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South Africa dilly-dallying on AIDS situation

...sident Thabo Mbeki caused a flutter when he openly questioned whether the HIV actually caused AIDS. He had then questioned the wisdom of the scientists and said the AIDS epidemic was overly played up. Now the opposition ha...

Prevention of cataracts

...onnaires about their food intake.// They were also questioned on whether they took vitamin supplements and were given eye examinations during the study.// Researchers specifically looked for the development of cataracts. A cataract is a condition in which the lens loses its clearness and often occurs late in li...

Misleading anti-malarial drug

...he preventive efficacy of a malaria drug are being questioned by experts, who say the statements are misleading and should be withdrawn. Manufacturer GlaxoSmithKline markets the anti-malarial drug Malarone (atovaquone and proguanil) as being 97 per cent effective at preventing the aggressive falciparum strain o...

Estrogen Does Not Prevent Recurrent Strokes

...ase and, possibly, stroke. But recent research has questioned that reasoning. The American Heart Association issued guidelines stating that women should not receive hormone replacement for the sole purpose of preventing recurrent heart attacks. This came after several studies suggested the combination therapy...

Pregnant smokers could harm their child

...n of tobacco use in children." // The researchers questioned almost 700 10-year-olds, more then half of whose mothers smoked an average of 15 cigarettes a day during pregnancy. Among the 47 children who said they had smoked, most had been exposed to tobacco in the womb. Research in animals suggests that damage...

Cut down on fries

...r, called squamous cell carcinoma, the researchers questioned 234 women with the disease from Oxfordshire, East Anglia, Trent and Eastern Scotland about their lifestyles. Women who ate a cooked breakfast each morning were at more than twice the risk of developing oesophageal cancer as those who began the day wi...

Smoke less to stay young

...h. Using a list of 11 symptoms, the research team questioned 118 young people in their first year of high school to understand their cigarette comsumption patterns and determine their level of nicotine dependency. Among the young people who said they had smoked only once or twice in the month before the interv...

Cure for common cold

...ng between their menstrual periods. The panel also questioned whether the drug could be used by the general population because the participants in the clinical trial were mainly young, white, otherwise healthy women. <br...

Hormone Therapy applicable for Prostate Cancer

...t the cancer is not there," Koeneman said. He also questioned Bolla's assertion androgen suppression could contribute to cancer cell death. "Androgen suppression in the history of man has never cured anybody that we know of."Dr. Rowan Chlebowski, chief of medical oncology at the Harbor-UCLA Research Education I...

Attitude affects life's quality

...xture of both. The same group of 400 patients were questioned 35 years later. This time the participants were questioned about their physical functioning, role limitations, bodily pain, general health perception, vitality...

Misinterpretation living wills

...t these procedures at all. But some of the doctors questioned said they would not do CPR or insert a tube into any patient who had made a living will - whether they wanted it or not. However, two of the physician group said they would do this - even if they knew the patient was bound not to recover. Clearly t...

Plastic surgery popular with men also!

...More than two thousand men were surveyed, and when questioned about what they would like to change about their appearance, 45% of men wanted to change their body contour, 25% - signs// of facial aging, 13% - their nose, 12% - their chest and 5% wanted to change their legs. The survey revealed that approval for ...

Old theory of adaptation confirmed by new study

...als were followed for 15 years and were frequently questioned about their life satisfaction. The study specifically// looked at individuals who were single and then married and those who were married and were widowed during the study. They found that though people initially reacted strongly to good or bad event...

Moderate Exercise may not help prevent Heart Disease

...ajor drawback of the study was that, men were only questioned about their exercise habits one time at the start of the study, so there is no way to know if they have changed their habits over the 10 years the study was conducted. The researchers found that those who did the most exercise were 40 per cent less l...

Study casts doubt on keyboard ills

...f nearly 7,000 workers at 3,500 locations who were questioned initially on symptoms and 5,568 of the group who were assessed a year later. This study found a prevalence of possible carpal tunnel syndrome between 1.4 percent and 4.8 percent based on a screening questionnaire and a clinical interview, and ...

Estrogen in Food Reduces Cancer Risk

... included 470 healthy women. All of the women were questioned about their dietary intakes. Researchers specifically focused on three classes of phytoestrogens including isoflavones, coumestans and lignans. Researchers report eating foods with isoflavones and lignan, but not coumestans, was associated with a re...

Chronic Diseases said to Cause Falls in the Elderly

... the study show nearly three quarters of the women questioned suffered from at least one chronic illness. Nearly 17 percent of the women had fallen at least once in the previous year, 7 percent experienced frequent falls, and 6.8 percent required medical attention after falling. Those with chronic diseases had ...

Don’t Blame the High Heels

...milarly aged women without knee problems. All were questioned about past knee injuries, arthritis of the feet, smoking history, weight history, occupational activities that could have led to knee problems, and the wearing of high heeled shoes. Wearing heels did not appear to make a difference in whether a woma...

Selective eating just an evolutionary trait?

... of certain food types as youngsters. Researchers questioned 564 mothers of young children about their eating habits. The fussiest children liked potatoes, cereal and cakes but avoided vegetables, fruit and meat.The researchers believe the behavior develops when children become more independent as a protective...

Link Between Obesity and Behavior in Kids

...e National Longitudinal Survey //of Youth and were questioned about weight, behavior, physical and mental health, education, demographic, and socioeconomic status. Children were classified as overweight if their body mass index was at or above the 95th percentile. They were classified as having a behavior probl...

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