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Tag: "morbidity" at medical news

OBESE LIL' GIRLS !! SWEAT IT OUT OR U MIGHT BE ASTHAMATIC !!!

...us be a valuable tool in preventing asthma-related morbidity during adolescence"....

Sweet Candies replace bitter Pills for Anaemia

...ue to iron deficiency is one of the major cause of morbidity in most of the underdeveloped countries. Children with iron deficiency anemia may be reluctant to take extra vitamins or iron pills, as they are inadvertently inedible. But now Iron-fortified candies were effective for improving the iron status of y...

Protein in urine foresees heart disease

...y form is unquestionably one of the major cause of morbidity and mortality in this planet. The scientists of the globe are working on preventing the same as by any means, prevention is better than cure. As a result of their hard work they have come out with number of ways to identify and stop the progression w...

New point scale to ascertain the stroke recovery

...ological disorder and one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality. Five million people die of stroke each year and more than 15 million suffer non-fatal strokes. But the question of the day is about the recovery - whether the patient would recover and if so how long would it take. Researchers at the ...

The effect of heart rate in middle aged men

...e researches over the same.Number of mortality and morbidity indicators preclude the existance of newer solutions to fight for the same. As a result of such on going research , Dr. Simona Giampaoli, from the Istituto Superiore di Sanita, Rome, and colleagues from the MATISS Project have come out with a view t...

Impact on Lung function based on exposure

...ffective measure of lung function and predictor of morbidity and death. While FEV 1 tends to decline with age, investigators have speculated factors like exposure to tobacco smoke during childhood and early asthma may lead to faster declines. Researchers assessed FEV 1 in around 4,000 men and women between ag...

Advanced STD programs required

...al and social psychological outcomes as opposed to morbidity outcomes. Following the review, researchers reach...usions. First, more research is needed to focus on morbidity outcomes as opposed to behavior. Also, more interventions need to target heterosexual men, or at lea...

Hypertensives could benefit regular alcohol consumption

...tensive patients could reduce their cardiovascular morbidity and improve their atherosclerotic risk profile by consuming alcohol on a regular basis. The researchers indicated that serum lipoprotein(a), a powerful predictor of organ damage, was reduced with regular alcohol consumption. The researchers studied 4...

Cholesterol is the Key

... improve their education of patients and lower the morbidity and mortality of atherosclerotic disease."...

It's Never Too Late to Stop Smoking,Study Finds

...he said. "It's an important preventive measure for morbidity and mortality in heart failure, which can be achieved at little or no cost." The American College of Cardiology, a 26,000-member nonprofit professional medical society and teaching institution, is dedicated to fostering optimal cardiovascular care ...

Extended Therapy for Blood Clots

...s and treatment, VTE is still associated with high morbidity and mortality. While previous studies have shown a risk of recurrence after six months, treatment is often stopped after six months because of the risk of bleeding. A new study examines the use of the oral drug ximelagatran or placebo as a treatment ...

Exposure To Tobacco Smoke Can Lead To Sickle Cell Crisis

...ke exposure among these children could help reduce morbidity from the disease. ...

The After Effects Of Pneumonia

...otential for interventions to impact on subsequent morbidity and mortality....

Reducing The Rate Of Hospital Acquired Infections

...occus aureus (MRSA) is associated with substantial morbidity and mortality and the incidence of MRSA continues to increase.// Hospitals have relied on three methods to prevent the spread of MRSA including better hand hygiene among health care workers, restriction of antibiotics, and the detection and isolation...

Depression Found To Increase Stroke Risk

...en followed the men for another 19 years, tracking morbidity and mortality rates. In conclusion researchers say their findings suggest a need for doctors to discuss depression with patients at risk for cardiovascular disease and implement the corresponding psychosocial interventions as part of the medical man...

Laparoscopic surgery can be safely employed for radical resection of cancer

...r-free survival 3 years after surgery. Short-term morbidity and mortality, number of positive resection margin... surgery group. The length of the bowel resected , morbidity and mortality in 28 days period after the surgery did not differ between two groups....

Vitamin C – Supplementation A Boon For Asthmatics

...be a relatively easy strategy to help decrease the morbidity and socioeconomic burden associated with severe asthma said the researchers. Medindia on Asthma: Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases in the world. Perhaps the most commonly discussed respiratory disease after the common cold. The w...

Being together matters, both in marriage and smoking

...n smoking: Smoking is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Smoking still remains one of the leading cause of preventable death. Smoking has the dubious distinction of affecting all the systems from head to foot. More on medindia: http://www.medindia.net/patients/ PatientInfo/smoking_haz...

Deadly Diarrhoea Vaccine – Trail Results Promising

Diarrhoea is a major cause of morbidity and mortality in India. An attempt to formulate// a vaccine against this deadly disease, which has claimed so many young lives, is worth the expense. India is set to begin the phase II clinical trials of a new vaccine for a deadly form of diarrhoea...

Reconsideration Of Heart Transplant Eligibility

...between 1990 and 2000. The patients' mortality and morbidity rates were followed for up to 11 years following surgery. Results showed no statistically significant success rate differences between the 50 patients older than 60 who received a heart transplant and the 125 transplant patients younger than 60. The ...

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