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A New Plan to Restrict Cardiovascular Diseases in Scotland

... and 27,000 cardiovascular complaints// like heart attacks and strokes in the next five years. The plan aims to provide preventive treatment to about 500,000 people considered to be at risk. The plan recommends periodical risk assessments for all over-40s especially those most at risk and also aims to pr...

Jaw Pain? See a Cardiologist Right Away

...ill suggested a link between facial pain and heart attacks in women, Isberg said. The study - 'Craniofacial Pain As the Sole Symptom of Cardiac Ischemia: A Prospective Multicenter Study' - was published in the January issue of the Journal of the American Dental Association. Source-IANS PRI...

Mercury can Kill

...lly spilt.// Mercury is a neurotoxin, meaning it attacks the nervous system and brain. In small children, m...hen inhaled gets absorbed into the bloodstream and attacks the nervous system. Even physical contact with the liquid, which is easily absorbed through the skin...

Erroneous Laboratory Operation May Lead To a Cancer Drug

...PPAR-gamma is different from the current drugs. It attacks a section of cell cytoskeleton called tubulin. While tubulin is involved in building the cell arrangement, PPAR-gamma breaks it down. This indirectly indicates that the gamma compound could actually counter the effect of tumor cells to chemotherapy. ...

Funds and Hope for Breast Cancer Patients

...s also called the magic bullet because it directly attacks the cancerous cells without side effects like hair loss or vomiting, costs about Rs.100,000 (over $2,000) per shot. For a full treatment, six to seven doses might be required which brings the costs to Rs.600,000-700,000. Not everyone can afford this ...

Cataplexy During Status Cataplecticus Resembles REM Sleep

...asleep. In narcolepsy there are compulsive sleep attacks and the person has an irresistible urge to sleep e...ousness. It is usually triggered by emotions. Mild attacks of muscle weakness can cause: Head nodding Drooping eyelids Difficulty speaking Difficulty moving ar...

More Money to Flow for First Responders at Ground Zero

...ic air at Ground Zero in the wake of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre. An autopsy conducted on a 34-year-old police officer last year confirmed the link between the respiratory problems and the exposure at Ground Zero. Around 40,000 people helped clear debris from the site of the World Tra...

Shoppers Advised to Drop Foods Not Worth Their Salt

...ly 70,000 people from developing strokes and heart attacks each year, 35,000 of which are fatal.’ This move by the campaign is certainly worth its salt. <BR...

Low-Dose Steroids Reduce Joint Damage From Rheumatoid Arthritis

... chronic disease in which the body’s immune system attacks and destroys healthy joint tissue. The hands and feet are frequently affected, and as the disease progresses it can cause pain, swelling, deformity and disability. The steroids studied in the review are known as glucocorticoids and include the well...

Regular Acupressure May Reduce Agitated Behavior in Dementia

...efits, including reductions in verbal and physical attacks and wandering. But once the four-week treatment ..., before the acupressure treatment began, physical attacks were given an average score of 5.53. These included pushing, beating, scratching and pinching. Agi...

Skepticism is Bad for Your Health

...ood that can raise the risk of hypertension, heart attacks and strokes, according to a study//. Earlier researches have proved that stress is as strong a risk factor as obesity, smoking and high cholesterol in causing heart attack. Researchers have now come up with a finding that cynical distrust can als...

Skin Patch Vaccine to Combat Alzheimer’

...the brain. The vaccine introduced through the skin attacks beta amyloid and breaks it. The current research was conducted on mice with a similar condition like Alzheimer’s. The said vaccine did not have any harmful effect. According to Jun Tan who was the chief of this research, this study is the first of ...

Scientists Unravel Superbug That Kills in 24 Hours

...ave unlocked the secrets of a deadly superbug that attacks healthy young people and can kill within 24 hours....erbug took hold in hospitals. The bug generally attacks the body through open wounds and can cause necrotising pneumonia, a disease that rapidly destroys lu...

Advantage, Obese Men!!

...which states that fat men are able to handle heart attacks better than lean men. //This research was conducted by a team of researchers from University of California. According to this study, when obese men were hospitalized with heart attacks, they were able to recuperate better than thin men. This is sa...

Aspirin Saves Life Even in Cancer Patients

...or people without cancer. "The notion that heart attacks in patients with low platelets should be treated w... guidelines currently exist for treatment of heart attacks in patients with cancer. He says that physicians are especially perplexed about what to do for cance...

South Asians, Don’t Blame Your Genes Anymor

...uth Asians have been known to get first-time heart attacks 5 to 10 years earlier than North Americans and Eur...more among South Asians. Earlier first time heart attacks are also common among immigrant South Asians, as researchers say they follow the traditional way of ...

3,600 Dead in Iran Due to Air Pollution, in One Month

...f smoke and fog. Smog is capable of causing heart attacks and respiratory problems. In Tehran, 80% of heart attacks are due to air pollution, which has also caused 10,000 deaths in 2006. Mohammad Hadi Heydarzadeh...

Antibody Therapy Prevents Type 1 Diabetes

... an autoimmune disorder in which the body errantly attacks the insulin-producing cells of the pancreas, causing chronically elevated levels of sugar in the blood, leading to blindness, kidney failure, heart disease and nerve damage. Previously known as juvenile diabetes, type 1 diabetes is usually diagnosed ...

Asthma Sufferers Favor Quick Relief Over Long-term Control

... months. ? Women were more likely to have asthma attacks than men – 50 percent versus 40 percent AHRQ, a part of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, works to improve the quality, safety, efficiency and effectiveness of health care in the United States. The data in this AHRQ News and Numbers ...

Cure for Most Heart Attacks Is Free, but It's Important to Start Young

... ‘We could probably eliminate 90 percent of heart attacks if we’d make sure our kids were eating right and getting enough exercise from the start, rather than waiting to treat them for diseases that show up decades later as a direct result of years of bad eating habits and a lack of exercise,’ says Dr. Henr...

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