All posts by Dr. Minakshi Welukar
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MP3 Players and iPod Increases Risk for Early Hearing Loss in Teens
Portable MP3 players or iPods are becoming ubiquitous gadgets of our modern lifestyle, especially in teenagers. Listening to luculent music at high volume for hours...
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Genetic Reasons for Anti-Tuberculosis Drug Resistance
Tuberculosis, very commonly known as T.B., is highly contagious and often found to be associated with multiple drug resistance. Till now multidrug-resistant tuberculosis (MDR-TB) is...
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Potential Role of Fish Oil to Cure Leukemia
An Omega-3 fatty acid, a chemical compound found in fish oil endows enormous health benefits, ranging from lowering body’s total cholesterol up to improving skin...
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Viagra: A Novel Approach to Manage Heart Failure
Sildenafil citrate, an active ingredient of Viagra is commonly used in treatment of erectile dysfunction or impotency. Now researchers identify that sildenafil may play a...
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Breastfeeding Reduces Risk of Obesity and Diabetes in Offspring
Medical literature suggests enormous advantages of breastfeeding, starting from protection against common infection up to enhancement of development and intelligence of baby. Â Breast milk contains...
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New Melantonin Drug With Potential to Cure Insomnia Invented
Insomnia or sleeplessness is a sleep disorder characterised by difficulty with falling asleep or staying asleep. Symptoms of insomnia are recognised in most adults at...
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Shift Work May Increase Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Women
Rotating shift work is becoming very common in industrialized countries as most offices are working on 24/7 basis. Shift work not only makes you feel...
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New Ways to Manage Overeating in Children
It is well known that overeating or habit of consumption of excessive food even without feeling of hunger, results in weight gain and subsequent obesity....
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Exercise Caution When Buying Noisy Toys
You may prefer to buy musical toys for your loving kids or for gifting purpose in festive seasons. Have you ever notice its loudness or...
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Role of Fat Tissue in Evaluating Breast Cancer Risk
According to previous studies, presence of high proportion of dense (fibroglandular) breast tissue as a mammographic density is an identifiable risk factor for occurrence of...
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MitraClip: A New Approach for Managing Valvular Heart Diseases
Mostly valvular heart diseases have been approached with either medication or invasive heart surgery depending on disease severity. Recently, the interventional cardiology team at the...
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Gene Therapy Offers New Hope for Hemophilia
Gene therapy, a technique for correcting faulty genes, found to offer a new hope for patients suffering from blood clotting disorder like hemophilia B. According...
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Sugary Beverages Increase Heart Disease Risk in Women
Women who drink two or more sugar-sweetened beverages a day may more likely prone for developing heart diseases and diabetes even though they are not...
