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Tobacco smoke increases the levels of Cox 2.

...x 2 is a cellular protein that had been related to onset and development of cancer. The tobacco smoke had also been related to rise in production of two proteins that start an epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) function that can lead to the production of the chemical Cox 2. Scientists of the study ha...

Strong possibility of delaying the progress of Alzheimer’s exist

...oprotein E-4 (APOE-?4) were benefited from delayed onset of Alzheimer’s. apolipoprotein E-4 is the only kno...at mild cognitive impairment can be predicting the onset of Alzheimer’s disease. Reference: New England Journal of Medicine, issue April 2005...

Smoking may affect multiple sclerosis

... control subjects, the researchers had matched the onset of the diseases from the first time diagnosis to the habit of smoking. Multiple sclerosis is a chronic neurological disease of the central nervous system. The disease affects the brain and spinal cord and medication till date had only been able to ...

Alzheimer’s vaccine may be a reality soo

...l set to use the bodies own immunity to resist the onset and progress of the dreaded Alzheimer’s disease that affect people above the age of 40 years. The first phase of the human trials which began some time back, was when scientists had used vaccines with beta amyloid, a protein that accumulates in the...

New Diseases

...s at the time of clinical presentation and delayed onset of neurologic abnormalities, including ataxia within weeks or months, dementia and myoclonus late in the illness, a duration of illness of at least 6 months, and a diffusely abnormal non-diagnostic electroencephalogram. The vCJD was confirmed by ex...

Diabetic retinopathy in pre-diabetes conditions

...elp of laser photocoagulation that can prevent the onset of blindness in patients. Reference: National Institutes of Health, Press release, June 2005...

PUFA reduces risk of cataract

...h intake of polyunsaturated fatty acids delays the onset of cataracts. A cataract is a clouding of the normally clear lens of the eye. Age-related cataract is one of leading cause of blindness in the world today. Besides the physical handicap, cataract also represents enormous economic burden, both to the ...

Ankylosing spondylitis may not be detected in children

...tudy show that late diagnosis along with childhood onset of the disease can cause physical deformities, and physical incompetence at work. Researchers say that adults who had the symptoms of the disease since childhood are more severely affected with the condition that can significantly reduce their quali...

Diabetes diagnosis may be the signal for psychiatric illness in children

...isk of suffering// from psychiatric illness at the onset of the disease. A study done by the researchers of The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia have shown that among the children who are newly diagnosed for diabetes type 2 disease, two out of five of them have showed tendencies of being afflicted by p...

Gambling related to Parkinsons medication

...Parkinsons disease has been associated with sudden onset of phases// of habitual gambling in people who were not gamblers otherwise. The Mayo Clinic psychiatrists were behind the research that had shed light on such a link between gambling and the drug called dopamine agonists. Parkinsons disease is a di...

Alcohol more harmful to women

...coholics — the telescoping effect — and an earlier onset of adverse consequences of alcoholism." For getting results of the study CAT scans were done on the individuals to assess the extent of brain damage.The study as per reports by investigators in the journal Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Resea...

Jharkhand reports 13,000 Malaria cases

...corded a sudden increase in malaria cases with the onset of the monsoons, with a survey// detecting 13,000 people affected by the disease. A drive launched by the state health department to ascertain the number of malaria cases detected 13,000 people suffering from the disease after testing 100,000 blood...

Obesity in Children may be linked to the obesity gene.

...ENPP1 contributes to obesity in them and the early onset of type II diabetes. The scientist found that obes...ng children were present in their gene however the onset of which would just start in their parents. Dr. Froguel pointed out however that although the gene...

Arsenic May Have Been Responsible For The Madness Of King George III Of England

...nt for the unusual persistence, severity, and late onset of attacks. When the researchers looked at the Royal physician’s medical notes to try and identify the source of the arsenic; they found that the principal compound administered to the King during his illness was emetic tartar. Emetic tartar contain...

Studies On Hearing Loss Discovers New Causes

...ied the temporal bones from patients with juvenile onset diabetes (insulin-dependent.) The results show that type 1 diabetes mellitus results in changes of the cochlea which are likely to result in hearing loss. This study suggests that type 1 diabetes mellitus can subsequently cause the degeneration of co...

Ultrasounds To Detect Changes In Heart Motions

...hat in this way it is also possible to predict the onset o heart damages like the heart attacks.// The researchers also feel that their study could also contribute to optimal adjustment of cardiac pacemakers or perhaps better design of artificial hearts. The findings, published in the current Journal of A...

Malignant Mesothelioma – A New Genetic Revelatio

...rers can be reduced to a matter of months from the onset of the symptoms, but the symptoms can take many decades to manifest from the exposure to asbestos. The understanding of the disease process is important for both prevention and sure of the disease. Further Information from Medindia on Mesetheliom...

Malignant Mesothelioma – A New Genetic Revelation

...rers can be reduced to a matter of months from the onset of the symptoms, but the symptoms can take many decades to manifest from the exposure to asbestos. The understanding of the disease process is important for both prevention and sure of the disease. Further Information from Medindia on Mesetheliom...

Sleep pattern to lead to depression

...s the first physiological marker that predicts the onset of depression in someone who had never had the illness. The sleep disturbances that many depressed people have such as sleeping for longer periods than usual or having insomnia or difficulty to sleep, are apparent to patient and families, but fallin...

Dissecting Diabetes - Is protein AKT2 the cause of type 2 diabetes?

...identification of the missing protein in the adult onset Type II Diabetes mellitus. They have discov...erance after two months, roughly the same age that onset begins in humans. Heading this mission of profound dimension Dr.Kim said that if studies in h...

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