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Diet might just have an Effect on Breast Cancer

... delayed childbirth all increase a woman’s risk of getting breast cancer. The role diet plays in the process, however, has been less clear, although studies do suggest low-fat, high-fiber diets might reduce the amount of hormones in a women’s system. The current study measured several factors related to ova...

Finding relief from Excruciating Headaches a challenge

...ung patients. She says that when she first started getting the headaches last year, her friends didn't really understand. "There was confusion about why I was gone so much; they thought I'd gotten in with a bad crowd," says Gohmann, an honors student who wants to be a psychologist. "They thought I was makin...

Common Cold Found to Fight Cancer

Most people try to avoid getting it, but researchers say common cold may help fight cancer.Researchers have now found a way to genetically engineer the common cold virus so that //it kills cancerous cells, while leaving healthy ones intact. They did this by modifying one gene, so...

Bullying – a Common Problem Among Childre

...trated greater school problems and more difficulty getting along with others than students not involved in bullying. Despite these problems, however, bullies enjoyed a high social standing among their classmates and were psychologically strong. Victims were emotionally distressed and had low social standing....

Variations In ingredients From Brand to Brand

...buying the popular herbal medicine may be actually getting virtually none. St John's Wort, or Hypericum, can have mild antidepressant effects, although doctors warn it can interfere with the effects of other medicines.// None of the tablets tested had as much of the active ingredient as claimed, said the re...

Cholesterol-lowering drug Found To greatly Reduce the risk of stroke and heart attack

...eart failure patients taking a statin a year after getting the drug. This finding held no matter whether they had high cholesterol. It was also independent of age, sex, other drugs the patients were taking and other factors such as diabetes or coronary artery disease. Researchers say the next step should b...

Restoration Of Fertility After Cancer Treatment

...nce premature menopause and diminish her chance of getting pregnant. Researchers in New York froze a 30-year-old woman’s ovarian tissue to determine if they could preserve her fertility. The woman suffered from breast cancer before experiencing chemotherapy-induced menopause. Researchers transplanted the t...

Antibiotics Overload For Kids Questioned

...d with antibiotics.// Millions of children may be getting treated unnecessarily with antibiotics for ear infections. Children who are given antibiotics when they don’t need them may build up antibiotic resistance, which could keep them from responding to medication for a more serious infection. According t...

Painkilling Patch As Effective As Intravenous Delivery Systems

...e 24 hours after surgery while 77 percent of those getting morphine intravenously rated that method highly. Thus the patches allow patients to move about more freely and may replace cumbersome intravenous systems that require a needle, tubes and a pump. However the fentanyl patch system is still under revi...

Better Care Required for Breast Cancer Survivors

...cts than older patients. // As patients may not be getting the appropriate therapy needed for coping with the aftermath of the disease. Researchers sampled nearly 200 breast cancer patients who had been diagnosed 10 years ago and asked about their physical symptoms and current therapy treatments. Results sh...

A Drug That Protects The Heart, Found To Protect The Eyes

...r eyes. The disease is often attributed to simply getting older, but new research suggests there could be another risk factor -- Cholesterol. Researchers wondered if cholesterol-lowering drugs -- called statins -- would reduce the risk of macular degeneration.Therefore they studied the records of more than ...

Pain Relief For Osteoarthritis Patients

...otion and limitations to normal activities such as getting up from a chair, walking, balance and strength, and walking up and down stairs. Pain-reducing medications such as acetaminophen, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and COX-2 inhibitors have been common treatments for osteoarthritis in the growing...

The Effects Of Dental X-Rays During Pregnancy Questioned

...are exposed to radiation for spine problems before getting pregnant also have an increased risk of having a low-birth weight baby. However researchers say their results should not discourage pregnant women from having dental X-rays if they suffer from a dental problem, as long as their doctor knows they are...

Factors That Might Increase The Risk Of Schizophrenia

...owever, live with celiac disease for years without getting sick. The tendency for it is inherited from parents, and usually something like severe stress, physical injury, infection, childbirth, or surgery “trigger” the disease. The researchers say this study shows a history of celiac disease is a risk factor...

Women not Getting Screened Adequately

...ap smear and mammogram, might be missing out // on getting screened for the number three cancer killer in women. Researchers say that women might now also need to add colorectal screenings to the list. To compare cancer-screening tests, researchers looked at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s ...

Epilepsy Drugs Found To Lead To Bone Loss

...osteoporosis and counseled about the importance of getting enough calcium and taking vitamin D supplements. Researchers also say they are not sure how epilepsy drugs might be leading to bone loss, but they speculate the drugs may impair the body’s ability to metabolize vitamin D or absorb calcium....

Blood Pressure An Early Warning Sign Of Alzheimer’s Disease

...od pressure reading) were at an increased risk for getting Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. This was true in patients who had a systolic pressure of less than 160 millimeters of mercury at the start of the study or who had other vascular disorders. Thus researchers say that their findings imply that poor b...

Thawed Ovarian Transplant

... researchers have had two unsuccessful attempts at getting the woman pregnant, but on June 1, 2004 the team succeeded in creating a two-cell embryo. The embryo was transferred to the woman’s uterus, but she did not become pregnant. Thus researchers say it is only a matter of time before a woman becomes pregn...

Gleevec for Lung Disease

... of the use of Gleevec is to stop the disease from getting worse once the patient has been diagnosed," Dr. Lasky tells Ivanhoe. Gleevec has received national attention for its success in treating leukemia. Because fibrosis and cancer share some of the mechanisms of the development of the disease, Dr. Lasky ...

Tea Found To Keep High Blood Pressure At Bay

...aw even better results. They reduced their risk of getting high blood pressure by 65 percent. Researchers offered a couple of possible explanations as to how tea could affect blood pressure. First, they point out that tea contains theanine, a substance found to significantly reduce blood pressure in hypert...

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