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Study Finds Link Between Secondhand Smoke and TB Infection in Children

There could be a link between secondhand smoke and an increased risk of ...the researchers found that there was a significant link between secondhand smoking and a positive tuberculin skin test in the 172 households that included s...

Obese Prone to Colon Cancer

...ersity of California, San Diego have unearthed the link between obesity and cancer of the colon. According to scientists, fat cells in the obese secrete a hormone called leptin, which induces growth of colon cancers. Cancerous cells grow in the colon, rectum and appendix of sufferers. "The fact we have...

Obese People Face More Risk for Cancer of Colon

... San Diego, wanted to find further evidence of the link by studying what happened to human cancer cells exposed to the hormone. They added the hormone to different varieties of cancer cells and found that the growth was stimulated in all the cell lines, reported the online edition of BBC news. "These ...

Depression Increases the Risk of Disease Progression and Death in HIV-positive Women

...wandese women, there is a paucity of studies which link depression and HIV clinical disease progression in developing countries. A team of Tanzanian and US investigators has addressed this issue. The study was nested within a randomized controlled trial of vitamin supplementation in pregnant women. Th...

Hot Flashes in Women Linked to High Blood Pressure

...th American Menopause Society, may be the first to link hot flashes to high blood pressure. Portable monitors recorded the blood pressure of 154 New York City women, aged 18 to 65 (mean age of 46), with no previous cardiovascular disease and either mild hypertension or normal blood pressure. Fifty-one w...

Amphetamine, Cocaine Use Increase Risk of Stroke in Young Adults

...his is the first study large enough to confirm the link that meth kills by causing strokes. We hope that our findings will lead to getting the word out to young people who are tempted to use meth, explaining that the drug is extremely dangerous and can kill them.” Soure-Newswise SRM/M...

Religiosity May Be Instrumental In Preventing The Spread Of HIV-AIDS

...re consistent with other studies that have found a link between religiosity and fewer lifetime sexual partners and an inverse relationship between religiosity and other high-risk behaviors, such as substance abuse. Other studies have found that gay men report a similar rate of attendance at religious se...

Samjhauta Victims in Pakistan Feel Neglected

Victims of the train blasts on the Samjhauta link train in India, being treated for burn injuries at a hospital here, feel neglected by the government //and doctors alike. They complain of lack of adequate medical attention, scars not being healed and unsatisfactory results of plastic surgery. A te...

Being Sad Can Kill You

...ormones and the immune system constituted the main link between depression and heart disease. In a person subject to depression, they brought about inflammation, which led to atherosclerosis or the narrowing and hardening of arteries by the formation of scaly deposits, reported the researchers. Cauti...

What Causes Hayfever?

...John Hancock says, “The discovery of the potential link to hayfever was made almost by accident. Whilst wo... to carry out further research so we can prove the link between the NO and the allergic reaction. These findings are very exciting and I believe they could ...

Web Page to Warn Against Online Purchase of Isotretinoin

...as links to other info about the drug, including a link to iPledge. The Web page gets connected when people search for Accutane, or any of its three generic versions -- Amnesteem from Mylan Laboratories, Claravis from Barr Pharmaceuticals and Sotret from Ranbaxy Laboratories. PRI...

Hepatic Stellate Cells Found Capable of Tissue Repair

.... "By identifying p75NTR as the specific molecular link between HSCs and liver regeneration, p75NTR could provide a new therapeutic target for promoting cell regeneration and repair during chronic liver disease or injury." This discovery suggests the importance of sustaining p75 and early HSC activation...

Sedentary Lives Equal Shorter ‘sweeter’ Livs

...ter they took the glucose test-drink. Yet, this link was not seen in men. "The findings reinforce the case for a strong focus in diabetes and obesity research on sedentary behaviors, such as television viewing, in addition to the now well-established base of evidence on the importance of increasing p...

Hormone-based Heart Pill to Control High Blood Pressure

...1st century, and diseases of both heart and kidney link the health of the two organ systems. Heart Hormone Pill for High Blood PressureHeart disease continues to be a leading cause of death and disability in Western countries, and kidney disease is a fast-growing threat to public health. These two disea...

Net Laid Out for Money Hungry Doctors

...cution when it has been difficult to prove a clear link between doctors accepting gifts and the inappropriate ordering of pathology tests. The changes will also apply to diagnostic imaging. There are speculations of other motives, other than monetary, as to why the number of tests being ordered on patie...

Chubby Cute Little Girls- Not for the Health Conscious

.... A surprising find was that the same disease link was not found in boys, making the researchers suspicious that female-specific hormones could be to blame for the connection. Estrogen, essential for normal female sexual development, is also known to affect the immune system and the lungs. "Heavie...

Socialization may Help to Avoid Alzheimer’

...ble to say. But there have been other studies that link social isolation with mental decline, and an increased risk of dementia. Source-IANS...

Decrease Of Bone Mineral Content In Men After CABG

...in arms was greatly reduced. As there is a clear link between bone mineral and fracture risk, osteoporotic fractures may occur in CABG patients. This can be brought under control if preventive measures are taken. Cardiac rehabilitation which involves upper body flexibility exercises, formalized low in...

Salmonella Poisoning Suspected In Peanut Butter

...anut butter bought since May as there could be //a link between these products and a salmonella outbreak. Conagra the company that processes peanut butter is not ready to comment on the pending lawsuits regarding the same. All the same, they are ready to withdraw all its peanut butter as they feel that ...

Women – watch Your Fat and Sugar Intakes to Keep Cancer at Ba

...e." Dr. Stattin suggests that the absence of a link between overall cancer risk and elevated sugar levels among men is due to the fact that prostate cancer, by far the most common cancer among men in this study, was inversely proportional to glucose levels. The studies had another surprise find- e...

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