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Stem Cells Have Few Mutations

...at embryonic stem cells develop a relatively small number of mutations which can be detected by screening. They felt that the mouse embryonic stem cells were actually more genetically stable than some adult cells. Jay A. Tischfield, a researcher at Rutgers University and a co-author of the study, everybody ...

Zinc helps in curtailing diarrhea in children

...zinc supplements could play a role in reducing the number of childhood deaths from diarrhea around the world. Researchers who tested three different methods of zinc administration in nearly 1,650 Nepalese youngsters found zinc reduced the risk of prolonged diarrhea// defined as lasting more than seven days ...

Herbal treatment should be estimated

... the butterbur. The study was one of an increasing number of randomised controlled trials with herbal medici...ients did not report any adverse symptoms, a small number of people taking antihistamines reported side effects, mostly drowsiness and fatigue. Dr Schapowal ...

Possible benefits of Hormone Replacement Therapy

...as a "borderline" statistically significant higher number of fatal strokes in the estradiol group — 12 vs. f...heart disease. It found no difference in the total number of heart attacks, strokes or blood clots between women on HRT and those on placebo. Manson is a pri...

Boys reduced mother's life expectancy

...suggested men's lifespans were not affected by the number or gender of their children because they do not suffer direct physiological costs of reproduction as women do. Researchers wrote: Their results suggest that giving birth to sons had a higher relative long-term survival cost for mothers than giving ...

Gene therapy - Aim to improve blood flow

...its own. While this is early research, there are a number of diseases which could potentially benefit from a treatment which can safely create new blood vessels to supply specific areas with oxygen....

A high carbohydrate diet good for health

...icans were either overweight or obese. Today, that number has risen to 60% of American adults. In addition, obesity has been connected to more than a quarter million deaths. The study evaluated low- and high-carbohydrate diets in relation to their energy content, nutritional quality, and relation to body m...

Role of Diet in Oral Cancer

...nts with newly diagnosed mouth cancer and an equal number of control subjects matched for age and gender, among other factors. They assessed dietary information for each of the study participants using an extensive food frequency questionnaire. Participants indicated the frequency of consumption of approxim...

New breast cancer genes discovered

...urvives to adulthood,// they are at high risk of a number of cancers, including brain, head and neck, and br... Children's Hospital, Boston, have been studying a number of Fanconi families. They already know that mutations in any one of six genes causes the condition. ...

Putting cancer risk with a vision

...er age and then reads across to the condition. The number found there represents the number of women or men per 800 who are projected to die of that condition in the next 10 years. Steven Wol...

Heart may pull Cells from Body to Self-repair

...e to repair damaged heart muscle by increasing the number of cells recruited by the heart....

Caffeine reduces infant blood flow

...maller doses may not be sufficient to decrease the number of apneas in infants. If this frequency remains high, doctors recommend a subsequent smaller dose a few hours following the initial administration....

What makes young girls smoke

...were divided into five categories depending on the number of days each smoked over a 30-day period. Researchers used annual, in-depth interviews to determine factors early in life that increased the risk of later smoking. In addition to weight concerns, factors identified include stress, a parent with a hi...

Heart and dental care

...em, many patients should take antibiotics before a number of medical procedures, most commonly teeth cleaning but also colonoscopies. Without antibiotics, bacteria introduced into the body in those procedures can travel through the blood to the heart, causing potentially deadly infections. In the study, con...

New therapy for PMS

...of the study conclude, "These results from a small number of subjects with open-label treatment must be viewed as preliminary but suggest that citalopram treatment is effective for PMS patients who failed previous...treatment."...

Mental illness a key factor in suicide

...more likely to commit suicide than females and the number of suicides increases similarly with age in both sexes. Factors considered less significant in determining suicide are dysfunctional family backgrounds and socioeconomic factors, such as unemployment, low income, or less schooling. Researchers concl...

Novel computer model for breast cancer

...ls have extra DNA, the patterns of DNA levels, the number of dividing cells, and the shape of the cell nuclei. The fully tested new system, the most advanced of its kind - could help doctors identify those women who need the most aggressive treatment of their breast tumor....

Nurses save more lives

...the least. They broke down the nursing care by the number of hours and the amount provided by registered nurses, licensed practical nurses, and nursing aides. RNs have college degrees in nursing and are often allowed to develop nursing plans and coordinate care by therapists and other specialists. Licensed...

Skin specialist advise on cellulite

...e. You should try one product on, say, a leg for a number of months to see if it has any effect on the skin, before using it on the rest of the body. Massage usually consists of a technique called endermologie, which originated in France, and is currently being researched. Its stretching action is found ...

Breastfed babies grow rapidly

...t-feed their infants for the first year of life. A number of studies indicate that breast-feeding can lower the risk of infections and allergies, possibly into adulthood, and may boost brain development early in life....

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