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Enzyme may be target for obesity drugs

...yme in mice produces not only obesity, but obesity especially of abdominal fat. Since this enzyme is known to be similarly elevated in the fat of obese people, it is very likely that the same pathway is involved in many cases of human obesity. Blocking the enzyme may be an important new tool for treating obes...

Zinc supplements improve survival rate

...h weight can significantly improve survival rates, especially in countries where infants often die from infectio...s diarrhoea and pneumonia. Such illnesses can be especially serious for infants, and are more common in babies with low birth weights, who also might be more pr...

Overweight children Don't Necessarily Become overweight adults

...rweight will grow up to be overweight adults isn't especially accurate. Many studies have found that body mass index in childhood is very often reflected in body mass index in adulthood. People who were thinnest as children and fattest as adults tended to have the highest adult risk of disease. The study look...

Pharmacies in for a dose of bitter medicine

...rong spelling or wrong formula enters the picture, especially if they're being bought without a prescription. While this practice endangers patients' health, it also dulls job prospects of pharma graduates....

Support therapy helps breast cancer patients

...ups did report less pain and emotional distress -- especially if the levels were high to start with. // Dr. David Spiegel of Stanford University, who led the study, said improvements in both treatment and social acceptance of cancer may explain the difference between his research and the earlier studies. Th...

More Elderly Take Inappropriate and Harmful Medications

...s. Clinical trials usually exclude elderly people, especially those who have more than one condition. Doctors caring for elderly patients may not have special training in geriatric care, and patients may demand certain medications that have worked for them in the past. Educating doctors and patients and condu...

Strokes increased during squatting

... not, raises blood pressure. They say the rise was especially significant in people with hypertension, who already have a greater risk of stroke. They suggest it has long been recognised that defecation can bring on a stroke.They do not say everyone should change to using different positions when they go to th...

Salt reduction lowers blood pressure

...searchers at Texas University suggest that DASH is especially powerful when combined with salt reduction. A group of 300 participants, with a range of blood pressures, took part in a trial where they received either the DASH diet or the regular American diet in conjunction with varying salt levels. Low salt and...

Low cholestrol,low behaviour

... is an extremely important component of the brain, especially of the nerve cell membranes," he said. "It makes sense that if you have got a high or low level of cholestrol that might influence the way the nerve cells work." Dr Garland said impulsivity stimulated by low cholesterol levels could be responsible fo...

Hormone replacement therapy helps women

...fetime use of HRT did benefit cognitive function - especially in older women. The main limitation of this study is that 90 per cent of the women were members of the Common Church, a religion that forbids tobacco and alcohol. We can't be sure the cognitive benefit wasn't due, at least in part, to this lifestyle....

Good News For Women With Gestational Diabetes

...control, some women need to take a lot of insulin, especially if they are older or overweight. Now that task may get easier. Researchers in Australia and New Zealand found that implanted insulin pump therapy helped women with severe gestational diabetes.The study was fairly small. 30 women used the implanted ...

Beverage protect against bladder cancer

...protect against the development of bladder cancer, especially in smokers..Researchers analysed data from all new and already diagnosed cases of bladder cancer over a 1 year period from 10 general hospitals.// All patients and over 500 cases supplied details of their employment history, tobacco use, including ex...

Particulate matter affects lung development

...that big growth spurt during the teen years may be especially important later in life. Avol and colleagues hope to follow the children as they progress into adulthood, to better understand any persistent and long-term effects of pollution.br>...

Sensible drinking staves off strokes

...its in the blood vessel walls. But larger amounts, especially if drunk in one go, increases blood pressure, the main risk factor for stroke. Dr.Redahan led researchers said:"To help reduce your risk of stroke - watch your alcohol intake - that is no more than 2/3 units a day for women and 3/4 units a day for ...

Arginine food bar assists people with angina

...at arginine might help people with heart problems, especially those with angina, by enhancing blood supply to th... validation for arginine supplements so far is not especially convincing. But researchers in the US have just disclosed good results for a medical food bar having...

Herbs: rich soure of antioxidants

...ng way toward boosting the health value of a meal, especially as an alternative to salt and artificial additives, the researcher suggests.Even if you’re not into oregano, other herbs also appear to pack a significant antioxidant punch.Among the more familiar, ranked in order, are dill, garden thyme, rosemary an...

New Birth Control Pills increase the stroke risk

... This combination also raised the risk of stroke, especially in smokers and women with high blood pressure. In addition, women complained of side effects from levonorgestrel, including acne, cholesterol problems and weight gain. Hoping for the best, pill makers issued yet another formula in the 1980s that comb...

Herbs: rich soure of antioxidants

...ng way toward boosting the health value of a meal, especially as an alternative to salt and artificial additives, the researcher suggests.Even if you’re not into oregano, other herbs also appear to pack a significant antioxidant punch.Among the more familiar, ranked in order, are dill, garden thyme, rosemary an...

Cleft lip and palate are due to abnormality in brain structure

...nguage is predominantly represented and processed, especially in men. The subjects exhibited mildly decreased IQ compared with the control subjects and specific language function difficulties....

Tomato Sauce reduces Cancer Risk- Study

...tyle factors, the researchers found that tomatoes, especially if they had been cooked, were beneficial against prostate cancer. ``Spaghetti sauce was the most popular'' and also seemed to give the most protection, said Giovannucci. He said that cooking raw tomatoes, as is done to make spaghetti sauce, may break...

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