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Heart disease threat starts early in life for Diabetics

...heir arteries also had higher levels of blood fats such as LDL ("bad") cholesterol and increased blood homocysteine, a substance that is associated with heart disease risk.These results underscore the fact and the need to treat early on....

New antiperspirant in action - Botox does the difference

...inum toxin into the skin does a greater relief for such condition. Most sufferers "can find relief with prescription antiperspirants, special medicated powders, and other topical treatments," says Jim Baral, MD, who is a dermatologist at the American Dermatology Center in New York City and an assistant p...

Analgesic abuse - cause for chronic headache in children

Over the counter pain medications such as aspirin, acetaminophen(paracetamol) etc., is now identified to be the cause of chronic headache in children. A team of Israeli researchers who treated 26 adolescents, found that the average number of tablets taken by each patient was 28 each week...

Noise tampers hearing

...g loss can result in difficulty hearing consonants such as s, sh, f and v. In cases of moderate noise-indu...may have difficulty discriminating even more words such as 'cat' from 'bat' and their speech may be affected, says Sievers. If children are near a firework...

ZYBAN, The smoking cessation drug marked for its adverse reactions

...man explained that the main factor responsible for such an increase in the "yellow cards" is the smoking cessation aid Zyban. However, from January to April 2001 Zyban "accounted for 32% of all yellow cards" she added. Over 5000 adverse reactions including 40 deaths relating to Zyban has been reported. ...

GLEEVEC - An Oral treatment for leukemia

...id many research questions remain to be answered, such as how long Gleevec will control CML. Does the drug actually cure CML patients? Or, does it delay the onset of moreadvanced forms of the cancer? According to Klausner, "Gleevec offers proof that molecular targeting works in treating cancer, provide...

GLEEVEC - An Oral treatment for leukemia

...id many research questions remain to be answered, such as how long Gleevec will control CML. Does the drug actually cure CML patients? Or, does it delay the onset of moreadvanced forms of the cancer? According to Klausner, "Gleevec offers proof that molecular targeting works in treating cancer, provide...

One...just one cigarette can spoil the heart function.

...smoking has a significant risk towads the diseases such as heart attack , cancer etc.,. Dr. Firas A. Ghanem and colleagues at the Brody School of Medicine of East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, in a suspicion that smoking might affect the left ventricle of the heart ( an important ch...

Risk of heart disease begins in teens

...heir arteries also had higher levels of blood fats such as LDL ,"bad" cholesterol, and increased blood homocysteine, a substance that is associated with heart disease risk. Dr. Jody S Krantz, author of the study feels that early intervention is warranted and is mandatory in adolescents and young adults s...

Beer vitamin protects heart

...identification of the risk factors. As a result of such ongoing research, hyperhomocysteinemia (increased levels of homocysteine in blood) is considered to be one of the risk factors.// Dr. O Mayer Jr and colleagues from Charles University in Pilsen, Czech Republic, found as a result of their study that ...

Moderate Use of Analgesics - Not Associated With Kidney Dysfunction

...suggested that regular use of popular pain killers such as aspirin, acetaminophen, and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs(NSAIDs) may increase the risk of chronic kidney problems in healthy patients. Researches at Women's hospital in Boston analyzed the use of these pain relievers among 11,032 me...

Arthroscopy for Ankles

...ompared to traditional surgery. New technologies such as electrothermal and laser probes have expanded the ability of arthroscopy to remove bone chips and repair tissue damage in the ankle. Sparing patients from surgical injury and lengthy recovery and rehabilitation time not only saves patients from pa...

Shock it to Heal!!

... to fight infection. The conventional way to treat such ulcers would be by cleaning and daily dressing with appropriate aseptic measures, keeping the wound moist and resting the affected limb. According to the recent study which involved 35 diabetic patients, who received high-voltage, pulsed galvanic el...

CDC reveals relationship between prepregnant weight and heart defects in infants

... course the predisposer of majority of the illness such as diabetes, heart disease, hypertension etc., is ...eight and obese women were 36% more likely to have such a defect. But the reason for the prevailing relationship between the prepregnancy weight and the he...

Risk of Cancer can be reduced to 40% with a High Fiber Diet

...n those consuming large amounts of preserved meats such as ham and bacon .They also showed that people who smoke a pack of cigarettes a day and drink more than a bottle of wine are 50 times more likely to suffer from throat cancers. Hence people are advised to eat five portions of fruit and vegetable...

Folate and famiy planning

... been proven to minimise the risk of birth defects such as spina bifida by up to 70 per cent, with one in ...tube defect can cause a wide range of disabilities such as loss of bladder and bowel control and paralysis of the legs. In some cases the effects can be mor...

Prevention is better than cure

...nd are more likely to suffer serious complications such as bronchitis and pneumonia. Though colds are generally contracted from other people, social isolation also increases susceptibility to colds.Stress is another factor that increases chances of a person contracting a cold. There is no cure for a co...

GlaxoSmithKline - Changes Lamictal(R) Label Appearance and Packaging

... in treatment because it could lead to consequence such as status epilepticus. Conversely, those patients that do not have epilepsy could be placed at unnecessary risk of adverse events, including serious rash, if they are mistakenly given Lamictal. The most common dispensing errors have been between La...

Protective effects of tomatoes in prostate cancer

Diets rich in tomato products, such as tomato sauce and ketchup, have long been associ...rs, especially prostate cancer, but the reason for such an action is yet to be found. Clinical trials have suggested that lycopene, which is found in tomat...

Maternal alcohol consumption linked to behavioral problems in children

...as well as problems with intellectual functioning, such as lowered IQ, attention deficits, and behavioral and emotional problems. hence the researchers conclude that we should reinforce the Surgeon General's recommendation that pregnant women should abstain from drinking during pregnancy....

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