UF study: Adolescent girls who set goals too high may risk anorexia
... some bulimic tendencies, such as binge eating and occasional purging, were more likely to develop a full-blown version of the disorder if they reported symptoms of depression. The findings are reported in the current issue of the International Journal of Eating Disorders. About 20 percent of adolescent girls...Drinking during pregnancy: Information may not be enough
... If there is no consistent data to suggest that an occasional drink is harmful, it is possible that a large prop...em seem to be told by doctors and midwives that an occasional drink is all right. If the only official recommendation is to not drink, [then] these women are not...Water may prevent some fainting spells
...anding, especially in a warm environment, leads to occasional fainting, even in healthy people," says Christoph Schroeder, M.D., of Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany, first author on one report. "Our results show that drinking water right beforehand improves the ability to stand and may help prevent faint...Stanford researcher to find cure for widespread Celiac disease
...ividuals around the world who are Celiacs, even an occasional encounter with gluten may make them ill. And the long-term implications of the untreated disease, which include a substantially enhanced risk of malignancies (both cancer and lymphoma) of the small intestine and osteoporosis, are far more serious th...New approach to replacing immune cells shrink tumors in patients with melanoma
... report that among the patients in the study, only occasional opportunistic infections developed during treatment. Other side effects were mild autoimmune disorders. T cells act by recognizing a protein fragment called an antigen on the outside of the tumor cells. Antigens found on tumor cells may also be fo...Choose your painkillers with care
... press. But for over twenty years there have been occasional reports of impaired bone healing in patients taking NSAIDs. The issue may have escaped attention because the older generation of NSAIDS, such as ibuprofen and indomethacin, only appear to delay healing by a few weeks instead of blocking it. Aspirin i...NHLBI study shows weight concerns increase girls' risk of becoming smokers
...days: No smoking, experimental (5 or fewer days), occasional (6-19 days), regular (20-29 days), and daily (30 d... likely than white girls to become experimental or occasional smokers. For black girls, weight concerns and a drive for thinness at ages 11-12 were the most im...Why heart transplant patients resume smoking revealed in University of Pittsburgh study
...ad not previously been a smoker took up smoking an occasional cigar. Throughout the three-year period, 25 smoked 10 or fewer cigarettes a day, nine smoked between 11 and 19 a day, and four smoked a pack or more daily. Amount was unknown for the remaining 11 who were mostly cigar smokers. Based on the series of ...Brain center searches for patterns
...tivity in the prefrontal cortex changed when these occasional patterns were violated, as when a square would app...n't behave in any explicit way when they saw these occasional patterns, their brains still reacted when the patterns were violated. So, their brains couldn't help...Research confirms safety and efficacy of RemiFemin for menopausal symptoms
...such as hot flashes, mood swings, night sweats and occasional sleeplessness without affecting hormone levels or specific cell lines associated with some female cancers." In addition to examining the product's lack of estrogenic effect, the study compared the effectiveness and safety of two dosage forms of RemiF...Penn finds atrial fibrilation cure eliminates need for pacemakers, medicine
...ifests no symptoms. The arrhythmia may begin with occasional or regular bouts of an irregular heart beat, but it generally worsens over the years. Traditional ablation procedures for this arrhythmia deliver an electrical charge that permanently blocks the electrical connection that transmits the impulse from......baby bottle tooth decay---suffer more than just an occasional toothache, a study by pediatric dentistry graduate student Sara L. Filstrup has found. They often suffer loss of sleep, impaired concentration, and even a poorer social life. Filstrup and colleagues interviewed children ages 2 to 6 years who had sev...Sleep less, live longer? Increased death rate associated with sleeping 8 hours or more
...ety, also indicated that participants who reported occasional bouts of insomnia did not have an increased mortality rate, but those individuals who took sleeping pills were more likely to die sooner. Insomnia is not synonymous with short sleep, the authors said in the article. Patients commonly complain of...Drug-free therapy gives patients reprieve from panic disorder
...of one-on-one sessions with an occasional group session, the subjects in the current study were treated in groups of three to five individuals. Each patient in the study was asked to fill out a self-evaluation before the first trea...College freshmen more politically liberal than in the past, UCLA survey reveals
...percent of incoming freshmen reporting frequent or occasional volunteer work, compared to 81 percent last year and a low of 66 percent in 1989. Contributing in part to this rise is the requirement of community service for graduation from many high schools, which has increased from 23.2 to 28.2 percent since the...Uninsured patients don't manage chronic illness well, UCSF study finds
...n Journal of Medicine. While the insured reported occasional health crises, the uninsured reported an ongoing chain of health crises. This suggests that being uninsured with a chronic illness may lead to greater illness severity and premature death, Becker said. It may also account, in part, for higher death r...New research shows even a single drug exposure can alter brain function
...nd this may help explain at the cellular level how occasional drug use can progress into a compulsion. The rese...uits of the brain may help explain the switch from occasional drug use to addiction. This study emphasizes the dangers of even experimenting with cocaine and ot...Gluten in the diet may be the cause of recurring headaches
...of the central nervous system. All had experienced occasional headaches and some suffered from unsteadiness and failure of muscle coordination. After removing gluten from their diets, nine of the 10 patients in the study found full or partial relief. One patient would not try the diet. In one of the cases, a 5...Day care centers incubate and spread antibiotic-resistant bacteria
TORONTO - Sept. 16, 2000 - Many parents regard occasional minor illnesses as the most likely health risks posed by day care centers. However, according to data presented today during Global Resistance Day, a more insidious danger lurks in these facilities: they serve as incubators for antibiotic-resistance ...Social support and confidence predict medication adherence for AIDS patients
...and decrease death rates from AIDS. But slight or occasional deviations from the prescribed routine can allow the virus to rebound and become resistant to antiretroviral drugs. Catz and colleagues report that 18 percent of the patients were "nonadherent" -- defined as having missed at least one dose of the H...