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Breast Pain / Mastalgia - Symptom Evaluation

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Breast pain is seen more commonly in women of the reproductive age group. The pain may vary in different stages of the menstrual cycle.

Single Glass of Wine can Give You Severe Asthma Attack: Experts

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Experts say that just one glass of wine can give some people a serious asthma attack. And it's not the alcohol in the wine that's causing the problem, but the sulphites. These additives are used in food and drink as preservatives and to prevent bacteria growth. It's estimated that up to 10 per cent of people are sulphite sensitive, with reactions ranging from flushed skin and urticaria (nettle rash), to raised blood pressure, abdominal ...

Quiz on Autism

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Autism spectrum disorder is a group of neurodevelopment disorders that range from mild to severe and are characterized by impairment in social, behavioral, and communication functions.

Eating Fruits, Vegetables may Help Quit Smoking

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Consuming fruits and veggies may help you stay off tobacco for longer, claims study. The study, undertaken by University of Buffalo (UB) public health researchers, is the first on the relationship between fruit and vegetable consumption and smoking cessation. The researchers surveyed 1,000 smokers aged 25 and older from around the country, using random-digit dialing telephone interviews, the journal Nicotine and Tobacco Research reported. They ...

Drug-resistant Gonorrhoea on the Rise

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Drug-resistant gonorrhoea spreading globally, says the World Health Organization. Millions of people with the condition may be at risk of running out of treatment options unless urgent action is taken, the United Nations agency said. Several countries, including Australia, Britain, France, Japan, Norway, and Sweden have reported cases of resistance to cephalosporin antibiotics -- the last treatment option against gonorrhoea, which affects an estimated ...

Study Finds Stem Cells Real Culprit Behind Hardened Arteries

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A landmark study using genetic tracing found a previously unknown type of stem cell to be the real cause for vascular diseases and not the muscle cells within blood vessel walls, as previously thought. One of the top suspects behind killer vascular diseases is the victim of mistaken identity, according to researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, who used genetic tracing to help hunt down the real culprit. The guilty party is not the ...

Tocilizumab More Effective in Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Than Adalimumab

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New findings demonstrate that tocilizumab monotherapy is more effective than adalimumab monotherapy in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Data presented today at EULAR 2012, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism, shows that tocilizumab monotherapy is more effective than adalimumab monotherapy in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) based on change from baseline in DAS28* (-3.3 vs. -1.8, p0.0001) at week 24. The ADACTA trial, ...

Effect of Donor Smoking on Recipient's Survival After Lung Transplantation

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A positive smoking history among donors has been associated with worse outcomes among lung transplant recipients. Smoking has several adverse effects on the lung, like permeability changes, airflow obstruction, loss of lung tissue and increased cancer risk, all of which can be reversed, to a certain extent, by quitting smoking. But, if donors with a positive history are excluded, that could mean compromising on the survival of patients who are awaiting a transplant. ...

Tomatoes Can Keep Your Skin Young and Protect Against Sunburn, Say Scientists

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Scientists say tomatoes may provide the best defence to keeping skin looking young and safe from sun damage. So ladies, don't waste your money on expensive skin creams. Scientists say tomatoes may provide the best defence to keeping skin looking young and safe from sun damage. Tests has shown that eating tomato paste could help protect against sunburn and skin ageing caused by sunlight exposure. The age-defying ingredient is lycopene - the ...

HIV Drugs Help Prevent Aggressive Breast Cancer

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HIV drugs may slow down the aggressive breast cancers from spreading to other sites in the body, says study. Such drugs target the HIV receptor CCR5, which the virus uses to enter and infect host cells, and has historically only been associated with expression in inflammatory cells in the immune system. Researchers from the Kimmel Cancer Center at Jefferson have now shown, however, that CCR5 is also expressed in breast cancer cells, and regulates ...

