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High-Carbohydrate diet plus exercise !

...e measured. As expected, triglycerides were higher after high-carbohydrate diet without exercise than after the low-carbohydrate diet. But the increase in triglycerides was significantly lower after the high-...

Smoking can depreciate intellegence

...n either non-smokers or former smokers. This was after taking account of factors known to affect brain function in older people, such as depression and alcohol use. Researcher Martin Prince said: "Our results indicate that persistent cigarette-smoking into late life increases the risk of cognitive impair...

Blood transfusions beneficial after heart attacks

... information, and willingness to give transfusions after heart attacks varies widely among doctors....

Blood Pressure Drug may slow wasting in burn victims

...metabolic overdrive that makes patients waste away after severe burns and other major injuries. In a study, researchers at Shriners Hospital for Children in Galveston, Texas, tried propranolol on 13 children with bad burns and left 12 untreated to compare. The drug, one of a class known as beta blockers, c...

Resurface your skin

...minutes and you might expect a visible improvement after three to five treatments spaced out over about four weeks. You do need to protect your new skin from the sun thereafter, with sunscreen. If you are careful about this, the results of resurfacing your skin will last for at least four years....

Breast Cancer Surgery Causes Psychological problems

...more likely to be depressed, paranoid or psychotic after surgery compared to women with early-stage breast cancer. But women older than 50 years of age were less likely to be depressed than younger women, the researchers found....

New gene for hairloss

...s are born with scalp hair, but it fails to regrow after being shaved, as is the custom in the Pakistani family in which the gene was identified. Other work has shown that a malfunctioning hairless gene can cause another hair-loss disorder, called papular atrichia. They investigated the function of the pr...

Estrogen Does Not Prevent Recurrent Strokes

...e of preventing recurrent heart attacks. This came after several studies suggested the combination therapy of estrogen and progestin actually raises the risk of recurrent heart attack, at least temporarily. Currently, the only well-established benefits of hormone replacement are in reducing menopause sym...

Short stature -a problem

... They were examined again over a three-year period after starting treatment. Scientists initially found t...ent test scores changed with treatment. However, after hormone therapy behaviour problems improved. The children were less anxious, attention improved and ...

Look out for gout

...nd wine, and women can be affected too, especially after the menopause. However, the condition does tend to affect middle-aged men and some people find an attack follows eating foods such as anchovies, sardines or liver. Typically gout affects the big toe joint which becomes hot, red, swollen and very pain...

Deep Sleep Doesn't Increase Memory

...f REM sleep per eight hours of sleep, usually just after falling asleep. Humans on average get about two ho...f REM sleep per eight hours of sleep, usually just after falling asleep. "There are many kinds of brain activity that can affect the memory, but there is n...

Is Smallpox Threat Real ?

...ymptoms of smallpox typically appear about 12 days after infection and include high fever, fatigue, and head and back pain. A characteristic rash also appears about two or three days later on the face, arms and legs. The rash starts with flat red lesions, but then become pus-filled and begins to crust in t...

Gene Therapy Destroys Pancreatic Cancer Cells

...This killed the pancreatic cancer cells in the lab after a few days. The observations are very provocative and with a little tweaking, may lead to an effective therapy for a devastating and aggressive disease....

Woman gets cancer from transplanted kidney

...lung cancer developed cancer herself several years after her transplant. // The woman has made a full re...cores the importance of closely following patients after organ transplantation, according to researchers led by Dr. Sigurdur Bodvarsson of the University of ...

Miscarriage linked to late embryos

...he lining of the womb anywhere from six to 12 days after ovulation, the researchers from the National Insti...essful pregnancies implant eight, nine or ten days after the egg's release from the ovary, with those implanting on day eight having the greatest chance of s...

Quit coffee and help your heart

... gave blood samples at the beginning of the study, after 4 weeks and at the end of the study period. After 8 weeks, participants who refrained from drinking coffee showed a 12% decrease in homocysteine levels. Quitting cut total cholesterol levels by 0.31 millimoles per liter, a weaker effect than seen in...

Ajanta Launches World's First Once-A-Day Nimesulide Oral Formulation

...ond most important product in the Ajanta portfolio after Carofit for which it has a global patent. Currently, the nimesulide market in India is worth Rs. 200 crore. Ajanta, which has been conducting aggressive research for development of novel oral products and improved formulations, is looking for inter...

A new contraceptive

...o block fertilisation, perhaps only just before or after intercourse", said Dr Chapman....

Hormone Deficiency Results In Miscarriage

...ormally released by the mother and the embryo soon after it implants itself in the womb. Without it, the em...king the embryo. Without CRH, these cells would go after the embryo as if it were a virus or other foreign invader. Indeed, half of the genetic material of a...

Sex life enhanced by cycling

...ness). They followed the programme for nine weeks, after which time both their sex lives and their overall quality of life showed marked improvement. While the rest of the group did no exercise, and reported no improvement. The benefits of exercise relate to an improvement in circulation - for medical te...

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