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New Analysis Puts Cot Death Under Scrutiny Once Again

...uthors stated that all these families were at high risk of cot death and that the second deaths exhibited many untoward features, such as violent family relationships, pathology findings suggestive of asphyxia, and parental mental health problems. Although Bacon and Hey do not suggest that violence in t...

Zambia to Get Anti-AIDS Drug Boost from Global Fund

..., youngsters in Zambia face a 50 percent life-time risk of dying of AIDS in the absence of treatment, according to United Nations. The Zambian government is also due to sign up to a five million dollar UNITAID programme to finance costly second line antiretroviral drugs in Zambia, one of the countries w...

Green Box Converts Car Fumes into Biofuel

...al member of parliament they are now seeking extra risk capital either from government or industry: the only emissions they are not sure their box can handle are those from aviation. The important aspect of the technology is that the carbon dioxide is captured and held in a protected state, said Houston...

Women, Younger Patients at Greater Lifetime Cancer Risk from CT Scan

The lifetime risk of cancer associated with radiation exposure from ...scan) coronary angiography varies widely, with the risk greater for women and younger patients, according to an analysis based on computerized simulation m...

Blood Transfusions Does Not Increase the Risk of Cancer Transmission

...nosed cancers does not expose recipients at higher risk of developing malignant disease than individuals ...ssed between the donor and recipient. Although the risk of transmission of infectious agents is well established, it has so far been unclear whether blood d...

Motorists Getting Greyer, Greener, Thriftier: Nissan's Ghosn

... cameras that making parking easier and reduce the risk of a stiff neck, he told a forum of engineers at Nissan's Tokyo headquarters. Nissan has already introduced a rear parking camera and is also developing a system with cameras dotted around a vehicle to give motorists a bird's eye aerial view of the...

Report Shows How Children With Brain Tumors Perform at School

...identify brain tumor survivors who are at greatest risk for school failure and may need remedial help as early as possible, said study author Pivi Lhteenmki, MD, PhD, with Turku University Hospital in Turku, Finland. For the study, researchers compared the ninth grade report cards of 300 children with p...

Young People And Doctors Building A Healthy Relationship

...take more control of their health and reduce their risk of harm. Dr Capolingua said doctors treat young people with respect, do not sit in judgement of them, and are there to understand what their needs are, and help. Dr Capolingua today launched AMA Family Doctor Week 2007 a celebration of the har...

Wealthy Australian Women More Prone to Breast Cancer New Study

... cancer or undergo a late menopause are at greater risk of developing the disease, according to the Cancer Council of Australia. Hormone replacement therapy and long-term use of the oral contraceptive pill are believed to make women more susceptible to breast cancer, which is known as "hormone dependen...

Purdue Pharma Agrees to Pay $600 Million Fine for Misbranding Oxycontin

...s call for spending money on education of those at risk of drug abuse and treatment of those who are addicted to OxyContin. But Jones said he would not reject the agreement. "Many young people mistakenly believe today that prescription drugs are safer than other drugs," Jones said. The fines are to ...

UK Reports Psychiatric Reactions to Weight-loss Drug Rimonabant

...ors in the European Union had been warned "of the risk of psychiatric side-effects" since June 2006 but i...ates voted to ban the drug because of an increased risk of suicide...

Older Women With Memory Problems at Increased Risk for Restless Nights

...ost likely reason why memory loss may increase the risk of sleep disturbances is that they share a common ...ers disease or other dementias that could increase risk of both memory loss and sleep problems, said Yaffe. Another reason could be that women with memory p...

Japanese are Weighed Down by Deviating from Their Traditional Diet

... rice. The increase in the number of Japanese at risk of developing metabolic disorders associated with obesity, high cholesterol and increased risk of heart disease and type-2 diabetes has tipped the scales and the government is calling on the nati...

Policemen Could Face Sleep Disorder

... chronic sleep loss, which, in turn, increases the risk of accidents and injuries. These problems are exacerbated in shift workers including police officers, who may experience chronic sleep loss due to their schedules, said a research abstract presented at Sleep 2007, the 21st Annual Meeting of the As...

Longer Term Breast-feeding Reduces the Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Women

...nger term breast-feeding protects mothers from the risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis . According to...associated with a lesser rheumatoid arthritis (RA) risk in mothers. The study demonstrated that the longer the breast feeding period, the lower the mother...

Studies Identify Interactions Between Heart Disease, Kidney Disease

...dney disease are independently associated with the risk of cardiovascular disease ; conversely, heart dise...e would be of high yield among patients with these risk markers but who do not report any history of cardiovascular disease symptoms," the authors conclude....

Smoking, Glucose Tolerance Level may Increase Rheumatoid Arthritis Risk

...ducation and certain metabolic indicators are high risk factors in the development of rheumatoid arthriti...ty degree status, might independently increase the risk of developing RA. The second study highlighted the link between smoking, glucose levels and RA and...

UK Suggestion for Restricted Use of Anti-AMD Drugs Draws Flak

...rowth of new blood vessels, thereby minimising the risk of scarring. Treatment with anti-VEGF drugs requires regular injections into the eye. In the case of Macugen six weekly injections are given. In the case of Lucentis the license provides for three four-weekly injections followed by a review every ...

Experts Warn Against Side Effects of the New Weight Loss Drug

...hich has been approved in Europe but increases the risk of suicidal thoughts. At a Weight Watchers meeting in San Jose on Thursday, Stephanie Vose, 23, said that she and her friends had tried numerous diet fads over the years, only to experience strange side effects such as shaking or bursts of energy. ...

Alcohol Consumption may Help to Protect Against Rheumatoid Arthritis

...f HLA-DRB1 SE alleles, a marker indicating genetic risk factor for RA, and all cases were classified by pr...ree units per week or more was found to reduce the risk by smoking or by a genetic predisposition to RA. Several previous studies have indicated a suppres...

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