Study Finds China's Drug-resistant TB Epidemic A Serious Challenge

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A US-published study on Wednesday said China faces a 'serious epidemic' of drug-resistant tuberculosis, based on the first-ever nationwide estimate of the size of the problem there. "In 2007, one third of the patients with new cases of tuberculosis and one half of the patients with previously treated tuberculosis had drug-resistant disease," said the study in the New England Journal of Medicine. Even more, the prevalence of multi-drug resistant (MDR) ...

Telephone Therapy Chips in Well for Those With Depression

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A recent insight has revealed the positives of telephone therapy to treat people with depression. The results of telephone therapy may be as good as in- person therapy and is bound to help patients atleast for a short while. Even though it is difficult to pick up visual cues during telephone therapy, changes in voice and tone can still be picked up by discerning therapists . Telephone therapy is also good for those who are not keen to meet therapists for ...

Stress Affects Brain Development in Children: Study

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In children, stress alters growth of a specific piece of the brain and abilities associated with it, suggests study. The study was conducted by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. "There has been a lot of work in animals linking both acute and chronic stress to changes in a part of the brain called the prefrontal cortex, which is involved in complex cognitive abilities like holding on to important information for quick recall and ...

Detailed Genome Map of Fetus Could Help Screen Disease, Rare Disorders

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US research published Wednesday suggests, an increasingly detailed map of the genome of a fetus could lead to easier screening for a host of rare disorders. Although previous studies have shown that the fetal genome can be glimpsed with just a sample of the mother's blood, the latest research offers a more accurate view of the fetal makeup by combining paternal and maternal DNA, said the authors of the study in the journal Science Translational Medicine. The ...

Link Between Insomnia and Hypertension

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Insomniacs are at an increased risk of developing hypertension, claims study. Researchers at the Henry Ford Center for Sleep Disorders, Detroit, found that the prevalence of hypertension was greater in insomniacs compared to normal sleepers. "The cause of hypertension in insomniacs is due to the number of times the individual wakes during the night as well as their sleep latency - the length of time it takes to accomplish the transition from full ...

Meditation Could Reduce Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Teens

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In teenagers, regular meditation could decrease the risk of developing cardiovascular disease, say Georgia Health Sciences University researchers. In a study of 62 black teens with high blood pressure, those who meditated twice a day for 15 minutes had lower left ventricular mass, an indicator of future cardiovascular disease, than a control group, said Dr. Vernon Barnes, a physiologist in the Medical College of Georgia and the Georgia Health Sciences University Institute ...

New Drug Proves Effective Against Rare Skin Cancer

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A novel drug fights rare skin cancer, say researchers. The drug, Erivedge (vismodegib), is made by Genentech, a US subsidiary of the Swiss drug giant Roche, and was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration in January after an expedited review. It aims to treat basal cell carcinoma, which is the most common form of skin cancer in the world but which is rarely deadly. Basal cell carcinoma accounts for 80 percent of nonmelanoma cancers and some ...

Biomarker Levels Associated With Increased Risk of Death Following Noncardiac Surgery: Study

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According to a study in the June 6 issue of iJAMA/i certain levels of the biomarker troponin T (a protein) measured in the first three days following noncardiac surgery are associated with an increased risk of death within 30 days. "Worldwide more than 200 million adults have major noncardiac surgery annually. Despite benefits associated with surgery, major perioperative complications, including death, occur. More than 1 million adults worldwide will die within ...

Research Takes A Hands-On Approach

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Depending on who is delivering the touch, and to whom, a nuzzle of the neck, a stroke of the wrist, a brush of the knee-these caresses often signal a loving touch, but can also feel highly aversive. Neuroscientists at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have discovered that the association begins in the brain's primary somatosensory cortex, a region that, until now, was thought only to respond to basic touch, not to its emotional quality after they were interested ...

