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Risk of Cancer can be reduced to 40% with a High Fiber Diet

...ies give us a truthful picture of the relationship between cancer and diet....

New scalpel probes into cancer

...unt of protein present and was able to distinguish between normal human brain cells and their malignant form. At present the only way to tell if cancerous cells are present is to stain tissue samples, which may take hours this scalpel will be able to tell the surgeon when to stop cutting. The brain is a pa...

GlaxoSmithKline - Changes Lamictal(R) Label Appearance and Packaging

...oor hand writing of the prescription and confusion between drugs with similar names.// It is important for p...ctal. The most common dispensing errors have been between Lamisil(R), an antifungal tablet and Lamictal.In these instances, either Lamisil was substituted for...

The big brain in suicides

...ucide victims. A comparative brain study was made between people who died a natural death with those of people who commited sucide. Results concluded that the brain was significantly lighter in the natural cause than the sucide group. A theory states that depression causes the brain to swell and these peop...

Protective effects of tomatoes in prostate cancer

...studies does not actually prove a cause-and-effect between lycopene and reduced cancer risk. In their study , the researchers followed 30 men with localized prostate cancer and administered 15 milligrams of lycopene daily to half of them ,while the other half received no intervention for three weeks prior ...

A better way to measure cholesterol

...re non-HDL cholesterol too. This is the difference between total cholesterol and HDL. It is the sum of LDL, triglycerides (blood fats) and hence called intermediate density lipoprotein.// Researchers have found a more accurate way of predicting death from heart disease. In a study covering 4,462 adults a...

Maternal alcohol consumption linked to behavioral problems in children

...omen were contacted again when their children were between 6 and 7 years of age. The investigators found that on examining the behavioural patterns of these kids ,maternal alcohol consumption in pregnancy was linked to aggression, delinquent behavior and attention problems in them. Children with low level...

How much can exercise improve health?

... In his article, he explores the relationship between physical activity and all-cause mortality,the risk of death at any given age.The article also said that, following at least the minimal guidelines, which can help to burn 1,000 calories a week, reduces all-cause mortality by 20 to 30 percent. ...

Detecting anomalies in heart rythm

...ned and analysed by the computer.The time interval between successive heartbeats is the first variable to be ... in use today only look at the linear relationship between data. The approach is to use model of non-linear dynamics, which describe heart rhythm- as a...

Big and Bright

...00 children at age seven to study the relationship between birth weight and intelligence.They found that on a...eficit. The new study showed the association between birth weight and IQ was stronger in boys than girls, with a 1000g increase in birth weight related t...

Stuttering and brain anatomy

...r. Besides attempting to determine a correlation between the shape and size of brain features and stuttering, the study soought to determine whether sex and hand writing preference influenced PDS. " Our data indicated that sex and hand writing seemed to be related to some anatomic features. For example, ...

Alerts for safety of heart device

...as a sharp increase in the annual rate of warnings between 1995 and 2000. As the rate of manufacturing of devices increase, they are getting more complex and more chances to malfunction. Nevertheless, having a safety warning is a worry for the patient and supplying a replacement is costly. With the growing p...

Early detection of prostate cancer

...n Stockholm and Boston, looked at the relationship between prostate-specific antigen, or PSA (the chemical currently used as a ‘marker’ for prostate cancer progression), and two other blood proteins. It was found that men with prostate cancer who could not be detected by the PSA test could potentially ...

Young womens woes

...for every 10 year decrease in age."The interaction between sex and age has an important effect on long-term mortality rate after myocardial infarction (heart attack)", the authors said. Cardiovascular disease kills more women than all cancers. The early warning signs of heart attack can vary greatly, expert...

Young women's woes

...for every 10 year decrease in age."The interaction between sex and age has an important effect on long-term mortality rate after myocardial infarction (heart attack)", the authors said. Cardiovascular disease kills more women than all cancers. The early warning signs of heart attack can vary greatly, expert...

Male infertility in relation to cancer

Researhers from Britain examining the relationship between increasing rates of testicular cancer and decreasi...ournal (BMJ), the study found a strong association between men with infertility problems and the subsequent risk of testicular cancer, with men in couples with...

Headache decreases appetite

... applied.This shows that there is an intimate link between the brain regions and the pain and appetite....

Depression and heart failure

...ses the risk of dying from heart failure. The link between depression and coronary artery disease is well established and generally have a worse outcome. They screened 357 patients diagnosed with heart failure for depression. They found depressive symptoms in 35.3%,with 13.9% being classed as// suffering f...

Dark skin protects

...nisation and immunity in humans, suggesting a link between the two.He also points out that darker-skinned people are less likely than people with fair skin to develop serious skin diseases. It also explains why all do not have black skin. Melanin is made from the amino acid tyrosine, which is also needed ...

Need for Colon cancer screening

...over 3,000 apparently healthy male volunteers aged between 50 and 70 and gave them a colonoscopy to detect any tumours. In comparison to the sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy is much more effective because it enables to look at the whole colon. FOBT could detect fewer than 25% of precancerous colon growths in peo...

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