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Kidney Stones - Interesting New Research implicates bacteria as its cause

In India Kidney Stones are not uncommon problem due to the hot and often humid weather. Most of these stones are made up of Calcium, Oxalate and phosphates. The cause of stone disease is debatable, however it is well known that drinking less water is a risk factor for stone disease. New research by the National Kidney foundation suggests that the culprit is a tiny bacteria called N...

Killing two birds (cholesterol and Alzheimers disease) with the same stone

Treating cholesterol can also help in slowing the progression of Alzheimer’s’ disease. The study was published in the Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery and Psychiatry // . The research team assessed the degree of brain function loss caused by Alzheimer’s disease in 342 patients attending a memory clinic. They then monitored the progress of the disease for almost three years. The average...

New Dietary Approach To Manage Kidney Stones

Kidney stones, which are often extremely painful to excrete, cost billions of dollars each year in medical care and lost productivity. While the stones can sometimes be prevented by drinking plenty of water, avoiding infections and emptying the bladder frequently,// medication to reduce the excretion of calcium in urine may be prescribed. These drugs may increase cholesterol and can cause...

Diet plays a role in kidney stones

According to a few researchers, lessening calcium in the diet does not help prevent the return of kidney stones. Kidney stones are made of a chemical called calcium oxalate and one approach to preventing this painful condition// is to reduce the amount of calcium in the diet. But since calcium is important for keeping a healthy level of bone density and controlling blood pressure, there n...

Caffeine fights Gallstones

According to the recent Harvard Nurses' Health study, women who drink four cups of coffee per day run a lower risk of developing gallstones than those who do not drink coffee. Previous studies// on men have shown similar results. Women are twice as likely to be affected with gallstones than men, and those women who are overweight or have experienced rapid weight loss ran a higher risk....

Osteoporosis and kidney stones gene marker identified

A new study by researchers at the University of Texas has found a gene mutation in people with a family history of kidney stones, which makes them absorb too much calcium. They reported on six gene mutations which increase the risk of kidney stones, because they cause too much calcium absorption - a condition known as absorptive hypercalciuria (AH). They also added that people with kidney...

First head-to-head trials of once weekly Fosamax and Actonel therapies

The drug major Merck has launched the first two head-to-head clinical trials that compare the efficacy and tolerability of Fosamax (alendronate) once weekly 70mg and Actonel (risedronate) once-weekly 35mg. Fosamax and Actonel, both bisphosphonates indicated for the treatment of osteoporosis in post menopausal women are co-marketed by Aventis and Procter & Gamble through the Alliance for//...

The Role Of Calcium In The Formation Of Kidney Stones

Latest research shows that by adding more calcium to the diet may help reduce the risk of developing kidney stones in younger women.// In a study of more than 95,000 women who never had kidney stones, researchers documented 1,223 new kidney stones over the eight years of the study. Women who consumed the most calcium had a 27-percent lower risk of developing kidney stones compared to wom...

The Role Of Calcium In The Formation Of Kidney Stones

Latest research shows that by adding more calcium to the diet may help reduce the risk of developing kidney stones in younger women.// In a study of more than 95,000 women who never had kidney stones, researchers documented 1,223 new kidney stones over the eight years of the study. Women who consumed the most calcium had a 27-percent lower risk of developing kidney stones compared to wom...

The Role Of Calcium In The Formation Of Kidney Stones

Latest research shows that by adding more calcium to the diet may help reduce the risk of developing kidney stones in younger women.// In a study of more than 95,000 women who never had kidney stones, researchers documented 1,223 new kidney stones over the eight years of the study. Women who consumed the most calcium had a 27-percent lower risk of developing kidney stones compared to wom...

Being Obese Could Lead To Kidney Stone Formation

According to findings of a recent study researchers say obesity and weight gain may increase the risk of kidney stone formation.//Researchers believe larger body size causes increased urination of calcium and uric acid, resulting in a higher risk for calcium-containing kidney stones. The association between the formation of kidney stones and weight, weight gain, body mass index, and wais...

Trans fatty acids increase the risk of gallstone disease.

Several studies have shown that consumption of transfatty acids leads to development of diabetes, cancerand cardiovascular disease.// Trans fatty acids are thehydrogenated and partially hydrogenated oil present insome margarines, candies, baked goods and manyprocessed foods. They are produced commercially inlarge quantities by heating vegetable oils in thepresence of metal catalysts...

Trans fatty acids increase the risk of gallstone disease

Several studies have shown that consumption of trans fatty acids leads to development of diabetes//, cancer and cardiovascular disease. Trans fatty acids are the hydrogenated and partially hydrogenated oil present in some margarines, candies, baked goods and many processed foods. They are produced commercially inlarge quantities by heating vegetable oils in the presence of metal catalysts...

Cobblestone Walking May Be The Key For Healthy Living.

A recent pilot study showed that walking on a cobblestone mat surface resulted in significant reduction in blood // pressure, improves balance and physical performance among the age groups of 60 and adults. John Fisher,Ph.D., from the Oregan Research Institute said that Compared to conventional walking, the experience of walking on the river rock-like surface of manufactured cobblest...

