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New technique for heart enlargement

...werful way to diagnose hypertrophic cardiomyopathy earlier in a patient's life.// Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy...rs promise that younger patients will be diagnosed earlier with the disease, instead of after puberty when hypertrophy usually begins to develop. Advances like...

Reduction in melanoma death rate

...e of the signs of skin cancer, and seek help at an earlier stage. There is still room, say the researchers, for changes in sun exposure behaviour - for cases of melanoma are still increasing....

Tennis gives protection against heart disease lifelong

...This might help people choose their preferred game earlier in life a sport that gives long-term advantages which is more likely the better choice....

Heart attack risk starts at 20

...ue of the journal Circulation. "Risk begins at an earlier age than age 40 or 50 ... and this is an attempt to move the focus back to early adulthood when you become a responsible person for your own health," Stein said. The guidelines also try to point out that "it's not just one thing, it's a combination o...

Mental illness a key factor in suicide

...k factor for suicide in young people. This despite earlier studies that suggest socioeconomic// factors play a major role. Researchers in Denmark set out to determine the risk of suicide in young people based on family and individual psychiatric and socioeconomic factors. They identified 500 cases of suicid...

Identical twin breast cancer risk

.... What's more - the onset of breast cancer is much earlier than average. An identical twin is likely to develop the disease within five years of her sister. This suggests it could be well worthwhile asking a woman newly diagnosed whether she has a twin - who could benefit from screening and close monitoring ...

Screening bypasses radical breast surgery

...s the benefit of detecting breast cancer at a much earlier stage, so that radical surgery may not be needed....

FDA Approves Remodulin for Pulmonary Hypertension

...eutics received an approvable letter for Remodulin earlier this year after the FDA's Cardiovascular and Renal Drugs Advisory Committee voted 6-3 in August 2001 to recommend approval. Remodulin is a synthetic formulation of prostacyclin designed for subcutaneous infusion using a small device developed by M...

Watching television linked to smoking

...start smoking. //The risk of disease increases the earlier in life one starts to smoke. About 5 million adolescents smoke and that number has been increasing since 1990. While tobacco products are banned from advertising on television, smoking is still widespread on television programs. In California, resea...

Reasons why men die earlier

...ay be more to it than that. Another reason for the earlier demise of men may be that they are more prone to parasitic infections. In a report on the study, Ian P. F. Owens, from Imperial College London, writes, "In those species where males die younger than females, the males suffer a disproportionately hig...

Role of wives of Alcoholics

...d 250 women whose husbands had been involved in an earlier study of sons of alcoholics. Ninety-two of the wom...to be able to help the offspring of these men. The earlier phase of the study uncovered that half of male alcoholics have alcohol-dependent fathers and grew up...

Fewer teeth & Increased Ischemic Stroke risk

...hat affects the arteries. Doctors also claim that earlier studies have shown that tooth loss is related to disease of the carotid artery, the main artery to the brain. Whatever the explanation, the relationship is a good enough reason for better dental care!...

Want to have a nice day? Eat breakfast!

...n more than 100 children in elementary schools and earlier studies on teenagers and adolescents shows that pe...akfasts. That's news enough to wake up 15 minutes earlier everyday to make time for a nutritious breakfast and a more productive day!...

Animal insulin product to be discontinued by drug major Eli Lilly

...he world. A 10 ml vial of humininsulin, which was earlier available at a cost of Rs. 218, will now be available at Rs. 145 (a 33.5 per cent reduction from the former price),pegging it to prevailing prices of animal-derived insulin. This cut in price is as result of the drug now being manufactured at the Sun...

Depressed women show signs of earlier onset of Perimenopause

...he beginning of the study had twice the risk of an earlier perimenopause and those women who took antidepressants had thrice the risk of an earlier perimenopause as compared to non-depressed women. The study gains significance as an earlier transi...

Effect of alcohol drinking on breast cancer

...besity, together with alcohol consumption. Several earlier studies have linked alcohol to breast cancer but they have not been consistent// and also because smoking often accompanies drinking, researchers have not been sure that alcohol was the most important factor. Now, researchers from Cancer Research, U...

Atypical Lobular Hyperplasia increases risk of breast cancer

... regional risk than a generalised one, contrary to earlier belief that cancer was equally likely to be found in either breast....

New Cholesterol gene linked to Alzheimer's

...d, said in an accompanying editorial that this and earlier studies suggest that inhibiting cholesterol breakdown in the brain might represent a viable treatment for Alzheimer's....

Children! Protecting them from medical mistakes

... rate for potential medical problems, according to earlier studies, is three times higher for children than for adults. The rates for babies in hospitals are even higher. However, a new effort by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) may help preve...

Fear of the dark could be more than just fear!

...ings at night, and insisted curtains be drawn much earlier than other children would choose to. One girl also had a fear of shadows. After suggestion by the researchers to use and an intensity adjustable night light, carry a flashlight when going out at night, and parents draw the curtains before dusk to avo...

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