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Dangers of Low Calcium Intake

...iseases.// Because nearly 90 percent of adult bone mass is established by the end of this age range, the nation's youth stand in the midst of a calcium crisis. Osteoporosis is a pediatric disease with geriatric consequences. With low calcium intake levels during these important bone growth periods, toda...

Smallpox Would Spread Rapidly

...ken to hinder the spread of the disease--including mass vaccination campaigns, restriction of infected ind...ue that once an outbreak has occurred, restricting mass transportation and informing the public about the nature of the outbreak and how to minimize the ris...

Creatine Helps Strengthen Older Men

...re leg strength, endurance, power, and lean tissue mass than the men who just exercised. The study did not...o be geriatric body builders. But increased muscle mass and strength would help us maintain our independence well into old age....

ZYDUS enters female health care segment

...y termed a ‘silent killer,’ as 30 per cent of bone mass is already lost by the time it is detected. If not...ive estrogen receptor modulator. It maximises bone mass thereby reducing the risk of breast cancer and decreases total and LDL cholesterol. Currently intern...

Get, set, go...

...nator Heather McKay said: "If we can increase bone mass by 10% by adulthood, we can decrease the incidence...s is to encourage youngsters to increase peak bone mass by taking enough of the right type of exercise with a well-balanced calcium rich diet....

Lifestyle variation can cut diabetes hazard

..., the target was a seven per cent decrease in body mass and an increase of physical activity to 150 minutes a week. All the participants were followed up for an average of 2 years, during which time the incidence of diabetes was 10 cases per 100 person years in the placebo group. In the metformin group,...

Prototype Detector detects Anthrax Quickly

... A small computer program correlates the amount of mass of each ester emitted in the analyzed gases at particular times - a process called elution - with already categorized elution peaks indicative of anthrax or other diseases. ...

Fluoride proves effective against fractures

...uce the risk of fractures and increase spinal bone mass in older women with osteoporosis,// a recent study from the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center concluded. Our study showed that this combination of therapy safely reduces the risk for fractures by stimulating new bone formation by fluor...

Problematic Use of smallpox vaccine

...f smallpox virus that could be used as a weapon of mass destruction. All the factors should be taken into account, including the benefits of a mass immunization campaign, eliminating the threat of smallpox as a bioterrorist weapon, and the disadvan...

A question on study of Adult Stem Cell

...of stem cells through the removal of an inner cell mass from a 5-to-7-day-old embryo, which is killed in the process, have pointed to adult stem cell research as a viable, less morally offensive alternative to stem cells extracted from embryos. Still in a blank state, embryonic stem cells can turn into an...

Obese women likey for Cesarean

...e than 3000 women and calculated each woman's body mass index (BMI), a measurement of body fat calculated using a formula that is based on height and weight, and related it to her chances of having a Cesarean section. Women requiring the surgery were an average weight of 191 pounds and had an average BMI...

Anorexia in boys is common too

...le adult anorexics are unable to fully regain bone mass after recovering a normal weight. Castro said tha...ndings demonstrate the importance of studying bone mass in boys, as well as girls, given that they can regain any losses while still in adolescence....

A high carbohydrate diet good for health

...content, nutritional quality, and relation to body mass index. Researchers with the USDA's Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals (CSFII) 1994-1996 studied 10,000 adults over age 20, dividing them into four levels of carbohydrate intake. These include the very-low-carbohydrate group (less than 3...

Body mass index guide needs revision

...f Australia suggest that the healthy limit on body mass index might be lower than previously thought. The body mass index (BMI) is calculated by dividing your mass in kilograms by your height in metres, squared.// Ti...

Hormone Therapy applicable for Prostate Cancer

...lso cab cause breast enlargement, a drop in muscle mass and an increase in body fat, he said. Prostate cancer patients on this particular therapy also are vulnerable to osteoporosis. Hormone suppression is used in the United States, "but not necessarily for three years," he said. The reason it is used ca...

Heart attack risk starts at 20

...rs to measure their patients' blood pressure, body mass index, waist circumference and pulse at least every two years beginning at age 20. Cholesterol levels and blood-sugar levels should be measured every five years. It had been recommended previously that blood pressure and cholesterol monitoring begin...

Risk Factors for vision problems in Diabetes

...asured factors such as blood pressure levels, body mass index, cholesterol and triglyceride levels. Resul...s study shows elevated blood pressure levels, body mass index, cholesterol and triglyceride levels are all associated with a higher risk of retinopathy....

Study on obesity and heart failure

...edicine investigated the relationship between body mass index and heart failure. They used information col...what their other risk factors were, and their body mass index. Even after adjusting for other risk factors, researchers found a 5 percent increase in the r...

Losing that baby fat among women

...nd shortly after pregnancy impacts weight and body mass index over the long haul. No study to date has looked at the effect of weight gain and weight loss postpartum on long-term weight changes a decade after pregnancy. The study included 400 women who were first estimated for weight gain during their pr...

Watch your weight when pregnant

...e than 3000 women and calculated each woman's body mass index (BMI), a measurement of body fat calculated using a formula that is based on height and weight, and related it to her chances of having a Cesarean section. Women requiring the surgery were an average weight of 191 pounds and had an average BMI...

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