Sepsis Death Reported With Mifepristone – FDA Issues Warnin

Last Tuesday the FDA issued a public health advisory, warning physicians to watch for any signs //of sepsis or other infection among women who have taken Danco Laboratories' Mifeprex -- known generically as mifepristone -- which when taken with misoprostol can cause a medical abortion after four sepsis related deaths were reported among women who took the drug. FDA approved Mifeprex in 20...

Drug Spironolactone Provides Renal And Cardioprotection In Diabetic Patients

Professor Kaspar Rossing and his colleagues from the Steno Diabetes Center, Denmark has found that supplementation of Spironolactone drug to diabetes patients taking //antihypertensive drugs, reduced the chances of developing kidney failure and reduced blood pressure and albumin protein in urine of these patients. Diabetes patients with high blood pressure are more prone to kidney dis...

Rolling Stones Guitarist Wants Chemotherapy

Washington: Desire to have chemotherapy - whether needed or not is a very unlikely request. Keith Richards, the guitarist for the rock band ‘The Rolling Stones’ has revealed that// he is seriously considering undergoing chemotherapy whether he needs it or not. Keith said that he had was seriously thinking about it after seeing its beneficial effects on ‘Brown Sugar’ drummer Charlie W...

Death Risk Of Ovarian Cancer Reduced By Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy

Direct injection of chemotherapeutic agents into directly into the body cavity rather than the conventional intravenous route, seems to be // associated with an improved prognosis of ovarian cancer patients, according to a latest study. // Ovarian cancer is the fourth leading cause of death among American women. In line with the above finding, the US government has recommended this...

Excessive Belly Fat Could Increase Risk Of Gallstones In Women

Women who have excessive fat around the waist are twice as likely to develop gallstones compared to their counterparts. // Gallstones are collections of solid crystals (predominantly cholesterol) in the gallbladder or in the bile ducts (biliary tract). Americans undergo more than 800,000 gallstone operations each year and it is the most common abdominal illness seen among women in th...

Thai Doctors Removed 421 Kidney Stones From A Single Person

A medical record was created by Thai doctors by removing about 421 kidney stones form a 60-year-old woman who had been complaining// of stomach cramps for years. Thai doctors removed 421 kidney stones, believed to be a medical record, from a 60-year-old woman who had been complaining of stomach cramps for years, media reports said Friday. Dr Wattana Parisri, director of the Som...

Stone Refuses the Disclosure of the Report in Public

Michael Stone is the convicted murderer of Lin Russell and her six-year-old daughter, Megan. Now he is fighting to prevent the publication of a report// which details widespread failures by the authorities in the months before he killed them. From his point of view he says that the disclosure of the report would be a breach of his privacy. At a high court hearing in June his lawyers wil...

Sensing The Health Hazard MP3 Makers Tone Down The Volume

Despite the warnings by health experts about the hearing loss caused by the MP3 players, young music lovers just keep on using it without paying// any heed to those warnings. But sensing the health hazards it poses, some manufacturers have now started limiting the volume on the devices. The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) recently warned youths about potential damag...

Parents’ Ready Reckoner: Stepping Stones to Ward off Child Obesit

Obese children are becoming common sight, though not a desirable one! Infact, obesity is being thought of on the lines of an epidemic. // Not surprising with all the high-calorie fast foods and soft drinks that are omnipresent, and part of regular telecast on television. Nationally recognized expert on child obesity, Dr. Goutham Rao, has risen to the occasion with a practical informati...

Alzheimer's-linked apolipoprotein E produced by neurons, Gladstone study

Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease have now proved using a specialized mouse model that the controversial protein, apolipoprotein E, is indeed produced by neurons.// The results of this study have for the first time established a definitive association between the two. Also known as apoE, this cholesterol-carrying protein has three common forms, one of which...

After Weight Reduction People Opt For Special Plastic Surgery to Tone Their Body

Obese patients opt for various surgical body-contouring procedures. This is done on post-bariatric surgery patients. After they lose a significant// amount of weigh their body starts’ sagging hence cosmetic Plastic Reconstructive Surgery is done. Statistics shows that about 22 % of the patients opt for this surgery. The study was published by Plastic Surgeons in the journal of Plastic Re...

Exercise in Space Prevents Kidney Stone Formation in Astronauts

Researchers at the University of Minnesota said that astronauts have to exercise and it is the only way to reduce the risk of developing kidney stones in space// . Exercise simulates gravity and thereby helps the astronauts to combat bone loss. Astronauts lose calcium in their bones and strength in their muscles while in space because of the zero-gravity environment. This calcium can en...

Green tea could protect us against billiary tract cancer and bile stones

According to a study which was published in the International Journal of Cancer it was found that drinking tea protected people against billiary tract cancer //and reduced the risk of developing bile stones. Billiary tract cancers are very rare but are fatal. Bile stones on the other hand are seen in women and are linked to obesity. Statistics show that about 10% of the patients who had...

