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Cirrhosis on the rise

...s, there has been an eight-fold increase in deaths among men, and seven-fold among women. Cirrhosis of the liver now kills 1,600 women a year, compared to 1,200 seven years ago - more...

Triglycerides Linked To Stroke Risk

...r the main type of stroke, called ischemic stroke, among patients with heart disease. Ischemic strokes, which occur when a clot or narrowed artery cuts off the brain's blood supply, account for about 80% of all strokes. The other 20% are due to broken blood vessels in the brain. People can lower their tr...

Dangers of Low Calcium Intake

...k consumption has dropped. The number of fractures among children and young adults has increased, probably due to lower intakes of calcium. Pediatricians are also seeing the emergence of rickets, a bone disease that results from low levels of vitamin D. As these children get older, this calcium crisis wi...

Bar Codes For Prescribed Drugs

...Americans annually, and that medication errors are among the most frequent of these mistakes. The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) will propose a rule that would require drugmakers to put bar codes on their products in an effort to reduce the incidence of medical errors. // The proposal i...

Salt reduction lowers blood pressure

...ost significant reductions in blood pressure, even among those whose blood pressure was already normal. Since there's growing evidence that the lower the blood pressure, the less the risk of stroke or heart attack, everyone can benefit from this regime. When it comes to salt, watch out for processed foods,...

Almost a death experience

...the arrest or time unconscious. It was more common among the under-60s and women and more people who had NDE's died shortly afterwards. Two years on those who had NDEs were more likely to have lost their fear of death - surely a benefit - and to believe in an afterlife. The same was true eight years on. Bu...

Teen smoking declines

Smoking is declining sharply among American teens. A report also disclosed that the r... bring down the unacceptably high rates of smoking among our youth. "Overall, drug use among America's teenagers has remained level or declined, and that's...

Higher Risk of Asthma in children with autoimmune disease

...umatoid arthritis did. Asthma was also more common among children with type 1 diabetes than among those who did not have this condition, but the difference was not statistically significant....

Unnatural death common in mentally ill

...rative study They found that one quarter of deaths among the mentally ill were from unnatural causes: one p...ese deaths. Strategies for reducing suicide risk among the mentally ill continue to be important. But this study suggests that we also need to look at how ...

Vaginosis increases risk of miscarriage

...na, is the most common cause of abnormal discharge among women of childbearing age. It affects 24% of pregnant women. The researchers studied 850 women undergoing in vitro fertilisation (IVF) in Leeds. These women conceived at the same rate as women with normal vaginal bacteria. However, 29% of those with...

Antenatal kerosene exposure endangers child's sight

...t poor vision acuity (sharpness) were more common among children whose mothers were frequently exposed to ...nic solvents at work during their pregnancies than among children whose mothers were not exposed. This is the first study to look at the effects of prenatal ...

Progestin protects against ovarian cancer

Ovarian cancer is the most common cancer among women. It accounts for about 4 percent of all cancers in women, with more than 23,000 new cases diagnosed in 2001. Progestin is the ingredient in oral contraceptive pills that provides the highest// level of protection against ovarian cancer. Analysi...

Fasten belt at the back seat

...t// reduces death and severe injury in a car crash among those wearing one. What has not been clear is the effect that belting up at the back has on passengers in the front of the car. A team at the University of Japan analysed around 50,000 crashes occurring in a five year period, all of increased five...

Breast screening among diabetic women

...ls. The reasons why rates of mammography are lower among women with diabetes is unknown. The researchers wonder whether managing diabetes takes up so much time and attention that there is little room for other aspects of health care. Since women with diabetes run the same risk of breast cancer as the rest...

Dr Reddy’s Laboratories launches Hyalosy

...es relief from knee-joint stiffness and immobility among patients suffering from severe osteoarthritis. Osteoarthritis is a widely prevalent disease. More than 90 per cent of people above the age of 45 are estimated to show signs of this disease, and it is the leading cause of disability in people above th...

Smoking Linked To Low Infant Birth Weight

...was as much as two pounds, 12 ounces (1,285 grams) among women with certain variant genotypes. Low birth weight is a very complex entity and many environmental and genetic factors may be involved. This study is the first step to understand how genetic susceptibility interacts with environmental exposures...

Thumb Sucking in children Lead to Overbite

...of the mouth. In comparison, the problem was noted among 13% of children who stopped between 2 to 3 years and in 20% of those who continued to suck fingers or a pacifier after the age of 4. A higher percentage of children who persisted in sucking fingers or a pacifier also developed...

Sex safe for strokes

...though the chances of a stroke were slightly lower among men having the least sex, there was no clear evidence those having intercourse more often were at greater risk.The study also found that sudden death from heart disease was more common in those reporting low to moderate levels of sexual activity....

FDA approves drug for rare liver disease

...ng children. It's a very rare disease.// It is not among the metabolic diseases that all newborns are tested for at birth, so often infants die undiagnosed. This is an absolutely fatal disease until now. Children born with such a very rare but very lethal liver disease have won the first drug that promise...

Medications for depression

...e of antidepressants rather going to psychotherapy among most foreigners. Researchers in the US have compared how people's treatment for depression changed from 1985 to 1999. // The rate of outpatient treatment for depression increased from 1 per 100 persons to 2.5 per 100 over this time.The proportion of...

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