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Enlarged waistline may predict atherogenesis for postmenopausal women

... lack of predictive factors. It is now possible to predict the cardiac health of post menopausal women through their level of triglycerides and increased waistline. Enlarged waist with elevated triglycerides (EWET) was successfully linked in the study with increased risk for atherogenesis, cardiac problems o...

Genes from saliva may predict oral and breast cancer

...nes from the saliva may be the biomarkers that can predict the //onset of oral and breast cancer in people. ...ma. The researchers have been able to successfully predict the oral cancer growths in nine out of ten people. The UCLA team has developed ways to isolate the m...

People suffering from Alzheimer’s: can they take decisions about their treatment

...xamination, cognitive ability rating scale to help predict the decision-making abilities of 48 patients suffering from mild to moderate Alzheimer’s disease. ...

Approval for DNA test to detect cystic fibrosis

...h in children and in adults. The test can not only predict the advent of the disease in people, but it can also identify the people who are not having the disease but are the carriers of the genetic strain. Cystic fibrosis is disease of genetic origin that causes the body to produce thick mucus that affects...

Test to predict ovarian cancer

...and healthy women, the blood test had been able to predict the ovarian cancer with 95% certainty, and the sam...s predictors of cancer, not one could successfully predict ovarian cancer alone when compared with cancer affected patients versus healthy controls. The resea...

Heart rate can predict the risk of sudden death

...ut the research to find out whether heart rate can predict sudden deaths, are of the opinion that sudden death is more likely to occur if the healthy people tend to have abnormal heart rate profiles during exercise and recovery. Researchers had looked into the heart beat profile of 5713 asymptomatic working...

New technology to decipher neural connections dealing with heredity and environment

...lob injury, the computer model can also be able to predict the kind of behavior changes that can happen due to injury caused in the frontal lobe. It is a well-known fact that the human ability to behave in any situations appropriately, also called cognitive control, resides in the pre frontal lobe of the br...

Hip X-ray can help to find out progression of osteoarthritis

...raphs, and thus this procedure may also be used to predict osteoarthritis in people who have hip pain....

Asthma and Panic- a vicious cycle

...ough asthma predicted any panic, any panic did not predict subsequent asthma activity. The above link between asthma and panic was stronger in smokers than in nonsmokers and in women than in men. The possible explanation for asthma and panic attack being in a vicious cycle was proposed by the authors to th...

Early detection of bed sores possible

New research can now help the clinicians to predict which wounds like bedsores// are likely to turn ch... bedsores can be used in the predictive fashion to predict which of the wounds will turn chronic. Reference: American Journal of Pathology, July 2005...

Elderly people are more at risk from eye damage

...uter model devised by the researchers can not only predict situations where eye can get hurt, but can also demonstrate exactly what can happen when these trauma to eye takes place. Reference: Archives of Ophthalmology, June 2005...

Advent of New, More Effective and Personalized Medicines

...es of an individual's profile of drug response and predict the best possible treatment option for this individual. This technology has enabled the development of targeted therapies like Herceptin for metastatic breast cancer, Gleevec for chronic myeloid leukemia and Erbitux for metastatic colorectal cancer. ...

Oral Cancer Can Be Detected By Saliva Test

...o use 3 of the six species as a diagnostic tool to predict more than 80 percent of oral cancer cases. Previous similar studies have also reported that certain common oral bacteria are often found on or in oral cancer lesions. The current study is looking at the possibility of using these bacteria as a marker...

Link between Faith, Health and Healing

...lete healing of their disease. It is impossible to predict or control the level of healing. But all typically result in a deep sense of inner peace. This almost always offers some degree of improvement and can be truly powerful." To carry on the work started by Anderson and carry the flag all round the glob...

Early detection of alcohol abuse is better option for treatment

...merging biomarkers and detailed questionnaires to predict the alcohol addiction while it is at a still early stage. The current biomarkers available are generally used to monitor the results of the drinking on the body after the patient has been cured. Researchers should concentrate on finding out new bioma...

Premature Babies More Likely If Women Have Higher Protein Albumin In Urine

...nsive test for urinary albumin may help doctors to predict mothers-to-be at risk who are likely to deliver early. A study was released in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases (the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation) this month that suggests this test. "Research suggests that albuminuria ...

Revolutionary Simple Pregnancy Blood Test Can Save Both Mother And Child

...imple test that measures HLA-G levels in blood can predict women who are likely to develop the problem. Researchers in Canada may have discovered this simple blood test. "We're really excited about this finding," said Clifford Librach, a researcher from Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Sciences Centre...

Proteinomics Research holds Key to Stomach Cancer

...uman stomach cancers are similar to those we would predict if the same thing, Stat3 hyperactivity shutting down TGF, happens in humans. So this is also the first time a connection between stomach cancer and this signaling pathway has been made.” It is found that these basic research findings demonstrates t...

Monkeys offer genetic clues to adult blindness

...e areas, the findings confirm, contains genes that predict age-related macular degeneration in humans and rhesus monkeys. This discovery, Dawson said, would help delve deeper into what causes the disease and could be the first step toward repairing the genetic defects linked to it. Age-related macular dege...

Ultrasounds To Detect Changes In Heart Motions

...hey report that in this way it is also possible to predict the onset o heart damages like the heart attacks./...rasound imaging can be used as early indicators to predict heart problems, without the risk of an invasive procedure. Such an early warning system could allow ...

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