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A Tomato a Day Keeps Heart Disease Away

...en's Health Study, which was begun 11 years ago to follow women who, at the time, were free from cancer and cardiovascular disease. Controlling for factors such as age, family history, smoking status and other health indicators, they found that women who consumed seven or more servings of tomato-based food...

Therapy Boosts Chemotherapy Effects

...itially showed similar response rates, a long-term follow up showed those in the G-CSF group had better results over time. The investigators conclude, "Sensitization of leukemic cells with growth factors is a clinically applicable means of enhancing the efficacy of chemotherapy in patients with AML."...

Salt-Water Pools Good for the Health

...s 18 months after the pools opened. At the final follow up, only 18 percent of the children in the first community and 20 percent in the second community had skin infections. Figures for perforations of the eardrum fell to 13 percent and 18 percent, respectively....

Teens' vitamin D deficiency an epidemic

... as easily as whites. Ironically, so are kids who follow the advice of moms and doctors to slather on sunscreen to avoid skin cancer, because it can block the absorption of ultraviolet rays. But while too much sunlight is bad, ultraviolet rays also interact with chemicals in the skin to produce vitamin D....

Good carb, bad carb? Experts debate.

...t support for the idea comes from big surveys that follow people's health and diets over time. Some of these show that those who consistently favor low-GI fare are less likely to become overweight or to get diabetes and heart disease....

Detect masses in the breast

...ncerous.// Once a mass is detected, a biopsy may follow to determine if it is cancerous. Each year, 1.4 million women will need a breast biopsy. Now, doctors have a new way to take a biopsy that is more accurate than ever before. With three sons, Daria Pistelli has plenty of men in her life. But, it’s th...

Drugs said to Reduce HIV Transmission to Baby

...n the combination therapy were HIV-positive at the follow up test compared to 12.1 percent of the babies given nevirapine alone. Researchers conclude the combination therapy could be a way to reach babies of women who are not tested during pregnancy and do not find out they are HIV-positive until they give...

Oxygen Usage During Exercise Could Indicate Heart Problems

...n. Researchers say this finding could help doctors follow the progress of patients with problems in the left ventricle. However, they say more research is needed to determine whether oxygen pulse during exercise is a useful screening tool for identifying heart problems. Research shows that patients with mi...

Taking Care Of Grandkids Can Give Women more than a Headache

...s placed on them that they lose time and energy to follow basic preventive health behaviors such as exercising, eating right and getting adequate sleep and take care of themselves.Research statistics show that about one in seven U.S. women have raised a grandchild for six months or more. Their team used t...

Psoriasis Increases Cancer Risk

...of who was diagnosed with lymphoma during a median follow up of 46 months.During the study period, researchers identified 276 lymphomas. Researchers say the patients with psoriasis were nearly three times more likely to be diagnosed with lymphoma than healthy participants. Furthermore, patients 65 years or ...

Islets May Lead to Diabetes Cure

...or patients with diabetes.The latest research is a follow up to the 2001 report of a treatment that cures advanced type 1 diabetes in mice. The new research focuses on the biological mechanism behind that accomplishment. David Nathan, M.D., director of the Massachusetts General Hospital Diabetes Centers, sa...

Islet Cells May Lead to Diabetes CureChildren

...patients with diabetes. The latest research is a follow up to the 2001 report of a treatment that cures advanced type 1 diabetes in mice. The new research focuses on the biological mechanism behind that accomplishment. Researchers, say: “These exciting findings in a mouse model of type 1 diabetes suggest ...

Link Between Alcohol and Decrease in Brain Size

...sures in the brain were only conducted once during follow up....

Steroid-Free Liver Transplants

...eir transplant. Cholesterol levels at the one-year follow up were about the same in the children who received the new treatment as those seen among kids who received the standard treatment with steroids. Author Raymond Reding notes, "Our results suggest no harmful effect of steroid avoidance for graft acce...

Disease Management Programs – Effective for Heart Patient

...program and the other half did not. At a six-month follow up, patients in the program had lowered their cholesterol by 21 points, compared to just seven points for those who did not participate in the program. The program appeared to achieve lower cholesterol levels among the patients by encouraging patien...

Oral Medication Effective In Combating Eye Infection

...ng the 22 patients in the second group. During the follow up period, 14 patients in the first group (78 percent) and eight in the second group (36 percent) had recurrences. Thus researchers conclude treatment with acyclovir continues to be effective over the long-term in patients with ocular herpes simple...

Dementia and Down Syndrome

...ral cortex. The investigators plan to continue to follow these patients to see if GMR in the temporal cortex of the Down syndrome patients begins to mimic that seen in the Alzheimer's patients as clinical signs of dementia develop. Ultimately, they hope to find a very early stage at which GMR occurs in the...

Aspirin Found To Reduce The Risk Of Colon Cancer

... until their findings are confirmed, people should follow the current guidelines for aspirin consumption....

Groundbreaking Study Gives Hope For Patients With Kidney Cancer

...ed for five years. Among the 379 patients for whom follow up data were available, 77 percent of those who received the vaccinations were still alive without a recurrence of the disease. This compares to 68 percent of those who did not receive the injections. Researchers conclude saying that,such a milesto...

Reducing The Risk Of Fractures After a Heart Transplant

...bout a month after their transplant. At a one-year follow up, patients on alendronate had a reduction in bone mineral density at the lumbar spine of 0.7 percent. The calcitriol group had a reduction of 1.6 percent. BMD decreased by 1.7 percent at the femoral neck for the alendronate patients and 2.1 percent...

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