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Digestive Tract Ulcers - Symptom Evaluation

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A break in the mucus membrane lining of the digestive tract results in ulcers.

Fast Food Increases Diabetes, Heart Attack Risk

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Diet heavy in fast food ups the risk of developing type 2 diabetes and heart attack, say researchers. The latest research, published online today by the American Heart Association's journal iCirculation/i, found that people who consume fast food even once a week increase their risk of dying from coronary heart disease by 20 percent in comparison to people who avoid fast food. For people eating fast food two-three times each week, the risk increases by 50 ...

Hot Flashes Reduced in Women Who Exercised

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According to a recent health study, physically active menopausal women are likely to experience fewer hot flashes during the 24 hours that followed their physical activity. Menopause is the state of absence of menstruation for a period of 12 months in a woman. It is a natural phenomenon and usually occurs within the ages of 45 and 55 years. During this time, the ovaries cease to function, and stop producing the vital hormones, particularly estrogen. Surgical removal ...

Diet of Bananas Secret Behind Blake's Success

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Diet of 16 bananas per day is the secret behind sprinter Yohan Blake's brilliant success, say sources. Blake beat fellow countryman and Olympic champion Usain Bolt twice within 48 hours during the trials in the 100 meters and 200 meters races. Blake claims a diet of ripe bananas fuelled him to run faster than a Lightning Bolt and create a pre-Olympic sensation. "I eat 16 ripe bananas every day. Naturally I tend to lose potassium so ...

700,000 Filipino Babies to Receive Diarrhea Vaccination

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More than 700,000 babies in Philippines will be receiving preventive vaccination protecting them from a diarrhea-causing virus, President Benigno Aquino said. While diarrhoea is a preventable disease, Aquino said health authorities had struggled to stop outbreaks from happening with many poor communities having no access to basic medical care. "In the Philippines alone, thousands of children suffer from diarrhoea each year, with over 3,500 cases leading ...

Antidepressant Use in Elderly Linked With Medicare Coverage Gap

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A new study published in the Archives of General Psychiatry reveals that the lower instances of antidepressant use among the elderly is due to the Medicare Part D coverage gap. Depression affects about 13 percent of Medicare beneficiaries age 65 and older, many of whom have chronic physical conditions. Maintenance medication has been shown to prevent recurrent episodes of major depression. However, the structure of the Part D benefit, particularly the coverage gap, ...

Changing Features in Aging Tissues Linked With Increased Rate of Cancer in Elderly

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A new study conducted by researchers at University of Colorado Cancer Center and published in the Oncogene reveals that changing features of tissue in the elderly, and not accumulation of cancer-causing mutations, are responsible for the increased rate of cancer among older people. "If you look at Mick Jagger in 1960 compared to Mick Jagger today, it's obvious that his tissue landscape has changed," says James DeGregori, PhD, investigator at the University of Colorado ...

Office Romance Could Get You Fired

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A relationship psychologist has warned that indulging in a bad office romance could be bad for your career and even get you fired. According to Quest News, despite the inherent complications of office romance, a recent RSVP Date of the Nation report found 28 percent of people were still hooking in to people they worked with. But the consequences of a bad romance could result in loss of job, isolation and gossip according to relationship psychologist ...

Study of Animal Model of Pancreatic Cancer Identifies Potential Treatment

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A new study, which involved detailed analysis of genes expressed in circulating tumor cells (CTCs) has identified a potential treatment target in metastatic pancreatic cancer. CTCs are cells that break off from solid tumors and travel through the bloodstream. In a report that will appear in INature/I and has received advance online publication, Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Cancer Center investigators describe finding increased expression of WNT2, a member ...

Researchers Looking to Develop 3-D Living Tissues in Laboratories

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American researchers are looking to develop a replacement liver from a patient's own cell or create animal muscle tissue by taking making use of the new advances in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. Bioengineers can already make 2D structures out of many kinds of tissue, but one of the major roadblocks to making the jump to 3D is keeping the cells within large structures from suffocating; organs have complicated 3D blood vessel networks that are still ...

Cotton T-Shirts may Soon Generate Electric Power

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You could soon be charging your mobile phone through your shirt after a team of mechanical engineers revealed that they are currently working on a project that could see the material in a cotton T-shirt generate electrical power. Xiaodong Li, from the University of South Carolina, envisions integration of the cell phone and just about every electronic gadget into our lives. In fact, Li sees a future where electronics are part of our wardrobe. "We ...

Anti-Depressant Drug Citalopram Linked to Heart Disease and Sudden Death

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A new study has cast doubt over the use of a popular anti-depressant drug which has been linked to an increased risk of heart disease and sudden death. Doctors have been told to lower the maximum dose of the UK's most widely prescribed antidepressant, Citalopram, for all patients, the Telegraph reported. However, regulators have admitted that it is not clear whether the lower dose is safe - as this was not tested. Although GPs were informed ...

