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Biotechnology on the lead

...s. Colonel Edward Eitzen said such outbreaks were considered more likely because of increased international travel and global trade. "I think that there's a lot of concern today about the issue of emerging diseases, new diseases that cross borders and come into our country. "One of the agents that we worry abo...

Fifth US Patient Receives Artificial Heart

...later. Surgeons have said previously that patients considered for the implant must be critically ill with fewer than 30 days to live. // "The operation went well and the artificial heart is performing flawlessly," Dr. Louis Samuels, director of the cardiac transplant team at MCP Hahnemann University, said in ...

Slightly High BP Poses Health Risk

...levels that tend to be slightly elevated but still considered to be within normal ranges--called high-normal--are at increased risk for suffering from heart disease. Blood pressure readings are taken in two numbers. The systolic value i.e., the first number in a blood pressure measurement, represents the pressu...

Asthma linked to obesity

... their body mass index calculated.A BMI over 30 is considered as obesity. The team, led by Dr Erika von Mutius, of University Children's Hospital, Munich, Germany wrote: "BMI may be an independent risk factor for the development of asthma. However, researchers from the Department of Public Health Sciences at ...

Mouthwash as a weapon

...thwashes, and acne medications, but has never been considered as something which could be used in the blood. In tests on animals at the Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research in Bangalore, India, one of the key stages by which a malarial infection develops was inhibited....

Heart disease starts early

...eight while those with a BMI of 30 or greater were considered obese. Cholesterol and triglycerides were measured with a total cholesterol blood test, including levels of HDL (good) cholesterol, LDL (bad) cholesterol and triglycerides.// Insulin resistance was measured through a process called an insulin clamp ...

Cardiac diseases develop early

...eight while those with a BMI of 30 or greater were considered obese. Cholesterol and triglycerides were measured with a total cholesterol blood test, including levels of HDL (good) cholesterol, LDL (bad) cholesterol and triglycerides. Insulin resistance was measured through a process called an insulin clamp st...

Activated charcoal for poisoning treatment

...nd also comes pre-mixed with water. Charcoal is considered more effective for a broad range of household items //including certain cough medicines, painkillers and disinfectant cleaners. Home use of activated charcoal has been limited because many parents don't know about it or are uncertain how to administe...

Alcoholics are prone to disability

...o drank more than three drinks a day, but were not considered problem drinkers. The researchers collected data at four time points over the six year period of the study.This began a few years ago and was concluded that drinking causes the disability. They also found that problem drinkers not disabled at the s...

Antenatal kerosene exposure endangers child's sight

...osure to levels of toxins such as lead and mercury considered safe for an adult woman might not be safe for her unborn child....

Moderate alcohol consumption protects against dementia

...drank. Four or more glasses of alcohol per day was considered heavy drinking. By the end of the study in 1999, 197 of the participants had developed Alzheimer's or another form of dementia. Those who fared best were people who drank between one and three drinks a day. They had a 42 percent lower risk of develo...

Rubella nearly wiped out

... Rubella, which typically causes a mild rash, was considered harmless until the 1940s, when it was discovered that it could cause birth defects in children whose mothers were infected while pregnant. The virus can cause miscarriages and stillbirths, as well as problems for babies including cataracts, heart def...

Cure for osteoporosis in prostate cancer patients

...y this non steroidal synthetic oestrogen should be considered as a monotherapy in men who require long-term antiandrogen therapy.// Over 18 months the researchers evaluated 54 patients with clinically localised prostate cancer and 24 with benign prostatic hyperplasia. Those with prostate cancer were either tre...

Caution On Use of Cholesterol Drugs

...ns between the ages of 20 and 79 would have// been considered candidates taking statin group of drugs for the primary prevention of cardiovascular problems. But the guidelines revised last year expand the number of potential patients to 36 million, an increase of 140 percent. "We're urging caution," say Donal...

Blood test may identify ovarian cancer

...oves useful it would be applied initially in women considered at high risk because of their genetic makeup or family history of the disease. Eventually, it might be extended to other women as well, they said. The experimental test measures the levels of five proteins found in the blood. The combined result in a...

Tiotropium surpasses Ipratropium

...at, once-daily treatment with tiotropium should be considered an effective first-line treatment for COPD...

An aide to cold

...comprising allicin, a purified component of garlic considered to be the major biologically active agent produced by the plant, reduced// the risk of catching a cold by more than half.It also found that allicin-containing garlic supplements were eventful in treating infections caused by the hospital superbug, M...

Herbs: rich soure of antioxidants

...tural and Food Chemistry.// “Some herbs should be considered as regular vegetables,” says Shiow Y. Wing lead researchers and a biochemist Wing lead researcher and a biochemist with the USDA’s Beltsville Agricultural Research Centre in Beltsville.Using various chemical tests, Wang studied and compared the antio...

Herbs: rich soure of antioxidants

...tural and Food Chemistry.// “Some herbs should be considered as regular vegetables,” says Shiow Y. Wing lead researchers and a biochemist Wing lead researcher and a biochemist with the USDA’s Beltsville Agricultural Research Centre in Beltsville.Using various chemical tests, Wang studied and compared the antio...

Delirium linked to death

...earch in such patients. First, delirium should be considered a significant, serious problem in its own right and as a marker of serious risk of mortality. The detection of delirium should prompt efforts to identify and treat underlying medical problems....

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