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Cardiac – Rehabilitation Programs Beneficial for Heart Patient

...tion could lead to improved survival among a large proportion of patients with MI [myocardial infarction]....

Asthma Patients With Sinusitis More Difficult To Treat

...tion compared to patients without asthma. A higher proportion of asthmatic patients also required primary sinus surgery and additional sinus surgeries compared to patients without asthma. Asthmatics failed primary sinus surgery more frequently and required a second surgery. Researchers say they do not know the...

Beware Smoking During Pregnancy Linked To New Danger

...onnaire about their habits. It was found that the proportion of structural abnormalities in smokers was about 12 percent, while it was only 4 percent in non-smokers. They also found a certain chromosomal region was most affected by tobacco, which is a region that has been implicated in cancers related to the...

The Dangers Involved In Smoking During Pregnancy

... genetic data, researchers say they found that the proportion of structural abnormalities in smokers was about 12 percent, whereas it was about 4 percent in non-smokers. Thus in conclusion researchers say the increase in chromosomal abnormalities resulting from the genotoxic effect of tobacco could be indicativ...

New food guide for people fighting excess weight

...eed of each individual the website may suggest the proportion of each of these ingredients the person should take daily in order to reach the normal weight category. Even the vegetables are categorized as dark green veggies, orange veggies, dry beans & peas, starchy veggies, and other veggies for easy understan...

Obese women with breast cancer may be under treated.

...first treatment compared with standard doses, dose proportion over the course of the therapy and the relative do...-cycle dose reductions which was defined as a dose proportion of The authors concluded that by removing deliberate dose reductions treatment with adjuvant chemo...

Choose the apple wisely to keep the doctor away

...xture do not matter, choosing an apple with a high proportion of polyphenols in the flesh and skin can potentially produce more health benefits," said Tsao. Source: Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry, June....

Good News For Those Suffering From Excessive Sweating

...th their ability to perform non-work activities, a proportion that increased to 78 to 88 percent of patients after treatment. No serious treatment-related adverse events were reported. The most frequently reported adverse events were infection (respiratory system: 14 percent), infection (body as a whole: 12 pe...

Patients Are Given Catheter Longer Than Necessary

...en time have urinary catheters — and a substantial proportion of patients have them much longer than they really... place for 48 hours. The results showed that the proportion of each patient’s hospital stay that involved a catheter went down by 7.6 percent on the reminder wa...

Preventable Home Injuries: A Principal Cause Of Deaths In Children

...come levels as the reasons that show the increased proportion of such deaths in people of lower socio-economic background. This is the first study of its kind that takes a comprehensive look into fatal injuries sustained at home in children and teens. Source: EurekAlert...

Air Pollution Increases Risk For Heart Disease In Women

...ore likely to have hypertension. Further, a larger proportion of the females were postmenopausal, and of these, fewer had undergone hormone replacement therapy. The authors said that air pollution might affect females more than males because females may have a greater deposition of inhaled particles in their l...

Oral Sex may carry AIDS related Cancer Virus

... another study in the early-1990s.In addition, the proportion of men reporting unprotected anal sex fell from more than half in the mid-80s to 11% in 1993, according to one study the researchers analyzed. On the other hand, unprotected oral sex remained common throughout the study periods, ranging from 60% to ...

Obesity Hormone -' Leptin' may treat Metabolic Disorder

...ied in this context--because leptin levels rise in proportion to body fat, and obese individuals have been thought to have leptin resistance. Animal research has suggested that a lack of leptin may be involved in the development of insulin resistance, but this is the first evidence in humans that this may be t...

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

...rvical cancer— HPV16 or HPV18—may prevent a larger proportion of high-risk HPV infections in Europe than sub-Sah...PV35 was equally common. Dr Clifford states: “The proportion of high-risk HPV infections preventable by a vaccine for HPV16 or HPV18 might vary by region, being ...

Sunscreen Lotions Offering High Protection May Be Better Than Usual Sunscreens

...percent (276) saying they used it exclusively. The proportion of those who experienced sunburn during the week was higher in the low-SPF group (24 percent) than the high-SPF group with the same label (14 percent). In total, 63 participants experienced sunburn, with six of them having severe sunburn. The findi...

Astrocytes Found To Cause Epilepsy

...latively little. The cell type is found in larger proportion - and with more “points” on the star-shaped cell - in animals with higher brain function. Monkeys have roughly the same number of astrocytes as neurons in their brains, whereas humans have 10 times as many astrocytes as neurons. Recently, more has be...

Patients In Hospital ICUs At Risk From Medical Errors

...ritical care units provide an increasingly greater proportion of care. “During our lifetimes, we can expect to be admitted to an ICU at least once. We hope these findings will stimulate the adoption of known interventions, like ensuring hand washing, better physician/nurse communications, and greater use of hea...

Early Screening For Hearing Impairments In Newborn Can Be Helpful

...t age 7–8 months. The investigators found that the proportion of children with PCHI referred before 6 months of age increased from 11 of 35 (31%) without screening to 23 of 31(74%) during periods of screening. Dr Kennedy concludes: ”Our report . . . is the strongest available evidence of the added benefit of U...

Addicted To Getting Tanned?!

...nt.” The DSM-IV criteria indicated an even greater proportion of beachgoers with UVL tanning dependence — 53 percent. Souce: Newswise...

Implants In The Ear Is Effective Against All Types Of Hearing Loss

...sy environment increased dramatically over time in proportion with the amount of residual hearing in the non-implanted ear. “In cases where even a small amount of hearing ability remains in one ear, the central nervous system is better able to integrate auditory information with a cochlear implant, and equally...

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