health for All' must be integral to the nation's programmes and policies. He noted the several initiatives of the central government, which he said were intended to make healthcare in the country more holistic and affordable for all citizens of the country.Earlier in the day, the President addressed the 'Yoga Institute' in the city which is ...
Fire breaks out in NICU of GMCH, no reports of casualty
A fire broke out in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) of the Gauhati Medical College Hospital here Friday but all the newborns are safe, the hospital authorities said. The fire broke out in a ventilator machine in the ICU situated in the Special Newborn Care Unit of the hospital, they said. "All the babies are safe," GMCH Superintendent Dr R Talukdar told PTI. All the babies were rescued from the ICU ward and taken to a safe area of the hospital where ICU doctors and nurses were attending to them constantly and providing them medical treatment, the official said. A police officer supervising the operations said the fire was immediately controlled before it could spread to other parts of the hospital. As soon as the fire broke out, panic-stricken parents and relatives of the newborns in the NICU attempted to enter the unit to bring out their babies. However, the hospital authorities brought the situation under control, assuring them that their babies were safe and individually ...
Heena Sidhu, Manu Bhaker Excel in National Shooting Trials
Heena Sidhu of ONGC won the women's 10m Air Pistol event beating compatriot Shweta Singh at the National Shooting Trials. Heena won the T2 with a score of 243.7 to Shweta's 238 late on Thursday. Earlier, Heena had equalled the qualification world record in the first trial earlier in the week with a score of 587. Young Manu Bhaker, who won the T1 10m Air Pistol women's event, continued to excel winning the junior event's second trials. Haryana's Manu beat Esha Singh of Telengana by a margin of 241.5-241.1. In other key results from Friday's trials, Punjab's Fateh Singh Dhillon won both the Junior Men's and Men's 50m Rifle Prone second trials.
Exposure to pets during infancy reduce allergies later in life: Study
Children who live with pets when they are infants are less likely to develop allergies and other diseases later in childhood, a Swedish study found.
Free Diagnostic Facilities at AIIMS
The Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare Ashwini Kumar Choubey on Friday stated that all life saving and emergency drugs including crystalloids as well as investigation and diagnostic procedures are provided free of cost to all patients attending the casualty at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS)."In AIIMS hospital, life-saving and emergency drugs including crystalloids as well as investigation and diagnostic procedures are being provided free to all patients attending the casualty. As regards to the hospitalised patients, all medicines and surgical consumables are provided free of cost in case of below poverty line (BPL) patients, for the duration they are admitted," clarified Choubey in a written reply in the Lok Sabha.The poor patients who do not hold a valid BPL card are also provided with all medicines and surgical consumables required for their treatment from the hospital without any charge, depending on case to case basis, on the recommendation of ..
Know how one good meal makes us happy twice
If you thought a good meal satisfies only your taste buds, you could not be further from the truth. New research suggests that our brain rewards twice per meal -- once when you eat and then again when the food reaches your stomach.
Kovind asks docs to adopt practices from US medical system
Lauding the slew of initiatives undertaken by American Association of Physicians of Indian Origin (AAPI) in the country, President Ram Nath Kovind on Friday said there are templates from the US that can be adapted for the benefit of patients here. He cited the example of the system of first responders and paramedics that is well developed in US and said it can help meet a medical situation at a very early stage and save lives as well prevent the need for more complicated interventions. "This is a mechanism the government has been working hard to put in place in India as well," he said at the XII Global Health Care Summit here. Noting that the association has imparted first responder training in several states of the country, including Maharashtra, he said ,"such training can be of immense use after road accidents or when dealing with an emergency. I would urge you to take this process further and deeper, especially in rural areas, where there may be a considerable ...
Another woman alleges contracting HIV after transfusion in TN
In yet another case of alleged medical negligence in Tamil Nadu, a woman has claimed that she contracted the HIV virus following blood transfusion at a government hospital where she underwent treatment for low haemoglobin. The government hospital has refuted the allegation. The affected woman, said to be in her 20s, told a Tamil TV channel Friday she underwent the transfusion in April while being pregnant. She came to know she had HIV only when the hospital informed her after conducting tests in August when she went there for check-up. The women said though she had been regularly visiting a local public health centre when she was pregnant, she was only administered vaccines there. "The blood transfusion happened at the Government Kilpauk Medical College and Hospital (GKMCH) only. That is where the mistake happened," she said. Refuting the allegation, hospital dean Dr P Vasanthamani said the woman was transfused with "100 per cent HIV free" blood. The woman claimed she ...
Medical team visits Sivakasi GH to probe into HIV blood
Days after a pregnant woman contracted HIV after allegedly being transfused contaminated blood supplied by a blood bank here, a five-member medical team from Chennai visited the Sivakasi government hospital Friday for conducting a probe into the medical negligence. The team headed by Dr Madhavi inspected the blood bank, which supplied the HIV-tainted blood to the Sattur Government Hospital, where the 24-year-old woman had undergone blood transfusion. It held enquiry with the doctors, nurses andblood bank employees. The shocking incident had prompted the Tamil Nadu government to order examination of stocks in the state's blood banks. An FIR has been registered against doctors and nurses involved in the transfusion of blood besides blood bank workers for medical negligence under relevant IPC sections. The woman, who was eight months pregnant with her second child, had gone for a check-up at a private clinic in Sattur in Virudhunagar district, where doctors had advised her
Reduced alcohol intake could help to quit smoking: Study
If quitting smoking is one of your New Year's resolutions, you might want to consider cutting back on your drinking too, a study has found.
Sugar-sweetened beverages linked to kidney disease risk: Study
A pattern of higher collective consumption of sweetened fruit drinks, soda and water was associated with a higher likelihood of developing chronic kidney disease (CKD), researchers warned.
Cutting down on alcohol may help quit smoking: Study
If quitting smoking is one of your New Year's resolutions, you might want to consider cutting back on your drinking too, a study suggests. Researchers from Oregon State University in the US found that reducing alcohol use can help people quit their smoking habit. Heavy drinkers' nicotine metabolite ratio -- that indicates how quickly a person's body metabolises nicotine -- reduced as they cut back on their drinking, according to the study published in the journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research. Past research has suggested that people with higher nicotine metabolism ratios are likely to smoke more and that people with higher rates have a harder time quitting. Slowing a person's nicotine metabolism rate through reduced drinking could provide an edge when trying to stop smoking, which is known to be a difficult task, said Sarah Dermody, an assistant professor at Oregon State University. "It takes a lot of determination to quit smoking, often several attempts," Dermody said. "This ...
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Cutting back on drinking could help with smoking cessation: Study
If you are planning to quit smoking as part of your New Year's resolution, here's a tip. According to a recent study, cutting back on drinking might help with smoking cessation.The research has found that heavy drinkers who are trying to stop smoking may find that reducing their alcohol use can also help them quit their daily smoking habit.Heavy drinkers' nicotine metabolite ratio - a biomarker that indicates how quickly a person's body metabolizes nicotine - reduced as they cut back on their drinking.Past research has suggested that people with higher nicotine metabolism ratios are likely to smoke more and that people with higher rates have a harder time quitting. The study was published in the journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research.Slowing a person's nicotine metabolism rate through reduced drinking could provide an edge when trying to stop smoking, which is known to be a difficult task, said Sarah Dermody, an assistant professor at Oregon State University and the study's lead ...