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Mobile Phone Addiction may Cause Psychological Problems

...chological disorders, says a study that advices "a reasonable use" for positive effects. // Francisca Lopez Tor... added. However, Torrecillas said that making "a reasonable use" of mobile phones can be even positive for teenagers, "since it enables them to keep their frien...

Garlic Supplements may Not Lower Cholesterol: Study

... WebMD. "Garlic supplements or dietary garlic in reasonable doses are unlikely to produce lipid benefits" in people with moderately high LDL cholesterol levels" the study said. Researcher Christopher Gardner said the study was large enough and long enough to have detected any cholesterol changes. "We even...

Spain Launches Movement Against Skinny Fashion Models

... in 2008 after the study is finished. "It is not reasonable in a modern society to create stereotypes of beauty that do not correspond to social reality," Health Minister Elena Salgado said. The Spanish senate had recommended measures to change the beauty ideal already in 1999, but the time was not yet ripe...

Severe Mental Retardation Gene Mutation Identified

...ent. "If you find genes that are abnormal, it is a reasonable assumption that the identified genes are involved in the formation of normal intellectual processing as well," concludes Dr. Raymond. Now that a posttranslational modification enzyme has been found to be mutated in X-linked mental retardation, the...

Biopsy may Underestimate Prostate Cancer in Obese and Overweight Men

...grade cancer in an obese patient, there is still a reasonable likelihood that the patient may have high-grade disease." The researchers, from six universities, published the findings in the March 2007 issue of the journal Urology. The study was funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs, the National Ins...

Obesity Does Not Auger Well for Prostate Cancer Patients

...grade cancer in an obese patient, there is still a reasonable likelihood that the patient may have high-grade disease." The researchers, from six universities, published the findings in the March 2007 issue of the journal Urology.The study was funded by the Department of Veterans Affairs, the National Insti...

Antidepressant Medication Has No Effect on Bipolar Patients

...ful management of mood stabilizer medications is a reasonable alternative to adding an antidepressant medication for treating bipolar depression," said Dr. Sachs. Future STEP-BD results will shed light on other treatment options for bipolar disorder, including psychotherapeutic treatments. Source-Eurekaler...

Asthma Incidence Shows a 50 Percent Increase in Fat People

...rresponsiveness," said Dr. Sutherland. "It is also reasonable to believe that some of the patients with ‘asthma’ may have respiratory symptoms due to obesity but may not meet rigorous objective physiologic criteria for asthma." The authors concluded that obesity is a well-established risk factor for diabetes...

India Should Take the Lead in Stem Cell Research, Expert

...ery outsourcing. People will be operated upon at a reasonable price and they would not need to fly all the way to Ohio or some other foreign country and get their surgery done after spending heavy amounts. We have all the technology and we will be assisted by international universities," said Rajkumar. He al...

Starting Time of Hormone Therapy may Augment the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease

...men offers some reassurance that hormones remain a reasonable option for the short-term treatment of menopausal symptoms, but does not necessarily imply an absence of harm over prolonged periods of hormone use. In contrast, risk of stroke did not depend on years since menopause or the presence of vasomotor symp...

Blood Pressure Tackled Better With Cocoa Than Tea

... intake to decrease blood pressure, but it appears reasonable to substitute phenol-rich cocoa products such as dark chocolate for other high-calorie or high-fat desserts or dairy products, they continue. 'We believe that any dietary advice must account for the high sugar, fat and calorie intake with most cocoa ...

AMA Calls For Calm Approach To Aged Care Illness Outbreaks

... identify the causes for the outbreak and take all reasonable steps based on the evidence,' Dr Haikerwal said. 'Calls for the mandatory reporting of all serious illness outbreaks in aged care homes are not justified. 'It would not be practical to report every case and would not help in the management of s...

Resistance Already Emerging in First Months of Treatment Despite Viral Load Decline

...ntrolled and viral load is undetectable would be a reasonable treatment strategy. At that point, treatment could be scaled back to avoid toxicities and reduce side effects. Further investigation of the long-term impact of early selection of drug-resistant viruses and strategies to avoid that occurrence are re...

Bypass Surgery, Drug-eluting Stents Possess Similar Risk and Outcome

... we know we can treat well with stents, then it is reasonable to treat them by a catheter rather than by surgery. If we can't do a good job with stents, then bypass is the better choice." Source-Eurekalert...

Should Menstrual Suppression Be a Lifestyle Choice?

.... But is menstrual suppression safe and is it a reasonable lifestyle choice, asks Paula Derry, a Health Psychologist in this week’s BMJ? Birth control options that reduce or eliminate periods are being developed, she writes. The oral contraceptive Seasonale, for example, combines 84 days of active pills wi...

Anti-obesity Drugs Claimed Additional Benefits on cardiometabolic Risk Factors Questioned

...ate, and we have previously concluded that it is a reasonable option for obese patients where diet and exercise and/or behavioural measures alone have failed. Rimonabant is the most expensive of the anti-obesity drugs. A years treatment with rimonabant 20mg daily costs the NHS around 720, compared with 520 fo...

Rapid Syphilis Could Prevent Congenital Disease and Stillbirths in Haiti

...r 1,000 stillbirths and neonatal deaths, at a very reasonable additional cost of slightly more than half a million dollars,' says senior author Dr. Daniel W. Fitzgerald, assistant professor of medicine at Weill Cornell Medical College and assistant attending physician at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Corn...

Color Vision Drove Primates to Develop Red Skin and Hair, Study Finds

...z, an Ohio University doctoral student. 'So, it is reasonable for primates with trichromatic color vision to respond more when they see bright colors.' So while foraging may have initially sparked red color vision, the new ability was likely 'recruited' for social purposes. 'It looks like red skin and hair be...

Delivering Baby, the Natural Way.

...ervention and fear. "As long as clean water and reasonable living standards are available - as they are to many women in the west - then the task is to eliminate the other two factors and a natural birth will be as safe as it can be." Britain's Department of Health frowns on the practice of freebirthing a...

Should Menstrual Suppression Be a Lifestyle Choice?

.... But is menstrual suppression safe and is it a reasonable lifestyle choice, asks Paula Derry, a Health Psychologist in this weeks BMJ? Birth control options that reduce or eliminate periods are being developed, she writes. The oral contraceptive Seasonale, for example, combines 84 days of active pills wit...

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