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Hope for Obese Canines

Fat dogs have less than a fat chance of losing weight. Belgium’s Janssen Animal Health has come out with a drug that helps overweight dogs shed the flab.// The drug works by blocking the transfer of fats from the food that the dogs eat into their bloodstream. It does not affect the absorption...

Hearing Loss in Children Leads to Substantial Meningitis Risk

... likelihood of a child developing meningitis after losing their hearing is five times that of other children; their research indicates that factor could in fact be as high as 12 times that of other children. The study’s authors say their research provides evidence of an association of hearing loss and th...

Study to Look at Aspirin as Aid to Conception, Healthy Pregnancy

... have had their first miscarriage, the reasons for losing that pregnancy are in many instances unknown," said Jean Wactawski-Wende, Ph.D., UB associate professor of social and preventive medicine and principal investigator of the UB clinical center. "These women generally are advised to try to get pregna...

Spring is Time for Age-Related Macular Degeneration (AMD) Awareness

...early; early detection is the best defense against losing your vision,” said Academy clinical correspondent Lylas G. Mogk, MD, chair of the Academy’s Vision Rehabilitation Committee. “Research continues, and I think we'll see increasingly effective AMD treatments becoming available in the near future.” W...

Organ Transplant Patients May Die When Insurance for Medicine Runs Out

...-rejection drugs//, which can increase the risk of losing the transplanted organs. The study appears in t... If families cannot afford medicine, it can mean losing the transplanted organ or even death. Young adults from the ages of 18 to 23 face the greatest ri...

Permanent Weight Loss Requires Transition to Healthy Eating

...must be realistic and sensible. "A big danger is losing too much weight too fast," Lennert warned. "Then the metabolism changes and uses the calories available more readily." A weight loss of about two kg per month is completely sufficient. Source-IANS...

Treat Childhood Trauma by Building on Parental Memories of Loving Care

... normal anxieties about danger and normal fears of losing the protection and love of their parents, but traumatic events can shatter the child’s sense of safety and well-being, setting the stage for behavioral problems in childhood and sometimes for mental illness as adults, Lieberman says. This can occur e...

Gene Test to Spot Adults Who Might Get Diabetes

... controlled by switching to a healthier diet or by losing weight. This is indeed a very important discovery. Since there have been friends who were not obese, who did not smoke and followed a healthy diet and still developed type 2 diabetes, the genetic factor is the probable explanation. A thank you to t...

Rett Syndrome Reversed in Genetic Mouse Model

...ere it could splice out the cassette. As well as losing overt behavioral defects, the mice also recovered a key electrophysiological function of the brain. This was determined by measuring LTP (long-term potentiation), which provides a quantifiable measurement of the ability of neurons to respond to stimu...

Blindness from Smoking Terrifies Teens

... the link. But teens were far more frightened of losing their sight than of any other smoking related disease, giving it an average score of 4, compared with 3 for lung cancer, and 2 for heart disease and stroke. Nine out of 10 of the teens said they would give up at the first signs of blindness, promp...

Smoking Increases the Danger of Losing Vision

Advertising campaign pointing out the threat of losing vision due to smoking will prove to be more effect...ding to the Royal National Institute of the Blind, losing vision is considered more serious by smoking youngsters than the other dangers like stroke and lung ...

Teens Unaware of the Link Between Smoking and Blindness

... the link. But teens were far more frightened of losing their sight than of any other smoking related disease, giving it an average score of 4, compared with 3 for lung cancer, and 2 for heart disease and stroke. Nine out of 10 of the teens said they would give up at the first signs of blindness, promp...

Lipid Plays Big Role in Embryonic Development

... mature cells and if it plays a role in some cells losing their direction and becoming cancerous. “There are conditions where a lot of cells die by what we call apoptosis and, in these cases, it could be that ceramide is elevated and that causes good cells to die,” says Dr. Bieberich. Ultraviolet radiatio...

Ceramide Directs Stem Cells in Embryo

... mature cells and if it plays a role in some cells losing their direction and becoming cancerous. 'There are conditions where a lot of cells die by what we call apoptosis and, in these cases, it could be that ceramide is elevated and that causes good cells to die,' says Dr. Bieberich. Ultraviolet radiatio...

Sanitation and Science Prevent Norovirus Spread

... in the prime of our immune system. We’re not only losing the ability to fight the virus off, but if we do get the virus, we suffer greater consequences,” Margolin says, explaining the prevalence of outbreaks in elderly facilities. Finally, Margolin says, our ability to stop the spread of disease, whether...

Common BP Drug Treats Muscular Dystrophy

...dy been proven safe," says Dietz. "Furthermore, losing the ability to regenerate muscle over time is seen in many inherited and acquired muscle diseases and is even part of the normal aging process," adds Cohn. "We may only be seeing the tip of the iceberg." Losartan first approved for use as a blood ...

Lukewarm Winter, a Warm-up Time for Many Diseases

Blame it on global warming; winters seem to be losing their chillness. Canadian winters, thought to be a protection against many tropical diseases, may now be powerless to protect against diseases, in the face of global warming. // Dr. Neil Rau, an infectious diseases expert commented, 'Either the geo...

Glaucoma: Silently Stealing Sight from Millions

...venting vision loss,” he said. “So many people are losing their sight and simply do not realize it. Glaucoma is a treatable disease. Vision loss can be minimized. Those who are potentially at risk must take the first step and get an eye exam.” What is Glaucoma?Glaucoma is a group of eye diseases that grad...

Children's Killer Preyed On Victims For Two Years

...i in search of work for a better living, and ended losing our children like this. Police did not take action only because they were the children of poor families being kidnapped and murdered." When the parents realised that police were not doing enough to look for their children, they formed a team themse...

US Company Develops Better Weight Reduction Pill

...ny slimmers find that, after weeks of successfully losing weight, their metabolism slows down and they hit a...The brain is good at figuring out that the body is losing weight. If a drug affects one pathway that could be used to bring the weight back, it will switch to...

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