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Scientists Unveil Mechanism Behind Resistance to Severe Malaria

...cientists have discovered why some people are less prone to malaria//. The people with a specific type of h... that gives red blood cells their color — are less prone to severe malaria. In a series of experiments, the researchers determined how hemoglobin type C impa...

Race an important links to the risk of advanced colorectal cancer

...cans and non-Hispanic whites is that they are less prone to have advanced disease compared to Native Americans and African Americans. The researchers from the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, reviewed patient data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) program to lo...

Smoking Increases The Risk Of Developing Tuberculosis Infection

...y be due to the fact that smoking makes lungs more prone to infections. The evidence is very strong to also suggest that the likelihood of developing active tuberculosis is greater in those who have smoked for a long time, says Dr Graham Bothamley. Source: Association between smoking and tuberculosis inf...

Listeria Food Poisoning Can Be Dangerous In Pregnant Women And Elderly

...and people with impaired immune functions are more prone to such infections. A recent outbreak of L.monocytogenes infection in Switzerland due to cheese consumption resulted in the death of two elderly people, two miscarriages and a further six people were hospitalized. Listeriosis in pregnancy may res...

Allergies can prevent brain cancer

...in genes in adults can cause the adults being more prone to the attacks of asthma and other allergic reactions. And these gene variations also prevent the incidence of the most common form of brain cancer in the same adults. The researchers of Ohio State University had said that the brain cancer called gli...

New clues to maternal aggressive behavior

...niversity of Edinburgh said that in highly anxiety prone animals, the release of the hormone directly influences the level of maternal offensive behavior against a perceived threat. This is more pronounced in lactating mothers than at any other species. Researchers also say that other than increasing the ...

Elderly People Needs To Tackle The Heat Effectively

...r heat exhaustion. Elderly people and children are prone to classic heat stroke. For more information read: http://www.medindia.net/patients/ patientinfo/heatexhaustion.asp http://www.medindia.net/patients/ patientinfo/heatstroke.asp...

Hypertension can be caused by Inhalation of Salt

...wn that high consumption of salt can make a person prone to develop high blood pressure and the consequent development of heart and kidney diseases, which are major causes of mortality worldwide. Kripa Haldiya et al. measured the blood pressure of workers in two salt milling factories in Rajasthan, India...

Exposure to Pesticides in Schools Produces Illnesses Among Employees, Students

...esticide exposure and children: Children are more prone to be at risk from unhealthy conditions arising out of low exposure to pesticides for long term. Toxicity of the pesticides can affect the organs, the nervous systems, the immune systems, and the fatty tissues of the body causing long-term damages. ...

Sleep Apnea Related To Death And Loss Of Brain Cells

... old. That is why with age, the humans become more prone to sleep apnea. For the older people who die in their sleep, when they are affected by sleep apnea die in their sleep as their lungs and heart have weakened with age. Researchers are of the opinion that this may be the cause that affects the elderly...

Children's Waistlines A Predictor Of Future Heart Disease

...se in the United States. The aged are particularly prone to it, when one by one other physical pleasures have been outlived or denied, and there remains only the joys of the table. http://www.medindia.net/patients/ PatientInfo/obesity_about.htm http://www.medindia.net/patients /PatientInfo/ highcholes...

Sleep pattern to lead to depression

...-movement (REM) sleep within a short time are more prone to depression. Giles and her colleagues from the University of Rochester Medical Center, doing a research on depression found that people with this type of sleep pattern and a family history of depression are twice as likely to get depressed than th...

A ray of hope in Angioplasty dilemma

...s and in those of diabetic patients. Both are very prone to reclogging. Dr. Greg Stone of Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City said the first of these stents could be available in 2003. Results of at least three large studies, necessary to win Food and Drug Administration approval, are expected on rival pr...

Research on HIV takes new direction

... genetics, the researchers have found a place less prone to mutations that could lead to drug resistance, he added. According to Tor if we can use drugs that prevent Rev from creating new viral cells, the HIV genetic material becomes useless. While numerous other groups explore more traditional approache...

Chlorine might be a cause for Asthma

...r barrier protecting the lungs.Thus making it more prone to the passage of allergins,the main cause of asthma attacks. The chemical isformed due to the reaction of chlorine (in pools) andorganinc matter sectreted by swimmers. The organicmatters include sweat and urine! But during extensivestudys, it was fo...

Predicting The Risk Of Osteoarthritis

...stable. In some extreme cases, it can make the hip prone to dislocation.// A new study reveals the condition acetabular dysplasia is a strong independent indicator for the development of osteoarthritis (OA) of the hip. Osteoarthritis of the hip is one of the leading causes of disability among the elderly...

Tumour risk increased by tissue protective protein

...riation in Bcl-xL levels some individuals are more prone to developing tumors or more susceptible to tissue injury during their lifetime. Source: IANS...

In The Habit Of Taking Painkillers For Your Chronic Headache? Time To Switch Over

...that women who regularly take painkillers are more prone to develop high blood pressure than women who don’t take any. Infact there is a 2 fold increased risk // , which draws attention. The regular use of these drugs by millions of people may help explain the growing incidence of hypertension that has b...

Researchers Find Out The Cause Of Immune Attacks Behind Hearing Loss

... lupus or rheumatoid arthritis. Such people may be prone to losing all or part of their hearing due to an overzealous autoimmune reaction. All eight-study participants who had systemic autoimmune diseases showed signs of antibodies against IESCA. Six of them regained hearing after steroid treatment. -(Sou...

Effective Treatment Of Drug Abuse Dependent On Feelings Of Shame Or Guilt

...pecific event. It appears that individuals who are prone to shame when dealing with a variety of life problems may also have a tendency to turn toward alcohol and other drugs to cope with this feeling. Guilt, or the tendency to feel bad about a specific behavior or action, was largely unrelated to substa...

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