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Teen smoking declines

... choices that will help them avoid tobacco-related health threats." Glen Hanson, acting director of the Na...ve adolescents science-based information about the health risks of ecstasy and other drugs will contribute to a further reduction in the use of these drugs." ...

New treatment for depression

...trical device can significantly improve the mental health of patients.// The pacemaker, which is implanted in a person's chest, sends intermittent signals to the left vagus nerve in the brain. The device was originally used to treat patients with epilepsy. However, it was later found to have a positive ef...

Higher Risk of Asthma in children with autoimmune disease

...at Heidelberg in Germany and colleagues//looked at health records for all children born in Finland in 1987, including more than 60,000 youngsters.The team checked the prevalence of asthma in children with three autoimmune conditions : celiac disease, type 1 diabetes and rheumatoid arthritis. Celiac disease...

Low cholestrol,low behaviour

...atients and patients not suffering from any mental health problems. The patients were rated on their level of depression, impulsivity and suicidal intent. It was found that cholesterol levels in the patients who had deliberately harmed themselves were significantly low when comapred to the other patients...

Good News For Women With Gestational Diabetes

...fered an episode of low blood sugar. Their babies' health was comparable to infants born to mothers with less severe gestational diabetes....

Unsatisfactory Grade On Women's Health Issues

...atisfactory" when it comes to dealing with women's health issues. The report concludes that just a handful o...ttle or nothing at all to expand women's access to health insurance and medical services. Neither the nation nor the states have met the challenge of helpi...

Unnatural death common in mentally ill

...omicide, suicide or accident. On an average mental health problems like depression or schizophrenia are related to higher rates of suicide.// What's not been clear is whether mental illness also increases the risk of other causes of unnatural death. Researchers at the University of Texas along with other...

Asthmatics at increased risk of lung cancer

...signs of cancer at their initial assessment. Their health was monitored from the second year after asthma diagnosis until the last day of the three-decade study. At the study’s conclusion, the researchers found that lung cancer affected asthmatics more frequently than the general population. They also fou...

Target for obesity treatment

... affects at least 39 million Americans, and public health experts are increasingly using the term "epidemic"...eing fat raises the risk of many potentially fatal health conditions//, including heart disease and diabetes, it's believed that obesity is linked to at least...

Drug Combinations May Boost Stroke Risk

...ents and needs more research before a solid public health message can be defined. Yet experts say that this association may indicate that people who use SSRIs and stimulants should do so cautiously, and be aware that there may be risk for drug interaction....

More People Seeking Treatment for Depression

... the part of the federal government, as well as by health organizations, have helped raise awareness of the illness and thus encouraged many more individuals to seek treatment who may have felt stigmatized before. Another major force in producing the treatment trends was the debut in the late '80s of the...

New treatment for diabetics

...Sugar then builds up in the bloodstream and causes health problems. Type 2 diabetes can be controlled by regular exercise and diet control, though some also need extra insulin. However Desai sad that it will need a lot more testing before diabetic patients can use it....

Breast screening among diabetic women

...ion that there is little room for other aspects of health care. Since women with diabetes run the same risk of breast cancer as the rest of the population, it's important they don't miss out when it comes to screening....

Link between chlorine byproducts and pregnancy risks

...ch Groups identified areas that may have increased health risks including miscarriage, neural tube defects and reduced fetal growth from women drinking chlorination byproducts....

Cytobrush to detect oral cancer

...cytologists at Oral Scan Systems, a New York-based health devices company, a dentist who finds an area of concern runs a small round brush - similar to a mascara wand over the suspicious lesion. “The bristles are like those on a toothbrush,” Greenberg said. “They can penetrate and get a better sampling of...

Smoking Linked To Low Infant Birth Weight

...ates and are more susceptible to a number of other health problems during infancy and childhood. Cigarette smoking has been associated with low birth weight in a number of previous studies, and women are advised not to smoke during pregnancy. In general, the women who smoked during the entire pregnancy bore...

Appropriate treatment for breast cancer

...hese women, on the whole, have excellent levels of health and social wellbeing. The women also score well on sexual desire, body image, mental health and energy levels. The only drawback is that women who received adjuvant chemotherapy after surger...

Do gardening and be fit

...agues at the University of Arkansas, looked at the health habits// of over 40,000 women, including more than 3,000 aged 50 years and older. Those in the 47 plus age group that gardened at least once a week showed higher bone density measurements than those who regularly did other kinds of exercise. The res...

Particulate matter affects lung development

...t air pollution can have long-term effects on lung health in children. It also shows that cleaning up the air actually has a measurable effect on chindren’s health,” says Edward L. Avol, associate professor of research in preventive medicine at Keck School and the study’s lead author.“On average, children w...

HIV infections have reached a new high

...ive years of the 21st century, according to public health experts.// New figures released by the Public Health Laboratory Service (PHLS) predict that the number of people living with an HIV diagnosis may rise from around 23,000 in 2000 to almost 34,000 by the year 2005. In 2001, the number of HIV cases rea...

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