Before Weight Loss Surgery One Should Get Tested for Bacteria
...eatment researchers say that eradication should be considered for symptom relief and for lowering the long-term risks of ulcer disease and cancer.......asthma by the one-year follow-up. Many others were considered well controlled. Overall patients taking the combination drug fared the best. The patients also achieved control faster and with lower doses of the inhaled steroid drug. Thus researchers say that their results demonstrate that in the majority of pa...Obesity A Risk Factor For Stroke
...betes to prevent stroke but obesity should also be considered a risk factor....Being Overweight Could Lead To Irregular Heartbeats
Researchers now say people who are considered obese are significantly more likely to have an irr...went up according to people’s weight. Men who were considered obese were 52-percent more likely to develop AF than men of normal weight. Obese women were 46-perce...Depression Found To Increase Stroke Risk
... heart disease at the outset of the study but were considered to be at above-average risk for developing the condition. After six years of the study, all completed a questionnaire aimed at measuring depression. Researchers then followed the men for another 19 years, tracking morbidity and mortality rates. In c...Vitamin- B 12 Good For Depression
...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...Report on the Safety and Effectiveness of Melatonin supplements
...se sleep efficiency modestly, but not enough to be considered clinically significant. Melatonin supplements were not found to have an effect on wakefulness after sleep onset or percent of time spent in REM sleep, but they do appear to increase total sleep time."Having evidence on what works and what may have ...Diabetes A Common Problem In The Elderly
...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...Effective Treatment Option For Macular Degeneration
...s of 15 letters or more of visual acuity, which is considered a moderate loss. It also reduced the chance of the...ers or more (six lines on the eye chart), which is considered a severe loss. Thus researchers say treatment with pegaptanib reduced the risk of progression to le...Heavy Drinking Can Increase Stroke Risk
... who drank three or more drinks per day, which was considered “heavy drinking,” were nearly 45-percent more likely to suffer an ischemic stroke compared to those who did not drink. Researchers also found while light and moderate drinkers were not at a greater risk, the frequency with which they consumed alcoho...The Reason For Depression in Adolescents
...onclusion researchers say their findings should be considered as preliminary assumptions , 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....Aerobic Exercise Beneficial In Treating Depression
... decline in depressive symptoms, but they were not considered statistically significant. Thus researchers say exercise may offer a viable treatment alternative to treat depression as it can be recommended for most individuals....Depressed Mothers Found To Influence Their Child’s Behavio
...genetic as well as environmental factors should be considered when trying to assess a child's risk for developing antisocial behavior....Caesarian sections may not help in reducing post-pregnancy blues
It’s considered till now that after delivery depressions, that had plagued new mothers all over the world, // was mostly due to the trauma of the delivery. As a result of this belief, many pregnant women opted for a planned caesarian birth to avoid the depression. A...Understanding The Effectiveness Of Antibiotics In Treating Urinary Tract Infection
... researchers say amoxicillin-clavulanate should be considered only when use of other first- and second-line antibiotics is not feasible....New treatment for Cancer by injecting heated drugs
...ermic chemotherapy (IPHC) and is currently //being considered as the new treatment for cancer patients. The patients undergoing this treatment are connected to a series of tubes and a pump that will inject heated chemotherapy drugs inside the abdominal cavity for a couple of houirs. The higher temperature inc...Mercury Pollution Linked To Rise In Autism
... time was being associated with autism, but it was considered to be the one present in the MMR vaccine given to children. Studies have failed to make any concrete connection in this regard. By relating mercury in the environment to autism, the researchers have opened a new door to study the effects of mercury p...Stretching May Not Decrease Risk Of Injury In Power Sports
... 1980s doing stretching exercises before sports is considered to prevent injuries and improve athletic abilities. Researchers had decided to conduct a study to see if stretching did at all do the good it is assumed to do. The study shows that stretching, as a part of an exercise routine may be beneficial as tho...TV watching may turn your child into a bully
... child indulge in bullying behavior.// A child is considered to be a bully when he repeatedly harasses and attacks other children. Bullying can be done by actual physical attack on others or by verbal assaults, threats, extortion and intimidation. Parents who do not read aloud to their children, or provide th...Breast cancer is associated to consuming food with high glycemic index
...d foods that have high GI value, as the former are considered to be healthier than the latter. This is the first time research has associated such food with incidence of breast cancer. The researchers are of the opinion that the risk of breast cancer due to food intake may not be modified by correct body mass ...