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Body mass index guide needs revision

...etres, squared.// Till now a BMI between 20-25 was considered to be the healthy range, while 25 to 30 is overweight, and over 30, obese. Health risks increase with BMI over 25. But a survey of 2,500 aborigines living in remote areas of Australia suggest that those with BMI in the 20 to 25 range might also be at...

Mental illness a key factor in suicide

...creases similarly with age in both sexes. Factors considered less significant in determining suicide are dysfunctional family backgrounds and socioeconomic factors, such as unemployment, low income, or less schooling. Researchers conclude that an important target in the prevention of suicide in young people wo...

Suicide risk high in 12-17 Age Group

...ey, approximately 3 million Americans age 12 to 18 considered suicide in 2000 and more than a third of those tri... study showed that 9 percent of children age 12-13 considered or tried to commit suicide in 2000. The percentage for teenagers 14-15 and 16-17 was 13.7 percent fo...

The importance of vaccines

...ller, and Stanley Falkow, felt that vaccination is considered the most effective medical intervention and there has never been a better time than the present for vaccine development and implementation, write. However, the future of vaccination as a preventative strategy is uncertain, and there is not a great ...

Tamoxifen reduces breast cancer risk

...ifen or placebo for five years. All the women were considered as being at increased risk of breast cancer, becau...esults suggest that tamoxifen use really should be considered in the context of the risk versus benefit balance for the individual woman....

Tamoxifen reduces breast cancer risk

...en or placebo for five years.// All the women were considered as being at increased risk of breast cancer, becau...esults suggest that tamoxifen use really should be considered in the context of the risk versus benefit balance for the individual woman....

Genetic tests for cancer

... It is vital that the patient's family history be considered alongside the laboratory evidence for the presence of a cancer gene. This needs to be checked from an independent source, such as a cancer registry. If someone doesn't have a family history, then it is pointless to test for a mutation and to interpre...

Back pain treated with Opioids

...las have observed that Opioid analgesics should be considered before opting for surgery in severe chronic back pain. The opioid analgesics, such as morphine, fentanyl and oxycodone,// are strong pain-relievers most often used to relieve cancer pain. But a review of the evidence suggests they may also have a rol...

Pancreas transplant gives hope to type 2 diabetes

... for those with the condition, but should still be considered the exception, because of the shortage of transplant organs....

Risk of dementia reduced hypertension drugs

...ion had the effect of reducing stroke risk; it was considered unethical to keep people on placebo. People are often told that they should keep on with blood pressure medication to cut their risk of having a heart attack. This new study emphasizes another potential benefit - keeping dementia at stand....

Stretching the muscles doesn't make them more resilient

...sample large enough and controls good enough to be considered reliable. All measured the effects of stretching on muscle soreness; two also looked at injury risk. There’s no conclusive evidence that stretching protects muscles, agrees London-based physiotherapist Mark Todman. “In fact, you can make your joints...

Damage to arteries from injury can be avoided with carbon monoxide

...d lab rats with the gas carbon monoxide - normally considered a deadly poison. They discovered that the carbon m...e study is being furthered in pigs, that are often considered as a very useful model of human heart disease....

Indian Nationals with Foreign Medical Degrees can now practice in India

...lications received after the last date will not be considered at any circumstances. Incomplete application forms without requisite enclosures are liable to be rejected and no correspondence whatsoever will be entertained in this regard....

Less sleep:more risk for heart attack in women

... proven cause and effects, is serious enough to be considered a health risk. Recent research study has shown that women who slept five or fewer hours were more likelier to have a heart attack than those who get the suggested eight hours. However, too much sleep isn't good, either, as researchers found that thos...

New method of measuring arterial stiffness in elderly hypertensives

...onvenient way of measuring pulse-wave velocity and considered it suitable for measuring arterial stiffness in elderly patients....

New lung cancer vaccine on the anvil

...ts in the early stages of lung cancer. It might be considered for testing in lung-cancer patients after their original tumor is removed. In the setting of advanced disease, we are going to examine vaccination in combination with other treatments. Immunologist Cassian Yee, MD, of Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research...

Scientists open the book of life

...to an accuracy of 99.99 percent. However it is now considered the foundation for a new era of medical advances. With the entire sequence in hand experts predicted it would lead to new drugs, better forecasts of people's health and new ways of treating or preventing many of the most devastating human illnesses. ...

Estrogen Patch is Safer than Pills for Heart

...uggests that Estrogen replacement therapy could be considered a safer profile for the heart when delivered through a patch rather than a pill. Interestingly, "the Women's Health Initiative", the largest study of its kind, was cut short last year (2002) because it was found that Hormone Replacement Therapy (a co...

Avoid travel to Toronto - WHO

...hould avoid because of SARS. The local readers who considered Toronto a safe place to live were stunned by this. Toronto is the first locality outside China to be designated as a threat to international health because of the respiratory disease. Beijing and Shanxi Province in China were also added to its list, ...

WHO Says Toronto Going Back on SARS-Affected List

...dic ward to St. John's Rehabilitation Hospital was considered the likely source of four more cases under investigation, they said. The outbreak prompted the U.S. Centers for Disease Control to issue a travel alert for Canada last week, a step short of advising against necessary travel there. The WHO designa...

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