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Altitude sickness connected to genes

...ude sickness is one of the most common encountered among the mountaineers. Doctors have new findings into why some mountain climbers are affected by altitude sickness and others are not. They say two changes in a gene related to lung function may increase the risk of high altitude sickness.// The illness...

Risk Factors for vision problems in Diabetes

... years. The prevalence of retinopathy was measured among participants, who either had normal glucose metabo...f diabetes are linked with the risk of retinopathy among patients with diabetes, other factors may also play a key role. This study shows elevated blood pres...

Niacin Safe for Diabetics

... doses of the medication. Their study, conducted among 150 patients who were assigned to take either a 1,000 milligram per day dose, 1,500 milligram per day dose, or a placebo, found low doses of the medication had little effect on blood sugar control. eGloria Vega, Ph.D., a professor of clinical nutrit...

Toxin injections support stroke associated spasticity

...njections of botulinum toxin eases hand spasticity among stroke survivors. Spasticity in the limbs is a common after effect of stroke, and it causes much disability,// because it interferes with activities like getting dressed and eating. Previous research has shown that botulinum toxin - a substance that ...

Demand for universal flu vaccination

...roposes some changes to make vaccination universal among the over-65s. First, nurses should be able to prescribe the vaccine to elderly people in hospital. Next, set up special flu clinics and use 'standing orders' for repeat vaccination in doctors' offices, he says. Not only should we prepare for the next...

Psychiatric issues common in brain disease

...ity disorder or dementia. They found similar rates among patients with other diseases of the cerebellum. In a way this is hardly surprising - who wouldn't be depressed if diagnosed with degenerative brain disease? What's new here is that the researchers believe that the cerebellum may be involved in cognit...

Stroke and Dementia - a ghastly association

...rt a mortal explanation for the poor survival rate among stroke victims with dementia is that these patients may not receive the same treatment as the other stroke survivors. The study showed patients with dementia were less likely to be treated with medications that have strict dosing guidelines. The lack...

Breastfed babies grow rapidly

...interview ,Kramer said that the faster weight gain among exclusively breast-fed infants may reflect a biological effect from the contents of breast milk, but added that the long-term significance to a child's health are not known. By 12 months, all infants were similar in weight, length and head circumfer...

Radiation reduces cancer recurrence

...rom Leiden University Medical Center in New Jersy, among patients who received both radiation treatment and surgery, 2.4% saw a reappearance of their cancer. Patients in the surgery-only group had a recurrence rate of 8.2%. They concluded that radiation before surgery can improve local control of the disea...

The importance of vaccines

...great deal of enthusiasm about vaccine development among those who actually have the capability to develop and produce vaccines. The researchers attribute much of the problem to the lack of economic incentive for pharmaceutical companies to produce new vaccines or even maintain adequate supplies of existi...

Diet combined to Alzheimer's disease

...APOE epsilon 4 gene. Specifically, the study finds among the individuals who tested positive for the gene, the ones who ate the most calories had a 2.3 times greater chance of developing Alzheimer's disease compared to those who ate the fewest calories. Researchers say there is no association between calor...

No connection between epidurals and backache

...sistent pain, and recent pain were all more common among women who had not had an epidural. According to the National Institutes of Health, more than 55 percent of pregnant women in the United States receive epidural analgesia to relieve the pain of labor. About 120,000 women in England use epidural analg...

Link between birth weight and Insulin Resistance

...eased every 2.2 lbs, women had a 12% risk of being among those with the highest insulin resistance. Researchers add the association between the birth weight of individuals and their future risk of diabetes and cardiovascular disease may be genetic. Therefore, the risk cannot be modified by interventions t...

Protein can change worn muscle fibres

... is the easily-fatigued type, which is predominant among those who don't or can't exercise. Type I is the energy-producing type of fibre which is found more in those of exercise a lot. In the experiments, mice received PGC-10 and their type II fibres were converted to type I. The research isn't meant for...

Comparing Breast surgery techniques

... There were no significant differences in survival among the three groups of women who started off with their lymph nodes free of cancer. Nor were there differences in the groups who had positive nodes....

New drug for hypertension

...fering from hypertension. Stating that Emcure is among the first few in the world to introduce this product, they said the company has been granted permission from Drug Controller General of India for the manufacture of both bulk as well as formulations of S-Amlodipine. Although Amlodipine is a proven t...

Abortion made easy pill causes alarm in state

...e wonder drug has only added to the sense of alarm among the gynaecologists, sources claim. The issue will ...ing Home Associations. And, going by the agitation among the medical fraternity, the sessions this time will definitely be stormy, says Dr Neeraj Bora, presi...

Function of genes in heart failure

...f developing the most common form of heart failure among people.// Researchers from Wake Forest University and other universities studied more than 500 groups of siblings. They used ultrasound to measure the efficiency of participants' hearts, specifically diastolic function. Diastolic function measures ho...

Physical activity less among black girls

...ldren and adolescents with the greatest increase// among black girls. On an average, surveys show girls are not eating more. Instead, the problem appears to be physical activity level. New research shows the activity levels of white and black girls substantially declines through adolescence. The reasoning...

Brain damage affects artistic skill

...rgence of artistic talent, following brain damage, among those who previously had little talent or interest....

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