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Reduction in melanoma death rate

...earchers at the University of Texas, have analysed data on malignant melanoma, the deadliest form of skin cancer, between 1981 and 1999.// They find there has been a 200 per cent increase in cases among men - from 2.0 cases per 150,000 population to 12.2 per 100,000. For women, the corresponding increase ...

Hypertension drugs could lower Disability

...al The Lancet, involved analysis of three years of data from 1995 to 1999 on 650 hypertensive and partiall... were graded on muscle strength. Correlating that data to pharmaceutical records, the researchers found women on continuous ACE inhibitor therapy had a low...

Greater volume hospitals better for stroke

...archers at the University of Texas, have looked at data for treatment of sub-arachnoid haemorrhage (SAH) in the state during the 1990s. People with a stroke caused by bleeding into the brain do best in hospitals dealing with many such cases.// In SAH, a blood vessel bursts within the blood supply surround...

Outcome of common medications

...tigue and sexual dysfunction is not supported from data from clinical trials. The risks of these adverse effects should be put in the context of these medications. In the end, the investigators urge doctors to prescribe beta-blockers when necessary and to monitor patients for the side effects....

Preventing mental decline in the aged

...tality is crucial to optimal aging. They say clear data is now beginning to show scientific basis for achieving and maintaining cognitive vitality in later life....

Morphine may excite cancerous tumors

... growth in mice. At present there is no scientific data that indicates morphine or similar pain medications will lead to increased cancer growth in humans.// However, researchers say their findings warrant further studies for managing cancer pain. Researchers from the University of Minnesota Cancer Cent...

Stroke and Dementia - a ghastly association

...ctivities. Researchers from Madrid, Spain reviewed data on more than 250 stroke patients who were admitted to a hospital for treatment. // They looked at medical history, neurological evaluation, and completed surveys. They identified 50 patients with dementia before they had a stroke and 72 cases where ...

Screening bypasses radical breast surgery

... leading charity Cancer Research UK// has analyzed data from a group of 55,000 women in Florence, Italy, aged between 55 and 65. They find that following the introduction of a breast screening programme, the rate of mastectomy - removal of the breast - for cancer came down by 50 per cent. There has been...

Heart test may detect death risk

...t failure or kidney failure. Researchers examined data on more than 5,000 patients, average age 60, who had successful catheterization procedures and did not have heart attacks or require emergency surgery. About 15 percent of the patients had CK-MB levels above normal after their procedures. Patients ...

Watching television linked to smoking

...d information from a national survey that gathered data on television viewing in 1990 and 1993 among youth ages 10 to 15 years. They also examined other risk factors such as weight, ethnicity, IQ, household income level and household structure. Among the adolescents in the study, smoking increased from a...

Overweight can affect sex life

...fer from erectile dysfunction, the study said. The data also showed that men who were inactive were more likely to suffer from erectile dysfunction than men who exercised at least 30 minutes per day....

Risk of heart disease prediction needs updating

...searchers believe this is because it is based upon data from the general population and includes co-existing problems like hypertension and diabetes. They also find that adding information on the patient's ejection fraction - a measure of heart muscle strength - made the models even more accurate. The stu...

Caesarean may aid twins

...absolute risks are high in comparison with similar data for singleton term births in Scotland over the same period. Researchers say planned caesarean delivery may offer some protection. Previous studies show second twins are vulnerable to complications during labor and delivery....

Smoking may be influenced by Parents

...eted a similar questionnaire. Researchers compared data from 242 smoking parents and their children. Results show only 9 percent of parents said they asked their children to clean ashtrays, but 45.2 percent of children said they were asked to complete that task. Results also show only 30.5 percent of par...

Gastrointestinal conditions affect sleep

...Health Science Institute in Oklahoma City compared data from 20 GERD patients to records of healthy individuals. Study participants completed a sleep quality exam and underwent esophageal monitoring evaluation for 24 hours in a sleep lab. Researchers evaluated the number of minutes required to fall asleep...

Airbags lessens oppressive eye injuries

...ntil now. Researchers in Virginia, USA, analysed data from over 20,020 automobile accidents from 1994 to 1998. They looked at the severity of the various eye injuries that occurred. Level 1 included problems like skin abrasions around the eye and eyelid, while Level 4 described serious injuries such as ...

Lead can be fatal

...searchers assessed the link by examining follow-up data from participants of the Second National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. The participants were ages 32 to 75 and were tested for blood lead levels through 1993. When compared to participants with blood lead levels of less than 10 g/dL, rese...

Stroke Risk and Fish :A factual interconnection

...ain, and the rest could not be classified from the data available. Risk of ischemic stroke was found to be lower among men who consumed more fish when compared with those who ate fish less than once per month. Risk of ischemic stroke was reduced by 42-percent even with a small amount of fish consumption,...

Fewer teeth & Increased Ischemic Stroke risk

...nd higher// risk of stroke. The study which used data on 41,376 men found that men with fewer teeth generally consumed large amounts of alcohol, were physically less active, were older and were more likely to smoke, all of which are risk factors for stroke. However, the lead author, Kaumudi J. Joshipura...

Children exposed to smoke show decreased levels of Vitamin C

...tantial. Though researchers do not have sufficient data to recommend a required amount of vitamin C for children regularly exposed to smoke, they suggest that children exposed to smoke consume increased amounts of foods rich in vitamin C or be given the equivalent amount of the vitamin as a supplement. S...

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