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Strong Magnetic Stimulation Can Help Treating Severe Depression

...or many decades. However, it can cause amnesia and impair memory for weeks after therapy and requires general anesthesia. In ECT the doctors pass electrical impulses through the patient's head using two electrodes on either side of forehead. This results in an epileptic spasm and it changes the cerebral che...

Study Warns About The Use Of Popular Asthma Drug To Stop Children's Coughs

...lso potentially dangerous for children as they can impair the developing nervous system. They cause mental irritability, seizures and cardiac arrhythmias that can lead to death. For Further Information contact: Anne Change annechang@ausdoctors.net Center for the Advancement of Health http://www.cfah.org ...

Have You Ever Wondered How We Perceive Different Sounds?

... hair cells. Mutations within this genetic pathway impair the shape of the cochlea and the polarity of the sensory hair cells that are essential for hearing....

New Blood Test To Detect Iron Level In Infants

...treatment are critical because iron deficiency can impair infant mental development, possibly permanently, even before it progresses to anemia (clinically identified as a low hemoglobin level). The study, done at Children’s Hospital Boston, is the first to compare the test, called CHr, with the standard h...

Women with stress has less breast cancer risk

...persistent activation of stress hormones which may impair oestrogen synthesis and may therefore be related to lower risk of breast cancer,' the researchers said. Though controversies exist between stress and breast cancer, as researchers from NIH, has shown that lower incidence of primary breast cancer am...

Lead exposure plus high blood pressure Leads to impaired mental ability

...ontribute to hypertension-related decline that can impair a person's cognitive abilities. // Both lead exposure and hypertension have been associated with cognitive impairments in older adults. The study indicates that the interaction between lead exposures early in life combined with high blood pressure ...

Incorrect lifestyle may be the cause of male infertility

...acco has been known earlier to reduce sperm count, impair sperm movement. The good news is that if you quit, the health of your sperm will start to improve within two months. Researchers at Queen’s University, Belfast, have discovered that THC – the active ingredient in cannabis – impedes sperm motility and...

The Falling Sperm Count In Men

... grass or marijuana also cause sluggish sperms and impair them. Caffeine : Although one is not entirely sure about caffeine research has shown that caffeine appear to make sperm sluggish. But conflicting research has also found that caffeine actually increases the ability of sperm to reach the egg at ...

Vitamin filled nutrition candy for School children

...ost affected and these deficiencies damage health, impair work capacity, impact reproduction and reduce intelligence. Vitamin and mineral deficiency will cost the Indian economy Rs.2.77 trillion over the next 10 years in lost human potential and health care costs. The government has been providing a lemon ...

Stress Levels Determine Problem-Solving Abilities Of An Individual

...watched the two different movies. If a movie could impair the performance, then it sounds horrifying indeed to think about a similar real life situation. The first study involved 12 participants, six men and six women. Those who watched the first 20 minutes of "Saving Private Ryan," struggled with cogniti...

Chronic Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Risk In Young Natural Disaster Survivors

...ression scores. "Chronic PTSD and depression can impair the psychosocial development and behavior of children and adolescents, which in turn can have a detrimental effect on their families and communities. The findings unequivocally show the sustained benefits of specific types of therapy, even when provi...

Visually impaired prefer specially enhanced TV

...AMD), diabetic retinopathy and other diseases that impair the central vision. AMD destroys the tiny central part of the retina called the macula. This makes activities such as reading, driving, and watching television extremely difficult. The goal of the current OPO study was to determine if people with imp...

Lead levels in disturbed soil post-Katrina unsafe

...cular health concern among children because it can impair the nervous system and cause developmental problems. The study has been published in the American Chemical Society's journal Environmental Science & Technology (ES&T). Others have previously reported high concentrations of lead in the city's soi...

Nearly 15% Of U.S. Workers Work Under The Influence Of Alcohol

... all psychoactive substances with the potential to impair cognitive and behavioral performance, alcohol is the most widely used and misused substance in the general population and in the workforce. The misuse of alcohol by employed adults is an important social policy issue with the potential to undermine e...

Inhaled Insulin Could Rock The Drug Market Soon

...se, kidney failure and stroke. In addition, it can impair the normal blood flow and vision. Although insulin has been sold since 1920s, this new inhaled insulin form (powder that can be breathed inside using a mouthpiece) represents a major milestone in diabetic treatment. It is contraindicated in current...

Mercury Exposure Does Not Affect Intellectual Development

...evel of mercury exposure during pregnancy does not impair the intellectual development of children and teenagers. // The result of the study was presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting held recently in St. Louis. The long tem study has been conducted on over 770 child...

Kids Overcome Behavioral And Sleep Problems After Tonsillectomy

...ids block the flow of air through their throat and impair their ability to breathe, and most of the rest because of repeated ear and throat infections. Almost all of the children who had surgery in the new study were thought by their surgeons to have symptoms of sleep apnea. “These findings help support t...

Sensory Input Necessary During "Critical Periods" Of Brain Development

...racts or strabismus, an eye misalignment which can impair vision, may not be enough to correct the damage. Nor will treatment involving single gene replacement. "We need to try to find the major switches that turn on genes in the downstream network as opposed to looking at each element of the network and d...

Metabolic Syndrome More Likely To Cause Heart Failure

...ght excessively enlarge the heart muscle, so as to impair its capacity. If these findings are confirmed, the researchers conclude, the metabolic syndrome may have direct effects on the heart, in addition to an increased risk of atherosclerosis....

Effect of ADHD Drugs on the Brain - Study Finds

...transmitter levels in the brain, which can in turn impair attention and heighten the risk of developing addiction. 'It is surprising that no one was looking at low-dose [ADHD] drugs because we know that the drugs are most effective only at low doses,' says Berridge. 'So we asked the natural question: wha...

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