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Dangers of heat

...temperatures. He said obese people, and those with medical conditions such as heart disease and diabetes were also potentially at risk. He said: "In a heatwave the body has to spend much of its energy trying to keep the core temperature down and this increases the stress on everything else." However, he sai...

Diabetics and their babies

...ood glucose levels in good control. "With adequate medical support and careful planning of the pregnancy, women with diabetes will further minimise the risks to their pregnancy."...

Drugs For Anthrax May Interfere With Oral Contraceptives

...ics. This interaction is commonly known within the medical community and is noted in the prescribing information for leading antibiotics and for oral contraceptives. There have not been any clinical studies on the effects of Cipro, an anti- infective medication, on the failure rate of oral contraceptives....

Fifth US Patient Receives Artificial Heart

... Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, said. The medical team said details about the patient would be released later. Surgeons have said previously that patients considered for the implant must be critically ill with fewer than 30 days to live. // "The operation went well and the artificial heart is perf...

Dampness related to asthma

...with mould, damp stains or water damage. A body of medical evidence is growing on the insidious health effects of home dampness on young people.// Just 2.8% of students who lived in adequate housing said they suffered from asthma - double this number had asthma in the damper homes. One in seven of the unde...

First human clone is near

...ests were making a mistake in mixing politics with medical issues. He said thousands of childless people from all over the world were helping in their research....

Sex life enhanced by cycling

...cise relate to an improvement in circulation - for medical tests showed an improvement in the functioning of the men's arteries and increased blood flow. Further study will show if you can get the same benefits from other forms of exercise....

A need for new stem cell lines

...ogels said such a ban could mean that regenerative medical applications will never occur and people with terrible diseases won't be healed. He also said that since much biomedical research is international, it's likely most useful lines and reagents will be developed outside the U.S..Therefore, a ban on impo...

Erythromycin and infants’ intestinal disorde

...Medical Record System - a comprehensive electronic medical records system that gathers and stores data including diagnoses, radiology and operative reports, pharmacy records, and physician observations - the researchers studied babies. They found that if given erthromycin during the first two weeks of life, ...

Depression a possible danger in elderly

...s motivated to take medication or otherwise follow medical directions. Another possibility is that depression is a symptom of an underlying physical illness that leads to the need for hospital re-admission. Whatever the reason, it could certainly be worthwhile diagnosing and treating depression more aggressi...

Support therapy helps breast cancer patients

...ients who got support therapy in addition to their medical treatment lived an average// of 18 months longer. ...y did not live any longer than the 77 who got only medical treatmen. However, women in the therapy groups did report less pain and emotional distress -- especi...

Sniff out flatulence

...t a greater volume of bad odours. Writing in the medical journal Gut, the American researchers say the Toot Trapper may be too unwieldly to provide much comfort to regular fans of pinto beans, broccoli and nuts, but they hope that a less cumbersome device can be developed in the future....

Bar Codes For Prescribed Drugs

The medical mistakes are responsible for the deaths of up to 9...r products in an effort to reduce the incidence of medical errors. // The proposal is largely aimed at preventing medication errors in hospitals. The idea is...

Cure for Hepatitis B

...he sub-continent and China, and traditional Indian medical practice has long-standing methods for its treatment. Dr S Thiagrajan, who began the research nearly two decades ago, says "This plant has been used conventionally in folklore medicine as a paste for treating jaundice cases. At that point of time, ...

Pregnancy should not be confined

...g after 35 weeks of pregnancy. In the absence of medical or obstetric complications, air travel is safe up to 36 weeks. Women who are at risk for preterm delivery, those who have poorly controlled diabetes, and those with placental abnormalities, however, are advised to refrain from air travel while pregna...

Almost a death experience

...ccording to French researchers there is no obvious medical explanation for the near death experience reporte...connection from the body during a life-threatening medical crisis - typically a cardiac arrest - and often progress down a tunnel towards a 'being of light' wi...

No link between blood groups and prostate cancer

... groups, despite popular belief. According to some medical writers, your blood group affects your health.// In particular, men with blood group A are supposed to be more likely to develop prostate cancer and to get more aggressive forms of the disease. Hence it may be of big concern for men who have type A, ...

Lancing tumours into the body

...won’t replace standard tools such as catheters for medical operations any time soon, he thinks that nanobots even smaller than this could have a distinct advantage....

Unsatisfactory Grade On Women's Health Issues

...l to expand women's access to health insurance and medical services. Neither the nation nor the states have met the challenge of helping women secure better access to key healthcare services and increasing the availability of needed healthcare providers. After the release of the report, four states made...

Defence against free radicals

..., we need to do more research to find practical or medical applications of these exciting new findigs.”...

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