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The essence of cosmetic surgery

...e - which is fine, so long as it doesn't cause too much damage to your bank account....

Decrease of 'Hunger Hormone' after Obesity Surgery

..., obese adults who undergo 'stomach stapling' have much lower levels of a recently discovered 'hunger hormone' than either normal-weight people or those who lose weight by dieting.// Dr. David E. Cumming from the Puget Sound Health Care System in Seattle, suggested that drugs that suppress the hormone ca...

Ulcer causing bug found in stored food

...rease the risk of gastric cancer was present in as much as 50% of chicken purchased in a local grocery store. According to them, uncooked food leads to many stomach problems// due to contamination. The bacterium Helicobacter pylori is believed to be transmitted orally by ingesting food or water infected ...

Anorexia in boys is common too

... 15 of the boys up to 2 years later, and noted how much weight they had gained. Castro and her colleagues found that 40% of the boys had reduced bone mineral density. This proportion is similar to that seen in girls with the disorder, with previous studies documenting loss of bone strength in 41% to 45% ...

Exercise for patients with cancer

...he resistance group had a small decline but not as much as the control group. Researchers also note aerobic exercise had the best results on bone mineral density in pre-menopausal women. However, resistance training worked better for post-menopausal women. Past studies on exercise in breast cancer patien...

Men happy to take contraception

...ndian sub-continent. "We suspect they would have a much lower interest in the male pill or vasectomies," postulated Dr Weston. Those results should be published before the end of the year. But women shouldn't throw away their pill prescriptions just yet. Pharmaceutical companies are not rushing to put a ...

DNA transcription to be focused

...l enable scientists to interpret data they collect much more accurately....

Researchers find new HIV hiding place

...ng to eradicate HIV from patients, this has proved much more difficult than once thought. The new findings add to that challenge, providing one more hurdle that doctors must overcome. But the hope is that we will be able to use this new information for good," he said. "For example, we may be able to tail...

New technique for heart enlargement

...ents do not show any thickening of the heart until much later in life. The new method uses a non-invasive ultrasound procedure to show how fast the heart muscle is moving during contraction and relaxation. Researchers found patients with the most common HCM gene mutation had lower velocities during relax...

Healing environment aids mental problem

...e in an Indian temple improves mental illnesses as much as conventional medication. Reserchers in a new study, India, looked at how traditional healing practices might help those with mental disorder.// The temple of Muthuswamy in South India has long been a healing centre for those with a mental health p...

Suicide risk high in 12-17 Age Group

...used alcohol or illicit drugs during the year were much more likely to have had suicidal thoughts....

Preventing mental decline in the aged

...te to mental decline in older people. Drinking too much alcohol or smoking may also promote cognitive decline and avoiding these activities could help an older person maintain cognitive ability. Researchers conclude cognitive vitality is crucial to optimal aging. They say clear data is now beginning to ...

Stop and think before you eat

.... So these behaviors seem to help some, but not as much as not overindulging when you don't need to," she said. Roberts recommends that people who are concerned about their weight fight the urge to gobble up all the food that is offered to them. Instead, Roberts tells people to think about whether or not ...

Identical twin breast cancer risk

...entical twin has breast cancer, their sister has a much increased risk of also getting the disease.// Now ...ected. What's more - the onset of breast cancer is much earlier than average. An identical twin is likely to develop the disease within five years of her si...

Exercise therapy for fibromyalgia

...ose in the exercise group rated themselves as very much improved, compared to those in the relaxation group. The advantages were maintained at one year after the start of the study. Researchers felt that such exercise programmes might be very useful for those with fibromyalgia, say the researchers, for th...

Toxin injections support stroke associated spasticity

... is a common after effect of stroke, and it causes much disability,// because it interferes with activities like getting dressed and eating. Previous research has shown that botulinum toxin - a substance that relieves muscle tightness - may help with this problem. In the first large trial of botulinum t...

Laser technique assists beard problem

...ays, the incidence of PFB on the treated sites was much lower than on the untreated control area. This means that laser hair removal might be a better and more complete treatment for PFB than existing options such as topical steroids and exfoliation, which typically only deal with the problem in the short...

Radiation reduces 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 r...

Vacuum device increase breasts

... remaining three women experienced roughly half as much breast tissue growth, study findings indicate. The "amount of enhancement is relative to (the woman's) size," Greco said. However, the increased breast size remains evident up to 15 months later, according to previous reports. Greco's study did not ...

The importance of vaccines

...p and produce vaccines. The researchers attribute much of the problem to the lack of economic incentive for pharmaceutical companies to produce new vaccines or even maintain adequate supplies of existing ones. Pressure from governments to keep the costs of vaccinations low so more people around the world...

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