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High Altitude ‘Speeds up ageing process

... known that women living at high altitude are more susceptible to disease, and tend to die earlier. “Research findings show that hanges in the levels of these hormones with age seem to be associated with both maturation and ageing, and that where you live affects this. “The early decline in the concentration of...

Gene researchers make Malaria-resistant mosquito

...that the genetically modified mosquitoes were less susceptible to infection after feeding on a malaria-infected mouse and were far less able to transmit the malaria parasite to mice than normal mosquitoes. Two groups of mosquitoes they studied were unable to transmit the parasite and one group had a 50% reductio...

Balanced diet important in cancer prevention

...led to increasing obesity, which makes people more susceptible to a range of cancers - oesophagal, bowel, breast, womb and kidney. In addition, excess alcohol increases the risk of oesophagal, liver and throat cancers. Taking more exercise will help you ward off cancer - and fruits and vegetables have been shown...

Reasons why men die earlier

...gh risky behavior, but also because males are more susceptible to parasitic diseases." What could make men more ...in size than males, it is the females who are more susceptible to parasitic infections....

Eczema patients lack natural antibiotic in skin

... with atopic dermatitis, also known as eczema, are susceptible to bacterial infections// of their skin because th...nd why people with this common skin disease are so susceptible to skin infections especially in light of recent widespread concerns that they can develop severe in...

Longer airway in males increases sleep disorder risk

... women. This difference makes the male airway more susceptible to collapse, the researchers say. This may be at least part of the reason why men are more susceptible to sleep apnoea than women are....

Personality Impacts Arthritis

...nality of a patient can have a major impact on how susceptible they are to long-term problems from rheumatoid arthritis, according to new research. The published study explains doctors need to pay attention to factors// not related to the disease when they screen at-risk patients. There is no doubt being diagno...

Sleepwalking linked to a gene

... discovered a genetic marker which may make people susceptible to sleepwalking. Sleepwalking is a complex disorde...ariation in their genetic make-up leaves them more susceptible to sleep-walking. A Swiss scientist involved in the study added that the susceptibility to the condi...

Gene increases risk of depression after stress

...ort version of a certain gene may make people more susceptible to depression after stressful events, such as losing a job or a loved one. People only have to inherit one copy of the gene, from either parent, to become more vulnerable to depression, the researchers in Britain, New Zealand and the United States fo...

Detect masses in the breast

...cer.” Both Pistelli and her sisters know they are susceptible to the cancers, so when Daria's mammogram showed a spot, there was reason to be concerned. “They weren’t really sure exactly what they were seeing. They were seeing, I guess, masses,” she says. To get a better idea, radiologist Jules Sumkin, D.O., o...

Air Pollution Tied to Stroke Risk

...ows high air pollution levels may make people more susceptible to suffering a stroke.In previous research, air pollution levels have been connected to daily death rates for respiratory //problems and heart disease. But research on air pollution and stroke has been conflicting. Investigators from Kaohsiung Medica...

Defending against Tuberculosis

...genetically remove it from the mice, they are then susceptible to TB infection. According to experts, TB currently infects one-third of the human population and kills more people than any other bacterial pathogen. They write, "It is rivaled only by the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) virus as a commun...

Accuracy of Some Natural Family Planning Methods Questioned .

...all samples of saliva or cervical mucus are highly susceptible to producing false negatives. The “ferning” patterns indicate fertility, so if a woman does not see a “ferning” pattern, she may incorrectly surmise she’s not likely to conceive on that day. Even the most accurate of the three systems tested was wron...

Drug Stops Herpes

...s diagnosed with //type 2 herpes and the other was susceptible to the virus. Type 2 herpes causes a chronic genit...ults of the study show only four out of 743 of the susceptible partners who were given the drug developed clinically symptomatic herpes. However, 16 out of 741 par...

Shyness Linked To HIV Progression

...supported that theory, showing introverts are more susceptible to upper respiratory infections and other problems. How being shy actually leads to an increased risk of disease, however, has been poorly understood. This study provides the first clinical evidence that neural activity may mediate the relationship...

Drug Found To Reduce The Transmission Of Herpes

...was diagnosed with type 2 herpes and the other was susceptible to the virus. Type 2 herpes causes a chronic genit...ults of the study show only four out of 743 of the susceptible partners who were given the drug developed clinically symptomatic herpes. However, 16 out of 741 par...

An Increase In Number Of Lung Cancer Deaths in Women

...men who have never smoked. Whether women are more susceptible than men to the cancer-causing effects of tobacco smoke is debatable. What is not debatable, is that lung cancer is a biologically different disease in women. Researchers say the increase in female smokers is only one cause of the rise in lung cancer...

Adding An Additional Drug May Help Patients With Glaucoma

...127 patients, mostly with an eye color known to be susceptible to color change, did see changes in pigmentation. Patients affected by the change were mainly those with two different colors in their irises, such as green-brown or yellow-brown. However the pigmentation changes stabilized over time and patients who...

Food Supplements Can Prevent Alzheimer’

...disease // even if you carry a gene that makes you susceptible to the condition. For the study researchers first bred mice to carry the gene known to cause the brain lesions characteristic of the disease. Initially various environmental factors affecting the symptoms were studied but the mice only showed minimal...

The Link Between Hepatitis B Vaccine And Multiple Sclerosis Questioned

...ars later, or whether it causes new cases of MS in susceptible individuals. Researchers say more study has to be done in this regard to find out how the vaccine might be impacting the development of MS....

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