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Babies Brains Are more Fragile

...st half of infant brain injuries. While accidental falls are a frequent cause of pediatric trauma, they are...abuse investigators distinguish between accidental falls and injuries suffered by children whose heads are intentionally struck against a hard surface. But M...

Scientists crack dengue fever puzzle

... say researchers is the fact that the dengue virus falls into four distinct subtypes. Initial infection with one subtype causes the immune system to direct its response to that specific variant. But if an individual later contracts any of the three other variants, he or she is left virtually defenseless ag...

Research on causes for falling helps develop preventive strategies

... researchers discover effective ways of preventing falls or reducing injuries during a fall. One such discovery is the "hip bag", which acts a protective cushion that is triggered to inflate when someone slips. If they fall, it prevents injury. Special shoes, strength training routines, and environmental a...

Decrease of 'Hunger Hormone' after Obesity Surgery

...studies have shown it rises just before eating and falls after a meal and can make people so ravenous they eat nearly a third more food than usual. But it was not clear what happened to levels after dieting or in people who had gastric bypass surgery. A team of investigators measured levels of ghrelin in ...

Heart Drug has grave side effects

...says milrinone should be stopped if blood pressure falls too low. It also says that the drug may not be safe or effective when given for longer than 48 hours, and that long-term oral treatment has been linked with an increased risk of hospitalization and death. Another JAMA study shows favorable results f...

Cholesterol Drug Helps After Angioplasty

...d sometimes that addition to the patient's regimen falls through the cracks." Interventional cardiologists most often perform angioplasties. "I think this and other new studies will go a long way in improving the quality of care of all patients with coronary artery disease," he said. Serruys said the rese...

Training with weights helps building resistance

... reaction time - both of which will help you avoid falls and injuries. The workouts will make you look and feel better. You can use the same routine as younger people, only you will probably need to work more slowly to allow your body to recover. To gain maximum benefit, the workout should be hard - inte...

New pacemaker reduces risk of heart failure

...p with them. But after they get more skilled, this falls to about an hour and a half. The procedure is successful in about 97 % of cases....

Undertaking the obesity epidemic

...week. It seems that exercise is where the strategy falls down, so it's interesting to note that another study by doctors shows that completely sedentary people who start to exercise have even more to gain, health wise, than those who are already physically active and choose to exercise more. A team of do...

New drug may stop alopecia

...the cancer-killing effects of the treatment. Hair falls out because chemotherapy drugs aim to kill rapidly dividing cancer cells but also hit the cells surrounding hair follicles that divide quickly. The gel works by inhibiting the action of an enzyme involved in cell division. By applying GW8510 directly...

More about HIV

... AIDS.Stage IV: Progression to AIDS. T4 cell count falls below 200. As the immune system continues to deteriorate, more and more serious illnesses damage the body and eventually leads to death. Stress, according to current research, can increase severity of infectious viruses such as mononucleosis and can...

Contraceptives decreases Libido

...who were not taking the Pill experienced rises and falls in their ability to sense smells, corresponding to particular stages in their monthly cycles. Their sense of smell was found - in common with other studies - to peak around the time of ovulation, when a woman releases an egg and can conceive a baby./...

Diabetes on the rise

...ing to coronary heart disease. Part of the blame falls on the adoption of a more Western lifestyle, involving fatty food and too little exercise. Obesity is a known risk factor for the development of diabetes. Dr Mohan, Medical Director of the MV Diabetes Research centre in Chennai, told the annual confe...

Blood Pressure Drug may slow wasting in burn victims

...ding many with crush and broken bone injuries from falls or car wrecks....

Blood transfusions beneficial after heart attacks

...nth of recovery if they get transfusions. The risk falls by two-thirds among the severely anemic. Anemia is common among the elderly, and doctors routinely check for it. But there is no consensus about how to use the information, and willingness to give transfusions after heart attacks varies widely amon...

New therapy better at increasing bone density

...e of vitamin D significantly reduced the number of falls that elderly women suffered over three years by about 30 percent and also tended to reduce the chance of fractures. Combination therapy may offer benefits that aren't achieved with single-medication therapy. It may be best for women who still lose ...

Naked DNA Vaccination May Conquer Arthritis and Multiple Sclerosis

...g inflammation. In MS, the myelin sheath of nerves falls victim, while in RA, it is the joints and cartilage that are attacked. The damage is done by small proinflammatory peptides called proinflammatory cytokines and chemokines. One way these diseases could be controlled is by immunizing patients with neu...

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