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Safe for people with asthma

...ken and those have not. Influenza can be a serious problem for people with asthma, so vaccination seems like a sensible thing to do. But there have been concerns that the flu jab can make people's asthma worse. To find it this out researchers at Cleavland University School of Medicine did a thourough study i...

Back injury cured by engineers

...ry is a common problem. People who have had a back problem tend to find it recurs. Researchers at the Biodynamics Laboratory have found that this is because they tend to protect their injury by creating a big stress on their spine afterwards.// This study comparedhe movement of injured and uninjured people...

The henna allergy

...oos can lead to months of pain and discomfort. The problem is not the henna dye itself but the chemical para-phenylene diamine (PPD) which is sometimes added to make the tattoo darker. Henna tattoos are a long established practise in India, where it is called mehendi. Dr Bjorn Hausen, of the Dermatological...

Night borns' risk

...sequences for preterm births were more serious - a problem which became worse in the 1990s. Between 1990 and 1995, there was a 60% increase in the risk of mortality related to asphyxia in preterm infants born at night, compared to preterm infants born during the day. The Hong Kong study, based on data from...

IVF technique May Increase The Risk Of Birth Defects

... of genetic instability, and if a baby inherited a problem where some cells lacked Y chromosomes, it could cause ambiguous genitalia, Turner’s syndrome, or both....

Alcohol within the body

...h heavy alcohol abuse.// However, in this case the problem was not alcholism, but the production of alcohol by an internal distillery within the body itself. Dr Diehl thinks undigested food might stay in the intestines of obese people for longer. This could allow normally harmless gut bacteria to ferment t...

Dangers of Low Calcium Intake

... teens are certain to face a serious public health problem in the future. Children are drinking more soft drinks and more non-citrus drinks than they used to; meanwhile, milk consumption has dropped. The number of fractures among children and young adults has increased, probably due to lower intakes of cal...

Alcoholics are prone to disability

... 51 and 62.// Those with a history of persistent problem drinking were 20 per cent more likely to report di...e than three drinks a day, but were not considered problem drinkers. The researchers collected data at four time points over the six year period of the study...

Infection linked with heart attack

... - two types of herpes, cytomegalovirus (a serious problem in those with compromised immunity) and Epstein-Barr virus. The four bacteria tested for were: Haemophilus influenzae , pneumoniae - which cause flu and pneumonia - plus the stomach bug Helicobacter pylori . The more infections a person had been ex...

Get, set, go...

...ly active and one of the ways of tackling the huge problem of osteoporosis is to encourage youngsters to increase peak bone mass by taking enough of the right type of exercise with a well-balanced calcium rich diet....

Relief from common back pain

...kness in the leg. He uses nucleoplasty to remove problem tissue and apply controlled levels of heat to the affected disk and low thermal energy to relieve pressure in an intervertebral disk. During the procedure, he mildly sedates his patient and, with the guidance of X-ray image, advances a needle into th...

Thumb Sucking in children Lead to Overbite

...a, or in the back of the mouth. In comparison, the problem was noted among 13% of children who stopped between 2 to 3 years and in 20% of those who continued to suck fingers or a pacifier after the age of 4. A higher percentage of children who persisted in sucking fingers or a pacifier also developed...

Diet plays a role in kidney stones

...ormal calcium group. So people with a kidney stone problem would be best advised to reduce animal protein and salt but keep calcium intake normal....

The winter worry

... births between 1977 and 1998 for pre-eclampsia, a problem due to increased blood pressure which is dangerous to the baby and the mother.They found that mothers of children born in August had the lowest risk of pre-eclampsia. However the research team from the National Institute of Public Health in Oslo say...

Final push to eradicate leprosy

...ments of countries where leprosy is still a health problem need to ensure their people understand that it is an easily curable disease, the World Health Organization (WHO) has said. Partners in WHO's Global Alliance for the Elimination of Leprosy// are meeting in Brazil for their annual meeting. Brazil is on...

Science of swooning

Blackouts after a couple of drinks is a common problem for heavy drinkers and the scientist have found a solution which was a mystery until now.It may support the potentialities of a night out. Researchers at the University of Ohio College of Medicine and the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota say the effect of a...

Risk Of Decongestants In Hypertensive Patients

...o the warnings on the labels of these drugs." The problem is that the active ingredients in many decongestants can't target the blood vessels in the nose. Instead, they constrict blood vessels throughout your body, and raise your blood pressure. If you already have high blood pressure, that can increase you...

Herbal treatment not to be sneezed at

...cally known as allergic rhinitis, can be a chronic problem or can occur in response to a change in seasons. It is characterised by sneezing, itching in the nose and sinuses, and a blocked nose, and is caused by allergens, often pollen, that get into the nose and cause a hypersensitive reaction. Antihistamine...

Knee fat turns into cartilage

...hose with injury to a joint or some other skeletal problem could find themselves with a ready repair material created from their own cells....

Delirium linked to death

...lirium should be considered a significant, serious problem in its own right and as a marker of serious risk of mortality. The detection of delirium should prompt efforts to identify and treat underlying medical problems....

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