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Fruits found To Be Good For Eyes

...dness , say researchers.In a large study conducted involving // men and women it was found that those who consumed at least three servings of fruit a day had a 36-percent lower risk of developing age-related maculopathy than those who ate less than one-and-a-half servings. Previous studies have linked consum...

Blocking Pain Found To Slow Down The Healing Process

...p failed to heal.Researchers say, their hypothesis involving tendon-to-bone healing is based on well-documented studies that have shown that although NSAIDs are effective pain relievers, they have also been shown to negatively affect fracture healing and spinal fusions, and may have adverse effects on ligament...

Experimental SARS Vaccine

...es of Health report promising results from a study involving eight African green monkeys. Four of the monkeys were // immunized against the SARS virus using an intranasal vaccine made from a parainfluenza vaccine originally developed for children. The vaccine was reengineered to express a major antigen of the ...

New Guidelines Found To Benefit Cardiovascular Treatment

...study. After examining five major clinical trials involving cholesterol-lowering medications, specialists recommend that very high-risk people set a goal of low-density lipids (the “bad” cholesterol) level less than 70 milligrams per deciliter.The updated guidelines suggest if drug therapy is used in people ...

Solutions Being Sought For Prevention Of Rickets

... supplementation. Rickets is a childhood disorder involving softening and weakening of the bones, primarily caused by lack of vitamin D, calcium, or phosphate. It is most likely to occur during rapid growth, when the body demands high levels of calcium and phosphate. Rickets may be seen in young children 6 to...

How Safe is Air Travel For Heart Patients

...amined the pertinent medical evidence on // issues involving air travel for heart patients -- such as the effects of air travel and security devices on implantable automatic defibrillators and pacemakers, the need for preflight screening, and the potential for in-flight deep vein thrombosis, a dangerous blood ...

Good News For Individuals Suffering From Frequent Throat Infections

...ere is a need to conduct large prelicensure trials involving 10,000 to 60,000 participants to provide assurance that rare adverse events are not associated with vaccination ....

Environment and Diet Found To Precipitate Asthma

...countries, according to a new study. In the study involving more than 10,000 primary-school children from three cities in China, the children from Hong Kong had a significantly higher prevalence of wheezing in the past year than those from the cities of Guangzhou and Beijing. Factors significantly linked to w...

The Options For Relieving Chest Pain In the Elderly Questioned

...weigh the benefits. However, results of the study, involving patients 75 years and older, show about 91 percent of patients treated invasively and 95 percent treated with medication were alive at six months and survival remained similar after five years....

Tissue Transfer For Treatment Of Massive Skin Cancers

...tients with basal cell carcinomas. All had cancers involving the face, ear, neck, or scalp. Flaps for reconstruction came from the abdomen, arm, or other areas of the body. Results were generally positive. At a follow-up, 25 of the patients had no evidence of disease. Twelve had a recurrence in the same area ...

Stopping The Progression Of Parkinson's Disease

...hese results have been seen only in animal studies involving the administration of huge doses that would not be safe to use in people. This study used a much lower dose -- 0.1 milligram per kilogram administered once a day. Neuron loss was completely averted in mice that received the drug. Thus researchers say...

Strong link between Skin Allergies and Cancer !!

...o develop non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma (a type of cancer involving lymphatic glands of the body). The Swedish Investigators conducted the study among 16,500 twins in Sweden who were followed for more than 30 years. The result made the investigators believe that the skin allergies may also lead to cancer as they st...

Stress A Precursors Of Asthma In Kids

...births, deaths, illnesses and hospitalizations not involving asthma, separations, changes in family relationships, and moving. About 360 acute asthma episodes developed during the study, and about 124 negative life events occurred. Experiencing stress quadrupled the chances a child would have an acute attack ...

Avoiding Drugs During Pregnancy

...omen use antidepressants during pregnancy. Studies involving infants exposed to anti –depressants // in the womb have shown few ill effects, so most doctors believe these drugs can be safely prescribed for pregnant women. However, most studies have only compared major outcomes, such as physical growth and comp...

Aerobic Exercise Beneficial In Treating Depression

...se program three or five days a week, or a program involving stretching exercises for 15 to 20 minute a day for three days a week. All of those who performed the aerobic exercises exercised for about 30 to 35 minutes during each session. After 12 weeks, people taking part in the aerobic exercise groups saw, o...

Reducing Corticosteriod Use In Asthmatics

...roid use . Researchers conducted a one-year study involving 549 children from 68 sites in 23 countries. In the study, 278 of the children received low-dose montelukast once a day for 12 months while 271 of the children received a placebo. Results showed exacerbation of asthma occurred 1.6 times per patient pe...

Heredity Can Decide Your Drinking Habits

...d health effects. The study, which was conducted involving the drinking habits of about a thousand people, says that the result of the study will lead to research to predict the addiction pattern of people to alcohol. Reference: The Pharmacogenomics Journal (2005)...

Transmission Of Infectious Disease On Planes Analyzed

...ies conducted among air travelers, including those involving the spread of tuberculosis on planes. Results suggest sitting within two rows of a contagious individual during a flight lasting longer than eight hours places passengers at risk of getting the disease. Another study that examined transmission of SAR...

Diuretics are better for treating blood pressure problems than newer medicines

...e trials were conducted in a cross-cultural milieu involving afro-Americans and other people. The study was done to test the effect of various classes of anti-hypertensive drugs and adverse effects like stroke, heart failure, cardiovascular disease etc. The results of the study said that diuretics based trea...

Depression is associated with high risk for heart disease

...ed a wide range of inflammatory markers in a study involving blood samples of 304 men who developed heart problems within five years and 585 men who did not. The men were healthy at the beginning of the study and all of them had been of age 55 years or more. The presence of depression was defined as the scor...

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