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Cousins Recovering from His Substance Abuse Problem

...social consequences connected to drug use, such as failure to work, family, or school obligations, interpersonal conflicts, or legal problems. There are constant debates as to the exact distinctions between substance abuse and substance dependence, but present practice standard distinguishes between the two ...

Fertility Rates Felled By Diabetes

...rm DNA is one cause of male infertility, pregnancy failure and miscarriage yet the implications for sperm affected by diabetes are unknown. Writing in the journal Human Reproduction, the researchers said that though the study samples had Type 1 diabetes, the same sperm damage was found in Type 2 Diabetes. ...

Anti-inflammatory Drug Fails to Improve COPD Symptoms

...ng to an editorial commenting on the research, the failure of the infliximab to provide any therapeutic benefit in COPD patients was unexpected because the drug has proven effective in treating other inflammatory diseases, particularly rheumatoid arthritis and Crohn's disease. COPD is the fourth-leading c...

Good News for Sufferers of Heart Attack, Chest Pain

... has shown a significant drop in the rate of heart failure and death over such a short time in this populatio...lted in fewer deaths and fewer patients with heart failure in those that present to hospital with heart attack or threatened heart attack," says Keith A. A. Fo...

Defective Defibrillators

...sharp decline of about 20% in the past decade. The failure of the device was a major public health concern. ...y to change them is not so easy," he added. The failure appears to be more common in women, younger people and those whose left ventricle was healthier when...

Hearts Saved As Doctors Put Cutting Edge Discoveries to Use

... that in the last six years, death rates and heart failure in hospitalized heart attack patients have fallen/...ts who died in the hospital or who developed heart failure was nearly cut in half from 1999 to 2005. It was also observed that the heart attack patients trea...

West Wants Developing Countries to Cut Down on Greenhouse Gas Emissions

...hey must stop blaming richer nations for their own failure to act. Policymakers from around the world are meeting with scientists in Bangkok this week to adopt a blueprint for preventing global warming from having catastrophic effects. They are trying to come to terms with the guidelines proposed by the ...

Diabetes The Leveler-Sweeping Across Nations

...ated problems like cardiac problems, stroke, renal failure and blindness, which either leaves people disabled or proves to be fatal disorders,'' says Dr Devi Shetty, Chairman, Narayana Hrudayalaya. The rapid changing lifestyle -lack of adequate exercise and balanced diet – is an oft-quoted reason. And to j...

‘Don’t Beat Around the Bush’ With Information on ‘sex Education’, Bush AdministrationTold

...fection. The information in the program claims the failure of the condom to avoid pregnancy in one among six cases. Further, condom simply failed to protect against HIV in one-third of the cases, the report holds. Condoms are purported to have leaked or ruptured 15% of the time. LeAnna Benn, national direc...

Aborigines Century Behind the Health of Colonizers, WHO Report

... At the root of the problem is the Commonwealth's failure to acknowledge its role in the inequality, according to the report which will be presented at the WHO's Commission on the Social Determinants of Indigenous Health meeting in Adelaide. The authors of the report said public acceptance of the stance t...

Force-feeding a Scourge Among Mauritanian Nomads

...n be an instant killer. Side-effects include renal failure and heart attacks. Dr Maagouiya, the general surgeon at the main hospital in the capital city of Nouakchott, said that without autopsies - which are not permitted in Mauritania - he could not be sure how many lives the steroids had claimed but he ...

Researchers Identify New Genetic Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes

...t common cause in U.S. adults of blindness, kidney failure and amputations not related to trauma. NIDDK Dir...target tissues to respond to insulin and a gradual failure of insulin-secreting cells in the pancreas. In addition to lifestyle factors like obesity, poor di...

Novartis Drug Diovan Shows Superior Benefits

...65 percent in angina pectoris, 46 percent in heart failure and 81 percent in aortic dissection - separation o...heart attack, stroke and hospitalization for heart failure or angina pectoris. "Innovative clinical trials have helped Diovan to advance cardiovascular patie...

Numerous Defense Personnel Granted Early Retirement Due to Mental Illness

...stral property and attend to litigation, or due to failure to acquire minimum qualifications required for promotion or due to "increase in employment opportunities on the civil side", Antony added. Antony also detailed the measures being taken to address this issue. These included allowing time-bound pr...

U.S Officials Worried Over Failure In Preventing Food Contamination

There is increased concern over apparent failure by official bodies to halt the distribution of contaminated food.// Recent top stories have been incidents caused by E. coli contamination in spinach, contamination of peanut butter as well as pet food. Around 200 persons were affected by cons...

Alcoholics by All Means Should Avoid Stress During Early Abstinence

...these studies has established a time course of HPA failure during abstinence or has shown the time needed for... only did his group establish a time course of HPA failure during abstinence, but they also found that physical exercise among abstinent alcoholics may not alw...

Pigs Quarantined in US Farm Following Melamine Contamination

...ive recall of pet food following reports of kidney failure in cats and dogs. The outbreak was blamed on the melamine contamination of wheat gluten imported from China and used in the manufacture of pet food. Melamine is used in making plastics and other industrial processes. Officials were investigating t...

Sewage Swamps River in Scotland

...enience caused. She said: "This was a catastrophic failure at a pumping station and we have been working around the clock to fix it. "On investigation our engineers found the repair was a much larger operation than first anticipated and we have had to locate specialist pumps from other parts of the UK." ...

Research Uncovers the Significant Benefits of Remote Monitoring

... remote monitoring for patients with chronic heart failure has the potential to significantly// improve clini... remote monitoring for patients with chronic heart failure helped reduce heart failure admissions to hospitals and lowered all cause mortality by nearly twenty...

Modern Lifestyle Could Damage Heart

... alcohol intake, and obesity. A major reason for failure to control it is the refusal of up to 50 percent of patients to take prescribed medication and stick to recommended lifestyle changes. The scientists warn that unless people modify their lifestyles, and diagnosis and treatment improve, recent gains...

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