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Head injury X-rays may actually be causing harm

...o have a significant effect on// how children with minor head injuries are treated, Swedish scientists have...authors of the research say that CT scanning after minor head trauma now needs to be reconsidered. A team from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, with ...

Radiation Exposure Found To Affect Intellect Later In Life

...ren who undergo computed tomography (CT) scans for minor head injuries may be at risk for adverse intellect...ls do not advocate computed tomography in cases of minor head injuries, clinical practice dictated by legal and financial considerations does not always adhe...

New Hope For Skin Disease

...gs.” Researchers believe UVA-1 therapy has a few minor side effects like darkening of the skin or itching that disappear when the treatment is stopped. In some patients, the symptoms of the disease disappear after a few months. But researchers have hope that it can be used to treat other skin conditions ...

Reducing Depression In Seniors

...jor depression, while the other half suffered from minor depression. Most of the older adults lived alone and had an annual income of less than $10,000. Results of the study show seniors who received the home-based program reported fewer depressive symptoms than those who did not receive the intervention....

Understanding The Harmful Effects Of Radiation Exposure

...ren who undergo computed tomography (CT) scans for minor head injuries may be at risk for adverse intellect...ls do not advocate computed tomography in cases of minor head injuries, clinical practice dictated by legal and financial considerations does not always adhe...

Oral examination may not predict relationship between snoring and sleep disturbance

...clinical depression. This condition may range from minor sleep disturbance to a threat to life. In less severe conditions, OSAS remains undetected in people for a long time. In the recent issue of Archives of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, researchers have said that 101 patients who complained of ...

Severe sleep apnea can cause liver problems

...clinical depression. This condition may range from minor sleep disturbance to a threat to life. In less severe conditions, OSAS remains undetected in people for a long time. The research suggests that severe sleep apnea causes a heightened risk for elevated levels of the liver enzymes and may result in he...

Children who snore may be hyperactive by nature

... among other things. This condition may range from minor sleep disturbance to a threat to life. In less severe conditions, OSAS remains undetected in people for a long time. However data collected for the study have also shown that the behavior problems may improve as the sleeping patterns of the children...

Allergies can prevent brain cancer

...ng susceptible to allergic conditions and having a minor risk of GBM. The current study includes results of DNA testing along with the participants’ self report regarding the incidence of asthma and other allergic reactions. The research report shows that specific polymorphisms on the IL-4RA and IL-13 ge...

Indian Surgeon Conducts 70 Surgeries During His Holidays In England

...roblems especially when it involved long delays in minor surgery. He decided to take things into his own ha...centre room and began working through a backlog of minor surgeries for wrist pain, leading a team of day staff and secretaries, the Daily Telegraph reported ...

Sleep Apnea Related To Death And Loss Of Brain Cells

...clinical depression. This condition may range from minor sleep disturbance to a threat to life. In less severe conditions, OSAS remains undetected in people for a long time. For more information read: http://www.medindia.net/patients/ patientinfo/sleepdisorder.asp...

Heart Patients Use Alternative Medicine

...ect clotting, and inquire if they have experienced minor bleeding symptoms....

Potato powder to stop bleeding

...lds potential for the treatment of everything from minor cuts to surgical incisions, and may even combat injuries. Hemostat, a blood-clotting agent,produces immediate coagulation at the surface of a wound, followed by the normal blood-clotting processes.// The powder-based coagulant may one day help anesth...

Making MRIs Safe for Patients With Implantable Heart Devices

... study finds, MRI testing yielded good images with minor distortions or abnormalities in the pictures and they hope that further research will produce devices that are prospectively designed to be MRI safe eventually making implantable heart devices MRI compatible, so that all patients can benefit from th...

Soy Not Such A Wonder For Health?

...and soy-derived isoflavone supplements. Aside from minor gastrointestinal problems reported in some short-term studies, consumption of soy products by study participants was not associated with adverse events. However, long-term safety data are lacking. “This report shows us that there is a lot we don’t ...

Minor Improvement In Child Sex Ratio In Haryana

...Haryana government claimed Monday that there was a minor improvement in the child sex ratio in the state, which had earlier recorded the lowest figure in the country. Latest reports suggested that the sex ratio in the 0-6 // years age group was now at 822 females per thousand males, director general of he...

Amoxicillin use in infancy linked to dental fluorosis in later life

...of administering antibiotics to children to combat minor infections has always been a contentious point among the medical fraternity. But among the antibiotics that are generally used, amoxicillin was considered // the relatively safest one. Not any longer, if researchers from the University of Iowa have t...

Multi targeted approach required for suicide prevention in adolescents

...isorders (20 %). Mood disorders include major and minor depressive disorder, dysthymia, mania, hypomania, bipolar disorder and non-specific mood disorders. Substance-related disorders include drug abuse and alcohol dependency/abuse. Disruptive disorders include conduct disorder, attention deficit disorder...

New DNA Breakthrough Can Change Future Of Medicine

...rk Scientists now been able to map the most common minor differences in human genome.// This breakthrough could change the face of future medicine. The study called 'HapMap' study by an international team have now been able to chart genetic differences between 269 individuals that originate from differen...

More Married Women In India Are Getting Infected By HIV

...h and Bihar.' It has warned that 'even relatively minor increases in HIV transmission could translate into huge numbers of people becoming infected in those states, which are home to one quarter of India's entire population'. The total number of AIDS cases in India is estimated to be about 1,11,608 as on...

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