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Memory Problem in Older Women Lead to Restless Nights

...hey share a common underlying cause, such as brain changes seen with Alzheimers disease or other dementias that could increase risk of both memory loss and sleep problems, said Yaffe. Another reason could be that women with memory problems may also have anxiety or depression that could affect their sleep. ...

Study Finds Abdominal Fat Not the Prime Cause for Metabolic Syndrome

...g pre-diabetes, diabetes, high blood pressure, and changes in cholesterol. Abdominal fat or the spare tire that many of us carry has long been linked to metabolic syndrome, a combination of medical disorders that increase one's risk for cardiovascular disease and diabetes. However, the study conducted by...

Differences in Brain Functions Results in non-contact Knee Injuries

...ress and anxiety must be considered, as both cause changes in muscle tone and concentration and the narrowing of our attentional field, Swanik noted. There is likely an optimal state of arousal for each individual to maximize performance and injury avoidance, but future studies will have to determine the r...

Patients Undergoing Tonsillectomy Shows No Change of Taste

...s after surgery, patients were asked to report any changes to their sense of taste or smell and again asked t... after surgery. However, there were no significant changes in gustatory test scores following surgery. In addition, none of the patients reported ongoing dys...

Evolution of HIV from African Greek Monkeys

...e give new evidence on how quickly or slowly these changes take place." Citing some laboratory research that...ded, "For HIV, the really cool thing is that these changes can take place on a more rapid timeline that previously thought." Wertheim adds, "Understanding how...

Avandia Improves Quality of Life in Diabetes Patients

...ance of developing edema (swelling) doubled. These changes indicate that the drug causes fluid retention, which can lead to shortness of breath and heart failure. The largest single trial included in the review involved more than 4,000 patients and showed evidence of raised cardiovascular risk, as well as ...

Reason Behind Sleepy Feeling During Sickness Found

... "We've known for years now that TNF-alpha induces changes in sleep patterns. This is the beginning of connecting it with genes involved in circadian rhythms, Johnson said....

Implanon,norplant,Jadelle - Vary in Side Effects

... most common side effect with all the implants was changes in bleeding pattern. Rates of amenorrhoea after two years use were significantly higher in women using Implanon than Norplant. Implanon was also quicker to implant and remove than Norplant, and Jadelle was quicker to remove that Norplant. One way of...

Sideeffects of Rosiglitazone in Type2 Diabetes Patients

...t data about issues like mortality, morbidity, and changes in health-related quality of life, says lead author Associate Professor Bernd Richter, who works at the Department of General Practice, in Duesseldorf. Studies on patient-oriented outcomes are urgently needed, although it is questionable whether ne...

Kerala Institute to Hold International Seminar on Drug Discovery

...n, novel methods to predict protein conformational changes during ligand binding are included for deliberations. Jorg Weiser, vice president, Schrdinger, Germany; Shashidhar Rao, senior application scientist, Schrdinger, USA; Jas Gata Aura, Schrdinger, Britain and R. Raghu, Schrdinger, India, will be among...

Food Cravings are Linked to Weight Managenemt

... over time. This is the first study of long-term changes in food cravings in a calorie-restriction program, Roberts says. If individuals understand that they can expect cravings and that those cravings will be for calorie-dense foods, it might help in their weight management. One thing to do is to substi...

US Health Insurance Firms Suspend Sales, Promise to End Fraudulent Practices

...ake sure they understand the plan's rules. The changes don't solve fundamental problems with Medicare Advantage and are a ``pathetic attempt'' to protect the plans, said Representative Pete Stark, a California Democrat and chairman of the House Ways and Means Health Subcommittee, which is reviewing U.S. ...

Retail Health Clinics Start Shop

...s to expand basic medical services. The proposed changes were triggered by a recent application by CVS Caremark Corp. to open a retail clinic, MinuteClinic, in one of its stores in Weymouth - a first of its kind in the state. Yet, current regulations do not cover the operation of retail clinics. Says S...

UK Licensing Law Changes Have Trebled Overnight Alcohol Related Visits to Emergency Care

...l across two separate months, before and after the changes had been introduced. Only those adults aged over 16, and who had been drinking before they came to the emergency department, were included in the audit. The emergency care department at the hospital is one of the largest in the UK, and close to an ...

Disquieting Slow Down in Heart Disease Deaths Among Under 55s

...rs of heart attacks were few. Thanks to lifestyle changes and effective treatments, deaths from coronary heart disease have been steadily falling since the late 1960s, say the authors. But rising trends in obesity and diabetes threaten to halt or even reverse the hard fought gains in cutting deaths from h...

Converting Left-hander to Right-hander also Changes the Brain

...ver to right hand use, has shown that such a shift changes the way their brains are organized, and how hard particular regions work. The researchers say while some areas in such peoples brains continue to retain characteristics of a practising lefty, other areas switch to the patterns of a righty. "The...

HIV Cases Increasing In Australia

...nts and the Burnet Institute in Melbourne, studied changes in the number of HIV cases diagnosed from 1993 to ... increase in diagnoses in some states is linked to changes in risk behaviour raises questions about the effectiveness of current prevention strategies, says Pr...

Genetic Variation may Increase Premenstrual Depression Risk

...inked to a mood disorder associated with endocrine changes during the menstrual cycle, Rubinow said. The research involved 91 women for whom the authors prospectively confirmed a diagnosis of PMDD over at least three months. Another 56 women who had no history of mood disorders related to the menstrual cy...

Indian Government Asks the Supreme Court to Keep Off Environmental Issues

...ning of the executive.They have led to fundamental changes in the pattern of forest governance and decision making, activists say. And it is this scheme of things an emotionally charged MoEFF wants to reverse....

Life Insurers in India to Launch Health Insurance Policies

...ess to data related to mortality, disease pattern, changes in disease pattern as per geography and age. The non-life insurance companies don't have such data." However, experts feel that health insurance products offered by non life companies are better priced and less restrictive and hence seem to be a b...

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