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Onions to prevent osteoporosis

...or as an extract. Osteoporosis is a disease that affects most elderly people above 50yrs of age. Females get more affected than males because of their physiological conditions. If the effects of onion are as good on human beings, then there may be a chance to get cured of this disease very soon. Reference...

Light can help fight gum bacteria

... light exposure. Periodontis the 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 t...

Restless leg syndrome can be a family trait

...lated chromosome 12q as the genetic component that affects the people with restless leg syndrome. The study also suggest the presence of at least one other gene in the human body that together with the former one affect the people with the syndrome. The researchers have reported that most of the sufferers ...

Smoking to increase risk of age-related eye disorder

...ss of vision for the elderly people. This disorder affects the central vision and makes it difficult to do anything that would like the eye to see something in detail. Macular degeneration makes it difficult for the elderly to read, drive or even watch television. Earlier researchers in their study have po...

New drug to multiple sclerosis symptoms

...disease of the central nervous system. The disease affects the brain and spinal cord and medication till date had only been able to treat the problem symptomatically. One of the symptoms of this disease is called pseudobulbar affect is often characterized by episodes of laughter and crying in inappropriate s...

Essential tremor can lead to dementia

... the tremor of the hands, head, neck, face etc. It affects few people after age of 40 and most people after t... of having impaired intellectual ability. Dementia affects mostly the people in the age group of 65 yrs and above....

Infants going to day-care may have lower risk of leukemia

...phoblastic leukemia (ALL) is a form of cancer that affects the lymphocyte producing cells. These cells stay in the bone marrow. Lymphocytes are white blood cells are the most important ingredient of the body’s immunity. In ALL, there is an accumulation of lymphocyte precursor cells, also called blast cells, ...

Smoking may affect multiple sclerosis

...disease of the central nervous system. The disease affects the brain and spinal cord and medication till date had only been able to treat the problem symptomatically. In the initial stages of the disease, the patients suffer from the symptoms periodically. This phase is medically termed as relapsing-remittin...

Promising cure for West Nile Virus

...falling into a coma or paralysis. The virus mainly affects people over the age of 50 yrs. The researchers feel that it may still be a long way to develop the antibody to be inoculated in the human beings, as the ones they have created have certain disadvantages like their varied ability to fight the disease...

Early identification of autism possible

...ve and language development etc. Autism disorder affects children and hampers their communicative skills, social interactive skills, and ability to develop any interest. Autism is said to stem from neuro-developmental abnormalities. The results of the study showed that by 12 months of age, infants who wer...

New gene therapy for Alzheimer’

...s disease with gene therapy// Alzheimer’s disease affects the brain cells and slowly destroys them. The main symptoms of the disease are decreasing memory, ability to reason, creative abilities and learning powers. One of the main features of this disease is the destruction of cholinergic neurons. The new ...

High expression of interferon induces lupus disease

... system, joints, or even heart. When the condition affects only the internal organs, it is called systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). The wide range of symptoms makes it difficult for physicians to diagnose and treat SLE. The new study had found out that activation of the type I interferon pathway is more c...

New guidelines for dealing with post traumatic stress disorder

... different in terms of what it destroys and how it affects people. Hence special disaster planning needs to be done to cater to every different form of disaster and the anguish it inflicts upon men who suffer. Some symptoms of PTSD are flashbacks; sleep problems, difficulty in concentrating, and emotional i...

New Treatment for Chronic Hepatitis B

...tis B is a viral infection of the liver. The virus affects the liver and may cause long term damage like cirrhosis (scarring) of the liver, liver cancer, liver failure, and death. The virus may make the patient infected for a lifetime, with much recurrence of the symptoms. The side effects of the treatment...

New info about Huntington's disease found

...light on the details of how Huntington's disease// affects the brain cells of the patient. Huntington's disease is a genetic disorder that slowly destroys the ability of the person to think or move on his own. Early symptoms of the disease may be depression, mood swings, forgetfulness, and inability to conc...

Approval for DNA test to detect cystic fibrosis

...n that causes the body to produce thick mucus that affects the lungs and can cause severe and fatal lung infections. These secretions can also affect pancreas and cause serious problems of food digestion. Cystic fibrosis is expressed as a disease in a child when he inherits the faulty genes from both the par...

Low glycemic diet effective for reducing cardiovascular risk

... fat diet. A Glycemic index measures how the food affects our blood sugar. Glycemic Index (GI) ranks foods on their effect on the blood sugar level. The index ranges from 1 to 100. Some food items raise the blood glucose level more than the others. These are the ones with low GI (less than 55). High GI food...

ADHD improvement with sensory intervention

... Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a condition that affects nearly 3 to 5 percent of children in pre-school and early school years. Children with ADHD are known to be impulsive, inattentive and hyperactive. Recent studies have pointed out genetics and neurobiological causes that lead to ADHD. The usual ways o...

Mothers diet in pregnancy and after can prevent daughter’s breast cancer

...ecrease the maternal estrogen levels. This in turn affects the increase in immunity that leads to less risk of breast cancer in daughters’....

Education in women brings sounder sleep

...Education in women seems to be another factor that affects the sleep or lack of it. Educated women reported more peaceful sleep at night than women who are homemakers and not so educated. But the results reverse in case of highly educated men who get less sleep....

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