If you’re feeling depressed, you might feel better if you take fish oil supplements, a new study shows. Some patients in the study, but not all, got relief from the omega 3 fatty acids in the fish oil. The ones who did improve – about half the group – were those who didn’t also have [...]
Diabetes can lead to a decline in memory, thinking speed, and mental flexibility in middle age, but controlling the blood sugar disorder might prevent some of these effects, new research from the Netherlands suggests. While the mental decline may be invisible to the individual, the fact that the drop-off starts accumulating in middle age puts [...]
Metastatic breast cancer patients who take a new chemotherapy drug made from a sea sponge may live about two and a half months longer, a new research shows. The drug, known as eribulin, is more effective than other chemotherapies, according to a study presented on Sunday by a group of British researchers to the annual [...]
Anxiety may modify depression for better or for worse, indicating a link between the two, U.S. researchers suggest. By using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), researchers at the University of Illinois looked at brain activity in subjects who were depressed and not anxious, anxious but not depressed, or who exhibited varying degrees of depression and [...]
The World Health Organization released a report this week revealing record levels of drug-resistant Tuberculosis, with Asia as the epicentre of a condition whereby standard drugs no longer have any effect on the disease, which destroys the lungs. A more shocking statistic revealed by this report is that only seven per cent of patients are [...]
Scientists have detected glimmers of awareness in some vegetative brain-injury patients and have even communicated with one of them — findings that push the boundaries of how to assess and care for such people. The new research suggests that standard tests may overlook patients who have some consciousness, and that someday some kind of communication [...]
Sophisticated brain scans can help detect the precursors to Alzheimer’s disease before any symptoms begin, according to a new study. The University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) announced at the weekend that its researchers tracked 169 people over three years who had been diagnosed with mild cognitive impairment or MCI, a condition that causes [...]
Higher levels of vitamin D in the blood may help protect both men and women from cancers of the colon and rectum, confirm results of the largest study ever conducted on the topic. Among more than 1200 people who developed colorectal cancer and an equal number who did not, researchers found that those with the [...]
Lower levels of Vitamin D may worsen asthma and hinder response to steroid treatment, a new study finds. For the study, researchers at the National Jewish Health (NJH) in Denver took the vitamin D levels of 54 asthmatics and assessed lung function, airway hyper-responsiveness, which is the prevalence of airway constriction, and response to steroid [...]
Certain bacteria are capable of solving problems people cannot solve. They can consume radiation, produce electricity and oil and even treat cancer. American scientists from a California University decided to create a “supercell” that will do all this simultaneously. Talked to Vitaly Kulikov, a Professor of Biological Science, to find out whether this genetic modification [...]
Sure on the high end of the scale, according to the CIA World Factbook are Lesotho at 28,1% infection rate, followed by Swaziland at 26% and Zimbabwe at 24%. In Europe,
The term ‘sociophobia’ – fear of socializing – appeared in medicine in the beginning of the 1970s. In Latvia, the problem received serious attention only today In Latvia, sociophobia is traditionally regarded as neurosis. A patient suffering from this form of phobia would most likely be recommended to take tranquilizers and have several sessions of [...]
Honey is valued all over the world. There is a reason why the after-wedding bliss was called “honey moon,” and why we call those dear to us “honey.” Fructose and glucose, components of honey, are simple carbohydrates and therefore, are easy to digest. Honey is also rich in vitamins K- B2- PP- C- B 6 [...]
A real and effective treatment of drug addiction, treating the long-term craving for drugs, treating the patient at home, freeing hospital beds for others? This novel treatment avoids the onset of delayed abstinence syndrome, avoiding the loss of self-esteem, recurrence to drug abuse and misery for the patient and the family. BPTUZ and BPUZ on [...]
Diagnostic medical imaging refers to the process of obtaining images of parts of the human body for examination and diagnosis of illness or injury. The process may include x-rays, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), ultrasound, computerized tomography (CT), or positron emission tomography (PET). The information derived from diagnostic medical imaging often allows health care professionals to [...]
The new guidelines categorise blood pressure as normal (<120/80 mm Hg), pre-hypertension (120/80 to 139/89), stage 1 hypertension (140/90 to 159/99), and stage 2 hypertension (>=160/100 or higher). In people aged over 50 years high systolic blood pressure (above 140 mm Hg) is considered a greater risk factor for cardiovascular disease than high diastolic blood [...]
At home drug tests give you the ability to take a drug test in the privacy of your own home. Instead of going through all the inconvenience (and for many, embarrassment) of scheduling a drug test with a laboratory and then going there to take it, at home drug tests allow you to get the [...]
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