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Few Simple Steps to Lower The Incidence Of SIDS

...archers conducted studies in 20 centers in Europe, looking at 60 variables from the medical records of 745 SIDS cases and 2,411 healthy infants to identify risks for SIDS. About 48 percent of all the SIDS cases were attributed to sleeping in the side or prone position. Around 16 percent of the cases were ca...

Benefits Of The Worlds Most Widely Used Beverage

...e American Heart Association has said that studies looking at a direct link between caffeine, coffee drinking and heart disease have produced conflicting results but that moderate consumption, which it defines as one or two cups per day, does not seem harmful....

Anger Hard on the Heart

...for this condition. Researchers conducted a study looking for an association between atrial fibrillation and...study. The participants were followed for 10 years looking for development of coronary heart disease, atrial fibrillation and death. Researchers found that m...

Hormones A Predictor Of Heart Problems

...heart failure. They tested the participants’ blood looking for specific substances and compared the findings to each person's risk of death from a first major cardiovascular event, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, stroke, coronary heart disease, or other causes. Specifically, they looked at the levels of ...

Will Your Baby Grow Up To Be A Future Einstein ?

...us conclude saying , if parents do a little bit of looking at books with their children and inspire them to be curious about the pictures and ... what the word means, but don't get into very structured systematic teaching at too early an age and also interact emotionally and have fun with pretend play ... it...

New Treatment To Raise Good Cholesterol

...onary heart disease. Researchers conducted a study looking at torcetrapib as a way to increase good cholesterol levels in patients. The study included 19 patients with low HDL cholesterol. Nine of the patients were also taking a statin drug. All of the participants received a placebo for four weeks and then ...

Viagra Also Found To Be Effective For Treatment of Lung Diseases

...because doctors, who often miss the condition, are looking more carefully now that treatments are available. Though far from cures for pulmonary hypertension, the new drugs have helped improve the outlook for patients. Drug manufacturers say they would sell a pulmonary hypertension drug under a different n...

Education Levels Found To Predict Stress

...health and they say that in the future they intend looking at the impact of all three types of stressors -- acute, chronic and daily -- and their role in socioeconomic inequalities in health....

Yoga Might Be Helpful For Cancer Patients

...rs compared the yoga group with the control group, looking at quality of sleep and other factors. Results show those in the yoga group had fewer sleep disturbances and better sleep quality. Patients also slept longer and needed fewer medications to help them sleep. Researchers say these findings are encoura...

Early Screening Required for Glaucoma

...glaucoma. Researchers say instead of doctors just looking at the retinal nerve fiber layer and visual functioning when making a diagnosis of glaucoma they can also use new imaging and psychophysical tests to improve detection and monitoring of the disease .Finding the glaucoma in its earliest stages is impo...

Leveling Lupus Lesions

...r the spots completely. "I felt like everybody was looking at me, and you know, when they looked at me, all they looked at was my face," says Gibson. Doctors say sun exposure can trigger the lesions. "It doesn't have to be sun exposure like sitting on the beach. It can just be trips to the car that add up a...

Acne Drug Found To Have Dual Benefits

...s say they are currently involved in another study looking at the benefits of minocycline when combined with Copaxone, also known as glatiramer acetate, a drug approved to treat MS....

Unborn Found To Be More Sensitive to Pollution

... samples from 265 mothers and their newborn babies looking for biomarkers indicating exposure to proteins known as carcinogen-DNA adducts, and cotinine, a component of cigarette smoke. All mothers in the study were nonsmokers. Even though the mothers were exposed to 10-times more of the pollutants, the newb...

Alcohol Consumption Questioned

...oporosis. Researchers in London conducted a study looking at identical twins, alcohol consumption, and bone health. For the study 46 pairs of identical twins were surveyed. In each set of twins, one drank very little while the other drank moderately. Moderate drinking was defined as eight drinks a week. The...

Blood Pressure An Early Warning Sign Of Alzheimer’s Disease

...ith Alzheimer’s disease and 27 with dementia. When looking at blood pressure, researchers say those who had a drop of 15 millimeters of mercury in systolic blood pressure (the higher number in a blood pressure reading) were at an increased risk for getting Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. This was true in pa...

Identifying Those At Risk For Diabetes

...oronary heart disease. Metabolic syndrome includes looking at factors such as weight, cholesterol, glucose and blood pressure. Metabolic syndrome has two different definitions including one by the National Cholesterol Education Program and a second one from the World Health Organization. Researchers conducte...

Gleevec for Lung Disease

...ow, a new treatment may give patients what they're looking for -- more time. Michael Dixon is enjoying every minute he has with his wife Debbie. Earlier this year, his doctor told him he had a lung disease called pulmonary fibrosis. "He gave me, at most, a 50/50 chance of making five years, and that's when...

Efficacy Of Meningitis C Vaccine

...ss remained unknown. Researchers conducted a study looking at the data from the four years since the vaccine was introduced to assess the long-term effectiveness. Researchers report the vaccine was about 90-percent effective for children vaccinated in the catch-up campaign. The children were between 5 month...

The Effects Of Smoking Misleading

...just as hazardous. Researchers conducted a study looking at nicotine and health hazards of light and mild brands of cigarettes in Japan. For the study, researchers assessed the nicotine dependence of 458 smokers and questioned them about their smoking habits. The concentration of nicotine in the smokers ur...

Identifying Predictors Of Anthrax

...75 cases of pneumonia or influenza-like illnesses, looking for differences that might help doctors quickly identify someone as having anthrax rather than a typical lung disease. The analysis pointed to several possibilities: people with anthrax were more likely to have vomiting and nausea, an altered mental...

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