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Amphetamine, Cocaine Use Increase Risk of Stroke in Young Adults

...hagic and ischemic. Most strokes – which involve a sudden interruption in the blood supply of the brain – are ischemic, caused by an abrupt blockage of arteries leading to the brain. Hemorrhagic strokes, on the other hand, result from bleeding into brain tissue when a blood vessel bursts. An evaluation of...

Indonesia's Bird Flu Death Toll Rises to 72

...nced five new deaths from bird flu. Alarmed by a sudden spike in bird-flu deaths early this year, the Indonesian government declared a ban on backyard poultry farms in residential areas of nine provinces. Source-IANS/L...

International Health Security to Be Tackled on World Health Day

... rapidly spreading diseases, environmental change, sudden humanitarian emergencies caused by natural disasters, chemical spills or radioactive accidents and the impact of AIDS. A WHO document noted that 134.6 million people were affected by international crises and humanitarian emergencies in 2006 and 21,...

Fish Oil in Combination With Statins Cuts Risk of Major Coronary Events

...rs found no significant difference in the rates of sudden cardiac death or coronary death. The authors concluded, "The frequency of fatal or non-fatal myocardial infarction was not significantly reduced (23%) in the EPA group. However, that of non-fatal coronary events (including non-fatal myocardial infa...

Woolmer’s Death Suspicious, Say Jamaican Polic

...death suspicious. He would only point out that any sudden death would be treated as suspicious unless proved otherwise. Meanwhile Geo television, a leading Pakistani TV channel, has reported that there was information that Woolmer might have been murdered. Already former Pakistan pacer Sarfaraz Nawaz h...

Stigma, Lack of Education, Prevent the Spread of HIV in Afghanistan

...vernment services; mass movements of people; and a sudden influx of aid money, commerce and outsiders." In addition, Afghanistan's proximity to Russia, China and India -- which have some of the fastest-growing HIV/AIDS epidemics worldwide -- and the migration of its residents are fueling the spread of HI...

Bob Woolmer Might Have Died of Accidental Drug and Alcohol Overdose

...verdose' coupled with stress might have caused his sudden death. The 58-year-old coach was declared broug... overdose of alcohol and drug had caused Woolmer’s sudden death. The Jamaican Constabulary Force said in a press release that a team of police and medical...

Edmonton Health Center Offers Hope to Spastic Patients

...luntary kicking and flailing of his legs, all of a sudden before his fifth birthday. After years of suffering, the child’s disorder known as dystonia, subsided considerably after an implantation of a baclofen- releasing device. Another patient to benefit from the program is 40-year-old Doug Buck, who su...

EU Commission to Set Up Rapid Action Team

...als from various disciplines//, meant to deal with sudden and dangerous outbreaks of animal diseases. The decision has come in the wake of various outbreaks, such as the recent bird flu outbreak, previous foot and mouth disease of cattle, blue tongue disease etc. The commission will be setting up this...

Fruit Flies May Pave Way to New Treatments for Age-related Heart Disease

..., which can lead to more serious heart disease and sudden death. In both flies and humans, cardiac arrhythmia and dysfunctions become more common with age. The team found that mutations in the fly’s single KCNQ gene led to severe arrhythmias that would be immediately fatal to a human, but not in this inse...

Hearing Impaired Student Captures International Performance Award

...eong, who in recent years has experienced bouts of sudden hearing loss in both ears. He admits he has difficulty recognizing pitches of high frequency. “I’m still able to hear physically with the help of hearing aids, and play whatever I feel, right from my heart,” he said. Cheong said understanding spe...

Indian Models are a Healthy Lot

...d Luisel Ramos because of a heart attack, owing to sudden loss of 12 kilos, sent shock waves across the fashion industry. Six months after Ramos collapsed during a fashion show, her 18-year-old sister too died Tuesday, apparently due to malnutrition. The latest death has fired another round of discussion ...

New Mechanism for Nutrient Uptake Discovered

.... "Imagine a large animal marking its territory. A sudden flow of ammonia could be toxic to the plant. If it weren't for a rapid-fire shutdown plants could die. The conservation of this feature in the related transporters in bacteria, fungi, plants, and animals suggests that an ancient organism, which was a...

Symptoms of Depression Associated With Artery Diseases

...studies have assessed the risk for heart attack or sudden cardiac death, according to background information in the article. Because these events are later steps in the development of coronary artery disease, it is currently unclear whether depression, anxiety and other negative emotions play a role in earl...

Cataplexy During Status Cataplecticus Resembles REM Sleep

Cataplexy is a sudden temporary loss of muscle tone in the body, which occurs during times of intense emotional states like laughter or anger. Cataplexy is one of the symptoms of// narcolepsy, which is a compulsive disorder to fall asleep. In narcolepsy there are compul...

Take Fatigue Seriously - Says Researcher

...usion that resembles delirium, emotional numbness, sudden loss of energy, difficulty both in staying awake and in sleeping and complete social withdrawal. “It is important to recognize the difference between tiredness and fatigue, because fatigue is a marker that the body is not able to keep up,” says Ols...

New Guidelines for Diagnosis of Venous Thromboembolism

...large embolus may result in acute heart failure or sudden death. More than 200,000 deaths each year are associated with VTE in the United States. The Annals of Family Medicine and Annals of Internal Medicine have joined in publishing the new guidelines. Both guidelines and an evidence review for the diagn...

Young People Who Died Suddenly, Inexplicably Had Genetic Heart Defects

...heir presence silently and catastrophically with a sudden death episode as the first symptom. Because they l...deaths, the standard of care for the evaluation of sudden unexplained death must now change. Surviving members in a family in which there’s been this tragedy ...

Australia Gears Up for Safe Sex Campaign

... sex has been found out to be main reason for this sudden surge in AIDS cases in this island continent. According to a study, there is a phenomenal 41% increase of HIV cases which is surely a disturbing scenario. Health ministry is planning to spend $10 million for campaigns which would address these issu...

Let Your Genes Become Your Diet Expert

New Delhi: You do not need to make sudden changes in your diet any more because of any hered...sn't have to go through the depression of making a sudden change in diet because of hereditary diseases like ailments of the heart or diabetes. Today, the g...

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