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Pessimists may Develop More Memory Problems

...a risk factor for memory problems and not an early sign of disease. For example, while the level of distress does not appear to increase in old age, the changes in the brain related to memory problems and Alzheimers disease do increase with age....

Yellow Rain Lashes Uttar Pradesh Village

...are scared that the pungent yellow drops, may be a sign of pending catastrophe or an epidemic. "The phenomenon is on for the past eight-ten days. It happens between 6.30 to 7.15 pm. Villagers believe that it is a natural calamity. We are definitely going to face problems, " said Rajendra, a villlager. ...

Medical Marijuana to Be Legalized

...owever, it's unclear whether Governor Spitzer will sign any bills - he surprised many people last year when he voiced opposition to medical marijuana. The Connecticut General Assembly passed a bill in 1981 that authorized doctors to write prescriptions for marijuana if their patients had glaucoma or wer...

Abnormality in the Red Blood Count Cell Poses High Risks

...ow points to anemia, while too high a reading is a sign of a condition called polycythemia. Elderly patients are more prone to both conditions. The elderly are more likely to have health problems that affect red blood cells, such as kidney disease, gastrointestinal bleeding, malnutrition or cancer. The el...

Laser Driven Stem Cell Surgery in Spain

... taking up to 15 pills a day without a perceptible sign of improvement. More than 50,000 coronary operations and over 4,000 heart surgeries are performed each year in Spain....

Mood Swings and Late Nights are Signs That Your Teenage Kid is in Love

..., and stays out late, then it could very well be a sign that your kid is in love . The finding is based on a new research by Swiss researchers at the Psychiatric University Clinics Basel, who conducted it on 107 adolescents with an average age of 17.98 years. Out of the total participants, 60 had indi...

Mums Death is Reason Behind Jolies Dramatic Weightloss

...lina is being increasingly seen with are usually a sign of physical over-exertion. "Such increased vascularity is often the result of over-exercising, particularly weight-bearing or resistance work," the Daily Mail quoted Mark Munroe, a trainer based in Kensington, as saying. "If Angelina is pushing ...

Stem Cell Treatment Offers Hope for Paralysis Patients

...retcher from Dubai last year, betrays virtually no sign of the debilitating condition. Encouraged by his complete recovery, his parents are now searching for a bride for him. "We harvest between 100 and 200 ml of stem cells in fluid form from the afflicted patients themselves and inject them into their ...

Thailand Unfazed As US Worries Over Copyright Violations

...he Thai Food and Drugs Administration, in order to sign an agreement with the Clinton Foundation on obtaining cheaper drugs. Mongkol would again travel to Washington on May 21 to explain Thailand's position to US lawmakers and other government agencies, according to official sources. In an annual repo...

Anti-osteoporosis Drugs Could Result in Irregular Heart Rhythm, New Study

...duct of aging. They said earlier studies showed no sign of the possible side effect. For now, it's unknown if the possible risk applies to other drugs in the class known as biphosphonates. Future studies are expected to help clarify the risk. SRM/B...

Hearts Saved As Doctors Put Cutting Edge Discoveries to Use

...to the patients treated six years earlier - a sure sign that the more aggressive efforts of doctors in the last few years are working. The researchers agree that there have been other signs that better treatment of heart patients has been saving lives, yet not on a so large a scale as scale as this int...

NASA Gets Ready To Address Tough Questions

...sion, and whether astronauts should be required to sign living wills with end-of-life instructions. The space agency will also have to decide whether to set age restrictions on the crew, and whether astronauts of reproductive age should be required to bank sperm or eggs because of the risk of genetic mu...

Texas Passes Bill To Halt Order Mandating HPV Vaccine for School Girls

...days, excluding Sundays, to decide whether he will sign it into law, allow it to become law without his signature or veto it, the Houston Chronicle reports. A Perry spokesperson declined to say if the governor would veto the measure, the Austin American-Statesman reports. If Perry vetoes the bill, the L...

Period Eliminating Pills

... concern is that the menstrual cycle is an outward sign of something that's going on hormonally in the body but the idea that you can turn your body on and off like a tap is sure worrying”. Though there are pills in the market to stop period for short while it has not been very successful as not many wo...

India to Collaborate With International Vaccine Institute

India is all set to sign an agreement with the International Vaccine Institute (IVI) situated// in Seoul, capital of South Korea. The union cabinet has given its assent to the move. The agreement will encourage cooperation between India and the IVI. The country would now b...

Health Insurance For Almost Everyone In Massachusetts

...hich it will go all the way to encourage people to sign up for health insurance, either through private companies or subsidized state plans. Says Leslie Kirwan, chairwoman of the board of the Commonwealth Health Insurance Connector Authority, which will be supervising the healthcare law: “Our vote . ...

Men too Experience Hot Flashes Similar to Women

...lso says that hot flashes going unnoticed may be a sign that people can adapt to them. Therefore, patients could possibly benefit from cognitive behavioral therapy in addition to pharmacological treatments. Source-Eurekalert RM/V...

AMA Urges COAG To Put Patients First

...e and Territory Governments do the right thing and sign up to the Federal Government’s move to establish nine national health professional boards to run registration and training accreditation for each of the nine health professions. He said the nine boards would be a major achievement, delivering natio...

Ibuprofen Risky for Heart Patients?

...art disease. But it does provide a clear warning sign that ibuprofen is risky for people who need the blood-clot-reducing effect of daily low-dose aspirin. Those taking aspirin in the ibuprofen arm of the study had a ninefold excess of heart attacks. But another expert Steve Nissen, chairman of card...

Web Page to Warn Against Online Purchase of Isotretinoin

... has ended, according to FDA. Women also have to sign a text to acknowledge that isotretinoin can amplify risk for birth defects, depression and suicidal thoughts. About 165,000 people have registered with iPledge, which FDA administers jointly with companies that sell the drug. The Web page was launc...

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