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Identifying The Risks Of Developing Schizophrenia

...f infection or tried to link the two conditions by looking at people who were born during major flu epidemics -- leaving room for error. Researchers used stored blood from mothers who gave birth between 1959 and 1966 to test for the presence of influenza during the pregnancies. The study involved 64 people ...

Survival Of Colon Cancer Patients

...herapy 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 surgery were either given no further treatment, chemotherapy or immunotherapy. In 1988, researchers reported patients with c...

Mentally Demanding Jobs Found To Reduce The Risk Of Alzheimer’

...e are several limitations to their study including looking at socioeconomic status of the individuals and also environmental exposures in the occupations. However, they say the results of this research indicate that mentally demanding occupations have a direct influence on the risk of developing Alzheimer di...

Effective Screening Required to Rule out Prostate Cancer

...g seven different risk factors. A new study finds looking at seven different combined risk factors for prostate cancer is helpful in determining if a patient needs a prostate biopsy. For the study, researchers created a database including 3,268 men recently evaluated for the early detection of prostate canc...

Reducing The Rate Of Hospital Acquired Infections

...rchers reviewed 46 previous studies that were done looking at reducing the spread of MRSA. Study authors say 18 of the studies used isolation wards, and 19 used other isolation methods. The studies were done poorly, however, and no conclusions could be drawn in a third of the studies. Six studies did provide...

The Benefits of Vitamin- B Supplements

...heir blood.// An increasing amount of research is looking at the association between vitamin B and depression, but the specifics have not been understood. Researchers conducted a study to look at the relationship of vitamin B12 and the treatment of depression. The study included 115 patients who suffered f...

Angioplasty The Much Preferred Treatment Of Choice For Heart Attacks

...l within two hours. Researchers analyzed results, looking at a combination of death, clinical evidence of another heart attack (reinfarction), or a disabling stroke within 30 days. Results showed patients who received angioplasty were significantly more likely to survive, regardless of whether they had been...

Asthma Sufferers Lacking Physical Activity

...ho never had asthma were considered inactive. When looking at calories burned during physical activity, the study reports the energy expenditure was 206 kilocalories per week lower among those with current asthma and 91 kilocalories per week lower than those who never had asthma. On the other hand, the stud...

Vitamin- B 12 Supplements Found To Be Effective In Combating Depression

...heir blood.// An increasing amount of research is looking at the association between vitamin B and depression, but the specifics have not been understood. Researchers conducted a study to look at the relationship of vitamin B12 and the treatment of depression. The study included 115 patients who suffered f...

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 conducted...

Age Matters in Kidney Matching

...lead a normal lifestyle. //However, a recent study looking into the issue, “If Age matters when matching donor and recipient kidneys,” gave not only the researchers a whole new perspective but also the transplant community. Researchers from the University of Florida in Gainesville found that, pairing youn...

Colonoscopy Could Also Identify Heart Attack Risk

... heart attack after the screening. Researchers say looking at calcification scores during a virtual colonoscopy can help identify patients at risk for developing heart disease. Thus researchers say both men and women older than 50 should be screened for colon cancer....

Using Cholesterol Lowering Drugs Effectively

...x months later. Thus researchers say more studies looking at other factors that can influence the long-term use of Lipid lowering drugs need to be done....

Vitamin- B 12 Good For Depression

...their blood.// An increasing amount of research is looking at the association between vitamin B and depression, but the specifics have not been understood. Researchers conducted a study to look at the relationship of vitamin B12 and the treatment of depression. The study included 115 patients who suffered f...

Risk Factors For Stroke Studied

...proach was used to weed out confounding factors by looking at data on the link between homocysteine and gene variations that cause people to have higher or lower levels of the amino acid in their blood. Researchers also compared risks from observational studies with those from the gene-based studies to arriv...

Consumption Of Coffee Found To Reduce Diabetes Risk

...lp regulate blood glucose levels. Though studies looking at a direct link between caffeine, coffee drinking and heart disease have produced conflicting results researchers say a moderate consumption, of one or two cups per day, does not seem harmful....

Different Drug May Help Children With Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy

...ss of the dreaded DMD. They are also hopeful, that looking at the effects of the drug, more research will be able to link it positively to other congenital heart problems that the children suffer from. Reference: http://www.cardiosource.com/journalsbooks/journals/journal/article/...

Working in shifts may cause damage to your health

... Health And Safety Executive, a UK government body looking after the health and safety interests of the employees,// researchers had found out that working in shifts can be damaging to one’s health. When people work during nights, the levels of melatonin, or the sleep hormone, which is secreted during nigh...

In Search Of A New Drug To Target Cholesterol

.... Researchers then studied the enzyme in monkeys, looking specifically at whether certain foods might increase the effects of ACAT2 on cholesterol. It was seen that Monkeys who were fed diets high in monounsaturated fats like those contained in olive oil and nuts -- so-called “good” fats -- actually had the...

In Search Of A New Drug To Target Cholesterol

.... Researchers then studied the enzyme in monkeys, looking specifically at whether certain foods might increase the effects of ACAT2 on cholesterol. It was seen that Monkeys who were fed diets high in monounsaturated fats like those contained in olive oil and nuts -- so-called "good" fats -- actually had the...

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