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Oral Sex may carry AIDS related Cancer Virus

...d stable over the two decades--even after both HIV prevalence and unprotected anal sex dropped substantially amo...men had the virus. Yet during the same period, HIV prevalence varied greatly, peaking in the mid-1970s at nearly half of men in one study, then declining to aroun...

Lost Teeth Could Signal Heart Problems

...d-up in their arteries. Results of the study show prevalence of plaque in the arteries correlates with the number of teeth missing. Patients who lost the most teeth had the greatest chance of developing plaque buildup. Among those missing zero to nine teeth, 45 percent had plaque buildup in their artery vessel...

Elevated Insulin Levels To Influence Levels Of Inflammatory Markers

...population, may provoke a dramatic increase in the prevalence of AD. More encouragingly, greater understanding of insulin’s role in AD pathogenesis may lead to novel and more effective strategies for treating, delaying, or even preventing this challenging disease, the authors had concluded. Source: Newswise...

Physicians Lack Clinical Guidelines For Treating Elderly With Multiple Illnesses

.... The aging of the population and the increasing prevalence of chronic diseases pose challenges to the development and application of clinical practice guidelines (CPGs Clinical practice guidelines are based on clinical evidence // and expert consensus to help decision making about treating specific diseases....

Alzheimer's Disease Caused By Insulin Increase

...population, may provoke a dramatic increase in the prevalence of AD. More encouragingly, greater understanding of insulin's role in AD pathogenesis may lead to novel and more effective strategies for treating, delaying, or even preventing this challenging disease," the authors conclude. Source: Archives of Neu...

Success Of Preventable High-Risk HPV Infections With Vaccines May Vary

...Europe. They found that, although both overall HPV prevalence and HPV16 prevalence were highest in sub-Saharan Africa, HPV-positive women from Europe and South America were significan...

Intensive Care Patients More At Risk From Kidney Failure

... Australia, had conducted a study to determine the prevalence of ARF in intensive care unit (ICU) patients at 54 hospitals in 23 countries. The ICU patients were either treated with renal replacement therapy (RRT), such as dialysis, or fulfilled at least 1 of the predefined criteria for ARF from September 2000 ...

Time For Lice To Go

...not reliably kill the louse egg and the increasing prevalence of lice in certain locations throughout the world suggests that lice have built up a resistance to the chemicals that are used to kill them said the researchers. Human head lice, like many other insects, apply a protective coating, or glue, over the...

Uganda Reports Failure To Contain Sleeping Sickness

...inburgh, Scotland and colleagues had looked at the prevalence of human infective T b rhodesiensein the cattle po...nd that there was no significant difference in the prevalence of the parasite in the villages with the intervention and those without it. The investigators also ...

Maybe It Is Time For Doctors To Look After Their Health As Well

...nt. Over 800 consultants were surveyed and a 27% prevalence of poor mental health was found among the responde...nical oncologists had the greatest increase in the prevalence of poor mental health and burnout compared with the other specialties. In response to the above fin...

WHO declares Tuberculosis – ‘An Emergency’ in Afrca

...re on track to reach the MDG targets of halving TB prevalence and deaths by 2015. For more information contact: Samuel AjibolaTelephone: 258 (0) 82 097 2720Email: ajibolas@afro.who.int Glenn ThomasAnglophone media, Email: thomasg@who.int Patrick BertrandFrancophone media, Telephone: +33 66 004 0442Email: ...

Helicobacter pylori Antibiotic Treatment of Peptic Ulcer May not Prevent Gastric lymphomas

...ment in patients with peptic ulcer disease, as the prevalence of H.Pylori was found to be only 36 percent. Click here to read more: http://www.medindia.net/news/view_news_main.asp?t=gn&x=1834...

Teaching the immune system to fight diseases is the key to reducing childhood infections

... asthma. There has been a considerable rise in the prevalence of diseases like asthma over the past 100 years de...ment, could be the key to reducing the rise in the prevalence of asthma and related diseases according to researchers. With this approach, a lot more can be done ...

Pharma Companies May Influence The Decisions Of Medical Students

...nal survey of student affairs deans to measure the prevalence of school-wide policies on drug company–medical student interactions. The overall response rate of the surveys was 72.3 percent (826/1,143). The researchers found that average exposure for each student was 1 gift or sponsored activity per week. Of r...

Safe Neighborhood Means Less TV For Preschool Children

...ldren in neighborhoods perceived as safer. Obesity prevalence and outdoor playtime did not differ significantly between children in safe and unsafe neighborhoods. The lead researcher mentions that one reason that outdoor play may not have been related to BMI is that outdoor play is not a direct measure of phys...

Is your house safe enough to protect against asthma attacks?

... been established between endotoxin levels and the prevalence of diagnosed asthma, asthma symptoms, asthma medic...higher endotoxin concentrations experienced higher prevalence of respiratory symptoms. Endotoxins are substances released by micro-organisms when there the memb...

Polycystic Ovary In Women May Raise Liver Disease

...ity, NAFLD can be detected with an ultrasound. The prevalence of NAFLD was close to two-fold higher in obese women with PCOS than normal healthy women, and at least two to three-fold fold higher than healthy lean women in several prior ultrasonographic studies of NAFLD. Women with PCOS usually have insulin re...

Testing For HIV/AIDS Compulsory For New Military Recruits

...tres, he said. Asked about the extent of AIDS/HIV prevalence in the forces, the medical service chief, without divulging figures, said preventive methods had reduced the spread drastically. Singh said that under the leadership of Admiral Arun Prakash, all wings of the armed forces had been campaigning to wip...

Obese Employees Increase Costs For Employers

...revious research has demonstrated that the overall prevalence of obesity is increasing, and so is the proportion of the obese population with grades II and III obesity, those who this study shows to be most expensive. Taken together, these findings support the assertion that obesity is and will continue to be a...

Suicide Rate Amongst Male Prisoners Of UK Is Quite High

...ment others have pointed out that despite the high prevalence of mentally ill inmates, little treatment is given in jails and prisons. Therefore, a further increase of suicides may have to be expected if the policy of care for incarcerated individuals is not changed. Source: The Lancet, Newswise...

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