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Weight-Loss Drinks Can Make You Gassy

...that between 11% and 21% of the Americans who diet each year rely to some degree on low-fat meal replacement supplements. Many such food substitutes contain milk-based powders that users mix with fat-free milk, before drinking as a replacement for a meal. The researchers found that those who consumed th...

Lancing tumours into the body

...etres long and less than a millimetre in diameter, each magnet is made of a neodymium-iron-boron alloy.Ish...nd had a short section of ceramic pipe attached to each end of the magnet. A wire wound around the pipe’s surface gave it a screw-like thread. To Test the ...

Protein and fat improve memory

... 11 males and 11 females, aged 61 to 79 - consumed each type of drink.‘Other memory tests involving attent...ecessary to unravel the unique connections between each nutrient and brain region involved in memory, according to researchers....

Hobbies prevent dementia

...as an additional eight per cent risk reduction for each leisure activity reported. Intellectual activity - reading, learning a language, taking classes - were linked to the biggest risk reduction, but socialising and sport were good too....

Artists prone to cubital tunnel syndrome

...ar to those endured by professional athletes. They each undertake a vigorous regimen of training and conditioning, often eight to ten hours of practice daily.// “Musicians and other performing artists are exposed to tremendous amounts of stress in the upper extremities during practices and recitals,” sai...

Step Aerobics Increases good cholesterol

...tional aerobic dance, 3 days a week for 40 minutes each day. The rest of the women remained sedentary.Aerobic dance involves continuous movement designed to get the heart rate up. Step aerobics follows the same principle but the movements are performed using a stepping bench. After 6 weeks, both aerobics ...

Recovery from lung injury

...are. And the survival rate tended to decrease with each decade of age. The researchers conclude that age should not be a factor in deciding whether a patient needs a ventilator....

Baby Talk Better Than Adult Speech

...any more helpful than the way most adults speak to each other, the researchers used this computer program to pick out key vowel sounds in English. They chose "o", "oo", and "ee" because these sounds were felt to be very unique. Then 10 mothers were recorded saying the words "sock", "shoe", and "sheep" in ...

Artificial lenses- Boon to cataract patients

...ame procedure,” Shen says.Flexible springs connect each lents to the edge of the lens capsule. When the rim of the device is squeezed by the relaxing eye muscles, the degree of overlap between the lenses increases, allowing the eye to focus on closer objects.When the muscles contract, pulling on the rim o...

Exposure to EMF may cause leukemia

... third of all childhood cancers - around the world each year. Research by Professor Denis Henshaw and Dr Peter Fews, at the University of Bristol, suggests power lines produce electrically charged particles called "corona ions". According to their controversial theory, these attach themselves to airborn...

New Dietary Approach To Manage Kidney Stones

...emely painful to excrete, cost billions of dollars each year in medical care and lost productivity. While the stones can sometimes be prevented by drinking plenty of water, avoiding infections and emptying the bladder frequently,// medication to reduce the excretion of calcium in urine may be prescribed. ...

Dr Reddy’s Laboratories launches Hyalosy

...lubricant that enables bones to move smoothly over each other and also acts as a shock absorber for joints. Hyalosyn is an emerging therapy for osteoarthritis. Hyalosyn will provide the much-needed relief to patients suffering from severe osteoarthritis and will enable them to resume their daily activitie...

Aspirin - a drug after one’s own hear

ASPIRIN could save 40,000 more lives each year worldwide if more people at high risk of having a heart attack or stroke took it, doctors said.// An analysis of nearly 300 clinical trials of aspirin and other “antiplatelet” drugs that help to prevent blood clots confirmed that aspirin reduce...

Inherited gene important in ovarian cancer

...omen with no previous family history of cancer. We each inherit two copies of all genes - one from the father, one from the mother. It only takes one copy of BRCA1 to be lost for cancer protection to be reduced. It's possible for genes to be lost due to a malfunctioning when cells divide - this can happen...

Cure for osteoporosis in prostate cancer patients

...mples on three separate months were collected from each patient and analysed for N-telopeptides. Patients on androgen deprivation therapy who were not treated with diethylstilbesterol had a higher level of urinary creatinine than patients treated with the synthetic oestrogen. Patients on deithylstilbest...

AIDS toll set to exceed Black Death

...rly 1980s. An estimated 14,000 people are infected each day with HIV, which destroys the immune system. Without antiretroviral drugs, most people living with AIDS will die, pushing the death toll beyond the 40 million killed// by the Black Death that ravaged Asia and Europe in the 14th century. The Blac...

Smoking stripes longevity

Scientists have devised that each cigarette cuts on average 12 minutes off the life of a smoker. It is based on the difference in life expectancy between smokers and non-smokers and an estimate of the total number of cigarettes a regular male smoker might consume in a lifetime. The ...

FDA approves first pocket-sized EKG machine

...k 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 wireless...

Immune cells halt round in space

...s do not multiply properly, neither move or signal each other as well and overall seem less able to destroy invaders. While one possibility is that the unique physical and psychological stresses of space flight might trigger immune-altering hormones, another possibility is that the weightlessness of space...

New Prostate Cancer Vaccine Shows Promise

...ved three doses of the vaccine at increased levels each time. Vieweg said four men developed flu-like symptoms and fever and four men experienced inflammation at the injection site, but overall, the vaccine was well tolerated. Vieweg points out this vaccine could have applications in other cancers, partic...

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