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Virus Level could Predict Cervical Cancer Risk

...s (HPV) are associated with an increased chance of getting the cancer, but not all women who test positive, develop the disease. Swedish researchers say that measuring the levels of a virus linked to cervical cancer could help to identify women at risk from the disease long before it develops or is detected ...

Now you can identify Sperm and Egg donors

...n on request. However this will be done only after getting prior permission from the donor. If for some reason the donor wishes to remain unidentified, these details will be with held. Currently, people over 18 and children over 16 years of age can find out if they were born from donated sperms or ova. And ...

Cut down TV and video games and you have less aggressive children.

...children of today are growing up. Even the West is getting desperate and looking for help. Things are no better in India. With the TV boom and the IT revolution, the kids seem to know all at a very young age and many parents complain that their kids are actually going over the edge, right in front of their e...

HIV infected patients can travel safely abroad

...iving a near normal life and initiate a process of getting on with their lives. However before traveling they need to make sure that they don’t travel immediately after their antiretroviral therapy and that they don’t manifest any side effects of the same. Also they need to be counseled before they travel ...

Diabetes and Depression often go hand-in-hand

...pression-related behaviours such as overeating and getting little exercise are also key to the development of type 2 diabetes-the form of the disease that is closely linked to obesity. In addition, Lustman said, diabetes and depression affect some of the same hormones and neurotransmitters. Depression can pr...

Kick Smoking with Nicotine Drink

...roducts intended to help smokers kick the habit by getting over their nicotine fixation. The new kid on the block in this ever increasing list is a nicotine solution that can be mixed with drinks, which scientists claim could be useful in over coming the addiction. Researchers at Duke University have teste...

Cats to protect children from asthma

...nse. The children with raised IgG4 clearly aren't getting their protection from stimulated Th1 system, instead the protection is from a modified version of the Th2 response--without the risk of asthma or other allergic reactions....

Drinking arsenic water leads to cancer

... third the population of Bangladesh are at risk of getting cancer from arsenic deposits in well water. Drinking arsenic tainted water for prolonged periods results in skin lesions and cancer of kidney, skin, lung and bladder said the study.// At least 100,000 cases of debilitating skin lesions have alre...

Alerts for safety of heart device

...ate of manufacturing of devices increase, they are getting more complex and more chances to malfunction. Nevertheless, having a safety warning is a worry for the patient and supplying a replacement is costly. With the growing population, it is likely that more devices will be fitted and it is important that ...

Bald head bad health

...with frontal baldness had a 9% increased chance of getting heart disease. Compared to men with no hair loss, men whose crowns were completely bald had a 36% greater risk of having a coronary event, including a heart attack and angina. Men with mild crown balding had a 23% greater risk, rising to 32% when bal...

Menopause considerations

...who are still menstruating may still have problems getting pregnant. The study compared 22 pairs of identical twins, 37 pairs of non-identical twins, and 243 non-twin sisters, to distinguish between genetic and environmental factors influencing age at menopause.For non-twin sisters, it was estimated that ag...

Antidepressant helps obesity

...ffect the appetite centres or circuits involved in getting pleasurable feelings from eating....

Osteoporosis Drugs: right time to take-off

...ardiovascular and diabetes therapies are gradually getting saturated. The time is right for Indian pharmaceutical companies to focus on the osteoporosis medications market. br>...

Cigerettes unsafe during pregnancy

...tment of Human Services emphasised that the job of getting people to quit was "difficult", pointing out that only 8 per cent more women gave up as a result of the quit programs than would have given up anyway.She said it was therefore important that as many women as possible were encouraged to quit, and that...

Supply of Radiopharmaceuticals Hampered by Attacks

...pharmaceuticals, spent a large number of man-hours getting products in from outside the United States for processing, and even more time in arranging special line-haul trucks to carry finished products by ground to sites throughout the United States to maintain an adequate supplies. In addition, the company ...

Smallpox as Biological Weapons?

...doses of smallpox vaccine on hand. Experiments are getting underway to see whether it can be diluted so it could be administered to more people, and still be effective. // “Anthrax is not easily transferred, so to develop it as weapon is difficult, and in most cases it responds quite well to antibiotics,”...

Health Officials Recommend Flu Vaccine

...nt to avoid both the flu and anthrax panic. "We're getting a tremendous amount of calls and a tremendous resp... give shots only to those patients most at risk of getting serious complications from the flu. Those patients include people over 65 and those with chronic res...

Over-The-Counter Drugs May Prevent Alzheimer's

...n of rheumatoid arthritis also may cut the risk of getting Alzheimer's disease. In addition to their anti-inflammatory properties, the drugs seem to selectively reduce levels of a harmful protein linked to the neurodegenerative disease. The study developed from research suggesting that people taking certain ...

Exercises reduce risks of cancers

...lar exercise is likely to decrease the chances of getting bowel cancer, say scientists. Swedish experts have...our, five times a week, is as good a way as any of getting the exercise we need." Exercise is also well recognised as protective against other illnesses such a...

How to prevent wrinkles?

...in order to show- how eating patterns can stop you getting wrinkles.They have been looking at a group of 300 people aged 60 or over living in many countries . They have found that whether they were fair or dark-skinned, those who ate lots of green leafy vegetables, beans, olive oil, nuts and multigrain brea...

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