Dental exam reveals stroke risk
...hers in California have assessed dental x-rays and medical records of 52 women of average age 70. Sixteen of these women had atheroma in the neck and their histories revealed a number of risk factors, like obesity, smoking and high cholesterol. Dental examination are an easy way of detecting the problem.Th...... did see their doctor quite regularly - so lack of medical attention cannot be blamed for their problem. Given that hypertension is a potent risk factor for both heart disease and stroke, it is important that those concerned, and their doctors, are more aware of the condition, and what can be done to contr......n, paralysis and a profound feeling of betrayal by medical staff.// For half of these patients, waking during surgery led to post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a long-lasting psychological reaction that is more commonly linked with war and natural disaster. The problem is that these patients may go und...Dentist's note for vegetarians
...ist. "Diet is an important part of an individual's medical history, and patients should always inform their dentist if they adhere to a special diet of any kind," he concluded.......ults in aging of human cells and tissue. The world medical community found in the 1990s that a kind of oxygenic molecule, scientifically called free radicals left by metabolic performance, causes oxidation and is also directly involved in the development of 70 diseases such as Parkinson's disease, cancer, an...Ecstasy shrinks brain!!-researchers unveil the secrets of MDMA.
... for several hours. Dr. Linda Chang, chair of the medical department at Brookhaven National Laboratory, in Upton, N.Y. after a course of studies found that there is dramatic blood flow changes in parts of their brains and persistent damage due to the drug's effect on the serotonin uptake system.This study w......e difficult to conceive. For whatever reason, some medical experts say, acupuncture is able to deal with some of the problems relating to an inability to conceive. In some cases, they say, it's a matter of easing the stress and dealing with the patient's state of mind. Acupuncture specialists usually prescr...Prescription Drug - Helps People Stop Smoking
...rescription drug and is required to be taken under medical supervision and guidance. // Smoking causes or predisposes a person to a number of diseases such as heart disease, asthma, ulcers, and cancer. According to a WHO study, cigarettes on an average kills one of every two consumers; and by the year 2030...Male infertility in relation to pesticide
...s may worsen the effect of pre-existing genetic or medical risk factors for infertility. The authors stress the findings should be treated with caution because they involved a selected population of infertile men, from a productive farming region in Austria. But they say the dramatic nature of the observed ......ints out that collaboration between veterinary and medical scientists can produce exciting new insights into human health. What's more, the study of the dog genome and - maybe - the chimpanzee genome, may be able to pinpoint the handful of genes that could be linked to uniquely human diseases. Dogs are par...Excessive use of antibiotics for sore throat
...escriptions more to please the patient than out of medical need....Sleeping sickness - a silent killer
...ts victims are mostly from rural populations where medical screening is rare and cause of death often goes un...African Trypanosomiasis - but because of a lack of medical screening in rural areas, many do not even know they have the disease until it is too late. If untre...Long travel increase pulmonary embolism
... is, if you're going on a really long flight, take medical advice on the potential risks of PE......., and should be studied for future clinical use, a medical researcher has told a conference in Glasgow.Dr William Notcutt of the James Paget Hospital in Great Yarmouth, England, said the cannabis extract used in his study - applied as a spray under the tongue - was remarkably effective in easing chronic pain...Emotional callers hamper speedy ambulance dispatch
...er of ambulance delays to patients who need urgent medical attention are enormous, according to Martin Shalley of the British Association of Accident and Emergency Medicine. Nearly 2,000 emergency calls were monitored at West Midlands ambulance service and Derbyshire ambulance service, representing both an......e their life expectancy - as along as there are no medical reasons why they shouldn't take it....Emphysema surgery - unbeneficial
...y effective. People had either surgery or standard medical management for their condition. The first report o...e who survive surgery will do better than those on medical management in the long term remains to be seen. In the meantime, it appears that surgery should not ......ly through nuclear pharmacies, so that appropriate medical care involving radiopharmaceuticals can be provided. Mallinckrodt, a leading maker and supplier of radiopharmaceuticals, spent a large number of man-hours getting products in from outside the United States for processing, and even more time in arra......ther patients can share. The missing ingredient in medical research is the patient's voice. It is all very well recording signs and symptoms, but doctors and researchers could learn a lot from the patient's ideas, beliefs and insights about their illness. It would help new patients too - showing they're not ...