Health Update

Condom Vending Machines To Be Installed In Lucknow & Kanpur

Condom Vending Machines To Be Installed In Lucknow & KanpurIn order to promote safe sex drive, the UP State AIDS Control Society has decided to install nearly 250 condom vending machines in the city at key locations.

While giving this information at a press conference, SP Goyal, Project Director said, "It has been seen that despite all the awareness, people still hesitate in asking for condoms from the medical stores. The result is that they take the risk, which is not good. Condom vending machine would be a good zero-embarrassment option.”

Men suffer from ‘manopause’

Faulty immune reaction responsible for epilepsy

Faulty immune reaction responsible for epilepsyA recent research showed that a faulty immune reaction could be the main culprit behind development of epilepsy.

Aquarobics can help in easing pain during delivery

Aquarobics can help in easing pain during deliveryExperts always had different views on the topic of exercise during pregnancy. Previous studies had suggested that exercise during pregnancy might interfere with fetal development. But recent study revealed that aquarobics during pregnancy can help in easing the pain of childbirth without causing any harm to the baby.

Parents can share cot with their baby

Parents can share cot with their babyContrary to popular notion that sharing a bed with parents could be risky for a baby, the recent research showed that sharing a bed with an infant doesn't elevate the risk of cot death. Parents across Britain are usually advised that it is safer for all children under the age of six months to be put in a cot in their parents' room.

Hairspray exposure can cause birth defects in boys

Hairspray exposure can cause birth defects in boysA recent study revealed that pregnant women who are exposed to hairspray during the early stages of pregnancy have double chances of giving birth to a son with the genital birth defect hypospadias. In hypospadias, the urinary opening is displaced to the underside of the penis.

Researchers from Imperial College London, University College Cork and the Centre for Research in Environmental Epidemiology in Barcelona interviewed 471 mothers whose sons had been referred to surgeons for hypospadias and 490 controls during the study.

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