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Use of Cellular Phones associated with Increased risk of Brain Tumors
... www.medscape.com). Their analysis focused on the effect of different risk factors, which have been previously documented as risk factors for brain tumors. Their results read as “An increased risk was only found for ipsilateral exposure in the anatomic area with the highest microwave dose. In a multivariat...Asthma may actually be prevented by Dust and Dirt
...ronmental endotoxin may have an allergy-protective effect in some infants whose homes have high levels of the bacteria by-product. "Endotoxin seems to drive the immune system to produce cytokines that inhibit certain processes in the body that may lead to asthma," said Andy Liu, M.D., a National Jewish chil...Lean Protein Could Be Key to Obesity Drugs
... less. "Extra UCP3 increases metabolic rate. The effect it has is to increase fat combustion, so the animals are burning more fat," Dr John Clapham, of SmithKline Beecham, said."They eat more because they have a higher metabolic rate but it is true they eat more and weigh less." Like exercise, the exces...More to Garlic than warding of Dracula
...he researchers looked at studies investigating the effect of garlic on risk factors for heart disease. Several studies suggest that garlic may lower total cholesterol, LDL ("bad") cholesterol and blood pressure. It may also help keep blood thin, reducing the risk of blood clots and stroke, and function as a...Transdermal HRT not cardioprotective in postmenopausal women with CAD
...n, and was designed to assess the cardioprotective effect of combined HRT in women with documented CAD. It may therefore be appropriate that women with proven coronary artery disease should not commence HRT. Nevertheless, women receiving HRT for more than 2 years should continue....El Ni?o cycles linked to cholera outbreaks
...e melting of the snowpack in the Himalayas and its effect on monsoons, precipitation and river discharge. Floods and drought can affect not only human interactions with water resources and therefore exposure to the pathogen, but also sanitary conditions and disease susceptibility. The discovery of a remot...Transdermal HRT not cardioprotective in postmenopausal women with Coronary Artery Disease
...n, and was designed to assess the cardioprotective effect of combined HRT in women with documented CAD. It may therefore be appropriate that women with proven coronary artery disease should not commence HRT. Nevertheless, women receiving HRT for more than 2 years should continue....More Accurate "PROSTATE CANCER" Test can save Unnecessary Biopsies
Prostate cancer can effect men over the age of 40 years and is the second commonest cancer among men after lung cancer. Usually it goes undetected till it is advanced and beyond cure. However a lot of awareness has been created about this condition and now men over the age of ...Inhaled Steroids Safe & Effective for Children with Asthma
...roved quality of life, " he added. The only side effect from the inhaled corticosteroids was a slight, but temporary, reduction in growth rate. In the first year of the study, the average increase in height in the children treated with was about 3/8 of an inch less than that of the other children. However...Fight Heart disease and Pain with Meditation
...20 minutes twice a day, has a positive, measurable effect on the buildup of fatty deposits in arteries and also plays a major role in alleviating pain in many patients. Researchers from the College of Maharishi Vedic Medicine in Fairfield, Iowa, conducted the study along with others from Charles Drew Unive......earch from Great Britain reveals a surprising side effect of our "celebrity connection." In the week after P...earch from Great Britain reveals a surprising side effect of our "celebrity connection." The researchers say women are more prone to this than men and that ...Now you can identify Sperm and Egg donors
...y people who donate after the new rule comers into effect will be identifiable...... the investigators are worried about the dampening effect any harsh action may have on genuine family planners if they have any punitive action in mind for this not so healthy trend of buying contraceptives on the net....Antioxidants protect health tissue in people undergoing radiation therapy.
