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Lower Income Smokers Cause More Harm to Themselves
9th June 2008
Researchers at New Zealand's Otago University believe that people with lower incomes suck on their cigarettes for longer, leaving shorter butts, and therefore harm themselves more than wealthier...
Adult Asthma Increases Risk of Heart Disease
8th June 2008
According to a report published in the American Journal of Cardiology (titled Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities), adult-onset asthma seems to increase the risk of strokes and contracting heart...
Gout | Heart Disease
7th June 2008
A study carried out by Stanford University School of Medicine of 9,105 men aged between 41 and 63 has shown a connection between gout and heart disease. The research focussed on men who had an above...
Prostate Cancer
6th June 2008
Prostate cancer, like most cancers, is caused by the uncontrolled and otherwise 'disorderly' growth of cells in and on the prostate gland. In the majority of cases this is a slow developing cancer and...
Drop Your Positive Attitude?
5th June 2008
A group of medical researchers in Melbourne, Australia, presented findings at a major medical conference in Chicago recently debunking the idea that a positive mental attitude helps fight...
Injuries to the Spinal Chord
2nd June 2008
Spinal chord injuries (SCI's) are any injuries that damage the spinal chord in such a way as to cause loss of control or feeling in a part of the body. Made from neurons (nerve cells that control...
Traumatic Brain Damage
1st June 2008
Brain damage, however it happens, is essentially the destruction and/or degeneration of brain cells. The brain can be damaged through all sorts of reasons, ranging from illnesses, alcohol abuse and...
Liver Failure
31st May 2008
Acute liver failure is the loss of function of 80-90% liver cells due to severe degeneration of the organ after the first symptoms of liver disease manifest (usually jaundice). The medical term for...
Chronic Kidney Disease
31st May 2008
Chronic kidney disease, or kidney failure as it is sometimes referred to, is a persistent and irreversible condition, and it can, if left untreated, lead to irreparable harm to body as the toxins that...
Stable Blood Sugar Levels Help Critical Illness Survival
30th May 2008
Critically ill patients are less likely to survive their condition if they have drastically fluctuating blood sugar levels. High blood sugar is long known to be a factor in diabetic complications, but...
