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Photographs for Diagnosis

... Wisconsin in Madison reasoned that a narrowing of similar blood vessels in the retina should be a good indicator of these changes. "We assume the changes in the vessels on the retina are the same as any in the brain, " says researcher Larry Hubbard. The team photographed the retinas of 10 358 people and m...

Snoring could be a warning

... second study by the University of Sydney produced similar findings. Dr Natalie Edwards and her colleagues at the University of Sydney looked at 32 women with severe pre-eclampsia and 40 with normal pregnancies and found that all the women with pre-eclampsia were snorers.Women with the highest degree of airw...

Detection of Cancer

...ssibility. The second stage, C-Test2, would use a similar technique to identify the type of cancer present."Mass spectrometry may enable us to identify a molecular 'signature' unique to each cancer and therefore give us a way of distinguishing between them," said Professor Pat.Preliminary studies on both an...

Caffeine keeps soldiers sharp

..." especially in times of sleep deprivation. // A similar dose of caffeine, about 200-600 mg, also appears effective in enhancing physical endurance and may be especially useful in returning some of the physical endurance lost at high altitude. "We think this is going to be extremely important in this ongoi...

Drugs For Anthrax May Interfere With Oral Contraceptives

... of oral contraceptives. However, because Cipro is similar to antibiotics in several ways, including the types of bacteria that it targets, some healthcare providers suggest that it could inhibit the efficacy of birth control pills....

Hydroxyurea derivatives kill colon cancer cells

...fects. This prompted the researchers to synthesize similar drugs with different structures that they hypothesized would be less likely to cause complications. The researchers tested the drugs against colon cancer implants in mice. One of the compounds, EPH116, blocked the tumor growth at doses that did not ...

Smoking Delays Pregnancy

...g to conceive were likely to get pregnant within a similar time period as non-smokers. The growing body of evidence that continuing to smoke while attempting to become pregnant may increase time to conception suggests that greater emphasis on this public health message is warranted. Current opinion on smo...

Drink alcohol for intelligence

...inkers tended to eat more cheese, which may have a similar effect. "I don't think I would want to tell somebody who isn't drinking to start, as they may be teetotal for very good reasons. "However, for someone who has had a stroke due to blood clotting, I would not tell them to stop drinking moderately." H...

Photographs as a parameter

... Wisconsin in Madison reasoned that a narrowing of similar blood vessels in the retina should be a good indicator of these changes. "We assume the changes in the vessels on the retina are the same as any in the brain, " he says. The team photographed the retinas of 12000 people and monitored their health fo...

FDA Approves Birth Control Skin Patch

... her period. Dangers associated with its use are similar to those of taking birth control pills, including greater risk of blood clots, heart attack and stroke. As with birth control pills, smokers are warned against using Ortho Evra due to an increased risk of serious cardiovascular side effects....

Chlamydia toxin- a secret killer

...ng the Chlamydia genome. The toxin turns out to be similar to those that cause botulism, tetanus, and gangrene. Armed with this information, researchers can now find new ways of breaking Chlamydia's hold - perhaps by developing an anti-toxin vaccine. The research shows the power of the genomic approach. As t...

Deprived sleep leads to ageing

Sleep deprivation has a similar impact on the body to the ageing process and may increase the severity of age-related chronic disorders such as heart disease and diabetes, researchers have found. These days, the average number of hours people spend asleep per night in more develope...

The best treatment for migraine

...t less tolerable. And a third drug almotriptan was similar in its effectiveness, but scored higher on tolerability. Other drugs were similar to sumatriptan. Of course, not all patients will show this pattern of effectiveness versus tolerab...

'Disprin Plus' is now 'Disprin Paracetamol'

...to give any brand push to Disprin Cold and Flu for similar reasons, Mr. Baura said. Paracetamol-based Disprin 'Plus' was launched by Reckitt Benckiser (India) in August this year to replace Disprin (350 mg aspirin) in the pain relief segment. Mr. Barua said Disprin CV (100 mg aspirin) will not be launched ...

A Chinese herb kills cancer cells

...d to treat malaria, kills cancer cells too using a similar mechanism. The drug artemisinin is extracted from the wormwood plant. Knowing that artemisinin works by interacting with high iron levels in malaria parasites, researcher Henryi of the University of Texas wondered if the same approach would work with...

Radiofrequency Energy Cooks Tumors Without Surgery

...rgy is electromagnetic and non-ionizing in nature, similar to microwave energy. Researchers have used RFA throughout the human body, including the liver, kidney, adrenal, breasts, ribs, lungs, diaphragm, muscle, prostate, and pelvis. <br...

Women recognise faces better

...y were shown a picture of a face and then shown 10 similar faces under different conditions, such as a selection of similar-looking profiles or silhouetted faces, different facial expression and varying degrees of picture quality.// At this stage, it’s difficult to explain the results. The guess is that’s a...

Garlic fights malaria and cancer

... by which they inhibit the infection appears to be similar to the mechanism they use to fight cancer cells.Researcher from the University of Toronto report these findings at the 50th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene in Atlanta.// The compounds called disulfides, occur...

Birds breed viruses

...either strain. The symptoms of A (H5N1) are very similar to other influenza viruses, typically with fever, malaise, myalgia, sore throat and cough. Conjunctivitis is seen in some patients. Although six of the patients with illness found to be due to influenza A (H5N1) infection died, there is insufficient ...

High-protein diets may pose health risks

...Foods emphasised in some of these high-protein and similar diets are from animal sources that are rich in both protein and saturated fat such as meat and eggs.Meanwhile, some of the diets drastically limit consumption of high-carbohydrate foods such as cereals, grains, fruits, vegetabled and low-fat milk pro...

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