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A treatment for Osteoporosis

...e pill a week could protect bone just as well. And related research, a four- year survey of 180 patients, confirmed everyone's suspicion: People are far more likely to stick with a once-a-week schedule. The drug has already been approved for weekly dosage by the US government....

Comprehension of taste receptor

...ed on T1R receptors, a family of proteins remotely related to receptors in the brain that recognise the amino acid glutamate and related chemicals.Different T1R genes can be expressed in cells in different combinations to yield cells tha...

Lethal Heart Condition linked To Cocaine Use

...sk factors. Of the 38 cases found, 37 percent were related to cocaine use. Cocaine users were younger and all smoked cigarettes. Hypertension had been diagnosed in 80% of the cocaine users, 70% had documented left ventricular hypertrophy, 60% were not taking their prescribed anti-hypertensive medication an...

Pain Killers Keep the Virus Away

...immune system strong. A new study says aspirin and related painkillers may block the replication of a common// virus linked to potentially deadly infections in people with AIDS and other immune disorders. The presence of the microbe, called human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), in cells is accompanied by a rush of...

Drugs may fog memory

... targets the frontal lobes of the brain, which are related to memory and organising responses. People with frontal lobe damage caused by accidents often find difficulty concentrating and are more easily distracted, research shows....

Lack of solar radiation causes cancer

...rn states. He says that cancer rates are inversely related to UV-B exposure, for cancers of the breast, colon, ovary, oesophagus, and stomach. The main reason is that sunlight initiates production of vitamin D, whose anti-cancer effect is well known. It would be good to get the benefits of UV-B without th...

Fatty deposits affect the stomach too

...about atherosclerosis, you most likely assume it's related to heart problems where fatty plaque restrict the blood flow to the heart. But atherosclerosis can affect arteries elsewhere in the body and, when it does, it should be a wake-up call to the risk of heart disease. According to doctors, they point o...

Rumbling stomach

...omach rumble when we are hungry? Or are the noises related to something else altogether? The rumbling or growling sounds of the digestive tract,// which scientists call by the very expressive word borborygmi, represent the muscular contractions and expansions of peristalsis, the process that moves the conten...

Obese women likey for Cesarean

... a formula that is based on height and weight, and related it to her chances of having a Cesarean section. Women requiring the surgery were an average weight of 191 pounds and had an average BMI of 53, while women who delivered vaginally weighed an average of 182 pounds and had an average BMI of 31. The re...

Relationship bertween birth weight and IQ

...found that on average, IQ at age seven is directly related to birth weight, while factors such as the mother'... than girls, with a 1000g increase in birth weight related to a 4.6 increase in IQ among boys but only 2.8 points in girls. The authors say differences i...

Liver key to extending life

...is is the first time this type of process has been related to diseases of ageing. "Rather than simply using drugs to treat Alzheimer's and heart disease, we could be using a broader range of interventions targeted at the liver instead," Professor Le Couteur said.His team is exploring avenues such as reducin...

Decrease of 'Hunger Hormone' after Obesity Surgery

...uld curb appetite and may cut rates of obesity and related problems such as type 2 diabetes and other chronic disorders. He felt that, obesity is a huge problem and insights into the mechanisms of body weight regulation giving rise to treatments are very important," he said. Ghrelin, a hormone produced by t...

Control of anger disorder connected to Brain Dysfunction

...s team. Finally, in a test of sensory perceptions related to OMPCC function, IED patients had more difficulty identifying various odors in "scratch-and-sniff" samples. All of this suggests that dysfunction in the OMPCC is involved in this impulse-control disorder, the researchers point out. In this study, r...

Boys reduced mother's life expectancy

...ndustrial Sami people. A woman's longevity was not related to her total family size. Researchers felt that boys take more of a toll on mothers than girls because they grow faster in the womb, are heavier at birth and require more care after birth. They suggested men's lifespans were not affected by the num...

Detering memory problems

...ong suspected Alzheimer's disease and dementia are related to cerebral microvascular disease, a condition in which the small arteries in the brain are damaged. Few studies have been done on the link, primarily because it is difficult to look inside the brain for these abnormalities. These investigators studi...

Adequate intake of Vitamin D is essentia

...teeth, and helps prevent osteoporosis and any bone related disease. Doctors believe that natural sunlight helps the body produce vitamin D.// Just10 to 15 minutes of natural sunlight three times a week should be adequate. But be warned many factors can reduce sunlight exposure, such as windows, sunscreen, sm...

Women are at risk with raised cholesterol

...terol levels were more likely to have a blood-clot related stroke, esepcially if they were younger than 50 at the start of the study. The finding was especially marked for African-American women, who were at even higher risk than their white counterparts. As expected, the study also confirmed that diabetes a...

Altitude sickness connected to genes

...and others are not. They say two changes in a gene related to lung function may increase the risk of high altitude sickness.// The illness, high-altitude pulmonary edema (HAPE), can result when people climb higher than 8,000 feet. It is a potentially deadly breathing disorder, causing fluid in the lungs, w...

Effective therapy for Huntington's disease

...ke Alzheimer's disease, and Parkinson's disease. A related compound, known as ursodeoxycholic acid is already approved for the treatment of liver disease. But the neuroprotective aspect of bile acids is a surprising application....

Impact on Lung function based on exposure

...oking. Results showed smoking at an early age was related to a faster decline in FEV 1. Having family members who smoked led to early development of asthma, which may also be linked to faster declines in FEV 1 by encouraging adverse smoking behaviors. FEV 1 declines were 8.2 percent in people without asthma...

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