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More about HIV

... fight against a disease like AIDS, the connection between mind and body can make the difference between dying from AIDS or living long enough to see a cure or a better treatment....

Arterial stiffness prevented by light drinking

... increased with age. But there was no relationship between alcohol consumption and arterial thickening, another heart disease risk factor....

Drink alcohol for intelligence

...fecture, near Tokyo, tested the IQs of 2000 people between 40 and 80 years old. Men who drank less than 540 millilitres of sake or wine a day had an IQ 3.3 points higher than men who did not drink at all. Women drinkers scored 2.5 points higher than teetotallers. Senior researcher Hiroshi Shimokata told ...

Borderline blood pressure- possible health risk

...n group defined as normal where blood pressure lay between 130 and 120 (top figure) and 70 and 80 (bottom figure). Over the 12 years following initial blood pressure measurement, rates of cardiovascular events were1.5 per cent, 2.2 per cent and 4.1 per cent for women depending on whether blood pressure was o...

Photographs as a parameter

... computer program to measure and compare the ratio between the size of arterial blood vessels, taking blood to the eye, and venuolar blood vessels, taking it back to the heart....

Allergies are related to mothers' menses

...he pattern was confirmed by looking at the ages in between - the higher the age at first periods, or "menarch...e levels are key to this, there was no association between the age that the girl children had their first periods, and their allergies. The study was reported ...

Shapely sperm-a valuable indicator of fertility

... Thet feel that although the 3 percent difference between the number of shapely sperm in fertile and infertile men's semen seems small, it was the most reliable indicator. This is will be a valuable tool for infertility specialists. About one in six couples has trouble conceiving. In one-third or more of t...

Deprived sleep leads to ageing

...ey said the amount of sleep people required varied between individuals. The important thing was to feel thoroughly rested after waking up.In many cases the quality of sleep was more important that the quantity, he said. He said persistently high levels of glucose increased the risk of developing diabetes, he...

Breakfast improves memory

...the University of Texas gave 18 men and women aged between 60 and 80 one of four breakfast drinks: three cont...out 10 minutes later. An hour later, differences between the nutrient content were seen - those taking in the carbohydrate did best, followed by those whose ...

Heart disease starts early

...ments, researchers found a significant correlation between insulin resistance and systolic blood pressure in ...ase of triglycerides. In addition, the correlation between high blood pressure and insulin resistance was directly affected by levels of obesity....

Comparison between warfarin and aspirin

...parison of the two shows there is little to choose between them. This means that either can be prescribed to patients at risk of stroke....

Patients Pressure Would Result In Overprescription

...r infection. The findings show that "the encounter between the physician and the patient with respiratory infection is an intricate dance in which both partners play important roles," Scott said. "Any interventions to reduce antibiotic prescribing must pay as much attention to the patient as to the physician...

Morning sickness maybe pronounced

...m. A study of over a million pregnancies in Norway between 1977 and 1985 showed there was a greater risk of the condition for women who were carrying a female child. Though there were more births of boys during the period studied, there was a higher chance of mothers-to-be of girls being admitted to hospit...

Cardiac diseases develop early

...ments, researchers found a significant correlation between insulin resistance and systolic blood pressure in ...ase of triglycerides. In addition, the correlation between high blood pressure and insulin resistance was directly affected by levels of obesity. While resear...

For a Better Memory

... callosum allows for more and better communication between both halves of the brain. Memory is divided into two categories. The first type is called semantic or implicit memory. We don't really remember things as much as we just know them. The second type of memory is known as episodic memory. We remember ...

Erythromycin and infants’ intestinal disorde

...dy, in the Journal of Pediatrics, has found a link between erythromycin, and subsequent development of pyloric stenosis, a condition that affects one in 500 newborns. Pyloric stenosis, which usually occurs in the first or second month of life, is a blockage of the outlet of the stomach that causes projectil...

Research of Ritalin

...fter taking into account differences in metabolism between mice and humans. The researchers found Ritalin increased the activity of a gene called c-fos in the striatum, a part of the brain involved in movement and motivation. "These data do suggest that there are effects of Ritalin on cell function that out...

Too much coffee is too bad

... of caffeine consumption to examine th interaction between caffeine intake, genetic type, and osteoporosis.They found that women with high caffeine intakes had significantly higher rates of bone loss at the spine, and that women who were homozygous for a mutation in the vitamin D receptor (VDR) gene were at ...

Frequent meals can reduce cholesterol

... people stick to three meals a day and no snacking between times. If these people eat the same amount, does i...ied the eating patterns of over 11,000 people aged between 40 and 70 years. They classified them into five categories, depending on their eating frequency and ...

Constipation can be a cause

...f the Honolulu Heart Program, looked at 6,456 aged between 51 and 75 who were followed for 24 years.// Cons...y. The researchers took into account differences between the men in terms of age, coffee smoking, laxative use and intake of fruit, vegetables and grains.Dr ...

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