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When Celebrities Die

... connection." The researchers say women are more prone to this than men and that this contagion factor in suicides is now clearly established. But there is help at hand. Dr. Jeremy Kisch, senior director for clinical education at the National Mental Health Association, based in Alexandria, Va., says "Sui...

Children suffer the most when parents divorce

...house and who move their residences often are more prone to divorce than others.Dr. Booth says that ultimately if a marriage cannot be preserved till the children become young adults, then every effort should be made to attend to the needs of the children first. This should be the first priority he says....

Skinny people need to exercise too

...But recent study shows that skinny people are also prone to developing heart diseases because fitness and fatness are both important factors in the genesis of various heart ailments. Dr. Peter T. Katzmarzyk of York University in North York, Canada, who headed the study, says that heart disease does not de...

Heart disease threat starts early in life for Diabetics

...etes. The study shows that the Diabetics are more prone for developing atherosclerosis, a condition in which fatty plaque accumulates inside the arteries and obstructs the flow of blood and oxygen. In the general population, atherosclerosis accounts for roughly 1.5 million heart attacks and 600,000 stroke...

Prevention is better than cure

...sneezing and fever. Children are six times more prone to colds as compared to adults, one reason being that they are in close contact with one another (for example, in school). Also, the resistance power of a child is low as compared to an adult. Cigarette smokers tend to have more severe colds than no...

B Vitamin protects and lowers toxicity of Arthritis Drug

...toxicity.// Patients taking Methotrexate are prone for their drug-related liver damage .This complication can be prevented by taking folate supplements, researchers report. The investigators found that patients who took folic acid or folinic acid supplements along with the arthritis drug methot...

Ear infection- a new treatment

...y help offset antibiotic resistance among children prone to this type of ear infection.Dr Henley Harrison who heads the Ear, Nose and Throat Department at Sydney Children's Hospital said it was a novel approach with impressive results. ...

Gene HPA-2 Met linked to cardiac arrest

...h HPA-2 Met have blood that is 'stickier' and more prone to form clots that fatally block the vessel serving the heart. They found that men who died of a heart attack or coronary heart disease prematurely were also more likely to carry HPA-2 Met. However, the majority of men in this study had other risk ...

Vaccination reminder for anyone over 65..

...er, your immune system may weaken, making you more prone to infection. That's why it may be wise to take a 'flu jab. Doctors at the Mayo Clinic in the US also urge people over 65 to have a pneumococcal vaccination.// The jab protects you from pneumonia, meningitis, and various other serious infections. T...

Starving leads to obesity

... famine early in their pregnancies were especially prone to later obesity. Researchers believe the increased levels of obesity are likely to be due to a change in the way the body deals with accumulated fat, probably triggered by nutritional deprivation before birth....

Birth weight key factor in heart diseases

... to put on fat after birth and develop a body type prone to heart disease.Barker says this highlights the fact that it's not your weight but how you arrived, as it is that determines your heart disease risk. 'It is the journey to being overweight that matters-that has profounded implications for public hea...

Diabetes on the rise

...on of more than a billion, and its citizens appear prone to developing diabetes later in life, and are certainly more vulnerable to its complications such as high blood pressure leading to coronary heart disease. Part of the blame falls on the adoption of a more Western lifestyle, involving fatty food an...

More about HIV

...tyles contribute to daily stress are the ones most prone to immune system breakdown, falling T cell counts, and rapid progression of the disease. In light of these findings, doctors are now treating patients both physically and psychologically. They have seen how rapidly a patient can deteriorate, even wh...

Breast cancer evidence

...rt claims that women who work nightshifts are more prone to develop breast cancer. Research carried out in America found that women who regularly worked during the nights for up to three years were 45% more likely to develop breast cancer than those who did not work at night. And the risk increased to 65% ...

Ritalin May Lower Cocaine Abuse

...tions, including whether they might make kids more prone to taking illegal drugs with stimulant effects. Researchers say the findings support studies of children with the disorder that showed those treated with stimulant drugs were less likely than untreated children to abuse illicit drugs later on. They...

Zinc supplements improve survival rate

...ies with low birth weights, who also might be more prone to zinc deficiency. Providing the supplements, which cost about 30 cents a month, would be an easy, inexpensive way to address a serious problem....

Music aids in curing dementia

...f they are working then perhaps they would be less prone to degenerating." Caroline Welsh, from Music for Life and one of the musicians who has played for dementia patients, said the therapy helps patients to communicate. There is a childlike quality that people suffering from dementia have, so they are r...

Cinnamon combats Diabetes

... blurred vision, and can make the patient far more prone to heart disease and stroke. Patients often have to greatly modify their diets and take exercise to protect their health. Scientists at the US Agricultural Research Service's nutrition labs in Beltsville, Maryland, US have found that an extract of ...

Alcoholics are prone to disability

According to a new study alcoholics are prone to a kind of disability. Researchers at Pope University, have found the effects of the study of alcohol on the health of aged people between 51 and 62.// Those with a history of persistent problem drinking were 20 per cent more likely to report dis...

Hypothyroidism can affect babies

...ulties. Pregnant women with the condition are more prone to a potentially life-threatening condition called pre-eclampsia and to have their babies prematurely. Because foetuses' thyroid glands do not kick into action until the middle trimester of pregnancy, they are reliant on their mother in the early sta...

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