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Risk for Pregnant Women

...omen across the United States faced elevated risks during pregnancy because of contaminated municipal tap water.// According to the study, just outside Washington, had the most pregnant women at risk in an individual community or water system. WSSC drinking water was pretty safe. "I speak from a unique per...

Alzheimer's followed by head injury

...the cases of soldiers who suffered head injuries// during World War II. They found that those who suffered...Marine World War II veterans who were hospitalised during their period of service with a head injury. They found that those who suffered mild head injuries - ...

Relief from common back pain

...ive Americans experience significant back problems during their lives. Back pain is the second most common reason for doctor visits, and herniated disk is the culprit for many. The condition can be caused by such thing as trauma, strenuous activity, genetics and age. According to the American Association ...

Link Between Infection And Heart Disease

...who tested positive for at least 6 infections died during the study period compared to just 7% of those with 3 or less infections. "We showed a significant association between the number of infections to which someone has been exposed and the extent of hardening of the arteries in the heart, neck, and le...

Smoking Linked To Low Infant Birth Weight

Women who smoke during pregnancy are more likely to bear an underweight c...e susceptible to a number of other health problems during infancy and childhood. Cigarette smoking has been associated with low birth weight in a number of pr...

Why cluster headaches?

... functional studies show that activity is abnormal during the headache state....

Nasal Spray Beats Antihistamine

...mine, a compound released from immune system cells during allergic reactions. Antihistamines can cause significant sedation, for example. And the nasal sprays sometimes cause nasal dryness and nose bleeds, while in children there is the potential for the corticosteroids to hinder bone growth over time. A...

Particulate matter affects lung development

...lts. Researchers were interested in lung function during adolescence. “When kids hit puberty, their lungs s... and then slowly declines with age.So what happens during that big growth spurt during the teen years may be especially important later in life. Avol and coll...

Babies Need Vaccination

...an contract the virus from infected mothers' blood during childbirth, but vaccinating them soon afterward can prevent the disease from taking hold, said McMillan, a pediatrics professor at Johns Hopkins University.The seven recommended vaccines are: hepatitis B; diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis combined; h...

Computers may become surgeons

... worldwide are capable of providing updated images during surgery, the instruments still have to be held and manipulated by humans. The researchers believe their work could have a significant impact on the emerging field of image-guided surgery, in which doctors use sophisticated imaging technology to perfo...

Lower surgical volume linked to higher death rate

...of the excess deaths at the Bristol Royal hospital during the early 1990s can be attributed to the fact that it performed relatively few operations. Dr Spiegelhalter says caution is needed in interpreting his findings because the data sources are not of a high quality and rely on individual hospital report...

Postpone intercourse after childbirth

... blood vessels in a woman's// pelvic area expanded during pregnancy and takes upto 4 weeks to return to normal after birth. The researchers said it was more likely for women to have air embolisms if they had deep penetrative sex with their knees against their chest. The study from the recoreds of the two ...

To get the better of

...s. The "in-suck" surmise argues that contraction during orgasm draws in the sperm after ejaculation. Arousal has also been shown to reduce acidity inside the vagina. According to this theory an acidic vagina lessens the chances of sperm surviving to the reproductive tract. Dr Cathy added: "The number of s...

Women's strong sense of smell

...ff University, said: "Some studies have shown that during ovulation, there's a surge of oestrogen which increases sensitivity.// The structure of the nose is the same in women as men. Theories have also shown smells activate a greater region in the brain in women than men." "A new study showed that althoug...

FDA approves first pocket-sized EKG machine

...at stick to the chest and record electric currents during each heartbeat, plug into a wire that in turn plugs into the top of the device. A doctor could view the readings right on the PDA screen. Or, if ambulance workers were recording the measurements, the PocketView ECG can transmit the results over wir...

Reduced POD linked to fatal asthma attacks

...hospitalisations, fatal asthma attacks and deaths during a 2 year study period than those with normal dyspnoea perception. The patients with low POD tended to be older, female and generally had suffered from asthma for a longer period of time than the patients with normal or high POD. Low POD patients al...

Diet, Sunlight connected to Breast Cancer Risk

...ortified milk. In fact, Grant notes in his report, during the winter in Europe, blood levels of vitamin D have been found to be higher in northern countries, where fish may be the main source of the vitamin....

An aide to cold

...teers were given a placebo. Over a 90-day period during the winter when most colds occur, just 32 colds were recorded among those taking the supplement, compared to 75 amongst those taking the placebo. The study also predicated that those taking the supplement who did catch a cold were more likely to mak...

Zinc may enhance growth in Young sickle cell patients

...verage 0.66 cm more in height than did their peers during the study period. Furthermore, among a subgroup of children who were initially identified as short for their age, those in the zinc group grew 1.3 cm more in height than their peers in the comparison group....

Delirium linked to death

...problems, yet the condition is often not diagnosed during hospital stays. The results of this study have implications for the care of older medical inpatients and for research in such patients. First, delirium should be considered a significant, serious problem in its own right and as a marker of serious r...

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