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Liver Cancer More Prevalent in Males

...sed by estrogen, may point the way to therapies to reduce the incidence of liver cancer in males. IL-6 contr...iscovery could lead to development of therapies to reduce development of liver cancer in males by either decreasing the levels IL-6 in males, interfering with...

Clamor for Catheter-based Ablation Increasing Among Heart Patients in US

...nts manage the symptoms of atrial fibrillation and reduce the risks, ablation saves money in the long run by curing the condition. Drug regimes, which vary widely, can be kept to under $1,000 annually for many patients by prescribing generic drugs, but ablation advocates say the true cost of relying on drug...

Pumpkins Could Be Showing Insulin Injections The Door Soon

...ugh extracts from the vegetable would dramatically reduce the amount of insulin needed, injections may possibly still be necessary. According to official records, diabetes - a lifestyle disease, affects more than 230 million people, which is almost six per cent of the world's population. For those who dr...

European Commission Seeks To Dispel The Darkness Out Of Sunscreens

...rmation would end consumer confusion and help to reduce skin cancer, which incidentally, kills up to 1,800 Britons a year. A recent study by the Environmental Working Group -EWG, studied 785 name-brand sunscreens and found 84 percent of them offered inadequate sun protection or contained harmful ingredi...

Genzyme Announces First Phase III Study of Tolevamer in Diarrhea Patients

...iotic approach has the potential to treat CDAD and reduce the number of disease recurrences, resulting in improved quality of life for the patient and significant savings to the healthcare system....

Hormone Replacement Therapy Liberation at a Cost

...s relief from menopausal symptoms and was known to reduce the risk of osteoporosis and heart disease. But recent studies have also indicated a possible link of HRT with increased risk of heart attack, stroke and breast cancer putting this treatment under a scanner. The History of Hormone Replacement The...

Chromosone Disorders - Unrevealed Facts

... eventually lead to new medical treatments able to reduce the risk of foetal damage. Over 0.3 per cent of children are born with some kind of chromosome disorder. Most develop Downs Syndrome, or obtain the wrong number of sex chromosomes and develop Turners or Klinefelters syndrome. Turners syndrome onl...

Efforts on to Tackle Health Problems Faced by US Truck Drivers

...tter health among their employees, whether it's to reduce health care costs or hang onto employees in an industry where turnover is high and shortages growing. The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration estimates there are 1.3 million long-haul drivers nationwide and is considering tightening its ru...

Afro- American Women Have More Aggressive Breast Cancer

... more specific way with a more targeted therapy to reduce the risk of the cancer returning, and improve survival," said Dr. Morris. "We would like to explore future research that will enhance our knowledge and allow better understanding of these biological differences, and devise better treatment plans t...

Anti-smoking Drug Could Help Treat Alcoholism: Study

...nited States and Europe in 2006, has been shown to reduce nicotine consumption by affecting the brain's rewa...arenicline may serve as a therapeutic treatment to reduce alcohol consumption in alcoholic subjects." The study was published in the newest edition of the P...

A Break Through Energy Bill by the US Government

...rick, a Democrat, announced a plan in late June to reduce high energy costs in the state within the next thr...laNYC this summer, which includes 127 proposals to reduce greenhouse emissions by 30 percent by 2030 and a congestion charge for driving through certain parts...

Alcohol Does Not Destroy Brain Cells

..., done in Italy, show a bottle of wine a night can reduce the risk of dementia in old age," News.com.au quoted Professor Bartlett, as saying. Research also suggests we have an inbuilt repair kit, replenishing more than 100 billion cells in our brain every day of our lives. Researchers also found that in...

Air Pollution in India Causes 527,700 Deaths a Year

...ir quality guidelines that set out global goals to reduce deaths from pollution. Damaging air pollutants include sulphur dioxide, particulate matter-a mixture of extremely small particles and water droplets-ozone, and nitrogen dioxide. China accounts for roughly one-third of the global total for these po...

Visual Impairment Linked to Greater Mortality Risk

...arly detection, facilitating treatments that could reduce the impact of visual impairment," they added. The report is published in the July issue of Archives of Ophthalmology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals....

Teens Seems to Be Smoking Less

...very cheap prices is undermining other measures to reduce smoking among the Canadian population as a whole," Cunningham said. "Smoking is an addictive scourge that takes root during adolescence," said Dr. David L. Katz, an associate professor of public health, and director of the Prevention Research Center...

MEN as Partners to MEND Maternal Health A World Population Day Initiative

... any part of its resources for the future, it must reduce not only consumption but the number of consumers." B.F. Skinner, psychologist and author Encore, we say and spread the message of lean, healthy and happy families....

Clinicians Ordering Inappropriate Prostate Screenings

...mpt to order an inappropriate PSA test, could help reduce the level of PSA screening misuse, the authors conclude. For more information, contact JAMA/Archives Media Relations at 312/464-JAMA (5262) or e-mail mediarelations@jama-archives.org...

Eco-architecture Takes Root in Thailand, but Growth is Slow

...riendly buildings cut greenhouse gas emissions and reduce death and illness caused by poor air quality, especially in the developing world. Some property developers are catching on to the fact that it is not just the environment that benefits but their bank balances too. Bruno Pingel is president of Sia...

Early Parkinsons Show Hallucination,sleepiness

...cisions, allow for early intervention and possibly reduce disability, said study author Kevin Biglan, MD, MPH, with University of Rochester School of Medicine in Rochester, NY, and member of the American Academy of Neurology. For the study, researchers reviewed the results of a four-year clinical trial inv...

Simple Blood Test May Predict Alzheimers Disease

...lood test that accurately monitors progression can reduce the numbers of patients needed for clinical trials." Agrees Professor Clive Ballard, director of research for the Alzheimer's Society: "A non-invasive blood test for diagnosing Alzheimer's disease would be of enormous significance. "Early diagnosi...

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