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Statins Found To Be Helpful For Patients With Arthritis

...nown for reducing vascular risk. The inflammatory nature of rheumatoid arthritis puts sufferers at an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Researchers randomly gave 116 patients either 40 milligrams a day of atorvastatin or a placebo in addition to therapy for rheumatoid arthritis. After six months, p...

The Drug Tetrathiomolybdate Found To Be Useful For Various Diseases

...lowering copper levels that are of an inflammatory nature such as psoriasis and a disease of the intestinal tract called Crohn’s disease. ...

Positive Thinking

...e molecule structures, though immensely complex in nature have one basic principle that keeps them together, their negative and positive components or charge. These discoveries, lead us to a greater understanding of the behavioral patterns of the molecular structures. And it is on a similar plain that life ...

Pollution can cause damage to fetus in womb

...ters the placenta of the fetus are carcinogenic in nature and causes a change in the DNA structure of the fetus, thus raising the risk of cancer in such babies. The study raises concern over the fact that even our unborn children are no longer protected from the environmental pollutions, and it is time th...

Improving Lighting Could Bring About A Change In Alzheimer's Patients

...he past have shown that lighting improves mood and nature of Alzheimer’s patients hence researchers used this knowledge to make a dramatic change in an Alzheimer’s center . Researchers made the common areas 20 times brighter than it was before by adding new skylights and fluorescent and metal halide fixtur...

Chances are high for Avian Influenza virus altering its form

...mportant to complete the ongoing assessment of the nature of threat posed by the H5N1 virus. Very case needs to be investigated to ensure the in time detection of clusters of cases occurring in the same family or in the same area. WHO is of the opinion that the virus may have already started to mutate to ...

Epilepsy Drug Valproate and Lamotrigine Linked To Malformed Fetus

... of the study was too small to decide on the exact nature of the congenital defects due to the drugs. Yet mo...earches need to be conducted to find out the exact nature of the birth defects due to these two drugs, feel the researchers. Reference: Neurology, March 200...

Low Socioeconomic Status May Lead To Mental Illness

... of the kind of economic problems suffered and the nature of the mental illness that affects the poverty stricken population. For a long time, poor mental health was associated with a lot of factors like hereditary influence, family history, and the like. The new study not only highlights the role played b...

To Reduce Risk Of Cancer Eat Grapes

...rapes contain flavnoids, which are antioxidants by nature and already had proven effect to alleviate cardiac diseases. The researchers have identified about a dozen new and till date unidentified flavnoids in grapes that are said to be actively involved in fighting human DNA topoisomerase II, an enzyme nece...

Arthritis drugs are causing skin problems

... Netherlands had taken into account the number and nature of dermatological conditions arising after being treated with the TNF-á-blocking therapy. 128 dermatological conditions in 72 patients were found in the follow up study conducted for the research. Therapy was discontinued for 19 of these patients for...

WHO says damage to eco systems are affecting human health

...k between ecology and human health is of a complex nature and hence may not be felt in the initial stages of loss and will be only felt in cases of major disease outbreaks or health hazards that may affect a whole population before it may be understood. The report which is the first of a series that will ...

Pregnancy hormone to prevent breast cancer

...how that the hormone causes changes of a permanent nature on the genetic setup of the cells in the mammary gland and hence becomes successful in preventing the cancerous growth. The results were presented in the Annual Meeting of the American Association for Cancer Research....

Early diagnosis for autism from blood tests may be possible

...rm. The characteristics of the disease are varying nature of ineffective communication skills; poor levels o...y children’s blood. The researchers feel that the nature of the results showing the difference in blood samples may be used as a predictive indicator for con...

Autism risks linked to birth factors

...rm. The characteristics of the disease are varying nature of ineffective communication skills; poor levels of social interactions, restricted repeated and stereotyped patterns of behavior. Researchers of Aarhus University of Denmark and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, US, had examined data...

New technology to decipher neural connections dealing with heredity and environment

...the scientists in understanding the role played by nature or heredity on nurture or environment. The computer model can also conduct a battery of tests to find out any injuries to the frontal lobe of the brain. With simulation of a frontal lob injury, the computer model can also be able to predict the kin...

Balding gene may come from mother

...he person by forming more androgen receptors or by nature being a particular kind that is of more stable variety and does not break down easily. It is the heightened levels of androgen that causes the premature hair loss. Scientists have also reported that they are not ruling out the role of other genes in...

Ceramide can target and kill cancer cells

...the tumor cells. This happens as ceramides are, by nature still unknown to scientists, attracted to tumor cells. The liposome-encased ceramides reaches the tumor cells via the bloodstream. Then it enters the tumor cells through the vasculature, and disrupts the mitochondria of the cells. In mice these bun...

Research finds new explanations for dyslexia

... California, US, brings out a new dimension in the nature of the workings of a dyslexic brain. Dyslexia is a learning disorder in an otherwise healthy person. A dyslexic child may have the condition lifelong, although trained helpers may help the child to some extent in coping with classroom work. The st...

Restless leg syndrome may remain under-diagnosed in many

...e syndrome in the past year, the frequency and the nature of the conditions, the degree of physical stress associated with the condition, the nature of treatment taken etc. The results showed that 7.2% of the population had showed the symptoms of r...

Alcohol linked to loss of memory

...e mice were not given alcohol. This shows that the nature of the deficits is of permanent nature that can affect the beings long after withdrawing from alcohol consumption. Another nature of the co...

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