Center to offer free Tay-Sachs screening
• Anemia • May 29 04
Free screening for a deadly hereditary disorder will be available to students, employees and community members Wednesday and Thursday, said Dr. Oscar Battle, Jr.,…
Testing available for Sickle Cell
• Anemia • May 29 04
By Moses Peraza, Daily Staff Writer Six health organizations and Alpha Phi Omega fraternity worked together Wednesday to bring free sickle cell anemia screening…
Risk of certain diseases higher for blacks, health officials say
• Anemia • May 29 04
Cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, HIV/AIDS as well as prostate and breast cancer are more widespread among blacks than any other ethnicity, and according to a…
Students walk the eight mile for sickle cell
• Anemia • May 29 04
Southern University students along with the Alpha Tau Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. walked eight miles to raise money for the Baton…
Iron regulation and the immune system link
• Anemia • May 29 04
Patients with chronic inflammatory disorders, including infections, inflammatory bowel disease, arthritis and cancer, commonly become anemic.
The anemia can make them sicker, is sometimes…
Date pollen is not main cause of allergies
• Allergies • May 28 04
Pollen from date palm trees are not a major cause of allergies with UAE residents, a new scientific research study reports.
Investigations showed…
Antibiotics linked to allergies, studies find
• Allergies • May 28 04
Medication can kill good bacteria, affect immunity
WASHINGTON-Bugs in the gut may be causing many allergy symptoms felt in the head, from runny noses…
Allergies May All Be in the Gut
• Allergies • May 28 04
Bugs in the gut may be causing many allergy symptoms felt in the head, from runny noses to trouble breathing, researchers said. And antibiotics…
Antibiotics Might Increase Lung Sensitivity To Allergies
• Allergies • May 28 04
A new study suggests that the immune system’s reaction to antibiotics could make people more prone to allergies.
Scientists found that antibiotics changed microbes…
Oral Hygiene Linked To Pre-Term Births
• Fertility and pregnancy • May 28 04
A team of researchers - led by Yiping Han, a microbiologist from Case Western Reserve University - have discovered that a bacterium (Fusobacterium nucleatum)…
Exercise Reduces Risk Of Endometrial Cancer
• Gender: Female • May 28 04
Women have yet one more reason to become more physically active, reduction of their risk of developing the most common gynecologic malignancy, endometrial cancer.
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Exposure To Nicotine In Womb May Set Stage For Later Addictions
• Fertility and pregnancy • May 28 04
Prenatal exposure to nicotine appears to inflict lasting damage that may leave the brain vulnerable to further injury and addiction upon later use of…
Herbal Fertility Supplement Shows Positive Results In Study
• Fertility and pregnancy • May 28 04
A researcher at Stanford University says a small study shows promise for a nutritional supplement that may help boost fertility in women who have…
Dental X-Rays Linked To Low-Weight Babies
• Fertility and pregnancy • May 28 04
Researchers at the University of Washington School of Dentistry say that women who have dental X-rays during pregnancy are three times as likely to…
Mammogram Accuracy Reduced In Overweight Women
• Cancer: Breast • May 28 04
Women who are overweight or obese are more likely to receive a false-positive result on mammography screenings than normal weight women, according to research…
Processed Soy Products Linked To Tumour Growth
• Cancer: Breast • May 28 04
Highly purified soy foods and supplements sold in the United States may stimulate the growth of pre-existing estrogen dependent breast tumors, according to a…
Anti-Nausea Drug Interferes With Breast Cancer Chemo
• Cancer: Breast • May 28 04
A drug widely used to prevent nausea and other side effects in patients receiving chemotherapy for breast cancer may also, unfortunately, prevent the therapy…
LA Yoga Study Seeking Breast Cancer Survivors
• Cancer: Breast • May 28 04
Researchers at UCLA’s Jonsson Cancer Center are recruiting volunteers who have completed treatment for breast cancer and are experiencing persistent fatigue to join a…
Big Differences In Countries Masectomy Rates
• Cancer: Breast • May 28 04
The rates of conservation surgery for breast cancer vary hugely between countries, delegates at the 4th European Breast Cancer Conference were told. In France,…
Diets
• Dieting To Lose Weight • May 28 04
* Carbohydrate Addict’s LifeSpan Program (Drs. Richard and Rachael Heller)
Premise: Richard and Rachael Heller claim that an excess of insulin,…
Popular diets: The good, the fad and the iffy
• Weight Loss • May 28 04
A calorie is a calorie, no matter where it comes from. Most weight-loss diets help you to restrict calories in one way or another.…
Weight Loss CAD Diet
• Dieting To Lose Weight • May 28 04
The Basics
It stands for the Carbohydrate Addicts Diet. According to two doctors, a husband and wife team, named Richard and Rachael…
The Atkins Diet
• Dieting To Lose Weight • May 28 04
The Atkins diet is considered the most popular of the low carbohydrate diets. It is based on the restriction of processed and refined…
Herbal Diet Product Information Misleading
• Dieting • May 28 04
Many websites marketing and advertising dietary supplements containing the herb ephedra are posting false or misleading information, a Johns Hopkins study demonstrates.
Internists at…
Type Of Exercise Can Determine Long-Term Weight Loss Success
• Dieting • May 28 04
Many of us go on a diet to lose weight, but many refrain from taking up exercise. For people who are markedly overweight, it…