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Research on causes for falling helps develop preventive strategies

... institutionalized or even die due to a fall, have taken up the task of finding out the reason, to help develop preventive strategies. The researchers studied volunteers of various age groups as they were made to walk on a treadmill which was gradually made slippery by introducing a fluid on the walking s...

Testing for blood sugar levels made easier

...ort, as this requires multiple blood samples to be taken by puncturing// their fingers or forearm. However,...hy volunteers when images of the left forearm were taken every 10 to 20 seconds for over three hours. Doctors took 420 blood glucose measurements from the vo...

Unhappy relationships could result in more than just heart breaks!

...er 24 hours and an echocardiogram of the heart was taken at the beginning and end of the study. The subjects were also required to fill in questionnaires that measured marital adjustment, marital satisfaction and marital distress. At the end of the study about one quarter of the people, profiled as sufferi...

Depressed women show signs of earlier onset of Perimenopause

...es and early follicular-phase blood specimens were taken at the beginning of the study, and every six months for the 36 months of follow up. The researchers determined the beginning of menopause, or perimenopause, by a follow up interview indicating a seven day or more change in menstrual cycle length, a c...

Heart disease in women being under-treated

... all of the survivors should have been taking, was taken only by 80 percent. Dr. Naveed Malik, a cardiologist at the Ochsner Clinic Foundation in New Orleans, who was not connected with the study, said that a woman complaining of chest pain is often detected with heart burn, while similar symptoms in men ...

Care with a touch!

...ons. The study's positive results however, must be taken with a pinch of salt, as there were other aspects, like high patient withdrawal(27 dropouts from the initial target of 88) and unhappiness of patients in being assigned to a particular group, that do not completely warrant the outcomes. However, rese...

Cancer gene mystery to be cracked!

...hat they would precisely find out what needs to be taken away from cancerous cells to make it normal again. Sir Paul Nurse, Chief Executive of Cancer Research, UK, on the other hand, added that the next challenge for scientists was to unravel the mystery of each human gene and find out what each gene was d...

Former smokers can be protected with vitamin A derivative

...r placebo for three months. A lung biopsy that was taken later showed that there was a marked increase in the activity of RAR in the active treatment group. The researchers claim that, though this study did not prove that RA prevents cancer in former smokers, this is the first time the benefit of chemoprev...

Herbal supplement ephedra posing threat to people's health

...received, an// estimated 80 per cent of calls were taken from the general public. The researchers compared the number of adverse events among ephedra users versus the number of adverse events among users of other herbs and they took into account the volume of sales for each product. They then calculated th...

Green tea beneficial in preventing osteoarthritis

...unteers. However, Sheffield University has already taken out a patent for the use of EGCG in treating osteoarthritis. Dr. Buttle concluded that while results have not yet been confirmed on human volunteers, there is no harm in drinking green tea as it does not cause any harm....

Leptin is "new breast cancer indicator"

...red that if body weight and body fat together were taken out of the equation, a correlation remained between leptin and diet. As women ate less fat their leptin levels decreased, offering a possible reduced chance of contracting breast cancer, say the researchrs....

Guangdong health official says SARS can be prevented and treated

...ary when there were 688 patients. He said measures taken in helping Guangdong curb the spread of the disease were simple. They included ensuring proper air circulation in hospitals, requiring nurses and doctors to wear 12-14 layer gauze protective masks and disinfecting patient rooms three to four times a ...

Risk factor high for women who took HRT

...men over the age of 45, less than half of whom had taken HRT. They found that women with diabetes who took HRT were up to three times more likely// to die early compared to those without the condition. The researchers were not able to explain these effects. However, they speculated it may be because the ...

Estrogen Patch is Safer than Pills for Heart

...he risk of heart attacks and// other problems when taken in the long term. It is usually the Postmenopausal women who take hormone replacement therapy through a pill to improve their general well being and prevent osteoporosis (loss of Bone). However the researchers looked at different modes of estrogen a...

Flying with caution, with SARS

...ng travelers postpone their trips. Safety measures taken by airlines and airports may lessen the risk for those travelers who must fly to affected countries. The Hong Kong Airport Authority has begun to take the body temperature of all outbound passengers to prevent the spread of SARS. Airlines have traine...

An Indian Bride with signs of SARS

...ous respiratory illness. Even though the bride was taken away from the Methodist church in Pune immediately after the ceremony, all were kept in isolation in a hospital. Approximately 25 guests were also being quarantined in private apartments where the guests had been lodged for the wedding. No one has ...

Link between pesticide and breast cancer

...ny treatment. The samples were compared with blood taken from a group of healthy women. The study revealed that women with breast cancer were more likely to have detectable levels of DDT as the healthy women and more likely to have detectable levels of HCB. However women who had oestrogen receptor positive...

Scientists review SARS

...e disease is now concentrated.Crucial measures are taken to control the chain ofperson-to-person transmission of the SARS virus likedetection and treatment of suspected cases as soon//as they are identified and then quarantining theircontacts. Timely public information and alerts to travelers entering othe...

World Health Organisation Takes a Historic Decision and Approves Treaty to Discourage Smoking

...-control legislation,” she said. The framework has taken four years Tobacco now kills some five million people each year. This death toll could double to reach 10 million by 2020 if countries do not implement the measures of the FCTC. The smoking rates are are increasing, especially among the young, While ...

WHO Says Toronto Going Back on SARS-Affected List

...io's chief medical officer of health. Precautions taken at Toronto Hospitals last month since the outbreak could not control dozens of possible new cases. Health officials conceded on monday as the WHO put Canada`s largest city back on its list of SARS - affected places.// In Toronto, health authorities ...

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