December 14, 2007 at 8:01 pm
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Science Daily - Dec 14 8:06 AM
A clear, direct link between obesity and colorectal cancer has been shown in a new analysis. The report shows that obese individuals have a 20% greater risk of developing colorectal cancer compared with those of normal weight. The analyses also indicated that obese men are at 30% greater risk of developing the cancer compared with obese women. Findings from the study also showed that carrying …
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December 11, 2007 at 4:43 pm
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News-Medical-Net - 5 minutes ago
Abdominal obesity is a strong independent risk factor for heart disease, and using the waist-hip ratio rather than waist measurement alone is a better predictor of heart disease risk among men and women, researchers reported in a study published in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
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December 11, 2007 at 4:41 pm
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Medical News Today - Dec 11 4:08 AM
In a paper published December 10, 2007, in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS), Boston University Goldman School of Dental Medicine Associate Dean for Research, Dr. Salomon Amar, and his team have linked obesity to weakened antibacterial immunity. Through experimental research, Amar and his team looked at how control and obese mice fought P. gingivalis infection. [click …
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October 30, 2007 at 10:41 am
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Food and Drug administration announced the approval of erectile dysfunction drug Viagra (sildenafil citrate), the first oral drug for erectile dysfunction, a dysfunction that millions of peoples affect in United States.
Viagra was evaluated in group of randomly taken person, placebo controlled trials involving more than 3000 men with varying degrees of erectile dysfunction associated with spinal cord injury, diabetes, history of prostate surgery, and no identifiable organic cause of impotence. Patients also had other related disease including hypertension and coronary artery disease. . The findings were consistent in men representing a wide range of severity and etiology of their
impotence (erectile dysfunction).
Some patients from randomly taken group on Viagra (about 3 percent) also reported changes in vision, principally altered color perception.
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October 30, 2007 at 10:41 am
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It has been estimated that more than 57% of diabetic men suffer from erectile dysfunction-also called impotence and almost all complain bitterly that it has destroyed something that is very important to them. Erectile dysfunction caused by diabetes can be prevented in almost all men whose bodies can still make insulin.
Diabetes occurs when you body is not capable to produce insulin. Insulin is basically a hormone necessary to convert sugar and starches into energy, which is required to make yours body work efficiently.
The main risk factors for developing
erectile dysfunction in men with diabetes are:
Nerve damage: Long-term diabetes also causes nerve damage, which may be a contributing factor.
Blood vessel damage.
Reduced blood sugar control.
But there are some treatments available for men with diabetes and erectile dysfunction. Men with diabetes having problem develop or maintain an erection can take oral ED drug such as Viagra, Cialis and Levitra. Additional treatment in men with diabetes might want to consider include intracavernous injection therapy, vacuum constriction devices, intraurethral therapy, and sex therapy.
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