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Progestin protects against ovarian cancer

...al contraceptive pills that provides the highest// level of protection against ovarian cancer. Analysis by the Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center of a 20-year-old study showed that the pill can help prevent ovarian cancer. The study is based on examination of the medical and oral contraceptive histories of ...

Exposure to EMF may cause leukemia

Long periods of exposure to high level electromagnetic fields (EMF) at home could double the risk of childhood leukemia, a major international study has found. //The three-year review was carried out for the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP) by six sen...

Diet plays a role in kidney stones

...t since calcium is important for keeping a healthy level of bone density and controlling blood pressure, there needs to be good evidence for its role in protection against kidney stones. Researchers at the University of Texas, now report upon a comparison of two diets against kidney stones. It involved 1...

Handbook cum diary on regulatory information

...of drugs. The hand-book is to reach all district level offices of various chemists and druggist associations, drug manufacturers associations and drug inspectors....

Cure for osteoporosis in prostate cancer patients

... not treated with diethylstilbesterol had a higher level of urinary creatinine than patients treated with the synthetic oestrogen. Patients on deithylstilbesterol did not have any higher levels of bone breakdown than patients with benign prostatic hyperplasia or those who never received any androgen depriv...

Undertaking the obesity epidemic

...had some very practical tips to help increase the level of physical activity: open the garage door yourself, use stairs rather than the lift, walk the dog rather than letting him out of the back door, and do your own yard work, rather than pay a gardener....

Smoke less to stay young

...cigarette comsumption patterns and determine their level of nicotine dependency. Among the young people who said they had smoked only once or twice in the month before the interview, 11.5 percent displayed one or more symptoms of addiction. According to Jennifer O'Loughlin, chief author of the study and a...

Smoking during pregnancy increases risk of cleft palate

...actors like the mother's race, age and educational level are considered. The finding, based on the largest-ever examination of cleft lip and palate incidence nationwide, suggests that the deformity should be added to the list of potential harmful effects from smoking during pregnancy.// Cleft lip and pala...

Lifestyle variation can cut diabetes hazard

... worthwhile losing some weight and increasing your level of physical activity....

Contraceptive pill to reduce PMS

...ntraceptive pills work by artificially raising the level of female hormones in the blood. This overrides the normal hormonal signal from the ovaries and prevents the shredding of the lining of the uterus which is the bleeding seen during menstruation. If things go according to plan, the pill, named Seasona...

Coffee may help prevent cavities

...nd and instant coffee. Instant coffee had a higher level of inhibitory activity against S. mutans. As for caffeine and decaf, the results seem to indicate that “caffeine is not involved in the antiadhesive properties of coffee solutions,” according to the article. The study data suggest that trigonellin...

DNA helps in cellular function

... expression of genes and some are regulated at the level of transcription.Knowing now that there are two binding sites on the enzyme instead of one will enable scientists to interpret data they collect much more accurately....

Drinkers and smokers are at risk

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

Lyme disease is a persistent problem

...o the controls, regarding fatigue levels - but the level of infection and cognitive problems remained. What's more, seven per cent of the patients on ceftriaxone were also hospitalised with adverse effects. The findings suggest that more research is now needed to improve the outlook for those with Lyme dis...

Elevated Ozone Levels Hurt Sperm Count

...Our most significant finding was that as the ozone level went up, the sperm concentration went down," said ... both regions. The greater the increase in ground level ozone--popularly known as smog--the greater the drop in sperm counts, the investigators found. Ozone...

Risk of heart diseases due to loneliness

...tressful tasks,// having previously assessed their level of loneliness and social isolation.They found that the lonely students were more likely to respond with a blood pressure increase arising from increased resistance within the blood vessels. By contrast, the non-lonely students responded with increa...

Beer guards against Colon Cancer

...ted certain ingredients in beer act on a molecular level to thwart cancer-causing molecules from doing bad things in the colon. Another researcher, Hyuntae Kim, at the Arizona Cancer Center, felt that, there might also be something in beer that prevents mutations that lead to cancer formation. Nozawa felt...

DNA transcription to be focused

... expression of genes and some are regulated at the level of transcription.Knowing now that there are two binding sites on the enzyme instead of one will enable scientists to interpret data they collect much more accurately....

Fish rich diet lowers leptin

...vegetarian diet," said Somers. The average leptin level for men on the fish diet was 1.5 nanograms per milliliter. For women the average was 4.0 ng/mL. Men on the vegetarian diet registered an average leptin of 11.2 ng/mL and for women it was 11.8. Somers and colleagues studied 300 people who ate diets ri...

Heart patients should play Golf

...torised cart. The message is to work out the right level of exercise for you with your health care provider....

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