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A Solution To Quit Smoking Without Gaining Weight

...chers say normal- weight smokers kept their weight consistent while on the drug. Researchers say since the two studies show that rimonabant treats obesity and related metabolic disorders in overweight/obese patients, and also helps people to quit smoking without significant post-cessation weight gain, they fee...

Latest Tumor Classification More Informative

...ve (providing a place for every tumor of man), and consistent with recent attempts to characterize tumors by cytogenetic and molecular features." Traditionally, tumors have been classified by their morphologic appearances, but unfortunately, tumors with similar histologic features often follow different clini...

The Logic Behind The Spread Of SARS

...sk than residents on lower floors. This finding is consistent with the rising of contaminated warm air in the air shaft generated from a middle-level apartment unit in that building. Investigators say the contaminated air at the top of the air shaft was then carried toward the other buildings by a northeasterly...

Spanking can Cause Adverse Effects Later In Life

...black and Hispanic children was not significant or consistent in the study. Researchers have several possible explanations for the difference between ethnic groups. Among them, spanking is thought to be accepted as the norm in black families, which could mean black children and parents are relatively less like...

Imaging Modality That Might Help Diagnose Depression

...holic features appear to have the largest and most consistent GABA reductions. Thus researchers say they hope to explore the usefulness of GABA, glutamate, and other biological markers to identify various types of depression and predict specific treatment responses....

The Benefits Of A Diet Consisting Of Moderate Amounts Of Fat

...heart disease. Researchers say their findings are consistent with U.S. dietary guidelines, which support a diet moderate, rather than very low, in fat....

Decrease in Brain Size Linked To Alcohol Consumption

... an indication of brain deterioration. However, no consistent link was found between alcohol intake and infarctions or white matter lesions. Researchers of the study, say they studied a younger, middle-aged population and found that low amounts of alcohol consumption are also associated with decreases in brain...

Diet Found To Offer Protection Against Leukemia

...of childhood leukemia. They say these findings are consistent with the role of fruits and vegetables in adult cancers. Researchers attribute the association to the vitamin C in oranges and potassium in bananas. Thus researchers say the increasing incidence combined with emerging concerns about the long-term ef...

FDA Approves New Drug For Asthma In Children

...the Asmanex Twisthaler treatment. The results were consistent for all ages and did not show any difference in responses for various age groups....

Education in women brings sounder sleep

...The results of the study had shown that there is a consistent difference between men and women regarding insomnia, with the disease being reported by more women than men. One of the reasons for such may be social roles, as some roles create more stress than the others. People who are unemployed or divorced and ...

Asthma risk increases for children living close to busy roads

...usy roads.Researchers said that their findings are consistent with the fact that traffic on the roads are casing increased incidence of asthma in children, specially who remain affected for longer time, like being in schools or homes close to a busy intersection. However more research will be required to find o...

Spray on contraceptive clears Phase I trial

... adverse events. A once a day application delivers consistent amounts through the skin to the blood stream. The contraceptive skin spray has the potential advantages of not having to be taken at exactly the same time each day and being suitable for breast-feeding mothers, according to Acrux, which also said the...

Arthritis and the Wnt Factor

...n and elicited an inflammatory response, which are consistent with inflammation as a hallmark of RA disease. This identifies Wnt-7b processing a role in arthritic processes. Arthritic diseases are known to manifest differently depending on the type, with RA displaying inflammation to the synovium and loss of ...

Infertility Associated With Increased Cancer Risk

...nts with primary infertility. "Our findings are consistent with several investigations that have found higher ovarian cancer risks among patients with fallopian tube dysfunction or pelvic inflammatory disease," Dr. Brinton's team explains. "This lends further support to the notion of inflammation as an impo...

Gender difference in Pain Experience - Women feel More Pain than men

...hest pain,” said Dr Keogh. ”This research is also consistent with studies that suggest that men and women experience chest pain in different ways and that, compared to men, women can sometimes report more intensive pain and nausea.” Women have what is called ‘anxiety sensitivity’; this is the tendency to be f...

Can Ajinomoto cause cancer?

...udy reports by commenting that the study were “not consistent with the extensive body of scientific research which already exists on aspartame”. The Ajinomoto Company explained that the four earlier studies using aspartame as found no relationship between the use of aspartame and incidence of cancer. It was als...

Hypertension Drug of Choice for African Americans

...c pressure (as the heart relaxes between beats). A consistent blood pressure reading of 140/90 mm Hg or higher is considered high blood pressure, another term for hypertension. For more information read: http://www.medindia.net/patients/ patientinfo/highbloodpressure_about.htm...

Good News For Those Suffering From Excessive Sweating

...ore. Repeated treatment with Botox also produced a consistent reduction (≥75 percent) in sweat production. Some of the conclusions from the study are the following: · Patients reported significantly less occupational dissatisfaction and limitation. Before treatment, 66 to 72 percent of patients were...

Exposure to Pesticides in Schools Produces Illnesses Among Employees, Students

...eloped after exposure to pesticide and illness was consistent with known toxicology of the pesticide. The overall annual rates of new cases for 1998 – 2002 was 7.4 cases per million children, and was 27.3 cases per million school employee (adult) full-time equivalents. New case rates among children increased s...

Famine May Be A Cause For Schizophrenia

...famine, reports newscientist.com The findings are consistent with those of a small Dutch study, which found a twofold increase in schizophrenia for those born during a war-imposed famine in Holland from 1944 to 1945, called the Hunger Winter. But since this study featured just 20-25 cases of the condition, th...

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