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Self-Applied Acupressure May Reduce Sleepiness And Increase Alertness During Class Hours

... that a stimulation acupressure regimen leads to a statistically significant reduction in sleepiness compared to an acupressure treatment that focuses on relaxation. The 39 students who participated in the study were in the On Job/On Campus executive education program and were participating in three days of all-...

A Protein-Rich Diet Combined With Exercise Found To Be More Effective In Weight Loss

... diet dramatically lowers triglycerides and has a statistically significant effect on trunk fat, both risk factors associated with heart disease as it contains a high level of leucine, the amino acid that works with insulin to stimulate protein synthesis in muscle....

Soy Not Such A Wonder For Health?

...e mostly rated as poor quality. Among studies with statistically significant improvements in symptoms, the dose of soy isoflavones ranged from 17.5 to 100 mg/day. The evidence review completed by AHRQ’s Tufts-New England Medical Centre Evidence-based Practice Centre also found insufficient data among the 200 hum...

Aspirin Benefits Cardiac Disease Patients, Even Before Surgery

... events, but the trend was not strong enough to be statistically significant. This is a very strong association of survival with taking aspirin in the days leading up to surgery said the researcher. The study further confirms aspirin’s benefits for patients with known cardiovascular disease. It also shows there i...

Cured Alcoholics Can Be Cured Of Smoking Also

...fully dealing with their drinking. Alcoholics are statistically heavier smokers and traditionally have had much more trouble stopping smoking using standard-dose nicotine patch therapy. This is the first study to use serum cotinine (a meta-bolic byproduct of nicotine) concentration in smokers with sustained remis...

Reconsideration Of Heart Transplant Eligibility

...p to 11 years following surgery. Results showed no statistically significant success rate differences between the 50 patients older than 60 who received a heart transplant and the 125 transplant patients younger than 60. The factors found hindering heart transplant eligibility were smoking, drug and alcohol addict...

Air Pollution Increases Risk For Heart Disease In Women

...n cleaner air on a daily basis. Researchers found statistically significant increases in the relative risk of fatal CHD in females as pollution levels increased when they analyzed PM levels alone. The risk estimates were strengthened when the study also considered ozone, and strengthened further when only postmen...

Girls Who Undergo Genital Mutilation Can Become Infertile

...d primary infertility. The association is not only statistically highly significant, but also highly relevant for preventive work against this ancient practice. In a comment to the research, Layla M Shaaban (United States Agency for International Development, Washington, DC, USA) states: “Infertility is a social ...

Stop Watching TV: Toddler Development Affected

...iewing a heavy television diet entails modest, but statistically significant, consequences for subsequent development in several key cognitive domains. This analysis further suggests that parents may appreciate and benefit from better guidance on the kinds of high-quality content that is available on television an...

Hypertension Drug of Choice for African Americans

...n in Blacks (ISHIB2005), Nebivolol was shown to be statistically significantly better than placebo in reducing syst...nner and was well-tolerated”. The study found no statistically significant differences in the incidence of adverse events between the nebivolol and placebo groups....

Gender difference in Pain Experience - Women feel More Pain than men

...rch or practice, and instead are either ignored or statistically averaged”These results are based on several studies into the pain response of volunteers exposed to a pain stimulus, such as a cold-water bath, as well as field studies in clinics and hospitals.“While most explanations concentrate on biological mecha...

Short term hormone replacement therapy effective

...ch conducted by WHI is one of the largest and most statistically valid study of HRT done till date. The data for the study reveals that for women with severe vasomotor symptoms from estrogen deficiency can benefit from the short-term use of the therapy. Also women who have survived from gynecologic cancer also ten...

Depression is associated with high risk for heart disease

...ed the depressive mood. The researchers have noted statistically significant relationship between high scores on depression questionnaire and high level of three of the inflammation markers, IL6, CRP and ICAM-1....

Survival rate not improved by invasive procedures

...l rates. Researchers have conducted studies on a statistically significant group of patient population who were admitted to a hospital (cardiac catheterization facilities) after suffering from suspected acute coronary syndrome, a life-threatening heart condition. A catheterization procedure involves inserting a ...

Aerobic Exercise Beneficial In Treating Depression

... depressive symptoms, but they were not considered statistically significant. Thus researchers say exercise may offer a viable treatment alternative to treat depression as it can be recommended for most individuals....

Albendazole Effective In Reducing Seizures Caused By A Common Parasite

...dazole group, although they say this number is not statistically significant. However, the active treatment did lead to a significant reduction in seizures classified as seizures with generalization. Patients taking the active drug also showed greater healing of the cystic lesions in the brain when compared to tho...

Home-based Treatment For Eczema More Effective Compared To Hospital Care

...after 10 weeks. Over time, researchers reported no statistically significant difference in improvement between these two groups. Also, the effect of the treatment was maintained during an eight-week follow-up period after treatment was completed. Thus researchers conclude saying that hospital-administered bath PU...

The Link Between Obesity And Breast Cancer

...bese group. Researchers say,their results show a statistically significant difference between obese women and the other groups. Because the prevalence of obesity increases with age, as does the risk of breast cancer, however they say that interventions that enhance weight control may have a substantial effect on...

Long-Term Benefits Of Statins Questioned

...rcent reduction for long-term statin users was not statistically significant....

The Effectiveness Of The Breast Cancer Drug By Pfizer

...with 29.2 percent on tamoxifen. The difference was statistically significant. These reports have been substantiated by specialists in the field who began trying the drug in patients in 1989, well before it was approved. Tamoxifen is sold under the brand name Nolvadex by AstraZeneca Plc and is usually taken for ...

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