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Colon cancer risk linked to genes causing Hemochromatosis

...t. They also found that cancer risk increased with age and greater iron intake. The researchers who believe that at least 15% of the population carries at least one copy of the mutated gene, said that this study could lead to improved colon cancer screening protocols....

Adult COPD or asthma could be effectively treated with Xopenex

...fects approximately 8.6 million children under the age of 18. A new study conducted at the Halifax Regio...nd as 0.63 mg and 1.25 mg for patients 12 years of age and older. Xopenex brand levalbuterol HCl inhalation solution is indicated for the treatment or prev...

The elderly can sleep better now!

...he ear.// One hundred and twenty individuals over age 60, who were having trouble sleeping, were involved in the study in which researchers had the pearls placed on seven points of the ear believed to have an effect on promoting sleep. In the treatment that lasted for 3 weeks, the subjects' sleep was mo...

Unfavourable Lipid-Lipoprotein profiles in older adults has been linked to abdominal visceral fat

...ose concentrations in 19 women and 31 men over the age of 60. The subjects were divided into groups based on high or low abdominal visceral fat, fat mass and abdominal visceral fat corrected for fat mass. The researchers found that there were differences in very-low-density lipoprotein (VLDL), triglycer...

Less sleep:more risk for heart attack in women

...he suggested eight hours, even after adjusting for age differences. Women who sleep six hours a night boost their heart attack risk by 30 percent. However, it was also indicated that those women who slept nine or more hours a night increased their heart disease risk by 57 percent. Dr. Najib T. Ayas, an ...

Asmanex Twisthaler launched by Schering-Plough for treatment of asthma

...r severe persistent asthma in patients 12 years of age and older. It was launched in the United Kingdom in January and is expected to be launched in the other European Union(EU) markets, in the next few months. Asmanex Twisthaler, a dry powder inhaler, contains the orally// inhaled corticosteroid mometas...

Macular Degeneration treatment with Laser

...h currently affects 30 per cent of people over the age of 75. Most people affected with this disease suffer from the dry form that has no proven treatment until now. However, a new laser could offer hope to those suffering from the disease. This laser treatment, which takes just 15 minutes, involves gent...

Untreated Scoliosis patients found to lead productive and active lives

...LIS), a curvature of the spine diagnosed after the age ten, have been found to lead normal, productive li...n to people without scoliosis who where similar in age and gender. They found that 22 patients out of 98 complained of shortness of breath during everyday ...

Migraine & Juvenile stroke could be associated

...ved 160 consecutive patients, less than 46years of age with first-ever ischaemic stroke or transient isch... odds ratio of 2.11. For the subgroups - below the age of 35years and the female subgroup - the odds ratio was higher at 3.26 and 2.68 respectively. The in...

Children who used anaesthesia drugs could suffer brain damage

...s also found that in both rats, those one month of age and those in their adulthood, the anaesthesia had caused significant learning and memory problems....

Marijuana 'gateway' theory strengthened by study of twins

...in which only one twin had smoked marijuana before age 17 has bolstered the fiercely debated "gateway theory" that pot can lead to harder drugs. The study included 136 sets of identical twins who shared the same genetic makeup and all the participants were 30 years of age, on an average, when they were a...

Blood pressure control with ACE inhibitor or diuretic?

...itor and then using a diuretic, if one is over the age of 65, while the ALLHAT study recommended starting with a diuretic and then adding a calcium channel blocker or an ACE inhibitor. Reid concluded that further research will lead to a situation where there will be specific recommendations for various g...

Elevated homocysteine levels linked to congestive heart failure risk

...in women. The study involved 2,491 adults, average age 72 years, who were studied during 1979 to 1982 and 1986 to 1990 and were free of heart problems at the start. Researchers found 156 cases of heart failure during the follow-up, out of which 88// were in women. Those with the highest levels of homocys...

Cervicogenic headache can be identified with a fibromyalgia test

...d that out of the group of subjects, whose average age was 44.8 years and 43.9 years for men and women respectively, 11 reported no headache, 37 had mild headache, 57 had moderately severe headache and 94 had severe headache. The fibromyalgia examination determined the presence of pain, which was then fo...

Ways to handle ugly toenails

... a problem that occurs in 1 in 2 persons above the age of 50. This condition is caused by a long standing fungal infection and it gives toenails a thick, yellow and crumbly appearance. Doctors at the Mayo Clinic advice consulting with a chiropodist who might recommend an anti-fungal drug. However, these ...

Poorer breast cancer prognosis with reduced physical activity

...tion with the severity of disease, treatment type, age and body mass index. On average, a woman's physical activity decreased by two hours a week after diagnosis. There was also indication that women who underwent intensive therapies such as surgery, radiation and chemotherapy had a 50% decrease in thei...

Risk factor high for women who took HRT

...a heart attack. They studied 13,084 women over the age of 45, less than half of whom had taken HRT. They found that women with diabetes who took HRT were up to three times more likely// to die early compared to those without the condition. The researchers were not able to explain these effects. However...

Snoring Linked To Headaches

...year) headaches. The study involved people between age 18 and 65. When the researchers analysed people, those with chronic headache had an average of 260 days with headaches per year and those with occasional headache had an average of 24 headache days per year.// However researchers said more findings i...

Suicide reduced by anti-depressants

...substantial reduction in suicide occurrence in the age groups with the highest exposure to antidepressants. However doctors still argue that, it is the medical treatment, and not necessarily the use of anti-depressants that reduces suicide....

Mammograms better than self-exam

...They also recommended that women above 40 years of age receive mammograms annually. Researchers say that ... self-examination. Women between 20 to 39 years of age should receive a clinical breast exam every three years and those who are 40 or older examine their ...

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