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Vasectomy Reversal to Lead to Birth Defects

...he vasectomy was in place was noted. 'This study raises a lot of questions. Is the abnormal spermatogenesis reversible, and if so, how long will it take before things get back to normal?' Sukchareon asked. He also considered whether Such abnormalities would be carried over to the offspring or not. While...

Consumption of an Egg per day Could Prevent Heart Disease, Cancer

...urated fats in food, not dietary cholesterol, that raises blood cholesterol levels, a risk factor for heart attacks. "To view eggs solely in terms of their dietary cholesterol content is to ignore the potential benefits of eggs on coronary risk factors, including obesity and diabetes," Griffin says, desc...

Rheumatoid Arthritis Can Manifest In Various Unknown Risks

...for many patients and is an excellent example that raises the discussion of whether, or when, the benefits the drugs outweighs any risks associated with them", Dr. Askling added. Source: EurekAlert...

Watchful Eyes Ensures Honesty

...aid anti-social behavior tackling initiatives, and raises the possibility of getting people to behave more pro-socially. Professor George Fieldman, an evolutionary psychologist fromChilterns University College, Buckinghamshire, said: "It would be interesting to know how one can apply these sorts of fin...

British Columbians Pay Medical Bills Of Foreigners

...ifies immigration authorities if a foreign patient raises suspicions of misusing the health-care system of the province. If immigration officials get hold of a person trying to enter the province with outstanding bills, amounting to more than $10,000, the health authority is notified and the visitor is mad...

Genetic Mutation in Mice Suggests Extinct Mammoth Had Light and Dark Fur

...nd leopard spots, are generated in animals. And it raises the possibility that other vertebrates, such as mammoths, also evolved similar color variations using the same genetic mutation. In a companion paper published in the same issue of Science, researchers in Germany report the discovery of this same m...

Heart Attack Care Continues To Be Biased In Favor Of Men

...nd men, even after the quality improvement effort, raises an important question of how hospitals implement quality measures. Some previous studies by other researchers have found that doctors are less likely to deliver evidence-based medical care -- the foundation of quality improvement efforts like GAP – ...

Significant Increase In Heart Diseases Found In Older People Living Alone

...is just not the fact of living alone that probably raises the risk. They stated that there are certain other lifestyle indicators as well, as people who live alone do not often go visiting their GP’s, a higher percentage of them smoke, there is a larger incidence of obesity, and a higher cholesterol levels ...

Canadian Youth to Help South African AIDS Awareness

...ished three years ago at a Canadian high school to raises awareness about HIV/Aids and also funds for medication for children suffering from the disease. Chiu said, 'We focus on all children under the age of 16 in Third World countries who have HIV/Aids.' Chiu said they raised funds in Canada by selling...

Study Links Children Living In Isolated Rural Areas With A Higher Risk Of Cancer

...x Elliott, the COMARE chairman, said, “This report raises more questions than it answers.” The report, that covered 32,000 cases of childhood cancer between 1969 and 1993, has shown that Orkney had a rate of leukemia, which was almost around 51.3 cases per million children, while the rate in Western Islan...

Transfer of NHS hospital care into the community may not save costs

...neral hospital. Researcher John Green said: "It raises some interesting questions, showing there is no significant cost saving with community treatment. However, this is just one type of treatment, and there may be different results for other patients." Jonathan Fielden, chairman of the British Medica...

MRIs Show Drug Treatment Slows Brain Deterioration on Road to Alzheimer's Disease

... which is present in 25 percent of the population, raises the likelihood of amyloid plaques forming in the brain, an important part of the pathology of Alzheimer’s. Findings will be presented July 17 at the Alzheimer’s Association International Conference on Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Disorders in Ma...

p53, the Guardian of Our Genome

...are the two sides of the same coin. This discovery raises two important and alarming questions. One, whether treatments for cancer could accelerate ageing in the patient and result in dementia, later? Secondly drugs used to prevent ageing in people increase their risk of cancer? Further research is needed t...

Researchers Find 'Secret Weapon' Used by SARS Virus

... Sciences. 'This is a very rare phenomenon, and it raises a lot of questions — among them, whether we can make a mutant form of SARS coronavirus that lacks the ability to degrade messenger RNA, which could ultimately lead to the creation of a live attenuated vaccine for SARS.' Although many viruses interf...

Three-Part Program To Lower Cholesterol

...disease. Inactivity contributes to weight gain and raises LDL as well as lowering HDL, the “good” cholesterol. The booklet offers a step-by-step program to get people moving and includes a chart of calories burned in common activities. Overweight and obesity increase a person's LDL level and can also rai...

Researchers Uncover Gene That Raises Risk for Type 1 Diabetes

...eukocyte antigen (HLA) region on chromosome 6 that raises the risk for type 1 diabetes autoimmunity to an astounding 80 percent. It has been known for some time that approximately 5 percent of individuals with known high risk genes in the HLA region on chromosome 6 will develop type 1 diabetes – a region ...

Bladder Control following Weight loss in women with Prediabetes

...o 74 — 41 million people — have prediabetes, which raises the risk of developing type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Source-Mdindia NLA...

Limb Transplantation with a Difference

... But long-term use of immunosuppressive medication raises the risk of infection and cancer because the weakened immune system is unable to ward off these threats. Furthermore, immune suppression therapy eventually fails, and transplanted organs undergo rejection an average of 10 years after surgery. "The h...

Boosting Energy Naturally

...n. ? Don't smoke. Nicotine speeds the heart rate, raises blood pressure, and stimulates brain-wave activity associated with wakefulness, making it harder to fall asleep. And once you do fall asleep, its addictive power can kick in and awaken you with cravings. ? Enjoy the outdoors. Gardening, hiking, or w...

Upgrading Donor Lung Quality to Improve Availability

...further than reported by this group.” “The study raises another important question regarding the availability of donor lungs. Are there truly not enough lungs? Although it has been thought that the available supply is far less than the demand, the supply may be less of a problem than actual use. Some coun...

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