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Cirrhosis on the rise

...eaths are increasing sharply in women after having increased in men for some time//, Professor Liam Donaldson says in his annual report.He adds that females are showing signs of permanent liver damage at an earlier age. Cirrhosis - the permanent scarring and damage of the liver - is irreversible, although tr...

Triglycerides Linked To Stroke Risk

...gh levels of blood fats called triglycerides to an increased risk of stroke. The findings should encourage physicians to pay closer attention to triglyceride levels.// More effective screening and detection of high blood triglycerides and treatments to modify this stroke risk factor could further reduce the st...

Drooping eyelids more common in men

...as great in men as women. Sagging is caused by the increased laxity of eyelid tissues with age. It may also be related to a loss of fat around the eye socket. Researcher Dr Willem van den Bosch said eyelid droop was associated with two painful conditions. Inward rotation of the eyelid, or entropion, leads to...

Cinnamon combats Diabetes

...ch instructs them to perform this function. The increased blood sugar levels cause symptoms such as fatigue, weight loss and blurred vision, and can make the patient far more prone to heart disease and stroke. Patients often have to greatly modify their diets and take exercise to protect their health. Sci...

Olive oil does good

...ose who ate mostly vegetables and cereals, were at increased risk. This is because a high meat intake can increase the amount of a bile acid called deoxycyclic acid, which reduced the activity of an enzyme called diamine oxidase (DAO). DAO is thought to regulate the cell turnover in the bowel lining and redu...

Higher Risk of Asthma in children with autoimmune disease

...hat children with some autoimmune diseases have an increased risk of asthma. In the study, Dr. Jukka Kero of Ruprecht-Karls-University at Heidelberg in Germany and colleagues//looked at health records for all children born in Finland in 1987, including more than 60,000 youngsters.The team checked the prevalenc...

Creatine Helps Strengthen Older Men

... have no desire to be geriatric body builders. But increased muscle mass and strength would help us maintain our independence well into old age....

Lancing tumours into the body

...rew slowly began to cut through the oil. Its speed increased as the frequency of the rotating magnetic field was ramped up. Ishiyama’s second prototype, designed to swim and burrow into tissue, used a similar magnet but instead has a pointed, threaded brass tip at one end.This time, Ishiyama tested the device...

Unnatural death common in mentally ill

Mental illness has an increased risk of death by homicide, suicide or accident. On an average mental health problems like depression or schizophrenia are related to higher rates of suicide.// What's not been clear is whether mental illness also increases the risk of other causes of...

Asthmatics at increased risk of lung cancer

...uffer from asthma, particularly women, may have an increased risk of developing lung cancer. Over a period of 3...We do not really know if asthma as such causes the increased risk. “There could be one mechanism causing both asthma and cancer, for example chronic inflammation...

Eat more vegetables and fruits

...n eating fruit and veg// at least five times a day increased from 15 per cent to18 per cent between 1993 and 1998 (the latest period for which the stats are available). Among women, the percentage increase was from 20 per cent to 25 per cent during this time. Older people, white people, college graduates, tho...

Evidence supporting H.pylori eradication

...is bacterium. Furthermore, ulcer bleeding risk was increased 1.79-fold by H.pylori infection and 4.85-fold by N...he combination of H.pylori infection and NSAID use increased this risk further to 6.13-fold....

Cooked vegetables give more iron

...ance, Lee found that the available iron in cabbage increased from 5% to 15% through cooking and the available iron in broccoli increased from 6% to more than 30%. However, some vegetables, such as lettuce, were found to be equally nutrit...

Fasten belt at the back seat

...0 crashes occurring in a five year period, all of increased five times if there was someone in the back not wearing their seat belt. The researchers think that if these rear-seat passengers had belted up, 60 per cent of the deaths could have been prevented. The message is clear - belt up in the back, as well ...

Control of inflammation

...gen levels in the damaged area fall. This leads to increased amounts of adenosine outside cells. Dr. Sitkovsky theorised that the excess adenosine binds to the adenosine receptors, which then initiate a chain reaction that slows and eventually stops inflammation. <br...

More People Seeking Treatment for Depression

...chers, overall outpatient treatment for depression increased threefold in the 10-year period. However, symptom management has gone through a major transformation in the US, with antidepressant medications taking the lead role in treatment options while talk therapy or psychotherapy is losing ground. Olfson, ...

Link between chlorine byproducts and pregnancy risks

...est Research Groups identified areas that may have increased health risks including miscarriage, neural tube defects and reduced fetal growth from women drinking chlorination byproducts....

Diet plays a role in kidney stones

...m dropped in both groups. But excretion of oxalate increased in the low calcium group favouring kidney stone formation while it decreased in the normal calcium group. So people with a kidney stone problem would be best advised to reduce animal protein and salt but keep calcium intake normal....

Medications for depression

According to a new study there is increased usage of antidepressants rather going to psychothe.../ The rate of outpatient treatment for depression increased from 1 per 100 persons to 2.5 per 100 over this time.The proportion of those receiving drug treatmen...

Particulate matter affects lung development

...d away to areas with lower levels of pollution had increased rates of lung function growth, while children who ...articles in the air such as dust and smoke) showed increased growth in lung function. Those who moved to areas with more particulate matter showed a slowdown in ...

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