A team of the Scientists at the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich identified the gene, called ABCC9 that can reduce the length of time people sleep

Scientists discovered Gene HTR7 which makes People Alcoholic.Serotonin affects mood and sleep and antidepressant drugs often work by regulating it.

Scientists discovered a way to transform ordinary tissue into beating heart muscle cells. It could pave the way for new therapeutic approaches for making a damaged heart to repair itself. Scientist...

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Dracula Therapy is the latest technique in medical science, being used to fight ageing with your own blood.
The blood extracted from the patient processed with growth hormones in the laboratory is re-injected in the face with micro needles.
The blood with growth hormones then repairs and heals scars and treats wrinkled skin without chemical or surgical procedures.
 

This procedure was first introduced in Britain and is now available in India.

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A new study done by the scientists discovered a gene HTR7, which plays a major role in making a person problem- drinker.

A Texas institute identified the serotonin receptor gene called HTR7, which was common in the brains of alcoholics. They also found that the children of problem drinkers had the same patterns of brain activity and therefore, are at the same risk of becoming alcoholics.

 Scientists put more than a 1000 people with generations of problem-drinking in the family on test foll...

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Diabetes is on the rise around the world, but that doesn’t mean you’re destined to be a diabetic. In fact, according to the World Diabetes Foundation, eating a healthy diet, increasing physical activity, and improving your living environment can prevent 80% of type 2 diabetes cases. Changing your eating habits can be hard, but you can start by including these nine easy-to-find foods in your weekly meals. They’re packed with powerful nutrients that stabilize your blood sugar levels and...

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Obesity  is a condition when body fats cells increased and causes a serious destruction of health. An average–sized person required 30 to 35 billion of fat cells for his body.
Obesity causes many serious problems and these are
 •Reduce life expectancy; mortality rate of obese persons is greater than average-weight persons.
 •irregularity in menstrual and creates infertility in women.
•Creates heart diseases
•Diabetes problem also arises, due to increase of fat cells insulin cells don’t...

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To some it's known as clarified butter, to others it's the golden elixir of healing - ghee is a staple ingredient in Indian cooking and Ayurvedic healing known for its versatility, great taste, and many health benefits.
 It's derived from butter through a process of cooking off its milk solids until it becomes an easily digestible, healthier alternative to butter and oil, and it can be used for cooking or as an ingredient to add flavor and richness to foods such as kitchari.

Cooking benefits ...

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 Our large profit-driven food companies have found that manufactured free glutamic acid, in the form of monosodium glutamate (MSG), hydrolyzed vegetable proteins, etc., etc., when added to our processed foods, masks off flavors and makes the blandest and cheapest foods taste wonderful.  Since free glutamic acid is cheap and since its neurotoxic nerve stimulation enhances so wonderfully the flavor of basically  bland and tasteless foods, such as many low-fat and vegetarian foods, manufacturers...

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Researchers have widely believed that the organic compound, allicin – which gives garlic its aroma and flavour – acts as the world's most powerful antioxidant.
 But until now it hasn't been clear how allicin works, or how it stacks up compared to more common antioxidants such as Vitamin E and coenzyme Q10, which stop the damaging effects of radicals.
     
Garlic is one of the oldest known medicinal plants, and it's been credited with fighting heart disease, lowering blood pressure and he...

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For people who initially survive a heart attack, a significant cause of death in the next few  days is cardiac rupture -- literally, bursting of the heart wall. A new study by University of  Iowa researchers pinpoints a single protein as the key player in the biochemical cascade that  leads to cardiac rupture.
The findings, published Nov. 13 as an Advance Online Publication (AOP) of the journal Nature Medicine, suggest that blocking the action of this protein, known as CaM  kinase, may help p...
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Scientists claim to have achieved a major breakthrough by creating a "wonder drug" which kills off cancer - in fact, it could wipe out some of the most deadly forms of the disease.

An international team, led by University of California, says that the KG5 drug works by making cancer
 cells "commit suicide"; it stops tumorous cells multiplying and they then shut themselves down, the
'Nature Medicine' journal reported.

