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New Birth Control Pills increase the stroke risk

...ued yet another formula in the 1980s that combined low estrogen levels with the less harsh progestogens desogestrel or gestodene. Third-generation birth control pills haven't been used in the US long enough to monitor women most at risk for stroke. However, Europe approved them sooner, letting research...

Mothers with periodontitis may deliver premature babies

...up to seven times more likely to deliver a preterm low birth weight baby. The women in the study had no...up to seven times more likely to deliver a preterm low birth weight baby. Women who are already pregnant should not shy away from dental care. "I advise p...

Prescription Drug Use Varies Widely Between States

...00 ranged from a high of 71 percent in Kansas to a low of 58 percent in California. The average number of...varied from a high of 64 percent in Louisiana to a low of 48 percent in Arizona, with use higher in the Midwest and West South Central and lower in the Wes...

Diabetics prone to periodontitis

... periodontal disease to increased risk of preterm, low birth weight babies among other complications. "Our hope is that periodontal evaluations will be routinely included in the prenatal care of pregnant diabetic women, just as ophthalmologic exams are," Dr. Guthmiller said. ,br>...

Defeating colon cancer

...to the general population, if they consumed a diet low in folic acid. But those women whose diet was high in folic acid, and low in alcohol, were protected. Even if they had a family history of colon cancer, they were at no great...

A new recovery for heart attacks

...nown as Hypoxia Inducible Factor (HIF) responds to low oxygen levels and switches on the genes. However, ...ual activation of genes that helped cells adapt to low oxygen, however the molecular switch for that has to date been unknown.Dr Whitelaw and colleagues fo...

Cholesterol Drug Helps After Angioplasty

...nts. * Patients who were on fluvastatin saw their low density lipoprotein or LDL -- the so-called bad cholesterol -- fall from about 131 milligrams per deciliter at the start of the trial to 99.1 mg/dL. Dr. Ira Nash, associate director of the Cardiovascular Institute at Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, Ne...

Heart Drug has grave side effects

...ure in hospitalized patients may cause dangerously low blood pressure and abnormal heart rhythms. //The findings suggest that the drug, milrinone, should be reserved for patients who do not respond to other medication, said Dr. Mihai Gheorghiade of Northwestern University. According to Gheorghiade, the ...

Ultrasound helps stroke treatment

...lexandrov said sound waves are very powerful and a low thumping "could mechanically shake apart a clot." ... ultrasound devices, del Zoppo said he doubts such low power devices actually improve the recanalization rate of clot-busting drugs. The temptation, he sai...

Pregnant women more prone to depression

...r example, a rise in stress hormones could lead to low birth weight. The study looked at over 9,000 wome...old "It may be that it's in a way normal to have a low trough in pregnancy. It's the most enormous life-changing event imaginable. Thirty-two weeks is when...

Blood test can predict pre-eclampsia

... did not. The pre-eclampsia patients had unusually low levels of a protein called SHBG or sex hormone bin...abetes. Both overweight and lean women who had the low levels of SHBG went on to develop pre-eclampsia. "It also may provide the only clue that a lean woma...

Drug to treat lung cancer shows promise

...cco smoke. Levels of this enzyme can be abnormally low in people long exposed to tobacco. Experts say large-scale testing will be necessary to show that the approach truly lowers the risk of lung cancer, but they say the latest findings make biological sense. "It's an intriguing, promising finding in a ...

HRT an accretion of cancer

...f the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, says that low dosages does not harm but should not be used continuously. Once women stopped using the drug the increased risk dropped quite rapidly," she said.A close watch on women taking hormone replacement therapy is recommended to counteract harmful effects....

Obese women likey for Cesarean

...women with a BMI of 20 or less ( which indicates a low amount of body fat),had a normal delivery. Whereas if BMI ranged from 21-30 ( which indicates a range of body fat from healthy to a fatter proportion), the incidence was 0.3%, and when BMI was 31-40 (obesity), the incidence was 33% . Women should t...

Relationship bertween birth weight and IQ

...n into account. Many studies have shown low birth weight babies (those born weighing less than...re born in the normal weight range compared to the low range, even small shifts in the distribution of birth weight within the normal range could affect th...

Breast cancer risk doubles by high sex hormone levels

...eveloping breast cancer as women// with relatively low serum concentrations of these sex hormones. Associations between serum sex hormone levels and risk of developing breast cancer were not different in women who donated blood closer in time to diagnosis, indicating higher hormone levels in these women ...

Blood transfusion linked to lung ailment

...hortness of breath, fluid buildup in the lungs and low blood pressure - mimic those of other ailments. The FDA sent a letter to transfusion specialists nationwide describing TRALI and warning that "recognition of symptoms and immediate treatment are imperative." The FDA said that it has received reports...

Vitamin D 'reduces heart risk'

...neral calcium in the arteries. It is thought that low levels of vitamin D in the blood are associated with an acceleration of this build up. Women with osteoporosis - which is caused by loss of calcium from the bones - are more likely to die of CHD than women without the disease....

Elevated Ozone Levels Hurt Sperm Count

... sperm count of less than 10 million is considered low and less than 20 million is considered worrisome b...that it's important to look at an environment with low ozone to see if there's no effect (on sperm)....

Care for footwear not required diabetic patients

...oes. Foot ulcer rates after two years were equally low in all three groups. The researchers suggest that it's not the footwear, but the quality of foot care that makes the difference in diabetes....

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