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The Consequences Of Stopping Physical Activity

... the body's efficient use of insulin may decrease, leading to diabetes and other related diseases.// Researchers conducted a study in rats and found insulin sensitivity decreased the longer the rats stayed inactive. When the rats stopped running for two days after a period of running for three weeks, the am...

Cooling Can Reduce The Risk Of Brain Damage In Oxygen Deprived Newborns

...d, researchers say a chemical cascade is triggered leading to brain damage hours or days afterwards. Thus researchers say treatment may be possible for babies who suffer oxygen deprivation at birth however they stress on the need for further study in order to get more information on the timing and methods o...

Can your bulging abdomen lead to cancer?

...n the prostate gland, especially on prostate tumor leading to prostate cancer.Although the visceral fat, or the fat surrounding our organs, have already been linked to cardiac problems and metabolic disturbances, this is the first time it is being connected to any form of cancer. With the statistics of obe...

Study Proves That MMR Vaccine Is Not Connected To Autistic Babies

...nating children with MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella) leading to expectations of large outbreaks of measles in UK and some countries. The new study, which appears in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, says that cases of reporetd autism in children continue to increase in Japan. While earlier studies...

Dyslexia Gene Identified and Called "KIAA0319"

... of this condition that has been identified as the leading cause of learning disability in children....

More Errors From Computerized Prescriptions

...study, use of computerized systems may actually be leading to more mistakes. There are a few reasons to thin...t. However, handwriting aside, the new systems are leading to other kinds of medical errors. About 22 different ways medication errors were made easier by usin...

FDA Approves New Osteoporosis Drug

...s even death. The spinal cord may start collapsing leading to a stooped posture, chronic pain etc. It is a condition that may arise due to a variety of factors like genetic, physiological, dietary and age. Osteoporosis is most common is women in their post menopause age, although en above 50yrs are also at a...

Low Socioeconomic Status May Lead To Mental Illness

...atients who have been detected with mental illness leading to hospitalization, was published in the current issue of American Journal of Orthopsychiatry. The study results show that income education and occupational status leads to the social and economical standing of a person. The more people belong to t...

Childhood Obesity May Influence The Their Quality Of Life

...mage may be poor than their non-obese counterparts leading to low self-confidence and lack of self-esteem. The researchers had used a quality of life test called PedsQL 4.0 survey for about 2000 children in the age group of 5 to 10 yrs for over three years in order to establish a relationship between being...

IVF results may be affected by stress and other related factors

...sfer. For successful completion of embryo transfer leading to full time pregnancy is related to low levels of...renalin levels were high, rates of embryo transfer leading to full term pregnancy were very low. The inverse relationship of the hormone adrenalin (which is ...

Herbal remedies can have harmful interaction when taken with drugs for rheumatic arthritis

...ons that guide the conventional drug manufacturers leading to poor quality control. Often safety factor is also severely compromised with. When taken with conventional medication, these may have bad side effects on the health of the patient. Ingredients like gingko biloba, devil’s claw, ginger, garlic etc...

Obesity can lead to knee damage

...in// on the weight bearing cartilage of the joints leading to damages to the knee. The research, which is slated to come out in the current issue of American Journal of Preventive Medicine, says that obese people have a higher possibility of tearing their ligament called meniscus, which bears most of the lo...

Chronic cough can lead to depression

... feel that one of the reasons for chronic coughing leading to depression may be the fact that the people who ...coughs often feel miserable and socially isolated, leading to depressive feelings. Chronic coughing may be due to post-nasal drip, asthma and gastro esophagea...

Scientists reveal the secrets of sarcasm

...cognition. The impairment of the ventromedial area leading to inability to understand sarcasm showed that sarcasm this also got to do with understanding social cues, giving empathic response and identifying the right emotion while reacting....

Teen depression maybe short lived

...disorders, and relatively poor social interactions leading to less social relationships. According to the study, children who have shown symptoms of distress, anxiety, and fear by the age of five are the ones who grow up to have depressions at the age of 15 or 20. Recurring depressions occur in teens with ...

Diabetic retinopathy in pre-diabetes conditions

...hanges in the blood vessels at the back of the eye leading to loss of vision. Early diagnosis of the condition can lead to treatment with the help of laser photocoagulation that can prevent the onset of blindness in patients. Reference: National Institutes of Health, Press release, June 2005...

Drug for cancer may help restrict premature labor

...s amounts of hCG, the uterus can have contractions leading to premature labor. Women who have premature delivery of their babies often suffer from this fall in the levels of the hCG hormone. The research results said that the drug TSA could increase the number of CG/LH receptors in the smooth muscles of the...

PUFA reduces risk of cataract

...ar lens of the eye. Age-related cataract is one of leading cause of blindness in the world today. Besides the physical handicap, cataract also represents enormous economic burden, both to the patient and to the country in terms of the operative procedures it requires. The association between dietary fat int...

It is the old drinkers than binge drinkers who are at risk of ill health

... drinking often leads to noisy social interactions leading to violence and aggression. Rather than looking into the emotional psyche of these young drinkers, it is important for the authorities to place importance to the crimes that necessitate from these drunken brawls. Reference: ESRC report, UK Social Sc...

Early detection of bed sores possible

...at the identification of the beta-catenin function leading to bedsores can be used in the predictive fashion to predict which of the wounds will turn chronic. Reference: American Journal of Pathology, July 2005...

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