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Key Mechanism to Emergence of Strep Bacteria

...asminogen and activate it throughout the body also increases production of the bacteriophage-encoded enzyme that blocks neutrophil killing. When neutrophils of the immune system are summoned to clear a simple strep infection, they apply a natural selective pressure favoring the genetic mutation. The mutati...

Consuming Grape Fruit Increases Breast Cancer Risk: Study

...as found that it can be dangerous for women, as it increases the risk of breast cancer by almost a third . Res...ore per day. "There is evidence that grapefruit increases plasma oestrogen concentrations. "Since it is well established that oestrogen is associated with ...

Drink Milk for a Healthy Heart

...syndrome - a combination of medical disorders that increases one's risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes. All the men filled in a food questionnaire, kept weekly food diaries, and recorded the amount of dairy products they ate. Those who regularly drank milk and ate dairy products were far less likely...

Smokers may Be Motivated to Quit During Interventions in Hospital Stays

...of existing trials on a topic. Smoking cigarettes increases the risks of many health problems, such as cancer, heart disease and lung disease and many patients with these conditions end up in the hospital. A hospital stay is a good time to get their attention, the reviewers say, when cessation programs mig...

Breast Cancer Risk is not Reduced by a Diet Rich in Fruit and Vegetables

...er risk and that a diet high in total fat possibly increases risk'. 'However, evidence of an association between a diet high in vegetables and fruit and low in total fat and prevention of cancer progression has been mixed in epidemiological studies,' the authors write. John P. Pierce, Ph.D., of the Universit...

Chemotherapy Better for Non Small Cell Lung cancer

... combining pre-operative chemotherapy and surgery increases the average chance of survival by six percent when compared with surgery alone. The conclusion was drawn by the Cochrane Researchers from the MRC Clinical Trials Unit in London after they identified 12 eligible randomised controlled trials. Data ...

Gene Linked With Restless Leg Syndrome Spotted Out

...e copy of it, and having two copies of the variant increases one's risk of experiencing RLS. According to Dr. Rye, carrying two copies does not guarantee that one will develop RLS symptoms. "There remain yet-to-be-identified medical, environmental or genetic factors that appear necessary to translate geneti...

PETA Hails McCartney for Boycotting Animal-testing Charities

...g; they do support modern non-animal research that increases the chance of finding cures for humans; and they get the money of smart, compassionate donors," Currie added....

Simple Chemical Reaction may Help Early Disease Diagnosis

...ood and urine. The technique is effective as it increases the visibility of markers for some genetically caused metabolic disorders up to 100 times when detected through nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy equipment. The study was conducted by a team of researchers led by Daniel Raftery and Bryan Hain...

Policemen Could Face Sleep Disorder

...nd may lead to chronic sleep loss, which, in turn, increases the risk of accidents and injuries. These problems are exacerbated in shift workers including police officers, who may experience chronic sleep loss due to their schedules, said a research abstract presented at Sleep 2007, the 21st Annual Meeting ...

Experts Warn Against Side Effects of the New Weight Loss Drug

...ug Acomplia, which has been approved in Europe but increases the risk of suicidal thoughts. At a Weight Watchers meeting in San Jose on Thursday, Stephanie Vose, 23, said that she and her friends had tried numerous diet fads over the years, only to experience strange side effects such as shaking or bursts of...

Risk of Water Intoxication in Endurance Athletes

...ts, it is becoming more prevalent as participation increases and more novice exercisers are entering endurance events. One recent study found that 13 percent of Boston marathon runners suffered from Exercise induced Hyponatremia (EAH), though most cases were mild. But since 1985, there have been at least eig...

Major Surgeries and Operations Could Prove Deadly for Anaemic Older Men

...hemia, when the blood count is higher than normal, increases the risk of death after surgery. For every percentage point of divergence from what is normal, the risk of death or major heart problem rose by 1.6 percent. While doctors have long known that people with confirmed anaemia and very high blood counts...

Pneumonia Patients Develop Heart Risks

...lant therapy. The authors propose that pneumonia increases the risk of heart problems by increasing the hearts demand for oxygen while simultaneously causing a decrease in the lungs ability to transfer oxygen from the air to the blood. Also, pneumonia raises blood levels of a type of a chemical signal called...

Twin Brother may Reduce Sister's Fertility by 25 Percent

...xposure to high levels of testosterone in the womb increases the risk of diseases that compromise fertility, such as reproductive cancers. "As a consequence of a male twin's influence on a female's fertility, mothers who produce opposite sex twins have fewer grandchildren and hence lower evolutionary fitness...

Animal Research Uncovers Another Mechanism of Cholesterol Lowering Drug

...nd said more research is needed to see if the drug increases gallstone formation in some people. Until more research is done in animal models that naturally express the protein, it is difficult to say whether this would apply to humans, said Yu....

Diabetic Womens Death Rate Shows No Decline

...r women than white women. The risk for the disease increases with age. Given the increasing life span of women and the rapid growth of minority populations, the number of women in the United States at risk for diabetes is increasing. There are some clear cut discrepancies in a similar study conducted in Canad...

Exercise Reduces Fracture in Men

...eoporotic fractures as the thinning of their bones increases markedly after the menopause. But it is wrong to think of osteoporosis as a womans disease. Osteoporotic fractures are a risk for men too. Karl Michaelsson and colleagues at University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden, report research in which over 2000 m...

Obesity is Linked to Enlarged Heart

...r Heart Center helps explain excessive body weight increases the risk for heart disease. Excessive body weight is associated with a thickening of the heart muscle in the left ventricle, the hearts pumping chamber. Known to physicians as left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH), the condition potentially can lead t...

Weizmann Researchers Developed Control Switch for Protein Activity

...ipening would be controlled using a substance that increases the activity of proteins responsible for ripening. Moreover, numerous proteins are used in industrial processes, as biological sensors and in other applications. The possibility of controlling these applications strengthening or slowing the rate of ...

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