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Tea may prevent Alzheimer's

... Alzheimer's is a form of generative dementia that affects an estimated 10 million people worldwide. Accordi... though, to find out how the chemistry of the body affects the activity of the tea enzymes. Courtesy : CoABC Science Online...

Consumption Of Red Meat Found To Double The Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis

...matory disease of the immune system that typically affects joints. According to latest findings researchers say // people consuming high amounts of red meat may be doubling their risk for rheumatoid arthritis . Researchers compared 88 rheumatoid arthritis patients, drawn from a research sample of over 25,0...

Magnetic Stimulation For Parkinson’s Diseas

...r has dealt with Parkinson’s disease. He says, “It affects me. It really does. I mean this is a disease of the brain, of the mind, and it plays very big games on your head.” Criner recently joined a new study with a neurologist who was testing transcranial magnetic stimulation. “We think that TMS makes pat...

Vaginal Birth After C-section Dangerous For Both Mother And Baby

...y aimed to see how vaginal birth after a c-section affects mother and child. Thus researchers followed about...ections to see how vaginal birth after a c-section affects mother and child. About 18,000 decided to try a vaginal birth. Three-quarters of that group were suc...

The Dangers Of Anorexia

...reat harm to the health of adolescent girls // and affects many of the body’s most important systems. Studies in the past have shown adverse bodily affects from the disease, but most have been conducted among women who were so sick that they had to be hosp...

Report on the Safety and Effectiveness of Melatonin supplements

...nia, which is the the most common sleep disorder, affects 6 -12 % of adults, while 15 - 25 % of children have difficulty initiating or maintaining sleep. Sleep disorders cost an estimated $16 billion in medical costs alone each year. Indirect costs due to lost or sub-standard work productivity, accidents, r...

Vitamin C Consumption In Pregnancy Found To Increase The Likelihood Of Asthma and Eczema in Kids

... determine how antioxidant intake during pregnancy affects the development of asthma and eczema in children. The full two-year study was completed by 1,300 of the women. The participants were required to fill out questionnaires that asked them about their dietary habits during pregnancy. They also had their ...

No Steroids for Traumatic Brain Injury

...aumatic brain injury cases. Traumatic brain injury affects about 1.4 million Americans every year and causes 50,000 deaths....

Doctors warned of fluoride toxicity

... and general feeling of unwell. Fluoride toxicity affects patients very subtly and may not be diagnosed till at a very advanced stage. In India cases of fluoride toxicity were reported from Nalgonda district of Andhra Pradesh where an overdose of fluoride in drinking water has affected about a million peopl...

Pollution can cause damage to fetus in womb

...dy was aimed to find out if environmental toxicity affects the susceptibility to cancer in human beings, especially babies. The results show that the PAH which enters the placenta of the fetus are carcinogenic in nature and causes a change in the DNA structure of the fetus, thus raising the risk of cancer ...

Exercising regularly can reduce the risk of Parkinson’s diseas

...y and inability to maintain a posture. The disease affects the brain cells that produce a neural substance ca...mine.According to the scientists, the disease less affects adult males who exercise regularly since their early adulthood than males who were lethargic. At tim...

New Tooth Paste Is Here To Fill In Dental Cavities

...l in the gap. Conventionally, when dental caries affects a tooth, the affected part is removed and the gap is filled with a metal alloy or resin. At times such a procedure may require removing a part of the healthy tooth as well. The new paste will not require removal of tooth, whole or in parts, as it can...

Chemical found in plants may be the treatment for leukemia

...current study says that the chemical parthenolide, affects only the stem cells and no other healthy blood cells. Hence the researchers are of the opinion that compared to other chemo-therapy drugs like Ara-C, parthenolide is better suited to treatment of leukemia as it works much more specifically on the aff...

Computer System To Predict Deep Vein Thrombosis

...ot inside a blood vessel is often a condition that affects people who has been dehydrated, or sitting or lying in the same position for long, like the patients in the hospitals. Scientists have developed a computer program linked to patient database that will identify hospitalized patients at a risk of thi...

Blindness may be genetic by nature

...mbination of fats, proteins etc called drusen that affects the eye tissue s well. The particular variant of gene CFH causes up to seven times damage to eye tissue in elderly when compared to other forms of the gene. This happens, as this particular form of genes does not inhibit inflammations in the eye, cau...

Mercury Pollution Linked To Rise In Autism

...idney or liver. Autism is a behavior disorder that affects the children and has a neural or genetic component, says the experts. Mercury was for a long time was being associated with autism, but it was considered to be the one present in the MMR vaccine given to children. Studies have failed to make any conc...

Mouth Infection better handled with new discovery

...anes of the mouth, tongue and throat. It primarily affects people with weakened immune systems caused by antibiotics, chemotherapy or diseases such as AIDS. Denture wearers may also be affected. It can be treated by antifungal medications in otherwise healthy people, but it is harder to treat in people with ...

Different Drug May Help Children With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

... disease is linked with the X-chromosomes and thus affects male population. Mostly incurable, this disease causes congenital heart problems in boys. It is estimated that 1 in 3000 to 3500 boys suffer from the disease of Duchenne muscular dystrophy. The study, which was aimed to examine the effects of perind...

Low Socioeconomic Status May Lead To Mental Illness

...suffered and the nature of the mental illness that affects the poverty stricken population. For a long time, poor mental health was associated with a lot of factors like hereditary influence, family history, and the like. The new study not only highlights the role played by socio-economic factors, but also ...

New Enzyme Identified For Arthritis

...arthritis. Arthritis is a condition that not only affects the elderly, but is known to affect the children as well. Arthritis in children can affect them from the age as less as six months and have a major influence on how their life shapes afterwards. Inflammatory arthritis is also common in conditions of ...

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