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Ovarian cancer in relationship with Hormone therapy

... had no greater risk. Postmenopausal oestrogen is already known to increase the risk of endometrial and breast cancer when used for a long time, but until this study, the effect of postmenopausal oestrogen use on ovarian cancer had not established....

Heart Attacks during Menstruation!

...es play in a wide range of functions. Research has already shown that the time of the month can profoundly affect the symptoms of migraine, asthma and cardiac arrhythmia.The early follicular phase - the week during or immediately after a period-produced the worst exercise performance and the quickest time to...

Minor mutations in HIV virus

... mother targeted. In mothers in whom mutations has already arisen, the children could not target the virus effectively....

Genetic influence in menopause

...ted data from 243 non-twin sisters in 118 families already participating in a breast cancer screening project.// They also collected data from twin sisters. They found that the age of reaching menopause is 85-87 per cent down to genetic factors in non-twins, and 70 to 71 per cent genetic in twins. Research...

Silicon eye implants

... Alan Chow, the co-inventor of the device, who had already done this work an year back over three people who had lost their vision due// to a hereditory condition called retinitis pigmentosa,said that implanting three more people will give them a large data. He would be doing the implant of these micro chip...

Gene clue to antibiotics

...nome solved to date. The Streptomyces genome has already revealed many new genes that are involved in antibiotic synthesis. This opens up the way to the discovery of many new antibiotics. Streptomyces also makes potential anti-cancer drugs, and immune-suppressants. Incidentally Streptomyces is also quite...

Probiotics can help

...oea and respiratory infections.Lactobacillus GG is already known to reduce the duration of acute diarrhoea in children, but there have been few studies into its possible preventive effects. The latest study in the British Medical Journal is the first to examine long-term effects in normal healthy children....

Chemists prepare for face-off with manufacturers

...ah claims that Subiksha Group from South India has already firmly entrenched itself in organized retailing, having established 80 outlets in 12 cities and targeting to open another 500. He further said that the famous Apollo Hospital has also ventured in the business through Apollo Pharmacy. Mr. Shah has co...

Fingerprinting prostate cancer

...tween normal and cancer tissue. Of these, some are already known to be involved in cancer, while others were completely new. Of particular interest were two genes - hepsin and pim-1. The highest levels of hepsin were found in pre-cancerous tissue just before cancer develops, and the lowest in benign prosta...

New therapy better at increasing bone density

...for older women increases their bone density.It is already well established that hormone replacement therapy - oestrogen plus progesterone helps prevent osteoporosis in women past the menopause. According to researchers at Creighton University in the US, a new study covering 400 women, that this blend of hor...

Dementia - a global problem

...y - and private care is expensive. The Group has already trained 120 researchers and clinicians in 26 countries in dementia care. The next stage is to learn more about risk factors for dementia around the world. After all, lifestyle, environment and genetics could have a big impact on dementia but we know ...

Statins reduce heart attacks

...d increasing its ability to remove LDL cholesterol already in the blood. Statins may also modestly increase HDL, the good cholesterol, and slightly decrease triglycerides, another fat in the blood. The three biggest-selling brands of statins are Lipitor, Zocor, and Pravachol. For patients needing no more t...

NPIL withdraws Parkinson’s dru

.... However, according to NPPA sources the cased was already ‘‘pending review’’ with the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers. According to NPPA sources the 10 tablet strips came under the price control which the company launched after the price control on vials.// The existing MRP of a 10 tablet strip of 25...

Aggressive blood pressure treatment needed

...stolic Hypertension in the Elderly Programme. They already found that treating systolic (top figure) hypertension reduces adverse events like heart attacks. This new study divides patients into four groups, depending on their cardiovascular risk. Treating those in the high risk group is four times more eff...

Micro-camera provides new breast imaging technique

...e with local anaesthetic. Pre-cancerous cells have already been identified in four women who had symptoms such as nipple discharge. br>...

Smoking can depreciate intellegence

... were also assessed. After excluding those who had already had evidence of intellectual impairment//, everyone else was followed up a year later to see whether there was any evidence of a decline in intellect. Of the 415 people who could be retested, one in 14 had suffered significant intellectual decline....

Blood transfusions beneficial after heart attacks

... beta blockers or clot-dissolving drugs, which are already standard care for heart attacks. // The size of the benefit depends on how anemic people are. But even those with mild cases lower their risk of death by one-quarter during the first month of recovery if they get transfusions. The risk falls by tw...

Iron is a two sided sword

... they use them to guarantee an iron intake that is already adequate....

For healthy lungs

...nt. Antioxidants have also been shown to encourage already damaged cells to "commit suicide". The research is published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute....

Fluoride Found Effective in Osteoporosis

...eatment of 85 women aged 65 years or older who had already experienced one or more backbone fractures from osteoporosis. Women treated with fluoride showed significant improvements in various measures of bone formation compared with women not treated with fluoride, the researchers note, suggesting that fra...

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