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Risk for colorectal cancer high with eating red meat

...ating red meat or processed meat can increase your chance of having colorectal cancer//, said a new study in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Colon and rectum together form the colorectal area. That is why often colon cancer is also called colorectal cancer. Cancer of the colorectal happens wh...

Depression and insomnia may be related

...tudy says that depressed people have 11 times more chance of staying depressed if they are not sleeping well than their counterparts who have no sleep problems. Another sleep study suggests that as insomnia is common in the elderly population, the chances of them having depression is also as high as 6 tim...

Women with borderline ovarian tumors can still preserve their fertility

... epithelial ovarian tumors. These tumors have less chance of spreading as a malignant condition. These do respond to treatment by surgeries, but till date there had been no medical procedures that have been able to give a clear and successful treatment to the condition. Researches before the current one h...

Justifying the use of letrozole for inducing ovulation

...vary, breast or any other part of the body and the chance is one in every one thousand. Hence he concludes saying that homeopathic medicines are better alternatives for inducing ovulation as they do not have any side effect....

Condoms May not be safe Enough

...dom. HIV infection by about 80%, to less than a 1% chance of infection per year. The National Institutes of Health says condoms are impermeable to the smallest viruses. The only way to prevent STD's is abstinence or monogamy. However it is advised to use latex condoms early enough as the risk of transmissi...

Cognitive rehabilitation holds promise for schizophrenic brain function improvements

...ptomatically, but only one in five patients have a chance of full recovery. However, other than the severe problems associated with the disease, the disease is also associated with learning, memory, attention related problems that hamper the daily life of the patients. The study suggests that the use of he...

Screening For Prostate Cancer May Reduce Mortality Rate

...it from an organized screening program." "Just by chance alone you're going to be picking up some of those prostate cancers, and those people wind up getting labeled as prostate cancer patients," states Goel. "They get treatments for it, surgery, radiation, chemotherapy, hormonal therapy – all of which hav...

Three Tropical Parasites Genetic Code Unravelled

...ly. “Perhaps only one in 20 of these will have the chance to access medical care of even the most rudimentary sort,” he said, adding, “Treating sleeping sickness is like a form of medical Russian Roulette because you don’t know who will be saved or killed by the treatment available” He further added that si...

Fresh warnings to doctors regarding abortion pill

...ages occur in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. The chance of a successful pregnancy after a spontaneous miscarriage is very good. For more information read: http://www.medindia.net/Patients/ PatientInfo/miscarriage.asp Information on Home Pregnancy Test: A home pregnancy test is a test done to find ou...

Frequent use of antibiotics raises the risk of carrying resistant infections

...evious prescription of antibiotics increases //the chance of carrying medication resistant bacteria by almost double than in people who were given antibiotics after almost a year. It was always suggested that high levels of taking antibiotics are harmful to health as they may encourage the risk of having s...

Patients With Alzheimer’s Need To Be Checked For Visual Clarit

...s, cause them to feel disoriented and increase the chance of injury from falls. The researchers also recommend that the institutionalized care givers for the patients of Alzheimer’s disease should be actively involved in conducting regular tests for the patients’ eye sights, give them the right eye glasses,...

Post-Menopausal Status May Cause Tooth Decay

...ound that Post-menopausal// women has an increased chance of loosing their tooth. The study was reported in the Journal of Periodontology, which was conducted in 106 Post-menopausal women during a follow up of 11.7 years. The results showed 57.5% of the women in the study lost at least one tooth. Alveolar b...

Statins Gives New Hope for Increased Survival Rate of Heart Failure Patients

...nts with diastolic heart failure have a 50 percent chance of re-hospitalization within six months. It’s estimated that the cost of treating patients for diastolic heart failure exceeds $3.5 billion a year. William C. Little reports, "Some patients in the group had been diagnosed with high cholesterol and p...

Wearing High Heels May Be Dangerous To Health

...ptomatically, but only one in five patients have a chance of full recovery. Dopamine: This is a protein produced in the hypothalamus and some areas of the central and peripheral nervous system. Dopamine and its agonists play an important role in hormonal, cardiovascular, renal and central nervous system r...

Virtual Colonoscopy May Be Better Than Real-time Colonoscopy

...o a study in the August issue of Radiology. "The chance of finding cancer outside the colon may be as significant as the chance of finding cancer inside the colon," said Judy Yee, M.D., Chief of Radiology at the Veterans Affairs...

Air Pollution Increases Risk For Heart Disease In Women

... higher air pollution levels may have an increased chance of a heart disease// than their counterparts living in more cleaner surroundings. The research done by scientists from Loma Linda University had reported their findings in the recent issue of the journal Environmental Health Perspectives. Their rese...

Obesity More Likely to Cause Disability than Death in Elderly

People above the age of 70 years may have high chance of becoming disabled due to //obesity, though they do not have increased risk of death from being obese. A study by University of South Florida School of Aging Studies researcher published in the August issue of The Gerontologist suggests that obesi...

Study Links Folic Acid With Increased Birth Weight

...first trimester of their pregnancy// have a higher chance of having babies with low birth weight than anyone...rition. About one in every thirteen babies have a chance of being of low birth weight and develop detrimental health conditions because of their birth weight...

Schizophrenia Gets A New Diagnostic Tool

...ptomatically, but only one in five patients have a chance of full recovery. More on Medindia: http://www.medindia.net/ patients/patientinfo/schizophrenia.asp...

New Insight In Periodontal Disease In Postmenopausal Women

...d said that postmenopausal women would have lesser chance of losing their teeth if they can keep their periodontal disease at bay. Their research was published in the latest issue of Journal of Periodontology.// Researchers who had studied 106 postmenopausal women had found that in an average of 11 years, ...

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