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Lung Therapy Found To Have Long-Term Side Effects

...5 milligrams of dexamethasone per kilogram of body weight intravenously every 12 hours for one week. Then, the dose was tapered over the next three weeks. Results of the study showed children in the dexamethasone group had significantly poorer motor skills, motor coordination and visual-motor integration ...

Wrestling found To Be Good for the Immune System

...each wrestler was paired with a partner of similar weight and ability for a six minute match. Natural killer cells are the body’s first line of defense against cancer cells and cells infected by viruses. They search out the equivalent of a "flag" carried by normal cells, and those without are blasted with ...

Weight Loss Supplements Questioned

...nd Drug Administration may leave some wondering if weight loss supplements really do what they claim.// S...and fat calories, while allowing consumers to lose weight without making any lifestyle changes. Researchers say these products give hope to people who are a...

The Importance Of “ Good ”Control Of Diabetes During Pregnanc

...such as high maternal blood pressure, higher birth weight babies, babies with dangerously low blood sugar, and babies with more birth defects. Researchers say this occurred even though 84 percent of the pregnancies were planned and women had good medical care from the outset, including good blood sugar con...

Lack of Exercise Found To Lead To Obesity In Kids

...ed watching more minutes of television than normal weight boys. Thus researchers conclude that insufficient physical activity and too much time spent on sedentary behaviors like computer games and watching TV may equal, and even exceed, diet quality as important contributors to overweight in adolescence....

Could There Be A Link Between Famine and Breast Cancer ?

...nd 1986. The women responded to a questionnaire on weight loss, hunger and cold during the famine. Researchers found as severity of famine increases, the risk for breast cancer increases. Women who experienced severe famine had a 48-percent increased risk of breast cancer compared to women who did not expe...

Can Calcium Help Reduce Weight?

...ucts may actually make you smaller -- by promoting weight loss ,// so if your mother always told you to drin...tes who participate in sports like wrestling where weight management is an issue can greatly benefit from calcium. They say that these athletes can use calciu...

A Reduction In Calories Found To Yield More Benefits

...1,950 calories per day, depending on their height, weight and gender. Their calories consisted of about 26 percent protein, 28 percent fat, and 46 percent carbohydrates. In contrast, those in the normal diet group consumed between 1,975 calories and 3,550 calories per day, with only 18 percent of their calo...

Relief From Migraines

...patient , compared to the side effects of fatigue, weight gain, dry mouth, and other side effects found with other methods to prevent migraine....

The Effects Of Dental X-Rays During Pregnancy Questioned

...cy are three-times more likely to have a low-birth weight infant, according to a new study.// Researchers s... also have an increased risk of having a low-birth weight baby. However researchers say their results should not discourage pregnant women from having dental...

Fish Found To Improve Fetal Growth

...te, the less likely she was to deliver a low birth weight baby. Researchers say that low birth weight normally occurs in one in 10 pregnancies. In women who ate no fish, that rate increased to one in ei...

Accuracy of Mammograms

...ast menopause are more likely than those of normal weight to get breast cancer and also more likely to be di...se-positive than those with normal or below normal weight (BMI under 25). Women classified in the obese category one (BMI between 30 and 34) were 27 percent m...

Sugar - Sweetened Drinks Found To Increase Risk of Diabetes

...omen who drank one or more sodas a day gained more weight and were nearly twice as likely to develop type 2 ...d an average of only three pounds. Researchers say weight gain was highest among those who increased their soda consumption from less than one per week to one...

A Little Weight Loss Found To Make A Significant Difference In Men

...ease in quality of life for men. With exercise and weight loss // , obese men with erectile dysfunction may ... to determine if lifestyle changes, such as losing weight and an increase in physical activity, would improve obese men’s erectile function.The study was cond...

Diabetics Can Now Be Able To Control Both Blood Sugar And Their Weight

... can now control their blood sugar without gaining weight or increasing their insulin doses, say researchers...ey never imagined that the patients would not gain weight . Patients with type 2 diabetics who use drug therapy typically take insulin and only one of the dr...

Alcohol Consumption Questioned

...consumption researchers say that their study lends weight to the growing evidence that moderate alcohol consumption is not detrimental to bone health in women....

Counting Calories Might Be The Ideal Way To Stay Healthy

...ries burned during a workout depends on a person's weight and the intensity and duration of the activity, re...t finding personal benchmarks based on individuals weight and lifestyle. For example, exercise standards for a 155-pound person say walking for 30 minutes at ...

Overweight Kids At Risk Of Being Iron Deficient

...increased as body mass index increased from normal weight to overweight. Based on their findings, researchers suggest guidelines for iron deficiency screening may need modification to include children with elevated body mass index. Currently, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the American ...

Parents Should Look For Signs Of Children Becoming Overweight

... A new study suggest parents need to realize their weight is the most powerful risk factor for their childre...overed included a lack of parental interest in the weight of their children and less sleep. Overweight children, on average, got 30 minutes fewer of sleep tha...

The Reason For Loss Of Appetite After Gastric Bypass

...rtial explanation for the loss of hunger and rapid weight loss observed after gastric bypass surgery.// In t...milliliter. Thus researchers conclude saying that weight reduction procedures that do not sufficiently exclude gastric fundus tissue may not adequately lower...

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