...s with antioxidants property have radio protective effect and protecting organisms like Escherichia role and Bacillus megaterium organisms (taken for study) against of gamma radiation. The study offers hope for the development of better radioactive results and could be used to protect healthy tissue in peo...Researchers urge caution in using ear tube surgery
...as a reason to recommend ear tube surgery. Tubes' effect on hearing debated Perrin wrote in his editorial t...risk of anesthesia and concern about the long-term effect of the plastic tube in the ear. There are still questions about the tubes' impact on hearing decades......as anxiety, hatred and anger can have a cumulative effect on the body over time. Over decades and decades, people that turn these negative emotions on and off several times daily are hurting themselves and are more likely to fall victim to heart disease and stroke." These findings were published in the jou...Cipla holds talks with mining giant to supply AIDS drugs for South African workers
...ld. The HIV scourge is sure to have a devastating effect on the economy, and research has shown that providing workers with drugs is cheaper than paying for absenteeism, loss of productivity, hospitalization, funerals and replacing and retraining staff. However the government of South Africa has said it w...New drug helps boost cancer treatment
...ll tolerated by the patients. The most common side effect attributed to the drug was an acne-like skin rash that occurs because skin cells also contain large amounts of epidermal growth factor receptors....Breast Feeding prevents obesity later on in life
...verweight by the early teen years, but showed less effect on weight during early childhood. In another study, Dr. Mathew W. Gilman and his colleagues at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, looked at more than 15,300 adolescents aged 9 to 14. They found that those who had been breast-fed were l...Spouses and other partners lower blood pressure says new research
...tionships, close friends included, have a soothing effect on blood pressure. Effects of short-term changes in blood pressure of a person are still unclear but Dr. Gump said that it is possible that over time, temporary flare-ups in blood pressure may take a toll on cardiovascular health. So the calming in...Hypertensive Drug Improves Sexual Dysfunction in Hypertensive Men
...tors said "these results seem to be limited to the effect of losartan". Since drug -related impotence is one of the main causes of patients discontinuing the hypertensive drugs, this is a new dimension to be viewed....Eat greens to have a ever green heart
...sms, opening up new perpectives for its protective effect on atherosclerosis," Dr. Francisco Fuentes of Hospital Universitario Reina Sofa in Cordoba, Spain and colleagues conclude.......dies done in China have shown ginseng's beneficial effect in older persons and persons who are sick or weak [physically and mentally]." Zhu says that ginseng use is all about the dialectic theory of the balance between ying and yang. For example, Western ginseng can be used in the summer but real Chinese g...New antiperspirant in action - Botox does the difference
... effective in 70 to 80% of patients treated." The effect of the drug starts at around 3 to 4 days and the effect lasts for about 3 to 4 months....Analgesic abuse - cause for chronic headache in children
...posed that these analgesics suppress the intrinsic effect of the brain to produce pain-killing chemicals on its own. "The more of these medications you take, the less your own brain makes," Dr. Merle L. Diamond, associate director of the Diamond Headache Clinic in Chicago, Illinois added. Dr. Natan Gadoth,...... Folate from beer may contribute to the protective effect of alcohol consumption on cardiovascular disease in population(s) with generally low folate intake from other nutrients. Beer is produced from barley and hops with the addition of brewing yeasts which contain B vitamins. Findings by the end of their......more severe.Folate supplements can reduce this ill effect says, Judith. Folate is needed for healthy cell growth and development of men, women and children and folate is recommended in their daily diet. However it is also very important for women before and during the early stage of pregnancy to take fol...H2O - a cure for low blood pressure
...d that water has a powerful blood pressure raising effect in patients who experience fainting spells while s...more water at 60 minutes caused the blood pressure effect to be sustained for another hour. "There is something about the water itself that causes the incre...B Vitamin protects and lowers toxicity of Arthritis Drug
... came out wiht the fact that any possible negative effect of folate supplementation on the efficacy of the drug can be overcome by increasing the dosage....Helping stroke patients to recover balance
...eset the patient's mental makeup and hope that the effect will lead to a long-lasitng cure for some postural problems. People who have a stroke affecting the brain's right hemisphere may suffer paralysis down their left side and can lean to the right.// Caroline Tilkete and her colleagues at the Lyon neur...Iron supplementation for a common side effect
