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For Smokers Only: is Quitting = Cutting Down?? a 'grave' Issue

...osely monitored counseling. To sum up, it can be safely said that heavy smoking is always a grave issue, with all pointers pointing to the grave! <B...

Young and Obese People Heading for Heart Trouble

...so that residents can leave their cars at home and safely traverse trails and paths. But more needs to be done, physicians say, including further research on how to prevent metabolic syndrome. Dr. Weinstock says physicians agree that treatment should be aggressive and urge patients to modify their lifest...

Treating Obesity Vital for Public Health, Physicians Say

...so that residents can leave their cars at home and safely traverse trails and paths. But more needs to be done, physicians say, including further research on how to prevent metabolic syndrome. Dr. Weinstock says physicians agree that treatment should be aggressive and urge patients to modify their lifesty...

Gynaecological Society Has Sought a Ban on Illegal Sale of Sperms

...ons or guidelines - that abortions are carried out safely and under proper clinical conditions. Speaking at a workshop on infertility, B.N. Chakravorty of Kolkata said that changing lifestyles, fast food and late marriages were causing infertility in couples. Prakash Trivedi, chairman of the Indian Infe...

Mifepristone Reliable For Treating Uterine Fibroids

...trial of mifepristone, to establish that it can be safely used at low doses to treat uterine fibroids. Forty...er studies should evaluate whether the drug can be safely taken for longer periods, and how long after stopping the drug would regrowth of fibroids occur. Sid...

Uses for Botulinum Toxin — A Miracle Poison — Continue to Grw

..., doctors found that injecting small amounts could safely immobilize muscle movements for as long as several months. The Food and Drug Administration has approved botulinum toxin to minimize fine facial wrinkles and to treat involuntary eyelid twitching and muscle contractions associated with crossed eyes. ...

Durable Critters Provides Better Way to Human Egg Preservation

...ce trehalose, researchers think they can use it to safely preserve human eggs – and those of endangered spec...gs indicates they also can be preserved and thawed safely using this approach, however further research is needed to pursue clinical applications. The NIH g...

Unbelted Backseat Passengers Produce Deadly Results

... in the seat behind you, if they are not belted or safely secured, they can inflict fatal injuries to a driver," Mayrose warns. The researchers also tested the possibility of injury occurring during a side-impact collision to the driver's side of a car. The results showed that an unbelted backseat passeng...

Snake Like Robots Designed to Assist Surgeons

... made of nonmagnetic metals so that it can be used safely near magnetic imaging equipment. The tools' movements are nimble because sophisticated software can make up to 100 adjustments per second. The steady-hand system, also devised by a Johns Hopkins team, was built to help with another challenging task:...

Keep Kids Active in the Holidays

..., of course, parents should help their children to safely learn new skills such as cycling and skateboarding, to avoid accidents.” Source-AMA SRM...

Keep Kids Active in the Holidays

..., of course, parents should help their children to safely learn new skills such as cycling and skateboarding, to avoid accidents.” Source-AMA SRM...

Benefits of Diachrome for People With Type 2 Diabetes

...ted combination of chromium picolinate and biotin, safely improves blood glucose levels and cholesterol metabolism in people with type 2 diabetes. Published in the December issue of Diabetes Technology and Therapeutics, the study supports the role of chromium picolinate – the most studied, highly absorbed a...

A New Technology for Safe Tumor Surgery

...nct from the main sciatic nerve, and the tumor was safely removed. All three patients experienced relief fro...llows a multidisciplinary approach to be performed safely in these rare tumors that were once considered unresectable,’ he says. ‘In addition, the same techni...

New Guidelines For Assessing Lymphoma Treatment

...f their PET scan is negative. Such patients can be safely observed and are expected to have an excellent outcome," Juweid said. In contrast, Juweid added, the smaller fraction of such patients who are PET-positive after treatment should undergo a biopsy to evaluate the PET-positive lesion unless there alr...

Selenium Supplements May Slow Progression of HIV: Report

...d antiviral therapy, Margolis said. "Strategies to safely delay antiviral therapy would be welcomed by many patients and providers," he said. But too much selenium can also harm patients, Margolis added. In fact, in very large doses, supplementation can be fatal. "The tolerable upper level is said to be...

Exercise Has No Effect on Knee OA: Study

...e authors conclude: "Physical activity can be done safely without concerns that persons will develop OA as a consequence." In another study in the same issue, researchers led by J.N. Belo of Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, Netherlands published an overview of 37 studies appearing up to December 2003 ...

Two New Studies Back Vitamin D for Cancer Prevention

...dual, adequate vitamin D could be photosynthesized safely by spending 10 to 15 minutes in the noontime sun on a clear day with 50 percent of skin area exposed to the sun. Darker skinned individuals may require more time in the sun, such as 25 minutes. For people with photosensitivity disorders, or anyone wi...

RNAi Shows Promise in Gene Therapy

...figure out the best way to bring RNAi gene therapy safely to humans. Source-Eurekalert...

Discovery Leads to Way to Curb Anthrax Effect

...ning in enzymes or heme containing proteins, or is safely stored, with a small amount in transit bound to a protein called transferrin. Pathogenic bacteria like anthrax must tap into our normal iron flow to grow,” he said. Bacteria have several means to capture iron from a host. Production of iron binding...

Parents Bank Kids' Umbilical Cord Blood

...surance is a long shot that most mothers-to-be can safely ignore, say new guidelines from the nation's pediatricians that urge more parents to donate their babies' cord blood -- so that it might save someone's life today. The guidelines come as the government begins setting up the first national cord-bloo...

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