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Hormone Therapy May Trigger Asthma

...rmones may contribute to the onset of asthma among adult women, but do not appear to hasten the development of COPD," the study authors write....

Baby Talking Is Good For Your Child

...grasp the language faster than listening to normal adult talk. Baby talk or infant directed (ID) speech he...directed speech, but not after hearing the same in adult way of talking. The researchers are of the opinion that by learning to recognize words in the infan...

FDA Approves New Drug For Asthma In Children

...of 12 yrs and above, the drug may also be used for adult patients who require oral corticosteroids. These patients will require lesser doses of corticosteroids or stopping of the steroid based treatment after the start of the treatment with Asmanex Twisthaler. However, as a side effect of the treatment, us...

Effect of estrogen on behavior difference between sexes

...osition that forms the main genetic pattern of the adult behavior. The study is published in the March issue of Proceedings of the National Academies of Sciences. The new role for estrogen receptor may pave way for further research into sex-specific diseases, behavioral areas of aggression, depression et...

Light can help fight gum bacteria

...gum disease that affects anyone from a child to an adult and leads to severe toothache and tooth decay that can lead to decay of the bones ultimately. Using light exposure to kill bacteria may become better good way to treat people with chronic periodontitis The results of the study were published in the n...

Infections in childhood may lead to adult heart disease

...re childhood infections may lead to early signs of adult heart disease say the scientists of UK Institute// of Child Health. The children observed were part of a study sample called Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC). The research was done to assess the flexibility of the children’s ...

Obesity may be from weight gained by the newborn

...ight gain in the first week of life and that of an adult was also made for the reference population. The r...e first week f life is a critical factor to decide adult obesity. This may help in understanding how chronic diseases are activated and may suggest new ways ...

Diet to lower heart disease risk for type 2 diabetes

...es the risk of death from cardiovascular causes.An adult is supposed to take about 25g to 30g of fiber in his diet, as per the recommendation of the WHO. The study says most American adults take about 15g of dietary fiber. Supplements of fiber are aimed to make for the difference. The new study made by t...

Birth weight and adult body weight increases heart disease

...dical School have reported that birth weight and// adult body weight of women can contribute towards increa... are same for all weight levels for women in their adult life, saying that there exits no association between size of the newborn and adult body weight on de...

Cloning of human embryos for stem cells made possible

...esearch points out that it isnow possible to have adult cell nuclear transfers, which was previously unheard of.. The Korean researchers, along with researchers from University of Pittsberg, had emptied the DNA rom the eggs donated by volunteers and transferred the DNA from the skin cells of the patients...

Adult bone health is dependent on lifestyle we live

...h, childhood actors that may seem to be related to adult health risks like obesity heart disease and cancer... the thigh-bone (femur). The results showed that adult lifestyle and bodyweight accounted for most of the bone health of adults between the ages of 49 and ...

Urinary incontinence linked to bedwetting as a child

...searchers have established the association between adult urinary incontinence with bedwetting// as a child....f the association between childhood bedwetting and adult urinary incontinence may be able to make the medical practitioners and patients both aware of the ri...

Plastic to cause breast cancer

...b enough to cause breast cancer to the baby in her adult life. The research, which is published in the current edition of the journal Endocrinology, blames the plastic ingredient bisphenol A for causing the damage. Bisphenol-A (BPA) is a chemical founding the clear plastics that are used as food grade ma...

PUFA reduces risk of cataract

... fat intake and cataract extraction was studied in adult women from the Nurses' Health Study in US whereby nearly 72000 women were followed prospectively for up to 16 years. The study was done from the year 1984 to 2000. Questionnaires were used to assess the fat intake in the diet. Incident cases of cata...

Association between childhood diet and stroke

... the effect of social position in childhood, or of adult vegetable intake and associated lifestyle factors could be confounding factors. The result also showed that higher intake of fish was associated with higher risk of stroke. But surprisingly increased intake of antioxidants in childhood was not found ...

Roots of polycystic ovarian syndrome traced to mother’s wom

... polycystic ovarian syndrome in daughters in their adult life. Reference: European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology, news release, June 2005, polycystic ovarian syndrome, mother’s womb, pregnancy and childbirth, female fetus, high maternal bodyweight, developmental pathways, androgens, irregul...

Testing genes for disease does not cause harm to children of people with Alzheimers

...is the part of the apolipoprotein E (APOE) gene of adult children of patients with Alzheimers. ApoE4 is linked with incidence of Alzheimer's disease. The data was a comparison between two sets of participants, one who were told that they are either positive or negative in the test, and the other group, whe...

Antibiotics help combat dangerous tropical disease

... genitalia like the scrotum, penis or vulva. The adult wuchereria worms have a lifespan of up to five yea...ls. Once in the blood circulation they mature into adult worm and settle in their lymph nodes and the cycle keeps repeating. "Although the drugs currently i...

Women may not seek help for pelvic floor disorders

...ymptoms estimated to affect about one third of the adult women population. Three of the most common symptoms of the disorder are urinary incontinence, anal incontinence and pelvic organ prolapse. The survey results of the study showed that about 72% of the total women surveyed suffered from pelvic floor ...

Survey shows how bipolar disorder affects the quality of life for patients

...essive illness that affects 3 to 4 5 of the global adult population. This is a chronic condition and most of the sufferers have multiple occurrences of the condition for most of their lives. The survey results reveal that a third of the total people surveyed feel that social interactions suffer, as peopl...

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