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Alcohol And Drug Abuse (Cannabis) Leading Causes For Road Traffic Accidents

...for a fatal crash increased with increase in blood concentration of cannabis. Larger doses infact triple the risk. The study was conducted among 10,748 drivers involved in fatal crashes between 2001 and 2003. The figure was dwarfed by the 21.4% who tested positive for alcohol consumption. As expected, men were m...

Risk Of Asthma Rises Due to Endotoxins

...ust, and lowest in the case of bedding. "The mean concentration of endotoxin in the kitchen floor dust was 2.3-fold higher than bedroom floor dust and 4.3-fold higher than bedding dust," said Dr. Thorne. ...

Prostate Cancer Test Is Influenced By Age and Nutrition Factors

...city, which is calculated as the rate of change in concentration of prostate specific antigen (PSA) over time. It was found that age and body mass index (BMI) played a key role in altering the value of this particular test. This means that under this influence the value can either be artificially elevated or depre...

Explosion Worsens Conditions Of Patients With Respiratory Disorder.

...e congestion of the chest and coughing and lack of concentration due to oxygen level reduction in the brain. The patient should contact their General Practioner (GP) or the local accident and emergency unit. Patients with symptoms like irritation, inflammation of the respiratory tract and irritation to the ski...

Sweet pain releiver!

...ss than the adults, selecting a favorite sweetness concentration equivalent to adding 11 teaspoons of sugar to an 8-ounce glass of water. For comparison, an 8-ounce serving of soda contains approximately 6 teaspoons of sugar. The cold pressor test, was used to measure how long subjects were able to keep their han...

Boost of Memory Can Be Achieved Through Physical Activity

...at there was an enhancement in both their power of concentration and visual memory. There was a substantial improvement in the jogger’s ability to recollect images and complete visual tasks. A slight improvement was also noted in their memory function related to numbers. In order to prove the observed results ...

Moderation Is The Only Cure For Hangover

... performing visual spatial tasks, impaired memory, concentration problems, lightheadedness, and nausea. The biological changes which take place during a hangover should be taken into account in all future studies on hangover, according to the researchers. ...

Intravenous Iron treats anemia of pregnancy faster

...and Women's Health Teaching Hospital. Hemoglobin concentration increased significantly faster in the I.V. group compared with the oral group, and a significantly greater number of women in the I.V. group achieved the hemoglobin target after 4 weeks of treatment and at delivery. Both treatments were well tolera...

Anti-smoking advertisements to be funded by Cigarette manufacturers

... codes falsely marketing cigarettes with different concentration of tar and tobacco, encouraging people to opt for mild tobacco cigaretees misleading them about the ill effects of smoking but the reality being they don’t have any difference in their contents and harmful effects. The ACCC has asked the cigarette ma...

FDA recommends new Lead level in candies

...ed strict and new guidelines to the amount of lead concentration which is present in candies. Lead is a very high t...ead. The FDA feels that this new recommended level concentration does not pose any risk to children’s and is safe for children’s to have these candies. Lead has very...

Chemical Signaling Helps Regulate Sensory Map Formation In The Brain

...esis,’ where chemical signals, probably present in concentration gradients, serve as positional landmarks within the brain. These landmarks are then recognized by growth cones at the tip of axons - the projections that grow out from the retinal neurons and into the brain. The wandering axons use these signals to l...

UN Fears Melting Of Ice Would Concentrate Toxins in the Chinese Water Supply

...given by the United Nations includes the danger of concentration of these chemicals due to the melting of the ice. It also mentioned the need for a regular test to be carried out in a random fashion to make sure that the incidence does not occur again. This explosion in the north eastern china has created wide s...

Exposure To Cadmium Associated With Increased Cancer Risk

...ed until June 30, 2004. At baseline, the average concentration of cadmium was 12.3 nmol/day for those from the hi...cantly associated with a doubling of the excretion concentration of cadmium. This association remained after accounting for exposure to inorganic arsenic. ...

Finance Problems Result In 'Money Sickness Syndrome'

...ability and mood swings, general nervousness, poor concentration and forgetfulness, poor judgment and decision-making, and negative thoughts. About 4 million people in Britain had admitted that they had taken time off from their wok due to money worries. Dr Roger Henderson, stress expert comments that 5% o...

Inhaling Concentrated Saline Could Benefit Cystic Fibrosis Patients

...line// is a water-based salt solution with excess concentration of the salt. The researchers arrived at this conclusion after testing 24 patients aged 14 or older for two weeks., They found that inhaling the salt solution improved the health of the lungs and the mucus clearance was better. Lung function in gene...

More effective Antiretroviral HIV drug combination

...ely reduced viral load of about 80% with increased concentration of CD4 immune cells which boost the immune response against the virus compared to the ZLE group where there was only a reduction of 70% with increase in CD4 counts but less than the counts in TEE group. Researchers found that patients undergoing TE...

UK Health Department White Paper aimed at improving Health care facilities

...ccessible, this minimum effective plan is aimed at concentration more at providing better services to patients. The Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt on the new reforms as said that UK health plans are to provide better fundamental health and social health care to patients at a considerably easy and near accessibil...

Rain Gardens Can Improve Water Quality

...y found that the gardens significantly reduced the concentration of fertilizers, oil and particulates reaching storm drains. The study appeared in the journal Environmental Science and Technology and says a shallow depression in a garden containing bark mulch and shrubs can remove up to 99% of toxins. Most of the ...

PFCAs Detected in the Artic

... any possible industrial source. The fact that the concentration in seals are doubling every five years is very disturbing. PFCAs are linked to cancer and other developmental effects in animal experiments, and are expected to persist in the soil and elsewhere for hundreds of years.In Canada, the federal governme...

Adult and Children Have Varied Drug Metabolism

... the processing of the drug. These enzymes vary in concentration with age. Hence this study suggests that more re...urprising because several of the enzymes varied in concentration at different ages. One such is the protein CYP3A4, which helps to oxidize chemicals in the body. I...

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