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Big Exercise Helpers

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

If you are a big fan of exercising, then you may want to get a nice supplement that will boost your energy and give you a great trim look. These come in a variety of shapes and sizes, but they primarily just work to give you more energy while suppressing your appetite.
ECA extreme is particularly […]

Coffee may reduce uterus cancer risk

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

A Japanese study has found that women who drink a lot of coffee may have less risk of developing cancer of the uterus.
Led by Japan’’s health ministry, the study monitored some 54,000 women aged 40 to 69 over about 15 years, during which time 117 women developed cancer in the womb.
Japan’’s National Cancer Center researchers […]

Watch out for drug names that look, sound alike

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

Take the generic drug clonidine for high blood pressure? Double-check that you didn’t leave the drugstore with Klonopin for seizures, or the gout medicine colchicine.
Mixing up drug names because they look or sound alike — like this trio — is among the most common types of medical mistakes, and it can be deadly. Now new […]

Scottish schoolgirls get cancer jab

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

Schoolgirls in Scotland became the first in the country to get a jab against cervical cancer on Monday.
Pupils aged 12 and 13 in several areas are being offered the vaccine from this week, as part of a nationwide programme announced last October.
The programme will eventually see all girls in Britain up to the age of […]

Antipsychotic drugs double stroke risk: study

Saturday, August 30th, 2008

eople taking antipsychotic drugs are nearly twice as likely to have a stroke compared to those not on the treatment, British researchers reported on Friday.
The risk is even higher — about 3.5 times — for men and women with dementia, which means doctors should only prescribe such medicine to these patients […]

Antipsychotic drugs double stroke risk: study

Friday, August 29th, 2008

People taking antipsychotic drugs are nearly twice as likely to have a stroke compared to those not on the treatment, British researchers reported on Friday.
The risk is even higher — about 3.5 times — for men and women with dementia, which means doctors should only prescribe such medicine to these patients […]

Fat Cells in Obese People Are ‘Sick’

Thursday, August 28th, 2008

Fat cells in obese people are “sick” compared to those in lean people, a new study shows.
Published in the September issue of Diabetes, a group of researchers from the Temple University School of Medicine analyzed fat samples from the upper thighs of six lean and six obese people.
They found significant differences in the fat cells […]

Women leaders smarter, more honest than male counterparts

Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

When it comes to honesty, intelligence and a handful of other key traits valued in leaders, the public rates women as superior to men, according to a new survey.
Still, a mere 6 percent say that, overall, women make better political leaders than men, according to the nationwide Pew Research Center Social and Demographic Trends survey […]

Infections may cause many premature births: study

Tuesday, August 26th, 2008

Undiagnosed infections may be causing a significant number of premature births, researchers reported on Monday after finding bacteria or fungi in 15 percent of the amniotic fluid samples taken from women in pre-term labor.The heavier the infection, the more likely the women were to deliver younger, sicker infants, the team at Stanford University in California […]

Floods raise disease risk in West Africa: WHO

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

Seasonal floods in West Africa, which have uprooted more than 200,000 people, are increasing the risk of deadly diseases including cholera which has already struck, the World Health Organisation (WHO) said on Tuesday.Cholera has broken out in Benin, with 1 confirmed death among 192 known cases since the annual flooding began in July, WHO spokesman […]