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Tag: "condition" at medical news

Jumping genes eliminate sections of DNA

... have been implicated in a type of hemophilia -- a condition in which the blood does not clot after a cut -- and several other diseases. In addition, L1 elements also can carry junk DNA elements known as Alu, which account for another 10 percent of the genome. Alu elements may play a role in several diseases ...

Oral memory indicates future Alzheimer's patients

...thy older people. Alzheimer's disease is chiefly a condition of older people - so we can expect an increase in the number of cases as the population ages.// Treatments are now available and they seem to work best if they start early. This means early diagnosis is a priority. Researchers at the University of ...

Tremors connected to Body Mass Index

...believe it may be neurodegenerative in nature. The condition causes increasingly severe tremors over time that can interfere with a person's daily activities, such as eating. It is generally worse in older individuals. Some people become so disabled by the disease they can no longer feed themselves independent...

Magnesium no benefit of survival after heart attack

...benefit in giving magnesium for patients with this condition on a routine basis....

Endometriosis connected to fertility

...the movement within the tubes. Endometriosis is a condition in which the tissue that normally lines the uterus grows in other areas of the body, causing pain, irregular bleeding, and frequently infertility. Tissue typically grows in the pelvic area, outside of the uterus, on the ovaries, bowel, rectum, bladde...

Vitamin E rich diet guards from Parkinson's

...elop Parkinson's disease. It makes sense - for the condition has been linked to oxidative damage of brain tissue, and vitamin E is a powerful antioxidant. No protective role was found for vitamin E supplements, however. It should also be borne in mind that the health professionals in this study may have health...

Treating acne with laser

...e to eight months. Another way to terat the common condition of acne using laser is to damage to sebaceous glands by a thermal or heat effect. Skin biopsies performed immediately after treatment showed heat-induced alterations of the sebaceous glands, reducing the amount of oil produced....

Lifetime risk of heart failure increases

...al symptoms are breathlessness and fatigue and the condition is very disabling. Researchers for the Framingham Heart Study have been looking at the rates of heart failure over a 24 year time period in a group of over 7,050 men and women. For women, the lifetime risk of heart failure if they had no history of...

Sepsis treatment functions best in difficult cases

... of sepsis which are life-threatening. Sepsis is a condition of overwhelming infection, in which bacteria invade the blood stream.// It is potentially fatal, because it carries the risk of multiple organ failure. In fact, sepsis claims many lives in the intensive care unit, because patients here are very vulne...

Vaccine for septic conditions

...h suppressed immunity, sepsis might result.// This condition of overwhelming infection can be fateful. And treatment with antibiotics is often ineffective. Researchers at The Scripps Institute in the US have been looking at a vaccine for sepsis. It is based on one of the toxins which bacteria produce and cau...

A new infection- 'hot tub lung'

... presenting with 'hot tub lung' - a relatively new condition which is either an infection or an irritation due to exposure to mycobacterium avium complex (MAC) . At temperatures above 84 degrees Fahrenheit, where many tubs operate, chlorine loses its disinfectant properties, and MAC can flourish. The bubbles a...

Brain changes observed in people with sleep apnoea

... resulting from the condition. In other words, the condition may have its origins in the brain....

Personality Impacts Arthritis

...tentially uncontrollable, unpredictable, long-term condition that can have a physical, psychological and social impact on their life. While many patients adjust to this change, it's estimated 20 percent suffer heightened levels of anxiety and depression. Researchers from The Netherlands looked at the role of p...

Acupuncture for cystitis in women

...ture in women with cystitis depends upon how their condition is diagnosed according to traditional Chinese medi...ording to traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) had a condition which made it hard to empty the bladder. According to TCM, the other women's problems arose from eit...

Latest drug shows promise in multiple myeloma

...e detected. In all, 78 per cent either had their condition either stabilize or improve from the start of the therapy, and some were still showing a positive response up to a year later. Bortezomib is a new kind of drug called a proteasome inhibitor. It acts on tiny structures called proteasomes within cells ...

Risk of Heart disease reduced by yoga

...ga therapy can reduce risk factors and improve the condition of those with heart disease. Yoga exercises can aid improve physical, psychological and spiritual //health - or so it is claimed. Researchers at Peninsula Medical School, in South-West England, reviewed the best evidence they could find on the effect...

Memory deprivation after operations

...nd other mental functions after an operation// - a condition known as Post Operative Cognitive Dysfunction (POCD).Often relatives will say that the person has 'never been the same' as they were before surgery. It was assumed, at first, that the anaesthetic was to blame. Research then showed that those who had ...

Exercise helps with leg cramps

...e affected by peripheral arterial disease (PAD), a condition where fatty build up, or plaque, in the leg arteries leads to pain, aching, and tiredness on walking. In this situation, you would think walking would be the worst thing you could do. But researchers at Johns Hopkins University have concluded the o...

Smoking impairs protective reflex in throat

...s off the vocal chords if fluid enters the area, a condition known as reflex disease. Ten smokers and ten non-...ex triggering. The clinical consequences of such a condition and the reversal of damage by smoking cessation is yet to be studied in detail....

Myth of 'female impotence' created to boost sales

...ut of female sexual disorders and are defining the condition in order to unleash new markets for their products. Drug companies are trying to recreate// the kind of market that Viagra, the drug used to treat male impotence, created during its launch in 1998. Doctors however claim that female sexual disorders...

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