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Half of world's children are passive smokers - damning disclosure from WHO
...to smoking and the figure is expected to more than double by2020, if current trends continue.She saved the worst for the tobacco majors and said "big tobacco companies have paid for bogus scientific studies, unleashed well-funded campaigns to attack legitimate studies, set up front groups to push smokers ri...Just spice it up!!!!! Anti bacterial effects of spices unraveled in the West
...from filling the air with its spicy aroma can also double up as an anti bacterial agent. Adding a dash of cinnamon to apple juice proved this and the spice actually retarded the growth of common food pathogens. For their study, the investigators added cinnamon to commercially pasteurized apple juice that h...American doctors are using a computer to do a double check on mammograms.Women are encouraged to have regular mammogram tests to check for early breast cancer, the decision on diagnosis should be accurate. Researchers at the Sloan-Kettering Cancer Research Centre are now using computer-aided detection ......sed to moderate to high levels of organic solvents double their chances of having a low sperm count, according to a study published in the September issue in Occupational and Environmental Medicine. Professional printers, along with painters and decorators are at highest risk. The only factor common to al......es has jumped from around 80,000 in 1990 to nearly double that two years ago.// Working on rabbit hearts, a University of Michigan team have found that taking in cocaine causes a reaction called a complement cascade. This occurs when there is a jump in the body's production of complement proteins. These pr...Women find difficulty in calling it 'Quits'
...Perkins in his review, women who smoked had almost double the risk of myocardial infarction than did men. Th... to the conclusion that women also may have nearly double the risk of lung cancer as men. There is also some evidence that breast cancer risk may be increas......ries. The new research suggests that smoking has a double whammy effect - it stimulates clogging of the arteries, and sabotages the body's attempts to tackle the problem. Amanda Sandford, of the anti-smoking charity Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), said: "This study emphasises the health benefits of gi......onal student digs with mouldy and damp walls could double the risk of asthma, say researchers. A study of ov... adequate housing said they suffered from asthma - double this number had asthma in the damper homes. One in seven of the undergraduates studied said they had...Simvastatin Plus Niacin May Lower Heart Risks
...drug and raising HDL with niacin could potentially double the benefits for at-risk patients. And since low HDL may reflect an antioxidant deficiency, treatment with such vitamins could be expected to confer still more protection. In the study, patients took either a combination of simvastatin (Zocor) and ...Exposure to EMF may cause leukemia
...h level electromagnetic fields (EMF) at home could double the risk of childhood leukemia, a major international study has found. //The three-year review was carried out for the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) by six senior epidemiologists from major institutions around...Beverage protect against bladder cancer
...damaging effect of cigarette smoking was more than double in those who drank fewer than two cups of coffee a week compared with regular coffee drinkers. Smokers who drank coffee were three times as likely to develop bladder cancer as non-smoking coffee drinkers. But smokers who didn't drink coffee were seve...High vitamin A increases risk of hip fractures
...ake - both from food and vitamin supplements - had double the risk of hip fractures compared with women with the lowest intake. One theory is that too much vitamin A inhibits the ability of Vitamin D to help the body absorb calcium, said lead author, Diane Feskanich, an epidemiologist at Brigham and Women...New Birth Control Pills increase the stroke risk
...trogen, the new generations of birth control pills double the risk of stroke for women who take them. Researchers say the newest pills are no safer than the older versions when it comes to clotting problems.// In fact, the third-generation pills may be more dangerous than the second-generation ones. The f......um had a risk of death that was slightly more than double those without it. The older patients in hospitals frequently become delirious, leading to longer hospital stays and other health problems, yet the condition is often not diagnosed during hospital stays. The results of this study have implications f......lets. "Now we have to do other studies to make the double knockout." The two genes are actually copies of the same gene, know as GATA1. "This is a major, major step in our attempt to be able to come up with an animal that can be used for transplantation," said Dr. Goran Klintmalm of the Baylor Institute ...Alzheimer's with psychosis runs in families
...that a sibling of an affected person had more than double the average risk of also developing Alzheimer's with psychosis. This is an important step towards finding the genes that may be involved in this severe form of Alzheimer's disease. It's also possible that affected siblings were exposed to similar e...Interference helps Heart Patients
