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Swelling increases stroke risk with high B.P.

...h high levels of ISPs and high blood pressure were four times more likely to have a stroke than men with normal blood pressure and ISPs. When blood pressure was elevated, but ISPs normal, the risk was only 2.5 times that of healthy men. Clearly ISPs - and inflammation - are factors in determining stroke r...

How to arrest cough

...ry if you develop a cough. If your cough lasts for four to six weeks, you might have asthma or another lung problem. And if your cough is accompanied by shortness of breath, or fever, you need urgent medical help. The same applies if you start to bring up blood-coloured sputum. Yellow-coloured sputum ma...

Light therapy devotes new hope in advanced lung cancer

...f of the patients treated in this way survived for four times longer, on average, than those getting surgery without PDT. They were surviving for more than 20 months - a remarkable improvement on previous survival times in NSCLC. More research is now needed to see just why PDT is proving so effective in t...

Exercise has a undeniable effect on cholesterol

...ntary overweight men and women, dividing them into four groups. One undertook high-amount/vigorous exercise, the equivalent of jogging for 20 miles a week. Another did low-amount/vigorous exercise, the equivalent of 10 miles a week. A third did low-amount/moderate intensity exercise, as if they were doing...

Gastrointestinal conditions affect sleep

...l GERD patients reported having heartburn at least four days per week and having woken up with heartburn at least one night a week. More then 15 million Americans experience daily heartburn symptoms and may suffer from GERD....

Staying agile reduces hip fracture risk

...MET a week. Among women who did no other exercise, four hours of walking a week nearly halved their risk of hip fracture. The message is clear - to keep your bones strong and intact, you should keep moving and include as much walking as you can in your weekly routine....

Tentative inhaled steroids is worse for lung patients

...eroids, to manage their condition, for a period of four months. After this time, they either continued the steroids or received a placebo inhaler for the next five months. During this time, 40 per cent of those in the steroid group experienced an exacerbation of their condition, compared to 50 per cent ...

Latest device for cardiac revival under test

...he manual method. In this experiment, the belt was four times better at restoring the blood flow to the heart than was manual chest compression. The researchers are now hoping to move into tests in humans in the near future....

Cure for Bacterial Meningitis

...f antibiotics, and received it every six hours for four days. Patients were then followed to see how they recovered. Researchers say 150 patients received the dexamethasone and 142 patients received a placebo. Researchers report the group receiving the steroid had better outcomes and a lower risk of deat...

Anxiety and Peptic ulcers may be linked

...s. Generalised anxiety disorder affects three to four per cent of Americans and is characterised by feelings of unremitting worry, dread and lack of energy. In a wide-ranging survey, those reporting anxiety were more likely to also report suffering from gastric ulcers. The more anxiety symptoms they had...

Cholesterol lowering drugs aid people after heart transplant

... 32 took the cholesterol-lowering drug simvastatin four days after treatment, while the others went on a strict low-cholesterol diet. Later, they too went on the statin drug. There was a marked difference in survival between the two groups. The rate for the simvastatin group was 85.4 per cent and for th...

Caffeine fights Gallstones

...cent Harvard Nurses' Health study, women who drink four cups of coffee per day run a lower risk of developing gallstones than those who do not drink coffee. Previous studies// on men have shown similar results. Women are twice as likely to be affected with gallstones than men, and those women who are ove...

Offspring's birth weight affected by father's diabetes

...itain who were interviewed then and were evaluated four decades later. The follow-up respondents consisted of 8000 parents, 35 of whom were men with diabetes and 25 of whom were women with diabetes. Researchers say that the findings support their hypothesis that common genetic factors contribute both to t...

Energy intake directly related to portion size

...and women who were served lunch one day a week for four weeks. While one group was given a specific portion size, the other was allowed to take what they wanted. The researchers found that those who took the largest portions consumed 30-percent more energy than those who were offered the smaller amount. T...

Pizza is bad for health. But, do you know how bad?

...zzas and looked at dietary information provided by four famous pizza chains, revealed that a single serving of almost all varieties of pizza can deliver more fat than a cheese burger. The study suggests that the culprit that plays havoc in all pizzas is :Cheese! Greater the amount of cheese on your pizza...

The Happiness Formula....

...ons and sense of humour. The equation is based on four main questions which are 1. Are you outgoing, ener...tors were important for the different sexes. While four in ten men said that sex made them happy and three in ten said that a victory by a favourite sports ...

Women with diabetes could benefit from HRT

...rogestin HRT, or a dummy pill, and followed up for four years. It was found that in the dummy pill group, ...heir ability to control their blood sugar over the four years compared to the HRT group. The research findings are however less likely to encourage doctors...

Antidepressants could pose grave implications

...nal bleeding. The study which was conducted over a four year period included 26000 anti-depressant// users, who were compared for hospitalizations due to upper GI bleeding with non-users of the drugs. Researchers found people on selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or SSRIs, were 3.6-times more likel...

Lamictal as add-on therapy for children with epilepsy

...e still having frequent partial seizures (at least four per month) despite optimal doses of other anti-epilepsy drugs (AEDs). The study was a 18 week placebo controlled study in which 200 patients aged between 2 and 15 years, who were still having frequent seizures despite use of other AEDs, were randomiz...

Effect of alcohol drinking on breast cancer

...dditional daily drink increases the risk by 7%. By four drinks a day, a woman's risk goes to 30%. Smoking however, did not make the risk worse. The researchers who also studied the life time risk of women, who drink, by age 80 found that while a non-drinker's chances were one in 11, a heavy drinker had ab...

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