Hormone linked to sugar control in diabetics
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High blood levels of a hormone called adiponectin are associated with improved sugar control in women with Diabetes Mellitus, new research shows.
In addition, high adiponectin levels are associated with high levels of HDL “good” cholesterol and with reduced inflammation. Taken together, these effects could help reduce the risk of Heart Disease and Stroke.
Russia to shoot migrating birds to fight bird flu
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Some Russian regions have opened the hunting season early in an attempt to stop the spread of a deadly outbreak of bird flu, media reported on Thursday.
In the regions of Irkutsk, in eastern Siberia, and Penza, in European Russia, local officials decided to open the hunting season for birds early, even though there have been no cases of bird flu in those regions, Itar-Tass news agency reported.
US heroin users exposed to dangerous additive
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A drug that promotes lean muscle growth in cattle may be turning up in heroin on the U.S. East Coast, sickening users and stoking fears of a wave of such poisonings, U.S. health officials said on Thursday.
Traces of clenbuterol were found in the urine of eight reported heroin users who became ill in New York and Connecticut in the first three months of 2005, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a weekly health report.
Studies find racial differences in US health care
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Racial disparities still exist in U.S. medical care despite years of attempts to reduce them, with black women typically being the least likely to get the care they need, research published on Wednesday shows.
“For most of the areas studied, disparities between white patients and black patients have not substantially improved during the past decade or so,” said Nicole Lurie in an editorial in The New England Journal of Medicine, where the findings appear.
Losing Weight After Pregnancy
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You could be lucky. I was - just once. When my middle daughter was born I actually weighed 10 pounds less than I had when I’d conceived her. That’s not something you can count on, though, and I can tell you that from experience as well. Most women start their lives as a new mom with an extra 8 to 15 pounds that they didn’t have pre-baby.
There’s a very good reason for that. God designed our bodies with nurture in mind. Part of that weight that you put on during Pregnancy was meant to nurture your baby AFTER birth. While your body requires an extra 300 calories a day to keep up with the nutritional demands of your baby during Pregnancy, a Breastfeeding mother requires at least 500 extra calories a day to produce enough milk and remain healthy.
Shopping and Lifestyle Tips for Healthy Weight Loss
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Don’t you wish there was an easy-to-follow practical primer to tell you all the things you should and shouldn’t do to help you lose weight? I’m not talking about food choices here - there are dozens of eating plans available. I’m referring to a simple list of do’s and don’ts that you can follow in your everyday life to make it easier to stick to your diet. Here are ten tips that I’ve found work wonders to help avoid temptation and keep me on track.
What Women Should Know About Smoking and Bladder Cancer
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Many women concerned about their health are surprisingly unaware of their risk for Bladder Cancer. Yet, the number of women who have had Bladder Cancer is similar to that of ovarian and cervical cancers. Sadly, women have a higher death rate from Bladder Cancer than men because women more often are diagnosed at an advanced stage in the disease, when treatment is more complicated, invasive and expensive, making the prognosis worse.
Antibiotics-to-go may increase STD treatment
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Take-home antibiotics may be an effective way to ensure that the partners of men with certain Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) get treatment, a new study suggests.
Researchers found that giving male STD patients a dose of antibiotics to bring to their partners appeared more effective than the traditional method for getting at-risk partners treated.
Children who eat fries raise breast cancer risk
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Very young children who eat French fries frequently have a much higher risk of Breast cancer as adults, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday.
A study of American nurses found that one additional serving of fries per week at ages three to five increased Breast cancer risk by 27 percent.
Allergic to Drugs?
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Allergic reactions to medications can occur with drugs you’ve taken before without incident—or to a drug that your doctor hasn’t prescribed to you before.
According to Health Canada, most allergic reactions occur within one hour of taking the medication.
Doctors Criticize Sleeping-Pill Ads
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An advertising campaign by Sepracor Inc. is drawing fire from psychiatrists who say the Marlborough company misrepresents its new sleeping pill.
The complaints from several high-profile psychiatrists hinge on language in advertisements for the prescription drug, Lunesta, and illustrate how drug makers and the Food and Drug Administration can expect stiff scrutiny of product claims as the debate over direct-to-consumer advertising heats up.
Study links weight loss to benefits for asthma sufferers
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Dr. Christie Ballantyne, lead investigator of a study linking Obesity and Asthma, says patients who lost weight saw decreased levels of eotaxin—an inflammatory mediator known to play a key role in Asthma flare-ups—meaning weight loss may be a very effective therapy for treating asthma sufferers. If you enjoy this article, you may also be interested in an article entitled ‘Asthma explained by common allergy to milk and dairy products.’
Bird flu: from Siberia to Europe
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The Russian government has ordered the immediate slaughter of more than 11,000 birds in the Ural mountains range after some which died of bird flu were found in the area. This was declared by the Russian Emergencies Ministry, which also said it had located the strain of the H5N1 virus in the city of Chelyabinsk in the heart of the geographical divide between Asia and Europe. Government representatives denied that human beings have been struck by the disease.
The virus had already been located in mid-July in Novosibirsk, around 1000km from Chelyabinsk. “Adequate measures are being taken to prevent the spread of infection among domestic birds and to exclude the possibility of human contagion,” declared the ministry. Measures consist of a ban on the sale of poultry in the area and setting up barriers in the streets.
Cocaine and Weight Loss
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Cocaine is an illegal and dangerous drug - outlawed in most countries around the world. Many people speculate as to whether celebrities ever partake of the drug to induce rapid Weight Loss.
A story from New Zealand has revealed this very thing. A wealthy 51 yr-old property developer is a suspected drug dealer. He attempted to justify his actions by claiming that cocaine was helping him lose weight.
Researchers link womens’ obesity to inactivity during teen years
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A decrease in active lifestyles is likely to promote Obesity in teenage girls as they transition to womanhood, a study by University of Miami School of Medicine researchers found, but, when interviewed by Forbes, Dr. Robert Kramer said the study showed a correlation, not a cause-and-effect link.
