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Keep guilt off

... such as eating, drinking, smoking and sex, and to rate each one for the amount of pleasure and guilt it gave.The results of these responses were used to develop a pleasure-guilt ratio for each student.To test immune systems, students gave a saliva sample to determine their levels of immunoglobulin A (IgA...

Osteoporosis Drugs: right time to take-off

...e first category comprises agents, which limit the rate of bone loss and are referred to as ‘‘anti-resorption drugs’’. The second group of drugs promotes bone formation and is referred to as ‘‘bone forming drugs’’. // No single class of drugs is perceived to manage osteoporosis on a standalone basis. H...

Blood clots likely in long travel

...ng people travelling less than 5000km, this gave a rate of 0.01 cases of embolism per million. The rate rose to 1.5 cases per million for those travelling more than 5000km. Dr Baker was recently involve...

Cannabis for pain

... and participants' pain levels monitored. Asked to rate their improvement in pain relief on a scale from one to 10, the majority rated it at "between 9 and 10". Without their knowledge, a placebo was introduced during the trial, and later replaced with cannabinoid. When the extract was removed, pain leve...

Cigerettes unsafe during pregnancy

...a miscarriage or a pre-term birth, and triples the rate of SIDS - and if women are not able to give up entirely, they need to cut their smoking by half to achieve any benefit for themselves and their baby. "Educating people on how their babies should sleep has reduced SIDS deaths by 70 per cent since 198...

Drink milk right now

... a clear negative trend in breast cancer incidence rate ratios with increasing combined childhood and adulthood milk consumption. ...

FDA Approves Contraceptive Ring

...ne or two will become pregnant, the FDA says. That rate is similar to both the birth control pill and the yet-unapproved contraceptive patch, which releases a steady stream of estrogen and progestin that offers a week of pregnancy protection. // The new prescription device is a circle of soft, flexible...

Gastrointestinal ills more common in diabetics

...of Sydney in Australia and colleagues examined the rate of gastrointestinal maladies in a survey. After the researchers took into account age and sex, they found that diabetics were more likely than people without the disease to have had any of 16 gastrointestinal symptoms and five groups of symptoms. Thr...

Cost-effective antibiotics for sinusitis treatment

...ents who received first-line treatment the success rate was 90.1 per cent and for the 11,773 patients receiving second-line treatment the success rate was 90.8 per cent. Although the success rate in both types of treatment was similar, there was a d...

Dangers of heat

...bly nausea or vomiting. In severe cases, the heart rate increases and the sufferer may feel disoriented. Heatstroke or sunstroke occurs when the body's thermoregulatory system stops working and body temperature rises to approximately 42C. Dr Ron Behrens, of the Hospital for Tropical Diseases in London, ...

Misleading anti-malarial drug

...aid the company supported the 97 per cent efficacy rate indicated by the three efficacy trials carried out in Africa. >...

Radiotherapy helps in colon cancer

... Pre-operative radiotherapy also reduced the death rate from cancer. The study suggests that radiotherapy is useful in improving the outcome in colon cancer, and timing is an important factor....

Health at heights

...ardless of how much is available, so the breathing rate increases to compensate - even when the body is at rest. Altitude itself also has negative effects on health. If the human body is left exposed at high altitude without acclimatisation, the effects can be devastating. Sometimes the combination of h...

Depression disturbs heart rate

...ssed. Depression was clearly linked to lower heart rate variability (HRV), which is a strong predictor of death following a heart attack. HRV measures the nervous functioning - electrical wiring, if you like - of the heart. It influences blood vessel size, blood pressure and the heart's ability to contr...

Pollution- hazardous for diabetics

...ith diabetes.// PM10s increase the risk of heart rate variability , thrombosis, and inflammation. The data show that the risk is doubled when you have diabetes. It's possible that pollution exposure and diabetes affect the same pathways to heart disease and when both are present the risk is compounded. ...

Avoid stress to have strong babies

...herefore birth weight".// The women were asked to rate their stress levels using a questionnaire. The researchers carried out ultrasound scans to test the blood flow through arteries. They found that those who were the most anxious during pregnancy had significantly abnormal blood flow patterns. A "res...

Drugs to stop burgeon of HIV

...rs showed that Vpu could dramatically increase the rate of budding. They concluded Vpu is likely to be imp...ound if we mess around with Vpu, we can reduce the rate of HIV replication in cells. Vpu isn't essential for replication, but it has an effect on it." The ...

Drugs For Anthrax May Interfere With Oral Contraceptives

...pro, an anti- infective medication, on the failure rate of oral contraceptives. However, because Cipro is similar to antibiotics in several ways, including the types of bacteria that it targets, some healthcare providers suggest that it could inhibit the efficacy of birth control pills....

Older men 'father' schizophrenics

...n in a hundred at some time in their life, and the rate is the same in every country.Most people are affected when they are in their late teens or early 20s, though it can start at any age. Schizophrenia is a psychotic disorder. Symptoms include hallucinations and delusions. Genetic and environmental fact...

Bronchitis in the young

...of Verona, Italy, uncovered wide variations in the rate of chronic bronchitis. 50% of the centres showed chronic bronchitis rates of over 2.6%. Dr de Vinci said: "This is a high figure, considering the age of the subjects, and it took the researchers by surprise."Moderate smokers were three-and-a-half tim...

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