Men more dependent on exercise than women, UF study shows
...Human Performance. "Knowing the characteristics of excessive exercisers can help in determining who may be at risk for excessive exercise." The research among 408 university students also found that men who worked out for the b...GERD and other GI disorders may disrupt sleep
...al disorders are more likely than others to report excessive daytime sleepiness, insomnia, and poor sleep quali...ere is a significant relationship between GERD and excessive daytime sleepiness and insomnia," said Geoffrey S. Raymer, M.D., of the Gastroenterology and Hepatol...Wake Forest pediatric heart surgeon to repair heart defect on live Webcast
... in the lungs. "If the channel is large, it allows excessive blood flow through the lungs and back into the heart unnecessarily and the result is heart failure," said Hines. "If the channel is smaller, then the child is at risk for getting endocarditis, an infection of the ductus or pulmonary artery, and would...Clot-busting stroke therapy appears safe for menstruating women
...e may not receive tPA because the drug could cause excessive bleeding, says lead author Theodore H. Wein, M.D., assistant professor of neurology and neurosurgery at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Wein reports that he gave tPA to a 40-year-old menstruating woman having a stroke. The woman had lost par...Moderately high homocysteine tied to stroke, Alzheimers risk
...ns, which do not have side effects even if used in excessive amounts, and their low cost." McIlroy notes that in the United States many foods, especially cereals, are fortified with folate but this is not the case in the United Kingdom. Even with the fortified foods, a daily vitamin B supplement may be warran...Researchers find promising new target for anxiety-reducing drugs
...ion to avoid such threats. But when anxiety grows excessive -- as it does in an estimated 25 percent of U.S. residents sooner or later -- it can significantly reduce one's quality of life, and in the cases of some 20 million Americans at any given time, it reaches levels that may require treatment. "We have ...Equation rivals ultrasound in calculating birth weight
...d trimester, so it's not as helpful in identifying excessive fetal size early enough to intervene in the timing of delivery successfully," he said. However, the equation does have its limitations, said the researchers. It depends on an accurate gestational age, which must be calculated using an accurate last m...Gene found that helps nerve cells survive by preventing cell suicide
...expressing the Hsp27 protein acquire resistance to excessive heat, chemical stress, and toxins. Hsp27 directly inhibits the cellular proteins that trigger programmed cell death. In laboratory dishes and in rat models, Woolf and his team showed that, if the Hsp27 gene is delivered to young nerve cells using ge...Exhaustion's effect on blood increases heart attack risk
...lly understood how. Vital exhaustion is a state of excessive fatigue, irritability and hopelessness. People exp... blood to clot. High fibrinogen levels can lead to excessive blood clotting that can cut off or drastically minimize blood flow to the heart or brain, and previo...New anti-inflammatory drug clears Alzheimer's provoking protein from brains of mice
...dered beneficial. However, it is still likely that excessive activation will be detrimental." Future experiments will examine the effectiveness of the nitro-NSAID combined with the Alzheimer's vaccine. The researchers will also test whether the drug's clearance of amyloid actually helps prevent memory loss and...Caring for children with emotional disorders grows increasingly stressful over time
...the first survey - ranged from excessive shyness and paranoia to violent behavior. The caregivers - a group that included parents and other relatives of the children - were surveyed a second time 12 to 18 months after the first sur...Will a banana a day keep a stroke away?
... the results do not imply that diuretics create an excessive risk of stroke. "The question is whether diuretics would be even more effective with adequate potassium intake," she said. That question may be especially important for people with many other risk factors for stroke, such as diabetes, atrial fibri...Women with PCOS and their siblings with hormone problems have same gene defect
...er associated with irregular periods, infertility, excessive body hair and increased risk for diabetes. These new findings came from the $6 million National Institutes of Health-funded National Centers Program for Infertility Research. The study was led by Northwestern University researcher Andrea Dunaif, M.D...Worrying rise in deaths from alcoholic liver disease
...c emphasis on the risk of fatal liver disease from excessive alcohol consumption, they conclude....Research helps explain why perception of pleasure decreases with chronic cocaine use
...holds were only observed in animals that developed excessive levels of cocaine intake. Those that developed stable and moderate levels of cocaine intake did have altered pleasure perception. Thus, a chronic shift in pleasure thresholds appears to be one of the neurobiological signatures of the transition to a...New study: Sleep apnea linked to decreased libido
...ut the night, resulting in sleep fragmentation and excessive daytime sleepiness. For many years sleep apnea sufferers have complained of decreased libidos, yet previous studies reported that patients' testosterone levels, although low, were within the normal adult male range. The current study adopted a di...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for July (second issue)
...as the presence of OSA at baseline. Patients with excessive daytime sleepiness were offered treatment with either continuous positive airway pressure, surgery, or an oral appliance. In the OSA group, cardiovascular disease was observed in 21 of 37 incompletely treated cases, but it occurred in only 1 of the ...Bleach-producing enzyme found to modulate blood vessel dilation during inflammation
...nzyme may provide a physiologic means for removing excessive nitric oxide levels and preventing severe low blood pressure conditions from developing. Drugs aimed at mimicking this enzymatic activity may be useful for treating systemic hypotension during septic shock. Alternatively, drugs aimed at blocking th...A strong primary care system is good for a nation's health
...ges, although very high levels of costs may signal excessive and potentially health-compromising care," said Starfield. Five policy-relevant characteristics appear to be related to better population health levels, including efforts to distribute resources to where they are most needed, a government-sponsored n......hed in the Journal of Periodontology describes how excessive swollen gums, fatigue and weight loss experienced by a 53 year-old man lead to the diagnosis of acute myelomonocytic leukemia. The patient consulted his dentist regarding abrupt gingival inflammation throughout the mouth. The dentist referred him to...