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Kissing can cause Kaposi’s Sarcoma in AID

...y in New York, he felt that exposure to saliva may explain the high rate of infection in parts of Africa, where more than 70 percent of people may carry herpes virus 8. Since there is not enough data yet to support the new findings no new recommendation have been made that people with HIV avoid deep kissing...

Chinese paracetamol may be slapped with dumping duty

...n given for interested parties to come forward and explain their positions before any final decisions would be taken the Directorate added. Though the domestic market had grown over the past, the importer had slashed the prices of the imported drug thereby forcing the domestic market to sell below its non-i...

Smoking spreads Cancer

...ia at Davis. Dr. Murin says the research may help explain why breast cancer is more likely to be fatal among...pread, there may also be some lifestyle factors to explain the risk. Murin also points out, however, that it's not completely clear whether smoking affects so...

Dark skin protects

...ney-based biologist James Mackintosh says it could explain why dark skin evolved in humans and animals living in tropical environments. A popular theory on why darker skin prevailed in some areas and lighter skin in others, is that// the extra melanin in darker skin protects against cancer and sunburn from ...

Avacado a day

...earchers discovered three new compounds that might explain why the avocado is protective. "Besides offering taste and nutrition, avocados seem to improve liver health," said Hirokazu Kawagishi, professor of applied biological chemistry, at Shizuoka University. "I have begun eating avocados more myself, becau...

Less drinking less stroke

...ein cholesterol and to thin the blood, which might explain the lowered risk of silent strokes with moderate intake. ...

The cocaine danger

...es of St George's Hospital said the research could explain why some cocaine users develop heart failure, where the heart becomes floppy and pumps blood less efficiently. The chest pains which many cocaine users complain of is due to the drug sending coronary arteries into spasm, researchers say.Researchers ...

The tall gene

...butors to height in men. These genes may also help explain why men are taller than women.// "If you have the tall version of both of these genes you will be taller than a person who only has the tall version of one of them," the author said. The Y chromosome is the male sex chromosome, absent in women. The...

Decrease in testosterone levels lead to Alzheimer's

... – occurs. They suggest that this phenomenon might explain why Alzheimer’s develops later in life and that hormonal treatments for testicular cancer, which suppress testosterone levels, could potentially predispose individuals to this form of dementia. In their study Dr Sam Chater and colleagues noted that ...

Suicide risk in panic disorder

...on is also a potent risk factor - but cannot alone explain the data on panic disorder and suicide.// The survey, of 130 people with panic disorder, showed that 10 per cent had major depression and 30 per cent of this group had suicidal thoughts. Only ten per cent of patients who weren't depressed were a su...

Smoking can depreciate intellegence

...g the brain. The researchers suggest that this may explain why smoking has an impact on intellect. The study also found that people who drank moderately before the age of 65 were marginally less likely to have a decline in their mental powers than either heavy or non-alcoholics....

All the more bad

...t disease in their blood. The discovery could help explain why smokers have more than twice the risk of heart attacks than non-smokers. Paraoxonase is a enzyme which helps to prevent fatty deposits building up and blocking the blood vessels. A team of Swiss researchers examined 367 people with heart diseas...

New gene for hairloss

...typical baldness. In fact, this new study does not explain why the gene causes the rare hair-loss disorders when it malfunctions. Accoeding to researchers, many types of hair loss probably share a similar biological mechanism, and understanding the //hairless gene's function will help scientists figure that...

Fructose cause digestive problems

An inability to digest fructose might explain common digestive symptoms like gas, pain and bloating.Researchers at the University of Iowa have been investigating the link between fructose intolerance and the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a common disorder characterised by abdominal...

Left handed have better episodic memory

...erence may also matter). Further research may help explain why episodic memory benefits from the two halves working together, whereas factual/implicit memory is better processed in one half alone. The onset of episodic memory roughly coincides iwth the corpus callosum’s maturation and myelinisation, the gr...

Women recognise faces better

...cture quality.// At this stage, it’s difficult to explain the results. The guess is that’s a combination of a training and genetic predisposition. It is speculated that one reason women are better at studying and remembering faces is that they are more likely to take on the role of primary care in the famil...

Enzyme may be target for obesity drugs

An enzyme involved in hormone production may help explain why obese people who carry most of their extra weight around their waist have such a high risk of heart disease and other health problems. The findings may lead to new approaches to treat obesity and its complications. // It is no news that obesity...

Support therapy helps breast cancer patients

...both treatment and social acceptance of cancer may explain the difference between his research and the earlier studies. The breast cancer death rate has been dropping substantially since the late 1990s because of earlier detection and more effective treatments. David's research found that patients whose br...

Aspirin - a drug after one’s own hear

...lems such as bleeding and ulcers, which could also explain why it is not more widely used. The study is one of the largest international overviews of a disease treatment. It involved hundreds of trials with 200,000 patients. The researchers found that aspirin and anti-platelet therapy reduced the risk of a s...

Variation in breast cancer

...icago, USA, reveals that dietary differences might explain the geographical variation in breast cancer. Rates are high where the proportion of daily calories from animal products are high. And where vegetable products contribute relatively more to the diet, the rates of cancer tend to be lower. It may be t...

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