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Swelling increases stroke risk with high B.P.

...blood pressure is a risk factor for stroke, //it's still the case that not everyone with hypertension actually suffers a stroke. Researchers at Malmo University, Sweden, believe that inflammation could be the key to understanding this question. They measured levels of various proteins known to be linked ...

Genetic indicates memory

...increase the amount of learning. This research is still too early to know how it will affect learning in the future, however, the researchers speculate it may one day help doctors develop treatments to improve memory and possibly even help Alzheimer's patients....

Lead can be fatal

...arch it is observed that susceptibility to lead is still a public health concern regardless of falling levels of lead in blood over the past two decades. Previous studies have determined lead exposure to be a risk factor and potential// cause for cancer, kidney disease, cardiovascular problems, and fertil...

Healthy ways to eat nourishing food

...he 'low carb' approach - for many decades now, and still the obesity 'epidemic' is increasing. So experts at the 'no diet' women's retreat Green Mountain in the US suggest a new approach - concentrating on what your body wants to eat, rather than trying one diet after another. And the key is to get in to...

Latest drug shows promise in multiple myeloma

...prove from the start of the therapy, and some were still showing a positive response up to a year later. Bortezomib is a new kind of drug called a proteasome inhibitor. It acts on tiny structures called proteasomes within cells and so stops myeloma cells from multiplying....

Gardeners, Beware of your back!

...les and stabilise the back. Gardening however, is still good for flexibility, strength and stamina provided you plan what to do and pace yourself properly without attempting to do too much at one time....

Myostatin gene could hold the key to treatment for DMD

...erent time points to determine if the treatment is still effective at late stages of the disease....

Lamictal as add-on therapy for children with epilepsy

...g as add-on therapy in pediatric patients who were still having frequent partial seizures (at least four pe...200 patients aged between 2 and 15 years, who were still having frequent seizures despite use of other AEDs, were randomized to treatment with Lamictal or pl...

Caffeine is not the only culprit in coffee!

...s finding may make caffeine less villainous, it is still advisable for coffee lovers to stick to moderation, which means only 2 to 3 cups a day!...

New and unique treatment for Psoriasis patients

...h the drug has a much more selective effect, it is still too soon to say it is very selective and very safe. In fact, she added that patients on the drug would require a blood test before each weekly dose to ensure their levels of infection-fighting immune cells have not dipped too low, which would require...

Whiplash injury causes persistent

...h while in the whiplash injury group patients were still in pain a year on, though the intensity was not great.// They also found that patients with most pain, in the whiplash group, also had non-pain symptoms like dizziness, irritability, and forgetfulness. In conclusion, it was indicated that whiplash pa...

More signs to an approaching migraine attack

...ased in intensity asthe attack approached and were still there for a time after the attack subsided.The finding, according to the researchers, suggests that there are certainchanges in the brain that occurs two or three days beforehand, which gives riseto these symptoms. This indicated that there more to m...

Severe Acute respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

...spreads due to international travel. Scientist are still looking t the cause and treatment for the disease. At present Hongkong seems to be the most affected area in the world. In Hongkong 425 people have been infected and 11 have died. There a small panic spreading in Hongknog with people wearing surgical...

Viral encephalitis can cause more damage than already known

...verage stay of 16 days. Out of these patients four still remain inintensive care, while two were transferred to chronic care and only one hasfully recovered....

SARS: India's drugs in demand

...e range of bacterial infections. While doctors are still battling with the exact cure for SARS, macrolides,...de requirements. While medical practitioners are still struggling to find the cure for the killer disease, the macrolides, widely used for treating pneumon...

Link between pesticide and breast cancer

...cer. The pesticides banned in Canada and Europe is still used for mosquito control in developing countries. DDT, HCB and other environmental endocrine disrupters mimic the action of// certain hormones, including oestrogen, in the body. In a study conducted on 159 women with newly diagnosed breast cancer, a...

Suicide reduced by anti-depressants

...ghest exposure to antidepressants. However doctors still argue that, it is the medical treatment, and not necessarily the use of anti-depressants that reduces suicide....

China tells officials not to hide SARS damage

China, still reeling from an official SARS cover-up, is trying to stop more deception, this time of the extent of economic damage the deadly flu-like virus has caused to the world's sixth-biggest economy. The State Statistical Bureau said the illness, which hit r...

Baby born to SARS mother is healthy

...babies treated at the //Prince of WalesHospital is still on a respirator, but is in stablecondition, Liu said. The condition of the third baby was reported as serious, the Hospital Authority statement said.The babies had experienced problems breathing,although it was not clear whether they were affectedby ...

Drop in global deaths from measles

...ally wiped out in the industrialized countries but still continues to exist in the developing countries.// According to reports from WHO an estimated 777,000 children died from measles in 2000 and this is about 11 percent fewer than in the previous year. Data on deaths beyond 2000 was not available. The ...

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