There is no higher study that could explain that, an abortion causes a post-abortion syndrome or any psychological distress, till to date, U.S. researchers said.

Researchers reviewed 21 high-quality studies which involve more than 150,000 women undergone in the procedure of abortion and found no considerable differences in long-term mental health.

“The best collected data do not support any existence of a ‘post-abortion syndrome’ similar to post-traumatic stress disorder,” lead researcher said.

“If the objective is to aid women, policy decisions should not warp science with political agendas for advancement,” added Vignetta Charles.

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People with diseases like asthma, diabetes and heart diseases often have to face fatigue and ongoing pain due to various causes. It becomes quite difficult for these patients to have sex with such illnesses.

1. But if these patients follow the following instructions, they can make their sex life enjoyable despite these diseases.
2. People with chronic illness should try to find out that on what time of the day, they really feel energized and healthy. They can plan having sex at that times.
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A new study says that there is some association between mental and respiratory health, particularly asthma, as it finds that people with poor mental health have a higher risk of developing asthma.

Researchers from Brown University report that people who are rated as with poor mental health have higher risk of become the victim of asthma than the people with good mental health.

Dr. Thomas Chun, who led the study, says: “People who suffer from mental health issues as well as asthma, they need to be treated for all these conditions.”

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It has often been observed that women, who have gestational diabetes as pregnant, also have a higher risk of developing type2 diabetes later.

If you are also suffering from gestational diabetes during pregnancy, some lifestyle changes can prove helpful to decrease your risk of becoming the victim of type2 diabetes later in life. Here are some tips that can prove helpful in this connection:

1. Don’t allow your body weight to rule you and your body. If you have 20% more weight than what is considered ideal for the body, you have a higher risk of developing type 2 diabetes later in life. If you succeed to shed few pounds, it may decrease your risk of developing type2 diabetes. Read the rest of this entry »

A Dutch study, which included 2100 older people, says that there is a possible link between abdominal fat and depression in older people.

In this study, these older people underwent screening for depression at the beginning of the study and their abdominal as well as overall body fat levels were also noticed at that time, and then after five years they were checked again.

After adjusting social, demographic and other weight change relevant factors, the researchers found that their depression linked to higher abdominal and visceral fat.

Nicole Vogelzangs, the lead author of the study, says: “We didn’t find the same sort of link between depression and overall obesity and the depressive symptoms in these older people were found particularly linked with abdominal fat.”

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Origin

The acai palm belongs to genus “Euterpe,” which includes seven species of palms inhabitant to South America, growing in floodplains and swamps environment.

Scientific nameof Acai berry is Euterpe Oleracea. This fruit is of little size, ranging from i.0 to 1.4cm in diameter, with dark purple color resembling to red grapes. In centre of the fruit there is a large seed with little pulp around. As a super food this berry is largely used in ice cream, drinks and Brazilians use it’s directly or in extracts. After a deep search on it, this berry is also known as Dr Oz acai berry.

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Trasylol is a drug that is used to control bleeding in patients going through cardiac surgical procedure, but a new study is doubtful about the safety of that drug.

In 2007, Trastoyl was removed from the market in the US, as it was the subject of controversy there.

In their study, researchers from Australia and Canada reviewed data received from 48 clinical trials. The researchers found that the patients who were given Trasylol had a higher death risk than the patients who were given other anti-bleeding drugs known as lysine analogues.

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Radiation therapy or radiotherapy now can be used, safely to treat prostrate cancer in men suffering from AIDS, without any long-term adverse effect on CD4+ cell count or in the severity of viral infection. A small study suggested.

While treating patient of prostrate cancer with radiotherapy, it’s out of question to put HIV-infected patients on different machine than their HIV-negative counterpart, lead researcher Dr. Anthony M. Berson, from St. Vincent’s Hospital in New York, and colleagues said.

The study was published in the November issue of Urology. In the study 14 HIV-infected patients with prostate cancer were included which have undergone the treatment with external beam radiotherapy or brachytherapy or both. PSA level, CD4+ cell count, and intensity of viral infection were evaluated at baseline and again at latest follow-up, which ranged from 8 to 73 months.

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A large number of people are suffering from acne these days and the increasing sale of medicines for acne treatment show this number is on increase. Now you may find a lot of people around who look for the acne treatment that work. The question is why there is so much increase in the number of acne sufferers. Is it due to unhealthy lifestyle, environmental pollution or unhealthy eating habits? No doubt, all these factors have their specific role in these increasing number of acne cases. As the number of acne sufferers is on increase, so is the number of treatments. Now there are medicines, ointments, creams, laser treatments and diets to treat acne.

When it’s about acne treatments, we find that most of these treatments focus on removing that scars which appear as a result of acne and the bacteria that become the cause of blockage in the skin pores remain safe there and that’s why people are looking for some alternative acne treatment that focuses on eliminating the bacteria that cause acne.

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A report says that psychiatric disorders are becoming quite common among the US adults, but most of the adults do not seek any treatment.

In their study, the US researchers studied the data from those 5,000 respondents that participated in the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions and aged 19-25 years. Among them 2188 were college students while the rest of them were not in college.

The researchers found that 45.8 % college students and 47.7% of other adults met the criteria for having a psychiatric disorder, but those who were found with these disorders only 25% among them looked for treatment for a period of one-year.

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Tooth decay has become a common medical condition just like cold and according to an estimate after cold, it is the second most common medical condition. If you want cavity-free and healthy teeth, the following tips can be very helpful in this connection.

1. You must visit your dentist at least once after every six months and get your teeth X-rayed at least once in a year.
   
2. Use fluoridated toothpaste to brush after every meal and similarly flossing is also quite helpful to avoid tooth decay. Read the rest of this entry »

Elevating the level of oxyntomodulin (a naturally occurring 37 amino acid peptide hormone found in the colon) confines appetite and raises activity levels simultaneously, results in rapid but healthy weight loss rates, a study suggests. The hormone sends impulse to our brain that we have taken our meal to full, but the obese people have lesser amount of it.

The fact, dieting have a tendency to cause reduction in activity which often makes weight loss harder but best diet pills act as appetite suppressors. Oxyntomodulin is naturally occurring hormone in the body that is why; it’s an advantage as it has least chances for any unpleasant side-effects. It’s unlike of those nasty drugs obese people are forced to use for many years. As this hormone is already present in human body, scientists are using the body’s own mechanism to limit appetite.

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