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Finding relief from Excruciating Headaches a challenge

...n't really understand. "There was confusion about why I was gone so much; they thought I'd gotten in with a bad crowd," says Gohmann, an honors student who wants to be a psychologist. "They thought I was making it up." Abigail Rey experienced much the same response from her doctor in Virginia when she...

Link Between Mothers Depression and Violence in Children

...vior disorders. Researchers say they are unclear why depressed mothers are more likely to have violent children. They say biological factors could play a role. Dr. Hay says, “It is also possible that babies with heritable difficult temperament provoke depression in their mothers and that the child’s la...

New vaccine for brain cancer

...e know that the immune system is really the reason why younger patients do much better with these aggressive tuors....

Link between C-section Delivery and Stillbirth

...child down the road.// Researchers are uncertain why the link between C-section delivery and stillbirth exists but say it could be a biological cause. Researchers in Scotland studied data for all second births that took place in the country between 1992 and 1998. They then compared the data to record...

Female Smokers More Prone To Lung Cancer

...eir lungs. There is, as of yet, no clear consensus why women are at increased risk. Researchers also found the more people smoke and as they age, the greater their risk of developing lung cancer....

Few Simple Steps to Lower The Incidence Of SIDS

...o did not. The investigators say they are not sure why sleeping in a separate room would increase the risk for SIDS. Thus researchers conclude that avoidable risk factors such as those associated with inappropriate infants’ sleeping position, type of bedding used, and sleeping arrangements strongly sug...

A Simple Blood Test Can Predict Gum Disease

...ontal diseases. Researchers say they are uncertain why this gender difference exists but say one reason could be men and women have different endocrine situations, which influence periodontal disease. Researchers also found a strong relationship between C-reactive protein and periodontal disease in women...

Testosterone Replacement Therapy Safe If Monitored Appropriately

...can shrink prostate cancer that has spread. That’s why some have raised concern over increasing testosterone levels in men who are deficient. However, researchers of the current study point out that prostate cancer becomes more prevalent when testosterone levels decline. They found no connection between ...

Hunger Found To Influence Taste

... that should not be consumed. They say this may be why participants were more sensitive to the sugary and salty solutions. Researchers of the study, say hunger could increase a person’s ability to taste by increasing the sensitivity of the taste receptors in the tongue or by simply changing the way a p...

Latest Findings On The Deadly Disease - SARS

... is typical of the disease. They say that explains why some people got SARS even though it looked as if they’d never been around anyone who had the disease. Investigators at the University of Hong Kong conducted laboratory studies on blood taken from healthy people who donated blood during the outbreak...

Drug In Asthma inhaler Found To Counteract Benefits

Researcher say recent findings may explain why some patients who use the inhalers actually get worse over time.The ingredient is albuterol, in a class of medications called beta-agonists. In inhalers it is combined with steroids // to open airways and ease the gasping of patients with asthma and ...

A Drug That Protects The Heart, Found To Protect The Eyes

...statins. Thus researchers say the question remains why , they say it is very important for them to understand the statins work as this is very important for understanding the cause for the disease....

Weather Found To Play An Important Role In Cholesterol Levels

...er vs. the summer. The question to be answered is why would cholesterol be lower in the summer than in the winter? Researchers say warmer weather results in a greater volume of blood plasma, which in turn may dilute cholesterol in the blood resulting in lower cholesterol concentrations. The tendency peo...

The Size Of The Heart Does Matter

...the workload on the heart. Researchers aren’t sure why blacks have a higher rate of the condition, but suggest the phenomenon may help explain the higher rates of heart disease and stroke seen in them and thus pave the way for therapies that can minimize ethnic disparities in the future....

Education Levels Found To Predict Stress

...s on 30 percent of the days. Researchers examined why less advantaged people report less daily stress, when previous research indicated they experience more acute stress. They say, "If something happens every day, maybe it's not seen as a stressor -- maybe it is just life." Lower status individuals may ...

Radiation Therapy for Prostate Cancer Tolerated Well by Elderly Patients

... be a safe treatment. Thus researchers conclude,” why not give elderly patients the benefit of the doubt? There’s a good chance they’ll live another five years ... If it can keep the cancer from coming back “....

Cancer Patients Might Be Able To Actually Help Themselves

New research looks at why and what can be done to activate the cells to destroy tumors. Researchers say the failure of these immune cells to kill // cancer may be due to different cell priming or suppressing mechanisms. Researchers now say that they have found a method to a...

Delaying The Progression Of Alzheimer’s Disease

...panies it .However researchers say they are unsure why donepezil’s effects dropped off over time. They speculate that either the drug’s effect wore off after 18 months or that the drug exerts a modest effect, and then the disease process outweighs the chemical effect of th drug....

Hypnosis Can Help Individuals Quit Smoking

...otic methods. However their studies did not answer why hypnosis worked better for men than women. Thus they conclude saying that there is nothing about hypnotic treatments that women should shy away from. If a smoker -- a man or woman -- is strongly motivated to try a hypnotic approach, he or she will pr...

Looking Towards More Effective Leukemia Treatment

...otherapy. The bad news is doctors are not sure // why it doesn’t work for the other 20 percent of patients. Now, new research finds it could be because of a small number of genes that are resistant to drugs used to treat the disease. Researchers tested leukemia cells from 173 children. They looked at ...

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