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Vitamins reduce pre-eclampsia

...ncet, found that taking the supplements halved the chance of developing pre-eclampsia. The condition involves the pregnant mother with a high-blood pressure, and can interfere with the feeding of the unborn child through the placenta. Between five and ten per cent of women develop pre-eclampsia. The risk ...

Dampness related to asthma

... risk of asthma, but left residents with a greater chance of repeated colds and skin allergies. People living in damp houses were found to need more antibiotics than others and were more likely to suffer from pneumonia, bronchitis or tonsillitis. The study published in the journal Allergies, showed that 2 ...

Miscarriage linked to late embryos

... those implanting on day eight having the greatest chance of success.// The researchers speculate that late-implanting embryos may be weaker and that rejection of them may be a protective mechanism designed to spare the mother the physiologic burden of supporting non-viable offspring. The new studies, wh...

Allergies are related to mothers' menses

...riods, or "menarche", as doctors call it, the less chance of allergies for the children. The study authors said: "To our knowledge, this is the first report of such an association. "However, the biological mechanism underlying this finding is not clear. "It is possible that differences in the maternal oes...

First Artificial Heart patient has Major setback

...t the time, he was so ill he had been given little chance of living more than 30 days without it. Tools improved after the implant and had even been able to dine out at restaurants and go fishing. Last month, doctors were hoping he would be able to go home for Christmas. But the stroke November 11 left T...

Morning sickness maybe pronounced

...boys during the period studied, there was a higher chance of mothers-to-be of girls being admitted to hospital suffering from hyperemesis gravidarum - serious nausea and vomiting during the first three months of pregnancy.// The female to male ratio of hospital admissions was 56:44, according to the resea...

Night borns' risk

...those born during the day. There is also a greater chance of death for those born around 9am, which may be p...s reports that infants born at night have a higher chance of early death//, in the first six days, than those born during the daytime. The research, published...

Antidepressants-important role

...them to one of the others, knowing there is a good chance the alternative will produce the desired improvement....

Recovery from lung injury

According to researchers older people have a less chance of surviving lung injury. But recovery is possible if ventilator treatment is given in time. On an average older people are more susceptible to lung problems that leave them needing the help of a ventilator.// What's not been clear is whether they do...

Infection linked with heart attack

...ose who had up to three infections had a 2 percent chance of dying, those with four to five had a 8 per cent...ce, and in those with six to eight infections, the chance went up to 5 per cent. The figures were higher still in those with more advanced atherosclerosis. ...

Burden of lung disease

...ng cancer will be dead within five years. The best chance they’ve got is surgical resection – for which the UK has one of the lowest rates. This may be because the UK has a relatively elderly population with lung cancer – risks of surgery are greater with age and associated conditions like heart disease. Or...

Third artificial heart patient introduced

... must have severe heart failure with an 80-percent chance of dying within a month, and have no other treatment options. The first man to get the implant, 59-year-old Robert Tools, survived almost five months with it. He died November 30 from severe abdominal bleeding and organ failure, which doctors said w...

Asprin aids in pregnancy

...a, an 8% reduction in premature birth and 14% less chance of their baby dying in the womb. A spokesperson for the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists said : "It appears from this systematic review that the use of aspirin to prevent pre-eclampsia may have to be reconsidered. "More analysis wou...

Knowing how weight loss aids in diabetes

...ssions on nutrition and physical activity, and the chance to attend a support group. Over the next 10 years, the researchers will look at how weight loss impacts on cardiovascular risk factors, the incidence of diabetes complications, general health and quality of life. The result will be of great signifi...

Kidney cancer on the rise

...s 94 per cent. But once the cancer has spread, the chance of treating the disease successfully drops considerably. Research says the rise in incidence of kidney cancer is concerning, but can be countered if people adopt lifestyle changes....

The earlier the treatment, the more the benefit

... the start of symptoms have almost three times the chance of a full recovery compared to people who are not ...he second 90 minutes have only a 1.5 times greater chance of recovery. Brott said hospitals should strive to start treatment as fast as possible....

Family planning with folate

...fore becoming pregnant// had a 50 per cent greater chance of having twins. Folate has been proven to minimise the risk of birth defects such as spina bifida by up to 70 per cent, with one in 300 Indian pregnancies affected by a neural tube defect. Neural tube defect can cause a wide range of disabilities s...

Dangers of sunlight

...reater the dose of solar radiation, the higher the chance of developing a cataract. Mr Jonathan Dowler, a consultant ophthalmic surgeon at Moorfields Eye Hospital, said previous research had also linked cataract formation to light exposure....

A new method to help smokers quit

...Results show those on the lower dose had twice the chance of being abstinent and those on the higher dose had nearly four times the chance of abstinence. Smokers receiving the active lozenge showed continually higher abstinence rates at th...

Vaccine guards against shingles

...ld offer people with cancer and the elderly a good chance for protection against shingles....

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