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Exercise for patients with cancer

...ne mineral density. The researchers studied three groups of women with breast cancer: One group received standard care, one group participated in aerobic activity, while a third participated in resistance training. They were separated into pre- and post menopausal status. The aerobic exercise consisted of ...

Body mass index guide needs revision

... - previous research has shown that certain ethnic groups are more vulnerable to the health risks of weight gain....

Fish rich diet lowers leptin

...dwelling tribe members eat a vegetarian diet. Both groups consume about 2100 calories a day....

No connection between breast cancer and pill

...story of the disease. Analysis of Pill use in both groups showed that use of oral contraceptives did not increase the risk of breast cancer. This was true even for women with a family history of the disease, and those who'd begun the Pill at an early age. In fact, women who have taken oral contraceptives at...

Gene researchers make Malaria-resistant mosquito

...laria parasite to mice than normal mosquitoes. Two groups of mosquitoes they studied were unable to transmit the parasite and one group had a 50% reduction in transmission. The research "promises to eventually have important applications," but further study is needed, Jacobs-Lorena said. For example, altho...

Scientific markers of aging described

...ars, the monkeys for 12. The monkeys were in two groups - one following a normal diet, the other on calorie restriction. The latter tended to have a lower body temperature, lower blood insulin levels and higher levels of a hormone called dehydroepiandrosterone sulphate (DHEAS). Researchers feel that these...

Breastfed babies grow rapidly

...ht,// length or head circumference between the two groups by the time they reach the age of one year. The findings contradict research that suggests infants who are fed only breast-milk for the first year of life gain less weight than babies given at least some formula. These studies have ignored other fac...

No connection between epidurals and backache

... the timing of onset. Back pain was common in both groups but more women reported severe pain in the epidural group. Pain lasting more than one year, persistent pain, and recent pain were all more common among women who had not had an epidural. According to the National Institutes of Health, more than 55 p...

Benefits in fertility procedures

...ntation genetic diagnosis (PGD) for three distinct groups of women. PGD is a procedure that can be used along with in vitro fertilization. During the procedure, doctors look at the embryo and test it for a number of conditions prior to implanting the embryo. This helps eliminate the implantation of embryos ...

Comparing Breast surgery techniques

...ignificant differences in survival among the three groups of women who started off with their lymph nodes free of cancer. Nor were there differences in the groups who had positive nodes....

Air Pollution and Heart Attacks

... risk of a heart attack by 40 to 60 percent. The groups of people who are most vulnerable are those already at risk for heart disease. This would include elderly individuals and also people who have other risk factors for heart disease, including people who are overweight, smoke cigarettes, people who hav...

Self control makes stress response easy

...he frequency of noise bursts was the same for both groups - but the illusion of control seemed to be important. The researchers caution that it's not yet clear how to relate this small lab study to stress exposure in everyday life. But it's a clear demonstration that control - rather than helplessness - cou...

Function of genes in heart failure

...rsity and other universities studied more than 500 groups of siblings. They used ultrasound to measure the efficiency of participants' hearts, specifically diastolic function. Diastolic function measures how efficiently the heart refills with blood after each heartbeat. They found family relationships expla...

Advanced STD programs required

...tead, most studies tend to be targeted to specific groups and most are done in the United States, despite the most rapid spread of HIV being in other parts of the world including the former Soviet Union and Asia. Researchers say, "Interventions targeting North American populations, while important, will not...

Regular exercise linked to extended menstrual cycles

...kland, California and her colleagues looked at two groups of women who had participated in separate US studies. The nearly 550 women in both studies had provided information on their exercise habits and menstrual cycles. The researchers found that exercise, particularly vigorous activity, was associated w...

Shunt for Alzheimer's Disease

... and 9 patients did not receive the shunt. The two groups were similar in age and severity of dementia. Researchers found the shunted patients experienced stability in their cognitive function while the group without the shunts had a "fairly robust" decline in cognitive function over the 12-month study. Re...

Pain relieved by ionized bracelets

... the researchers divided the participants into two groups - one of which was given an ionized bracelet, whil...ir pain at intervals during the 25 day study. Both groups reported significant improvement in pain. There was no difference in pain relief between those weari...

Exercise with music aids with lung disorders

...c when walking for such patients. They studied two groups of twelve patients undergoing pulmonary rehabilitation for eight weeks. One group was given an audiocassette of country and western, pop, Motown and big band music to listen to as they walked, while the other did not listen to music. Over the eight...

Mountain biking connected to infertility

...performed on the bikers and non-bikers and the two groups were compared. Dr. Frauscher reported at today's meeting that bikers had a sperm count of 22 million/ml and 30 percent motility. Non-bikers showed a sperm count of 48 million/ml and a motility of 50 percent. According to him both are statistically si...

Reduced fertility in men who mountain bike

...a year. Analysis of semen of the two participating groups indicated a considerable reduction of sperm count and motility of the bikers. The sperm count and motility of bikers was 20 million/ml and 29 percent respectively. Analysts also fear that the continuous trauma to the testicles could cause vascular ...

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