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Carotenoid Absorption Explained In A Better Manner

Carotenoids are being hailed as extremely important nutritionally and studied extensively. A pioneering method developed by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists has revealed new findings about how carotenoids are absorbed in the body.// Using isotopes to tag carotenoids from kale, researchers at the ARS Beltsville (Md.) Human Nutrition Research Center (BHNRC) monitored the nu...

Unexplained Repeat Cesarean Deliveries On The Rise In US

There has been a considerable increase in the number of repeat cesarean deliveries in the United States over the recent years//. The 8-year study conducted between 1996 and 2003 survey has further found that 10% of the cesarean births were due to unexplained reasons. According to National statistics, there has been a 63% decrease in the rate of vaginal births in women who have had a c...

Gender Difference In Pain Experience Explained By Brain Diversity

Functional and structural difference in the brain can explain why men and women experience pain differently and respond in unique ways to the effects// of certain pain-relief drugs, reveals a new study conducted by researchers at Georgia State University and the Atlanta-based Center for Behavioral Neuroscience (CBN). Although the study has been conducted on rat brains, the results highl...

Study Shows That Women Need To Be Explained About The Smear Test

A report in the British Journal of Cancer, explained that the women who receive abnormal smear test results need more reassurance that they are not necessarily on the brink of cancer, // More information is needed to help women understand their test results and ease their fears over cervical cancer. A study of more than 3500 women with slightly abnormal smears found that more than a quart...

Revolutionary New Treatment Plan Developed For Treatment Of Unexplained Symptoms

It has been reported that doctors from the Michigan State University (MSU) have developed a revolutionary new treatment plan, which allows a more effective// means of treatment by the primary care physicians for people suffering from symptoms and conditions that are medically unexplained. Robert Smith, a physician and professor in MSU’s Department of Medicine, College of Human Medicin...

Over 500 Sudden Unexplained Deaths Every Year, Mostly in Young Men

Every year there are potentially more than 500 sudden unexplained deaths in England, reveals a nationwide study published ahead of print in the journal Heart.// This figure is around eight times higher than previously thought, the data suggest. The research team drew on cause of death judgments relating to sudden unexplained deaths in people from 117 coroners (out of 122)...

Unexplained Weight Loss may Be Early Predictor of Alzheimer's

A recent research has found that inexplicable weight loss that precedes dementia by over 10 years is linked to the severity of Alzheimer changes in the brain . Using data from the Nun Study, a prospective study of the causes of dementia in Catholic sisters, initially 75 to 102 years of age, University of South Florida researcher James Mortimer, PhD, reported that the most probable c...

New Reforms Could Cut the Number of Unexplained Infant Deaths

Reforms introduced as a result of the Sally Clark case could lead to a halving in the number of cases of unexplained infant deaths and a positive legacy emerging from tragedy, says a feature in this weeks BMJ. Sally Clark was arrested in 1998 for the murder of her two infant sons. She was imprisoned but won her appeal in 2003. She died in March this year. The consequences of the ca...

New Relief for Unexplained Chest Pain

The discomfort caused by esophageal (non-cardiac) chest pain is often severe, driving many patients to emergency rooms and physicians offices despite the fact that the ailment has no definable pathology. Although this pain may sometimes be the result of acid reflux disease, when this is absent most patients present hypersensitivity of the esophagus, and a recent study suggests a po...