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Chaste plant a boon

...h alleviates the symptoms of PMS and may also help increase fertility. The plant also contains a substance which controls lutenising hormone. This in turn increases progesterone production which keeps the menstrual cycle regular. The study followed 178 women diagnosed with PMS who suffered symptoms such as u...

Ovarian cancer in relationship with Hormone therapy

...isk. Postmenopausal oestrogen is already known to increase the risk of endometrial and breast cancer when used for a long time, but until this study, the effect of postmenopausal oestrogen use on ovarian cancer had not established....

A boost to quit smoking

... creates other heart disease risk factors. Each 1% increase in carbon monoxide levels raises the risk of tobacco-related death by 22%. Researchers in Texas have studied 33 people as they gave up smoking over a four month period to see how these risk factors declined. Nine weeks into the study, the subjects ...

Iron supplements proves helpful in dry cough .

...clear, but it is thought to be associated with the increase in nitric oxide (NO) generation caused by ACE inhibitors. NO is known to have inflammatory effects on bronchial epithelial cells. Dr. Hong and colleagues embarked on their study based on reports that iron supplementation decreases NO generation or d...

Eat Vitamin C and stay young

... Levine, lead author of a new study supporting the increase for women.'We've been recommending, as have other groups, that both men and women consume at least five varied servings of fruits and vegetables a day,Levine said. `That's where the benefit is in cancer prevention, increasing life span and perhaps in...

Increased Heart Attack Risk From Celebrex,Vioxx

...pular pain-killers Celebrex and Vioxx may slightly increase a person's risk of having a heart attack, according to an analysis of clinical studies of these 'super aspirin' drugs....

Tomatoes for the heart

...neered tomatoes with skin that had up to a 78-fold increase in flavonol levels - around the same amount as onions. The researchers found that four subsequent generations of the tomatoes inherited the higher level of flavonol and that 65 per cent of the compound was retained when the tomatoes were processed i...

Early puberty linked to nutrition

...alth, because the long exposition to estrogens can increase the risk of developing breast cancer. Besides the excess of body fat is a source of extra feminine hormones, because its secretion doesn’t only depend of the activity of the ovaries. In the adipose tissue a complex biochemical mechanism takes place...

Air pollution affects the heart

...te variability for every milligram per cubic metre increase in PM2.5s. People may think your heart should beat regularly but, in fact, the ability to adapt heart rate with minor fluctuations in its beat rate is a sign of good health. Heart rate variability indicates the state of the blood vessels, blood pre...

Hazards of sunlight

Exposure to sunlight may increase the risk of developing cataracts, scientists have found. A cataract is a cloudy or opaque area in the normally transparent lens of the eye.As the opacity thickens, it prevents light rays from passing through the lens and focusing on the retina, the l...

Nitric oxide involved in high blood pressure

... researchers asked whether hypertension itself can increase this free radical production, using rats that had high blood pressure in the front half of the body and normal pressure in the rear half. The rats' front halves showed significant increases in a chemical called nitrotyrosine, a product of nitric oxid...

The effect of heart rate in middle aged men

...that, other risk factors being equal, deaths risks increase about 50% for each 20-beat-per-minute increment, and relative risks between extreme heart rate levels are more than 2-fold....

Birth weight key factor in heart diseases

...ts. Poor growth during the first year appeared to increase a boy's risk of heart disease in adulthood, regardless of whether he was born heavy or light. According to Barker, if all the boys had been the right birth weight and acheived average size by the time they were a year old, the amount of coronary hear...

Osteoporosis Drugs: right time to take-off

...portunity. Indian pharmaceutical companies need to increase awareness levels about the disease and it’s implications on both the physician as well as patient level. New compounds that rebuild bone mass and are associated with minimal side effects represent another area of opportunity. Currently, Selective Oes...

Dementia - a global problem

... of dementia in developing countries is certain to increase and a new research programme is trying to help carers to cope. As the world population increases, so does the incidence of chronic disease - including dementia. It is hard enough coping with dementia in the West, where the condition has been common f...

Drug abuse leads to long standing changes in the brain

...hanges caused by the drug, including an unexpected increase in cellular activity in certain areas of the brain...eir surprise, the researchers saw a marked overall increase in glucose metabolism in the brains of methamphetamine abusers, suggesting an inflammatory reaction....

Psychological consequence of terrorist attacks

...ealth services will have the resources to cope. An increase in anxiety disorders is the most likely outcome - symptoms such as disturbed sleep, excessive worrying, and a retreat into smoking or drinking more may be early warnings that you might need help in coming to terms with these tragic events....

Long travel increase pulmonary embolism

...e's increasing concern that long haul travel could increase the risk of blood clotting in the veins of the legs (deep vein thrombosis, or DVT). If the clot breaks off, it may travel to the lungs, forming a pulmonary embolism (PE) which is a potentially life-threatening condition. Researchers in France and t...

Antidepressants increase gastric bleeding

A new survey suggests that certain antidepressants increase the risk of a gastrointestinal bleed in older patients. The selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are a group of antidepressants which are very widely prescribed. They are preferred over older drugs because they are relatively free of side ...

Complementary and Alternative medicine

...ed has changed over the years. // The greatest increase in popularity was in the transition from the 1960s...back, energy healing and herbs. The '80s showed an increase in massage and naturopathy, while in the '90s, aromatherapy, herbs, massage, energy healing and yoga...

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