Washington, Mar 5: Chronic kidney disease can put patients with irregular heartbeat at an increased stroke risk, suggests a new study.

Researchers from Kaiser Permanente have found that chronic kidney disease quadruples the risk of stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) the most common type of heart arrhythmia.

Keep those calf muscles toned and energy levels high as Runners For Life comes back with another edition of their run, this time with a cause in mind

It’s not just about staying healthy – running comes with a big list of benefits. It’s perhaps one of the most therapeutic treatments for the mind.

Washington, March 5 : Talking on the mobile phone while travelling is dangerous for both drivers and pedestrians, according to two American studies.

Led by Rutgers Universtiy researchers in Newark, New Jersey, the studies have shown that whether travellers use the phone while driving or while walking, it is increasing the deaths of pedestrians as well as those of drivers and passengers.

Economics Professor Peter D. Loeb, lead author of the studies, has recommended crackdowns on cell use by both pedestrians and drivers.

Hong Kong  - Two men have been arrested in Hong Kong for selling unregistered "electronic cigarettes" that promoters claim can help smokers quit the habit, health officials said Thursday.

The arrests came after Hong Kong's Department of Health found the devices which atomise nicotine into an aerosol with no burning involved on sale in a shop in the city's Sham Shui Po district.

The men, aged 52 and 60, were arrested in a raid Wednesday and were later released on bail and ordered to report back to police in May, a department spokesman said.

Officials seized atomisers and smoke cartridges which are widely touted on internet sites as a safe alternative to normal cigarettes.

Boat owner bears cost of surgery to sew up the chopped leg of fisherman Ram

Forty-year-old fisherman Ram Gopal, a native of Bihar, has been spared the life of a physically challenged, thanks to the Coast Guard. His left leg was almost completely chopped off by the propeller of the fishing boat he was fishing with in Jakhau waters last month, but he would be able to walk like a normal person soon, after he is discharged from a private hospital in Rajkot this week.

Washington, Mar 4 : Children who have suffered multiple types of maltreatments are more likely to indulge in underage binge drinking, says a new study.

The researchers examined the relationship of binge drinking with the co-occurrence of specific maltreatments like neglect, physical abuse only, sexual abuse, neglect and physical abuse and the combination of neglect, physical and sexual abuse.

They found that teenagers aged 12 and 21, with a history of sexual abuse were at two-fold odds of reporting binge drinking than those with no maltreatment.

On the other hand, teenagers who had experienced both neglect and physical abuse had 1.3 times higher odds of reporting binge drinking than those with no maltreatment