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Allergic Individuals Should Keep Away from Cats, Say UK Scientists

...s swelling and irritation of the upper airways and causes typical hay fever and asthmatic symptoms. People who have had asthmatic bronchitis as children in a household with pets, especially a cat, are at a high risk of developing allergies towards cats as they get older. Cat allergen is present on ver...

Benoits Son Suffered from Fragile X Syndrome, a Rare Mental Disability

...e X Syndrome is a defect of the X chromosome which causes mild mental retardation. The disorder occurs more frequently and severely among males than females. This condition is the leading known familial cause of mental retardation in the United States. Language delays, behavioral problems, autism or autis...

Osteoarthritis Facts and Causes

... (FAI), in which the femoral head of the thighbone causes damage by rubbing abnormally on the hip socket (acetabulum). FAI caused by an abnormality in the hip socket can lead to osteoarthritis, but it is not known if FAI that is not caused by a defect can also lead to the condition. Recognizing that the A...

Loss of Antenna Leads to Cancer in Insects

... by turning on a third protein, HDAC6. This action causes the antenna to be dismantled in an untimely way. Why cilia come and go on normal cells is not entirely understood, but scientists increasingly suspect that it may play a role in timing the cell division process. Commonly, cancer cells have entirely...

Beaches Shut Due to High E-coli Level in Water

...be behind the high E. coli counts, noting the rain causes more runoff from fields where fertilizer has been spread into streams and rivers and eventually the lake. Heavy rain could also cause more sewer outflows, he said. The beach will reopen when test results come back consistently safe. Last year KF...

Capitalism is Bad for Men's Health: Study

...oviet countries. Male mortality from intentional causes - homicides and suicides - doubled in the region, although it varied significantly by country. Poland, which had a relatively smooth transition, saw the rate increase just 15 percent while Estonia, which was much more unstable, saw violent deaths i...

Hoarding can Endanger Lives, Says New Study

...e worthless or useless. Little is known about what causes hoarding, but like many mental disorders, it is believed in part to have a genetic cause. In some cases, a loss or other significant life event can trigger hoarding behaviour. Hoarding behaviour may also be present in persons with dementia In sever...

Vaginal Lubricants can Reduce Cervical Cancer Risk

...ection caused by human papillomavirus (HPV), which causes cervical cancer. The study was conducted by a team of researchers led by John Schiller at the National Cancer Institute, Bethesda, Maryland. The problem with doing the experiments was that HPV survive only in humans, making it difficult to form ...

X-ray Mammography Aids in Breast Cancer Detection

... 40,460 women will die of the disease. While the causes of breast cancer are unknown, heredity has been identified as one risk factor. The authors write that about 50 percent of breast cancers associated with genetic risk factors are linked to a mutation of the BRCA1 or BRCA2 genes. Women with multiple...

Blocking the Y2 Receptors can Prevent Obesity

...he damage it causes. If we can interfere before it causes fat to amass, it could have a major impact on cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer (which all have links with obesity). Basically, when we have a stress reaction, NPY levels rise in our bodies, causing our heart rate and blood pressure to g...

Defective Defibrillators

...bnormally or completely stopped. Many a times it causes more anxiety to the patient or there is an increased cost to repair or remove the device and many a times it can cause death. It is a big problem for many who are walking around with the defibrillators in them. The compositions of the wires were ch...

FDA Advisory Against Anti-depressants to Be Expanded to Cover Young Adults too

...iatric disorders are themselves the most important causes of suicide. "Antidepressant medications benefit many patients, but it is important that doctors and patients are aware of the risks," said Dr. Steven Galson, the FDA's drugs chief. Still, any risks are said to be small. For every 1,000 patients 1...

Fertility Rates Felled By Diabetes

...the scientists in these men, is one of the leading causes of male infertility. Here an average of 52 percent of the sperm were found to be fragmented as against 32 percent in normal men. The study also found a higher rate of deletions of DNA in the mitochondria. Though semen volume was significantly less ...

Malfunction of Gene Causes Schizophrenia, Depression

...chers has confirmed that the malfunction of a gene causes schizophrenia and depression , according to a study published Thursday's issue of the journal Neuron. The researchers said their findings in mice offer a possible animal model for developing treatments for schizophrenia and depression, which have be...

Gene Mutations Leave Caucasians Prone To Heart Diseases And Diabetes

...his may make it more difficult to determine how it causes disease. While Dr. Ruth McPherson of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute and colleagues scanned blood samples from 23,000 people, Anna Helgadottir of Iceland-based deCODE Genetics Inc. in Reykjavik and U.S. colleagues at Emory University in A...

Indoor Air Pollution Biggest Health Threat

...obacco smoke is a major pollutant. Passive smoking causes burning eyes, nose, and throat irritation, bronchitis, severe asthma, decrease in lung function and even cancer in children and adult alike. Solutions are available, and it is our international responsibility to promote the health and well-being of...

American Cancer Society Launches Major New Study

...ith cancer (important in studies that focus on the causes of cancer), and who are willing to make a long-term commitment to the study. Enrollees spend 20 to 30 minutes at a Relay For Life event, where after consenting to participate they complete a brief study questionnaire, get a simple waist measurement, ...

New Clues for Treatment of Disease That Causes Accelerated Aging

...ope for treatment of a rare genetic condition that causes rapidly accelerated aging and leads to an average ...ear membrane. Scientists believe this misplacement causes progeria; under the microscope, it leads to visible distortions in the structure of cell nuclei. B...

Vaccine Prevents Prion Disease in Mice

...ther animals contaminated with prions. The disease causes dementia and abnormal limb movements. Prion is a protein that is also an infectious agent. The proteins are so similar to proteins found normally that the immune system does not fight them off. To develop a vaccine that would stimulate the mice's i...

Babies Cot Dead - Why?

... a research group that has zeroed in on one of the causes of cot death a flaw in the production of glucose. Elaborating on the challenge in front of them, Professor Burchell said, Figuring out why some babies and not others are more susceptible to sudden infant death syndrome or other serious illnesses i...

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