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Dental Health Can Affect Pregnancy

...of preeclampsia in the pregnant women. The study links chronic dental inflammation and periodontal infection, together with periodontitis with atherosclerosis to preeclampsia. Such an oral condition happens due to high blood pressure and substance abuse like smoking, etc. The basic reason for setting in ...

Brain cells associated with insomnia and obesity

...new study makes both independent of each other and links both of them to brain cells that are direct fallout of a stressful lif...

Parent’s mental state may affect the childhood asthm

...theory of shared genetic liability hypothesis that links childhood atopic disorders with parental depression and panic disorders....

Language development linked to Foxp2 gene

...ful that this study may open ways for establishing links between the Foxp2 gene and autism in children. Reference: Mount Sinai School of Medicine, news release, June 2005...

Children who snore may be hyperactive by nature

...ad long earlier published their findings on strong links between // snoring in childhood and having ADHD, h... from the next part of the study that conclusively links the association between the two. The follow up data of the research point out that the participant...

Gastric bypass surgery reduces risk of heart disease

...lly tainted physical feature, recent research also links it with a variety of physical risks like that of cardiovascular disease, diabetes, arthritis, asthma, sleep apnea and even cancer. The new study shows that obesity surgery is not only good for its cosmetic value and its role in weight loss, it is a...

Diet to lose weight, and gain prosperity too?

...tend to prosper as well. The study found that the links between weight loss and wealth gain are quite strong among white female population of America. Black men and white men also gained wealth along with lost weight, but this is not particularly true for black women. The researchers for the study are ho...

Dark Chocolate Is Helpful In Lowering Blood Pressure.

A study conducted recently links dark chocolate consumption to improved insulin sensitivity //and lowered hypertension. The study reveals that three ounces of dark chocolate a day for several weeks lowers blood pressure by an average of 10 percent and improves insulin sensitivity in...

Secret Of Heartbeat Protein Unravelled

... This domain, known as PDZ1, is where the protein links to NMDA receptors. The team used high-resolution nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy to solve the structure of PDZ1, as well as a small portion of the receptor to which it binds. Mierke said knowing how a piece of SAP97 is built is an important ...

Brain defect may play role in stammering

...e normal group. Fiber tracts in this region act as links for brain structures involved in the articulation and planning of speech. The defect could explain how disrupted signal transmissions between brain structures in this area prevent an individual from speaking fluidly. Cornelius Weiller, director of ...

Ways Of Tackling Antibiotic Resistance

...sing these results the programme asserted various links between the use of antibiotics in farming, levels of resistant bacteria found in the chicken samples and human illness. Any antibiotic resistance, particularly any bacteria in our food that are multi-resistant to antibiotics used in clinical care, is...

Want To Be Healthy: Just Write!

...ychiatric Centre reveal that there are interesting links between language content and health effects.// Previous work has suggested that expressive writing has health benefits. If people write out their feelings, fears and worries it has both physical and psychological benefits. Two groups of students wh...

Drug Pramipexole Usage Linked To Gambling Addiction In Parkinsons Patients

...to the use of Pramipexole. Of the 11 patients with links of Pramipexole and gambling 7 patients started gambling within three months of using the drug and the remaining 4 patients got addicted to gambling after a longer time, in both the cases the gambling addiction stopped after the drug was stopped. The ...

Deprivation Can Cause Undetected Heart Problems

...isk Score. Deprivation is excluded, despite known links between poverty and poor health, because definitions of deprivation vary so much, making international standardization difficult. The authors, from the Cardiovascular Epidemiology Unit at the University of Dundee, tracked the progress of 13,000 heal...

Cataract incidence high among people on a high carbohydrate diet.

...etween 101 and 185 grams by day's end. This study links high carbohydrate intake with high risk of cataract. The recommended daily allowance for carbohydrates for adults and kids is 130 grams. The researchers analyzed eye exam results and 14 years' worth of food records collected from 417 women, age 53 t...

Chest Pain Can Be Identified By New Tracer Chemical 30 Hours After Pain Relief

...ed for this study, known by the brand name Zemiva, links a fatty acid to a radioisotope which is injected in the patient. The researchers used a technique called SPECT (Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography) to evaluate the tracer in this study. The discovery may help physicians in emergency rooms a...

A call to epileptic mothers to help reduce birth defects

... with epilepsy and their physicians about emerging links between seizures, menstrual cycles and other interrelationships in women's reproductive health. Anticonvulsants are used to control seizures in people with epilepsy, but are more frequently prescribed for the treatment of non-epileptic neurologica...

Cannabis exerts protective effect against cancer

... rectal cancer; all of which have strong causative links to smoking. "While both tobacco and cannabis smoke have similar properties chemically, their pharmacological activities differ greatly," Melamede said. He added that in laboratory rats the THC in pot actually "exerts a protective effect", while nicot...

Top Pharmaceuticals Influence Doctors Prescriptions

...at more than a third of authors declared financial links to the relevant drug companies, with nearly 70 percent of panels affected. In case of one guideline every member of the panel had been paid by the company responsible for the drug that had been recommended. Some doctors know that the whole thing i...

Bird Flu Survivor Recounts her ‘hell

...threatening to become a world epidemic. Related links Bird Flu: Avian influenza (AI) or Bird Flu is a disease of viral etiology that ranges from a mild or even asymptomatic infection to an acute, fatal disease of chickens, turkeys, guinea fowls, and other avian species, especially migratory waterfow...

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