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Genetic iceberg linked to weight, food, behavior, personality, physical performance and core biology
Although your entire genome needs to be tested when it becomes affordable, there are still some types of gene testing that can help you manage your lifestyle, diet, risks, and atittiudes toward your health. If you learn who you really are, can you control...
Tags: Alpha-Genics, DNA testing, genes, diets, risks, lifestyles, genome, DNA potentials
Alzheimer's drugs double death risk in elderly
London :: United Kingdom | 10 months ago
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Anti-psychotic drugs commonly used to treat Alzheimer's disease may double a patient's chance of dying within a few years, suggests a new study that adds to concerns already known about such medications. "For the vast majority of Alzheimer's patients,...
FDA requires warnings about risks of suicide on antiseizure medications used by millions
Washington :: DC :: USA | 11 months ago
Credibility Federal health regulators are ordering companies that make epilepsy drugs to add warnings about increased risks of suicide to their products. The new warnings apply to blockbuster drugs used by millions of patients to control seizures. The drugs include...
MDs leery of cholesterol drugs for kids
Toronto :: Canada | 11 months ago
Credibility Health Reporter Children and teens should not be prescribed cholesterol-lowering drugs because there is not enough evidence of their long-term benefits or risks, doctors warn in Canada's leading medical journal. Yesterday's editorial in Canadian Medical...
HealthScout.com: Chromosome Linked to Diabetics' Heart Risks
Lyman :: WY :: USA | 12 months ago
Credibility Adding to earlier research, a new study has identified a genetic variation that increases the risk of coronary artery disease (CAD) in type 2 diabetes patients with poor sugar glucose (glycemic) control. Previous research has found that genetic variations...
Blood pressure readings taken in doctor's clinics may not predict heart risks
Toronto :: Canada | 12 months ago
Credibility Archives journals, the study suggests that continuously measuring blood pressure may instead help predict heart disease and related deaths among individuals with treatment-resistant hypertension. Background information in the research article suggests...
Tags: heart, study, disease, risks, blood pressure, percent, pressure readings
LA Times: Tips for preventing memory loss
Lisbon Falls :: ME :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility But a variety of factors seem to reduce the risk of developing dementia. And the good news is that many are risks that people can reduce by changing their behavior. * Take care of your heart: Rates of Alzheimer's disease are higher for those with high...
Unawareness about health issues puts women at risk
Toronto :: Canada | about 1 year ago
Credibility There's still a lot of education of women about their bodies and their health that we can do," said Gillian Einstein, a senior scientist at Women's College and a professor at the University of Toronto, who has published a book on gender-based medicine....
Tags: disease, health, heart, research, risk, scientist, risks, heart disease
Pain Pill's Tamper-Resistance Reviewed
Ács :: Hungary | about 1 year ago
Credibility A Food and Drug Administration medical reviewer Monday questioned whether a proposed pain pill by Pain Therapeutics Inc. and King Pharmaceuticals Inc. was tamper-resistant. Pain Therapeutics of San Mateo, Calif., developed a drug, Remoxy, which is a controlled-release...
Deseret News, Utah: Does pollution raise heart risks?
Salt Lake City :: UT :: USA | about 1 year ago
Credibility November 10, 2008 Heart failure patients who generally managed their disease well were still more likely to end up in the hospital days after high pollution levels, according to a joint study by Intermountain Medical Center and Brigham Young University.
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