Nursing-Resource.com

Sleep Apnea Has Higher Risk Of Cancer Mortality

Featured Health News from Medical News Today — Mon, 21 May 2012 21:00:00 +0000

Your ad here University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health released a study today showing that those suffering from sleep apnea appear to have an increased risk of cancer mortality. Previous studies have linked the sleep disordered breathing (SBD) problems to hypertension, cardiovascular disease, depression and earlier death, but this is the first [...]

Sleep Apnea Has Higher Risk Of Cancer Mortality, Featured Health News from Medical News Today

Shocking Risk Figures For Teens Developing Diabetes And Heart Problems

Featured Health News from Medical News Today — Mon, 21 May 2012 18:00:00 +0000

Nursing-Resource.com

The June issues of Pediatrics carries an article laying down the risks for teens developing heart problems, cardio-vascular disease and diabetes. The study compares today's figures with a study from a year ago called "Prevalence of Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Among U.S. Adolescents, 1999-2008... Read More

Shocking Risk Figures For Teens Developing Diabetes And Heart Problems, Featured Health News from Medical News Today

How Does ApoE4 Affect Alzheimer’s Risk? New Clues

Featured Health News from Medical News Today — Mon, 21 May 2012 16:00:00 +0000

Nursing-Resource.com

Although there is a strong association between common mutations of the ApoE gene and the risk of developing late-onset Alzheimer's disease, researchers have not known what role this gene plays in the disease until now. Of the three varieties of ApoE - ApoE2, ApoE3 and ApoE4, the team found that in mice, ApoE4 damages the [...]

How Does ApoE4 Affect Alzheimer’s Risk? New Clues, Featured Health News from Medical News Today

Dysentery May Be Treatable With Cheap Arthritis Drug

Featured Health News from Medical News Today — Mon, 21 May 2012 10:00:00 +0000

Nursing-Resource.com

US researchers have discovered that an already approved arthritis drug may offer a cheap, low-dose treatment for the amoebic infections that cause dysentery in humans worldwide. So far they have only tested the drug in lab and animal studies, but they have applied for approval to start clinical trials to test it as a treatment [...]

Dysentery May Be Treatable With Cheap Arthritis Drug, Featured Health News from Medical News Today

World’s First Stem Cell Drug From Osiris: Approved

Featured Health News from Medical News Today — Mon, 21 May 2012 07:00:00 +0000

Nursing-Resource.com

There is great news for parents suffering the harrowing ordeal of their child needing a bone marrow transplant. The announcement came from Osiris Therapeutics Inc. (NASDAQ: OSIR) on Friday that Health Canada has approved its groundbreaking stem cell therapy Prochymal® (remestemcel-L). The drug can be used to treat children with acute graft-vs-host disease. (GvHD)... Read [...]

World’s First Stem Cell Drug From Osiris: Approved, Featured Health News from Medical News Today

How Many Calories Should I Eat?

Featured Health News from Medical News Today — Mon, 21 May 2012 07:00:00 +0000

Nursing-Resource.com

The number of calories people should eat each day depends on several factors, including their age, size, height, sex, lifestyle, and overall general health. A physically active 6ft 2in male, aged 22 years, requires considerably more calories than a 5ft 2ins sedentary woman in her 70s. Recommended daily calorie intakes also vary across the world... [...]

How Many Calories Should I Eat?, Featured Health News from Medical News Today

PA32540 Cuts Gastric Acid Faster Than Enteric-Coated Aspirin

Featured Health News from Medical News Today — Sun, 20 May 2012 14:00:00 +0000

Nursing-Resource.com

SAN DIEGO - The investigational compound PA32540 provides faster gastric protection than enteric-coated omeprazole 40 mg, researchers announced at Digestive Disease Week 2012. PA32540 is an investigational coordinated-delivery tablet of immediate-release (IR) omeprazole (40 mg), a proton pump inhibitor (PPI), layered around enteric-coated aspirin (325 mg)... Read More

PA32540 Cuts Gastric Acid Faster Than Enteric-Coated Aspirin, Featured Health News from Medical News Today

Genetic Test May Predict Risk Of Schizophrenia

Featured Health News from Medical News Today — Sat, 19 May 2012 16:00:00 +0000

Nursing-Resource.com

Researchers at the Indiana University School of Medicine have developed a test that can predict how likely an individual is to develop schizophrenia. The scientists combined data from several different types of studies in order to identify and prioritize a group of genes most associated with the disease... Read More

Genetic Test May Predict Risk Of Schizophrenia, Featured Health News from Medical News Today

Dieting During Pregnancy Is Safe And Helpful

Featured Health News from Medical News Today — Sat, 19 May 2012 07:00:00 +0000

Nursing-Resource.com

A study in BMJ reports that the risk for serious complications, such as pre-eclampsia, diabetes and premature birth can be safely reduced even in overweight and obese pregnant women by following a healthy calorie controlled diet during pregnancy... Read More

Dieting During Pregnancy Is Safe And Helpful, Featured Health News from Medical News Today

Athlete’s High Pain Threshold May Help Pain Management Research

Featured Health News from Medical News Today — Fri, 18 May 2012 21:00:00 +0000

Nursing-Resource.com

Athletes are often seen to put on a 'brave face and carry on' when they sustain an injury, which supports the theory that they have a higher pain threshold than non-athletes, regardless of inconsistent and sometimes even contradictory evidence from previous studies on pain perception in athletes... Read More

Athlete’s High Pain Threshold May Help Pain Management Research, Featured Health News from Medical News Today