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Omega-3 fatty acids impair immunity

...l were slower to respond to the infection and more likely to die. This doesn't mean you should throw away your supplements, but be aware that very large doses may compromise your ability to fight infection - especially if you have reason to believe your immune system isn't as strong as it might be. The rese...

Gastrointestinal ills more common in diabetics

...t age and sex, they found that diabetics were more likely than people without the disease to have had any of...ho reported having poor glycemic control were more likely to have intestinal symptoms than diabetics who reported being able to keep their blood sugar under c...

Statins reduce heart attacks

...ith higher cholesterol levels, doctors may be more likely to prescribe some of the newer, more potent statins like Lipitor, which, particularly at higher doses, can produce a steeper drop....

The mouth-heart connection

...r' for heart disease - the higher CRP is, the more likely you are to have a heart attack. The oral connection shows that looking after the health of your gums could be vital for the health of your heart....

Toxic effects common with AIDS treatments

...ociated with levels of its actual use, and this is likely to be reflected in the data collected, the researchers warn....

Diabetics and their babies

...es born to women with diabetes are five times more likely to die at birth than those born to mothers without...that diabetic women were two and a half times more likely to have babies with birth defects. The doctors compared these findings with figures from Sweden. Th...

The mouth-heart connection

...r' for heart disease - the higher CRP is, the more likely you are to have a heart attack. The oral connection shows that looking after the health of your gums could be vital for the health of your heart....

Fright could be more harmful

... of biological weapons such as anthrax may be more likely to create illness than the weapons themselves, say experts. Long-term social or psychological damage could be the result of panic caused by the news of anthrax attacks. A letter to the British Medical Journal from researchers in the UK, US and Austra...

Micro-camera provides new breast imaging technique

...neral anaesthetic has been used so far, it is also likely that the procedure may soon be possible with local anaesthetic. Pre-cancerous cells have already been identified in four women who had symptoms such as nipple discharge. br>...

Smoking can depreciate intellegence

...hers found that smokers were up to five times more likely to have evidence of significant intellectual decli...derately before the age of 65 were marginally less likely to have a decline in their mental powers than either heavy or non-alcoholics....

Generic drug costs remain shackled

...ice controls for generic drugs in primary care are likely to remain unchanged for the next year as the europ...Continuing to base the controls on 1998 prices was likely to be painful, especially as a number of important products would be coming off patent next year. De...

Breast Cancer Surgery Causes Psychological problems

...ion, those with late-stage breast cancer were more likely to be depressed, paranoid or psychotic after surge...er. But women older than 50 years of age were less likely to be depressed than younger women, the researchers found....

Smoker's are prone to Alzheimer's

Smokers are more than twice as likely to develop Alzheimer's Disease as people who have ... People who smoked were found to be 2.3 times more likely to develop Alzheimer's than those who had never smoked. They were also more likely to get Alzheimer...

Pollution- hazardous for diabetics

...s and be wary on days when particulate exposure is likely to be high....

Avoid stress to have strong babies

...t on health in later life. Small babies are more likely to develop coronary heart disease, diabetes and depression in later life. Dr Glover said more research was needed to determine why stress should impact on development. "One possible reason is that stress raises the levels of hormones such as nor-ad...

Short stature -a problem

Very short children are more likely to suffer from behavioural problems, a major study has found. Researchers found that treatment with growth hormone not only boosted growth in children, but also improved their conduct and relations with other people. Lead researcher Dr Derick Beens, ...

Photographs for Diagnosis

...sels - their vascular system - that make them more likely to suffer a stroke.// Previous research has show...ssels on the retina were two and a half times more likely to suffer a stroke during the study. Ann Elsner who is organising a conference on the retina at th...

Drugs to stop burgeon of HIV

...ncrease the rate of budding. They concluded Vpu is likely to be important in viral reproduction."We found if we mess around with Vpu, we can reduce the rate of HIV replication in cells. Vpu isn't essential for replication, but it has an effect on it." The researchers showed that the drug HMA stops the enha...

Biotechnology on the lead

...ey are terrifying. She said biotechnology was more likely to be beneficial in defence, for protecting agains...rd Eitzen said such outbreaks were considered more likely because of increased international travel and global trade. "I think that there's a lot of concern t...

Contraceptives have dual effects

...he oral contraceptive pill could be up to 30% less likely to develop bowel cancer, research suggests. Researchers believe that over the last 20 years, mortality rates for bowel cancer have dropped more in women than in men because of hormones found in the Pill. Researchers believe the protective benefits of...

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