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Glaucoma & Ocular Hypertension more likely in patients with refractive errors

...mology concludes that farsightedness appears to be associated with a five-year risk of ocular hypertension, and nearsightedness is associated with a significantly increased prevalence// of glaucoma, in Caucasians. The study was conducted with...

Damage to arteries from injury can be avoided with carbon monoxide

...e carbon monoxide spared much of the vessel damage associated with transplantation and angioplasty in the pre-treated rats. The researchers claim that the carbon monoxide blocks white cells of the immune system from infiltrating the damaged area, which stops the build up of plaque inside the vessels and so make...

Caffeine is not the only culprit in coffee!

... blood levels of homocysteine, a protein component associated with an increase risk of heart disease. However, a new study by Dutch researchers that was published in// the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition claims that caffeine might not be the only ingredient in coffee that is responsible for negative effe...

Backpacks cause more than just back injuries

Heavy backpacks have often been associated with related injuries to the back, in children. However, researchers in a new study have found that heavy backpacks cause more injuries to the heads and faces of children than they do to the back. The study was published in the January issue of Pedi...

Hormone regimen and how recently used may determine cancer risk

...with 25 to 31 days per month of progestin use) was associated with an increased breast cancer risk among current...ancer risk. This indicated that the increased risk associated with continuous combined HT use dissipates quickly once use is discontinued. The study which was a ...

Association of depression and diabetes

...leston has identified independent factors that are associated with major depressive disorder in individuals with...th, and lived under a low economic status were all associated more closely with depression than non-diabetics. Diabetic females, or those under age 54, were also ...

Progression of Glaucoma could be controlled with early detection

...at each millimeter of mercury that was lowered was associated with a 10 percent decrease in the disease progression. This proved that early treatment of glaucoma can reduce the risk of the disease progressing....

Adult COPD or asthma could be effectively treated with Xopenex

...erol in treating the bronchial smooth muscle spasm associated with diseases such as COPD and asthma. The study involved the comparison of the treatment of 231 patients with similar background and disease conditions over two separate six-month periods. The first group had been treated with the previous standard ...

Unfavourable Lipid-Lipoprotein profiles in older adults has been linked to abdominal visceral fat

...age, elevated levels of abdominal visceral fat are associated with unfavourable plasma concentrations of lipids and lipoproteins. Abdominal fat was also found to be a primary determinant in the release of growth hormone in these individuals. The investigators assessed// plasma lipids and lipoproteins and their ...

Smokers more prone to depression

...ed that the study added new evidence on depression associated with tobacco smoking....

Drinking milk: Good or bad?

Drinking milk has always been associated with good health and parents world over, have urged children to drink milk to grow up healthy. However, a recent study in New Zealand has raised doubts about this well established fact(or is it still?). A study involving 20 countries published in the...

Cancer gene mystery to be cracked!

...ds in the hope of identifying the cluster of genes associated with cancer. The research will be led by Dr. Julian Downward from Cancer Research UK’s London Research Institute, along with Dr. René Bernards of the Netherlands Cancer Institute. This research will build on the success of the human genome project an...

Oxygen helps heal wounds

...nts to receive treatment at home and minimal risks associated with use of the device. They believe that this large case report indicated a role for topical oxygen in the treatment of chronic or acute hard-to-heal wounds....

Women who care for sick spouse risk heart disease

...f Public Health now reveals that caregiving may be associated with its own health risks. They have found that women who care for a disabled or ill spouse have an increased risk of coronary heart disease. The findings were reported from a long-running Nurses' Health Study, which had collected data on caregiving ...

Risk of DVT for those spending long hours in front of computers

e-thrombosis is the new e-jargon associated with computers. But it is no term to be happy abou...teresting one as it indicated that DVT is not only associated with the aged as the patient was relatively young. The researchers said that this case was the first...

Stroke victims have new hope with activated protein C

...ould protect brain cells from the secondary damage associated with ischemic stroke by preventing apoptosis, a fo...eatments that reduce the lifelong disability often associated with stroke....

Mental retardation linked to brain protein

...lts in reduced learning ability and other problems associated with mental retardation. The study presented the major conclusion that mental retardation involves many more areas of the brain than first expected and this research conducted on mice may provide information to help scientists better understand ment...

Herbal supplement ephedra posing threat to people's health

...n blood pressure and heart rate – as well as being associated with heart attacks and strokes. Also, an earlier study in 2001 at the San Francisco VA Medical Center found that ephedra was responsible for 62 per cent of all herbal-related reports made to poison control centres in the US. This fact further gathere...

Hyaluronan supplementation therapy for Knee Osteoarthritis

...injections of hyaluronan for the treatment of pain associated with osteoarthritis of the knee. This is an alternative treatment to oral pain relievers and anti-inflammatory drugs. Now, a new study by researchers from the University of Miami School of Medicine evaluated hyaluronan supplementation therapy for ost...

New heart disease marker

...or of heart disease. More risk of heart disease is associated with increased levels of total amount cholesterol in blood. The relationship between LDL(Low-Density Lipoprotein)or 'bad' cholesterol and HDL(High-Density Lipoprotein) or 'good' cholesterol is also an important marker. However, researchers in Canada ...

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