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Coffee may help prevent cavities

... solutions,” according to the article. The study data suggest that trigonelline, a water-solubel compound in coffee that contributes to the aroma and flavour of the beverage, “may have the major responsibility for coffee’s anti-adhesive activity.” “Nevertheless,” researchers conclude, “we can hypothesid...

Medications linked to xerostomia and caries

...alth care needs.“In a follow-up study, we examined data from 65 more patients and found similar results,” Dr. Salinas says. “We need to continue to look at this. The patients we studied originally were patients at our dental school clinic, not a totally random sample. We want to examine whether socioecono...

Fluoride proves effective against fractures

... in the control group. Analysis of spinal fracture data also showed a 68 percent reduction in new or recurrent fractures in the study group compared with the control group....

Surgery-Rigged pulley helps patients

...gth of a paper clip. Poll doesn't have long-term data yet proving the children will never need additional surgery. But the technique already is widely used for easier cleft palate repair, and Poll says only 5 percent of those patients relapse, fewer than with traditional surgical cleft repair....

Blood test can predict pre-eclampsia

... risk. Wolf, and his colleagues looked at data from a study of more than 5,000 women who had various tests during pregnancy. They found 56 who had pre-eclampsia, and compared their tests to 90 women who did not. The pre-eclampsia patients had unusually low levels of a protein called SHBG or sex h...

Pharmaceutical companies are targeting patients

...m 91% to 84% during the same period. They analyzed data on media advertising and sales of individual drugs, examining trends since 1996, the year before the Food and Drug Administration issued rules for television ads on prescription drugs. Critics argue that drug ads aimed at ordinary people encourage u...

DNA helps in cellular function

...instead of one will enable scientists to interpret data they collect much more accurately....

Plavix Gets FDA Okay for New Indication

...r acute coronary syndrome, Bristol-Myers submitted data from a trial that was published in The New England Journal of Medicine. In that study, Plavix reduced the risk of heart attack, stroke or cardiovascular death by 20% in acute coronary syndrome patients, when compared with placebo....

Down syndrome life anticipation doubles

...agues published in this week's Lancet was based on data collected from death certificates between 1980 and 1995 in the US.// The researchers found that the average age at death for the 10,800 reported to have Down syndrome increased from 25 years in 1980 to 50 years in 1995. The researchers review that ...

Blood Vessel Surgery Safe for Diabetics

...it actually is not. He and his colleagues analyzed data on 7,122 major vascular procedures at a single hospital over a 13-year period. The procedures included surgery to restore blood flow in the legs, surgery on the carotid arteries in the neck, or surgery on the aorta, the body's main artery. "We found...

Breast cancer risk seen in twins

...ientist for Cancer Research UK, has been analyzing data from US female twins. These were identical and non-identical twins where one twin already had breast cancer.// The twins without cancer were then followed up for several years to see who developed the disease. One third of the identical twins were ...

Identifying bacteria made amiable

...saw an opportunity. "All this comparative sequence data emerging at the same time as the emergence of the ...genetic fingerprint, it was possible to 'mine' the data in multi-locus-sequence databases to find single bases or locations within genes - called single nuc...

Light therapy decreases depression during pregnancy

...the perfect mechanism has not been ruled out. Some data suggest that light therapy advances the timing of the daily biological clock, which may then bring about the antidepressant effect. 15 pregnant women suffering from major depression completed the pilot study. They were instructed to expose themselve...

Elevated Ozone Levels Hurt Sperm Count

...re college students. The researchers also analyzed data on air quality in both regions. The greater the i...ery at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston., the data is far too preliminary to make any far-reaching conclusions. He added that it's important to look at...

Depression has a worthwhile treatment

...he Hopkins University in USh have analysed all the data relating to depression screening. They find that where a screening programme is in place, between seven and ten per cent more depressed patients improve six months after screening and treatment. So there is a real therapeutic benefit to screening. ...

Gestational Diabetes linked to Chromosomal defici

...sachusetts, in her report said that, she looked at data on more than 6,500 pregnant women who underwent amniocentesis to detect chromosomal abnormalities in a US study in the 1990s. Those who gave birth were then followed for one year. The investigators found that women who developed gestational diabetes...

Mild Depression may guard aged women

...sion. Conventional scientific thinking and current data indicate depression has multiple harmful effects on physical health, from heart disease to suppressing the immune system. Therefore it can speed up the road to dying. But Blazer said it is possible that mild depression, which typically does not requi...

Herbal treatment should be estimated

...atigue. Dr Schapowal states that the group has no data on whether butterbur works as an ongoing treatment, but treatment for allergy sufferers is often restricted to peak periods. He felt that, butterbur should be considered for treating seasonal allergic rhinitis, particularly in cases where the sedativ...

Men happy to take contraception

... thought bugger this, we are not going to base our data on Scottish data," said Dr Weston. "We don't know if it has any relevance at all to Australian men." The team is now doing a follow-up study looking at migrant men born in southeast Asia and the Indian sub-continent. "We suspect they would have a m...

DNA transcription to be focused

...instead of one will enable scientists to interpret data they collect much more accurately....

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