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The bad combination

...ll end up drinking more alcohol to get an expected level of intoxication, say the researchers from the Texa...em Health Centre.// Although their blood alcohol level would be reduced by smoking, the levels of acetaldehyde, a product of alcohol breakdown, would not.S...

Love the sun

...cularly high risk, with 91 per cent under the safe level of vitamin D. When ultraviolet B light hits the skin, blood picks up the initial 'inactive' form of vitamin D and takes it to the kidneys, where it is converted into the active form, a steroid hormone that allows bones to absorb calcium and develop....

Pollution could be a risk

...as higher among those who had experienced a higher level of small pollution particles called PM2.5s in the two hours before the attack. These fine particles are mainly produced by car engines, power plants, refineries and other industries.// Professor Douglas Dockery, from the Harvard School of Public He...

Hormone contraceptives lead to bone problems

...om making new bone fast enough to keep up with the level of bone loss. The most significant dangers linked to DMPA, say other experts, occur when taken by young women whose skeletons are not yet fully formed. Those problems include a high risk of the bone-thinning disorder osteoporosis, as well as incre...

FDA's control is inherently weak

...l participants in those countries receive the same level of protection as those in the United States. Th...tle idea where research takes place overseas, what level of ethics review exists, how foreign researchers recruit participants or how many patients are takin...

Fright could be more harmful

... deployed or thought to be deployed. "The general level of malaise, fear and anxiety may remain high for y...uncertainty over the chronic health effects of low level exposure to toxic agents will further increase anxiety in the affected communities." They add that ...

Suicide risk in panic disorder

...order think of suicide, or attempt it. The overall level of anxiety, a fear of having a panic attack, a dread of certain sensations - like palpitations - and the fear of losing one's sanity are clearly linked to suicide risk. Of course depression is also a potent risk factor - but cannot alone explain the ...

Health at heights

...tive oxygen exchange. As the condition worsens the level of oxygen in the bloodstream decreases. This can lead to cyanosis (where the skin turns blue), impaired cerebral function, and death. Fluid build-up in the brain causes high altitude cerebral oedema. Symptoms include headache, loss of co-ordination,...

All the more bad

...or health. It seems that smokers have a much lower level of an important chemical that protects against heart disease in their blood. The discovery could help explain why smokers have more than twice the risk of heart attacks than non-smokers. Paraoxonase is a enzyme which helps to prevent fatty deposits...

Short stature -a problem

...nitially found the children suffered a significant level of emotional and psychological problems including anxiety, depression and attention deficit. Despite achieving lower grades at school, the children had near average IQs, and neither IQ nor achievement test scores changed with treatment. However, af...

Contraceptives decreases Libido

...nse of smell was altered throughout. Their general level of smell perception matched that experienced by women not taking contraceptives who were in the pre-menstrual, or luteal phase, just before a woman begins her period. In all the researchers looked at 60 women aged 18 to 40, and asked them to try to...

Quit coffee and help your heart

...homocysteine.""If your cholesterol or homocysteine level is above normal and you are a heavy coffee drinker you should consider reducing your consumption of coffee.// In the study, the researchers evaluated blood samples from 222 non-smoking coffee drinkers between the ages of 25 and 70. The otherwise hea...

FDA Approves New HIV Drug, Viread

...patients. In clinical trials, Viread reduced the level of circulating HIV by about 75%. The most common side effects included nausea, diarrhea, vomiting and flatulence. The drug has demonstrated a significant antiviral response, even in patients who may no longer respond well to available therapies due t...

Irregular Periods Linked to Diabetes

...-- weight, height, family history of diabetes, the level of physical activity. The results of the study are not surprising but are valuable....

Heart disease starts early

...e reading. This measurement represents the highest level of the blood's pressure within the artery walls and corresponds to the contraction of the heart's main pumping chambers (ventricles). Higher insulin resistance was related to a higher systolic blood pressure in the the15-year-old boys. Researchers a...

Cardiac diseases develop early

...e reading. This measurement represents the highest level of the blood's pressure within the artery walls and corresponds to the contraction of the heart's main pumping chambers (ventricles). Higher insulin resistance was related to a higher systolic blood pressure in the the15-year-old boys. Researchers a...

Triglycerides Linked To Stroke Risk

...n the brain. People can lower their triglyceride level by making lifestyle changes such as eating a low-fat diet, losing weight and exercising regularly. Several cholesterol-lowering drugs also can reduce levels of triglycerides....

Caffeine can induce epilepsy in newborns

...ontrol memory.They subjected the cells to the same level of caffeine found in several cups of coffee, and starved them of oxygen for three to four minutes. They found that the cells all fired at the same time - a phenomenon seen during epileptic seizures. Nothing happened if caffeine was not added to the p...

Teen smoking declines

...l, drug use among America's teenagers has remained level or declined, and that's good news. But we must remain vigilant to the threats that heroin, ecstasy, marijuana, alcohol and other dangerous drugs pose to our youth," Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson said. Thompson added that "the fin...

Low cholestrol,low behaviour

...ealth problems. The patients were rated on their level of depression, impulsivity and suicidal intent. It..."It makes sense that if you have got a high or low level of cholestrol that might influence the way the nerve cells work." Dr Garland said impulsivity stimul...

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