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Mother’s Milk Stored For Long Periods Found To Have Less Antioxidant

...are born with lowered antioxidant capacity and are susceptible to high levels of oxygen free radical activity....

Medication for Depression may cause suicidal tendencies

...search shows that these may have a worse effect on susceptible patients in increasing the attacks of suicidal thoughts. Researchers have found that there is almost a double probability of patients taking SSRIs of attempting to commit suicide than those under other forms of treatment. Contradictorily another s...

In Search Of A New Drug To Target Cholesterol

...ile reducing levels of “bad” cholesterol, are more susceptible to ACAT2. Thus in conclusion researchers say they hope that in the future their findings may one day lead to a drug to target ACAT2 in humans, thereby reducing the incidence of heart disease caused by plaque build-up in the artries....

In Search Of A New Drug To Target Cholesterol

...ile reducing levels of “bad” cholesterol, are more susceptible to ACAT2. Thus in conclusion researchers say they hope that in the future their findings may one day lead to a drug to target ACAT2 in humans, thereby reducing the incidence of heart disease caused by plaque build-up in the arteries....

Gene responsible for depression

...ne may be responsible for some// people being more susceptible to depression. People having the gene that controls depression have less of gray matter and weaker connections in the mood regulating circuit. This gene may be affecting the amygdala, the portion of the brain that processes the emotion of fear, and ...

Women may be more at risk of liver injury from alcohol

...n the amount of alcohol to drink, as they are more susceptible to liver injuries....

Severe sleep apnea can cause liver problems

...dy show that people with severe sleep apnea may be susceptible to liver injuries irrespective of their body weights. Researchers feel that more study is required to find out which treatment of OSAS can improve on liver injury. Reference: Hepatology, June 2005...

Blood test developed for malignant hyperthermia

...ible for physicians to know if the patients can be susceptible to the condition of malignant hyperthermia. So ins...% of the mutations known that can make the patient susceptible to the condition. The effectiveness of the test is expected to increase with use. Once the anesthesi...

Elderly people are more at risk from eye damage

... person the lens of the eyes become stiff and more susceptible to damage. The aged eye lens will be four times as stiff as it were at birth. Researchers of the Wake Forest-Virginia Tech School of Biomedical Engineering and Sciences have developed a computer model that can demonstrate how the age related stiffne...

Antibiotics help combat dangerous tropical disease

...the worm also will die. "This is why wuchereria is susceptible to antibiotics which are normally used against bacterial infections," said Professor H?rauf emphasizes. In their study in Tanzania they treated 72 male patients for eight weeks with doxycyclin or a placebo. What they found was that initially the p...

Genetics Has A Major Role To Play In Body Shape.

... fat and fat distribution, genes can make you more susceptible to gaining weight. ...

Clarithromycin tablets to be launched in India soon

...treatment of mild to moderate infections caused by susceptible strains of designated micro-organisms. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has determined that Ranbaxy’s formulation can be expected to have the same therapeutic effect as an equivalent dose of Abbott’s Biaxin Filmtab (clarithromycin tablets,...

Allergies can prevent brain cancer

...orms of two genes are responsible for people being susceptible to allergic conditions and having a minor risk of GBM. The current study includes results of DNA testing along with the participants’ self report regarding the incidence of asthma and other allergic reactions. The research report shows that specifi...

Infants at lower risk from digestive disease if introduced to cereal early

... of happening to children who are genetically more susceptible to this disease who are exposed to gluten containi...t is also a known fact that only few of the people susceptible to the celiac disease actually develop the disease. The research shows that the risk of the disease...

Chronic Sinusitis May Be Related To Nasal Mucus

...e the nasal and sinus membranes and make them more susceptible to infections such as chronic sinus infection. To conduct this investigation, the researchers had collected specimens from 22 consecutive Mayo Clinic chronic sinus infection patients undergoing endoscopic sinus surgery. The surgeons extracted the ma...

Gene enchances radiation therapy - A novel approach to fight cancer

...ental form of gene therapy makes cancer cells more susceptible to radiation therapy. Although radiation kills cancer cells, it has unwanted side effects that could counter its positive effects. Dr. Rupert K. Schmidt-Ullrich, of Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, and colleagues found that radiati...

Testicular cancer identified

...archers found that men who carry the gene are more susceptible to testicular germ cell tumours (TGCT) which make up 95 per cent of all testicular cancer cases. The team, which also includes researchers from Norway, Germany, Ireland and Canada, studied a total of 134 families with two or more cases of testicular...

Skin tests confirms cancer

...erers in the Asis and of those, about 34% are also susceptible to other types of tumours, particularly those of the womb and the ovary....

New contact lens materials

...t lenses overnight because it could make them more susceptible to eye infections....

Oral Sex may carry AIDS related Cancer Virus

...em damage caused by HIV makes infected individuals susceptible to the cancer. Because of the cancer's close relationship to HIV and AIDS, experts have suspected that the HIV epidemic triggered the similar one seen with KSHV infection. But in looking at blood samples from homosexual men involved in three San Fra...

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