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Allergies Not Just for Children Anymore

... more than just hay fever. It occurs when the body develops an abnormal activation of the immune system - call...r developing allergic diseases. If an individual develops an allergic disease, what can be done? Avoidance is the primary principle. This is particularly impo...

Newborns With Respiratory Distress Potentially Have Rare Genetic Disease

...but PCD must be considered in any term newborn who develops respiratory distress or persistent hypoxemia (low oxygen in the blood), especially those who have reversed internal organs or an affected sibling," says Ferkol, director of the Division of Pediatric Allergy and Pulmonary Medicine at Washington Univer...

Timeliness, a Critical Factor in Treating TTTS

...hile the recipient has too much amniotic fluid and develops a form of heart failure. Without treatment, TTTS is fatal for at least 90 percent of twins, and both twins are at risk for severe complications. There are two main treatment modalities: amnioreduction, in which excess amniotic fluid is removed from...

Pregnant? Check Your Thyroid Secretion!

...uring pregnancy, are autoimmune in nature.The body develops antibodies against thyroid cells, which then affect its functioning. Antibodies, directed towards the thyroid cells, may result in thyroid inflammation known as lymphocytic thyroiditis also known as Hashimoto's disease, which leads to hypothyroidi...

Osteoporosis Does Not Spare Men Either

...ell known which women are at risk, how the disease develops and how to treat it. "The problem," she said, "is that when men sustain fractures they are more likely to die or suffer a disability." Statistically, one in three men die following a fracture, compared to one in five women, possibly because of un...

Gene Behind Lincoln’s Diseas

...he cause of SCA5, a neurodegenerative disease that develops between ages 10 and 68; destroys nerve cells in the part of the brain that controls movements; causes loss of coordination in walking, speaking, writing and swallowing; and puts some patients in wheelchairs. Earlier research showed beta spectrin ma...

Esophageal Cancer Rates Climb With Obesity

...counterparts. “The type of patient who currently develops esophageal cancer has changed dramatically in the last 20 years. Esophageal cancer used to be primarily squamous cell carcinoma found in people who drank alcohol and smoked excessively. In association with the horrendous epidemic of obesity in this c...

Mother’s Cells in Diabetic Child Produce Insuli

...erance to the half-foreign cells of the mother and develops diabetes as a result. But the current research disproves this. Dr Lee Nelson, a co-researcher said, “ The findings raise the possibility that a mother's stem cells might be harvested, and used to treat her diabetic child.” These cells would be be...

'Families' - Doesn’t Cause Anorexia Nervos

...en present in childhood before the eating disorder develops and may contribute to the risk of developing this disorder. "We need to understand all the factors that influence eating disorders, both genetic and environmental, and find ways to address them in order to prevent people from developing these poten...

China Considering Evidence That Male Circumcision Could Reduce Risk of HIV Infection

...ulnerable to HIV. In addition, a circumcised penis develops thicker skin that is resistant to HIV infection. The results of the Uganda and Kenya studies were similar to the results of a study conducted in South Africa in 2005. Source: Kaiser Family Foundation...

Relationship Between Delirium and Dementia

...orientation, paranoia and hallucinations, delirium develops in 14 to 56 percent of all hospitalized seniors, complicating hospital stays for over 2.5 million older individuals in the U.S. each year. For the most part, dementia and delirium have been viewed as separate and distinct conditions. But a special ...

New Gene to Help in Understanding Alzheimer’s Diseas

...e (occurring in around 90 percent of patients) and develops after 65 years. // Scientists from Boston University, the University of Toronto, and Columbia University have discovered the gene named SORL1.The findings were published in Nature Genetics. The reasearchers spent five years locating the newly dis...

In Search of Truth - 'Lie Detector

...h the gravity it deserves. The uneasy feeling that develops in one’s gut on hearing a lie, will not hold in a court of law. That is when the ‘lie detector’ steps in and attempts to delve into the dark recesses of the offender’s mind. ‘Lie Detectors’ are generally put to use by the police and by other investig...

Risk Factors That Cause NODM After A Liver Transplant

New-onset diabetes mellitus (NODM) develops in certain patients following a liver transplant. A new study on risk factors that cause NODM to develop//, finds that all the risk factors can be detected before a transplant is done and treatment should be tailored to the patient's risk They foun...

Gender Of Children May Be Linked To Risk Of Prostate Cancer

...very year. As the name suggests, prostate cancer develops from cells of the prostate gland, found only in men producing some of the seminal fluid, which protects and nourishes sperm cells. The Israeli researchers studied 38,000 men, and compared history of 712 men diagnosed with prostate cancer with other...

Sleep Disturbances, Nightmares - Common Among Suicide Attempters: Report

...ldren have severe nightmares. Nightmare disorder develops when you have nightmares on a frequent basis. Nightmare disorder is not as common. About two to eight percent of people have a current problem with nightmares. The use of some medications may be a cause of nightmare disorder. You may be more likely t...

Surgery, the Best Option for Kids With High Blood Pressure

...n cause of serious hypertension in children, often develops as a result of developmental narrowings in the renal arteries, the name for vessels that bring blood to the kidneys. In some children, the nearby section of the aorta -- the largest blood vessel in the body -- also has narrowings. Children who have a...

For Kids With High BP, Surgery Can Help When Medicines Fail

...n cause of serious hypertension in children, often develops as a result of developmental narrowings in the renal arteries, the name for vessels that bring blood to the kidneys. In some children, the nearby section of the aorta — the largest blood vessel in the body — also has narrowings. Children who have a g...

Research on Bipolar Disorder Launched

...atment of this illness." Bipolar disorder usually develops in the teens or early twenties but can also affect children. Diagnosis of early-onset BPD is tough, though, because some of the symptoms mimic emotions and behaviors that are initially thought to be typical of children. Unlike normal mood changes, ho...

Genetic Mechanism Helps Explain Chronic Pain Disorders

...on will provide new insights into how chronic pain develops and will ultimately contribute to the identification of unique markers for diagnosing clinical pain conditions, as well as provide novel targets for the development of effective individualized therapeutics for TMJD and related conditions," said Dr. A...

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