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Early Detection Of Facial Abnormalities in a Fetus

...rgery is performed, say specialists. MRI was also looked at as an alternative to Sonography and it was found that fetal MRI allows more detailed and conclusive prenatal evaluation of the upper lip than sonography alone. They also found soft palate defects, which are often difficult to see on sonography, we...

New Findings for Repeated Miscarriages

...ancy that results in the pregnancy loss. When they looked closer at the molecular mechanisms, researchers found the loss of embryo was due to a decrease in progesterone. Progesterone is the hormone responsible for preparing the body for pregnancy and maintaining it until birth. Researchers say that their s...

The Success Rate Of Angioplasty In Female Patients Low

...om a recent study. The study, conducted in Taiwan, looked at mortality rates and other factors among a group of about 870 men and about 160 women who underwent balloon angioplasty to clear blocked arteries following a heart attack. While both sexes had about the same success rate for the initial procedure,...

Lycopene Can Help In Preventing Prostate Cancer

...skin health in both women and men. It is now being looked at for preventing and treating cancers such as prostate cancer. In a recent study Dr.Kumar, Ph.D., R.D., Director of Nutrition at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla. found that lycopene can reduce cell growth of prostate cancer and results can be se...

Abstinence From Alcohol With The Help Of An Injection

...apy sessions during the 12-week study. Researchers looked at the number of drinking days for each person in each group and the number of days until a heavy-drinking day. The medication was well tolerated and about 74 percent of the patients received all of the injections. While the time to the first heavy-...

Better Treatment Options For Osteoporosis

...rchers understanding of osteoporosis. Researchers looked at the trends associated with this disease from 1988 to 2003.They reported that the number of physician visits for osteoporosis increased four-fold between 1994 and 2003. However researchers say the treatment of osteoporosis has improved in recent ...

Gene Therapy Gives Hope For Patients With Muscular Dystrophy

...jor obstacle for scientists. Initially researchers looked at different gene therapy delivery systems in mice , now they say they have a clear “proof of principle” that their discovery is a possible way to deliver genes to the whole body. In their study, researchers say a type of viral vector, a specific ty...

Looking Towards More Effective Leukemia Treatment

...hers tested leukemia cells from 173 children. They looked at the sensitivity of the cells to four different treatment drugs. The cells were then assessed to identify which ones were drug-sensitive and which ones were drug-resistant. The gene-expression patterns were then compared with the original 173 patie...

Adopting Easier Methods To Screen Insulin Resistance

...ho are likely to be insulin resistant. Researchers looked at three simple tests to see if they could help identify people who were insulin resistant. The study involved about 250 overweight volunteers who had normal blood pressures and were not diabetic. Results showed tests measuring triglyceride levels, t...

The Effects Of Delaying A Delivery Questioned

...babies who were born immediately. Researchers then looked at the survival of the infants and the rate of disability at age 2.It was found that the overall survival was the same in both groups. However, they found 8 percent of the babies born immediately had disabilities at age 2 compared to 4 percent of the...

Survival Of Colon Cancer Patients

...r patients. // However, researchers say, the study looked at chemotherapy drugs that are no longer used, so new chemotherapy regimens may be better. In 1977, a project looking at the benefits of adding chemotherapy after surgery was initiated. More than 1,000 patients with colon cancer who underwent surger...

Risky Drugs To Be Avoided In The Elderly

...tion prescriptions in the elderly population. They looked at 765 prescriptions , more than 20 percent of the people filled a prescription for one or more drugs of concern. 16 percent made claims for two risky drugs and 4 percent filled prescriptions for three or more risky drugs. Although criteria for dru...

Evaluating The Risks and Benefits of Hormone Therapy

... effects of two years of hormone therapy use. They looked at life expectancy and the improved quality of life among 50-year-old menopausal women. The computer model was based on findings from the Women’s Health Initiative, a 15-year-long research project. It was observed that for women without any menopaus...

Sage Found To Improve Memory

...earlier sage research, are encouraging and have to looked at as a potential treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. Many of the current Alzheimer’s drugs on the market, such as donepezil, have unpleasant side effects on patients such as diarrhea, nausea, trouble sleeping and dizziness. Researchers say no adverse...

Strong Pelvic Muscles Found To Facilitate Childbirth

... of the sample served as the control. Researchers looked at the length of the second stage of labor, measured by the time of active pushing, and the number of prolonged deliveries, which were defined as longer than 60 minutes of active pushing. Thirty-eight percent of the women in the control group had a p...

Individuals With Metabolic Syndrome At Risk of Dying From Heart Disease

... who were part of a survey from 1976 to 1980. They looked at who died and the cause of death over an average of 13 years. The participants were men and women between 30 and 75 years old. 26 percent of the participants had metabolic syndrome and 19.8 percent had a previous cardiovascular problem. The remaini...

Fitness The key To Reduce The Risk Of Heart Disease In Women

...ipants. Researchers from the University of Florida looked at the relationship between physical fitness and o...eart attack, and 8 percent died. When researchers looked at the women who had heart problems, they found overweight women were more likely than normal-weight...

Improving Life Expectancy

...h gains of reducing risk factors for disease. They looked at 20 risk factors.// Some of those include unsafe sex, alcohol use, unsafe water, sanitation and hygiene, indoor smoke, childhood sexual abuse, and vitamin deficiencies. They found 47 percent of premature deaths and 39 percent of total diseases aro...

The Dangers Of Prescribing Antibiotics

...confirmed sudden death due to cardiac causes. They looked at what medications the patients were on including the drugs erythromycin or amoxicillin. Amoxicillin is another commonly used antibiotic, but does not have the same effect on the heart as erythromycin. The rate of sudden death from cardiac causes a...

Effective Management Of Heart Patients

...prescribe cholesterol-lowering drugs. Researchers looked at a program in which patients received their medications from their physicians and were only “coached” by nurses and dieticians on factors aimed at improving their cardiovascular health. The research involved nearly 800 heart disease patients at six...

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