A study that came out in the journal Neurology on Monday suggests that only a few epilepsy drugs are connected to rise in suicidal tendency, even though all the medications display a warning about the hazard.
The study involved 44,300 UK patients using epilepsy medications from 1990 to 2005. But an increase in suicidal tendency was noticed only in a few patients who use a few newer drugs that were previously associated with risk of depression. Some of the newer drugs are topiramate (Topamax), levetiracetam (Keppra), tiagabine (Gabitril) and vigabatrin (Sabril).
In 2008, the Food and Drug Administration had ordered that all the epilepsy drugs should display a warning about the risk [...]
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Not All Epilepsy Drugs Ignite Suicidal Behavior
by on 28. Jul, 2010 in Health News
Diet Soda Linked To Premature Birth
by on 27. Jul, 2010 in Health News
A new research reported in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition says that consuming artificially sweetened beverages during pregnancy increases the risk of premature births. The research was carried out on approximately 60000 women in Denmark who testified on the number of soft drinks they include in their daily diet after nearly 25 weeks of being pregnant. Of these 5% women delivered babies before 37 weeks of pregnancy.
Pregnant women who consumed minimum one serving of diet soda were 38% more likely to have a preterm delivery against those expecting mothers who completely shunned artificially sweetened soda. The women who opted for at least 4 diet sodas per day were found [...]
High Rates of Rheumatic Fever
by on 26. Jul, 2010 in Health News
General practitioners and pediatricians in New Zealand consider not just the astonishingly high rates of rheumatic fever but also it’s mere existence as an embarrassing factor. Rheumatic fever occurs due to streptococcus throat infections and is fatal as it can lead to serious heart problems. Just last week in Northland, 600 children underwent screening for any cardiac damages caused by this fever.
The research was focused mainly on children in Northland and South Auckland. However, the country’s overall rates are also quite alarming at 14 times higher than the OECD average. Some parts in Wellington were found to have terrible rates of rheumatic fever cases especially Porirua East which has the [...]
Education Helps Compensate Dementia Effects
by on 26. Jul, 2010 in Health News
A study by UK and Finnish team suggest that education can help in compensating for the effects caused by dementia on the human brain. Though the signs of dementia in brains at death were more or less similar in both the highly educated and the less educated ones, the former were found to display symptoms less likely.
But the scientists are yet to find the reason for this effect.
Studies on dementia in the past few years have shown that the risk of dementia is reduced if an individual spends more time in education. But whether education actually protects against dementia in brain wasn’t proved.
The study involved examination of 872 brains of [...]
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