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Is Diabetes the Leading Cause of Kidney Failure in India

No one knows the answer to this one as we do not have collective data, however diabetes is the number one cause of kidney failure in the United States, accounting for more than 40 percent of the new cases of end-stage renal disease (ESRD)each year. People with ESRD require ...

Researchers urge caution in using ear tube surgery

...ing to improve developmental outcome at age 3, the answer is: no, it won't." Courtesy : PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania (CNN)...

Virus Combats Brain Tumour

...hers have now come out with a partial solution and answer for such a catastrophe. It was found that Reo virus, a common inhabitant of gastrointestinal tract and respiratory tract, not known to cause any harmholds promise as a treatment for this deadly form of brain cancer. Dr.Peter A Forsyth, of the Tom Ba...

New point scale to ascertain the stroke recovery

...e through simple questions and tasks patients must answer or perform. The time interval between the first stroke symptoms and the MRI gives doctors an indication of critical changes in blood flow to the brain. "This allows us to be more certain about the probability of recovery, and to put a number on tha...

Maternal alcohol consumption linked to behavioral problems in children

...men, who were receiving prenatal care were made to answer questions about their alcohol consumption during their pregnancy.These women were contacted again when their children were between 6 and 7 years of age. The investigators found that on examining the behavioural patterns of these kids ,maternal alcoh...

Left handed have better episodic memory

...ering events? The data from two recent experiments answer in the affirmative. This recent reasearch is reported in the jornal Neuropsychology. Stephen D. Christman and Ruth E. Propper of the University of Toledo in Ohio, studied memory as a function of family handedness. Interestingly, people don’t have to...

Sniff out flatulence

...ts of flatulence. American researchers believe the answer to the age-old embarrassment could be charcoal. Their research revealed// that an object called a Toot Trapper, a cushion covered in activated charcoal, reduced the smell of flatulence to almost unnoticeable levels. The scientists from Minneapolis ...

Creatine Helps Strengthen Older Men

...uscle in older people? One new study indicates the answer is yes. //Researchers at the University of Saskatchewan studied 33 men aged 60 to 84 who had similar lifestyles and muscle tone. All the men began the same weight training program. Half were given creatine and half were given placebos. Creatine is pr...

Toxins linked with pregnancy loss

... to their health care providers are difficult// to answer because scientifically accurate information regarding the reproductive impact of potential environmental toxins and other teratogens is not readily available. Heavy metals such as lead and mercury, organic solvents, alcohol, and ionizing radiation ...

Children's snoring may indicate a serious problem

...es doctors to ask whether the child snores. If the answer is yes, doctors should refer the patient for more tests since chronic snoring is often a symptom of obstructive sleep apnoea syndrome. Tonsils and/or adenoids that are too big usually cause the condition. Obesity also can result in problems. Fat de...

Quality of lives of older people

...ill be known based on this study. In an attempt to answer some of these questions, scientists at Cambridge University, England, have been surveying a group of over 70 since 1980. They have assessed their physical and mental health, their social situation, and have also sought permission for the donation of ...

Spreading knowledge to doctors about herbal medicine

... questionnaire,and a list of links that would help answer them. A group of 450 doctors took part in the study and soon increased their knowledge of popular remedies like saw palmetto and gingko biloba using the programme. Given that the programme was easy to use and not time-consuming, it's to be hoped that...

Advanced STD programs required

... the question researchers from Scotland set out to answer in a study reported //in this month's Archives of Internal Medicine. The answer they come up with is, essentially, that it'sdiifficult to say. More than 1,500 studies were gathere...

Laser may stop macular degeneration

...ruit 800 patients for this study, and they hope to answer two main questions. First, should the laser be use...n and in some cases, vision improves. They hope to answer the other questions which arises from this study.. Dr. Friberg says it's also important to note tha...

Canada stunned as mad cow discovery leads to beef ban

...The first question investigators are struggling to answer is how the animal contracted so-called// mad cow disease, otherwise know as bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE. A decade ago, Canada found one animal with BSE, but it had been imported from Britain. The fear this time is that the disease was co...

When Man Bites Man

... human? That’s the question researchers set out to answer in a new study published in this month’s Otolaryngology -- Head and Neck Surgery. Their review of 10 years worth of hospital records in Galveston, Texas, identified several key areas they believe can form a standard protocol to follow when man bites ...

Acupuncture for Cancer

...nce, have some tools available to us that can help answer that question,” say researchers.Using cotton, study participants’ saliva is tested for the stress hormone cortisol four times a day. Researchers says, “Their cortisol levels will actually start to decline because their overall stress will decline.” ...

Acupuncture for Cancer

...nce, have some tools available to us that can help answer that question," say researchers. Using cotton, study participants' saliva is tested for the stress hormone cortisol four times a day. Researchers says, "Their cortisol levels will actually start to decline because their overall stress will decline."...

Downside of Diets in Children

A new study finds dieting is not the answer when it comes to children losing weight. The study finds dieting is not only ineffective at weight loss but may actually promote weight gain.// Obesity is a serious public health problem for both children and adults in the United States. During the ...

New Treatment For Headache

...n little to offer these patients, until now. The answer to Eric’s pain and headaches came from a pain specialist at RUSH University Medical Center in Chicago. To relieve the pain, electrodes were connected to nerves that exit the brain. An implanted battery then sends signals through the neck to turn off ...

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