... Diego State University, this savings is more than double the estimated $440 cost per patient for the six-month case-management intervention, and the co-authors said. Riegel said differences in drug treatment given to patients in both groups were not significant and likely would not explain the results. Mo...Women need to exercise more to prevent obesity
Researchers think that women should more than double their daily exercise time in order to control their weight. Presently, we are advised to aim for 35 minutes a day// of moderate exercise for health and weight control. But scientists at the University of Alabama at Birmingham now warn that this may n...Blood test may aid foretell Alzheimer's
...Alzheimer's disease and that figure is expected to double in coming decades as more people live longer, though Holtzman said, "I think that's a big under-estimate," because it doesn't include folks with mild dementia. Alzheimer's is a difficult disease to detect and doctors usually are not able to diagnose...A question on study of Adult Stem Cell
...other type. Scientists said that such hybrids have double the normal DNA and possibly carry unknown health consequences. Researchers feel that, whether the process, observed in mouse brain cells in laboratory experiments, also occurs in animals, including humans, remains to be seen. "This suggests a need f...FDA may speed review of new drugs
...ng of new drugs// - allowing the FDA to eventually double its number of staffers who oversee the risks of newly sold therapies. But drug safety advocates say some of the proposal is worrisome. In wake of a dozen drugs pulled off the market because of dangers in recent years, critics say the FDA alrea...... degrees - Hawaii to Juneau, Alaska - you can have double the exposure to sunlight if the canopy shows 40 per cent of the sky. So if you can stay in the sun for 20 minutes without burning without tree cover, it would be 30 minutes under this kind of foliage. Where canopy coverage is 90 per cent, you can exp......s. In recent years scientists have discovered that double stranded RNA can silence genes in a process called RNA interference. The component that accomplishes this - small interfering RNA, or siRNA . Sharp's team made two different siRNAs that targeted cell surface proteins essential for the HIV virus to in......ight be neglecting off a medication, or be given a double dose of a medicine that's expensive//. Either way, you may need to split a pill into two or more doses. Doctors at the Mayo Clinic offer you some advice on how to go about pill splitting. First, you need to check if your pill is amenable to splitti...An effective drug for lung cancer
...new study, a drug combination has the potential to double the life expectancy of patients with asbestos-related lung cancer called Mesothelioma. Mesothelioma is a cancer of the cells that make up the lining// around the outside of the lungs and inside of the ribs or around the abdominal organs. It differs f...Miscarriage during pregnancy and heart disease linked
...e -- women who had three or more were at more than double the risk of women who didn't have one. An expert lauded the study and said that the study made sense biologically because many of the medical conditions that predispose people to have miscarriage can also predispose them to have heart disease. Among...Proof that Vitamin C may be effective in combating colds
...oxic side-effects in their subjects who were given double the recommended daily allowance. Stephen Tilles, MD, with the Northwest Asthma & Allergy Center in Seattle, said that the study legitimizes the beneficial effects of vitamin C as it had measured the effect at the level of the immune system cells....World Health Organisation Takes a Historic Decision and Approves Treaty to Discourage Smoking
...ve million people each year. This death toll could double to reach 10 million by 2020 if countries do not implement the measures of the FCTC. The smoking rates are are increasing, especially among the young, While smoking rates are declining in some industrialised countries but rsing in many developing coun...World Health Organisation Takes a Historic Decision and Approves Treaty to Discourage Smoking
...ve million people each year. This death toll could double to reach 10 million by 2020 if countries do not implement the measures of the FCTC. The smoking rates are are increasing, especially among the young, While smoking rates are declining in some industrialised countries but rsing in many developing coun...World Health Organisation Takes a Historic Decision and Approves Treaty to Discourage Smoking
...ve million people each year. This death toll could double to reach 10 million by 2020 if countries do not implement the measures of the FCTC. The smoking rates are are increasing, especially among the young, While smoking rates are declining in some industrialised countries but rsing in many developing coun...Hope for 11 million children facing death from illnesses
...he number of children and adolescents who died was double the total number of adult deaths from AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria combined.// In 2000 10.8 million children under five years old died, over half of them from just five preventable communicable diseases and malnutrition. 99% of these deaths are in ...Anemia may Lead to Physical Decline
A new study shows anemia may double the risk of an older person developing serious physical declines that can erode the ability to live independently. Researchers say seniors who do not have anemia, but whose blood tests are just above the traditional cut-off point for the condition's ...'Designer' baby for British couple
