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Mentally Demanding Jobs Found To Reduce The Risk Of Alzheimer’

...rchers broke it down by decade, they found the two groups had the same level of mental demands in their jobs in their 20s, but those with Alzheimer’s disease had less mental demands in their 30s, 40s and 50s. They also found those with Alzheimer’s disease had jobs with more physical demands. However, no dif...

Biofeedback Found To Reduce Steroid Dependence In Asthmatics

...icipants were divided into four groups. Two of the groups used a biofeedback device that provided informatio... all and served as controls. The three biofeedback groups participated in 10 weekly sessions and also practiced the technique at home for 20 minutes twice a d...

Public Defibrillators Found To Improve Survival Rate

...the results showed heart attack victims in the two groups were about the same in terms of age and sex, and those who survived were similar in terms of functional status. Researchers say their results show that use of AEDs by trained volunteers is safe and effective when initiated in public locations where ...

Stockings Effective In Reducing The Effects Of Deep Vein Thrombosis

...t wear stockings. Researchers compared how the two groups fared. At the end of two years, results showed 25 percent of the patients who wore the stockings had developed a complication compared to 49 percent of those who did not wear the stockings. Researchers conclude that early use of stockings in patien...

Long-Term Benefits Of Statins Questioned

...ee years, more than 80 percent of patients in both groups were using statins. The five-year follow-up showed statins lowered lipid fractions and cholesterol. It also reduced cardiovascular and coronary deaths by 36 percent and 43 percent, respectively. Thus researchers say their findings suggest that 10-ye...

Nifedipine Found To Effective For Patients With Angina

...e blood longer. After about five years, both study groups showed similar death rates. However, the number of people who experienced heart failure and needed heart procedures were lower in the group receiving nifedipine. Researchers also add that long-acting calcium-channel blockers are appropriate as second...

Low Glycemic Diet Effective In Reducing Weight

...r cardiovascular disease. Even after the two diet groups switched to the alternate diet for another three weeks, the rats that switched from low- to high-GI diets showed greater increases in blood glucose and insulin than rats switched from high- to low-GI diets....

The Link Between Migraine And Brain Lesions Questioned

...ce between patients with migraines and the control groups in overall infarct presence. However, migraine patients did have a higher presence of infarcts in the cerebellar region, the area responsible for the regulation of voluntary movement and the maintenance of posture and balance. Overall, patients wit...

Water Exercise Found to be Effective for Patients with Osteoarthritis

...esults of the study show patients in both exercise groups were able to walk faster and further than those in the control group. Researchers say the ability to walk is extremely important in these patients because it allows them to increase and maintain independence while increasing muscle strength around af...

Angioplasty The Much Preferred Treatment Of Choice For Heart Attacks

... patients. Little difference was noted between the groups in death or stroke rates....

Vitamin E Could Restore Sudden Hearing Loss

...r, the difference in complete recovery between the groups was insignificant. Thus researchers say further studies should be done in this area to get a better understanding of the role of antioxidants in idiopathic sudden hearing loss and determining the most effective antioxidant and its optimal dose....

Reconstituted Blood Better For Young Hearts

...tuted blood. Similar results were seen for the two groups in terms of bleeding, transfusion requirements, complications and mortality rates. But the infants who received the reconstituted blood had significantly shorter stays in both the intensive care unit and the hospital, and spent less time on a respira...

Weight Reduction Surgery Also Treats Metabolic Syndrome

...had the banded gastroplasty surgery. However, both groups noted a significant reduction in the hallmarks of metabolic syndrome, resulting in nearly a 96-percent resolution of the condition a year later. Thus it was seen that excess weight is largely responsible for metabolic syndrome and that losing weight...

The Impact of Stress Early In Life

... first week of life and then placed them in social groups of other monkeys. They were paired with adoptive "super moms." Researchers found that timing of the pairing impacted the monkeys' behavior. Monkeys paired with an adoptive parent during the first month of life rapidly reversed atypical behaviors that...

Evaluating The Benefits Of A Low – carb Diet

... diet with those who went on a low-carb diet. Both groups consumed about 1,500 calories a day, and both lost about 10 percent of their body weight. However, those on the low-fat diet had larger decreases in resting energy expenditures, meaning their metabolisms slowed down significantly more than those on t...

Walnuts Could Aid Patients With Diabetes

...-month study.The diets were based on the core food groups of cereals and breads, fruits and vegetables, lean meat, fish, low-dairy products, oils, avocados, peanut butter, and nuts. Each diet in the treatment group included 30 grams of walnuts each day, which is the equivalent of between eight and 10 walnut...

Hydrotherapy Could Be Effective For Osteoarthritis

...esults of the study show patients in both exercise groups were able to walk faster and further than those in the control group. Researchers say the ability to walk is extremely important in these patients because it allows them to increase and maintain independence while increasing muscle strength around af...

Early Surgery For Treatment Of Epilepsy Questioned

...e remaining 100 will continue on medications. Both groups then will be monitored for two years to determine which treatment is more effective at eliminating seizures and improving quality of life. For some patients , the surgery provides a way to get their epilepsy under control , however not all patients ...

New Drug That Might Help Congestive Heart Failure Patients

...dy. Researchers divided the participants into four groups and followed them for seven weeks. Patients receiv... no changes in worsening heart failure between the groups at 60 days. Based on the results of the above study researchers conclude saying that they now have...

Home-based Treatment For Eczema More Effective Compared To Hospital Care

...UVA and UV-A light exposure . Results showed both groups had a significant and comparable decrease in hand eczema, with an average of 41-percent improvement in the home group compared to a 31 percent in the hospital group after 10 weeks. Over time, researchers reported no statistically significant differen...

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