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Onions, garlic to prevent cancer Newyork: Better load up on the breath mints - a new study has found that eating lots of onions and garlic may help prevent cancers. International researchers have carried out a study and found that people whose diets are rich in onions, garlic, and other alliums have a lower risk of several types of cancer than those who avoid the pungent herbs, the WebMD reported. According to researcher Carlotta Galeone of the Istituto di Ricerche Farmocologiche in Milan , "The health benefits of onions and garlic have been touted for centuries, but few studies have been able to prove the benefits. Onion and garlic consumption could simply be a marker for a healthier lifestyle and a diet high in cancer-fighting herbs and vegetables." Salt has no link to heart disease London: If you think you can lower the risk of heart disease by cutting down on salt, you're wrong if researchers are right. British researchers have carried out a study and foun...

IF YOU ARE BETWEEN 20 AND 40 AND HAVE A SEDENTARY JOB IN FRONT OF THE COMPUTER, YOU ARE A GOOD CANDIDATE FOR LOWER BACK PROBLEMS - HYDERABAD: A few years back, lower back problems could have been termed rare, however today it’s become as common as the common cold. If doctors are to be believed almost 95 per cent of the population suffers from low back pain at some point in their life. Says Dr Surya Prakash, an orthopedic surgeon, “Almost 50 per cent of my outpatient turn up has this complaint. Most are in the age group of 20 to 40.” While most often people tend to neglect such pain, they are advised not to, for it could get serious, resulting in sciatica (slipped disc), spondylolysis or spondilolythesis. That’s exactly what happened to Vinai Rajaram, a research scholar, whose work in the lab involved sitting at one place for long hours, studying samples and carrying out experiments. “Eariler I thought it was normal back pain and neglected it. I would sit at one place for 5-6 hours at a...