Regular cannabis may increase risk of stroke in young users
...ld be rigorously evaluated and the benefit to risk ratio taken into account before authorising their medical use," writes Dr Dominique Deplanque, of the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Lille....Proteins found in urine of pregnant women could help diagnose preeclampsia
...leagues developed a new algorithm to calculate the ratio for the presence or absence of three specific prot...some of whom had other causes of hypertension. The ratio between two of the proteins correctly identified all the women who had severe preeclampsia. "It will...Gender gap for lung cancer rates narrowing
...ariations have resulted in a male/female incidence ratio change from 3.56:1 in 1975 to 1.5:1 in 1999. For both men and women, the median age of diagnosis was 66 years. Women made up 40.9% of patients under the age of 50 but only 35.4% of patients over the age of 50. "The fact that women appear to be ove...Sex selection popular among infertile women
...believe it may lead to imbalances in society's sex ratio and contribute to gender stereotyping and discrimination. The practice has been banned in the United Kingdom. "One of the fears is that sex selection will drive patients toward a certain sex," said Jain. "And the presumption is a preference for boys....Balance and better interactions between primary-care and specialist physicians improve US health
...ound that having a higher specialist-to-population ratio did not decrease mortality rates. They also determined that too many specialists would negatively impact communities because more patients would be seen by specialists and would be more likely to receive unnecessary tests and procedures. The researc...Brain imaging study may hold clues to onset of schizophrenia in people at high risk
...tal images that portray neural activity level as a ratio of oxygenated to de-oxygenated hemoglobin, the iron-containing pigment in red blood cells. Researchers then can quantify these signals to generate maps of various brain functions. Fifty-two study participants were divided into four groups: "ultra-hi...Waist size linked to diabetes risk in adult men
...which is a weight-to-height ratio, or waist-to-hip ratio alone. This finding, published in the March 2005 ...isk was 2, 3, 4 and 7 times greater when waist-hip ratio was measured in men; and 1, 2, 3 and 8 times greater when BMI was measured. "Both BMI and waist cir...Economist: Cuba's state-run baseball doesn't go to bat for players
...ch league's "imbalance score" was derived from the ratio of its actual record over an "ideal" standard devi... the equivalent of flipping a coin. Thus, a higher ratio shows greater imbalance wins are more concentrated in certain teams. And so while another study sho...U of M researcher says Viagra may cause permanent vision loss in some men
...nerve connects to the eyeball. The low cup to disk ratio means that the blood vessels and nerves are tightly bundled together into the small space in the back of the eye. "Viagra regulates a chemical in the body to constrict the arteries. This constriction may cut off the blood flow to the optic nerve, esp...