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Surviving surgery

...etween 65 and 69. Mortality, however, depends very much on the type of surgery. Carotid endarterectomy, for instance, has the lowest mortality of 1.3 per cent. This operation clears blockages in the artery serving the brain, which would otherwise raise the risk of stroke. But various kinds of cancer surg...

Right drugs drastically cut stroke risk

...s could reduce the risk for secondary stroke by as much as 50 per cent. There was a 38 per cent reduction in fatal strokes in patients using the Perindopril-based therapy. The study shows that even patients with normal blood pressure would benefit from this therapy. With the finding that normal patient...

Radiation before surgery cuts cancer recurrence

... surgical treatment for rectal cancer may not make much difference in the survival of patients. But the findings suggest that the radiation treatments given before surgery may help improve the patient's quality of life by reducing the rate of cancer recurrence at or near the original tumor site in the rec...

Stress can make you overweight

Over 45 and under too much of stress,a self-perpetuating cycle of factors can fuel the urge to snack at the wrong times. The resulting weight gain often piles up around the abdomen, which boosts the risk of heart disease and stroke.This applies to both sexes.// One doctor sta...

Wishes of unspoken patients

...what the demands were. Doctors and patients can do much to improve this situation. The doctor can become more aware to what is not being said and try to encourage an atmosphere of openness. Meanwhile, the patient should find the confidence to speak up! These days, the doctor-patient relationship should be...

Birth weight key factor in heart diseases

...dren. The key factor in heart disease is not how much you weigh now, but how you grew in the past. It's long been known that babies with a low birth weight are roughly twice as susceptible to coronary heart disease in adulthood as heavier babies.// David Barker, an epidemologist at the University of S...

Gel prevents pregnancy

...evels are tested and an ultrasound done to see how much of the gel is needed to stop ovulation occurring."The gel is packed in little sachets so they have the right amount for a single dose and just have to squeeze it out and rub it in" Dr Weisberg says. So far, women using the gel report only minor side...

Love the sun

... light hits the skin. Dark skin does not absorb as much ultraviolet B as light skin, and people who wear clothing that covers all their skin are not exposed to the sun. Of the 82 women screened, 66 (80 per cent) recorded vitamin D levels below the ideal level. Women who were both dark-skinned and consi...

Sleep, snoring....stroke

Scientists warn that, too much sleep and snoring could put you at an increased risk of stroke. American researchers from the University of Buffalo, New York, have found that sleeping more than eight hours a night, snoring or being drowsy during the day can damage your health. Expe...

The cocaine danger

Inhaling too much cocaine is well known to cause damage to arteries - but now a new study reveals that it can force the body to attack itself.New Scientist reports this week that the number of people admitted to US hospitals with cocaine related emergencies has jumped...

Long travel increase pulmonary embolism

...PE confirmed on arrival.// The incidence of PE was much greater at 1.4 cases per million among those travelling more than 5000 kilometres than among those taking shorter flights - where the incidence was just 0.01 per million. For people travelling more than 10,000 kilometres, the risk rose to 4.8 cases p...

Cigerettes unsafe during pregnancy

...esearchers, arguing that healthcare providers need much more support and training in helping women quit.They found that smoking doubles the risk of having a low birth weight baby, a miscarriage or a pre-term birth, and triples the rate of SIDS - and if women are not able to give up entirely, they need to ...

The new born nightmare

...ularly used to combat conjunctivitis, did not have much risk. “The link between erythromycin and pyloric stenosis is an important finding which will make a difference to the health of babies,” said Dr Lida Carlman, the lead researcher, adding that the study was only made possible by the vast amount of da...

Gastrointestinal ills more common in diabetics

...continence, nausea and difficulty swallowing--were much more common in diabetics. But glycemic control was related to the likelihood of gastrointestinal problems, Bytzer and colleagues found. Participants who reported having poor glycemic control were more likely to have intestinal symptoms than diabeti...

Helping the neurology of kidney failure

...dney failure are treated with an antioxidant drug, much of this damage can be prevented. Further research is needed to see whether the antioxidant treatment is applicable to humans. There's also the possibility that this kind of oxidative stress might also play a role in brain disorders like Alzheimer's...

Dangers of heat

...sk. 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 said anybody could be at risk if they did not take sensible steps. There are a number of sensible things that everybody should do t...

Relating heart protection and antihypertensive drugs

...ate the desirability of lowering blood pressure as much as possible to achieve the greatest reduction in cardiovascular complications. The team also specified that on average all antihypertensive drugs had similar long-term efficacy and safety. ...

Diabetics and their babies

...t babies born to women with diabetes in Swden were much less likely to either die or have birth defects. A spokeswoman for the charity Diabetes UK said the risks can be reduced with careful planning.// ,br> "While women with diabetes and their unborn children are at a greater risk of developing compli...

Health at heights

... get proper rest and avoid stressful situations as much as possible - no easy task given the nature of the...quires the same amount of oxygen regardless of how much is available, so the breathing rate increases to compensate - even when the body is at rest. Altit...

All the more bad

...ng is bad for health. It seems that smokers have a much lower level of an important chemical that protects against heart disease in their blood. The discovery could help explain why smokers have more than twice the risk of heart attacks than non-smokers. Paraoxonase is a enzyme which helps to prevent fa...

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