Resting Metabolic Rate

Posted in General Support group on Tue, 08 Oct 2013

Muscle requires 35 calories per pound per day while fat requires 2 calories per pound per day. Lean muscle mass accounts for 75% of total calories burned per day. Work-outs not necessarily require goi...

Older Patients may Think Twice to Visit GP's Due to Compulsory Dementia Tests

Posted in General Support group on Mon, 07 Oct 2013

The recent plan by the UK government to introduce mandatory ...Read More

Study: With Longer Use Statin Medications may Prevent Dementia and Memory Loss

Posted in Others Support group on Sat, 05 Oct 2013

A review of dozens of studies on the use of statin medications to prevent heart attacks shows that the commonly prescribed drugs pose no threat to short-term memory. It also says that they may even pr...

Following Bystander CPR for Out-of-hospital Cardiac Arrest Chances Of Survival Has Increased: Study

Posted in Others Support group on Sat, 05 Oct 2013

A study finds that in Denmark between 2001 and 2010 there was an increase in bystander cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) that was associated with an increase in survival following out-of-hospital ca...

24K Gold Cigarette Rolling Paper Has Been Made For Ardent Smokers

Posted in General Support group on Sat, 05 Oct 2013

For those who have money to burn on their cigarettes, Shine Papers company has come up with 24 karat gold rolling papers for ardent smokers. Read More

Long Monsoon Spreading Dengue in New Delhi

Posted in General Support group on Fri, 04 Oct 2013

Minister of Health and Family Welfare Ghulam Nabi Azad attributed the rise in the number of dengue cases, which have already crossed 2,000, to the long monsoon in New Delhi. ...Read More

Amazing Weight Loss of SIX STONE by Eating at a Takeaway

Posted in General Support group on Thu, 03 Oct 2013

Builder Matt Riggs, 35 got a wake up call after he visited his doctor with what he thought was a fractured ankle, only to be told that his ankles were just buckling under his huge weight. He needed t...

Environmental Enrichment for TBI Patients may Counter Shrinkage in the Brain Discover Scientists

Posted in General Support group on Wed, 02 Oct 2013

In people with chronic moderate-severe traumatic brain injury (TBI), atrophy (shrinkage) in the brain may be countered by participating in environmental enrichment � increased physical, social and cog...

Malnutrition and Stunting in Mumbai Slum Toddlers: Anthropometric Study

Posted in General Support group on Wed, 02 Oct 2013

The United Nations definesslums as a group of individuals living under the same roof in an urban area wholack one or more of the following: durable housing of a permanent ...Read More

Giving Radiation Therapy to Chest Lymph Nodes in Early Breast Cancer Patients Improves Survival

Posted in General Support group on Mon, 30 Sep 2013

To patients with early breast cancer, giving radiation therapy to the lymph nodes located behind the breast bone and above the collar bone improves overall survival without increasing side effects. .....