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Large Intake of Calcium from Dairy Food Linked to Dementia in Elders

...alcium and vitamin D may damage the brain. It is believed that when too much calcium is absorbed into blood vessel walls, it produces bone-like deposits, and this calcification may narrow the blood vessels and make them less flexible, reducing the blood flow through them. When it happens in the brain, neu...

Check Your Physiology Before You Choose A Diet

...nks their effect on blood glucose levels. They are believed to stabilize blood sugar after a meal, lower the hormone insulin and stave off hunger longer. The dieters also were advised to limit processed carbohydrates, such as white bread, white rice, prepared cereals, crackers, cookies and sugary foods. Res...

No Evidence Older Women Generate New Eggs

...ovulation. At menopause, few to no mature eggs are believed to remain in the ovaries....

Saving Powers Of The Ocean On The Wane

... and intensify during this century." Oceans are believed to absorb about one-quarter to one- half of human-related carbon emissions linked to global warming. They are massive sinks that absorb such greenhouse gases. While researchers say the oceans' removal of the carbon dioxide from Earth's atmosphere...

Scientists Develop Method to Track Immune System Enzyme in Live Animals

...trace, in a live animal, the activity of an enzyme believed to play a crucial role both in the normal immune response as well as autoimmunity and B cell tumor development. Their report appears in the Journal of Experimental Medicine. The enzyme, known as activation-induced cytidine deaminase or AID (which h...

Sylvester Stallone Regrets Smuggling Banned Substances to Australia

...rs were coming to see him the following day. If he believed customs had authorized his continuing possession o...one junket due to his impending court case." It is believed Stallone decided to keep them out because he didn't want to answer questions about his drug charges....

High-risk Sexual Behavior Adolescents Attract Peers With Similar Attitudes

...t a condom the following year. Those whose friends believed that sex had undesirable consequences were likely ...attitudes that are similar to their own. Teens who believed that sex had undesirable consequences were likely to choose new friends and retain existing friends ...

Veterans Exposed to Agent Orange Increased Risk of Prostate Cancer Recurrence

...en, dioxin, which can be stored in body fat and is believed to make its way into the cell nucleus and work as a tumor promoter. In the past, relatively higher mortality rates have been found in chemical plant workers and farmers with prostate cancer who were exposed to dioxin, the researchers write in their a...

Gilead's AIDS Drug Awaits Patent in India

...ited countries. More than 5.1 million people are believed to be infected with HIV in India - the second highest incidence of the disease after South Africa. According to Alton, Viread (tenofovir disoproxil fumarate) is on its way to becoming the frontrunner drug across Europe for HIV/AIDS due to its low t...

Bird Flu: Bangladesh Situation Serious, Indian on High Alert

...desh mostly in backyard poultry. The infection was believed to have been transmitted through migratory birds. Recently the Government denied reports of occurrence of the disease after poultry mortality was reported in a district each in Kerala and West Bengal. "We have not let down our guard and surveillanc...

Figures of Dengue In Singapore On The Rise

...irus spreading in Singapore. So far, one man is believed to have died this year from dengue fever. The Health Ministry has not reported any other dengue death cases. Health officials have been combing public housing estates in search of mosquito breeding sites. Dengue is the most important mosquito-tra...

Retinol Lotions Enhances Skin, Reduces Overall Aging

...d, researchers say. In the past, it was everyone believed that retinoids would treat only photoaging, or damage from exposure to sun. This is the first systematic, double-blind study showing that it improves any kind of aging photoaging as well as natural aging, said co-author John J. Voorhees, M.D., the D...

Effectiveness of Hormone Therapy During Menopause

...of the hormone therapy debate. Originally, it was believed with certainty that the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) proved that women should not use estrogen because it causes breast cancer and has no benefits for cardiovascular disease. Today, researchers understand that the WHI was not designed to address ...

Magnets to the rescue of Alzheimers patients

...pus. These cells divide throughout life and are believed to play a crucial role in memory and mood regulation. In particular they found one receptor in the cells was activated. A subsequent study which is due to be published shortly showed that the activity of this receptor declines in mice and human...

Drink, Binge and the Genetic Link

... alcohol cannot lay claim to a single cause and is believed to vary with social, emotional and hereditary factors. 50% of the total risk for alcoholism is attributed to heritable factors. More than a dozen genes have been identified which increases a persons risk of alcoholism, rendering the condition genet...

Fingers of Kids can Predict Their Performance in Exams

...ith the children in the womb. The sex hormones are believed to administer brain development as well as finger length. "Testosterone has been argued to promote development of the areas of the brain which are often associated with spatial and mathematical skills. Oestrogen is thought to do the same in the are...

Robotic Surgery May Improve Survival Rate For Prostate Cancer Patients

...o had RALP. The Jefferson researchers said they believed the results were so positive here because of the way they approach each case. We individualize each case and consider the patient, as well as his particular anatomy and preoperative cancer-related characteristics to plan his procedure, said Dr. Lal...

Naresh Trehan Reinstated as Chief of Escorts After Weeklong Row

...opment, Trehan said things have changed now and he believed that patient care will get due importance at the hospital once again. "They have withdrawn the police case against me and all the sacked doctors and support staffs have been reinstated. Director (anaesthesia and critical care) Dr. Yatin Mehta has a...

ECP may Be Effective in Treating Crohn's Disease

...obiology at The Mount Sinai Medical Center. ECP is believed to bolster tolerance in the immune system, which may be important in immune-mediated diseases such as Crohns. In contrast, most patients with inflammatory bowel disease are currently treated with medicines that suppress the immune system. Unlike ECP,...

Loss of Virginity Could Prove Traumatic If Relationship Falls Apart Subsequently

It is generally believed non-marital sex adversely impacts on a teen's mental health. But a new study shows that the negative mental side effects of a teen's loss of virginity are confined to a specific group. Depression overtakes those who have sex earlier than their pee...

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