Cholesterol Lowering Drugs can Keep Heart Disease Away
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One in every three deaths in Britain is caused by heart disease with a total of 208 000 people dying of the disease every year. This makes heart disease the leading killer in the U.K. …

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Risk of amputation can be reduced in people with diabetes
Sunday, 31 May, 2009 – 11:30 | No Comment

According to new research, the risk of minor amputation for patients suffering from diabetes can be reduced by 36 percent. This is for those who were prescribed the cholesterol-lowering drug fenofibrate.
Research was done across Australia, …

Breakthrough in Floppy baby syndrome
Saturday, 30 May, 2009 – 11:27 | No Comment

Scientists have made a breakthrough In the treatment of a muscle disease called floppy baby syndrome.
Babies born with this disorder are severely paralyzed and most of them die before the age of one. The study …

Lower blood sugar levels can reduce heart disease
Saturday, 30 May, 2009 – 11:18 | No Comment

Research says, if blood glucose levels are reduced in people with diabetes, the risk of a heart attack can be lowered.
University of Cambridge carried out the study and worked on information collected on 33,000 patients …

Link between gum and heart disease
Friday, 29 May, 2009 – 11:12 | No Comment

Dental disease and heart attacks have a genetic link say German researchers.
Periodontitis, a gum disease is said to be linked with heart disease. The exact association is still unknown.
Recently the University of Kiel team has …

Premature ejaculation Connected to Genes
Thursday, 28 May, 2009 – 11:11 | No Comment

More than three thousand men – all pairs of male twins and their older or younger brothers- were interviewed about their first sexual experience by researchers in Turku, Finland in an attempt to draw a …

Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus, or N.P.H.
Thursday, 28 May, 2009 – 11:00 | No Comment

Normal Pressure Hydrocephalus, or N.P.H. is so often missed or misdiagnosed. According to Dr. Mark Luciano, a neurosurgeon at the Cleveland Clinic, 50,000 to 375,000 people in the United States, with the higher figure more …

Clue To Hair Loss Provided by Balding Mice
Wednesday, 27 May, 2009 – 13:40 | No Comment

A gene that appears to determine cyclical hair loss in mice and believe it may also be responsible for hair loss, or alopecia, in people has been recently discovered by researchers in Japan.
In a report …

Genes That Slow Ageing Process Discovered
Wednesday, 27 May, 2009 – 13:08 | One Comment

The discovery of the key genes that slow the ageing process could create in the treatment of many illnesses ranging from Alzheimer’s disease to a number of heart conditions.
Some mutations of the genes have been …

Leaving your dog in your car even for a little while could be deadly
Tuesday, 26 May, 2009 – 12:39 | No Comment

 
Have you ever left your pet in your car when you wanted to run to a shop for a small errand? Or because you weren’t sure if you turned your gas off at home? Next …

Skinny jeans not thigh friendly
Tuesday, 26 May, 2009 – 12:37 | No Comment

 
Experts say they have had a lot of women with healthy weight complaining of nerve damage and they now find that the cause is wearing jeans that are too tight. A lot of women suffer …