same 1 2

Tag: "same" at medical news

Early detection of prostate cancer

... then confirmed or excluded using a biopsy. That same group of men, however, had other potential cancer indicators: their levels of the protein IGF-1 were higher than those of a similar group of men who were cancer-free, and their levels of IGFBP-3 were lower. Furthermore, while levels of IGF-1 were hig...

Garlic a day keeps cancer away

...hat even half a clove of raw garlic could have the same beneficial effect in humans....

Tea drinkers have lower rates of heart disease

...cer. Black, green and oolong tea all come from the same bush - known as Camellia sinensis - which is known to carry a high level of flavonoids, one of the most potent types of antioxidants....

Doctor samples come under the ambit of advertisement

...on and therefore to persuade them to prescribe the same in appropriate cases. But the expenditure on physicians samples distributed to doctors by pharmaceutical companies is outside the scope of sub section (3A) of section 37 of the Act. Hence the supreme court of india has declared that the physician's...

New Modality in Migraine Management

... to use it and he is confident in implementing the same modality to the comfort level of use. May this be a good find to wind up the miseries for those migraine sufferers....

Increased Heart Attack Risk From Celebrex,Vioxx

.... The drugs are popular because they provide the same pain- killing effects as aspirin and Non-Steroidal Anti-Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs) such as ibuprofen, but with less chance of causing ulcers and intestinal bleeding. Aspirin inhibits two closely related cyclooxygenase enzymes, COX-1 and COX-2. Th...

Tomatoes for the heart

...a 78-fold increase in flavonol levels - around the same amount as onions. The researchers found that four subsequent generations of the tomatoes inherited the higher level of flavonol and that 65 per cent of the compound was retained when the tomatoes were processed into paste.This suggests the possibili...

Minor mutations in HIV virus

... chance that they will be programmed to target the same regions that the mother targeted. In mothers in whom mutations has already arisen, the children could not target the virus effectively....

Genetic influence in menopause

...hey probably started their menopause at around the same age as their mother or sister. But the link between the menopause and genetics has not been established by scientific evidence till now. Researchers in Utrecht and Wageningen in the Netherlands have collected data from 243 non-twin sisters in 118 f...

'Prozac miracle' could end in disaster

...onically addicted to an antidepressant drug in the same class as Prozac. The case, which has been filed in California, is the first ever to claim damages for addiction against one of the drug companies that have made billions from SSRIs (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors) - the class of drug of whic...

Low testosterone levels lead to eating disorders

...isorders can be affected more than women with the same problems, researchers say.// Eating disorders are associated with a weakening of the bones, which become dangerously thin and brittle. This is linked to severe weight loss and lack of essential nutrients, particularly calcium.Low bone mineral densi...

Coronary heart disease bids Adieu

...uming folic-acid-fortified grains alone. Over the same 10-year period, the model also predicted that for ...r women 55 years of age and older without CHD, the same strategy would result in 140,000 quality adjusted life-years saved, Dr.Tice's group calculated....

Quality of life after cancer

...e 200 patients questioned, quality of life was the same as before their illness, or better, although 44 sa... of those that did, well over half said it was the same or better than before the illness....

Humour inherited

...netically determined - so researchers presumed the same applied to our sense of humour. The team asked 71...ever seen". Identical twins, who have exactly the same genes were no more likely to agree on this than fraternal twins who share only half of their genes o...

Genetics and cholesterol levels

...entical. The participants kept a food diary at the same time got their cholesterol measured. In identical twins, who have the same genetic make-up, the differences in dietary intake accounted for differences in cholesterol levels. ...

Drug abuse leads to long standing changes in the brain

...rug for 10 months or more.// A second study by the same research group reveals additional long-lasting bra...to measure glucose metabolism in the brains of the same group of methamphetamine abusers and in control subjects. Glucose metabolism is a measure of brain c...

UV Radiation induces Melanoma

...adults, 30 times more UV was needed to achieve the same effect. Glenn Merlino, chief molecular geneticist ...d to mice, the sun's dangerous rays could have the same impact on human skin. He said: "The big lesson, and certainly the one I'd like to tell parents and d...

Quit Smoking

...ks. The unsubsidized cost of the drug is about the same as the expense of buying a pack of cigarettes a day. The drug poses possible side effects such as dry mouth, headache and insomnia, but half of users suffer none of them and in most of those who do the effects are short-lived and not serious. It ...

Gene therapy restores sight

...ects in different genes, or different parts of the same gene, and this varies from one continent to another," he said. He was confident, nevertheless, that geneticists could achieve this....

New spray gel heals surgical wounds

...ergic reaction. It would be very beneficial if the same technology could be applied to internal wounds ." she added....

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10