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Preventing Colorectal Cancer

...ts about 55,000 people in the United States but is considered one of the most preventable cancers. Doctors recommend that patients eat a diet rich in fruits, vegetables and fiber. They also say vitamin D, calcium, folic acid, vitamin E, and selenium appear to help prevent the disease. However, Dr. Lieberman war...

Help for Psoriasis

... their symptoms and quality of life. Patients were considered to have improved if they scored at least 75 percent on the Psoriasis Area and Severity Index. Twenty-seven percent of the patients treated with efalizumab scored at least 75 percent, while only 4 percent of patients in placebo group achieved this sco...

Vitamin- B Supplements Beneficial in Depression Treatment

...o treatment remained even after other factors were considered such as type of treatment received, smoking and drinking habits, and if other family members suffered from depression. Researchers say, there have been no previous studies that have suggested a positive relationship between vitamin B12 and the treat...

Pancreas Transplant for Diabetics

...of kidney failure, pancreas transplantation may be considered for diabetics who have severe diabetes with frequent episodes of very low or very high blood glucose levels. Researchers from Department of Health and Human Services conducted a study to compare the survival of pancreas transplant recipients with tho...

Urine Test for Kidney Cancer

...accurate method to identify early kidney cancer is considered paramount to improving prognosis for these patients. Researchers from Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia used a molecular DNA-based test to look for genetic alterations in the urine known to play a role in the development of kidney cancer. Fift...

Link Between Hyperglycemia & Hospital Mortality

...ucose levels of 80 to 99 mg/dL. People with levels considered in the normal range (100 mg/dL to 119 mg/dL) had a mortality rate of 12.2 percent. The highest rate was seen for those with glucose levels above 300 mg/dL. Those patients had a mortality rate of 42.5 percent. Researchers also noted a stronger effect...

Prostate Cancer in Obese Men

...ts. In this group, 19 percent of the patients were considered obese -- defined as having a body mass index higher than 30. Researchers found a correlation between obesity and a higher Gleason score, the value used to classify the aggressiveness of prostate tumors. They also found obese men tended to have a hig...

Shyness Linked To HIV Progression

...e about eight-times higher than those who were not considered to be socially inhibited. The introverts in the group also had about an eight-times poorer suppression of the virus after treatment with antiretroviral therapy. Thus researchers believe these findings might suggest new targets for treatment among p...

Insulin Resistance Linked To Difference In Gender

Type 2 diabetes used to be considered an adult disease, but now more children are being diagnosed with type 2 diabetes.// Research has shown girls are affected more than boys. Now, a new study shows sex-linked genes may explain this difference between girls and boys being diagnosed with...

Onset Linked To Severity of Asthma

...atients showed no signs of inflammation, generally considered a hallmark of the asthma, yet they still had severe airflow limitation and many asthma symptoms. Specifically, researchers say more than 75 percent of patients who developed asthma before 12 say they wheezed most or all of the time when exposed to du...

Antiparasitic Drug Effective In Reducing Seizures In Neurocysticercosis Patients

...used 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 parasite. Resea...

The Reason For Depression in Adolescents

...ment. Researchers say these conclusions should be considered preliminary, considering the small sample sizes used however they plan to do future experiments with larger numbers of individuals and to study the size of the hippocampus as depression progresses....

Drug to stop HIV spread to babies may Indirectly harm The Mother

...Africa and other places where this approach is not considered practical, the WHO has recommended giving a single dose of nevirapine when labor starts and then giving a second pill to the baby two days after birth.About 8 percent of babies catch the virus after nevirapine, compared with about 20 percent of those...

Childhood Weight Gain Found To Increase The Risk of Diabetes

Being overweight in childhood can no longer be considered a benign condition or one related only to appearance.// Recent study shows nearly 60 percent of overweight children have at least one risk factor for cardiovascular disease. The prevalence of type 2 diabetes is increasing rapidly in developing count...

Does Your Prescription Have An Inappropriate Medicine?

...t of the visits involved the prescribing of a drug considered by the experts to be “never or rarely appropriate” for people over age 65. People with multiple prescriptions were significantly more likely to receive an inappropriate prescription, and women had about twice the chance as men of receiving a prescr...

A Slight Increase In BP Can Mean big Risks

...when the systolic pressure rose to 130, the number considered by doctors to represent borderline-high blood pressure. Those with readings between 130 and 139 were about 28 percent more likely to have another heart problem as those with readings in the 120-129 range. For the study more than 5,000 female health...

Treating Blocked Arteries In The Lower Limbs

... legs. Researchers say, stent placement should be considered the standard of care for treating patients with abnormal circulation due to the obstruction of the iliac arteries. Analyzing available data, the investigators found blood circulation improved with stents in 484 limbs out of 496 limbs of patients suff...

The Importance Of “ Good ”Control Of Diabetes During Pregnanc

...ite the fact most of the women // had what doctors considered a “good handle” on their diabetes. Compared to women in the general population, these women were three- to 12-times more likely to suffer complications of pregnancy such as high maternal blood pressure, higher birth weight babies, babies with dangero...

Lack of Exercise Found To Lead To Obesity In Kids

...her at risk of becoming overweight or were already considered overweight. They also documented how often the children watched television. Results of the study show a lack of vigorous physical activity is the main contributor to obesity for adolescents between 11 and 15 years old. Researchers found children in ...

Factors That Might Increase The Risk Of Schizophrenia

...uch as ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease were considered . Based on prior scientific literature, the researchers also included celiac disease -- a chronic hereditary intestinal disorder that is characterized by an inability to absorb gluten, a protein found in wheat, rye, barley and oats. For the study, o...

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