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Science of swooning

...During the alcohol-free tests, vessels constricted normally and blood pressure did not significantly change, except with extreme negative pressure. After drinking alcohol, blood pressure dropped substantially, proving the theory....

Resurgence Of Botulism

...freezing or high levels of acidity. It grows quite normally in most people's refrigerators. The appearance in the U.S. of refrigerated ready-to-eat foods follows in the culinary path of food processors in Europe, who have been using the process for the last 30 years. "It's a concern. As new foods are develop...

Endometriosis coalesced with genes

...inful condition where endometrial tissue, which is normally found only in the lining of the uterus, develops outside the womb. The tissue attaches itself to ligaments and organs in the abdominal cavity, but still responds to the menstrual cycle — causing bleeding, pain, inflammation, adhesions, and sometimes ...

Healthy Medicine Or Harmful Intoxicant?

...d vomiting. GHB suspends the gag reflex, and users normally go into a deep sleep or coma. GHB was also sold extensively in health-food stores as an aid in muscle building and fat reduction during the 1980s....

Rumbling stomach

...oducts of intestinal bacteria. When the stomach is normally full of food and liquid, the noises tend to be muted, but when the contractions are strong, especially when a bubble of gas is moving through the digestive tract or when the stomach is empty of solids, the noise can seem deafening. The contractions a...

FDA Approves New surgery Treatment for Farsightedness

...e that is induced during LASIK. The procedure is normally conducted with topical anesthesia. Afterwards, patients normally experience some eye irritation, which resolves within 24 to 48 hours. Most of the patients have been...

Cell transplants used to fend off Parkinson's symptoms

... retinas. These particular cells produce dopamine, normally manufactured by neurons in the brain. Levels of dopamine steadily decrease as Parkinson's progresses. This is the first human intracerebral retinal cell implantation study in the world and we are encouraged by the results so far. In the implantation...

Fame brings wealth but not health

...ng longer and more successful careers, which would normally be reckoned to have a protective effect. Oscar winning actors and actresses, by contrast, live longer than those who are nominated. It may be that winning screenwriters have more unhealthy lifestyles - squandering the benefits that success bestows....

Dangers of sunlight

...ound. A cataract is a cloudy or opaque area in the normally transparent lens of the eye.As the opacity thickens, it prevents light rays from passing through the lens and focusing on the retina, //the light sensitive tissue lining the back of the eye. It is the leading cause of blindness world-wide. Researche...

Scan correlates susceptible heart plaque

...ook up more of a radiochemical called FDG. This is normally used to locate active areas of tumour tissue - but its use in imaging plaque is quite new. Researchers, felt that these 'hot spots' were distinct from areas of calcification - where the plaque is hardened. It may be that these 'hot spots' represent...

Fish rich diet lowers leptin

... fish had an even more marked effect on women, who normally have higher leptin levels than men. In this study "women's leptin levels were half that of men on the vegetarian diet," said Somers. The average leptin level for men on the fish diet was 1.5 nanograms per milliliter. For women the average was 4.0 ng...

Bone loss can be reduced by Potassium

...ned out that spinal bone density went up - whereas normally one expect it to decrease with this medical condition. This is the first time that potassium - rather than calcium - has been shown to have a beneficial effect on bone loss. This was just a small study - so the hope is that it can now be reproduced o...

Gene block keeps mice from increasing weight

...tes. Instead, the burn the fatty acids which would normally be laid down in fat. The mice were compared to a group of normal mice eating the same high fat diet. The control group became obese and diabetic - just as humans would under the same conditions. The discovery opens the way to a better understanding...

Endometriosis connected to fertility

...ometriosis is a condition in which the tissue that normally lines the uterus grows in other areas of the body, causing pain, irregular bleeding, and frequently infertility. Tissue typically grows in the pelvic area, outside of the uterus, on the ovaries, bowel, rectum, bladder, and the delicate lining of the ...

Allergies: A major health problem

...llergies are triggered as a specific reaction to a normally harmless substance, one that does not bother other people. In other words allergies are in sharp contrast with the killer disease AIDS, Allergy symptoms appear on account of too much immunity while in AIDS there will be too little immunity to preven...

Keep fit with salads

...salad is made, its ‘dressing’ is important. Though normally we made do with a dash of lemon juice, other dressings are vinegar, whipped yoghurt, spicy raw mango chutney, buttermilk, olive oil, salad oil, sesame oil etc. Readymade salad oils are also available. In Europe a platter of cheese and salad is often ...

Antidepressants could pose grave implications

...with an episode of upper GI bleeding than would be normally expected. The effect was even stronger among those who also used a nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medication or low-dose aspirin. NSAID users had a 12.2-times higher risk while aspirin users had a 5.2-times higher risk. The increased risk was similar...

Damage to arteries from injury can be avoided with carbon monoxide

...re-treated lab rats with the gas carbon monoxide - normally considered a deadly poison. They discovered that the carbon monoxide spared much of the vessel damage associated with transplantation and angioplasty in the pre-treated rats. The researchers claim that the carbon monoxide blocks white cells of the im...

Fear of the dark could be more than just fear!

...al problems obvious to the parents and who can see normally in well-lit conditions may not be able to see at all in the dark, even after adapting to dim lighting. In the study, which appeared in the British Medical Journal, researchers described two girls with an inherited form of stationary night blindness,...

Answer on SARS 3 to 4 weeks away

...elaying information about SARS. Health matters are normally the responsibility of the provinces, and the government adopted a national reporting system for SARS only three weeks ago. However at this stage 12 laboratories around the world are working together, and 80 clinicians treating people with the SARS vi...

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