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Blood clots likely in long travel

... embolisms are blood clots that are believed to be associated with long-distance travel. Frederic Lapostolle and colleagues, from Avicenne Hospital in Bobigny near Paris, studied all cases of pulmonary embolism needing care// on arrival at France's busiest international airport, Charles de Gaulle, between Nov...

Drug abuse leads to long standing changes in the brain

...uses long-term changes in the human brain that are associated with impaired memory and motor coordination, according to a study published in theAmerican Journal of Psychiatry. Researchers found that these effects are seen even in methamphetamine addicts who have been off the drug for 10 months or more.// A seco...

Vitamin C for the heart

...ed, which can cause lameness and pain. PAD is also associated with an increased risk of death and disability caused by heart attack and stroke.// PAD may cause inflammation and the release of free radicals--compounds that can damage tissue and may contribute to aging and chronic conditions such as cancer and ...

Women find difficulty in calling it 'Quits'

...may be increased among women who smoke. Smoking is associated with greater menstrual bleeding and duration of dy...r than women who do not smoke. Most health risks associated with smoking are reduced or eventually eliminated when smoking abstinence is maintained....

Diet Can Influence Allergic Skin Reactions

...nces they are allergic to. The reaction is usually associated with an allergen that touches the skin, and many people may not realize foods can also trigger it. In the study, the team asked patients who had previously been identified as having general food and fragrance allergies to eliminate various skin c...

Drink milk right now

...tors have found that childhood milk consumption is associated with a lower risk of breast cancer before the menopause.Dr Annette Hjartaker and colleagues at the University of Oslo studied 48,844 premenopausal Norwegian women. Participants were asked to complete questionnaires about their milk consumption during...

Heart disease correlation to periodontal disease

...f C-reactive protein and other inflammatory agents associated with cardiovascular disease, but a definite link b... triglycerides. The pathogens tested for were also associated with higher levels of C-reactive protein. Significantly more patients with cardiovascular problems w...

New Drug ALT-711 decreases blood vessel stiffness

...es and may contribute to some of the deterioration associated with aging and diabetes, such as elevated systolic blood pressure, stiff arteries, and impaired kidney function. The ability to reduce vascular stiffness could have a major influence on reducing deaths from heart disease. For the current study, inv...

Fish for the lungs

...lti-vitamin pills, and fish oil supplements - were associated with a significantly lower risk of lung cancer in smokers. High intake of vitamin A appeared to be associated with a raised risk of the disease....

Toxic effects common with AIDS treatments

High levels of toxic effects associated with antiretroviral treatment for HIV have been re...ver, the reported effects of a particular drug are associated with levels of its actual use, and this is likely to be reflected in the data collected, the researc...

Have sex and stay young

...and the absence of security. Both those things are associated with a loss of youth." <br...

All the more bad

...health up in smoke." Diabetes and old age are also associated with lower levels of paraoxonase. The research is published in the American Cardiac Association journal Circulation....

Animal Fat Enhances Risk Of Stomach

...B12, found primarily in animal products, were also associated with a higher risk of these cancers. Int...ta-carotene, folate, vitamin C and vitamin B6 were associated with a lower risk of all four cancer types studied. Use of a vitamin C supplement at least once a we...

For healthy lungs

... E - was better than average.Eating bread was also associated with improved lung health.// Scientists believe ...nd that high levels of vitamin E in the blood were associated with the lowest risk of lung cancer. They stressed, however, that it was not proven that taking a ...

Fluoride Found Effective in Osteoporosis

...one mass and lowers the risk of backbone fractures associated with osteoporosis, researchers report. Fluoride is known to stimulate new bone formation, but concerns about its safety have limited its use in the elderly, according to Dr. Craig D. Rubin from University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dalla...

Gas Masks Don't Always Fit an Emergency

...reathing. There were 20 deaths during the Gulf War associated with wearing the gas masks improperly. And those were people who were trained to use them. But if you insist, buy the best. The device used by firefighters or emergency medics who get to a disaster first is a self-contained breathing apparatus, whi...

Detection of Cancer

...velop."The lack of this diagnostic molecule may be associated with the ability of cancers to escape the immune system and cause disease," he said.// The beauty of the C-Test is that it has the potential to detect prostate, breast, lung and colo-rectal cancers - the four major causes of cancer deaths worldwide....

Levels Of Blood Proteins May Help Heart Disease Care

...udy, researchers report that another blood protein associated with immune response called myeloperoxidase (MPO) is associated with CAD. If these findings are confirmed in other populations and prove to be predictive of coronar...

New Drug PP188 Helps Sickle Cell Disease

...ase can reduce the duration of painful of symptoms associated with the disease....

Older men 'father' schizophrenics

...ased. But the benefit does not cancel out the risk associated with a father's age. The researchers said further work was now needed to be done to identify exactly why the sperm mutations occur, and how they can be spotted....

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