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The name may sound scary but meningitis can be dealt with easily. Take precautionary measures and don't panic. It's usually caused by either bacteria, viruses or similar infectious agents. Symptoms: Fever, severe headache, pain in the neck, vomiting, seizures, tiredness Treatment: Depends on the organism causing the infection, your age and the extent of infection. Patients do get better within three days but seeing the doctor is essential.

Regular exposure to noise in pubs,club and concerts may lead to hearing impairment,suggests a study of 1,381 people in Britain.More than half of the surveyed people visited bars where they had to shout to be heard at least once a week. A quarter said the music in these venues was too loud and a third thought hearing loss would affect their lives. About 90% of people who frequent pubs,clubs and concerts experienced dullness of hearing or ringing in the ears after a night on the town,found the study by RNID-the largest charity representing the nine million hearing impaired people in Britain. Nine out of 10 young people aged between 16-30 experienced signs of hearing damage after a night out in a noisy venue,reported BBC News website.John Low,chief executive of RNID said music lover,musicians and DJs could take simple steps to protect themselves from damaging decibels on a night out while performing.

You have waited too long: This is the most important reason why several couples,especially women, are facing infertility problems. These days,couples are postponing their conception,says expert doctors.By the time a woman turns 40,the pool reserve of her eggs gets depleted. So the biological for producing children practically stops, observes doctors.Unlike a man, who can produce sperms till he dies, a woman is born with half a million eggs that deplete as she ages.Till about the age of 35, a woman's chances of conception are very high (about 55 per cent).The 36-40 age-group is the grey zone, where the chances of conception drop to about 20-25 per cent. As a woman ages the success rate of assisted reproduction technologies procedure also drops proportionately. You smoke or drink: Some doctors observed that an ongoing study on the effects of smoking on sperm count at hospital shows a marked increase in abnormal-looking sperm, which also affects men's fertility potential.Internat...