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Irritating Noise Increases Risk Of Heart Attacks

...han with subjective annoyance. However, there were differences between men and women and these need further investigation,' said lead author of the study, Dr Stefan Willich, who is the Director of the Institute for Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics at the medical centre. The researchers say th...

High Decibel Levels Raise Heart Disease Risk

...han with subjective annoyance. However, there were differences between men and women and these need further investigation,' he commented. The current study observed the effect of noise on 2,000 heart attack patients admitted in the hospital and used 2,000 patients admitted in the trauma and general surgery dep...

Men Use Their Brain Differently From Women

...linical situations. There are also psychological differences between the two sexes, as twice the number of wome...nteers were used in the tests. This points towards differences with regard to ‘hard wiring’ in the case of men and women where their brains are concerned. This inf...

Food packaging with Bisphenol A damages the brain

... in regions not thought to be involved with sexual differences or reproductive functions,' 'BPA molecules are linked into polymers used to create polycarbonate plastics and epoxy resins that are widely used in many products,' said Dr. Belcher. 'While plastics are typically thought of as being stable, scientist...

“Super Broccoli” Could Confer Better Cancer Protectin

... "The research backs current thinking that genetic differences may affect how we absorb nutrients from our food," said Josephine Querido, of Cancer Research UK. "When it comes to food, there is no one particular 'super' fruit or vegetable that will protect you from cancer. Experts have proven that the best way t...

Colorblind Individuals have expanded color vision

...teranomalous individuals may be sensitive to color differences that are not apparent to those with normal color vision. The researchers conducted the experiment in deuteranamolous and "color-normal" individuals to report whether they were able to distinguish between pairs of colors that were theoretically pred...

Birth Weight of Babies Important Predictor for Salt Preference

...searchers further intend to explore the individual differences in liking for salty taste, and hope to obtain needed insights into the underlying factors driving salt preference and intake. Perhaps, individuals with high blood pressure could even use the results of the experiment for more effective strategies to ...

Newer Generation Sleeping Pills Lack Superior Performance

...ance the sleep quality. ‘Although there are some differences among the drugs on the different outcomes, it does not follow that one drug would necessarily be more or less effective for patients with one type of insomnia over another. We found no studies comparing the different drugs in patients with different ...

Men Easy To Satisfy Than the Opposite Sex In Terms Of Physical Appearance

...y by the perceived changes but also by the factual differences in the body. Both the sexes shedded an intermediate amount of pounds establishing the fact that an hour’s work out everyday is ample to healthy and a trim body. ...

Prostate Cancer Test Is Influenced By Age and Nutrition Factors

...and weight change were associated with substantial differences in PSA velocity," the authors conclude. "Clinical interpretation of PSA velocity could be biased by these factors." Main Article: "Associations of Demographic and Lifestyle Characteristics with Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) Concentration and Rate ...

Sweet pain releiver!

...lla comments, "This intriguing finding may reflect differences in brain chemistry systems. Additional studies cle...eded to evaluate how dietary habits and individual differences contribute to preference for sweet taste in children and its physiological consequences." "Even wom...

A cheesy story!!!

...esearchers highlight the importance of recognizing differences between these two groups, and particularly in giving more weight to the opinions of the consumer when determining food quality standards. As the samples were 12 Norwegian cheeses which were evaluated by five expert individuals. These experts profes...

Health Officials Inquire Into OraQuick HIV Tests

... have been at 99.1%, which may lead to significant differences when a large group of people are tested. The FDA is expected to take corrective action after the results of the inquiry are revealed. The OraSure Technologies of Bethlehem, the manufacturer of the test is cooperating with the investigation. ( The ...

DNA Underwent Changes Due To Culture

...le-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) - single-letter differences in the genetic code, according to the study. The idea is to look for pairs of SNPs that occur together more often than would be expected from the chance genetic reshuffling that inevitably happens down the generations. Such co-relations were known...

Residential Locality, A New Determinant Factor For Weight Gain

...upational status. Significant neighbourhood weight differences were documented in the above survey. "The average man or woman is about 3kg heavier if they live in a disadvantaged area and it doesn't matter whether that person is of low income or high income, or professional or blue collar. If you live in a dis...

Big Brained People Are More Intelligent

...lson led the study which also said that there were differences between women and men. // The study which was published in the journal Brain also said, said that in women, verbal intelligence was clearly co-related with brain size, accounting for 36% of the verbal IQ score. However, in men, this was true for r...

Link Established Between Atherosclerosis and Air Pollution

...eas. The researchers did not observe significant differences in plaque production and artery wall inflammation in fine particle-exposed mice given the normal diet. However, among mice given clean air, those on the high-fat diet had greater plaque production and artery wall inflammation than those given the n...

Higher Levels Of Depression Seen Among Parents

...and non-custodial children. There are no gender differences with regard to parenthood and depression, accordin...mothers is taxed by parenthood. The marital status differences also play a role in depression and parenthood. Single parents reported remarkably higher levels of d...

Health Care Disparities cause of inaccessibility to new technology

...nal of Medical Care. Health care disparities are differences in the incidence, prevalence, mortality, and burden of diseases and related adverse health conditions that exist among minority and children’s. These population groups may be characterized by gender, age, ethnicity, education, income, social class, d...

With a healthy heart stick to the wild salmon

...outweigh the benefits. Because we found regional differences in contaminants in farmed salmon, with Chilean salmon showing the lowest levels and European (particularly Scottish) farmed salmon showing the highest levels, careful consumers with a history of heart disease could choose farmed salmon from Chile for...

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