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 Drugs.com
Drugs.com is the most popular, comprehensive and up-to-date source of drug information online. Providing free, peer-reviewed, accurate and independent data on more than 24,000 prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines & natural products.

Health line.com
As the fastest-growing consumer health information site – with over 40 million monthly visitors – Healthline’s mission is to be your most trusted ally in your pursuit of health and well-being.
You can depend on us to provide expert content along with genuine caring. Both of which will support, guide and inspire you toward the best possible health outcomes for you and your family.

News.health 
This is the another popular site for health containing more & more information about happy and healthy,beauty, Diet and fitness and so on.

MedicineNet 
 You can depend on us to provide expert content along with genuine caring. Both of which will support, guide and inspire you toward the best possible health outcomes for you and your family.

 Medscape.com
Medscape from WebMD is a part of WebMD Health Professional Network that includes theHeart.org and eMedicine.com. Visit our corporate website  for investor information, corporate management and press releases related to WebMD.

Mind body Green.com  
 This is the another popular site for health containing more & more information about happy and healthy,beauty, Diet and fitness and so on.

Yahoo Health
Yahoo Health is the most popular, comprehensive and up-to-date source of Health  information online. Providing free, peer-reviewed, accurate and independent data & medicines & natural products.

Everyday Health
The material on this web site is provided for educational purposes only and is not to be used for medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.

Medical News Today 

Medical News Today : Your source for health news since 2003.
Over 259,600 articles spanning hundreds of medical topics, plus our Knowledge Center.

Rx List

RxList is an online medical resource dedicated to offering detailed and current pharmaceutical information on brand and generic drugs. Founded by pharmacists in 1995, RxList is the premier Internet Drug Index resource. Acquired by WebMD in 2004, our knowledgeable staff at RxList continuously reviews and updates the site with articles written by pharmacists and physicians and data provided by credible and reliable sources like the FDA, Cerner Multum, and First Databank, Inc. to ensure the most accurate and beneficial information is provided. 



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Scuicide risk is high for young people

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Suicide means ending your own life. It is sometimes a way for people to avoid thier pain or suffering. When someone ends their own life, we say that they “died by suicide.”
Around 78% of suicides are men and in almost all cultures, the suicide rate rises with age. The highest rates of suicide in the UK are among people aged 45 to 49 years and it remains a common cause of death in men aged 40 to 44 with 26.9 deaths per 100,000 people.

 In the European Union each year  More than 55,000 people end their own lives, that figure is 4,722 - that's one death every two hours - and at least 10 times that number attempt suicide

Risk Factors for suicide:
Certain factors are known which are responsible for  suicide: 
  • drug and alcohol misuse
  • unemployment
  • family breakdown.
  • violence
  • social isolation
  • history of trauma or abuse
  • poverty
  • poor social conditions
  • imprisonment
an statistics show that more than 90% of suicides and suicide attempts are associated with a psychiatric disorder, the majority of which are depressive disorders.
At the highest risk of suicide are people suffering from alcoholism, clinical depression or schizophrenia. Previous suicide attempts are also an indication of particular risk. Up to 16% of survivors try again within a year, with 2% of repeat attempts being fatal.
For older people there are some different causes like, poverty, poor quality housing, social isolation, depression and physical health problems are factors which can increase the risk of suicide.

Prevention 

Suicidal state is often a temporary state of mind. If appropriate and timely help and emotional support is offered to people who are experiencing deep unhappiness and distress, this can reduce the risk of them choosing to end their own life. 

Following a focused campaign in recent years, numbers of suicides among younger men aged 25 - 34 – previously the highest – has been on a downward trend.
Attempts at suicide are often preceded by certain signs. These can include evidence of deliberate self-harm and the person in question expressing their thoughts in the year before the act to relatives, partners, peers or professionals.

Despite this, three-quarters of all people who end their own lives are not in contact with mental health services. 

Prevention of suicide is not the exclusive responsibility of any one sector of society. General practitioners can restrict the number of tablets prescribed to those at risk of overdose.    Schools can create cultures in which young people feel it is healthy to talk through emotional and other difficulties.Accident and Emergency staff can ensure all young people who have attempted suicide receive specialist mental health assessment. And each of us can  pay close attention to the overall mental health of our loved ones to reduce the risks of them taking their lives. 