Weight Loss Diet Along With Exercise Reduces Risk of Heart Disease in Older Adults

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Combining weight loss diet with an exercise program may be more effective for older adults in losing excess weight. Such a regimen also reduces the risk of metabolic syndrome, a new study reveals. The results of the study show that a combination of diet-induced weight loss and frequent exercise almost doubles the improvement in insulin sensitivity compared with dieting alone. The metabolic syndrome is a cluster of metabolic problems that raise the risk ...

Five or More Cups of Coffee a Day Reduce the Chance of IVF Success

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Five or more cups of coffee a day can reduce the chance of success from IVF treatment by around 50 percent, say researchers. The study was presented today at the annual meeting of ESHRE by Dr Ulrik Schiler Kesmodel from the Fertility Clinic of Aarhus University Hospital in Denmark. Results showed that the consumption of five or more cups of coffee a day reduced the clinical pregnancy rate by 50% and the live birth rate by 40%. "Although we were ...

CT Colonography Effective as Screening Tool for Colon Cancer

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CT colonography could be an effective tool in screening colon cancer, a new study involving more than 1,400 Medicare-aged patients. In 2009, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services indicated that CT colonography would not be covered, in part, because outcomes data specific to the Medicare population was not available. "Our study answers several of the questions Medicare asked about this procedure," said Brooks Cash, MD, one of the authors of the study. ...

Naked Mole Rat Holds Key to Longer Life for Humans

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Naked mole rats offer clues to long and active lifespan, say researchers. While a common rat has an average three-year life span, naked mole rat, a subterranean rodent native to East Africa, can live for 10 to 30 year. And compared to the human body, the body of this rodent shows little decline due to aging, maintaining high activity, bone health, reproductive capacity, and cognitive ability throughout its lifetime. Dr. Dorothee Huchon ...

Stress Boosts Immunity

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We know that stress can cause havoc but a study says that acute stress can actually be good for us. Short-term stress can actually be very good for us as it generates a fight-or-flight response, mobilizes bodily resources in response to immediate threat and activates the body's defenses, reports Prof. Firdaus Dhabhar in the Journal of Psychoneuroendocrinology. Dhabhar is an associate professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences and member ...

Australian Olympic Athletes Banned from Using Sleeping Pills

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Australia bans sleeping pills at Olympics, report officials. Australian Olympic Committee chief John Coates said prescription medications such as the powerful sleeping pill Stilnox would be banned for the first time at London after Hackett said he had developed a "heavy reliance" on the drug. The AOC on Monday decided to amend its team medical manual "to make it absolutely unequivocal that we do not condone and indeed we prohibit the use of Stilnox ...

Antipsychotic Drugs During Pregnancy Up Gestational Diabetes Risk

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Use of antipsychotic drugs during pregnancy is linked to increased risk of gestational diabetes, reveals study published in the July issue of IArchives of General Psychiatry,/I a JAMA Network publication. Severe mental illnesses, such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder, are usually treated with continuous antipsychotic drugs, "however, the evidence concerning use of antipsychotics during pregnancy is generally lacking or weak," the authors write in the ...

Researchers Explore Link Between Post-traumatic Stress Disorder and Disassociation

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An association between post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and dissociation has been identified by Boston University School of Medicine researchers. The findings, published in the iArchives of General Psychiatry/i, suggest that symptoms of dissociation, which reflect problems in consciousness and awareness, are a prominent feature of PTSD in a distinct subtype of individuals with the disorder. The relationship of dissociation and PTSD is controversial ...

Flatulence Could Help Treat High Blood Pressure

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Flatulence may help treat patients with high blood pressure, say researchers. Hydrogen sulphide - a toxic gas that is generated by bacteria living in the human gut - has been shown to control blood pressure in mice. The study showed that the rodents with higher levels of the gas had lower blood pressure than those with less. Boffins at Johns Hopkins University, in Baltimore, Maryland, US, found that hydrogen sulphide in flatus - informally ...

Non-Communicable Diseases - A Rising Public Health Concern

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Non-communicable diseases pose an important health concern across the globe. They may even result in sudden death and include conditions such as heart disease, stroke, cancers, etc. Robert Barouki and colleagues presented a white paper that was published in BMC Environmental Health, 2012, highlighting the developmental origins of non-communicable diseases and their implications for research and public health policies. The authors suggest ...

Eight New Genes for Osteoarthritis Identified

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Researchers have identified eight new genes associated with osteoarthritis. Researchers led by John Loughlin at Newcastle University, northeast England, compared the DNA code of more than 7,400 people with severe hip and knee osteoarthritis against that of more than 11,000 counterparts who did not have the disease. The results were then cross-checked against a second group, comprising 7,500 people who had osteoarthritis and 43,000 otherwise healthy ...