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Mountain biking connected to infertility

... Austria,// presented his findings of a study that looked at fertility in male mountain bikers.45 extreme mo...or some time with erectile dysfunction, this study looked at whether there is a link between the sport and reduced fertility. Semen analysis was performed on...

Grape seed extract helps wound healing

... study of a natural extract on wound healing. They looked at how an extract of grape seed worked on both human skin cells and wounds in experimental animals. The extract had a dynamic effect right from the beginning. Analysis showed that extract-treated skin showed signs of healing very aggressively and t...

Inadequate proof to justify routine prostate screen

...ally is. The US Preventive Services Task Force has looked into all the research that's been done on PSA and finds that there is insufficient evidence that it improves health outcomes. Hence it cannot be recommended as a routine screen at the present time. If a man wants a PSA test, his physician should di...

Cholesterol lowering drugs aid people after heart transplant

... simvastatin soon after a heart transplant. //They looked at a group of 72 patients who had had heart transplants from 1992. Of these, 32 took the cholesterol-lowering drug simvastatin four days after treatment, while the others went on a strict low-cholesterol diet. Later, they too went on the statin drug....

Exercise helps with leg cramps

... University have concluded the opposite. They have looked at more than 120 studies and learned that persisting with exercise is well worthwhile for people with PAD. But pain on exercise is so common that many give up - becoming increasingly housebound and dependent on others. The best way is to make a com...

Reduced fertility in men who mountain bike

A study that looked at fertility in male mountain bikers revealed that though a good exercise, mountain biking could reduce a man's fertility. While previous studies have associated the sport with erectile dysfunction, this study aimed at finding out whether there //wa...

Weight gain following smoking cessation not linked to Leptin

...rmones involved in body weight regulation, must be looked into, for reasons as to why smoking cessation leads to weight gain....

Pizza is bad for health. But, do you know how bad?

... in America and studied 15 varieties of pizzas and looked at dietary information provided by four famous pizza chains, revealed that a single serving of almost all varieties of pizza can deliver more fat than a cheese burger. The study suggests that the culprit that plays havoc in all pizzas is :Cheese! Gr...

Women with diabetes could benefit from HRT

...researchers of the University of California, which looked at more than 2700 menopausal women, has found that Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT) may be able to reduce the risk that women with heart disease// go on to develop diabetes as well. The study involved some women who already had diabetes and others ...

Effect of alcohol drinking on breast cancer

...re sure that it is the alcohol that matters. They looked at two issues. The first was how much a woman needed to drink to increase her chance of breast cancer. The second was whether smoking increased this risk. They found that a single daily drink of 1 oz of spirits such as whiskey, gin, or vodka, or 3 oz...

Hormone regimen and how recently used may determine cancer risk

...and 1,953 controls, aged 35 to 64 years. The study looked at pill and patch hormone users as well as several types of hormone regimens. Researchers of the study concluded that there was no association between breast cancer risk and the regimens of either estrogen-alone therapy or sequential HT (estrogen com...

Old theory of adaptation confirmed by new study

... their life satisfaction. The study specifically// looked at individuals who were single and then married and those who were married and were widowed during the study. They found that though people initially reacted strongly to good or bad events they then returned to their baseline stable emotional state. ...

Anxiety following heart attacks not adequately managed

...ot being managed appropriately.The researchers who looked at an experience of 101 heart attack victims havefound that patients' own descriptions of anxiety after a heart attack and theway it is recorded and treated by their doctors do not match. In the group ofparticipants it was found that anxiety levels v...

Leptin is "new breast cancer indicator"

... of perspective, says Dr Hajek. The research team looked at 38 postmenopausal Hispanic women in order to assess how leptin levels fluctuated between those who switched to a high-fibre, low-fat diet and those who changed to high-fibre diets without reducing their fat intake. The researchers discovered that ...

Lifestyle linked to prostate cancer risk

...e cancer, researchers from the University of Texas looked at prostate specific antigen levels, the aggressiveness of the cancer measured by a biopsy Gleason score and the size of the tumour.The researchers discovered that patients with a high risk of progression were significantly more likely to be obese.//...

Estrogen Patch is Safer than Pills for Heart

...eoporosis (loss of Bone). However the researchers looked at different modes of estrogen administration because oral medication has been shown to increase the levels of C-reactive protein, a marker for inflammation that is linked to heart attack and risk of stroke. It is possible that Once ingested orally t...

Obesity linked to cancer death

...ad identified more than 57,000 cancer deaths. They looked at weight while controlling for factors such as smoking. Overweight and obese men and women had a higher risk of death //from most types of cancers, including cancer of the esophagus, colon, liver, pancreas and kidneys. Overweight or obese men had ...

Avoid travel to Toronto - WHO

...teenth Toronto patient dying early today what once looked like a model for the world to manage the SARS epidemic has been severely tarnished. Toronto area had 136 probable cases with more than 40 percent rise in the last two weeks. A forecast by J. P. Securities Canada estimated that the epidemic in Toron...

Liver diseases: The enemy with an accomplice

...avenous injections. Under a microscope their liver looked as it should look like in case of a sluggish chronic viral hepatitis. However, 65% of the patients got to know that they are ill with hepatitis only during their last hospitalization. In two cases this diagnosis was made posthumously. In some cases ...

Antidepressant Helps Relieve Hot Flashes

...night sweats and memory and sleep problems will be looked at more closely because of studies showing long-term //hormone therapy increases women's risks of cancer, strokes and dementia. The drug paroxetine, sold under the brand name Paxil by GlaxoSmithKline Plc, halved the number of hot flashes suffered b...

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