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Decrease in testosterone levels lead to Alzheimer's

...ls in men with testicular cancer may inadvertently increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease, warn US researche...were treated by hormonal supression experienced an increase in plasma amyloid levels. Plasma amyloid roughly doubled over the six months of the investigation, s...

Wake-up call for peripheral artery disease

...es walking painful, regular exercise does actually increase the ability to walk with ease. Positive effects are seen within three months. // Unfortunately, say physicians at Johns Hopkins University in the US, too few patients with PAD are diagnosed and, even if they are, physicians are not prescribing th...

Gastrointestinal ills more common in diabetics

...igned to determine how poor glycemic control might increase gastrointestinal symptoms, the authors suggest a possible explanation. They point out that hyperglycemia, or high blood sugar, is known to affect the gastrointestinal system. For example, high levels of blood sugar can promote feelings of nausea, the...

Statins reduce heart attacks

...ol already in the blood. Statins may also modestly increase HDL, the good cholesterol, and slightly decrease triglycerides, another fat in the blood. The three biggest-selling brands of statins are Lipitor, Zocor, and Pravachol. For patients needing no more than a 20% reduction in cholesterol levels, any of...

Dangers of heat

...oteins that you eat during a heatwave, as they can increase metabolic activity and generate heat in the body....

Fright could be more harmful

...of low level exposure to toxic agents will further increase anxiety in the affected communities." They add that because health officials will not be able to provide positive assurances about long-term safety, the public may lose trust in experts. "Unconfirmed or controversial hypotheses about the health effe...

High-Carbohydrate diet plus exercise !

...cise than after the low-carbohydrate diet. But the increase in triglycerides was significantly lower after the high-carbohydrate diet plus exercise than this diet without exercise....

Generic drug costs remain shackled

...n-brand name medicines resulted in a 12.5 per cent increase in the cost of prescription drugs for the NHS, significantly higher than the 8 per cent average increase in previous years. // Pharmaceutical companies were accused of holding the NHS to ransom, and to p...

Smoker's are prone to Alzheimer's

...wever, the researchers found that smoking does not increase the risk of developing Alzheimer's for people with a gene linked to the disease. Indeed, they believe smoking may offer protection against the disease for people with the gene - APOE epsilon 4. The Dutch researchers said this could be because smokin...

Pollution- hazardous for diabetics

... heart problems in people with diabetes.// PM10s increase the risk of heart rate variability , thrombosis, and inflammation. The data show that the risk is doubled when you have diabetes. It's possible that pollution exposure and diabetes affect the same pathways to heart disease and when both are present t...

Drugs to stop burgeon of HIV

...the researchers showed that Vpu could dramatically increase the rate of budding. They concluded Vpu is likely to be important in viral reproduction."We found if we mess around with Vpu, we can reduce the rate of HIV replication in cells. Vpu isn't essential for replication, but it has an effect on it." The r...

Contraceptives decreases Libido

...eive a baby.// It has long been thought that this increase in sense of smell may be linked to libido, helping increase it at the point of the cycle in which fertilisation is possible. However, when the women took the co...

Is there a link between bones and memory?

... Boston University told. Low estrogen exposure may increase the risk of verbal memory problems, he added, "and bone mass is a good marker of cumulative estrogen exposure." These results suggest that "high levels of long-term estrogen exposure may be a critical element in the preservation of verbal memory wi...

Misleading Advertisements for Prescription Drugs

...help educate consumers about treatment options and increase the awareness of the consequence of disease. Dr. Woloshin's group proposes that the US Food and Drug Administration mandate a standard format for summarizing the information about a drug in advertisements....

Caffeine keeps soldiers sharp

Caffeine can help increase reaction time and improve performance for military servicemen who must perform complex tasks or who need help staying alert for longer periods of time, according to a new report by the National Academy of Sciences. The report, by the academy's Instit...

Deep Sleep Doesn't Increase Memory

...esearcher that finds a good night's sleep does not increase memory. // REM sleep is a deep sleep during which an individual's eyes dart rapidly under closed eyelids and the body is almost completely paralyzed except for the heart, diaphragm, eye muscles and internal organs. Humans on average get about tw...

Smoking Delays Pregnancy

...g to smoke while attempting to become pregnant may increase time to conception suggests that greater emphasis on this public health message is warranted. Current opinion on smoking cessation favours total abstinence rather than gradual reduction as the most effective means of quitting and the best means of...

Asthma linked to obesity

A US study has suggested that the increase in childhood asthma may be explained by the rise in obesity, rates of both have shot up dramatically in recent decades in the West. Over 6million people are currently being treated for asthma, compared to 3.4m in 1999. The researchers found the fat...

Quit coffee and help your heart

... of the compounds, called terpenoids, are known to increase cholesterol levels. Lead author Dr. Hannson Right, of Marylandl University Hospital ,US, explained that "it is not only unfiltered coffee, but notably normal filtered coffee affects cholesterol and homocysteine.""If your cholesterol or homocysteine ...

More about HIV

...death. Stress, according to current research, can increase severity of infectious viruses such as mononucleos...ive only a few years ago. Resistance and mutations increase even faster when patients aren't absolutely committed to taking their medication regularly. So today...

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