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Risk Of Decongestants In Hypertensive Patients

...er-the-counter drugs are safe for one and all. One big reason such warnings may be ignored is because nearly half of the estimated 50 million people in the United States with high blood pressure don't even realize they have a problem. "The warnings are very often ignored," says Dr. Lynn Smaha, past pres...

Scios Inc. targets drug giants in arthritis war

...of the potential market makes it a prize that many big pharmaceuticals companies also covet. So far, Scios' prospects look good. The company's pill appears to inhibit an enzyme, known as the p38 kinase, which provokes inflammation. Scios' lead comes in part because an earlier trailblazer, Vertex Pharmac...

Processed Meat, Diabetes connection Found

... frequency of eating processed meats. Hu said the big increase in risk for diabetes 2 came among those who ate processed meats five times or more per week. ``That's too much,'' Hu said. ``We should change that eating pattern.'' Diabetes Care is a peer-reviewed journal published by the American Diabet...

The earlier the treatment, the more the benefit

...nce people that every minute counts, it could be a big boost. We can't relax for one minute. With every minute, brain cells are dying by the tens of thousands. '' said Dr. Thomas G. Brott of the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville. Brott and colleagues combined data from 8 studies of clot-dissolving drugs inv...

Ethnic discrepancy in ovarian cancer

...cer is life-threatening for any woman - but it's a big concern when it's more of a threat to one ethnic group over another. The reasons why African Americans are more at risk is unclear, but at least highlighting the difference provides a stimulus to future research....

FDA debates status of decongestant drugs

...er-the-counter drugs are safe for one and all. One big reason such warnings may be ignored is because nearly half of the estimated 50 million people in the United States with high blood pressure don't even realize they have a problem. The problem is that the active ingredients in many decongestants can'...

Women need to exercise more to prevent obesity

...e sedentary lifestyle of the United States plays a big part in the growing national problem of obesity. Rather than thinking of calorie cutting, it may be better to consider how to squeeze more physical activity into your day....

Blood test may aid foretell Alzheimer's

...ve longer, though Holtzman said, "I think that's a big under-estimate," because it doesn't include folks ...ood is happening in the brain," he said, "that's a big red flag that things aren't going well."...

Children's snoring may indicate a serious problem

...a syndrome. Tonsils and/or adenoids that are too big usually cause the condition. Obesity also can result in problems. Fat deposits around the throat can cause it to constrict, and fat in the stomach can prevent the diaphragm from functioning properly. Some30% to 50% of obese children suffer from the s...

Chemotherapy Pill Has Fewer Side Effects Than IV

... use and produces fewer side effects, and that's a big attraction for patients. Given these results, patients slated to receive the chemotherapy drug 5-FU could consider receiving it in pill form rather than through an IV. Capecitabine, sold as Xeloda by New Jersey-based Roche Laboratories, has been app...

Mild Depression may guard aged women

...ppy, "like you should be popping out of bed with a big smile on your face." Dolores Gallagher-Thompson, a research psychologist at Stanford University School of Medicine in Stanford, Calif., and a member of the American Psychology Association, told UPI although she is unfamiliar with the study, she is fa...

Psychiatric issues common in brain disease

...ohns Hopkins University now reveal that there is a big area of overlap. They found that 81 per cent of a group of Huntington's patients suffered from a recognisable psychiatric disorder, such as depression, personality disorder or dementia. They found similar rates among patients with other diseases of...

A simple way to do surgery

...ale which allows physicians to know accurately how big a hole they are making....

Exercise with music aids with lung disorders

...iocassette of country and western, pop, Motown and big band music to listen to as they walked, while the other did not listen to music. Over the eight week period, the music group walked further – 20 miles compared to 12 miles - which, in terms of lung function, is significant. They could walk further ...

The Happiness Formula....

...e that happiness lies in having lots of money or a big car or a big house and tend to focus on the negative things in life while we should be focusing on what we want a...

Pfizer unveils anti-smoking drug

...ompany, however, cautioned that the results of its big clinical studies will take time, and a positive outcome isn't always guaranteed. Pfizer said it is unclear how long patients need to be on Varenicline after quitting....

Y chromosome uses trick to repair its own genes

...work adds one more. "Y chromosomes really have a big trick up their sleeves," said David Page, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator. The gene-fixing trick was already known to happen occasionally in human DNA, but the surprise is that the Y chromosome has elevated it to standard operating p...

Wearable Body Monitoring

... wearable body monitoring devices will be the next big change with significant behavioral improvements. Researchers are currently involved in a project to determine what effect a wearable monitoring device will have on helping people lose weight.The armband will measure a person’s number of calories bu...

Diabetes on the Increase but Death Rate Falling

...and diabetes are indeed on the increase, a problem big and deadly enough to need no supporting rhetoric," he wrote in the journal. Diabetes effects some 135 million people worldwide and the number of sufferers has been increasing steadily in the West due in part to a rise in obesity. A healthy diet and ...

Good carb, bad carb? Experts debate.

...ve been rare. Most support for the idea comes from big surveys that follow people's health and diets over time. Some of these show that those who consistently favor low-GI fare are less likely to become overweight or to get diabetes and heart disease....

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