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Women who conceive after a year have a higher chance of giving birth prematurely

...id researchers. The study also found an increased chance of having a low birth weight baby and needing a Caesarean section among women who had trouble getting pregnant, but those links became much weaker once the mothers' age, obesity and smoking habits were taken into account....

Animals Can give us a second chance at life

...nue their work -- hoping to give patients a second chance at life. However lack of funding remains the main reason the research is going so slowly. Researchers also say cloned pigs may play an important role in xenotransplantation and thisis even more controversial....

WHO and UNAIDS unveil plan to get 3 million AIDS patients on treatment by 2005

...tive Director. "We firmly believe that we stand no chance of halting this epidemic unless we dramatically scale up access to HIV care. Treatment and prevention are the two pillars of a truly effective comprehensive AIDS strategy." 3 by 5 StrategyTo reach the 3 by 5 target, WHO and UNAIDS will focus on fiv...

Animals can give us a second chance at life

...nue their work -- hoping to give patients a second chance at life. However lack of funding remains the main reason the research is going so slowly. Researchers also say cloned pigs may play an important role in xenotransplantation and this is even mre controversial....

Photographs An Effective Tool In Detecting Skin Cancer

...revious research also shows patients have a better chance of survival if melanoma is detected early. New research shows patients who use photographs of their own skin for reference are more likely to keep better track of new or changed moles. Researchers in New York studied 50 patients who had five or more...

PET Scan May Be Beneficial After Cancer Treatment

...e enduring cancer is limited and there is a better chance for a cure....

HRT Found To Increase Recurrence of Breast Cancer

...ar enough to show that HRT appears to increase the chance of a new or recurring breast cancer. Because of that, offering HRT to women with a history of breast cancer would be unwise.” Researchers conclude saying , alternative safe and effective strategies for the difficult problem of menopausal symptoms i...

Drug to stop HIV spread to babies may Indirectly harm The Mother

...e virus on at birth to near zero and minimizes the chance of developing resistance. In Africa and other places where this approach is not considered practical, the WHO has recommended giving a single dose of nevirapine when labor starts and then giving a second pill to the baby two days after birth.About 8...

Is Drinking Extra Fluids Safe When You’re Sick

...s children with severe pneumonia have a 45-percent chance of developing hyponatremia. Hyponatremia is a low concentration of sodium in the blood. The condition occurs when sweat and salt is replaced by ingested water. Researchers say other studies show patients with respiratory infections who develop hypon...

Does Your Prescription Have An Inappropriate Medicine?

...priate prescription, and women had about twice the chance as men of receiving a prescription that might be dangerous. The most common inappropriate drugs prescribed in the study were painkillers and drugs that act on the central nervous system, such as sedatives, antidepressants, and drugs used to treat a...

Anger Hard on the Heart

...cause blood to pool and form clots, increasing the chance for a stroke. Researchers say this is the first study to show these emotions increase the risk for this condition. Researchers conducted a study looking for an association between atrial fibrillation and psychological stress. Participants completed ...

Restoration Of Fertility After Cancer Treatment

...to experience premature menopause and diminish her chance of getting pregnant. Researchers in New York froze a 30-year-old woman’s ovarian tissue to determine if they could preserve her fertility. The woman suffered from breast cancer before experiencing chemotherapy-induced menopause. Researchers transpl...

The Effectiveness Of The Breast Cancer Drug By Pfizer

... women recovering from breast cancer lowered their chance of developing another tumor by 32 percent if they switched to exemestane after two or three years of tamoxifen treatment. According to the research presented this week at a breast cancer conference , the median survival for patients taking exemesta...

New Technique For Benign Breast Tumors

...gn, but there is still that 1 percent to 2 percent chance that it can be malignant hence people don't want to take that risk. In the past, doctors had to perform invasive surgery to remove the lump. But now, they can freeze it with a procedure called cryoablation. Doctors insert a probe into the tumor. Arg...

New Method Of Delivering Chemotherapy

...ts treated with perfusion therapy had a 75-percent chance of having their tumor shrink by half. Results lasted up to 16 months. Some patients only need one treatment while others need multiple treatments for the procedure to be most effective.Perfusion therapy is being used to treat cancers of the liver, ab...

Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer Tolerated Well by Elderly Patients

... patients the benefit of the doubt? There’s a good chance they’ll live another five years ... If it can keep the cancer from coming back “....

Parents Should Look For Signs Of Children Becoming Overweight

...port that overweight adolescents have a 70-percent chance of becoming overweight adults, which keeps them at high risk for heart disease, diabetes, high blood pressure and stroke. A new study suggest parents need to realize their weight is the most powerful risk factor for their children becoming overweigh...

Gleevec for Lung Disease

... pulmonary fibrosis. "He gave me, at most, a 50/50 chance of making five years, and that's when it sunk in," Michael tells Ivanhoe. He only has half of his lung capacity right now, but as time passes, it will decrease even more. He says, "The hardest part was telling my kids that I might not be around." M...

Identifying Irregular Heart Beats

...archers say this translates to about a one in four chance a 40-year-old will end up with an irregular heartbeat. By comparison, the lifetime risk for breast cancer in women is about one in eight. Researchers say identifying people with irregular heartbeats sooner rather than later could help save many live...

Cleft Lip And Cleft Palate Can Now Be Predicted Before Birth

... around the IRF6 gene correlated with an increased chance that a child would be born with a cleft. Further research shows the gene test applies for 12 percent of isolated cleft lip and palate cases. Researchers say they have also identified another gene mutation that accounts for 2 percent of isolated clef...

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