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Smokers children likely to develop caries

... had cavities in permanent teeth. passive was most associated with cavities in deciduous teeth, the researchers found....

Researchers trick Alzheimer's Enzyme

...ibitors of acetylcholinesterase treat the dementia associated with Alzheimer's disease by increasing the amount of acetylcholine in the brain. Sharpless and his team synthesized molecular building blocks that, when pieced together, create a single larger molecule with no by-products -- an acetylcholinesterase ...

Pregnant women more prone to depression

... women faced could well have increased the anxiety associated with pregnancy....

Aspirin surpasses Modern Anti-clotting Drugs

...enox). Ticlopidine's use is now known to have been associated with at least 260 deaths from blood disorders. Because of this danger, Ticlopidine is no longer recommended by many physicians, but is still on the market. Evaluation of Plavix in a single large trial with stroke patients was not significantly bett...

Blood test can predict pre-eclampsia

...in in early pregnancy. The protein is associated with insulin resistance, a condition that can sometime lead to diabetes. Both overweight and lean women who had the low levels of SHBG went on to develop pre-eclampsia. "It also may provide the only clue that a lean woman is at elevated risk. There m...

Consumer group seeks Sibutramine ban

... Public Citizen says the drug, sold as Meridia, is associated with 29 deaths, including 19 from// cardiovascular causes such as heart attacks. But obesity experts say it's difficult to determine if people died because of Meridia or because they were obese, which put them at increased risk for many diseases and ...

Herbs With Estrogen Action Aggravate Cancer Risk

...ase a wide variety of symptoms, particularly those associated with menopause and the corresponding drop in natural estrogen levels, researchers say women who want to limit estrogen exposure should think twice before using these herbs. The study was an animal experiment using rats that had their ovaries surgic...

Vegetables decrease Tobacco Toxins

...eported increased cruciferous vegetable intake was associated with a lower rate of smoking-related cancers. Acco...take of fruits and vegetables can reduce the risks associated with environmental carcinogens, including secondhand smoke. According to him, this does not mean th...

Painkiller Linked to Deaths

...viously, the DEA estimated that the painkiller was associated with 290 deaths from diversion and overdose. Stamford, Connecticut-based Purdue Pharma told that the DEA conclusions were inherently flawed. In a statement, the privately held drug maker said the DEA analysis suffered from serious methodological fla...

Blood Vessel Surgery Safe for Diabetics

... an independent predictor of poor outcomes, it was associated with decreased mortality," Hamdan told. "It's possible that because of their disease, diabetic patients were evaluated more aggressively preoperatively," he said. But the researchers did find that, overall, the patients with diabetes were more likely...

Vitamin D 'reduces heart risk'

...Low levels of certain forms of vitamin D have been associated with increased risk of heart attacks.// But the p...esterol and fat in the walls of arteries, is often associated with calcification, the build up of the mineral calcium in the arteries. It is thought that low lev...

Sex timing has no impact on risk of Birth defects

...er the sperm or egg was released from the body was associated with subsequent defects. The investigators examined more than 1,000 pregnant women at natural family planning clinics in Italy, South America and the United States who had been relying on the "rhythm method" to time their ovulation and sexual activi...

High Altitude ‘Speeds up ageing process

...n the levels of these hormones with age seem to be associated with both maturation and ageing, and that where you live affects this. “The early decline in the concentration of these hormones in women living at high altitude may suggest that women age earlier at high altitudes. “These hormonal changes might have...

Patients with testicular cancer dying through unfamiliarity

...more than three months for testicular carcinoma is associated with a (significantly decreased) five-year survival rate. And they say that diagnostic delay is often due to patients' ignorance of the condition, fear or embarrassment. In an accompanying commentary in The Lancet, Dr Jeremy Steel, of London's St Ba...

Pancreatic Cancer may be linked to Diabetes

... However, not all late-onset cases of diabetes are associated with pancreatic cancer. The great majority, perhaps 90 percent, are the relatively common type 2 form with no association to cancer. The diabetes that is linked to cancer occurs in about one out of a hundred cases of late-onset diabetes. The cases us...

Anorexia in boys is common too

...rexic girls. The bone mineral density in boys was associated with how long they had the eating disorder, with the longer the period of weight loss, the lower the bone mineral density. Boys were also more likely to have weakened bones if they consumed lower amounts of calcium, and had relatively little physical...

Role of Diet in Oral Cancer

...point to several foods that appear to be inversely associated with mouth cancer. Cereals and starchy foods, added lipids (such as those found in olive oil), fruits, and milk and dairy products were all shown to reduce the occurrence of mouth cancer. On the other hand, meat and meat products seem to contribute t...

Vitamin C maintains healthy lungs

... felt that High vitamin C and magnesium intake are associated with higher levels of lung function,".She added that over a period of 9 years, those with higher levels of intake of vitamin C experienced less severe decline in lung function than those with lower levels of intake. She added that a diet rich in foo...

Look out for sepsis

... infection. It often follows trauma, surgery or is associated with cancer but it can attack anyone.// In fact sepsis claims more lives than breast, colorectal, pancreatic and prostate cancer together, and is the leading cause of death in intensive care. Dr Jean-Louis, a critical care expert at the University ...

Caffeine reduces infant blood flow

...on of blood vessels leading to reduced blood flow, associated with the caffeine. Reduction of blood flow to the brain potentially increases the risk of hemorrhage and periventricular leukomalacia, a disease in premature infants characterized by swelling of cerebral blood vessels and tissue death due to lack of...

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