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Antidepressants Help Men Decrease Alcohol Consumption, but Not Women

...ption is different for men and women points to the importance of taking gender influences and sex differences into consideration in the treatment and prevention of many health conditions,” said Dr. Miriam Stewart, Scientific Director for CIHR Institute of Gender and Health. “This type of research reporting sign...

Bone Fragility, a Risk for Children With Cancer

... to osteoporosis. The review has brought out the importance of early management which includes exercise and the careful use of bisphosphonates. Bone development is a dynamic process. One set of specialized cells lay down the materials that give bone its strength; and another set breaks it down, a process ca...

Biochemical Chip Solves Cell-mating Puzzle

...r. The researchers said their findings show the importance of unravelling the role of multiple, apparently redundant proteins that are often activated by the same message passing through a cell. They also address why cells do not get confused when they are activated by multiple signalling messengers. The m...

Mouse Study Suggests Anxiety Disorders Take Root in Infancy

...onin receptors early in life might account for the importance of maternal nurturing in preventing emotional disorders later in life. Rats that were not groomed sufficiently as pups by their mothers display elevated levels of anxiety as adults, he notes. "Assuming that we can equate developmental stages in mice ...

Mozambique: Half of Tuberculosis Cases Go Undiagnosed

... to treat a case of multi-resistant TB. "Hence the importance of the correct treatment of all cases diagnosed, to prevent them from becoming cases of multi-resistant TB", he stressed. "We are aware that we face enormous challenges", said the Minister, "such as increasing the number and quality of staff at all...

Discovery Leads to Way to Curb Anthrax Effect

...s at the U.S. Senate and in New York confirmed the importance of the research. Arceneaux said the researchers began studying the iron acquisition system of anthrax because few others were doing it. “One reason it hadn’t been studied much was because anthrax is rare in humans. It wasn’t until it was realized t...

An Aspirin a Day Keeps Heart Disease Away

... for cardiovascular disease, which underscores the importance of a heart-healthy lifestyle for everyone. Mosca says since the last guidelines were developed, more definitive clinical trials have become available which suggest that health care providers should consider aspirin in women to prevent stroke. The...

Improving Body Image Key to Treating Eating Disorders

...pact their lives, and most seem to re-evaluate the importance they have been placing on appearance.” The Menninger Clinic is an international nonprofit specialty psychiatric center, providing treatment, research and education. Founded in 1925 in Kansas, Menninger relocated to Houston in 2003 and is affiliated...

High Cholesterol Increases Risk of Stroke in Otherwise Healthy Women

...or stroke. “Our findings further underscore the importance of cholesterol levels as a risk factor for stroke, even if you have no history of heart disease and are otherwise healthy,” said study author Tobias Kurth, MD, ScD, with Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, and a member of the Ameri...

Skimpily Dressed Dolls Send Wrong Cues to Young Girls

...ral problems in the future. While stressing the importance of parental influence, teachers and friends in shaping young minds, the report also emphasized the importance of enabling children with the right inputs, so that they get the right messages. In the words of t...

Cancer Risk Pronounced in Women With an Ample Waist

... endometrial cancer.” This study underlines the importance of maintaining a healthy weight by consuming a low-fat, high-fiber diet that encompasses fruits and vegetables in abundance. Regular exercise and a proper diet is a proven method of reducing the risk of cancer. SA...

Osteopathic Medical Education Will Help With Shortages

...profession is increasing both its presence and its importance in the national health care arena. Osteopathic medicine’s approach has much to offer future physicians, the patients they will serve, and the U.S. health care system.” A Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine (DO) is a physician trained and licensed to pr...

CDC Study Tracks Levels of Heart Diseases Across the U.S.

...Wisconsin and Wyoming. "These findings show the importance of preventing and controlling known risk factors for heart disease, such as high blood pressure, tobacco use, physical inactivity, type 2 diabetes, and obesity," says study lead author Jonathan Neyer, an epidemiologist in CDC's Division for Heart Dis...

Max Planck Researchers Incorporate Odorant Receptors into Artificial Membranes

...membrane proteins in situ. This is of considerable importance to pharmaceuticals research, as it means that new active agent screenings can now be carried out using receptors that were inaccessible until now. Sinner was awarded the Engelhorn Foundation's 2007 Research Prize for the Promotion of Biotechnology an...

Passive Smokers may Face Higher Heart Disease Risk

...isease," the doctor said. It also highlights the importance of implementing measures to protect the public from second-hand smoke such as banning smoking in enclosed public places and workplaces, Venn added. Source-IANS...

Malaria in Jamaica

...ia. The occurrence of this outbreak highlights the importance of conducting surveillance in countries that are non-endemic to malaria. WHO does not recommend any special restrictions to travel or trade to or from Jamaica. Source-Bio-Bio Technology SRI...

African-American Mothers More Likely to Deliver Prematurely

...ginal preterm birth. These findings highlight the importance of race, particularly after correction for other risk factors, and suggest a probable genetic component that may underlie the public health problem presented by the racial disparity in preterm birth.' The genes likely involved in pregnancy and the...

Preterm Delivery More Common in African American Women

...Americans. These findings together highlight the importance of race, particularly after correction for other risk factors, and suggest a probable genetic component that may underlie the public health problem presented by the racial disparity in preterm birth.' Source-Eurekalert PRI...

Obesity and Older Adults

...oming years. It points out the great public health importance of developing appropriate interventions that target fat loss while preserving skeletal muscle to prevent disability and other obesity-related illnesses." Source-Eurekalert SRI...

European Medical Research Still Ignoring Women

...tice across member states. More education of the importance of gender differences in health is needed, say the authors to ensure that research is properly designed and evaluated for the benefit of patients and doctors. Source-Newswise SM...

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