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Ibuprofen weakens aspirin's effect

Many heart patients regularly take aspirin because it thins the blood and prevents the clots that cause heart attacks. Ibuprofen belongs to a widely used class of pain relievers known as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs.// Ibuprofen is widely used for arthritis and other aches and pains. The popular pain reliever ibuprofen blocks the heart-protecting effects of aspirin, according to a...

Severe stress weakens immunity

People undergoing oppressive stress have measurable anomalies in their immune system that make them more vulnerable to illness. It's widely believed that stress may impair health, although the underlying// mechanisms are not clear. Now researchers at Washington University in the US reveal that exposure to chronic stress has a specific effect on immunity. When an inflammatory response...

A gene related to aggression weakens the brain

National Institutes of Health's (NIH) National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) researchers have found out that gene previously linked to impulsive violence appears// to weaken brain circuits that regulate impulses, emotional memory and thinking in humans. It was studied through brain scans that revealed that people with this version of gene – especially males – tended to have relativ...

Virulence of H5N1 virus may not weaken even in hot climes!

Warmer climes in the northern hemisphere might not mean anything to the deadly H5N1 virus as was earlier thought, due to its deep penetration in the poultry// flocks in several parts of Asia, according to health experts. Scientists had suggested earlier that the activity of the bird-flu virus would indeed be pronounced during the months from October to March when temperatures are be...

Sperm Cells attracted By Ovary Scent, Even in Weakened State

A new study by scientists at Indiana University Bloomington have reported that mouse sperm cells are capable of tracking the faintest of scents. //Sperm cells were bang on target, even when ovary extracts were extremely diluted. "Sperm are known to exhibit chemotaxis toward extracts from various female reproductive organs, but the role of chemotaxis in reproduction is not known," said I...

Chronic Sinusitis Resulting From Weakene Immune System

Suppressed activity of several key chemicals on the inner lining of the nose are linked to chronic sinusitis that fails to respond to the usual current treatments according// to researchers at John Hopkins University. An estimated 32 million Americans know the misery of persistent inflammation of the moist tissue that lines the nose and sinus cavities. The result is clogged passages...

Long-term Use of Stomach Drugs may Weaken Bones

Usage of certain stomach drugs may weaken the bones in the long run and increase the risk of hip fracture, warns a new study that advises doctors to consider the risk when// prescribing such drugs. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania Medical School studied records from the general practice research database of Britain. All the people involved were aged over 50 and some had...

Early Detection of Artery Weakening Can Be a Life-Saver

Demetrios Spanos was shocked when his doctor discovered a potentially life-threatening weakening affecting his body’s largest blood vessel, the aorta, during a routine// physical// examination. He had had no symptoms, and was relieved to find out that the weak spot, called an aortic aneurysm, had been caught while it was still small. For the next few years, a vascular surgeon at the U...

Immunity May Be Weakened By Insecure Feeling

Body’s resistance to fight diseases is said to be associated with insecure feeling. This was disclosed// by an Italian research. This research was led by Angelo Picardi of Italian National Institute of Health in Rome which was published in Psychosomatic Medicine. The study was conducted on 61 healthy women who were younger than sixty years of age. It was found that women who w...

Weakened Hospital Care During Weekends

According to a recent survey, hospital mortality is on the high during weekends. This is attributed to the quality of medical care not matching with the inflow// of the patients. This study was conducted by William J. Kostis and his team from the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in New Brunswick. Kostis studied 231,164 patients who were admitted to New Jersey Hospita...

Exposure to Cocaine During Pregnancy Weakens Kindergarten Kids Attention

Paediatrics at the University of Miami have shown in a study that prenatal cocaine exposure renders students weaker at focussing attention in their early school years . The doctors gave attention tests to 415 African-American children, aged 5 to 7 years at that time and 14 to 16 years now. The mothers of 219 of the children had taken cocaine while pregnant, and the mothers of the ot...