Dr. Gojka Roglic, of the World Health Organization reports that revised computations of de aths due to diabetes triples the original number, bringing the figure to 2.9 million for the year 2000; thereby, establishing this illness as a leading cause of de ath worldwide.
In this type the enzyme glucose-6-phosphatase is defective in the liver, kidney, and small intestine, where it normally functions. However, the metabolic problem is centered in the liver.
Type 0 glycogen storage disease (GSD 0) is caused by a deficiency in glycogen synthase, an enzyme critical for adequate glycogen synthesis. As a result, there is a marked decrease in glycogen stores resulting in fasting hypoglycemia and post-prandial hyperglycemia. Dietary carbohydrates are preferentially converted to lactate.
A recent study in the International Journal of Gynecological Cancer revealed that women with cervical cancer have a broad range of concerns regarding cervical cancer, its treatment and additional psychosocial issues, including but not limited to sexuality, and that their male partners had equal levels of concerns in the first year following treatment, contrary to beliefs that the types or intensities of concerns between the two may differ.
Well, masturbation or sex will not cause the body any physical harm, including hair loss. Perhaps few pubic hair might be lost during the sexual activity, but it generally grow back.
Following are the best health articles in June 2005:
The utensils that are used to cook food often do more than just “hold” the food. Molecules of substances can leach from the utensil to the food that is being cooked in that utensil. Three of the substances that have been connected with utensils include aluminum, lead, and iron. Both lead and aluminum have been associated with illness.
Measles is a highly contagious viral illness characterized by a fever, cough, conjunctivitis (redness and irritation in membranes of the eyes), and spreading rash.
A large study funded by NIH’s National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) provides, for the first time, detailed information comparing the effectiveness and side effects of five medications – both new and older medications – that are currently used to treat people with schizophrenia.
Women who have had a certain type of anorexia nervosa show an alteration of the activity of a chemical in their brain that is widely associated with anxiety and other affective disorders more than one year after recovery, according to a study in the September issue of the Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.