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Neurological Disorder Gene Identified

...y. Charcot-Marie-Tooth disorder, one of the most prevalent inherited neurological disorders, affects one in 2,500 people in the United States, usually beginning in youth or by mid-adulthood. It is actually a group of related disorders that affect the bodys peripheral nerves, with symptoms such as pain and.mu...

Abbott's RealTime Hepatitis B Viral Load Test Receives CE Marking in Europe

...tment decisions. For example, genotype C, which is prevalent in Asia, is considered to be associated with more ...ocellular carcinoma. In contrast, genotype B (also prevalent in the Asia region) has a better prognosis, is rarely associated with hepatocellular carcinoma and s...

Meditation Increases Attention - A Brain Scan Report

...ity disorder, which Davidson describes as the most prevalent psychiatric diagnosis among children in our country. "Our findings suggest that it may-I stress may-be possible to train attention in children with methods derived from these practices," he says. Davidson says scientific studies of meditation ar...

Childhood Abuse Increases the Risk of Alcoholism

...ong all U.S. women. Childhood sexual abuse is also prevalent in this population, reported by about half of the women in the community, compared with a U.S. average of 13 percent. The high rates of sexual abuse and alcoholism in this population make it particularly suitable for studying the interaction of gen...

Common Antidepressants Linked to Increased Bone Loss in Older Adults

...ible and clinically important. Because SSRI use is prevalent in the general population, our findings have a potentially important public health impact. If confirmed, people using SSRIs might be targeted for osteoporosis screening and preventive intervention," the authors write. The two studies appear in the ...

Smoking Hampers Alcoholics' Neurocognitive Recovery During Abstinence

...t neurocognition in other conditions where is it a prevalent behavior, such as schizophrenia-spectrum and mood disorders. Further research is imperative, he said....

Antidepressents may Lower Bone Density in Older People

...portant, the authors conclude. Because SSRI use is prevalent in the general population, our findings have a potentially important public health impact. If confirmed, people using SSRIs might be targeted for osteoporosis screening and preventive intervention....

Back to Basics in Health in Advanced Countries Now

...etes and cardiovascular diseases would become more prevalent over the coming two decades. "The rise of these diseases poses a major risk to the long-term health of millions of Australians by reducing their quality of life, restricting their ability to participate in the workforce and diminishing their capac...

Anxiety Disorders Show in Tiny Tots

...lia. Anxiety disorders in children are far more prevalent than depression, figures released by Macquarie University's Anxiety Research Unit show. In children aged 6to 11, the anxiety prevalence rate is 16 per cent compared to a rate of about 1 per cent for mood disorders such as depression. In those ag...

Unemployed Electropaths Threaten to Commit Suicide in Kashmir

...practicing the Tibetan traditional medicine widely prevalent in Ladakh, is recognised by the State Government....

New Clues for Treatment of Disease That Causes Accelerated Aging

...s. The LMNA gene is involved in several other more prevalent disorders including forms of muscular dystrophy and heart disease. In addition, recent studies by other labs have shown that occasional errors in the production of lamin A may take place even in people with "normal" copies of the gene. Scientists s...

Female Infanticide and Feticide Continue to Increase

...developing nations, sexual discrimination is still prevalent in the north. In the UK, two women a week are killed by current or former partners. The country also has the highest rate of teenage pregnancy in Europe and having a baby at a young age means women are more likely to miss out on education and slip ...

Use of MRI and MRS With New Surgical Technique Proves Helpful

...lifornia, Los Angeles. 'RALRP is an increasingly prevalent surgical approach which unlike a traditional, open radical prostatectomy offers no tactile feedback to the surgeon,' said Mittul Gulati, MD, lead author of the study. 'The surgery is intended to be a curative procedure, ideally done on patients with ...

America on Brink of Allergy Crisis

...sthma and other allergic diseases have become more prevalent in the United States in recent years. They affect as many as 50 million people, or more than 20 percent of the population. The incidence of asthma alone has more than tripled over the past 25 years and currently affects more than 22 million Americans...

Research Suggests Breast Cancer Fatigue Begins Before Chemo

...ty monitors called actigraphs. Fatigue, the most prevalent and distressing symptom for breast cancer patients receiving chemotherapy, has long been accepted by health professionals and patients alike as a side effect of treatment. Researchers say there are ways to intervene, and now they have found it may be...

Australia Agonising Over the Problem of Cocaine Use by Lawyers

...tal of New South Wales) in Sydney it is much more prevalent with the top law firms and you sit there at the table and you use your credit card to cut the cocaine into nice little lines." He said some lawyers used amphetamines at night and then used tranquillisers to bring themselves down before they appear...

Spending on Diabetes Drugs Soars in US

...particular, type 2 diabetes, is becoming much more prevalent among people of all ages, Medco Chief Medical Officer Robert Epstein said in a statement. While prevention of type 2 diabetes needs to be a national priority, drug treatments can help prevent the onset of complications from diabetes that lead to ho...

Marijuana Worsens Breathing Problems in Current Smokers

...ng because both cigarette and marijuana smoking is prevalent in their area, says Dr. Tan. They found that 49% of participants ages 18 to 39 and 46% of those 40 and older had smoked marijuana at least once. Among 18-39 year-olds, 17% said they currently smoked marijuana, compared with 13% in the 40+ age group. ...

Astronauts can Now Feed on 'radiation-eating' Fungi

...," says Casadevall. "Since ionizing radiation is prevalent in outer space, astronauts might be able to rely on fungi as an inexhaustible food source on long missions or for colonizing other planets," says Dr. Ekaterina Dadachova, an Associate Professor of nuclear medicine and microbiology and immunology at E...

Experts to Develop New Weapons Against Food Poisoning

...decreasing bacterial contamination of meat that is prevalent in poultry processing and is transferred to chicken meat on grocery shelves. GangaGen and The University of Nottingham are building a business relationship to commercialise phage technology which has been developed at the University to complement t...

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