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A survey conducted in New York stated that healthy diet rich in fruits and vegetables, poultry and fish, nuts and less red meat and less butter can minimize the risk of Alzheimer's disease.

Investigators have analyzed the eating patterns of 2148 people from New York, aged 65 and above. They have been also assessed for symptoms of Alzheimer's disease as well as dementia every year and a half for 4 years continuously.

Doctors of Orissa Medical Service Association had called out a strike on Sunday, which was followed by rise in patients. SCB Medical College Hospital authorities claim, that they have adequate doctors to tackle the jam of patients.

Along with secondary doctors gone for strike, 50 more doctors have decided to join the strike, after the association has stopped receiving patients in remote areas.

Smoking desires can be cramped through E-cigarettes, says a new study.

People who had an urge to smoke, can experience a new way to keep themselves satisfied by inhaling nicotine delivered through E-cigarettes.

Bullen, associate professor at the University of Auckland, who led the study, said that E-cigarettes are the perfect substitutes to a standard nicotine replacement therapy inhalator which reduces the desire of smoking.

E-cigarettes are electronic nicotine delivery devices which look a lot like a standard cigarette excluding tobacco.

Officials at the U. S. government's measurement standards laboratory have said that a new instrument can quickly and precisely sniff minute amounts of poultry spoilage.

The U. S. Commerce Department agency has said that the new technique, developed by National Institute of Standards and Technology research chemists Tom Bruno and Tara Lovestead, can sniff out trace amounts of low-volatility compounds present early in the decay process.

The eruption of a volcano in Iceland does not pose a health threat to Europeans from gases and ash released into the air, a Russian expert has said.

RIA Novosti reported on Friday that Arkady Tishkov, deputy research chief at the Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences, said the ash and gases from the volcano eruption on the Eyjafjallajokull Glacier will not adversely affect the health of the European populace.

The gases would also likely have only a minimal impact on weather, he said.

The small airways of young children may mimic the symptoms of asthma wheezing, says a U. S. pharmacy specialist in family health.

High-pitched whistling during exhalation, a classic sign of asthma, can also signal viral respiratory tract infections due to a cold or flu, says Julie Koehler of Butler University's College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in Indianapolis.