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Blood Sugar Linked to Deaths in ICU

... consecutive patients admitted to the hospital for various causes. High blood sugar, or hyperglycemia, is a...g insulin resistance, impaired glucose metabolism, various medications, or even some nutritional supplements. Previous studies have shown hyperglycemia can wor...

Antipsychotic Drug Linked to Pulmonary Embolism

...se to 30 milligrams per day. The man also received various other medications. After 10 weeks of treatment, the man began to complain of respiratory pain. A clinical examination showed no shortness of breath, fever, or other factors normally associated with respiratory disease. A lung scan, however, found a ...

Link Between Hyperglycemia & Hospital Mortality

... insulin resistance, impaired glucose metabolism, various medications, or even some nutritional supplements.... consecutive patients admitted to the hospital for various causes.Overall, mortality rates rose as average glucose levels rose, with the lowest rate of death (...

Shyness Linked To HIV Progression

...ases. Researchers subjected 54 HIV-positive men to various stress tests, each time measuring their nervous system response. Based on the findings, each man was ranked according to his "stress personality." Investigators then followed the group for 12 months to 18 months, measuring their HIV progression and r...

Risk of Heart Attack Can Now Be Predicted

...ng and narrowing of the arteries. Researchers took various measurements from 547 patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and 626 patients who visited emergency rooms complaining of chest pain. The researchers found that in patients with ACS, elevated PIGF levels indicated a higher rate of non-fatal hea...

Could There Be A Link Between Famine and Breast Cancer ?

...ries by a third to a half over a lifetime prevents various cancers. However, the implications of short-term food restriction are widely unknown....

Tissue Transfer for Skin Cancer

...transfer technique can be used to repair tumors on various parts of the face including the chin, cheek and nose. The procedure requires a team of surgeons -- usually a surgical oncologist, a neurosurgeon, a head and neck surgeon and, in some cases, a plastic surgeon. Dr. Wax says there are about 50 academic ...

A Vaccine For Non – Hodgkin’s Lymphom

At present researchers have discovered vaccines to various diseases such as flu, measles, whooping cough and other illnesses. Now, scientists are testing vaccines to keep cancer from coming back. // Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma is a cancer of the lymph system that almost always comes back, even after chemotherap...

Lifestyle changes Can Delay the Onset Of Dementia

...men and women for // more than 50 years to see how various factors might impact their risk for heart disease and stroke. In this sub-study, researchers compared the rate of dementia in those with and without a history of stroke.About 20 percent of the people who had a stroke developed dementia, compared to j...

Lifestyle changes Can Delay the Onset Of Dementia

...men and women for // more than 50 years to see how various factors might impact their risk for heart disease and stroke. In this sub-study, researchers compared the rate of dementia in those with and without a history of stroke.About 20 percent of the people who had a stroke developed dementia, compared to j...

Lifestyle changes Can Delay the Onset Of Dementia

...men and women for // more than 50 years to see how various factors might impact their risk for heart disease and stroke. In this sub-study, researchers compared the rate of dementia in those with and without a history of stroke.About 20 percent of the people who had a stroke developed dementia, compared to j...

Bone Marrow Cells Could Yield A New Lease of Life

... of nerve cells, with the potential application to various neurodegenerative diseases and traumatic central nervous system damge ....

How Effective Is Your Hand Wash Solution ?

... not allergic to peanuts. Participants washed with various cleaning agents, plain water, and an antibacterial hand sanitizer after applying a teaspoon of peanut butter to their hands. Results show hand wipes, liquid soaps, and bar soaps effectively removed the peanut allergens. However, plain water left all...

How Safe Are Your Cosmetics ?

... products that have been developed to cater to the various needs of people. But in certain people, skin care // products, including make-up and sunscreen, as well as hair and nail care products, can lead to an allergic reaction on the skin called contact dermatitis. Sometimes it's even difficult for people a...

Milk Found To Lower Colorectal-Cancer Risk By 12 %

...ed States, more than 50 percent of participants at various sites did not consume yogurt. However, yogurt was ... different rates of colorectal-cancer incidence in various countries may be related to diet....

Imaging Modality That Might Help Diagnose Depression

...lutamate, and other biological markers to identify various types of depression and predict specific treatment responses....

Depression Found To Be A Major Cause for Death in Elderly

...depression. Researchers say, “After adjusting for various demographic factors, 18-month mortality 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 increased risk of mortality compared with men with some...

Taking Vitamin Supplements With Caution

...lar diseases. Researchers reviewed 20 studies on various antioxidant vitamins, such as vitamins C and E and beta carotene. While a few of the studies did show a beneficial effect on heart disease among the participants, the vast majority showed no effect at all, and several actually showed a harmful effect...

Mentally Demanding Jobs Found To Reduce The Risk Of Alzheimer’

...rtant activities in the job. Researchers then used various measures to determine the mental, physical, social and fine motor skills for the different jobs. The study found, on average, people with Alzheimer’s disease held jobs with lower mental demands than those without the disease. When researchers broke ...

Predicting The Risk Of A Heart Attack

...ng and narrowing of the arteries. Researchers took various measurements from 547 patients with acute coronary syndrome (ACS) and 626 patients who visited emergency rooms complaining of chest pain. The researchers found that in patients with ACS, elevated PIGF levels indicated a higher rate of non-fatal hea...

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