The radical drug will bring fresh hope to patients with aggressive and dea...

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Doctors and nutritionists have long recommended avoiding all animal fats to trim cholesterol, but Danish researchers say cheese may not be so bad, and probably shouldn't be placed in the  same category as butter.
 According to their study, published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, people who ate daily servings of cheese for sixweek intervals had lower LDL cholesterol, the so-called "bad" cholesterol, than when they ate a comparable amount of butter.

The cheese eaters also d...

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Calpol guidelines changed over dosing worries.
 Parents have been told to reduce the amount of Calpol they give young children, amid fears that toddlers could be taking too much of the painkiller.
 
The guideance has been changed to give tighter age banding for liquid paracetamol products like Calpol .By the time babies are six months old, 80 per cent them will have been given doses of liquid paracetamol, which is sold under brand names including Calpol and Disprol.
 Many parents dose their child...

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Karela, more commonly known as bitter melon, is known worldwide for its miraculous medicinal properties.
It is extremely supportive in metabolism of carbohydrate. It is also helpful in increasing the body
resistance as it contains high mineral and vitamin content.

Bitter melon or karela or bitter gourd is rich in iron (Fe) content and has two times the beta
 carotene of broccoli, two times the calcium (Ca) of spinach, two times the potassium (K) of bananas,
 and possesses vitamins C (ascorbic a...

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Masks are a great way to make your skin look and feel great
Many masks contain honey, both as a binding ingredient and because it is effective in
 tightening pores.
 
Honey,  and Yogurt Mask
  3 teaspoons honey
 2 Tablespoons yogurt
 
  Start with a clean face. . Add the yogurt to honey to  make a paste.
 Apply evenly all over the face.  Wait about 10 minutes.  Rinse with warm water
  Apply a light moisturizer.Repeat every day . The yogurt and honey mixture is gentle on skin, so it is appropriate for...
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Stevia rebaudiana (Bertoni) sometimes called "sweatleaf" is a South American plant native to Paraguay that traditionally
has been used to sweeten beverages and make tea.
The word "stevia" refers to the entire plant and its components, only some of which are sweet. The sweet tasting components of the stevia plant are called steviol glycosides.

Steviol glycosides, zero calorie sweetner , 200 times sweeter than table sugar and has a long history
of being used in Asia and outh America ,can be is...

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Reiki is a Japanese technique for stress reduction and relaxation that also promotes healing.
 
It is administered by "laying on hands" and is based on the idea that an unseen "life force energy" flows through us and is what causes us to be alive. If one's "life force energy" is low, then we are more likely to get sick or feel stress, and if it is high, we are more capable of being happy and healthy.

Reiki treats the whole person including body, emotions, mind and spirit creating many beneficia...

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The anti-bacterial and anti-fungicidal properties of ricinoleic acid in castor oil protects
 the scalp and hair from infections that can cause hair loss. The omega-9 fatty acids in castor
oil also nourish the hair and prevent the scalp from drying.

Regular castor oil use on your hair’s roots and scalp will help:
 1.Increase hair growth
 2.Thicken hair that is starting to thin out
 3.Reduce and prevent hair damage
 4.Eliminate dry hair
 5.Make the hair fuller and shinier
 6.Deeply condition and ...

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To make elbows smooth and glowing

 Take lemon halves and rub them daily on the elbows.
 Wash it off and then apply sesame seed(til) oil and massage it into the skin.

Make a paste of gram flour (besan) ,curd, lemon juice , turmeric (kasturi manjal) powder .
 Apply it on the areas at least three times a week. Wash it off after an hour.

You can apply almond paste , as almond has a mild bleaching effect on the skin.

Mix a paste of 1 tsp Vitamin E, 1 tsp lemon juice, 1 tsp glycerine, and 4 Tbsp milk...

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Green, oolong, and black teas all come from the leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant.
What sets Green Tea  apart  is the way it is processed. Green tea leaves are steamed,
which prevents the EGCG compound from being oxidized.
The secret of Green Tea lies in the fact it is rich in catechin polyphenols, particularly
epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG).

