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Doctors are once again warning against a diet high in salt, saying it puts people at an increased risk of strokes and cardiovascular disease.The researchers, with the World Health Organization’s Collaborating Center for Nutrition and the European Society of Hypertension Excellence Center,

Stills Disease is a form of arthritis that is characterized by high spiking fevers and evanescent (transient) salmon-colored rash (view pictures of the Still's rash). Still's disease was first described in children, but it is now known to occur, much less commonly, in adults (in whom it is referred to as adult-onset Still's disease).There have been a number of schools of thought. One is that Still's disease is due to infection with a microbe. Another concept is that Still's disease is a hypersensitive or autoimmune disorder.

Tay-Sachs disease is possibly one of the most devastating genetic disorders. It is fatal, and children who are diagnosed with the disease rarely live beyond four years. Children with Tay-Sachs disease appear normal at birth, but when they reach around 3 to 6 months old, they develop symptoms ranging from deafness and blindness to seizures and dementia, which eventually results in death.

Women who regularly ate soy as children may have a lower risk of developing breast cancer, a study of Asian- American women suggests.Researchers found that among nearly 1,600 Asian Americans with or without breast cancer, higher soy intake throughout life was associated with a lower risk of the disease. But the strongest protective effect was seen with childhood soy intake.

Newark Memorial High School has been locked down for several hours after police found a teen near campus with a loaded gun, and parents are getting frustrated waiting for officials to release their children.

Another 14 cases of cholera were reported from Bholakpur on Sunday. With this, the number of cholera cases have gone up to 26 in the area.Authorities of the Sir Ronald Ross Institute of Tropical and Diseases (Fever Hospital) detected 16 cholera cases, including 14 from Bholakpur.

Elderly individuals who had a diet that included higher consumption of fruits, vegetables, legumes, cereal and fish and was low in red meat and poultry and who were physically active had an associated lower risk of Alzheimer disease, according to a study in the August 12 issue of JAMA.