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Association of depression and diabetes

...ics who smoked, had poor health, and lived under a low economic status were all associated more closely with depression than non-diabetics. Diabetic females, or those under age 54, were also more likely to experience depression....

Unfavourable Lipid-Lipoprotein profiles in older adults has been linked to abdominal visceral fat

...subjects were divided into groups based on high or low abdominal visceral fat, fat mass and abdominal visceral fat corrected for fat mass. The researchers found that there were differences in very-low-density lipoprotein (VLDL), triglycerides (TG), VLDL-TG, apo-B, apo-B LDL and high-density lipoprotein ...

Chance of water births being urged for mums-to-be

...ing birth in water, for every healthy woman with a low risk pregnancy. They suggested having a birthing pool in every delivery room and training all midwives to support women who wish to use them. Belinda Phipps, chief executive of the NCT, added that this approach would help hospitals reduce their Caesa...

Obesity risk can be reduced by eating breakfast regularly

...pressure. People with the syndrome also often have low levels of “good” cholesterol. People with the syndrome are unable to process glucose efficiently and have a greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes as well as heart disease. The study assessed the breakfast habits and risk factors for heart disea...

Germs to blame for bad breath

...ne of six people with halitosis - and at extremely low levels. Several of the six species of bacteria that were linked to halitosis were not found in those with fresh breath. Bruce Paster, a senior staff member at Forsyth said that the bad bacteria in halitosis sufferers could be the result of a variety...

Older women's heart health depends on location of fat

...r groups which consisted of lean women, women with low central fat and high peripheral fat, women with high central fat and low peripheral fat, and obese women with high levels of both kinds of fat. Central fat is carried around...

Lifestyle linked to prostate cancer risk

...sk. It appears to be important that men maintain a low body mass index, exercise to the point of sweating at least two times a week, and are screened regularly for prostate cancer. The researchers emphasise that their conclusions are preliminary and a follow-up study is needed to validate their finding...

Smoking habit affects your baby's health

.... There is an increase in the risk of delivering a low birth weight baby or delivering before the due date and your baby's lungs are hindered from developing completely. If you keep smoking, you can expect your newborn baby to catch more colds, coughs, middle ear infections and more severe problems lik...

Reduce watching TV to prevent Obesity and Diabetes

...People tend to eat while watching TV despite their low physical activity levels, resulting in increased food and total energy intake. TV watching burns less energy compared to other sedentary activities like sewing, reading, writing, and driving a car....

Depression drugs help baby

...ent to 15 percent of new mothers. Symptoms include low self-esteem, feelings of inadequacy, inability to enjoy// the baby or usual activities, lack of energy, insomnia, lack of concentration and irritability. Researchers studied 78 breast-feeding mothers who began taking anti-depressants for mood or anxi...

Electrocardiograms plays a limited role

... Even though negative findings identified those at low risk, positive findings could not distinguish levels of risk. The research also indicated that pharmacological stress echocardiography yielded diagnostic and prognostic information with stronger predictive power than clinical or exercise electrocardi...

Try Iron to overcome fatigue

...owever, the effect may be restricted to women with low ferritin, a protein that stores iron and is found especially in the liver and spleen.Researchers from the University of Lausanne in Switzerland gave 136 women either 80 milligrams a day of iron or a placebo for four weeks. The study shows the level o...

Antidepressant Helps Relieve Hot Flashes

... day from 7.1 per day in women taking a relatively low daily dosage of 12.5 milligrams of Paxil. Paxil and other antidepressants known collectively as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors have been shown to help relieve hot flashes in earlier studies....

ASPIRIN MAY HELP LOWER PREGNANCY RISK

...eclampsia, doctors say. Their review found a daily low dose of aspirin among high-risk women can reduce t...ension, diabetes or renal disease who took a daily low dose (50 mg to 150 mg) //of aspirin were less likely to develop pre-eclampsia than were similar wome...

Admission to Russian varsities is looking up

...sian universities has picked up after a six - year low following the amendment of the Indian Medical Council Act in March 2002. This was evident from a two - day exhibition on the Russian universities jointly organized by the Russian Cultural Centre and Study Abroad Education Consultants (SAEC) here duri...

Scientists crack dengue fever puzzle

...efore. What's more, these children had relatively low levels of infection-fighting T cells specific for the new virus. Normally infection with viruses such as hepatitis C or Epstein-Barr result in high levels of such T cells. The researchers think a second infection triggers the immune system to frantic...

Changes in cabin pressure pose risks for moms-to-be

... (ACOG), changes in cabin pressure, in addition to low cabin humidity on aircraft, can have various effects on pregnant women, including causing increases in heart rate and blood pressure. In addition, such conditions on planes can cause significant decreases in breathing capabilities in pregnant women ...

Restricted Activity Predicts Disability

...ificant only for those who initially fell into the low and intermediate risk groups. There was no association between functional decline and restricted activity in those who were already considered at high risk for functional decline at the beginning of the study. The investigators write, "For older per...

Eat Like a Greek for Good Health

...lth.// As far back as the 1960s, scientists found low rates of coronary heart disease and certain cancers in Greece and other countries in the Mediterranean region. Trichopoulos and his colleagues, working with scientists decided the region was ripe for study. In 1994, they began recruiting adults, mos...

Preventing Childhood Deaths

...lable today and are feasible for implementation in low income countries at high levels of population coverage There is no need to wait for new vaccines, new drugs, or new technology"...

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