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Irritable bowel syndrome associated with food intake, confirms blood test

People suffering from irritable bowel syndrome may be having heightened food// specific antibodies to some foods. Irritable bowel syndrome is one of the most common gastrointestinal conditions. It is a chronic disease with symptoms like abdominal pain and changed bowel habits with no particular reason. Often there may not be any long-term cure for the condition. Scientists...

Irritating Noise Increases Risk Of Heart Attacks

A study conducted by German researchers has found that besides being really harsh on the ears, high-level noise can be bad for the heart as well. Writing in the latest issue of the European Heart Journal // , the researchers stress that increased decibel levels could mean an increased risk of heart attack. Researchers from Charité University Medical Centre in Berlin, Germany conducted t...

Handling skin irritation induced by Radiation Therapy

Radiation therapy is one of the important treatment options for curing breast cancer. Though it is simple and painless one of the most common temporary side effect is skin// irritation. Skin irritation induced by radiotherapy varies from patient to patient. It usually occurs in patients who received chemotherapy shortly before or during radiation therapy. It is also severe among women w...

Irritable Bowel Syndrome Pronounced With Low Birth Weight

Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) and low birth weight seems to have a connection, suggests a new academic insight. Norwegian researchers have unearthed the link, to // indicate that babies who weigh less than 5.5lbs at birth, carry a greater chance of coming down with Irritable Bowel Syndrome , in comparison to heavier babies. The findings of this study have been documented in the Journal...

Restricted Fetal Growth Increases Risk of Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Babies weighing less than the standard weight seem to be at significantly greater risk of developing irritable bowel syndrome or IBS, suggests research published// ahead of print in the journal Gut. The Norwegian authors base their findings on 3334 twin pairs, 1250 of whom were identical. The twins completed a comprehensive questionnaire about their health, including whether they had...

British women more irritable than men at daybreak!!

British women have been found to be more irritable than their male counterparts in the morning in a study conducted by the Sleep Council in Britain. //The study revealed that women were grumpier than men when they woke up and they remained in that state of mind for longer than men. In the survey, 13% of the women were in a bad temper while waking up and remain in that mood for up to 4 h...

Male Contraception: Discovery Stirring Interest Among Scientists, Drug Developers

In a study recently published online by Developmental Biology, members of Dr. John Herr’s laboratory at the University of Virginia Health System report the discovery// of a new protein within a sperm’s tail that could prove a key target for male contraceptive drugs. “There’s considerable interest in developing new male contraceptives,” said Herr, who heads UVa’s Center for Research in...

Is Extreme Irritability - a Childhood Bipolar Disorder?

A new study done by researchers from National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) helps in improving the diagnosis and treatment of two debilitating //childhood mental disorders, pediatric bipolar disorder (BD) and severe mood dysregulation (SMD). When the brain's electrical signals were measured during mildly frustrating situations, researchers found a very different pattern in children...

Woman Says Irritable Bowel Drove Her to Shoplifting

In a curious incident reported in Florida, USA, a 61-year-old woman caught shoplifting said she could not wait for too long// in the queue to pay her bill as she was suffering from irritable bowels. A new side-effect of irritable bowel syndrome seems to have been discovered in the USA. It could drive a person to shop-lifting too, it has been reported. At least that...

Hypnotherapy may Help Patients With Irritable Bowel Syndrome

Antidepressants and psychological treatments such as hypnotherapy have the potential to help patients with severe irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), say researchers in this weeks BMJ. IBS is a very common disorder, but conventional physical treatments often do not work very well and patients can feel that their symptoms are being ignored, downplayed or misunderstood. Pat...