...n ACE inhibitors are troubled by a cough. The side effect is not considered serious by doctors, but it is the most common reason why patients abandon ACE inhibitors.// In Seoul, at the School of Medicine, researchers, have found a way of treating the cough. They gave ten patients on ACE inhibitors, with ......e interaction between sex and age has an important effect on long-term mortality rate after myocardial infarction (heart attack)", the authors said. Cardiovascular disease kills more women than all cancers. The early warning signs of heart attack can vary greatly, experts say. While these include such clas...Garlic a day keeps cancer away
...clove of raw garlic could have the same beneficial effect in humans.......e interaction between sex and age has an important effect on long-term mortality rate after myocardial infarction (heart attack)", the authors said. Cardiovascular disease kills more women than all cancers. The early warning signs of heart attack can vary greatly, experts say. While these include such clas...Bayer Voluntarily Withdraws BAYCOL - A Drug Associated With 50 Deaths
...mately 50 deaths. Baycol can cause a muscular side effect called rhabdomyolysis – destroyed muscles cells are released into the bloodstream and cause severe muscle pain, fever, weakness and vomiting. This condition can also lead to kidney failure. The FDA said fatal reports with Baycol had been reported m...Strong pain killers likely to cause miscarriage
...s week's British Medical Journal which studied the effect on women of taking strong non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs like indomethacin (ibuprofen). Researchers used prescription //records to identify a study group of pregnant women who had taken NSAIDs and followed them through to see what happened to...Ovarian cancer in relationship with Hormone therapy
...en used for a long time, but until this study, the effect of postmenopausal oestrogen use on ovarian cancer had not established....... to test out the idea that breast-feeding had some effect on a baby's mental development. "Our data suggests that longer breast-feeding benefits cognitive development," they said. They added that the intimacy of breast-feeding may be important as well as the nutrients in breast milk. Their report said bio...Tea drinkers have lower rates of heart disease
...n done. Doctors are carrying out research into the effect of green tea in men with prostate cancer. They hope it will be just one of the many studies that will be done on the benefits of tea.// Generally tea drinkers are less likely to have heart disease or cancer, although the reason is still unknown. O...Iron supplements proves helpful in dry cough .
...upplementation of iron clearly showed a beneficial effect in most of these subjects.The mechanism of ACE inhibitor-induced dry cough is unclear, but it is thought to be associated with the increase in nitric oxide (NO) generation caused by ACE inhibitors. NO is known to have inflammatory effects on bronchia......s at the University of California have studied the effect your emotional state has upon the urge to smoke. T...more likely to smoke when they were angry. But the effect was stronger in men, who said cigarettes had a powerful calming effect and they did whenever they we......rs at the University of Minnesota have studied the effect of flaxseed supplementation in a group of 28 postmenopausal nuns - chosen because of their strict dietary practices. They were given either zero, five or ten grams of flaxseed as a supplement for seven week cycles over a year. Both levels of suppleme...Quitting smoking stops lung decline
...ed. The results also suggest that the beneficial effect of smoking cessation on mortality may partly be mediated through a reduced decline in pulmonary (lung) function....Ecstasy shrinks brain!!-researchers unveil the secrets of MDMA.
...t on blood flow to parts of the brain and that the effect can persist for weeks. ECSTASY is the name in vog...eir brains and persistent damage due to the drug's effect on the serotonin uptake system.This study was done by comparing the blood flow in the brain using ma...Link between Constipation and Parkinson's Disease
...kinson's disease. Dr. Robert felt that this had no effect in the results and that the strong tie between bowel movement frequency and the risk of Parkinson's disease remained.......ist of questions about the treatment side effects, effect of the illness had on sex life and so on. Finally they were asked about their overall quality of life -and most scored highly on this. For 130 out of the 200 patients questioned, quality of life was the same as before their illness, or better, altho......the nerves and so not controlling properly for the effect of needle insertion....Voice may be improved by surgery
...ificantly improved the subjects' voices. A similar effect was seen in patients having surgery to treat sinus and tonsil problems....Male infertility in relation to pesticide