...fe of the child they already have, I think it is a double blessing. It is still not certain that Jamie can help his brother. The new born baby is currently undergoing blood tests to see if he has perfect tissue match and the family will have to wait six months to ensure that he is not affected by the same ...Diabetes cases could double in developing countries in next 30 years
...ble diseases (NCDs) that are beginning to impose a double burden of disease on the world’s poorest countries,” said Dr Catherine Le Galès-Camus, WHO Assistant Director-General, Noncommunicable Diseases and Mental Health. “Even as these countries are struggling to address the problems of HIV/AIDS, malaria an...House heads for Medicare drug vote
...ure costs. "I predict right now it will come out double that," Sen. Don Nickles, R-Okla., told fellow House-Senate negotiators on Thursday, referring to the cost estimate. Top House Democrats, meanwhile, were pressuring rank-and-file members to hold the line against the package, setting the stage for a c...Female Smokers More Prone To Lung Cancer
... will die from it. New research shows women have double the risk of developing lung cancer from smoking than do men. Researchers in New York studied nearly 3,000 men and women ages 40 and older with some history of smoking to determine what factors -- such as age, gender and number of years smoking -- im...Antibiotics Found To Increase The Risk Of Developing Breast Cancer
... who took the drugs for at least 501 days -- faced double the risk of // developing breast cancer over an average of about 17 years, compared with women who didn't use the drugs, the study showed. Also, since antibiotics are widely used to treat a variety of common infections caused by bacteria, some pneum...The Use Of Vitamin C for Arthritis Questioned
...er daily intake of fruits and vegetables had about double the risk of developing inflammatory arthritis than participants who consumed large amounts of fruits and vegetables. Thus researchers conclude saying , “Low intake of fruit, particularly dietary vitamin C, is associated with an increased risk of dev...Women Smokers More Prone To Lung Cancer
...he United States. New research shows women // have double the risk of developing lung cancer from smoking than do men. Researchers in New York studied nearly 3,000 men and women ages 40 and older with some history of smoking to determine what factors -- such as age, gender and number of years smoking -- im...Understanding The Risks Of Hormone Therapy
...therapy that combines estrogen with progestin have double the risk for venous thrombosis ( VT ), a type of blood clot,// according to a recent study. VT affects one to two people in every 1,000. Risk for VT increases with age and is higher in men, blacks and obese individuals. Postmenopausal hormone therap...Endometriosis And Its Association With Migraine
...triosis and a control group of 166 women and found double the number of women in the endometriosis group had migraines compared with the controls. It was also observed that migraine severity was similar in women with and without endometriosis and was not related to the severity of the endometriosis. The d...Medication for Depression may cause suicidal tendencies
...ts. Researchers have found that there is almost a double probability of patients taking SSRIs of attempting to commit suicide than those under other forms of treatment. Contradictorily another study has suggested that there seem to be only evidence of attempted suicides and increase in self-harm due to S...Cure For Persistent Oral Fungal Problem May Be Possible
... peptides to treat potential oral infections up to double their original power. One peptide called MUC7 12-mer, which occurs naturally in the human salivary mucin molecule is quite effective for treating oral fungal infections. Even active in very low concentrations, when used with inhibitors, the peptide...Heart attack risk increased by depression
...s of tricyclic antidepressants (TCAs) was shown to double the risk of heart attack within the first week of use in patients taking the medication for the first time. Patients on the newer class of antidepressants meds, which are known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs), also had a doubled ri...Essential tremor can lead to dementia
...entia for people in the age group of 60 or more is double that of the others when they suffer from the condition of essential tremor. Dementia is the condition of having impaired intellectual ability. Dementia affects mostly the people in the age group of 65 yrs and above....Asthma may increase the risk for bacterial infection of the lungs
...vasive pneumococcal disease and the risk is almost double for asthma patients than that for people with no history of asthma. Reference: New England Journal of Medicine, May 2005...More soy benefits on blood glucose levels, and cholesterol
...t drop in cholesterol levels can cause decrease in double the amount of risk for cardiovascular disease. The new study by the researches of University of Kentucky says that soy may be used as healthy snack for children to control childhood obesity. Soy intake in the participants of the study not only produ...People with abnormal heart rhythms must avoid fish oil
