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A new century of Alzheimer's disease research

...ng was immediately apparent, Dr. Golde says. Large population studies had hinted that people who have used NSAIDs had a lower risk of developing Alzheimer’s. While scientists thought these NSAIDs might be reducing inflammation in the brain -- and there is a lot of it in a brain with Alzheimer’s -- Drs. Golde an...

Insecticide-treated Bed Nets to Combat Malaria in Older Children and Adults

... five years of age, who constitute the bulk of the population and are more attractive to mosquitoes. Current international guidelines recommend providing subsidised bed nets for young children and pregnant women in order to achieve over 80 percent coverage in these high-risk groups. The study was conducted ...

Wet Weather Heralds the Mosquito Menace

... "When we have more rain like this, our mosquito population can go up, and more contact with mosquitoes means ...alth officials are working to control the mosquito population and educate the public on the dangers of the buzzing pests. "We really need people to take the a...

"Alarming" Malnutrition Among Kenya Refugees: UN Agencies

...ivate land or graze livestock, leaving the refugee population almost entirely dependent on humanitarian aid, according to the agency....

Men, Not Women, Spend a Longer Time on the Phone!

...t Scotland has the biggest chunk of the chatterbox population with 62 pct of adults spending about 30 minutes on the phone....

Dark Chocolate Possible Medicine for Blood Pressure

...nically noteworthy," Taubert's team writes. On a population basis, it has been estimated that a 3-mm Hg reduction in systolic BP would reduce the relative risk of stroke mortality by 8 percent, of coronary artery disease mortality by 5 percent, and of all-cause mortality by 4 percent, the authors wrote. Th...

In China, Online Gamers Raking in the Cash

...s are always too crowded. "China has too large a population and too limited space for entertainment, that's wh...earn in a month. With an estimated online gaming population of more than 30 million last year and growing, there is no shortage of Chinese who are willing to pl...

Nutrition Education Has Proved to Be Futile

...a look at the figures associated with the American population and associated obesity rates. More than 60% of people in the US are either overweight or obese, which is more like a slap to the face of the government who might as well be throwing doughnuts down the drain instead of tax payer's dollars. According...

War Trauma-hit UK Veteran Population Set to Increase

The population of British war veterans suffering from war trauma is set to increase, according to a University of Nottingham academic . According to Dr. Nigel Hunt, Associate Professor in the Institute of Work, Health and Organisations, shows that, with no end in...

South Africa Notes Signs of First-ever Decline in HIV Infection Rates

...IV/AIDS, behind India, with about 5.5 million in a population of 48 million infected, as well as one of the world's highest rates of teenage pregnancy....

Cat Exposure Increases Bronchial Responsiveness

...f cat exposure would be beneficial to a much wider population than previously expected. Furthermore, cat allergen levels were ubiquitous in cat-owning communities, and their results showed effects of cat allergen exposure at lower levels than generally regarded necessary to produce a measurable result. Based ...

Low Income Family Adolescents Suffer Migraine

...7,399 residentsa sample representative of the U.S. population with respect to gender, age and geographic region. More than 32,000 teens were identified in this sample, and more than half of them (58.4 percent) answered the questionnaire. It is well known that heredity strongly influences whether someone will ...

Australian Research Reveals AIDS, Cancer Link

...atients are at a much higher risk than the general population of developing a range of cancers, Australian research released Friday has found. A new study, published in The Lancet medical journal, suggests a link between a depleted immune system and 20 different types of cancer and could be a breakthrough in...

Overdose of Paracetamol was Dropped

...isation rate has dropped 41% from 19.6 per 100 000 population to 12.1 per 100 000 in 2004. Myers team found that although for under 50s the rate fell 46%, there was a 50% jump in hospitalisations for the over 50s. Female overdosing fell to a greater extent than it did for males (46% vs. 29%). The majority of ...

BMA Scotland Calls for Public Debate on How Best to Increase Organ Donation Rates

...waiting list. Surveys have shown that 90% of the population supports organ donation, yet only 23% have signed up to the organ donor register. And so the decision falls to the family when they have just been told their relative has died or is dying. Not surprisingly, when they do not know their relatives wishe...

High-risk Patients Need Better Guidance on What is and Isnt a Heart Attack

...ish Heart Foundation shows that 40% of the general population would not immediately call an ambulance during a suspected heart attack and the greatest delays in calling 999 are among the high-risk group. This implies, say Dr Khavandi and colleagues, that high-risk patients do not seem to be receiving clear ef...

Traffic Control Boxes to Help Road Monitoring

...idents live in the Columbus metropolitan area. The population is growing, and so is the traffic. Coifman and Mallika tested their software using loop detector data from one of the heaviest-traveled corridors in Columbus: the interchange between Interstates 70 and 71, which cross near the middle of downtown. ...

New Heart Disease Risk Score Will Help Minimise Health Inequalities

...ed on bmj.com today, estimates that in the general population without pre-existing cardiovascular disease or dia... tend to over-predict heart disease risk in the UK population and fail to include measures of deprivation, family history of heart disease, body mass index, and t...

Exercise Reduces Inflammation

...predicting those levels of CRP in an average older population that is relatively healthy. Perhaps the most notable result of the study, according to the researchers, relates to heart-rate recovery following exercise. The quicker the individuals were able to get back to their resting heart rate after a stren...

Violence at Croatian Gay Pride March

... dismissals and physical assault in Croatia, whose population of 4.4 million is nearly 90 percent Roman Catholic. The Croatian parliament passed legislation giving limited recognition for same-sex unions in 2003....

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