Kathmandu: A recent report has confirmed that more than 40,000 people are suffering from heart problems in Nepal.

The Nepal Heart Foundation (NHF) stated that heart troubles account for 25 percent of the total deaths in the country. Nearly 20 percent of Nepali adults have high blood pressure and the number of heart patients has increased five folds in the past ten years.

The US Food & Drug Administration has given nod to a new flu vaccine known as ‘Afluria.’ Austrian researchers have designed the new drug in order to defend grown-ups from influenza A and B viruses.

The Afluria vaccine is made from deactivated flu viruses developed in chicken eggs. Individuals allergic to eggs or any other constituent of the vaccine should not take it.

Washington, Oct 02 : A Saint Louis University study has found that during pregnancy, severely obese women should lose weight while obese women should gain less weight than recommended.

The study was conducted by Raul Artal, M.D., and chairman of the department of obstetrics, gynaecology and women’s health at Saint Louis University School of Medicine.

“This study confirms what we’ve suspected all along -- that obese women don’t have to gain any weight during their pregnancy,” Dr. Artal said.

Washington, Oct 2 : Researchers from the University of Manchester have revealed new methods of controlling and treating breast cancer.

One third of women diagnosed with breast cancer experienced that the disease recurred some years later after being successfully treated because some of these cancer cells survive the treatment and begin to grow again.