...achycardia and ventricular fibrillation was almost double than that of patients who received the placebo. Researchers feel that this may be due to fish oil having differential benefits on the abnormal heart rates at different conditions. The researchers felt that their research does not reduce the importa...Banning the drug Valdecoxib In India
...ave indicated that the drug Valdecoxib is found to double the risk of heart attacks and strokes and also result in severe skin reactions. Although some of the leading pharmaceutical companies have stopped manufacturing it and have withdrawn the drug from the Indian market, a few leading companies differ in...Obesity And Expanding Waistlines the next Epidemic in USA
...or more medical conditions in 2001 which is nearly double the 1987 percentage. Thorpe felt that the obesity problem was likely to only get worse. He said, “The costs are up because so many more Americans are obese and because they’re being more aggressively treated for weight-related illnesss”....9-PCV vaccine found to be helpful in invasive Pneumonococcal infection
Randomized double blind placebo controlled trial was done by Felicity cutts and colleagues in Gambia on the efficacy of // a Nine Valent Pneumococcal Conjugate Vaccine (9-PCV) against radiologically confirmed pneumonia and invasive pneumococcal disesase in children im...Detecting DNA Damage With In-Vivo Alkaline Comet Assay
...d DNA. Under alkaline conditions, unwinding of the double strand takes place, which enables the visualization of single strand breaks and alkali labile sites. The main requirement of the assay is a single cell or nuclei suspension, which can be obtained from the tissue without adding to the DNA damage by t...Frequent use of antibiotics raises the risk of carrying resistant infections
...f carrying medication resistant bacteria by almost double than in people who were given antibiotics after almost a year. It was always suggested that high levels of taking antibiotics are harmful to health as they may encourage the risk of having superbugs. This is the first study that assesses the risk to...Herbal Remedies For Insomnia And Anxiety May Be Ineffective
...valerian plus kava-placebo; a third group received double placebos. After four weeks of treatment, subjects used a secure website to complete follow-up questionnaires. The herbal extracts were no more effective than placebo in reducing the symptoms they were intended to treat. Anxiety scores decreased by 2...Natural formula for protection against vision loss
...mula in the clinical study of 90 subjects who were double blinded. The results, which will soon be published has shown excellent benefits....Decreasing Multiple Births By Single Embryo Transfers
...g to undergo a single embryo transfer instead of a double embryo transfer during in vitro fertilization can ...s showed about 42 percent of the women receiving a double embryo transfer became pregnant resulting in at least one live birth compared to about 38 percent wh...The Potential Of Cadaver Transplantation Programme In India
...d be 2200 organ donors and the above figures would double and there would be no necessity to undertake living kidney donations. If we did 3 per million, we could take care of all SAARC countries demand for organs At 5 per million we would have 10,000 kidneys, 5000 hearts and 5000 livers - and we could st...Kylie generates awareness about mammography
...undergo surgery to have a lump removed, there were double the usual number of bookings from women aged 40-69 who had not previously been screened. The study reported by the Australian Medical Association, has named this as the "Kylie effect". The report also states that this could be helpful to reduce br......d involving patients. The study was a randomized, double blind, placebo-controlled trial. Fifty men and women, aged 40-76 with documented knee OA and arthritis pain were enrolled. Patients with any other type of arthritis or chronic pain were excluded. Twenty-five of the test subjects were administered M...... snoring. The clinical trial was randomised and a double blind study. Twenty-five arthritic patients were assigned three grams of MSM twice a day for twelve weeks. The patients receiving MSM experienced significant relief in pain and improvements in their physical function compared to the patients receivin...Other ContentsaspirinaspirinaspirinaspirinchildrenchildrenchildrenchildrenchildrenchildrenchildrenchildrenchildrenastigmatismastigmatismasymptomaticasymptomaticasymptomaticasymptomaticataxiaataxiaataxiaatelectasisOther TagsLesbianKenyanMyanmarPreeclampsia
(Date:8/20/2008)...ng (MRI) isn,t just for capturing detailed images ...gents and technology developed by Carnegie Mellon ...to visualize with "exquisite" specificity cell p...lity to non-invasively locate and track cells, suc...treatment of cancer, inflammation, and autoimmune ...
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(Date:8/20/2008)...codeine may be risky for some,breastfeeding mothe...Western Ontario, and the Hospital for Sick Childre...oren published research in the journal, Clinical ...he codeine used in some pain relief drugs can actu...ts when ingested by some breastfeeding mothers. ,...
(Date:8/20/2008)...at an interdisciplinary and coordinated research a...nce and influencing policy, a group of experts has...ng of how mercury moves through the marine ecosyst...uth,s Toxic Metals Research Program convened the g...ators, and public health experts in November 2006 ...
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