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The Benefits Of Calcium Supplements

...l cancer. It was found that supplemental calcium slightly decreased the risk of all types of colorectal polyps, but the greatest effect was on the most advanced colorectal lesions. They also found a diet high in fiber and low in fat increased the preventive effect of calcium. Researchers analyzed data fro...

A Likely Use For Estrogen Therapy

... trial. Researchers say these findings showed only slightly lower-than-average cognitive function, but when data from the two trials were pooled, the overall risk for probable dementia was significantly increased by 76 percent. Thus researchers conclude that the use of hormone therapy to prevent dementia or ...

Embryonic Cells Might Prevent Parkinson’s Disease From Worsenin

...th Parkinson’s disease may be able to stop or even slightly improve the progression of the disease if they undergo a surgical procedure to implant // embryonic cells into their brains, say researchers. The cells work by producing dopamine, a neurochemical that helps control movement. People with Parkinson’s d...

Delaying The Progression Of Alzheimer’s Disease

...esearchers say for the first time, a drug seems to slightly delay the progress from memory impairment to Alzheimer’s disease.// Previous studies have shown that without treatment, about 10 percent to 15 percent of patients with mild cognitive impairment will progress to Alzheimer’s disease each year. Howeve...

CT Scans Found To Increase The Risk Of Cancer

...ncer death from a single full-body CT scan is just slightly less than the cancer death risk of atomic bomb survivors from Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan. The study also shows elective annual scans carry much higher risks. Based on anecdotal evidence, the scans are performed on asymptomatic people to identi...

Another Alternative For Diabetics On Insulin

...r the abnormal decrease of sugar in the blood, was slightly lower for the inhaled insulin group and increased insulin antibody levels were observed in this group. Mild to moderate cough was also more frequent in the inhaled insulin group, but decreased during the treatment. Similar to previous studies, resear...

The Effectiveness Of NSAIDs Evaluated

...duce short-term pain in osteoarthritis of the knee slightly better than placebo, but the current analysis does not support long-term use of NSAIDs for this condition as serious adverse effects are associated with oral NSAIDs, they recommend only limited use ....

Reducing The Frequency Of Angina Attacks While Exercising

...acebo results, the decrease in angina attacks were slightly less than one per week for those in the 750 mg group and somewhat more than one per week in the 1,000 mg group. They also found exercise duration increased by nearly two minutes for those in the ranolazine therapy group compared with 90 seconds for t...

Monitoring Blood Pressure

...e may lead to fewer blood pressure medications and slightly lower costs.// Researchers compared self-measurement at patients’ homes to conventional doctors’ office measurements of blood pressure for patients with high blood pressure. 400 patients with a diastolic blood pressure reading of 95 millimeters of m...

Breast cancer is associated to consuming food with high glycemic index

...isk of breast cancer and high GI value food may be slightly stronger for women with no physical activity among those who use HRT. Reference: International Journal of Cancer, issue April 2005...

Low dose Radiation Exposure May Cause Cancer

...e exposed to chronic low doses of radiation have a slightly higher risk of developing cancer. This is the largest study ever conducted in 15 countries involving 407,000 nuclear industry workers. It was estimated that the chronic exposure could lead to a 10 percent raised risk of death from all types of cancer...

Plant sterols found to be effective in Type 2 diabetic patients

...lesterol, and 14 also had type 2 diabetes and were slightly overweight. Participants were 40-80 years old, averaging in their mid-50s. None exercised. At the study's start blood cholesterol levels were measured. Next, the group was put on a low-fat diet, which included toast with margarine containing a plant...

Calcium-Vitamin D Combo For Reduced Fracture Risk

... of the hip and other non-spinal bones was reduced slightly if vitamin D and calcium were given. However, the risk of spinal fractures did not appear to be reduced. Synthetic vitamin D in drugs such as calcitriol (Rocaltrol) did not appear to have any advantage in preventing bone fracture and may be more like...

Possibility Of Treatment For Permanent Hearing Loss

...ng one opening into the inner ear of the mice. The slightly porous membrane allowed the interfering RNA to diffuse into the inner ear cells. Source: Newswise Medindia on Hearing Loss: Further information: Hearing loss: Losing the ability to hear sounds may be due to infection, blockage or damage to the ...

Acupuncture May Be An Effective Treatment Against Tension-Headaches

...e acupuncture treatment, though they began to rise slightly as time went on. Of the 195 patients in the acupuncture groups, 37 reported some side effects - the most common being dizziness, other headaches and bruising. Such a small difference in results between traditional and minimal acupuncture treatments ...

E-Mail Affects Brain More Than Marijuana

...chnology, including e-mail and cell phones, can be slightly more detrimental to your IQ than smoking marijuana. Conducted by scientists from the Institute of Psychiatry at the University of London, the study found that continual e-mail use and text-messaging lowered the average worker's IQ by as much as ten p...

Head Size Risks for Alzheimer's

...ticipants with the smallest head measurements were slightly more likely to develop Alzheimer's than the people with the larger heads. People with a gene variant called alipoprotein E 4 or ApoE4, a known risk factor for the disease, were 4.8 times more likely to be diagnosed with Alzheimer's. Alzheimer's deve...

Mini motor for micromedical applications

...e pressure of thumb and forefinger, but those only slightly larger will tear the skin and draw blood. “Initially, our applications for these motors are aimed at medical uses,” says Dr. Kenji Uchino, professor of electrical engineering. Some of these applications include specialized urinary catheters and endo...

Eating healthy is cost effective

..." foods, including most fruits and vegetables, and slightly higher fat, also nutritious "yellow" foods while seeking to limit consumption of high-fat, less nutritious "red" foods to 15 or fewer servings per week. On the whole, the researchers felt that the families greatly reduced their caloric intake and su...

Malignant virus in polio vaccine combined to Cancer

...llas. Remarkably, both groups of researchers using slightly different detection techniques came up with almost identical results: SV40 fragments were found in 42 percent of 154 lymphomas sampled in one study, while the other found 43 percent in 68 cases. No virus was detected by either study in nonmalignant ...

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