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A new method to help smokers quit

...he University of Pittsburgh, says, "Smoking is the leading preventable cause of death// and disease in the Western world." According to him, Nicotine replacement therapy is the most common method of therapy used for smoking cessation. It is said to be twice as effective in helping smokers quit as a placebo. ...

Glaucoma may be delayed by eye drops

Glaucoma is one of the leading causes of blindness. The cause of eye damage in so...ressure inside the eyeball damages the optic nerve leading to the brain. Fluid enters and leaves the eyeball all the time - it's when it drains away too slowly...

A new genetic label for stroke

... the development of heart and blood vessel disease leading to stroke. Blood samples of 120 people who had suffered a stroke before age 44 were compared with those of 120 healthy people the same age. Results showed people who had a stroke were four times more likely than healthy individuals to carry one of t...

Look out for sepsis

...ancreatic and prostate cancer together, and is the leading cause of death in intensive care. Dr Jean-Louis, a critical care expert at the University of Belgium, thinks everyone should be more aware of the possibility of sepsis. Symptoms include fever and shaking chills, reduced mental alertness might be wi...

Caffeine reduces infant blood flow

...asoconstriction, the constriction of blood vessels leading to reduced blood flow, associated with the caffeine. Reduction of blood flow to the brain potentially increases the risk of hemorrhage and periventricular leukomalacia, a disease in premature infants characterized by swelling of cerebral blood vesse...

What makes young girls smoke

... at ages 11 and 12 were the most important factors leading to daily smoking at ages 18 to 19. For white girls...d at ages 11 to 12 were the most important factors leading to daily smoking at ages 17 to 19. Researchers thereby conclude that the findings show that we need...

Risk Factors for vision problems in Diabetes

...le for 7 percent of legal blindness, making it the leading cause of new cases of blindness in adults 22 to 70 years old. Researchers from the Texas studied more than 600 individuals who were part of the Hoorn Study, a population-based study consisting of more than 1,260 people between ages 52 and 70 years. ...

Drinking adequate amounts of water

...need to drink eight glasses of water a day, says a leading physiologist. We've been led to believe that we should drink about two litres of water a day that's eight glasses// of volume eight ounces (the 8 by 8 rule). But, water balance expert Dr Heinz Valtin of Dartmouth Medical School, there is no real sci...

A simple way to do surgery

...ing is made in the wall of the trachea,the passage leading to the lungs, to pass a tube.This procedure needs to be done accurately as even a slight diversion can puncture the oesophagus, which is a part of the food pipe.This will result in conditions like septicimia and pneumonia say the Scientists.Such anom...

The importance of vaccines

...e development of new vaccines, with rich countries leading the way through economic incentives. They also believe a fruitful effect from better immunization of children in poor countries could be less terrorism. Despair for one's lost children is a powerful tool to recruit new terrorists or to appeal to thos...

Screening bypasses radical breast surgery

...the number of mastectomies. A team working for the leading charity Cancer Research UK// has analyzed data from a group of 55,000 women in Florence, Italy, aged between 55 and 65. They find that following the introduction of a breast screening programme, the rate of mastectomy - removal of the breast - for ca...

Multiple organ disease cured by genes

...nd Gaucher disease. MPS involves an enzyme defect, leading to blindness, heart disease, and loss of mobility. Most humans with MPS die in childhood. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania have carried out the first ever gene therapy for MPS in dogs born with the disease. This introduces a healthy v...

Bacterial discovery may help CF patients

...p of thick sticky mucus in the lungs and pancreas, leading to breathing difficulties and nutritional problems.Co-author of the paper, Professor John Mattick, said infection by this bacteria resulted in inflammation and tissue damage in the lungs of cystic fibrosis patients. "During lung infection, Pseudomon...

Watching television linked to smoking

In the United States smoking is the leading preventable cause of death. Turning off the television could prevent young people from smoking. A new study finds the more an adolescent watches television, the more likely they are to start smoking. //The risk of disease increases the earlier in lif...

Errors in medication

...the facility has been accredited// by the nation's leading health care accrediting organization or not. The Institute of Medicine released a report titled, "To Err is Human: Building a Safer Heath System," which drew attention to the growing problem of medication errors in the nation's hospitals and other h...

Cleanliness might lead to Asthma

...to the allergens appeared to protect the children, leading the investigators to suggest even lower levels of exposure are helpful. The researchers believe their results support the theory that improvements in public health and hygiene over the past century may have increased the predisposition to allergies ...

Coenzyme Q10 may reduce risk of Parkinson's disease

...a, at the base of the brain, are slowly destroyed, leading to a number of motor and emotional symptoms. In a preliminary study, the popular food supplement coenzyme Q10 actually seems to slow down the progress of the disease, as opposed to treating the symptoms. Researchers at the University of California ...

Gene variant foretells diabetic neuropathy

...e lower limbs - that is, //peripheral nerve damage leading to pain and numbness. In severe cases, amputation may even be necessary. Researchers at Duke University in the US have now identified a gene variant which makes people more likely to suffer from peripheral neuropathy if they have diabetes. The gene...

Physiotherapy helps amputation

...assical dancer Ms.Sudha Chandran, and more who are leading a normal life after undergoing amputation....

Implication of virus in colon cancer

...virus (CMV) can disrupt normal cellular processes, leading to malignant growth, especially in the context of colon cancer. Then the researchers went on to test colon tumour samples for CMV. They looked at colorectal polyp tissue, adenocarcinoma (a type of colon cancer) and adjacent cells. They found that CMV...

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