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Analyzing The Side Effects Of Some Common Medications

...vent a second attack. Diuretics are used to remove excess water from the body. Researchers examined more than 30,000 patients with fractures and then compared them to 120,000 patients without fractures. It was found that atients who took beta-blockers for an average of six months or longer had a 23-percent...

Understanding The Risks Of Hormone Therapy

...omen taking estrogen plus progestin, the estimated excess number of events is 18 for VT, six for coronary heart disease, eight for invasive breast cancer, and eight for stroke. Thus researchers say their findings may be important for the use of postmenopausal hormone therapy in the treatment of menopausal s...

Weight Reduction Surgery Also Treats Metabolic Syndrome

...the condition a year later. Thus it was seen that excess weight is largely responsible for metabolic syndrome and that losing weight via weight-reduction surgery is an effective treatment....

Cholesterol Drug Found To Slow Alzheimer’s Progressio

...howed that cholesterol-lowering treatment works in excess of the only currently approved therapy for Alzheimer’s disease. However researchers say further research is required to confirm the above findings ...

Understanding The Link Between Metabolic Syndrome And Drinking Patterns

... high blood pressure, impaired sugar levels // and excess abdominal fat. A diagnosis of the condition is made if you have three out of five of these risk factors. Having metabolic syndrome increases the risk for cardiovascular disease. According to a new study, starting a heavy drinking pattern early in lif...

New Drug Shows Significant Improvement In HIV-related Heart Condition

...t cause of death. Bosentan mediates the effects of excess endothelin production. For the study 16 HIV-positive patients suffering from PAH who were treated with bosetan for 16 weeks were evaluated. Results showed there was significant improvement in survival indicators of the disease, such as six-minute wa...

Sleeping Less May be related to Weight Gain

...erious disease, say Bass and Turek. In addition to excess body weight, factors include high blood pressure, high insulin levels and one or more abnormal cholesterol levels. Courtesy : Eureka Alert...

Testing Of Saliva May Predict Dental Caries

...related to lesser dental problems. Similarly, even excess brushing your teeth can do more harm than good, by eroding the enamel cover of your teeth. Link: http://www.usc.edu/uscnews/stories/11005.html...

Excess physical activity can induce stress fracture in adolescent girls

...5461 girls between 11 to 15 yrs of age said that// excess physical activity often makes these girls more prone to stress fractures. The study shows that 16% of the participants take part in vigorous physical activity, which often lasts for 16 or more hours per week. These girls had a 1.88 times more risk o...

Obesity can lead to knee damage

...ty of Utah School of Medicine, US, have found that excess body weight can put extra strain// on the weight bearing cartilage of the joints leading to damages to the knee. The research, which is slated to come out in the current issue of American Journal of Preventive Medicine, says that obese people have a...

Overweight mothers overfeed obese children

...light why some infants are predisposed to carrying excess weights than others, and how the body weight of mothers affect the food intake of the children, even in infancy. Reference: Nutrition Journal, May 2005...

It is the old drinkers than binge drinkers who are at risk of ill health

... to be focused to spread the word of caution about excess alcohol drinking and related health problems. The researcher had found out that binge drinking often leads to noisy social interactions leading to violence and aggression. Rather than looking into the emotional psyche of these young drinkers, it is ...

Top Ten Super Food Items That Can Help In Avoiding Cancer

...d // food habits. Exercising regularly and loosing excess weight also helps. To lose weight one should also have fiber rich food. The National Cancer Institute in US recently approved the dietary guidance: "Diets rich in fruits and vegetables may reduce the risk of some types of cancer and other chronic dis...

Men tend to deny being overweight

...rossly unaware of their health risks from carrying excess weight. About 65% of the men who answered the questionnaire had no idea that being overweight can cause cancer while about 75% of the answers showed that men are not aware of physical inactivity increasing their health risks along with their bulging ...

Eating disorder occurs due to increased weight consciousness

...thinks that he is fat and his body is covered with excess fat. The patient wrongly thinks that he is too fat...simple tool that helps to figure out the amount of excess body fat and the associated risks of carrying this extra weight. It can be applied to both men and w...

Athletes Warned Of Exercise-Associated Hyponatremia

...he condition is heightened when the athletes drink excess amounts of fluids during exercises. Awareness of ...the body’s sodium content reduces by the intake of excess amount of water. Hyponatremia can cause lethargy, confusion, agitation, seizures and may at times le...

Virtual Colonoscopy May Be Better Than Real-time Colonoscopy

... and food habits. Exercising regularly and loosing excess weight also helps. To lose weight one should also have fiber rich food. The National Cancer Institute in US recently approved the dietary guidance: "Diets rich in fruits and vegetables may reduce the risk of some types of cancer and other chronic dis...

Fasting, Feasting Your Way To Health

...ut eating sensibly and exercising. The way to lose excess weight and stay fit is to fast one day and feast// the next - the way our hunter-gatherer ancestors did. The remarkable finding, which could revolutionise conventional wisdom about nutrition and dieting, is the result of research by Dr. Mark Mattson...

Obesity More Likely to Cause Disability than Death in Elderly

...with the need for personal care. This can make the excess years of disability difficult for individuals, the...r information Obesity: This is the condition of excess body weight. Body weight is generally measured in terms of Body Mass Index. A person having a BMI of...

Obesity better handled with gastric bypass surgery

... bypass procedure for patients with at least 45 kg excess weight. Since then, hospitals and doctors across the country have been courting potential patients, especially those paying for the operation themselves. It is however not without complications. About 25 percent of patients experience postoperative...

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