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Breaking up Dangerous Clots

... received fondaparinux. There were no significant differences between the two groups in clinically significant bleeding, although those in the fondaparinux group did trend towards more major bleeding than those in the placebo group. Finding ways to prevent dangerous blood clots in hip surgery patients is a maj...

Some more sensitive to pain

...we have objective evidence that confirm individual differences in pain are, in fact, real." In their study, Coghill and colleagues used magnetic resonance imaging to assess brain function. They found that the brain regions important in registering pain lit up in those participants who said a heat stimulus was in...

Y chromosome uses trick to repair its own genes

...id followup work could illuminate basic biological differences between the sexes, perhaps shedding light on causes of differences in disease susceptibility, for example. The Y chromosome can't fix its genes in the usual way beca...

Music Makes you Smarter

...an their non-musical peers. The researchers saw no differences between the two groups when it came to the visual memory test. All of the participants had been playing instruments for one to five years. There was a direct relationship with the number of years of playing and the verbal memory skills. Children who...

It's Never Too Late to Stop Smoking,Study Finds

...e them was the fact that there were no significant differences in heart attack, recurrent heart failure, and deat...er-smokers, even after they accounted for baseline differences among the patients. Ex-smokers and never-smokers both had a 30-percent lower risk of dying than curr...

How a man's mind really works

...ess, sexism or sheer pigheadedness but in profound differences between the male and female brain -- and scientist...ng PET scans and people can see for themselves the differences between the male and female brain. I think that alters life and marriages," said Gurian . The scie...

Memory said to automatically improve with age

...cans of people 55 or older and discovered dramatic differences in their brains. The people who were physically fit had gray matter in better shape.It was found that losing weight can also improve memory function. Losing weight will improve how you regulate your glucose, and we have shown that improved glucose r...

Genetic differences found between Male and Female brains

...Researchers say they didn't expect to find genetic differences between the sexes' brains, but they discovered that the male and female brains differed in many measurable ways, including anatomy and function. Researchers hope these findings will help doctors assign a gender to the 1 percent of all children who a...

Comparing Psoriasis Treatments

...port headaches. There were no significant reported differences in quality of life between the two groups. Authors of the study say the overall effectiveness of methotrexate is similar to that of cyclosporine. They conclude, "Differences between the treatments in terms of side effects, long-term adverse effects,...

Senate assures ban on smoking

...ne approved by the Legislature. In ironing out the differences between the versions approved by the House and Sen...after three days of debate, voting 29 to 10. Minor differences between the two bills will have to be worked out, but last night's action ensures that the ban will ...

Blood Sugar Linked to Deaths in ICU

...ndiabetics than diabetics. The authors write, “The differences in mean glucose values between survivors and nonsu...betic patients than among diabetic patients. These differences occurred at significantly lower mean glucose values among the nondiabetic patients than among the di...

Link Between Hyperglycemia & Hospital Mortality

...abetics. Thus form the study it was found that the differences in mean glucose values between survivors and nonsu...betic patients than among diabetic patients. These differences occurred at significantly lower mean glucose values among the nondiabetic patients than among the di...

Onset Linked To Severity of Asthma

...later in life. The participants were evaluated for differences in allergic response, symptoms, lung function and pathology. Researchers found that patients whose asthma began in childhood were more frequently allergic than those whose asthma began as adults, while adult-onset asthma was associated with more ra...

Study On Self Measurement Of Blood Pressure

...y lower costs but also to less BP control, with no differences in general well-being or left ventricular mass.” They say self-measurement helps to identify patients with “white-coat hypertension” -- abnormal elevation of blood pressure only in the physician’s office. They recommend self-measurement as a compleme...

Rat Genetic Code Mapped

...an changes, say specialists. Rats have significant differences from mice and from people notably in olfaction and immune system genes. Thus researchers say, “what makes us different from rats or mice is not some unique human gene, but rather what the body does with its genes.”...

An Increase In Number Of Lung Cancer Deaths in Women

...er . Researchers also say evidence suggests these differences are partly due to estrogen. Studies have shown an association between estrogen replacement therapy and adenocarcinoma. In addition, lung cancer cells have been found to have more estrogen receptors on their surface than normal lung cells. Researcher...

Weather Found To Play An Important Role In Cholesterol Levels

...er for women, with a peak in January. The seasonal differences were even greater for people with known high cholesterol. Based on the seasonal differences, the researchers report about 22 percent more of the participants would have been identified as having high cholesterol -- defined as 240 milligrams/decilite...

Embryonic Cells Might Prevent Parkinson’s Disease From Worsenin

...es for the two groups over time, with the greatest differences attributed to steadily worsening scores in the patients who did not receive the cell implants. Patients age 60 and older had the worst outcomes. Researchers believe the cell implants may have helped stabilize the brains of the patients who received t...

Identifying Predictors Of Anthrax

...pneumonia or influenza-like illnesses, looking for differences that might help doctors quickly identify someone as having anthrax rather than a typical lung disease. The analysis pointed to several possibilities: people with anthrax were more likely to have vomiting and nausea, an altered mental state, swollen ...

Hypnosis Can Help Individuals Quit Smoking

... varying numbers might have more to do with gender differences than hypnotic methods. However their studies did not answer why hypnosis worked better for men than women. Thus they conclude saying that there is nothing about hypnotic treatments that women should shy away from. If a smoker -- a man or woman -- is ...

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