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Short stature -a problem

... were more open. Dr Beens said: "There are several possible explanations for the improvements. "One is that growth hormone therapy boosts brain chemicals and neurotransmitters that did not work as well as they would have if hormone secretion had been normal." Behaviour problems in short children improved qu...

Pregnant smokers could harm their child

...e smoking, that would be a stronger factor. "It is possible that there may be some physiological effect when the foetus is developing so the child becomes predisposed to smoking because they are accustomed to the smoke component. She said it was important that both mothers and fathers gave up smoking during p...

Contraceptives have dual effects

... partly due to the Pill. "In the future, it may be possible to develop new treatments that take advantage of the anti-cancer qualities of the Pill." The results also indicated that protection was stronger for women who had stopped using oral contraceptives within the last 10 years of the research period, com...

Cement injections linked to osteoporosis

...w treatment appears to be safe and effective. It's possible that the technique may be extended towards preventing vertebral fractures in the future. The cement can provide support for weakened vertebrae before they actually break, say the researchers....

Why running noses are a good thing

... about it can help doctors rule out anthrax. The possible overuse of antibiotics worries officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which offered some guidance for doctors who wonder how to tell which is which. No test will reveal anthrax exposure or predict who might develop anthrax in th...

Drugs For Anthrax May Interfere With Oral Contraceptives

...aking birth control pills should be mindful of the possible interaction between oral contraceptives and the medications recommended by the Federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to treat anthrax. The CDC recently recommended that antibiotic and anti-infective medications, such as Cipro, doxy...

Infertility in relation with virus

...sperm. Ten of these contained traces of AAV. It is possible that the presence of AAV may simply be a separate result of the underlying defect causing the subfertility....

Drink alcohol for intelligence

...r quantities of raw fish, which is thought to have possible benefits to cognitive function, while wine drinkers tended to eat more cheese, which may have a similar effect. "I don't think I would want to tell somebody who isn't drinking to start, as they may be teetotal for very good reasons. "However, for s...

Allergies are related to mothers' menses

...ism underlying this finding is not clear. "It is possible that differences in the maternal oestrogen environment, represented by varying age at menarche, could programme the immune system of the fetus." Although there is a suspicion that hormone levels are key to this, there was no association between the a...

Birds breed viruses

...ry before they became ill.// Although it was not possible to establish how every case became infected, it is most likely that the individuals who contracted avian flu did so directly through exposure to chickens.However, there was no evidence of wider spread and no evidence of human-to-human transmission wi...

The henna allergy

... contact with the chemical. Dr Hausen said: "It is possible that the mark from the tattoo will remain for several months, which is of course socially quite uncomfortable if it concerns parts of the body which are very visible such as the hands or the fingers. A spokeswoman said: "With the growing rate of al...

TV drug commercials prompt prescriptions

... to retain critical information about the drug and possible side effects. TV commercials for prescription drugs have become commonplace since the Food and Drug Administration set up rules and made them legal. // The pervasive drug ads have a considerable effect -- nearly a third of adults have talked to t...

New HIV cases resist drugs

...est of his or her life. With bacteria, it is often possible to take a patient off antibiotics and so-called wild-type bacteria will eventually move in and push out the drug-resistant versions. Not so with HIV, which lurks in the body for decades, perhaps forever. HIV has no cure and is always fatal, but mix...

Stem cell research

...dicine are based on the assumption that it will be possible to grow [embryonic stem] cells on a large scale, to introduce genetic modifications into them, and to direct their differentiation," the researchers wrote. Their success in maintaining stem cell lines in culture for an extended period, isolating earl...

Early puberty more resistance

...bone strength.However, they added that it might be possible to avoid fractures by having a first child later in life....

Vaginosis increases risk of miscarriage

...ecialising in genito-urinary medicine, said it was possible that the infection caused endometritis, an inflammation of the uterus. She said: "This could spread up into the womb, causing inflammation of the lining of the womb and releasing various chemicals which causes the blood vessels to constrict, effectiv...

Recovery from lung injury

...s chance of surviving lung injury. But recovery is possible if ventilator treatment is given in time. On an average older people are more susceptible to lung problems that leave them needing the help of a ventilator.// What's not been clear is whether they do as well with treatment as those who are younger. A...

Infection linked with heart attack

... the development of heart disease.// This has been possible by promoting inflammation within the coronary arteries. However, the studies that have been produced, so far, have conflicting evidence. According to researchers at University of Cleavland have shown a direct association with the number of infectio...

A new study surpasses Gene Therapy Hurdle

...system. Using the new system, he said, it would be possible to genetically modify the APCs so, for instance, the immune system was less likely to attack a transplanted organ. The "holy grail" of gene therapy has been to find ways of getting genes into specific tissues, without putting them into others where ...

A new vaccine for leukemia

...the immune system to their presence, thwarting any possible attack. Professor Stephenson plans to launch a 21-patient trial of the new vaccine within six months.She believes the treatment will be without side effects, and will offer the patient immunity against their cancer for life.It is hoped that ...

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