Vitamin- B 12 Good For Depression
...vitamin B12 in the patients’ blood when they first came to the clinic and again at their six-month check up. Researchers then determined if the level of vitamin B12 played a role in the patients’ outcomes. Researchers report the patients who responded fully to treatment had higher concentrations of vitam...Progesterone Found To Increase Ovarian Cancer Risk
...ound the greatest influence on ovarian cancer risk came from two variations of the gene. These two variations raised a woman’s ovarian cancer risk by nearly four-fold. In conclusion researchers say they know progesterone appears to protect women from ovarian cancer, while increasing their risk of breast ...Routine use of steroids can lead to death for patients with brain injury
... brain injuries or even asthma. The study, which came in the recent issue of the journal The Cochrane, suggests that such treatment may not be routinely done with patients with traumatic head injury. Although the trial accounts for increase in mortality rates by using steroids, researchers are also of o...New turn in stem cell research
...e way stem-cell studies are going on. The research came out in the current issue of The Lancet. Link: http://www.thelancet.com/journal/vol365/iss9462/abs/lla n.365.9462.early_online_publication.32512.1...Lidoderm for pain removal in Osteoarthritis
...fore the present study. The results of the study came out in a press release by the firm Endo Pharmaceuticals in 24th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Pain Society....Can There Be A Diabetes Type III?
...ated to Alzheimer's disease. The findings, which came out in the march, issue of the Journal of Alzheimer's Disease, say that insulin is not only produced in pancreas, but in the brain as well. There had been previous findings that had reported that the characteristics of diabetes like insulin resistanc...Hormone Replacement Therapy increases the risk of endometrial cancer
...ound mostly in postmenopausal women. The research came out in the current issue of The Lancet, as part of a greater study called Million Women Study. The researchers had studied more than 70,000 postmenopausal women in UK without previous cancer or previous hysterectomy. Of the 45% women who had used t...Chemicals in clear plastics can cause learning difficulties
In a recent study that came out in the journal Environmental Health Perspectives had brought out the// detrimental effects of clear plastics on human beings. Bisphenol-A (BPA) is a chemical founding the clear plastics that are used as food grade materials for making air tight...Pollutants may affect male fertility
... Sweden had investigated 149 Swedish fishermen and came to conclusion that pollutants do affect the fertility of males. The Y part of the X-Y chromosome gets affected by the pollutants that increase the y factor and may lead to higher chances of males children being born to the people affected by the poll...In Search Of A New Drug To Target Cholesterol
...netically altered not to produce ACAT2 researchers came to the conclusion that the mice had 85-percent less hardening of the arteries than mice who still produced the enzyme. When the normal mice were given a molecule known to block the effects of ACAT2, the same results were seen. Researchers then studi...In Search Of A New Drug To Target Cholesterol
...netically altered not to produce ACAT2 researchers came to the conclusion that the mice had 85-percent less hardening of the arteries than mice who still produced the enzyme. When the normal mice were given a molecule known to block the effects of ACAT2, the same results were seen. Researchers then studi...Testicular cancer linked to high cholesterol
...ing testicular cancer in men.// The research which came in the recent issue of British Journal of Cancer says that the increase in blood cholesterol level can increase the risk of testicular cancer by almost as much as 4.5 % than for people with a healthy level of cholesterol. The Swedish researchers fro...Ceramide can target and kill cancer cells
... healthy and functional. The results of the study came up in the new issue of the journal Clinical Cancer Research. Reference: Penn State University, Press Release, May 2005...Harmful chemicals change the genetic response to hormone estrogen
... histories even before birth. The research report came out in the May edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences....More soy benefits on blood glucose levels, and cholesterol
...lesterol levels, and weight gain// The study that came out in the Journal of the American College of Nutrition points out that soy based food can cause a more healthy weight loss than any other diet programs, although the results may not be as dramatic. Health benefits of soy and soy products have been ...London Emergency Services Receive Wide Appreciation
...ofessional way, we are not over-stretched -- staff came in response to our major incident alert." Although there were about 37 deaths by the end of the day and over 300 major casualties. The workload was distributed to many major hospitals like Royal Free Hospital, University College Hospital, Guys and S...The growing availability of Fake drugs in the market
...ll. Karnataka's biggest spurious drug racket first came to light in May-end this year when investigations revealed that these batches of medicines were purported to be manufactured under brand names like Pfizer, Ranbaxy, Nicholas Piramal, Cadila and Cipla. A team of investigators were put on the job to tr......the social behavior in people. Researchers results came as they were trying to define the neural circuit for people suffering from the genetic abnormality called the Williams Syndrome. Scientists have for sometime have suspected that abnormal processing in the amygdala in the brain may be responsible for...