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Race Affects Sleep in Children

...out their children’s sleeping habits and about any symptoms of sleep disorders.// More than 550 of the children studied were white and more than 650 were Hispanic. Results of the study show more than 11 percent of Hispanic children snore, while less than 8 percent of white children snore. Daytime drowsiness ...

Novel Therapy for Chronic Problem

...lergic inflammatory reaction of the esophagus. The symptoms for EE mimic gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD...months. Researchers also say, though EE mimics the symptoms of GERD, their study found no association between the two disorders. The study concludes EE is a con...

How to Save Your Skin From Sunburn

...lling and pain, a severe sunburn can trigger other symptoms such as a fever, chills, headache, nausea and even confusion. If such severe symptoms occur, experts recommend getting immediate medical attention. You're most at risk of getting a sunbu...

Recognize Heart Attack Signs

...nd see" attitude when they experience heart attack symptoms because they don't recognize the signs of a heart attack or they attribute the symptoms to another problem.// In fact, the NHLBI says that most heart attack victims wait two hours or more ...

Chronic Fatigue, Pain Linked to Sinusitis

...ue //were nine times more likely to have sinusitis symptoms than those who felt rested and well. Also, patien...re likely than the pain-free patients to have such symptoms of sinusitis as facial pressure, heavy-headedness or frontal headache, Chester says. Doctors who sp...

Depression Weighs Heaviest on the Elderly

...age. For one thing, the elderly may have different symptoms than younger patients. "Older people will basically agree that they're experiencing every symptom of depression except depression," Lebowitz says. Experts often refer to this as "depression without sadness." A person may complain that his food does...

Teens' vitamin D deficiency an epidemic

...ely, youngsters suffering from it often don't have symptoms until it has advanced to the point of causing fractures or rickets, a bone-weakening disease that doctors think may be on the rise. vDoctors suspect that many otherwise healthy youngsters may have undetected deficiency. Those most likely to be diagno...

Flu Shots Best for Protection

...y works if started within the first 48 hours after symptoms appear. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the best time to get a flu shot, if you are in a high-risk group, is from October through November. Experts caution against getting a flu shot too early, because protection from th...

Return of SARS possible this fall

... flu vaccines won't affect SARS, flu and pneumonia symptoms are similar to those of SARS. Immunizing people against flu would reduce the number of cases of that illness, as well as those of pneumonia, and make it easier for doctors to decide whether a patient suffers from flu or SARS, the World Health Organiz...

SARS research confirms link to animals

...ntibodies. None of those tested, however, reported symptoms of SARS in the past six months. Ban on some animals lifted The study was conducted by 18 researchers from the University of Hong Kong, and from two government health agencies. SARS was first recognized in the Guangdong Province in China in Novembe...

Risks for Silent Strokes

...me blocked. A silent stroke does not cause classic symptoms but having multiple silent strokes can increase th... patients had high blood pressure but did not have symptoms of it. Also, 159 of the patients had diabetes. None of the patients had been diagnosed with other ...

West Nile and Blood Transfusions

...us. //They asked the participants whether they had symptoms of a viral illness before or after donating the blood. Researchers also tested blood that was given at the time of donation and at a follow-up date for the West Nile virus. Results of the study show 23 patients contracted the virus through a blood t...

Link Between Migraines and Behavioral Disorders

...p, which can contribute to the types of behavioral symptoms often associated with ADD, CD and ODD, but this is the first study to demonstrate there could be a direct link between migraines and behavioral disorders. Researchers say parents should track the frequency of their children’s headaches to determine ...

Hormone Replacement Therapy -- What to do?

...pause. These women are likely to be suffering from symptoms such as hot flashes and night sweats and for them,...d osteoporosis, and then consider how severe their symptoms are, how great a fear they have of the risks, and how willing they are to make lifestyle changes. ...

Depression a cause for Death in Elderly

Depression and its symptoms have been shown to accelerate death in many people...y was almost 70 percent higher in those depressive symptoms than in those with fewer symptoms.” Women were affected more than men. Depressed men were not at inc...

Relief from Migraine

...measured freedom from both pain and other migraine symptoms at two and four hours....

Anemia Treatment for Cancer Patients

...cers. While the drug was effective in treating the symptoms of anemia among the patients, the poorer outcomes seen in the drug group led researchers to conclude the benefits may not be worth the risks. Study author Dr. Michael Henke comments: "Although epoetin beta efficiently corrects anemia among patients ...

Anemia Treatment for Cancer Patients

...cers. While the drug was effective in treating the symptoms of anemia among the patients, the poorer outcomes seen in the drug group led researchers to conclude the benefits may not be worth the risks. Study author Dr. Michael Henke comments: "Although epoetin beta efficiently corrects anemia among patients ...

Comparing Psoriasis Treatments

...cyclosporine -- are equally effective in relieving symptoms of the disease.// Researchers in Amsterdam studied nearly 90 patients with moderate-to-severe psoriasis. Half of the patients were given methotrexate, and the other half were treated with cyclosporine. Researchers evaluated the side effects and effe...

Anemia Treatment for Cancer Patients Might Not be a Good Idea.

...n prescribe //an anemia treatment to relieve these symptoms however a new study suggests otherwise. Since ane...cers. While the drug was effective in treating the symptoms of anemia among the patients, the poorer outcomes seen in the drug group led researchers to conclude...

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