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Nitric oxide involved in high blood pressure

...t tends to spiral out of control. According to the researchers at the University of Texas, this study was conduct... other chemicals found in food. In this study, the researchers asked whether hypertension itself can increase this free radical production, using rats that had hig...

Coronary heart disease bids Adieu

... in annual CHD mortality rates were 1% to 3%," the researchers report. In addition to consuming fortified grains, if all patients with CHD received 1 mg of folic acid plus 0.5 mg of cyanocobalamin per day, the model projected that there would be approximately 310,000 fewer deaths and lower CHD-related costs ove...

Obesity shortens lifespan

...known that obesity is linked to heart disease, but researchers from Duke University Medical Center, North Carolin...fy the impact on subsequent life expectancy.// The researchers looked at 13 years of detailed data on more than 7000 heart patients. They reported at a meeting ...

Alcohol linked to brain activity

...cts the brain in elderly people was carried out by researchers in the USA. Nearly two thousand senior citizens were investigated to discover the link between drinking and the health of their brains. The results show that alcohol is really a double-edged sword.// It has been found that any level of drinking cau...

Quality of life after cancer

According to American researchers many cancer survivors report a good quality of life, despite facing physical and psychological struggle. But generally Doctors and the general public assume that cancer must lead to a deterioration in your quality of life. Researchers at the King Ed...

A non-stick danger

...ls in rainwater over the last three to four years, researchers estimated there should be 100 to 120 parts per tri...rming and ozone-depletion in the stratosphere, the researchers concluded....

Humour inherited

... to be at least partly genetically determined - so researchers presumed the same applied to our sense of humour. The team asked 71 pairs of identical twins and 56 pairs of fraternal twins, to go into separate rooms and rate five cartoons on a scale of 0 to 10.// A zero deemed the cartoon "a waste of paper", whi...

Probiotics can help

... long-term effects in normal healthy children. The researchers monitored 571 children attending day care centres in Helsinki, Finland over a seven month winter period. The children were fed milk with or without Lactobacillus GG three times a day. The team found there was no difference in the number of days spent...

Menopause considerations

...earing, according to a new study. A team of Dutch researchers has found that a woman with one or more first-degr...owing the particular genetic factors involved, the researchers say. Menopausal ages between relatives can still vary greatly. day.Lowered fertility is not the only...

The bad combination

... to get an expected level of intoxication, say the researchers from the Texas A&M University System Health Centre... adverse effect on the brain, liver and heart, the researchers say. "It’s known that smokers drink more alcohol than non-smokers, and that people who misuse alcoh...

Sleep apnoea increases post-operative risks

...e need to lie on the back after the operation. The researchers say sleep apnoea should, if possible, be treated before this kind of surgery to improve the outcome....

Gel prevents pregnancy

...nor side effects such as an irregular periods, and researchers are hopeful that in the long term the gel could be a useful addition to the range of contraception currently on offer.Dr Wiesberg says "Its major advantage is that it gives women another option, and the more sage effective methods, the more likely wo...

Lemon tea combats cancer

...e body against skin cancer, US scientists say. The researchers studied 470 people, half of whom had suffered a particular type of skin cancer, and querried them about their tea-drinking habits.// They found that those who developed skin cancer drank significantly less hot tea.Lemon peel in the tea was found to...

Way to monitor blood pressure

...he patient is sitting quietly in their office. But researchers at University of San Diego now show that there could be a better way. Hence it has to be treated and detected.// They measured the blood pressure of 40 adults aged between 55 and 75 while exercising on a treadmill. They found that the pulse pressure...

Fingerprinting prostate cancer

...n the men's clinical histories were checked. The researchers say that the discovery of prostate cancer's molecular fingerprint could lead to many new diagnostic tests. These could offer more to the patient than the current PSA (prostate specific antigen) test and can be used as a useful diagnostic tool....

New therapy better at increasing bone density

...oporosis in women past the menopause. According to researchers at Creighton University in the US, a new study covering 400 women, that this blend of hormones increases bone density in the spine by five per cent and in the hip by 3.9 per cent.// However, if they add an active form of vitamin D (calcitrol) there...

Sleep, snoring....stroke

...d put you at an increased risk of stroke. American researchers from the University of Buffalo, New York, have found that sleeping more than eight hours a night, snoring or being drowsy during the day can damage your health. Experts say this means snoring and sleep disorders will now have to be treated more serio...

The cocaine danger

... to the drug sending coronary arteries into spasm, researchers say.Researchers say cocaine is now so widespread that cocaine users presenting with chest pains are beginning to drain hospital resources. One drug abuse expert at St Mary's Hospital in London said he suspected up to 10 per cent of people reporting t...

Excessive use of antibiotics for sore throat

...y a virus and will not respond to antibiotics. But researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital and the Stanford Center for Research in Disease Prevention in Palo Alto, California, have found that doctors generally prescribe antibiotics anyway, regardless of whether they are needed. What's more they most often ...

Dementia - a global problem

... is expensive. The Group has already trained 120 researchers and clinicians in 26 countries in dementia care. The next stage is to learn more about risk factors for dementia around the world. After all, lifestyle, environment and genetics could have a big impact on dementia but we know little about these facto...

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