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Enzyme Associated With Memory

...tist Medical Center reported on their study at the annual meeting of the Society of Neuroscience in New Orleans. Researchers say the enzyme that helps turn a one-time experience into a long-term memory has been identified in mice. For the research, scientists studied female mice and how they remembered the...

Senate assures ban on smoking

...t ending the prohibition will increase the state's annual sales tax revenue by about $1.8 million. But many Massachusetts mom-and-pop liquor store owners opposed the change, saying it will create pressure for them to work on what is now their only day off, according to the 700-member strong Massachusetts P...

HIV Treatment Said to Increase Heart Attack Risk

...k for AIDS. Before this therapy was available, the annual mortality rate among patients with HIV infection exceeded 20 percent. In the current research, the mortality rate was 2 percent. While the benefits of combination antiretroviral therapy are clear, there is a concern about the treatment being associ...

Debate On Marriage

...men under age 65. // The questionnaire, called the annual British Household Panel Survey, began in 1991. Results of the survey show cohabitating is good for a man's health, but marriage is better for a woman's . Researchers say men whose relationships with a first partner did not work out reported much poor...

Cancer Risk From Exposure To Diagnostic X-Rays

... the likely extent of the cancer risk based on the annual number of diagnostic X-rays undertaken in the Unit... percent in Japan. Japan has the highest number of annual diagnostic X-rays in the world. In the United Kingdom, researchers say the risk of cancer was 0.6 pe...

The Use Of Antibiotics Questioned

... // unnecessarily. Out of an estimated 6.7 million annual sore throat patients, 70 percent received antibiotic prescriptions. Doctors also researched the use of throat cultures and rapid tests to detect streptococcus in children and adults who were prompted to seek medical help for their sore throats. Afte...

Reducing Depression In Seniors

...n. Most of the older adults lived alone and had an annual income of less than $10,000. Results of the study show seniors who received the home-based program reported fewer depressive symptoms than those who did not receive the intervention. The program consisted of visits and phone calls from a therapist a...

Complications Of Diabetes

...ed for more than five years. All of them underwent annual evaluations including cognitive testing. Researchers looked at five different types of memory tests. During the study, 151 of the participants were diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, including 31 who had diabetes. Researchers report a 65-percent in...

The Importance Of Vitamin D Supplements

...e vitamin D levels in 307 adolescents during their annual physical examinations. 74 of the patients were vitamin D deficient, and 14 had severe deficiencies. If researchers use a broader definition of vitamin D deficiency, 129 patients were considered lacking vitamin D. When they looked at other factors, re...

Frequent Mammograms Can Decreases The Risk of Death

...only approximately 50 percent to 60 percent of the annual mammograms recommended .// Researchers found this ...derutilization reduces the life-saving benefits of annual mammography. Researchers reviewed data from over 70,000 women receiving mammograms. Only 6 percent ...

The Use Of MRI For Screening Of Breast Cancer Questioned

...ceived a clinical breast exam every six months and annual MRIs and mammograms. They were followed for about three years. Results showed MRI was significantly more sensitive in detecting breast cancers than mammography. Overall, 45 breast cancers were detected during the study . MRI detected 32 cancers, 22 ...

CT Scans Found To Increase The Risk Of Cancer

...Nagasaki in Japan. The study also shows elective annual scans carry much higher risks. Based on anecdotal ... people. However, a person of the same age who has annual full-body CT scans for 30 years would accrue a lifetime risk of about 1.9 percent, or nearly one in ...

Early Diagnosis Of Lung Cancer

...that was conducted to look at the usefulness of an annual low-dose CT scan screening for lung cancer. The ELCAP found 80 percent of cancers detected were found in stage I and were small in size. For the current study, researchers used these findings to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the CT scan. Informa...

Early Detection Of Lung Cancer

...that was conducted to look at the usefulness of an annual low-dose CT scan screening for lung cancer. The ELCAP found 80 percent of cancers detected were found in stage I and were small in size. For the current study, researchers used these findings to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of the CT scan. Informa...

Detecting Lung Cancer Early

...s considered at high risk for lung cancer. All had annual CT scans for up to five years. As with previous studies of CT scanning for lung cancer, nodules were identified in a significant percentage of the group -- 29 percent. Most were small, and the protocol called for lesions up to five millimeters to be ...

Hormone therapy may affect heart attack severity in women

...uld in fact affect heart attack severity. At an annual meeting of the North American Menopause Society in Washington, D.C. today, Dr. J. Koudy Williams who is the lead investigator from Wake Forest Baptist formally announced, “One type of hormone therapy limited heart muscle damage to only 5 percent whi...

Detecting Lung Cancer In Its Initial Stages

...s considered at high risk for lung cancer. All had annual CT scans for up to five years. As with previous studies of CT scanning for lung cancer, nodules were identified in a significant percentage of the group -- 29 percent. Most were small, and the protocol called for lesions up to five millimeters to be ...

X – Rays Found To Increase Cancer Risk

... the likely extent of the cancer risk based on the annual number of diagnostic X-rays undertaken in // vario... percent in Japan. Japan has the highest number of annual diagnostic X-rays in the world. In the United Kingdom, researchers say the risk of cancer was 0.6 pe...

The Effectiveness Of The Flu Vaccine For Kids Questioned

...ased on findings of a recent study researchers say annual flu vaccines in children ages 16 and younger have little effect on // hospitalizations, respiratory tract infections, and other key measures. The finding was especially true for children who received an inactivated form of the flu virus in their sho...

Is Surgery The Only Solution To Backache?

In a study result unveiled at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons in Washington, D.C. recently, // researchers have said that back pain may be the result of several problems other than anatomical, and not taking these causes into account can restrict the effect...

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