Atkins diet safety questioned
Atkins diet that became world wide popular over the last couple of years caused a life-threatening condition to an obese woman who followed it. The diet’s theory says that the body that is starved on carbohydrates will start burning stored fat. Atkins diet allows an intake of high-fat foods like...
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More and more children on antipsychotics
There has been an alarming rise in use of antipsychotic drugs in the treatment of children who suffer from attention deficit disorder and other behavioral problems. These drugs are made for treating schizophrenia and other psychotic illnesses and have not been proved to work in treating ADD/ADHD...
A drug trial ended ingloriously with possible victims
Six previously healthy volunteers signed up for a drug trial to test a medicine that would be used in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, leukemia and multiple sclerosis. The drug was named TGN1412 and was made by pharmaceutical company TeGenero AG, based in Wurzburg, Germany and was being tested...
Home Chlamydia Test
Chlamydia is one of the most common sexually transmitted infections and while the cases in many Western countries are decreasing, the number of infected in UK is still on the rise. The biggest problem with Chlamydia is that it often causes no symptoms and the people don’t even know they have, so...
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Failure to Diagnose Cancer for 37 times takes a life
We have another case of doctors’ neglect with a tragic end this time. A young 31 year-old father Peter Cura, from Rainham, was missed a diagnose of kidney cancer even after 37 appointments for scans and physical examinations at the Medway Maritime Hospital in Gillingham, Kent. Peter Cura left...
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Colour of your urine reveals your medical problem
In a healthy person, pigment known as urochrome determines the colour of urine, which may range from almost clear to bright yellow. With today’s modern monitoring devices, doctors don’t even think about looking at the urine, which could reveal important facts about the patients’ health. For...
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Mineral Water Stored In Plastic Containers Could Be Lethal
World expert William Shotyk found that mineral water that is being stored in plastic containers for over three months could be lethal. It is known that plastic containers release antimony-a deadly toxin. William Shotyk realized that the levels of this toxin rise as water is being stored in these...
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Doctor Accused Of Misdiagnosing 208 Patients
It seems that some people party way too much during medical school. Farid Zaer, a doctor from NSW in Australia has been accused of wrongly diagnosing around 208 patients. A review of the medical records shows that this doctor failed to diagnose many condition among which cancer. It was found that...
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Anxiety and Depression linked to Obesity
A team of researchers who led a study on childhood anxiety and depression found a link between these disorders and obesity in adulthood. The study involved a group of 820 people, among which 403 women and 417 men, who were assessed four times between 1983 and 2003. Their age ranged from 9 to 18...
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Poor Quality of Cabin Air in the Plane Causes DVT
A research was done on the risks of formation of deep-vein thrombosis (DVT) and it was suggested that Low cabin air pressure and poor oxygenation in the planes contribute greatly to the formation of DVT and not only mere sitting in cramped conditions on long flights like it was previously thought....
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