Smoking seems to increase brain damage in alcoholics
Alcoholics who smoke appear to lose more brain mass than alcoholics who don't smoke, according to a study at the San Francisco VA Medical Center. It is already well-known that the brains of long-term alcoholics atrophy and shrink, the study authors say, but the new findings are the fi...... surprising that almost half said they've tried to lose weight sometime in the past five years. "The members of the faculty that answered our survey seem to eat a little less, and to weigh a little less, than most people their age in the U.S.," said Dr. Anthony Komaroff, Editor-in-Chief of the Harvard Hea...Vast majority of adults at risk of becoming overweight or obese
...r help assessing obesity risk and advice on how to lose weight, consult your healthcare professional....Mouthguards: Rolls Royce of mouthguard line provides maximum injury protection
...ise result in a fractured jaw." "Remember, if you lose a single tooth, it will cost $10,000 $20,000 dollars over your lifetime to restore that tooth," says Dr. Kenyon, citing statistics from the NYSSF. Mouthguard Types Explained Stock (Type I) - The least expensive choice and offers the least protec....... Other people at times can feel weak, or can even lose their ability to speak and all these symptoms can sometimes be due to the mind, not the body. Usually, treatment that focuses on the patient's psychological well-being helps ease symptoms. "For a lot of patients, we simply help them get over their f...Study questions widespread use of C-reactive protein test to assess cardiovascular risk
...atients or smokers, for example, less motivated to lose weight or kick the habit." On the other hand, according to Dr. Miller, if a high CRP is found on routine screening, then therapies that reduce high blood pressure, glucose, cholesterol and triglycerides will also lower CRP. "We should be making thes...Moderate exercise yields cardiovascular benefits
...any weight," Duscha said. "Many people exercise to lose weight, and when that doesn't occur, they stop exercising. However, the truth is that you can improve cardiovascular fitness and reduce the risk of heart disease by exercising without losing weight." To better understand the effects of differing amou...NIMH expands public health education effort
...wever, there is no evidence to show that people do lose their jobs once they go into treatment. In fact, treatment may be essential to improve work performance. "Research and clinical findings reveal that women and men may talk differently -- or in the case of men, not talk -- about the symptoms of depres...Researchers disprove 'fat redistribution syndrome' among men taking HIV drugs
...sn't a shred of evidence that HIV-positive men who lose fat in their legs reciprocally gain fat in their bellies," stated principal investigator Carl Grunfeld, MD, a staff physician at SFVAMC. "The two are totally dissociated." The multi-center study appears in the October 2005 issue of the Journal of Acq...Medicare elimination of essential drugs will affect elderly
...e elderly on Medicare, or 1.7 million people, will lose this coverage completely. The paper reports that negative effects are likely to take place, including withdrawal reactions, seizures, emergency department visits, and hospital admissions because the Medicare patients will not be able to afford these ...New radiation technique helps brain cancer patients keep their hair
...d to target the cancer. It also causes patients to lose the hair on their head. Since hair loss can be upsetting for patients, doctors are experimenting with new types of radiation therapy to see if they are as effective in treating the cancer while preventing hair loss. In this study, researchers enroll...Nutrition expert evaluates new weight-loss medication
...d successfully for years to help obese individuals lose weight and improve their health, so it's exciting to find that a lower dose of orlistat can help those who are overweight with their weight loss efforts," said lead investigator Dr. James Anderson, Professor of Medicine and Clinical Nutrition at the ...Study reveals $20 billion in untapped generic drug savings
... More than $50 billion worth of branded drugs will lose patent exclusivity over the next five years. In t...r alone, $11 billion in drug sales are expected to lose patent, with generic alternatives becoming available for at least 15 branded drugs. The largest-sel...New TNS study shows most Australian women are overweight
...shows two thirds of Australian women are trying to lose weight, primarily focusing on reducing the amount of fatty foods they eat, snacking less and exercising. "Worryingly, however, only 17% of women undertake regular exercise a symptom of not enough time in modern society for important priorities," she...Protein suppresses prostate cancer, enhances effects of vitamin E
...now are focusing on why, in prostate cancer, cells lose the capacity to express TAP. "This research has great promise," Messing said. "Why is TAP expression low in cancer cells? Is it one of the things that drives cells to become malignant? If TAP expression is important, we might be able to interfere and...Evacuation of elders during disasters to be addressed at GSA's upcoming annual meeting
...to move about without assistance. Older people who lose mobility are less likely to remain in the community, have higher rates of morbidity and mortality, have more hospitalizations, and experience a poorer quality of life. Saturday, November 19 at 3:30 p.m. Health Status And Disparities In Late Life: Ju...Heart care lacking for those with clogged leg blood vessels
...e first treatment for PAD patients is to exercise, lose weight and stop smoking -- the same actions that are known to help their hearts. But medicines such as blood thinners, cholesterol drugs, ACE inhibitors and beta blockers, and procedures such as PVI, are used when lifestyle changes don't do enough. O...Drug compound restores youth to aging arterial cells in elderly hypertensives, Hopkins study shows
... hypertension becomes chronic, aging blood vessels lose their ability to stretch and relax between heartbeats. The anti-wrinkle effects of a crosslink-breaker treatment occur on facial skin because the compound similarly lets collagen there relax, giving the skin a plumper, smoother look The Hopkins find...Lifestyle modification plus medication more effective than medication alone
...l in the journal. "But for obese adults who can't lose enough weight to improve their health, medication used as an adjunct can help." "The take home message is that weight loss medications will be most effective when they are combined with a reduced calorie diet and increased physical activity," says T...Study finds lifestyle modification and weight loss medication superior to either approach used alone
...her groups. "Weight loss medications helped people lose weight, as did a program of lifestyle modification designed to improve eating and exercise habits. However, we found that a combination of the two approaches produced approximately twice the weight loss of either intervention used alone," reported Th...