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Link Between Alcohol and Decrease in Brain Size

...middle-aged adults. However researchers say it is difficult to determine a casual relationship between alcohol consumption and brain atrophy because MRI measures in the brain were only conducted once during follow up....

Easier Methods Required to Screen Insulin Resistance

...to identify insulin resistance, however, it is too difficult to administer to large numbers of people. Researchers have come up with a simple way to identify overweight or obese people who are likely to be insulin resistant. Researchers looked at three simple tests to see if they could help identify people...

Alcohol Dependence Gene Identified

...es is only part of the picture.One reason it is so difficult to find genes involved in psychiatric disorders is that there is an interplay between genetic and environmental factors. Researchers say that a person can carry all kinds of genes that predispose them to alcohol dependence, but if they never take a...

HRT Found To Increase Recurrence of Breast Cancer

... alternative safe and effective strategies for the difficult problem of menopausal symptoms in these women now need to be developed....

‘Protein’ Produced By Overstressed Heart Muscle a Strong Indicator Of Heart Diseae

...of hospitalization among people 65 or older but is difficult to diagnose.// Treatment delays increase the chances of heart damage or complications and the costs of care. Already, doctors in many emergency rooms test for high levels of the peptide in patients with severe shortness of breath to determine whet...

Common Medication Errors in Children

... errors frequently occur in children because it is difficult to match proper doses to the exact weight of a child. Nearly 30 percent of the medication errors occurred because the wrong drug was administered. Twenty percent of the errors were made because medication was given at the wrong time. Only about 1 per...

Treating Blocked Arteries In The Lower Limbs

...o the legs, causing cramps and pain, and making it difficult to walk or exercise. The iliac arteries are large arteries in the pelvis that supply blood to the legs. Researchers say, stent placement should be considered the standard of care for treating patients with abnormal circulation due to the obstruction...

New Treatment For Tendonitis

... near a joint becomes inflamed. Treatment is often difficult and recovery can be long. // Now, a new approach relieves the pain of this common condition. Now, an increasing number of patients with tendonitis are finding relief with extracorporeal shock wave therapy. During the therapy, ultrasound energy targe...

A Drug That Might Relieve Chronic Cough

...tegy that appears to be effective in treating this difficult patient population who can not clear their chronic cough....

Early Detection of Prostate Cancer

...PSA levels often fluctuate. They say this makes it difficult for doctors to know for certain whether a man has prostate cancer without performing multiple needle biopsies. Researchers say by testing for EPCA in men with high levels of PSA, one may be able to detect the presence of prostate cancer earlier, be...

How Safe Are Your Cosmetics ?

...kin called contact dermatitis. Sometimes it's even difficult for people and their doctors to discern the cause of the allergic reaction because the rash may not appear in the area where the product was applied. Researchers caution that products deigned "all natural" aren't any less likely to cause allergic r...

Diabetics Can Now Be Able To Control Both Blood Sugar And Their Weight

...lood. Despite these advances, diabetics have had a difficult time controlling their weight. Researchers analyzed the safety and effectiveness of triple therapy using insulin, metformin (Glucophage) -- an FDA-approved drug for type 2 diabetes -- and a drug in the thiazolidinedione family, which lowers the bloo...

Early Detection Of Facial Abnormalities in a Fetus

...ey also found soft palate defects, which are often difficult to see on sonography, were able to be detected with MRI. This is important because soft palate defects can lead to potential complications after birth. Thus researchers say that MRI has indeed increased the vigilance in analysis of facial anatomy t...

Good News for HIV Patients Also Suffering From Hepatitis C Virus

...on in patients with genotype 1, typically the most difficult to treat HCV genotype, was 29-percent effective. This compares to an effectiveness of 7 percent among those taking interferon-ribavirin. Researchers say the results of this study are groundbreaking news for the hundreds of thousands of Americans who...

Adopting Easier Methods To Screen Insulin Resistance

...to identify insulin resistance, however, it is too difficult to administer to large numbers of people. Researchers have come up with a simple way to identify overweight or obese people who are likely to be insulin resistant. Researchers looked at three simple tests to see if they could help identify people w...

Evaluating The Risks and Benefits of Hormone Therapy

...ing whether or not to use hormone therapy can be a difficult decision. Hormone therapy can be an effective treatment for menopausal symptoms, but are the risks worth the benefits? Question researchers . In a recent study conducted researchers investigated the precise risks and benefits of short-term hormone th...

Decrease in Brain Size Linked To Alcohol Consumption

...middle-aged adults. However researchers say it is difficult to determine a casual relationship between alcohol consumption and brain atrophy because MRI measures in the brain were only conducted once during follow up....

Asthma Sufferers Lacking Physical Activity

...s without asthma. Although asthma can make it more difficult to participate in some physical activities, researchers say it’s important for asthma patients to meet the national recommendations. They hope health care providers can help educate patients about the importance of being active and help patients fi...

Hormone Therapy Could Increase Ones Risk For Breast Cancer

...woman's risk for cancer, but makes the cancer more difficult to diagnose because both dense tissue and cancer appear white on a mammography. In conclusion researchers say their results suggest that avoiding such hormone therapy may help improve the sensitivity of mammograms for detecting early breast cancers ...

Kids with Congenital Heart Disease Found To Have Low I.Q Levels

...y identifying // these children early on has been difficult say researchers. In a study conducted among 135 children with a congenital heart problem called D-transposition of the great arteries , all the children had the condition corrected by surgery. The children were then tested for development and intel...

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