EGCG is a powerful anti-oxidant: besides inhibiting the growth of cancer cells, it kills
 cancer cells without harming healthy tissue. It has also b...

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World mental health day October 10
Mental illness can happen to anyone. If disease does not discriminate why do we?
Persons living with mental illness can lead peaceful and productive lives, with treatment and with
 the love and support of family and friends.

When should you seek help from a doctor?

• Difficulty in thinking clearly and doing daily activities
• Repetitive and irrational thoughts
• Sudden change in habit, moods, ,concentration
• Seeing and hearing thing that are not there
• Repea...

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The first step in hair care is shampooing  ,select  a mild shampoo according to your hair type
 apply and rinse hair very well with water .the way you wash and dry your hair are also important.

In hot ,humid weather ,oily hair should be washed often .three four times a week for oily hair and
twice a week for dry hair. The important aspect to bear in mind is that washing does not harm the
hair but the product you choose and the quantity of shampoo you use.

First wet the hair apply the shampoo...

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Never miss  Breakfast- have complete meal in the morning.

Always choose wholegrain cereals- opt for whole wheat bread/ chapattis, brown/red rice, whole wheat pasta etc.
whole grains are  have more nutrients especially vitamin B and a good amount of fibre which the requires to carry
 out its  functions. The total number of serves  of wholegrain cereals  should be equal to six a day.

Always choose less protein- choose sprouts, dal, egg, skinless chicken, lean red meat trim the  fatty part.
 Protei...
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Migraine is a wide spread health issue. Prevalance in women is 3 times more than in men. Migraine is a form of excruciating ,periodic headache allied with digestion and neurological disorders.Some may experience the attack daily,once or twice in a month , which may last from 4 -72 hours.

Migraine includes -

• High stress, anxiety, anger
• Hormonal fluctuations in women
• Irregular sleep
• some type of allergy/ eating habits
• Severe pain, throbbing, pricking and pounding int he head
• Nausea,...

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Researchers  found out that a drug called Adipotide.

It attacks the blood supply of fat cells  and helps shed 40 percent of body fat in just a month.

They believed that when the drug  ,is injected  it homes in on the blood vessels that supply fat
with blood triggering their death and leading to the flab melting away.

Appetite is also found to be curbed .

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Vitamins are organic food substances found only in living things, i.e. plants and animals. They are essential for our bodies to function properly, for growth, energy and for our general well-being.  They must be supplied in our diet or in man-made dietary supplements
. Some people believe that vitamins can replace food, but that is incorrect. 
Synthetic vitamin supplements can be of varying quality, so it is a good idea to get your supplements from a reliable source.

Vitamin A in carrots helps...

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Bullying is a form of aggressive behavior, which may manifest as abusive treatment, the use of force or coercion to affect others  particularly when habitual and involving an imbalance of power.
 It may involve verbal harassment, physical assault .
The "imbalance of power" may be social power and/or physical power. The victim of bullying is sometimes referred to as a "target."

Bullying consists of three basic types-

Verbal-Calling names , insulting, teasing
Physical- pushing, knocking, on the head...
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The key to healthy eating is the time-tested advice of balance, variety and moderation. 
It is tempting to turn to less healthy food choices because they might be easy to get or prepare, or they
satisfy a craving.A little learning and planning can help you find a diet to fit your lifestyle.

Tips for healthy diet

1.Eat a variety of nutrient-rich foods.
2.Enjoy plenty of whole grains, fruits and vegetables.
3..Maintain a healthy weight. you either lose weight or keep your BMI in the "healthy" ran...
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Your hair can indeed be your crowning glory if you treat it right!

Normally, we lose about 50 hairs each day.Abnormal hair loss can result from common problems involving both hormone levels and mineral uptake; from metabolic disorders or problems in the scalp and hair shafts, as well as from psychological imbalances. Fortunately, women rarely suffer the equivalent of male-pattern baldness, and even then, it's usually mild and later in life.

In men, male-pattern baldness can begin as earl...

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