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Identical twin breast cancer risk

... an identical twin sister with breast cancer run a four times increased risk of developing the disease. This is a far higher risk than had been expected. What's more - the onset of breast cancer is much earlier than average. An identical twin is likely to develop the disease within five years of her siste...

Niacin Safe for Diabetics

...t because of poor blood sugar control, and another four quit due to flushing....

Skin specialist advise on cellulite

...ust a cosmetic problem). Dr. Goldman reviews the four main approaches for treating cellulite: creams, massage, diet and exercise. Cellulite creams can contain a wide array of ingredients and, unfortunately, there have been no controlled trials into these components and their effect on cellulite. You sho...

Bone marrow transplants for limbs

...nts, 35 reported a significant improvement in pain four weeks after the procedure. Fifteen of 20 patients who'd been scheduled for amputation were able to avoid the operation and leg ulcers improved in six out of ten patients. The researchers conclude that bone marrow cell transplantation is a safe and ef...

Better skin with lasers

...all skin tone. Three to six treatments at two to four week intervals produce a significant improvement in the overall appearance of the skin, she says. The technique can be used on almost any type of skin and may also be applied to improve skin discolouration from dilated blood vessels or irregular pigm...

Keep fit always

...ir stepping, just use your own stairs at home. Use four or five at a time, to simulate the effect of the stairmaster. Or climb the whole flight. For weights, use canned goods, or buy a cheap pair of dumb bells from the local store. And don't forget that simple activities, like playing games with children ...

Low potassium intake may elevate stroke risk

...ater stroke risk than those with a high intake, of four grams a day or more. There was a special group which was a sub-group on diuretic drugs for high blood pressure which, in themselves, should reduce stroke risk. Diuretics can rob the body of potassium because they reduce the fluid content of the bo...

Losing that baby fat among women

... on long-term weight gain. Women who breastfed for four months or more or participated in aerobic exercise during the postpartum period weighed comparitively less at the end of the study than those who did not engage in either of these behaviors....

Animal Fat increases risk Of stomach cancer

...itamin B6 were associated with a lower risk of all four cancer types studied. Use of a vitamin C supplement at least once a week for 6 or more months also showed a significant association with a lower risk of these cancers....

Diet combined to Alzheimer's disease

...sease. Researchers followed the patients for about four years and kept track of how many calories and fat grams they consumed. The participants also underwent tests for the presence of a gene that has been associated with Alzheimer's disease, called APOE epsilon 4. The average daily caloric intake of the...

Jumping genes eliminate sections of DNA

...emselves into DNA sequences. The researchers found four of 37 jumping events resulted in deletions of genetic material. One of the deletions was nearly as large as an entire gene. Although they once were labeled junk or useless DNA, these jumping elements have been known for some time to affect the genom...

Rectal Cancer treated with radiation

...X-rays, followed by external beam radiation. After four to six weeks, an iridium implant delivered a completion dose to the tumor. No chemotherapy was given to any of the patients. Researchers found the five-year overall survival rate was 60 percent and, for patients under age 75, it was nearly 70 percen...

Heart test may detect death risk

...a significant increased risk of death for three to four months after the procedure. This was especially tr...upper limit had a mortality risk of 7.5 percent at four months after surgery. This was greater than the 2 % risk for patients who had CK-MB levels one to fi...

Physical activity less among black girls

For the past two to four decades, the existence of obesity has more than doubled in female children and adolescents with the greatest increase// among black girls. On an average, surveys show girls are not eating more. Instead, the problem appears to be physical activity lev...

Apollo inaugurates centre for back and neck pain

...y metros later. He said that it was estimated that four out of every five people suffer from back pain which was the single largest reported lifestyle related disorder....

Watching television linked to smoking

...o hours a day. Results also show those who watched four to five hours of television a day were more than five times more likely to start smoking than those who watched less than two hours of television a day. Researchers say their study clearly shows television viewing is associated with smoking among yo...

Coenzyme Q10 may reduce risk of Parkinson's disease

..., assessing various aspects of their illness every four months. Those on the highest dose of coenzyme Q10 had far better ratings than those on placebo - being 44 per cent better at the end of the study. The researchers believe that the compound actually slows down the condition, but want to carry out br...

Risk of dementia reduced hypertension drugs

...from 160 to 190 mm Hg - were looked at. For around four years, these patients took blood-pressure lowering drugs or placebo. Those on the medication had a 50 per cent lower risk of dementia. The study was then stopped in 1998, when it was realized that lowering blood pressure by medication had the effect ...

Novel way to fight cancer

... new tumors. Some tumor disappearance was noted in four other patients. The effects lasted for four months, at which time the patient's own immune system recovered and took over its usual job of fight...

Treating acne with laser

...dy, two 15-minute exposures a week for a period of four weeks produced a 60 per cent reduction in acne in 85 per cent of patients. Reported remissions from acne lasted as long as three to eight months. Another way to terat the common condition of acne using laser is to damage to sebaceous glands by a ther...

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