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Bruxism linked to anxiety disorder

...that cause a forced contact between teeth surfaces during sleep. It has been linked to headaches, joint disc...e. Tooth grinding which occurred at least weekly during sleep was reported by 7.9 percent of the participants. More than 45 percent of those with tooth grin...

Winter months encourage binge eating

...he comfort eating that many of us might indulge in during the winter months. The researchers found that people who were evening types, preferring to eat in dimmer lighting, were more likely to binge. It's not clear why this is, but if such people become overweight and decide to diet in the New Year, they're...

Northfield Labs Receives FDA Comments

...ocess. There now will be a period of several weeks during which we will interact with CBER to clarify and come to fully understand the issues in question." said Richard. The company said the letter included both questions and comments about Northfield's blood substitute, PolyHeme, from CBER. Management sai...

Smoking during pregnancy increases risk of cleft palate

...the list of potential harmful effects from smoking during pregnancy.// Cleft lip and palate are fairly grav...ealth messages about the risks of drinking alcohol during pregnancy have resulted in a steady decline in fetal alcohol syndrome, they hope women will take not...

Lifestyle variation can cut diabetes hazard

...ipants were followed up for an average of 2 years, during which time the incidence of diabetes was 10 cases per 100 person years in the placebo group. In the metformin group, the corresponding case number was 7 and in the lifestyle modification group it was just 4 cases. This means a 50 per cent reduced inc...

Air pollution may raise risk of lung cancer

...antly, it gave us nearly two decades of follow-up, during which time it continued to demonstrate a direct correlation between this fine particulate air pollution and the risk of death from heart and lung disease," says George D. Thurston. The efforts to clean up city air stir up a political debate that re...

Harm to the chest can be destructive

...hase of the heart beat. Most such injuries occur during sports like baseball, hockey, softball or soccer. They may also occur during 'shadow' boxing or while intervening in a scuffle. The study makes a case for better protective clot...

Tomato Sauce reduces Cancer Risk- Study

... oxygen free-radicals, which are chemicals created during metabolism that can damage the genetic structure of cells. Dietary questionnaires in the study included such food items as tomatoes, tomato sauce, tomato juice, pizza, watermelon and pink grapefruit, along with salsa, ketchup and other tomato-based ...

Diabetics prone to periodontitis

...ontal problems, such as bleeding and swollen gums, during pregnancy," lead researcher Dr. Janet Guthmiller s...pregnancy problems, may affect blood sugar control during this critical time." Additionally, periodontal disease may trigger increased levels of biological fl...

Nausea Linked To Anxiety And Depression

...ing nausea, heartburn, diarrhoea and constipation, during a one-year period. Nearly 13 percent had experienced nausea during the year. “In our study population, the prevalence of anxiety and depression was significantly hig...

Contraceptive pill to reduce PMS

...he lining of the uterus which is the bleeding seen during menstruation. If things go according to plan, the pill, named Seasonale, could be on the market by next year....

Healthy Medicine Or Harmful Intoxicant?

...res as an aid in muscle building and fat reduction during the 1980s....

A unique factor in breathing disorder

...ollapse of the tissues// at the back of the throat during sleep, impeding the free flow of air into and out of the lungs. Often, it is accompanied by snoring and the person actually stops breathing many times in the night. Lack of oxygen to tissues raises the risk of heart disease and stroke in the long ter...

Blood test diagnoses heart failure in short time

...triuretic peptide, which is often greatly elevated during heart failure. The study found that the test alone is 83 percent accurate in diagnosing heart failure in people. It was conducted on 1,586 men and women at 9 hospitals in the US and Europe....

Heart bypass-mental decline link

...cation, and a thin tube is inserted into the aorta during the procedure. The study compared results in heart-lung machine patients with those put on an "off-pump" device that only partially immobilizes the heart. Off-pump patients had less mental decline than heart-lung patients, but the differences became...

Cloud of smoke over Zyban

... with seizure disorder and in those taking alcohol during treament.”...

Ultrasound helps stroke treatment

...r thrombolysis ability of tPA, he explained Friday during a news briefing at the 27th International Stroke Conference in San Antonio. Alexandrov uses a hand-held ultrasound device fitted into a frame "like the frame inside a construction worker's hard hat," he said. Using a Food and Drug Administration-app...

Pregnant women more prone to depression

Women are more prone to get depression during their pregnancy more than after their babies are b...hers found the average scores recorded were higher during pregnancy than after the births. Dr Mary Nolan of the National Childbirth Trust, an expert in ante...

Failure of Drug-Coated Stent

... a new stent, many patients experience restenosis, during which cells from inside the vessel grow around the stent, partially obstructing the vessel and putting patients at risk of a heart attack. The stents used in his experiment had a relatively thick plastic sleeve. The body's cells may have attacked th...

Hope for breast cancer patients

...ave the option of having one blast of radiotherapy during surgery instead of a series of up to 25 sessions afterwards, researchers said. //They believe the new intra-operative radiotherapy could be cheaper and easier for women and may improve the treatment of breast cancer for patients living in remote area...

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