Diet :: Healthy diet may prevent age-related disability
Researchers may have come up with another reason to eat well. A new study suggests diets rich in fruits, vegetables and dairy foods can prevent the disabilities that often come with age.
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Gum disease :: Healthy gums helps avoid arteriosclerosis
New York researchers suggest preventing gum disease might significantly improve a person’s chances of avoiding vascular problems.
Bypass surgery :: Better outcome in the overweight and obese
The obesity paradox lives on: Overweight and obese patients with multivessel coronary artery disease seem to fare better after coronary artery bypass surgery than their normal-weight counterparts, the results of a new study indicate.
Ovarian Cyst :: Ovary disease in women
Ovarian cysts are sacs filled with fluid or a semisolid material that develops on or within the ovary. Typically, ovarian cysts are functional (not disease related) and disappear on their own. During the days preceding ovulation, a follicle grows. At the time of expected ovulation, the follicle fails to rupture and release an egg. (Physiologic ovarian cysts; Functional ovarian cysts)
Incontinence :: Hormone pills may make incontinence worse
A new study adds incontinence to the list of ailments that hormone pills had been thought to help prevent, but now appear to worsen, at least in older women.
Snoring :: Snoring may not signal breathing problems
A physical examination of the mouth and throat can’t alone identify those whose snoring signals a more serious sleep-breathing problem, researchers said on Monday 2005-02-21.
Diet :: Key elements missing in diet articles
Most medical journal articles reporting weight-loss studies do not reveal key patient characteristics that can bias the results.
Bipolar Disorder :: Bipolar Disorder common among urban
Bipolar disorder may often go undiagnosed and untreated in the urban poor, with 1 in 10 found to have the mental illness in a study of one New York clinic published on Tuesday 2005-02-22.
Diabetes :: A case of diabetic nephropathy
Diabetic nephropathy is the kidney disease that occurs as a result of diabetes. It is a leading cause of kidney failure in Europe and the USA. After many years of diabetes the delicate filtering system in the kidney becomes destroyed, initially becoming leaky to large blood proteins such as albumin which are then lost in urine. This is more likely to occur if the blood sugar is poorly controlled.
Heart Disease :: Wine, not beer, helps women’s hearts
Swedish researchers reported drinking wine, but not beer or other alcoholic beverages, helps keep a woman’s heart healthy.