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Fossil teeth and human development

...news release. "Teeth grow in an incremental manner like trees or shells, preserving a record of their growth with daily marks along the prisms that make up the enamel." By making thin sections of modern and fossil teeth, the researchers were able to count the daily incremental markings with the enamel of...

How to avoid a bad hair day

...ad tissue and cannot, for instance, develop cancer like your skin can. The best way to treat damaged cuticle - aside from avoiding the causes - is to use a good conditioner frequently. To strengthen brittle hair, a protein conditioner is the best option. If you intend being out in the sun, take extra ca...

Medications linked to xerostomia and caries

...ics. Investigators suspect that asthma medications like albuterol can contribute to xerostomia, making individuals who use asthma medications more susceptible to caries and periodontal disease. Dr. Carlos Salinas, professor and director of the Division of Craniofacial Genetics and the Craniofacial Anomal...

Dietary advice for diabetes

...for people with diabetes place an emphasis on fats like olive, canola and peanut oil and carbohydrates. Diabetes experts now say that 50 to 60 per cent of calories should come from carbohydrates - unrefined ones if possible - and monounsaturated fats. Polyunsaturated fats should account for another ten p...

Researchers trick Alzheimer's Enzyme

...tive spots on the acetylcholinesterase surface act like hands that grab and orient the click components of the inhibitor, snapping them together. Furthermore, the reaction occurs only when the pieces are held by the target enzyme -- acetylcholinesterase -- next to each other, not when they happen to bump...

Campaign aims to simplify OTC drug labels

...o small. Consumers have also complained that words like "indications," and "precautions" are too technical and confusing.// The National Council on Patient Information and Education started a campaign with help from the Food and Drug Administration and other health organizations. Boldly printed drug lab...

Inspiring positive life changes

...haviour. They learned that if you reveal factors like carbon monoxide levels in blood - increased by smoking it does encourage people to quit for fear they may be harming themselves. Other factors that are useful to know are whether you have high cholesterol or a genetic susceptibility to cancer. These...

Alzheimer's with psychosis runs in families

...Alzheimer's disease suffer from psychotic symptoms like hallucinations and delusions. This is an especially serious form of the condition, linked with more aggressive behaviour, more swift decline and earlier need for institutional care. Researchers at the Alzheimer's disease Research Center in Dallas, ...

Cure for common cold

...elf. Other cold remedies merely suppress symptoms, like drying runny noses or coughs. In clinical trials, Picovir shortened the length of the cold to roughly six days from seven. Patients took the pills three times a day for five days. First treatment, however, has to start within 24 hours of onset of sym...

Attempting Hypnosis for relaxation

...ypnotherapy can be a great way to break bad habits like smoking,// reduce stress and relieve pain. Its success depends upon why it is being used, and how readily the person can enter the altered awareness of the hypnotic state, say doctors at the Mayo Clinic. But most people can benefit from a simple form...

Blood test may aid foretell Alzheimer's

...protein had built up in the mouse's brain. "That's like unbelievably fast," researcher Dr. David M. Holtzman told United Press International. "We thought if you saw anything it would take days." The mice's brains were studied 24 hours after injection to affirm whether the levels detected in the blood had...

Oestrogen to help mental health

...ng patients with oestrogen can reduce the symptoms like delusions and halucinations.// Although antipsychotic drugs like risperidone have been shown to help many people still suffer these. But researchers have suspected...

Schizophrenia detected early

...n,// and has been devised to learn from experience like humans. The system, was developed at the University of British Columbia, by Peter Liddle, a psychiatrist specialising in brain imaging. The artificial brain reviews the brain scan of patients looking for certain characteristics in the brain blood f...

HRT an accretion of cancer

...dvised for women to reduce menopausal side effects like hot flushes and night sweats, and to protect them from osteoporosis and heart disease. Research has shown the drugs, which replace natural hormones that decrease with menopause, cause a slightly increased risk of cancer of the breast and endometrium...

Treadmill test displays hidden heart disease

...o develop// heart disease have no obvious symptoms like chest pain or breathlessness. According to researchers, treadmill testing can show up hidden weaknesses long before heart problems become obvious. They report on a study of nearly 2,000 men and 3,000 women given treadmill testing and then followed u...

Pulses and grains protect the heart

... and vegetables especially cruciferous vegetables like broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage - can reduce stroke risk by about 32%. According to a study of a group of 65,000 women, those who ate the equivalent of two to three slices of whole-grain bread each day were 30% to 40% less likely to have an isch...

Prefiguring Alzheimer's disease

...ry and certain other aspects of mental function,// like problem solving and planning.Some people think it is a normal part of aging, others that it is an early sign of Alzheimer's dementia, while there is also the view that it's a disease in its own right. A new clue comes from the now-famous Nun Study,...

Sleepwalking has genetic roots

...d those affected often have other health problems, like sleep apnoea. A study of 60 adult sleepwalkers in Bern, Switzerland, shows an interesting genetic variation in these patients. Genetic testing for a part of the immune system called HLA was performed in a subgroup of these sleepwalkers. Half of the...

Smart Plastic As Surigical Thread

...es and is harmlessly absorbed by the body. “It is like a smart suture,” said Langer. “That could be very important in losing an incision in a place that is hard to reach by surgeon.” The researcher said the material could be used to make vascular stents, devices that hold open blocked arteries to allow ...

Identifying bacteria made amiable

... organism. When there is an outbreak of a disease like meningococcal disease, it is useful to know if people in different locations have been infected by the same strain or by two different strains coincidentally. Comparative techniques that are currently being used for fingerprinting such as Pulse Fie...

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