Bottled tea contains fewer polyphenols than brewed tea

WASHINGTON – When you buy a can of bottled tea, are you assured of getting what you have paid for? Well, you might be wrong, as a recent study has revealed that bottled tea contain fewer polyphenols than a single cup of home-brewed tea.

Researchers have found that many of the increasingly popular beverages included in …. Source  : Bottled tea contains fewer polyphenols than brewed tea.

A woman allergic to money, rainfall and more

LONDON – A British woman is allergic to almost everything. She even gets a reaction from touching money and rainfall on her head.

Yvonne Simon suffers from allergy from almost every food and touching money make her glands swell and bring out a rash, The Sun reported Monday.
She is also allergic to minerals found in …. Original article  : A woman allergic to money, rainfall and more.

A woman who is terrified of bananas

LONDON – A woman in Britain is so afraid of bananas that even looking at it can make her hyperventilate, sweat and throw up.

Unfortunately, Fran Dando’s two-year-old son Harrison loves bananas. So, she wears rubber gloves to feed them to him.
Fran, of Hastings in East Sussex, told The Sun: “I make the exception …. Read the original article  : here.

Arthritis protein can reverse memory loss in Alzheimer’s

LONDON – Memory loss caused by Alzheimer’s can also be reversed by a protein produced by the body to fight arthritis.

In some cases there is complete reversal of memory impairment after treatment, the University of South Florida scientists in the US who conducted the study have found.
The protein GM-CSF is commercially available and …. Original article  : Arthritis protein can reverse memory loss in Alzheimer’s.

Swine flu toll rises to 10 in Orissa

BHUBANESWAR – A woman died of swine flu here Monday, taking the H1N1 toll since July to 10 in Orissa, an official said.

“The latest victim of swine flu was a woman. She died early Monday in a private hospital,” a senior state health official told IANS.
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Giving up smoking gives sex lives a lift, study finds

HONG KONG – Giving up smoking can dramatically improve flagging sex lives, according to a study conducted by a Hong Kong university.

The University of Hong Kong study found 53.8 percent of smokers being treated for impotence said that their problems eased within six months of stubbing out their nicotine habits.
That figure compared to just …. Source article on Gaea Times at  : Giving up smoking gives sex lives a lift, study finds.

3 Ore. high school football players undergo surgery, 16 treated for muscle damage after camp

19 Ore. football players treated for muscle injury

A doctor sums up the illness that hit 19 members of a northwest Oregon high school football team as “very weird.” They all suffered muscle damage after a preseason camp.
Three of the McMinnville High School players also were diagnosed with a rare soft-tissue condition called “compartment syndrome,” which …. Source  : Gaea News Network.

Central team arrives to probe Lucknow immunisation deaths

LUCKNOW – A high-level team from the central health ministry reached Lucknow Sunday to probe the deaths of four infants within minutes of receiving routine immunisation shots in three villages on the outskirts of the Uttar Pradesh capital.

The four-member team, led by Deputy Commissioner (Immunisation Division) Ajay Khera visited each of the villages …. Source  : Central team arrives to probe Lucknow immunisation deaths.

UAE blacklists doctors for violating licenses

Abu Dhabi, Aug 22 (IANS/WAM) Four doctors in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have been blacklisted for violating their license conditions.

The Medical Licenses Committee under the ministry of health suspended the doctors, shut down their clinics, cancelled their licenses and referred their cases to the public prosecutor after reviewing complaints from the government.
One doctor … Read this article on Gaea Times at : UAE blacklists doctors for violating licenses.

Vajpayee undergoes health checkup

NEW DELHI – Former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee Sunday underwent a one-and-a-half-hour routine medical checkup at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) here.

Vajpayee, 86, who has age-related ailments, has been found in “a fine condition”, AIIMS spokesperson Y.K. Gupta told IANS.
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