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Good carb, bad carb? Experts debate.

...nt rates has been suspected for a long time. It is why diabetics were once (but no longer) told to studiously avoid sweets, since presumably sugary foods would quickly turn into sugar in the blood stream. About 20 years ago, scientists came up with the glycemic index, or GI, as a way to compare this. Th...

A voice saving surgery

...ou, and so that's what I did. I fought, and that's why I'm here." The procedure is not for everyone. Many patients can have their voice restored using conventional surgical techniques, but for some patients -- like Hancock -- those procedures fail to work, and they need another alternative. A surgeon in...

Teens break bones 'due to lack of milk'

...riod. Dr Khosla said: "Our study does not explain why these fracture rates increased, but the data raises concerns about whether bone mass development in today's children may be impaired by other lifestyle and dietary factors such as increased soft drink consumption, decreased milk consumption or changi...

Better Diet Even Late in Life May Prolong It

... life." Partridge says the researchers don't know why restricting the diet had such a dramatic effect on...sted. But Partridge says this theory can't explain why flies changed to restricted diets later in life did just as well as those who had been on restricted...

Treatment for Syndrome X

...g by the time they reach middle age. Syndrome X is why many people feel lousy and tired all the time, and it can put them at risk// for health problems such as heart disease, diabetes, Alzheimer's, cancer and other age-related diseases. Syndrome X refers specifically to the health problems that include ...

The 'forgotten epidemic' killing millions

...for a three-day treatment."People don't understand why their relatives are sometimes not recovering, or why they are not being cured as quickly as they are used to being cured. How do you explain drug resista...

Same molecule found in meat, milk, tumors

... but is not found in people, and may be one reason why animal-to-human organ and tissue transplants do not work well. Animals have a version called Neu5Gc, while humans carry Neu5Ac. But researchers at have found it does show up in the human body, and showed it can be absorbed from eating red meat and m...

Acupuncture for Cancer

...ents. More than that, they’re trying to understand why it works. “I think we, in Western science, have some tools available to us that can help answer that question,” say researchers.Using cotton, study participants’ saliva is tested for the stress hormone cortisol four times a day. Researchers says, “...

How a man's mind really works

... control? And the most bewildering one of all //-- why won't he just talk to me? The answers, says socia...touchy-feely chatter in order to relax -- which is why he wants the remote control to zap through "mindless" sport or action movies. His brain takes in le...

Acupuncture for Cancer

...ents. More than that, they're trying to understand why it works."I think we, in Western science, have some tools available to us that can help answer that question," say researchers. Using cotton, study participants' saliva is tested for the stress hormone cortisol four times a day. Researchers says, "T...

HDL - Key to Longevity

...ger in women than in men and may explain, in part, why women have lower cardiovascular disease incidence rates and higher life expectancies than men. In looking at the offspring of long-living individuals, the researchers found LDL and HDL particle sizes are significant predictors of having longevity, e...

Anemia Treatment for Cancer Patients

...rol and survival, along with additional study into why treatment for anemia would impact these factors in the first place...

Key to Long Life

...ger in women than in men and may explain, in part, why women have lower cardiovascular disease incidence rates and higher life expectancies than men. In looking at the offspring of long-living individuals, the researchers found LDL and HDL particle sizes are significant predictors of having longevity, e...

Anemia Treatment for Cancer Patients

...rol and survival, along with additional study into why treatment for anemia would impact these factors in the first place....

Pain of Denial Compared to Physical Pain

...rences. However these similarities help to explain why "hurt feelings" of social exclusion and lost love really do hurt....

Extended Therapy for Blood Clots

...er, they say more research is needed to understand why patients on the treatment had high levels of a certain enzyme....

Heart Attack Symptoms in Women

...ck of significant chest pain may be a major reason why women have more unrecognized heart attacks than men or are mistakenly diagnosed and discharged from emergency departments." McSweeney says women need to be educated about possible symptoms that may be associated with heart disease, especially if the...

Heart Attack Symptoms Different in Women

...ck of significant chest pain may be a major reason why women have more unrecognized heart attacks than men or are mistakenly diagnosed and discharged from emergency departments. Researchers say more research is needed to further explain their findings, however until then women need to be educated about ...

Diabetes cases could double in developing countries in next 30 years

...that populations are ageing, and it is easy to see why diseases such as diabetes are on the increase.” China provides a graphic example. Diabetes is already a substantial concern, with 21 million cases in the year 2000, or one in every 60 people. Obesity is on the rise – a recent study showed that even...

Partial-Breast Irradiation an Unproven Therapy

...efits remain unproven, some experts caution.That's why the National Cancer Institute has launched a major study of this experimental therapy this fall, to offer women sound guidance based on years of observation. Dr. Gary Freedman is a radiation oncologist at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia who...

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