Category: Research (Page 90 of 93)

Good News on Preventing Early Deliveries

For patients and for doctors everything came together to benefit pregnant woman fearing preterm pregnancy

The FDA approved the preterm prevention drug which subsequently was priced out of reach for most patients.

As soon as FDA allowed ccompounding pharmacies to produce their own version of the drug the price dropped enabling more women access.

Not Everyone Needs 8 Hours of Sleep; It’s All in the Genes!

We all know those people who brag about not sleeping; not needing sleep or who consider sleep a waste of time and can function perfectly well on little sleep.

Well, with all the studies to the contrary it appears that there may in fact be a small percentage of people for whom these claims are true.

It seems that a genetic variation explains why some people can be considered the “Sleepless Elite“.

Heart disease is as old as man

We are struggling in the western culture and fighting the same problem as our ancient ancestors.

Have you ever thought about heart disease as a problem for ancient man?

New study shows that heart diseases is not just a problem of our century but to the world of antiquity, as well.

You may be an athlete, senator, teacher, sailor or ancient Egyptian princess but despite your genetics your habits and your evirment could put you at risk for heart disease.

The earliest known case of coronary artery disease has been found in the 3,550-year-old mummy of an Egyptian princess. She lived between 1580 and 1550 B.C., and died in her early 40s.

Teen pregnancy rates lowest in two decades

Did you know that the cost of teen pregnancies cost U.S tax payers $9 BILLION a year?

At a time when teen pregnancy is being celebrated on reality TV the actual number of teen pregnancies has fallen over the years.

Sex education has been playing a positive role in teenager’s lives.

“In 2009, around 410,000 teenage girls, ages 15 to 19, gave birth in the United States. That’s a 37 percent decrease from the teen birth rate in1991. Then, 61.8 births per every 1,000 females was a teen pregnancy. The rate has now dropped to 39.1 births per 1,000 women. Yet according to the United Nations, the rate of teen pregnancy in the United States is nearly nine times higher than in the majority of other developed nations.”

Discovery of New Alzheimer’s Disease Risk Genes May Help in Treating Patients

Alzhimer’s is a growing problem as the population ages.

The challenge lies in early detection and treatments which target the four degenerative pathways to alzheimer’s disease.

Alzheimer’s disease is the leading cause of dementia and the sixth leading cause of death in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Although specific genetic mutations are known to cause the early onset form of the disease, the late onset form is thought to arise from a complex interaction of susceptibility genes and other risk factors

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