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Infertile men at cancer risk

...register. It found 78 cases of testicular cancer among infertile men - a 60% higher rate than in those men without fertility problems. The researchers point out "the incidence of testicular cancer has increased in the past 50 years and some evidence suggests that sperm quality has decreased in the same p...

Older Men Surviving Coronary Bypasses

...the two years following surgery fell by 37 percent among men 65 and older. The decrease found in women in the same age range was not large enough to be statistically significant. Pell suspects this was probably due to the smaller number of procedures performed on women. "The main improvement has been in ...

GlaxoSmithKline To Cultivate Non-Smoking Environment

...rporate interested in promoting no-smoking culture among its employees. In a step-by-step process, Glaxo is charting out a detailed programme for the employees. The team comprises a doctor and a counsellor. It also includes free education programmes and counselling sessions and Zyban at discounted prices. ...

Blood test may identify ovarian cancer

...0 deaths. It accounts for 4 percent of all cancers among women. A simple blood test may be able to identify ovarian cancer at its earliest stage. Currently, around three-quarters of women with ovarian cancer are diagnosed in advanced stages of the disease, when they have only about a 20 percent chance// of...

An aide to cold

...when most colds occur, just 32 colds were recorded among those taking the supplement, compared to 75 amongst those taking the placebo. The study also predicated that those taking the supplement who did catch a cold were more likely to make a speedier recovery than those taking the placebo and the chances ...

Zinc may enhance growth in Young sickle cell patients

... their peers during the study period. Furthermore, among a subgroup of children who were initially identified as short for their age, those in the zinc group grew 1.3 cm more in height than their peers in the comparison group....

New Birth Control Pills increase the stroke risk

...em sooner, letting researchers there compare risks among all three kinds of pills. In previous research, the scientists found women taking the third-generation pills were more likely to develop these clots than those on the second-generation ones. Although usually harmless, deep venous clots can migrate...

Depression elevates heart failure risk

...rstand why depression increases heart failure risk among women. It could be a direct biological effect on the brain, or perhaps some indirect effect, where women who are depressed act so as it increase their heart failure risk. The study suggests that it's important for physicans to check out a woman's psy...

Kidney cancer on the rise

...e affected by kidney cancer and survival rates are among the lowest in Europe.// The disease accounts for an estimated 95,000 worldwide deaths each year, 3,000 of which are in the UK. According to Dr Nick James, a consultant at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham and a kidney cancer expert, smoking...

Obesity a global problem

...betes and cancer. Obesity is also on the increase among non-Western immigrants to industrialised countries, as well as certain Western groups undergoing rapid socioeconomic changes. Researcher Marquisa La Velle, of the University of Rhode Island, has studied changing health patterns in South Africa and Au...

Anthrax vaccine produced

...d a vaccine for anthrax following a major epidemic among animals in West Bengal seven years ago....

AIDS drugs linked to heart attack risk

...e evidence of an overall increase in heart attacks among people being treated....

Prescription Drug Use Varies Widely Between States

Until now, your age and gender were among the best indicators of how you might use prescript...he bottom five 12 times or more and never appeared among the top five for any therapy class. Variation in non-chronic therapy classes was greatest for cough...

Processed Meat, Diabetes connection Found

... said the big increase in risk for diabetes 2 came among those who ate processed meats five times or more per week. ``That's too much,'' Hu said. ``We should change that eating pattern.'' Diabetes Care is a peer-reviewed journal published by the American Diabetes Association. The data in the research ca...

Tongue piercing leads to bacterial infection

"Body art is regnant among undergraduate university students, and there is significant incidence of medical complications among students with piercing,"// said Dr. Lester B. Mayers of the Pace University Athletic Department's Di...

Diabetics prone to periodontitis

...increased risk of preterm, low birth weight babies among other complications. "Our hope is that periodontal evaluations will be routinely included in the prenatal care of pregnant diabetic women, just as ophthalmologic exams are," Dr. Guthmiller said. ,br>...

Chew to improve memory

...ability to recall remembered words improved by 42% among people who chewed gum.// The scientists from the University of Northumbria, in Newcastle upon Tyne, are working on two theories. One is that chewing raises the heart beat, which causes more oxygen and nutrients to be pumped into the brain. The oth...

Obesity in children a risk factor for diabetes

...med "late onset diabetes", as most new cases arise among people in middle age or older....

An inventive blood test for diabetes

...but the researchers suggest it could be worthwhile among patients with one of three risk factors - obesity, high blood pressure or a family history of diabetes....

Medications linked to xerostomia and caries

...etween// the two most common causes of absenteeism among school children asthma and caries. In 655 patients between ages 1 and 15, they found that the numbers of decayed, missing and filled teeth were significantly higher in those who had been diagnosed with asthma. Almost one in five of patients studie...

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