Tag: "increased" at medical news

Use of Cellular Phones associated with Increased risk of Brain Tumors

...shed by a team in Sweden suggests that there is an increased risk of brain cancer in the areas of highest expos...actors for brain tumors. Their results read as “An increased risk was only found for ipsilateral exposure in the anatomic area with the highest microwave dose. I...

Virus Level could Predict Cervical Cancer Risk

...human papilloma virus (HPV) are associated with an increased chance of getting the cancer, but not all women who test positive, develop the disease. Swedish researchers say that measuring the levels of a virus linked to cervical cancer could help to identify women at risk from the disease long before it develo...

Antibiotics Dangerous for Diarrhoea in Children Caused by E.Coli

...Escherichia coli bacteria, may put the children at increased risk of developing a serious condition known as "Hemolytic-Uremic Syndrome". The report appears on the website of The New England Journal of Medicine (www.nejm.org). Hemolytic-uremic syndrome, which occurs most commonly in children after a gastrointe...

Feeling depressed? You may be at higher risk of STROKE

Those who suffer symptoms of depression are at an increased risk of stroke, according to researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In particular, depressed African Americans showed the largest increase in stroke risk. Those people with the highest levels of depression had a 73% increa...

Lean Protein Could Be Key to Obesity Drugs

...less.The mice experienced no side effects from the increased UCP3. They had 70 percent lower cholesterol levels than normal mice and seemed to be using their insulin more efficiently."That is important to us because the majority of obese patients go on to develop Type 2 diabetes," Clapham said....

Transdermal HRT not cardioprotective in postmenopausal women with CAD

...ults from the PHASE study also seem to indicate an increased risk of thromboembolic complications, such as stroke, with HRT. This observation is supported by results from the HERS study, a randomized trial carried out in the US that included 3000 women, and was designed to assess the cardioprotective effect of...

El Ni?o cycles linked to cholera outbreaks

...rn Oscillation (ENSO) events that were mediated by increased sea-surface temperatures and higher numbers of b...coast of Bangladesh, plus a five-month lag between increased sea-surface temperatures and a peak in cholera. These results indicate that the dynamics of cholera ...

Transdermal HRT not cardioprotective in postmenopausal women with Coronary Artery Disease

...ults from the PHASE study also seem to indicate an increased risk of thromboembolic complications, such as stroke, with HRT. This observation is supported by results from the HERS study, a randomized trial carried out in the US that included 3000 women, and was designed to assess the cardioprotective effect of...

Cough Syrup Ingredient Linked to Stroke

...ons. Use of PPA-containing cough and cold remedies increased the risk of stroke by 23 percent. Dr.Ralph I. Horwitz, from Yale University's School of Medicine, says, "Case reports have linked exposure to PPA to the occurrence of hemorrhagic stroke." A hemorrhagic stroke results when an artery wall ruptures ...

Patients With Filariasis More Prone To HIV Infection

...of HIV infection in these areas’. The study found increased HIV replication in peripheral blood mononuclear cells from filarial infected patients. Conversely, there was a striking and significant decrease in HIV replication in PBMCs isolated from patients treated with antifilarials compared with those from u...

Prince Charles lends support to Alternative Medicine

...cture and other forms of alternative medicine has increased tremendously over the past few years that doctors advice Holistic Medicine which is an umbrella of all forms of medicine for the betterment of the patient. But as long as the patient is benefited who’s complaining? "Prince Charles has been at the fo...

Mortality increased in Sporting enthusiasts!

...Diederick E. Grobbee has revealed that there is an increased mortality due to stoke and MI [Myocardial Infarction] after a major game. As compared to the number of death 5 days before and after the event, the number of deaths among men on the day of the event was documented as being higher by 50% more than th...

When Celebrities Die

...land and Wales who intentionally harmed themselves increased by almost 45%. And during the month after her funeral, suicides rose by nearly 20%. The authors believe Diana's death added to existing feelings of sadness and distress in these people. For them, this public tragedy was a final, private burden that p...

New hope for cancer victims – will vaccine cure the deadly bug

...tested on the pancreatic cancer victims and it has increased the survival rates in many. Vaccines are typically thought of as a way of preventing disease. In cancer, however, they are used along with other therapies to fight the disease, says expert Tony Hollingsworth, PhD. All vaccines are designed to encour...

Starvation in pregnant women can cause heart disease to their children

Starvation during pregnancy can lead to increased risk of heart problems to their children in their ...others who go hungry during early gestation are at increased risk of heart disease as adults....

Sexual abuse affect health for a lifetime

...the sexual abuse or assault was associated with an increased risk of breast cancer, arthritis and thyroid disea...ere arthritis and breast cancer occur in women and increased risk of thyroid disease occur in men. There is an association between early sexual abuse and a red...

Eating disorder in Diabetic girls lead to eyesight damage.

...etes related complications and are associated with increased risk of permanent eyesight damage. Intensive treatment to diabetes could be the risk factor for developing eating disorder could further be explored and studied....

Thakur warns doctors

... group of zero to six. The over-all sex ratio has increased from 927 women per 1000 men in the 1990 to 933 women per 1000 men now. But, the ratio for the index six group has dipped alarmingly from 945 girls per 1000 boys to 927 girls to 1000 boys. Courtesy : The Hindu...

Tattoos may significantly increase risk of hepatitis C infection

... (UTSW) in Dallas. Injection drug abusers have an increased risk for hepatitis C because they often share needles. Healthcare workers, especially nurses, are also considered high risk for hepatitis C because of “accidental needle sticks”, he says. It is in this context that tattoos assume significance. Ta...

Kick Smoking with Nicotine Drink

...study, said. Attempts to quit smoking have always increased every time a new product is available to help addicts kick the habit. In 1998, the nicotine patch accounted for 49 percent of the drug-assisted attempts to quit, nicotine gum 28 percent and Zyban - a prescription drug - 21 percent. The nicotine inh...

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