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Risk of preeclampsia in pregnant mothers may be inherited

...ves a woman with the STOX1 genotype a fift percent chance of having preeclampsia. The study is published in the April issue of Nature Genetics....

Onions to prevent osteoporosis

...n are as good on human beings, then there may be a chance to get cured of this disease very soon. Reference: Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, issue May 2005., Osteoporosis, onion, peptide, GPCS, parathyroid hormone, calcium, bone disease, loss of bone minerals...

Excess physical activity can induce stress fracture in adolescent girls

...orked out for less than 16 hours per week had more chance of engaging in disorderly eating practices to control weight gain. For the girls who had vigorous activity for 16 or more hours a week, the chances of having a stress fracture is more for those who do running, gymnastics or even cheer leading. Res...

Clothes may provide better protection against sun-related skin problems in children

...hile [playing in the beach or outdoors suffer less chance of having melanocytic nevi or skin moles. The number of melanocytic nevi a person has determines the risk factor for developing cutaneous melanoma or skin cancer. In the study that covered 1812 children in the age of 7 to 12 yrs, scientists have tri...

Ibuprofen to lower risk of Parkinson’s diseas

...of 8.5 yrs. These people seemed to have a 38% less chance of having Parkinson’s disease than the people who did not take the drug. There were no such association found between Parkinson’s and other drugs like aspirin or any other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. The study suggests that one of the re...

Processed meats can cause cancer

...sume most amount of processed meat have a 67% more chance of having pancreatic cancer than the people who consume such food in the least. Eating pork and red meat regularly also increases the risk of having pancreatic cancer about 50% more than those who stay away from these foods the result showed no assoc...

Use of Statin can help in recovery from stroke

...ents. Patients who had statin before stroke have a chance of 1.6 times more of // having a favorable recover...eople who were on statins after the stroke had the chance of 2.6 times more of a favorable recovery than others. The study had looked into 1618 people who h...

Anti-inflammatory drugs reduce the risk of oral cancer for smokers

...took NSAIDs for extended time period have 65% less chance of having oral cancer than others, when both the groups are moderate smokers of tobacco. The study suggested that NSAID might have anti carcinogenic effect on smokers who smoked for 30 or less pack-years. A pack-year is smoking for one year at a ci...

Pregnancy hormone to prevent breast cancer

...r and earlier the women become pregnant the better chance they have against breast cancer. The research study had successfully shown that pregnancy and a hormone produced during pregnancy have been called human chronic gonadotropin (hCG) have inhibited breast cancer in rats. The hormone that is found in p...

Obesity can lead to knee damage

..., with BMI more than 30 have a 15 to 25 times more chance of causing a damage to their knees. Of the 850,00...tween obese men and women, obese women have a more chance of ligament of the knee being damaged and hence need to be more careful....

Contraceptive pills may lead to deformities in babies

...n take oral contraceptive pills, and always have a chance of having a conception from missing out on a day’s pill. In those cases, women may continue taking the pills till they realise they are pregnant. Mice which were exposed to contraceptive ethinylestradiol, and similar oestrogenic chemical, bisphenol ...

Small lumps in breast if not treated may cause long-term harm

... says that these, if left untreated, have a strong chance of developing into invasive breast cancer. These lumps in the breast are called ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and are now recognized as a set of disease with varying grades and extents. Researchers from Vanderbilt University Medical Center, US,...

Moderate drinking can be good for the kidneys

...men who drank moderate alcohol weekly had 30% less chance of having elevated creatinine levels and low levels of glomerular filtration rates than males who drank very less. High levels of creatinine in blood and reduced glomerular filtration rates are signals of kidney dysfunction. Scientists have in their...

Birth weight and adult body weight increases heart disease

...ight of the female newborn babies, lesser is their chance of having coronary heart disease. For each kg incr... Women who have a higher body mass index have more chance of having a coronary heart disease if they were of low birth weight as newborns. However, risk of st...

High blood pressure during sleep may cause high blood sugar

...th “non-dipping” blood pressure have an increasing chance of having a high fasting blood sugar than that of people whose blood pressure dips for about 10% of the diurnal level at night. Researchers had found that of the 51 patients of hypertension studied in the age group of 60 to 80 years, 20 of them had ...

Heart rate can predict the risk of sudden death

... minute after cessation of exercise, then also the chance of having sudden death remains high. The study was published in the current issue of New England Journal of Medicine. Reference: New England Journal of Medicine, May 2005...

Vitamin B linked to less risk of colorectal cancer in women

...alcohol along with vitamin B may have even reduced chance of having colorectal cancer. Cancer of the colorectal happens when there is growth of abnormal or malignant cells within the lining of colon or rectum. The study, which was done by Swedish and American researchers, said that inadequate intake of die...

New dosage of medicine gets more results in neuroblastoma

...s have found that the PK-based dosages improve the chance of survival by prolonging the child’s cancer to the drug. Often reducing the size of the cancer tumor with the drug means that it will be easier to remove the malignant growth in the surgery. 40% of the patients enrolled for the study were surviving ...

Need for anti-fungal treatment for asthma

...sure to fungus; anti fungal treatment have a major chance of success in curing asthmatic patients without any serious side effects. Anti fungal drug itraconazole may not only help in treating asthma, but it can also help patients who suffer from cystic fibrosis and chronic sinusitis, with nasal polyps. The...

Schizophrenic patients may be given seroquel

...ptomatically, but only one in five patients have a chance of full recovery. Although most schizophrenic patients are not aggressive, the disease is often stigmatized as that renders the patients violent. Only a small percentage of patients of this disease are hostile or violent. Seroquel is a drug for anti...

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