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More about HIV

...ops one of many different infections and illnesses associated with AIDS.Stage IV: Progression to AIDS. T4 cell c...hat chronic depression and negative attitudes were associated with a rapid decline of T cells but with increased levels of NK cells in those with positive attitud...

Hormone Deficiency Results In Miscarriage

... that fetal or endometrial CRH deficiency could be associated with infertility or early miscarriage....

Bupropion relieves nerve pain

...ieve the burning, stabbing and shooting sensations associated with nerve pain. Now researchers at the University of Texas have revealed that bupropion SR (sustained release) is effective against nerve pain in a trail of 30 patients. Half took bupropion for six weeks, while the rest took a placebo. // After th...

FDA Approves Birth Control Skin Patch

... week allows a woman to have her period. Dangers associated with its use are similar to those of taking birth control pills, including greater risk of blood clots, heart attack and stroke. As with birth control pills, smokers are warned against using Ortho Evra due to an increased risk of serious cardiovascul...

Smallpox Vaccine May Help Fight Cervical Cancer

...st cervical cancer. Human papilloma virus (HPV) is associated with 95% of cervical cancer cases, but not everyone with the virus develops the cancer. Cervical cancer affects about 465,000 women worldwide each year and causes 300,000 deaths. If it is diagnosed and treated in its earliest stages there is a high s...

Stay away from strenouous work

...or study in the US showed that this heavy work was associated with premature delivery, high blood pressure and underweight babies. Jobs which involved long periods of standing up, shift work and fatiguing work were also significantly linked with premature birth. Physically demanding work was defined as work i...

Too much coffee is too bad

...d coffee per day or 32 ounces of brewed tea-is not associated with increased bone loss.Until it is practical to determine each person’s VDR genotype, physicians should recommend both adequate dietary calcium and moderate caffeine comsumption for their elderly patients. ...

Legume Consumption Can Cut Heart Disease Risk

...sium, calcium and magnesium--a combination that is associated with a reduced risk of heart disease. Folate, a mineral also found in abundance in legumes, is thought to reduce blood levels of homocysteine, a compound that can boost heart disease risk. Increasing legume consumption may be an important part of die...

Women more susceptible to brain damage from ecstasy

...han the heavy users. The heavy use of MDMA is associated with neurotoxic effects on serotonin neurons, that women might be more susceptible than men, and that MDMA-induced neurotoxic changes in several brain regions of female ex-MDMA users are reversible....

High-protein diets may pose health risks

...ich in calcium, potassium and magnesium (nutrients associated with blood pressure reduction), may lessen the ben...e diets also induce ketosis, a metabolic condition associated with low blood levels of insulin and resulting when the body is deprived of dietary carbohydrates. S...

Too much fibre can aggrevate cancer

...s. In particular, high consumption of red meat is associated with a higher risk of developing this form of cancer. Some other studies have suggested that eating vegetables, whole-grain cereals and calcium have a protective effect. Dr Tim Key, expert on diet and cancer with Imperial Cancer Research Fund, said: ...

Alcohol within the body

...he damage caused to the liver is identical to that associated with heavy alcohol abuse.// However, in this case the problem was not alcholism, but the production of alcohol by an internal distillery within the body itself. Dr Diehl thinks undigested food might stay in the intestines of obese people for longer...

Magnetic resonance angiography in clinical medicine

...ast, and exposure to ionising radiation with their associated risks. Another method, doppler ultrasonography (US), though non-invasive and sensitive to flow, suffers from significant attenuation in bone, air and bowel gas, thereby limiting the regions in which it can be successfully applied. With the inventio...

Warm yourself to sleep

...The scientists speculate that some sleep disorders associated with old age and illness may be caused by poor circulation and an inability to widen blood vessels in the hands and feet....

Drooping eyelids more common in men

...cher Dr Willem van den Bosch said eyelid droop was associated with two painful conditions. Inward rotation of the eyelid, or entropion, leads to the eyelashes rubbing against the surface of the eye, the cornea. This can lead to severe irritation of the eye, and to corneal damage. Outward rotation of the eyelid,...

A boon to epileptics

...are two types of fit. One, the partial seizure, is associated with a change in consciousness - often the only ex...res often originate in the temporal lobe, which is associated with memory, and patients often report experiencing a familiar smell, sound or mental image shortly ...

Gene Therapy For Cystic Fibrosis

...arry a corrected genetic information into the gene associated with cystic fibrosis. These "corrected" cells then were able to process a normal version of a protein that helps regulate mucus in the body. Although the results were encouraging, researcher John F. Engelhardt notes the experiment must be modified ...

Hobbies prevent dementia

...h education and career attainment has already been associated with reduced risk of Alzheimer's disease. Now it seems that leisure activities, too, protect against cognitive decline as we age.//Researchers at Cleavland University, have been studying 1,000 people aged 60 or older, free of dementia at the start. T...

Hope For Stiff-Person Syndrome

...es may help relieve the muscle rigidity and spasms associated with stiff-person syndrome. Patients who had infusions of immune globulin - a collection of antibodies derived from donor blood for 3 months were able to walk more easily, fell down less often, and reported improvements in their ability to perform wo...

Exposure to EMF may cause leukemia

... for protection against the electromagnetic fields associated with the transmission, generation and use of electricity.The new study is published in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives....

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