Avoidance of Alzheimer's Disease Linked To High Blood Caffeine Levels In Older Adults

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If you're an older adult those cups of coffee that you drink every day to keep alert appear to have an extra perk. Recently in a study monitoring the memory and thinking processes of people older than 65 found that all those with higher blood caffeine levels avoided the onset of Alzheimer's disease in the two-to-four years of study follow-up. Moreover, coffee appeared to be the major or only source of caffeine for these individuals. Researchers from the University ...

Increase In Response Of Offspring To Opiate Drugs If Mother Exposed To Cannabinoid In Teens

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New research suggests that mothers who use marijuana as teens, long before having children may put their future children at a higher risk of drug abuse. Researchers in the Neuroscience and Reproductive Biology section at the Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine conducted a study to determine the transgenerational effects of cannabinoid exposure in adolescent female rats. For three days, adolescent rats were administered the cannabinoid receptor agonist WIN-55, ...

Prevention Of Disease With The Help Of Healthy Habits

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Evidence to support simple steps we can take to prevent illness and improve our overall health provided by five new studies. Researchers report on fish consumption to reduce the risk of colon cancer; the effectiveness of hypnotherapy and acupuncture for smoking cessation; regular teeth cleaning to improve cardiovascular health; the effectiveness of primary care physicians in weight loss programs; and the use of low-dose aspirin to reduce cancer risk, in the June issue of The ...

Music Linked Emotions Understood Thanks to Left Hemisphere Of The Brain

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A new study says that language based areas of the brain, primarily on the left, are important for extracting emotional meaning from music. Our emotions and feelings are typically linked with the right side of the brain. For example, processing the emotion in human facial expressions is done in the right hemisphere. However, the new study is challenging the widely-held view that emotions and feelings are the domain of the right hemisphere only, the journal ...

Limiting Soft Drink Consumption To Cut Obesity: New York

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A New York tactic to fight obesity will see soft drink serves restricted to 500ml or less. After obesity rates in the United States began soaring in the 1980s, federal, state and local governments started to push back. Calorie counts were mandated for food packages and in many restaurants. School lunches were made healthier. Unhealthy trans fats got phased out. Yet American waistlines continued to swell, with two-thirds of adults and one-third of children ...

Discovery Of Neural Rhythms Drive Physical Movement By Stanford Engineers

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The neurons that control movement are not a predictable bunch unlike their visual cousins. Recently scientists working to decode how such neurons convey information to muscles have been stymied when trying to establish a one-to-one relationship between a neuron's behavior and external factors such as muscle activity or movement velocity. In an article published online June 3rd by the journal iNature/i, a team of electrical engineers and neuroscientists working ...

Extension Of Life Of Women Suffering Breast Cancer With The Help Of Breakthrough Drug

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Unveiling of a new 'magic bullet' drug that offers hope for thousands of women suffering one of the most deadly forms of breast cancer is all set. This medicine which is aimed at an aggressive form of the disease, is expected to offer several months of quality 'extra' life and drastically cuts the debilitating side effects of traditional therapy. It could be available in Britain within a year, provided it passes regulatory checks, the Daily Mail reported. "It's ...

Beneficial Impact for Emphysema On Cell Transplantation Of Lung Stem Cells

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Evidence of tissue regeneration with increased blood perfusion and extra cellular matrix content was shown when autologous (self-donated) lung-derived mensenchymal stem cells (LMSCs) were transplanted endoscopically into 13 adult female sheep modeled with emphysema. Researchers concluded that their approach could represent a practical alternative to conventional stem cell-based therapy for treating emphysema. "Mensenchymal stem cells are considered for transplantation ...

High Risk of Cancer from Cannabis Use

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It appears that people are unaware about the risks of cancer from cannabis use. Cannabis is the most commonly used recreational drug in the UK. More than 80% of users believe that cigarette smoking is worse than cannabis in terms of health risks like lung cancer. The risks of lung cancer from smoking cannabis, is 20 times more than the risk of the disease from smoking tobacco. "Young people in particular are smoking cannabis ...