Homemade Remedies For a Yeast Infection - Top Tips For Making Yeast Infection Home Remedies

Yeast infections are never very nice at the best of times and curing them as soon as you can is definitely the recommended option. In fact, more and more people are looking into homemade remedies for a yeast infection. Why? Well, it is because a lot of the over the counter remedies are quite expensive. In fact, getting a prescription drug to treat your yeast infection can cost a lot of money and this may be one of the reasons why people put off treating their infection....

Many cancer patients receive insufficient pain relief therapy

Many cancer patients receive insufficient pain relief therapy

Pain is one of the most common symptoms of cancer patients, yet many of them do not receive adequate therapy for the pain caused by their disease or treatments, according to a study in the September 1 issue of the International Journal of Radiation Oncology*Biology*Physics, the official journal of the American Society for Therapeutic Radiology and Oncology.

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Mother's stress linked to child becoming overweight

A mother's stress may contribute to her young children being overweight and obese in low income households with sufficient food, according to a new Iowa State University study that is published in the September issue of Pediatrics, the professional journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics.

The study analyzed data collected from 841 children in 425 households in the 1999-2002 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

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GlaxoSmithKline's Darapladib Modifies Coronary Plaque Composition And Lowers Lp-PLA2 Activity, A Biomarker Predictive Of Heart Attack Risk

GlaxoSmithKline's Darapladib Modifies Coronary Plaque Composition And Lowers Lp-PLA2 Activity, A Biomarker Predictive Of Heart Attack Risk
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) announced that results of the Integrated Biomarkers and Imaging Study-2 (IBIS-2) showed that use of the selective Lp-PLA2 (lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2) inhibitor, darapladib, in addition to standard of care treatment, prevented expansion of the necrotic core, a region within coronary plaque associated with a high risk of rupture.

"Healthy" Individuals May Be At Risk For Heart Disease
In the face of a growing obesity epidemic in the United States, researchers at Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center have new study results that indicate that how much fat a person has is not as important as where that fat is located when assessing risk for cardiovascular events and metabolic disease. "We are facing an obesity epidemic, which obviously affects many things metabolic abnormalities, cardiovascular disease, etc.," said Jingzhong Ding, M.D.

Endarterectomy Alternative Found In Angioplasty With Stenting
To prevent ipsilateral stroke in patients with symptomatic stenosis of the cartoid artery, cartoid angioplasty with stenting shows a similar level of effectiveness as enarterectomy, according to two articles released on September 6, 2008 in The Lancet Neurology. Stenosis of the lumen of the cartoid artery occurs when the space in the artery is abnormally narrow.

Brush Your Teeth To Reduce The Risk Of Heart Disease
Heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. However, many people with cardiovascular disease have none of the common risk factors such as smoking, obesity and high cholesterol. Now, researchers have discovered a new link between gum disease and heart disease that may help find ways to save lives, scientists heard (Tuesday 9 September 2008) at the Society for General Microbiology's Autumn meeting being held this week at Trinity College, Dublin.