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Stress can make you overweight

... the hazards of weight gain in midlife by learning when the body is vulnerable to stress and choosing the right sort of snacks. Dr. Pamela Peeke, a professor of medicine at the University of Maryland, says that the slowing metabolism of people over 45 makes them more vulnerable to stress, which releases h...

Alcohol linked to brain activity

...ain function, but often goes unnoticed at the time when it actually occurs. White matter lesions are areas of scarring or injury that might affect your voluntary and involuntary actions of the body such as ability to button a shirt or put a key in a lock. It is thought that alcohol exerts benefits throu...

A non-stick danger

...utensils, ovens and combustion engines. However, when heated, these polymers can emit a chemical known as trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) which is toxic to plants and does not break down in the environment, a study in today's Nature reveals.TFA is known as a breakdown product of gases that were introduced to...

Acupuncture provides relief

...ut it may need to be combined with other therapies when used over long periods.That's the conclusion of on...hat laser acupuncture was a good choice of control when the trial was designed because the patient undergoing treatment still thinks of themselves as receiv...

Decision making made easier

...mportant decisions about their treatment. The days when doctors told you what treatment to have are long g...making process.// But sometimes this is difficult, when the clinical evidence gives conflicting messages and new research comes up all the time. Doctors i...

Male infertility in relation to pesticide

...ductive function were first revealed 30 years ago, when the process of sperm formation was shown to be severely impaired among pesticide manufacturers and agricultural workers. ...

What we can learn from dogs?

... dogs do not suffer from high blood pressure, even when they have kidney disease.// Professor Bob Michell is Professor of Comparative Medicine at the University of Houston and he points out that collaboration between veterinary and medical scientists can produce exciting new insights into human health. ...

Wishes of unspoken patients

.... The doctors also sensed the patients' unease - when dealing with these people, they reported finding the visit 'demanding' even though it wasn't clear what the demands were. Doctors and patients can do much to improve this situation. The doctor can become more aware to what is not being said and try t...

The right is responsible

...ous face, although they saw only the morphed image when they were under anaesthesia.While the left hemisph...s found significantly greater right brain activity when people viewed a self-morph compared to a co-worker-morph. "One of the astonishing findings in psyc...

The feel of pain

...ception of pain.While certain brain areas "lit up" when the painful sensation itself was experienced, this...eceded by stimulation in separate but nearby areas when the "pain warning" light was switched on. Stimulation of the brain's "pain anticipation" regions is...

Chemists prepare for face-off with manufacturers

...ustry into the latter’s domain.The trouble started when several pharmaceutical companies and large business groups decided to get into retailing, by opening their own outlet or chain of outlets, which was seen by the RDCA members as a threat to their existence. According to Mr. Shah, Cadila Healthcare, ...

Love the sun

... is derived from the chemical reaction that occurs when ultraviolet B light hits the skin. Dark skin does not absorb as much ultraviolet B as light skin, and people who wear clothing that covers all their skin are not exposed to the sun. Of the 82 women screened, 66 (80 per cent) recorded vitamin D lev...

Way to monitor blood pressure

...d stroke. Normally, doctors measure blood pressure when the patient is sitting quietly in their office. But researchers at University of San Diego now show that there could be a better way. Hence it has to be treated and detected.// They measured the blood pressure of 40 adults aged between 55 and 75 whi...

Fingerprinting prostate cancer

... and Pim-1 were significantly linked to prognosis, when the men's clinical histories were checked. The researchers say that the discovery of prostate cancer's molecular fingerprint could lead to many new diagnostic tests. These could offer more to the patient than the current PSA (prostate specific anti...

Genetics and cholesterol levels

...nst them have the most to gain from a low-fat diet when it comes to controlling cholesterol....

The cocaine danger

... reaction called a complement cascade. This occurs when there is a jump in the body's production of complement proteins. These proteins normally form in response to invading microorganisms, and build up on cell membranes causing them to break apart. In a sense, the body is seeing the drug as a foreign bo...

Excessive use of antibiotics for sore throat

...more likely it is that an antibiotic will not work when you really need it. Sometimes doctors give prescriptions more to please the patient than out of medical need....

Wonder drug - could end in disaster

...ac is the best known were hailed as "wonder drugs" when they first hit the market in the 1980's.//hey act...ame dangerously suicidal. No such effect was found when the volunteers were put on an antidepressant of a different class called reboxetine. "There are ris...

A poke to cure your snore

...e injection to stop people snoring. Snoring occurs when airflow vibrates across the soft palate tissue which becomes relaxed during sleep.The "snoreplasty" procedure involves injecting a chemical called tetradecyl sulphate into the fleshy soft palate at the back of the throat. The snoreplasty technique, d...

Drugs disrupt formation of blood vessels

...'ve shown that these drugs have beneficial effects when used to treat mice developing organ-specific cancer ". The work on mice is significant because scientists believe it closely mirrors the conditions found in human tumours. Mice used in the study were genetically engineered to produce a form of cancer...

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