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FDA Approves Elidel Cream for Eczema

...ffects in the drug trials, but they were mild when compared to those who received a placebo cream....

Thumb Sucking in children Lead to Overbite

...elop protruding front teeth and an irregular bite, compared with their peers who gave up the habit at an earlier age. While it is known that longer, "nonnutritive sucking" can affect the development of the jaw and influence the placement of developing teeth, the current report suggests that even shorter-term...

High vitamin A increases risk of hip fractures

...supplements - had double the risk of hip fractures compared with women with the lowest intake. One theory is that too much vitamin A inhibits the ability of Vitamin D to help the body absorb calcium, said lead author, Diane Feskanich, an epidemiologist at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston. She said pre...

Diet plays a role in kidney stones

...n the normal calcium diet had suffered recurrences compared to 23 on the low calcium diet. Analysis of the urine showed that levels of calcium dropped in both groups. But excretion of oxalate increased in the low calcium group favouring kidney stone formation while it decreased in the normal calcium group. So...

Medications for depression

... among most foreigners. Researchers in the US have compared how people's treatment for depression changed from 1985 to 1999. // The rate of outpatient treatment for depression increased from 1 per 100 persons to 2.5 per 100 over this time.The proportion of those receiving drug treatment for depression increa...

Early menopause- The cause

...ated in three out of 34 of the women they studied, compared with only one out of 100 in an ethnically matched control group. Lead researcher Dr Andrew Shelling, from Auckland's National Women's Hospital, said the findings could lead to changes in women's reproductive habits. As women in developed countries ...

Particulate matter affects lung development

...ore than 100 children through their teen years and compared those who moved away to other communities in the West.Resulting changes in air pollution exposure, on average, affected annual rates of lung function growth, the team reported in the Amerial Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine.// “This...

Focused Treatment For Childhood Cancer

...ent, is linked to one type of medulloblastoma. "As compared to chemotherapy, which is non-specific and damages all cells … these very focused treatments will only work on those tumors that have that particular molecular pathway active," says Pomeroy. Recently developed compounds that can block the uncontrol...

Infertile men at cancer risk

...te increase in individual risk is small. The study compared results of semen analysis conducted at Apollo laboratories between 1975 and 1995 with the incidence of testicular cancer in the Indian national cancer register. It found 78 cases of testicular cancer among infertile men - a 60% higher rate than in ...

Older Men Surviving Coronary Bypasses

...clerosis. In the new study, Scottish researchers compared hospital records for 25,229 coronary artery bypass operations performed in Scottish hospitals between 1981 and 1996. Of those surgeries, 78 percent were performed on men and 22 percent on women. "Overall, the total number of operations increased over...

Early menopause- The cause

...ated in three out of 34 of the women they studied, compared with only one out of 100 in an ethnically matched control group. Lead researcher Dr Andrew Shelling, from Auckland's National Women's Hospital, said the findings could lead to changes in women's reproductive habits. As women in developed countries ...

Monday malady

...of heart disease increased considerably on Mondays compared to the daily average. Report author Dr Cheryl Rodrigues said: "The Monday peak in deaths from coronary heart disease in Brisbane may be partly attributable to increased drinking at the weekend, although other mechanisms, such as work-related stress, ...

To get the better of

...ienced disappointing sex retained no sperm at all, compared with only one in twelve women who had enjoyed a satisfying sexual encounter. There are two preeminent hypothesis based on the findings. The "in-suck" surmise argues that contraction during orgasm draws in the sperm after ejaculation. Arousal has al...

Why skin sags

...kles and their skin tends to have a greyish pallor compared to non-smokers. "Smoking tobacco activates this enzyme that breaks down the skin collagen.For smokers, middle-age starts in their early 30s as the tell-tale wrinkles around the mouth and eyes begin to appear. Young female smokers are likely to be was...

Risk Of Decongestants In Hypertensive Patients

...pleasant, but doctors say that discomfort is minor compared to the risk of taking over-the-counter decongestants if you have high blood pressure. Though they are generally safe, many popular cold and flu medicines contain decongestants such as pseudoephedrine and phenylephrine, which doctors say may aggravate...

Tiotropium surpasses Ipratropium

... with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) compared to alternative therapy.// Previous studies have su...ssels, Belgium, examined the effects of tiotropium compared to ipratropium in COPD patients over the period of one year. The group found that dyspnoea was reduc...

An aide to cold

...s were recorded among those taking the supplement, compared to 75 amongst those taking the placebo. The study also predicated that those taking the supplement who did catch a cold were more likely to make a speedier recovery than those taking the placebo and the chances of re-infection following a cold were ...

Herbs: rich soure of antioxidants

...lle.Using various chemical tests, Wang studied and compared the antioxidant activity of 39 commonly used herbs...a calories of whole foods, Wang says. She recently compared the antioxidant activity of herbs to a few select spices, including paprika, garlic, curry, chilli a...

A crude custom

... found that 76% of teenagers had been circumcised, compared to 100% of women over 45. Several governments have introduced legislation to ensure the process is only carried out in hospitals by trained doctors....

Depression elevates heart failure risk

...r cent of depressed women developed heart failure, compared to ten per cent of non-depressed women. There was no significant difference for the men. We still don't understand why depression increases heart failure risk among women. It could be a direct biological effect on the brain, or perhaps some indirec...

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