disorders 1 1

Tag: "disorders" at medical news

Low Cholesterol Linked to Severe Depression and Violent Behavior in Men

...he link between cholesterol levels and personality disorders at Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York told that after researchers began testing the first drugs designed to lower elevated cholesterol levels, she found that a lot of people taking the drugs were dying of causes unrelated to cardiovascular sy...

WORM! WORM! all the way

...ether under inflammatory bowel disease or IBD, are disorders of modern, industrialized nations with stringent standards of public hygiene. Overzealous cleaning of the environment prevents the human immune system from interacting with worms, bacteria and other pathogens necessary for it to develop properly...Y...

Chaste plant a boon

...as unstable mood, anger, anxiety, tiredness, sleep disorders and bloating. They took one 20mg tablet a day throughout three monthly cycles, and the treatment was especially effective for irritability, mood alteration, anger, headache and breast fullness. The authors say that, following the positive results, a...

Eating disorders are hereditary

...eleven times when it was about anorexia.// These disorders of the eating habits present themselves generally ...liar context has a very important influence in the disorders of the eating behavior. In an initial stage the nutritional recuperation is required, then reeducati...

A new growth factor identified

...was implicated in the pathogenesis of some ovarian disorders resulting in infertility, such as the polycystic ovary syndrome and an inhibitor of EG-VEGF may have therapeutic value in this condition. He also added that the discovery also raises the possibility that other growth factors exist that act on specif...

Low testosterone levels lead to eating disorders

... from eating disorders. Men who suffer from eating disorders can be affected more than women with the same problems, researchers say.// Eating disorders are associated with a weakening of the bones, which become dangerously thin and brittle. This is lin...

Eating disorder... a survey

... found that 27% had significant symptoms of eating disorders such as binge eating or purging.The girls who took part in the study were asked to complete a standardised questionnaire on eating disorders.// They found that 14% of girls aged 12 to 14 reported binge eating episodes in the previous month. Almost 9...

Memory problem? solve a crossword

...work and social activities. Seeking help for sleep disorders and sticking to a nutritious diet are also recommended. Older adults who remain physically active have a better blood supply to the brain, higher test scores in some cognitive areas and improved reaction time.Even those who have never exercised bef...

The right is responsible

...tually to use such information to help people with disorders that include a lack of awareness of self and others, such as schizophrenia, autism and depersonalisation syndrome. Keenan and colleagues worked with five patients who had each half of their brain anaesthetised briefly as part of preoperative testing...

Sleep, snoring....stroke

...r health. Experts say this means snoring and sleep disorders will now have to be treated more seriously.// Dr David Smithard, Consultant in Stroke Medicine at East Kent Hospitals NHS Trust, said the American data confirmed what they knew of the links between snoring and stroke.The results from the Western Ne...

Psychological consequence of terrorist attacks

...ys that he expects the prevalence of mental health disorders among Americans to rise over coming months and hop...have the resources to cope. An increase in anxiety disorders is the most likely outcome - symptoms such as disturbed sleep, excessive worrying, and a retreat int...

Snake venom a treatment for digestive disease

...d eventually could result in better treatments for disorders like irritable bowel syndrome, gastric reflux disease, chronic constipation and digestive complications of diabetes. Very small doses of the protein caused strong muscle contractions in the gut, especially in the small intestine. The proteins did n...

Helping the neurology of kidney failure

...f oxidative stress might also play a role in brain disorders like Alzheimer's disease and Huntington's disease, as well as brain injury....

Toxic effects common with AIDS treatments

...stavudine, thrombocytopaenia with saquinavir, mood disorders with lamivudine and hyperlactataemia with didanosine and stavudine. However, the reported effects of a particular drug are associated with levels of its actual use, and this is likely to be reflected in the data collected, the researchers warn....

Fright could be more harmful

...h for years, exacerbating pre-existing psychiatric disorders and further heightening the risk of mass sociogenic illness."The current uncertainty over the chronic health effects of low level exposure to toxic agents will further increase anxiety in the affected communities." They add that because health offic...

New gene for hairloss

...mal role for a gene that causes two rare hair-loss disorders when it is disabled.Gone are the days when scienti...not explain why the gene causes the rare hair-loss disorders when it malfunctions. Accoeding to researchers, many types of hair loss probably share a similar bi...

Better Treatment for obesity

...to the development of better treatments for eating disorders and obesity. // The effects of OEA are striking and profoundly different from those of traditional appetite suppressants. This implies that molecular mimics of OEA, or synthetic molecules that resemble OEA but are more potent and more resistant to ...

Deprived sleep leads to ageing

...d may increase the severity of age-related chronic disorders such as heart disease and diabetes, researchers have found. These days, the average number of hours people spend asleep per night in more developed countries has decreased from nine hours to seven-and-a-half hours. The change has been made to accommo...

Warm yourself to sleep

... prevails.The scientists speculate that some sleep disorders associated with old age and illness may be caused by poor circulation and an inability to widen blood vessels in the hands and feet....

Cure for Hepatitis B

... may be one of the most effective ways of treating disorders caused by the Hepatitis B virus, according to new research. Clinical trials using a drug based on the Keezhanali plant were conducted at the University of Madras in South India and the Scottish Centre// for Infection in Glasgow. The results are beli...

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10