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Good news for moderate alcohol drinkers!

... week had slightly less (63%) risk. However, study data suggested that there was no additional cardiac benefit to those who drank more than two drinks per day. The article though raising the morale of many alcohol consumers, included a warning from Claude Lenfant, MD, director of the National Heart, Lung...

Women who quit smoking during pregnancy tend to relapse

...sity in New York found from an analysis of smoking data from 10 states collected between 1993 until 1999 found that the percentage of women who quit smoking rose from 37% to 46% during pregnancy. However, more than half of those were unable to remain ex-smokers six months after giving birth.// The study ...

Use of CT scans to detect lung cancer questioned

...rs may want to hold off the screenings until solid data is available. He also added that smoking cessation is the only proven, cost-effective method to reduce lung cancer risk....

Life expectancy lessened due to obesity

...s greatest at younger ages. The study was based on data from various National Health// and Nutrition Examination surveys. The data was used to derive YLL estimates for adults aged 18 to 85 years. Body Mass Index (BMI, [weight in Kg...

Abuse of prescription drugs among youths on the rise

...methadone, oxycodone, and Ritalin. The analysis of data from the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse found that almost// 3 million adolescents and about 7 million young adults from ages 18 to 25 had used prescription drugs for non-medical purposes at least once in their lives. Researchers also found t...

Smokers more prone to depression

...ath can be established. A study of cross-sectional data obtained from the US National Household Survey on Drug Abuse(collected from different respondents each year from 1994 to 1996) was conducted. A total// of 13,827 young people aged from 12 to 17 years participated. The researchers measured variations ...

Migraine & Juvenile stroke could be associated

... respectively. The investigators believed that the data suggested that migraine was an even more significant risk factor for patients aged less than 35 years of age. They added that migraine was found to be independent from other vascular risk factors, from aetiology and from the territory of stroke....

Women who care for sick spouse risk heart disease

...-running Nurses' Health Study, which had collected data on caregiving and coronary heart disease from 54,412 women aged between 46 and 71. They found that those who devoted nine or// more hours a week caring for a spouse had an increased risk of heart problems. However, there was no link between caring fo...

Herbal supplement ephedra posing threat to people's health

... restrict access to the supplement. The study used data gathered by the American Association of Poison Control Centers. Researchers claim that out of the total calls received, an// estimated 80 per cent of calls were taken from the general public. The researchers compared the number of adverse events amon...

Miscarriage during pregnancy and heart disease linked

... the researchers used hospital discharge and death data to determine the risk of death// or hospital admission due to heart disease. Researchers found that those who had had miscarriages were 1.4 times more likely to have heart disease later than women who had not. Moreover, those with repeated miscarriag...

Dads to blame for longer pregnancies

... pregnancy had lasted between 37 and 41 weeks. The data gathered from theparticipants indicated that those who had had one prolonged pregnancy had a 20%risk of having a second one.// If the first pregnancy had lasted for 44 weeks, therisk increased to 30%. However, if the women switched partners betweenpr...

WHO Travel Advice to prevent spread of "Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

...ce to international travellers on the basis of new data from China and Hong Kong to prevent the further international spread of SARS. In a press release this morning, WHO issued the following advice:? The World Health Organization (WHO) today began recommending that persons travelling to Hong Kong Speci...

Brain diseases an outcome of cannibalism

...prion researchers want to verify the findings with data from larger population samples. Since prions can c...prion researchers want to verify the findings with data from larger population samples. Since prions can cross between species, it is also possible that eat...

Electronic nose by Italian scientists

...ffing the breath and then by sending the real time data to a computer. The computer then identifies specific odor by a personal ID. Having conducted the tests on patients with advanced lung tumors as well as on perfectly healthy people, scientists concluded the sensitivity of the instrument to presence ...

Less exercise cause obesity in teens

...they are exercisng less. Researchers when analysed data on diet, weight, and physical activity of teens th...percent did at the end. The study was dependent on data from three organizations. Data on weight came from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Sur...

Suicide reduced by anti-depressants

...ymptoms of depression and responding to them. With data collected from Australian Bureau of Statistics and IMS Health Australia//, scientists compared number of suicides to number of anti-depressant prescription. Even though the overall suicide rate remained the same, there were substantial reduction in s...

China tells officials not to hide SARS damage

...ishment for statistics officials who provided fake data that could "mislead" policy-making. China, which joined an International Monetary Fund programme to improve statistical accuracy and transparency, has a long history of faking data.The government has moved to rescue sectors battered by SARS by offeri...

Scientists review SARS

...rld HealthOrganization to review the epidemiologic data on SARS.Existing public health measures have been effective in containing the disease in many countries and should be worked eventually in China and Taiwan, where the disease is now concentrated.Crucial measures are taken to control the chain ofperso...

Hormone Therapy Linked to Dementia

...ct. They write, "The WHIMS estrogen plus progestin data reinforce the conclusion that the risks of estrogen plus progestin outweigh the benefits."...

Boys demand more than girls, even before birth

...f the baby had no effect on maternal weight. These data suggest that in utero boys are already more demanding than girls....

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