...sts.The study shows these chemicals may worsen the effect of pre-existing genetic or medical risk factors for infertility. The authors stress the findings should be treated with caution because they involved a selected population of infertile men, from a productive farming region in Austria. But they say t......e, acetaldehyde would build up and have an adverse effect on the brain, liver and heart, the researchers say. "It’s known that smokers drink more alcohol than non-smokers, and that people who misuse alcohol are more likely to smoke than those who do not misuse alcohol," says the university’s Susan E. Maier......tion. These studies have also shown a protective effect of tea against sunburn which may lead to skin cancer Researchers Iman Hakim and Robin Harris, of the University of Arizona, hope the study will help them develop food supplements to help prevent skin cancer....Wonder drug - could end in disaster
...rs on Lustral became dangerously suicidal. No such effect was found when the volunteers were put on an antidepressant of a different class called reboxetine. "There are risk with these pills and benefits. Doctors need to make sure that the people they give these pills to are going to benefit, and that taki...Drug abuse leads to long standing changes in the brain
...abusers, suggesting an inflammatory reaction. This effect was most marked in the parietal cortex region, which is involved in sensation and in spatial perception. Animal studies show this area to be particularly sensitive to the damaging effects of methamphetamine. However, after controlling for this over...Hormone contraceptives lead to bone problems
...en production and stopping ovulation, has the same effect on the bones as menopause -- preventing a woman from making new bone fast enough to keep up with the level of bone loss. The most significant dangers linked to DMPA, say other experts, occur when taken by young women whose skeletons are not yet fu...... The type of milk drunk – full or low fat – had no effect on risk.The researchers concluded that there was a clear negative trend in breast cancer incidence rate ratios with increasing combined childhood and adulthood milk consumption. ...Alternative therapies popular with Parkinson's patients
...edies and forms of treatment might have an adverse effect or interact with prescribed therapies. It's something patients should reveal to the doctor, and something doctors should ask about. There's also a need for more research into the effectiveness of CAM. For instance, vitamin E is the most popular vitam......n that fish consumption may only have a moderating effect and smokers should not assume that it is safe to c...ed or salted fish did not have the same protective effect on two other forms of lung cancer. Studies also point out that fish is rich in omega-3 fatty acids, ...... of poor control of blood sugar rather than a side effect of diabetes medications, researchers suggest. Gastrointestinal symptoms such as heartburn, bloating, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and constipation have been thought to occur in diabetics more //frequently than in people without the disease, but evidenc......echnology reports they have been able to raise the effect of a number of key hormones involved in the body's own tissue-repair system by assembling them into a wound-healing "complex". The researchers believe that although the complex occurs in nature, a current established opinion that hormones operate in......the very young were particularly vulnerable to the effect of high temperatures. He said obese people, and those with medical conditions such as heart disease and diabetes were also potentially at risk. He said: "In a heatwave the body has to spend much of its energy trying to keep the core temperature down...Other ContentsaspirinaspirinaspirinaspirinchildrenchildrenchildrenchildrenchildrenchildrenchildrenchildrenchildrenastigmatismastigmatismasymptomaticasymptomaticasymptomaticasymptomaticataxiaataxiaataxiaatelectasisOther TagsinfluencesCampusWSUWSUBarrBarrBarrBarrenhancesareaareaareazonezonezoneproduceproduceproducedeviseOther Tagsdebates 2prolong 2prolong 3prolong 4pig 2pig 3yields 2yields 3saliva 2saliva 3saliva 4saliva 5harmless 2harmless 3harmless 4harmless 5decisions 2decisions 3decisions 4decisions 5potent 2potent 3potent 4potent 5potent 6potent 7potent 8safer 2safer 3sperm 2sperm 3sperm 4sperm 5
(Date:8/20/2008)...e supposed to protect people from heart attacks. B... as biological security. , Earlier this year, a t...l demonstrated how a commercial radio transmitter ...om a pacemaker ( New Scientist, 22 March, p 23). ...adjust the implanted device, but a malicious hacke...
(Date:8/20/2008)...r Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) is proud to a...e Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI) into rese...ion, treatment and prevention of mental illness an...This funding from the Large-Scale Institutional En... will allow CAMH to leverage our scientific streng...
(Date:8/20/2008)..., Ohio -- Researchers here have found a way to con... efficiently. , A new catalyst makes hydrogen fr...mperature, and using inexpensive ingredients. , ... engineering at Ohio State University, said that t... being developed around the world, because it does...
(Date:8/19/2008)...g isnt just for livening up boring bran flakes; it... Researchers at the National Institute of Standard...xpensive and effective method for evaluating the s...otein-drugs for storage at room temperature. The g...an Chemical Society National Meeting and Expositio...
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