Sleep Apnea Increases Crash Rate

The potential driving hazards caused by sleep apnea, a condition that restricts breathing during sleep, have been brought to light by a study published in Thorax, an international journal on respiratory medicine.
The two-year study by Vancouver Coastal Health Region and the University of British Columbia, compared the driving records of 800 drivers who have [...]

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Obesity Boosts Cancer Risk

An overweight person’s chances of developing five different types of cancer escalate by 50 percent confirms a new study.
Researchers at the University of Manchester discovered that those who put on weight equal to a five-point increase in the body mass index (BMI) were at considerable risk of contracting cancer of the colon, breast, skin, thyroid.
The [...]

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Experts Warn of Rising Infertility Rates in Future Generations

Experts have warned that infertility levels may rise in the generations to come.
While writing in British Medical Journal, experts have said that that infertility levels may rise in the future generations due to increase in the use of assisted reproductive techniques.
About 6pct of children are conceived through assisted reproductive techniques in some countries.
However, the authors [...]

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New Drug can Help Alcoholics to Overcome Addiction

A new drug can help alcoholics overcome their addiction by reducing stress-induced cravings, a study released Thursday has found.
There is already a drug on the market, Revia, which treats alcoholism by reducing the body’s ability to enjoy its effects.
This new drug cuts cravings by taking the edge off of stressful situations which might push recovering [...]

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New Drug can Help Alcoholics to Overcome Addiction

A new drug can help alcoholics overcome their addiction by reducing stress-induced cravings, a study released Thursday has found.
There is already a drug on the market, Revia, which treats alcoholism by reducing the body’s ability to enjoy its effects.
This new drug cuts cravings by taking the edge off of stressful situations which might push recovering [...]

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Blood Pressure Drug may Prevent Risk of Heart Attack, Stroke

Researchers at University of Kentucky have found that blood pressure drug, Aliskiren, not only reduces blood pressure but also lowers artery-clogging lesions.
Artery-clogging lesions are a leading cause of heart attack and stroke and death worldwide.
Dr. Lisa Cassis and Dr. Alan Daugherty found the possible added benefit of the new drug in animal studies.
“In my many [...]

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New Class of Effective Drugs on the Anvil for Asthma and Allergy

Researchers from Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry have moved a step closer to developing a new class of effective asthma and allergy drugs.
The researchers found an important target that holds significant promise for millions of people suffering from allergies, asthma, rheumatoid arthritis and a range of other inflammatory diseases.
The study showed [...]

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A Potential Drug Against Alcohol Found

National Institutes of Health researchers already knew that the drug, called LY686017 neutralizes the action of a protein called NK1R (neurokinin-1 receptor), which is involved in the stress response in the brain.
The first hint that the drug might be useful in cutting alcohol cravings surfaced when the investigators noticed that mice who didn’t have NK1R [...]

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