Cancer Research: Yet Another Milestone

Chih-Jian Lih, a research associate, and his colleagues working in the laboratory of Dr. Stanley N. Cohen, at Stanford University, have identified a gene that controls// the sensitivity of human cancer cells to chemotherapy. This finding is a milestone in the path of research striving towards increased effectiveness of chemotherapy. Their paper will be published online in advance of i...

A Glass of Orange Juice To Keep Recurrence Of Kidney Stones At Bay

Researchers at UT South western Medical Centre have found that a glass of orange juice every day could prevent the recurrence of kidney stones than any other citrus juices like lemonade. // The study that is available online and is to be published in the October. 26 issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology, indicates though many people are of the assumption t...

Girl Complained of Rolling Down Stones Instead of Tears While Crying

No stones were found in the tears of a Jharkhand girl who complained that she wept stones instead of tears, said the All India Institute of Medical Science (AIIMS) here Wednesday.// Savitri, a 13-year-old girl from Hajaribagh in Jharkhand, has been complaining of stones in her tears for the last two years. She was brought to the capital Tuesday for treatment. "The initial i...

Understanding Reasons for Tone deafness

Montreal: A new study has found that brains of people who are victims of tone-deafness do not have enough of white matter. // The study, available in the current issue of Brain, was conducted by a team of researchers from the Université de Montréal, the Montreal Neurological Institute and the Newcastle University Medical School. Tone deafness (or congenital amusia) is known to last a l...

Call In Fruits And Vegetables To Avoid Gall Stones

A recent study conducted by researchers at Harvard University has borne 'fruit' proving that including plenty of fruits and vegetables to your diet could actually curb// gall stone formation. The results of the extensive study led by Dr. Chung-Jyi Tsai which spanned over a substantial period of 16 years, from 1984-2000, which scrutinized the dietary patterns and incidence of gall blad...

Year 2010 Envisioned to be Milestone Year for Malaria Vaccine

Maputo – Trials for the malaria vaccine are underway in Mozambique, certainly not a farfetched goal of realizing the malaria vaccine in the market by 2010. The production// of the vaccine is estimated at about $60-million. The country's deputy health minister, Aida Libombo, while addressing a gathering of health officials said 'We think the first malaria vaccine will be available by 2...

Women's Skin Tone Influences Perception of Beauty, Health, Age

A new study is revealing that wrinkles aren’t the only cue the human eye looks for to evaluate age. //Facial skin color distribution, or tone, can add 10-12 years to a woman's perceived age. The study, published in the latest issue of the journal Evolution and Human Behavior, used three-dimensional imaging and morphing software to remove wrinkles and furrows from pictures of women, le...

Drug Prescribed for Migraines and Seizures Increases Risk of Kidney Stones

Topiramate (Topamax), a drug commonly prescribed to treat seizures and migraine headaches, can increase the propensity of calcium phosphate kidney stones//, researchers at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found. A study – the largest cross-sectional examination of how the long-term use of topiramate affects kidney-stone formation – appears in the October issue of the American Journa...

Actonel Treats Hip Fractures In A Better Way Than Alendronate

New study shows that osteoporosis patients treated with Actonel are more likely to sustain when compared to alendronate. //These results were published today in the peer-reviewed journal Osteoporosis International after collecting data from 33,000 women with osteoporosis. The study of 33,000 postmenopausal women showed that among patients newly prescribed one of the two most popular ost...

Gastric Bypass Surgery May Lead to Increased Kidney Stone Risk

Patients who have undergone gastric bypass surgery for morbid obesity have increased risk factors for the formation of kidney stones, //according to a paper being presented at the American Society of Nephrology's 39th Annual Meeting and Scientific Exposition in San Diego. 'Gastric bypass surgery appears to lead to changes in the chemical composition of urine that could favor the format...

Weight Gaining And Losing May Increase Men's Risk For Gallstones

According to a report in the November 27 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine, a JAMA/Archives journal, weight cycling may increase men's risk for gallstones later in// life. When a solid mass of cholesterol, bile and calcium salts gets accumulated in the gall bladder, it results in the Gallstone disease. Around 25,000 men were targeted for the study and it was found that the associ...

Mifepristone Reliable For Treating Uterine Fibroids

According to a study conducted by University of Rochester, Low doses of the drug mifepristone (also known as RU-486) shrinks the uterine fibroid tumors //and greatly improves the quality of life in women. The study results were published in the December issue of the journal, Obstetrics and Gynecology. Leiomyoma, the medical term for uterine fibroids, affects roughly half of all women ag...

Kill Two Birds With One Stone!

The relentless efforts of scientists to exploit prevailing drugs, already in use to treat other disorders, and their value in impeding cognitive //decline in Alzheimer's disease, has borne fruit. Anti-hypertensive agents, now the cynosure of scientists' attention, offers promise in its perceived ability to offset cognitive decline and amyloid neuropathology, a foregone conclusion for...