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Stress may Worsen Acne

Researchers say stress may worsen acne! Acne is a condition of the skin that affects more than 80 percent of teenagers and up to 25 percent of adults. While stress has often been cited as a source of acne, these claims have been unsubstantiated until now. Twenty-two university students participated in this st...

Bowel diseases linked to bug in milk

...mmonly found in livestock and Crohn's disease,// a condition of the digestive tract suffered by about one in 600 of the population. Prof Hermon-Taylor is trying to develop a vaccine against Mycobacterium avium subspecies paratuberculosis (MAP) as a treatment for Crohn's disease and is shortly to test it on m...

Few Parents Help Kids Fight Acne

...m, few take their children to a doctor to have the condition treated.So says a survey done for the American Counseling Association (ACA).// The online survey of 514 parents of children aged 13 to 19 found that only 35 percent of the parents had taken their teenager to a dermatologist for acne treatment. The ...

Diabetes, obesity rates shooting up

...ause of death among women and sixth among men. The condition is associated with heart disease, chronic kidney disease, blindness, and amputations.Almost one in five hospitalizations in people over 45 has a diagnosis of diabetes associated with it. One reason for the epidemics of both obesity and diabetes is c...

Promising Treatment for Diabetes

...d sugar. They’ll sometimes also use insulin if the condition worsens. These medications are effective, but they also carry increased risk for low blood sugar, or hypoglycemia, particularly as people age. This study, published in this month’s Diabetes Care, shows older people with type 2 diabetes who received a...

Easier Treatment for Blood Clot

A pulmonary embolism is a fairly common condition that can be fatal. It is defined as an obstruction of a blood vessel in the lungs, usually due to a blood clot, //which blocks a coronary artery. While treatment is not always successful for a pulmonary embolism, a new study shows a new treatment is ...

Inflammation Linked to Colon Cancer

...ny types of cancer. Most of these studies link the condition to oxidative stress, which in turn causes mutations in specific genes. In this study, investigators from Vanderbilt Institute of Chemical Biology built on this previous work with a study aimed at determining whether the genetic damage resulting from ...

Finding relief from Excruciating Headaches a challenge

It's a condition that has existed for centuries, doctors say. But o...an from St. Cloud, Minnesota, know how serious the condition can be. Blinding headaches that often left her bedridden caused her to miss more than 100 days of h...

Blood Sugar Linked to Deaths in ICU

...egardless of whether they are diabetic or not. The condition can be caused by a number of factors, including insulin resistance, impaired glucose metabolism, various medications, or even some nutritional supplements. Previous studies have shown hyperglycemia can worsen outcomes for patients. Researchers from t...

Help for Psoriasis

...Researchers evaluated the extent of each patient’s condition and rated the degree of scaling and thickness. Pat...s, including biologics, are helping to improve the condition for many patients....

New Technique to Study Infants Brain.

...sorders, which are the single largest handicapping condition of childhood. Specialists also hope that the mapping of specific brain-language relationships will foster understanding of the mental processes underlying language itself....

Link Between Hyperglycemia & Hospital Mortality

...egardless of whether they are diabetic or not. The condition //can be caused by a number of factors, including insulin resistance, impaired glucose metabolism, various medications, or even some nutritional supplements. Previous studies have shown hyperglycemia can worsen outcomes for patients. Researchers i...

The Human Mad Cow Case

...s in her walking and difficulty in dressing. Her condition continued to worsen. In less than a year, Charlene was bedridden, unable to eat by herself and no longer able to communicate with family members. Doctors had given her a few months to live.Since then, her parents said Charlene has not gotten any bett...

New Treatment For Hip Joints

...lf team. But a broken hip in grade school led to a condition called avascular necrosis. Decreased blood flow caused his hip joint to die. Since the hips drive a golf swing, it hurt Castor’s game. “I was just limping around the course and just kind of being in a constant state of pain for almost half the day” s...

Antiparasitic Drug Effective In Reducing Seizures In Neurocysticercosis Patients

...ous system caused by the Taenia solium larvae. The condition is considered the most common type of acquired epilepsy around the world. In Latin America//, for example, the disease affects about 400,000 people. New research shows an antiparasitic drug appears to help people avoid seizures caused by a common pa...

Alcohol Dependence Gene Identified

...er activity, leading people who have inherited the condition to develop alcohol dependence. The investigators are quick to point out, however, many factors are likely involved in becoming an alcoholic and just inheriting the right genes is only part of the picture.One reason it is so difficult to find genes ...

New treatment Found To Help Skin Cancer

....” All that sun damaged her legs -- causing a skin condition called actinic keratoses. These thick and crusty lesions are a precursor to skin cancer. “This is an actinic keratosis that eventually transformed into a squamous cell skin cancer,” say dermatologists. Today, Gramkow is having the rest of the spo...

Magnetic Stimulation Found Effective for Parkinson’

...ans have Parkinson’s disease. It is a neurological condition // that can cause slowness and instability, but a new type of therapy can improve both of these problems. A pulse of induced electrical current targets areas of the brain that control movement. This is done inorder to improve stiffness in patients. T...

Testosterone Replacement Therapy Safe If Monitored Appropriately

...s have low levels of testosterone. Symptoms of the condition // may include erectile dysfunction, reduced muscle mass, reduced bone density, depression, and anemia. Testosterone replacement therapy is designed to increase testosterone levels for men with the condition. The therapy may be offered as an injecti...

Understanding Restless Legs Syndrome

... A new study aims to better understand the common condition called restless legs syndrome. Studies on restless legs syndrome are rare. However, researchers in Germany recently conducted a population-based study to look at the prevalence and factors related to restless legs syndrome. The study was conducted ...

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