Some important points  to prevent suicide:
 1. Build connections with other people
Feeling connected to others is a big part of protecting yourself from suicide.
Here are ways to build connections:
·         Spend time with family and friends and other people.
·         Attend to cultural or religious events.
·         Get involved in your community. For example, sign up for classes at your community center or college.
·         Help others. For example, help out a charity or other group.
2. Get help early for mental health .
Mental health problems are a big part of suicide. You can help protect yourself by finding help for mental health problems early.
Some  common signs of mental health problems:
·         Feeling like nothing makes you happy anymore.
·         Avoiding family and friends.
·         Feeling very stressed or scared for many weeks.
·         Feeling very sad or hopeless for many weeks.
·         Sleeping less or more than usual.
·         Eating less or more than usual.
·         Drinking more alcohol or using more drugs than usual.
·         Taking a lot of time off work or school.
·         Feeling “run down” or sick often.

Recovery from a suicide attempt

The isolation that suicidal people feel can be reinforced by a judgmental approach in which their behavior is viewed as manipulative or selfish. By taking step beyond our personal assumptions, and showing care and respect for the people behind the behaviors, we can help them &  talk about their feelings and help to  prevent suicide taking place.


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Taller people have a great risk of cancer !!!

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Taller men and women are more likely to develop cancer than their shorter peers, according to a major study that find the new light on the link between height and the disease.
Previous studies have shown the relation between height and cancer. That is to say, taller individuals have a higher risk of developing different types of cancer, including melanoma and breast cancer. 

Dr. EmelieBenyi, a PhD student at Karolinska Institutet who led the study, believes this is the first time the association between height and cancer has been studied in men and women on such a large scale, although a link between height and cancer development has been found in other studies. 

He said that “One is that taller people have a larger number of cells in their body which could potentially transform to cancer. It could also be that taller individuals have a higher energy intake which has previously been linked to cancer.”

 The Swedish researchers have not been able to find out yet why but it is believed growth hormones may provide the explanation  or it is responsible for it.Taller people have more cells, which can mutate and become tumours.And growth hormones can increase the rate of cell division and turnover –and it is also raising the risk of cancer.
Experiments in mice, genetically engineered to make excess or very little growth hormone had also shown that their cancer rates increase or decrease. “We know that in humans growth hormone not only stimulates bone growth during our growing years, but stimulates cell growth in general and blocks cell death. So the level of growth hormone someone has could affect cancer risk by pushing up cell numbers,”.

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New Blood test may detect the risk of heart attack

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In every year More than 7 million people visit emergency departments  with chest pain in the US,which sometimes, but not always, indicates heart attack. Now, a new test can reduce the stress of waiting and wondering by providing a fast and accurate assurance of  heart attack .

The new test may indicate when chest pain is not a heart attack.cardiac troponin test is a blood test  The high sensitivity that can measure low levels of troponin, a protein released from the heart during a heart attack. The test can quickly and safely rule out a diagnosis of heart .

Basically, Electrocardiograms (ECGs) are used in the evaluation of patients with chest discomfort but can be normal or not diagnostic in patients with a myocardial infarction. Thus, blood will be obtained to detect  for any heart damage that can be indicated by abnormal protein levels in the blood  cell. The specific proteins that are the subjects of these blood tests include:
  • Creatine kinase (CK)
  • Creatine kinase-MB (CKMB)
  • Myoglobin
  • Cardiac troponin I or cardiac troponin T
These proteins are normally present within the heart cells and are released into the blood after a heart attack. Their presence in the blood can indicate heart damage. However, some of these proteins (CKMB, CK, and myoglobin) are also found in other muscles.
A newer blood test (for detecting cardiac troponin) is both more specific and  more sensitive for heart damage. Cardiac troponins are found only in the heart. Depending on the hospital, either troponin I or troponin T is measured; in general, both work equally well. The guidelines recommend that several measurements be obtained within a period of 8 to 12 hours after admission in the hospital. Because there is a lag from the onset of heart damage to appearance of troponin in the blood, serial monitoring is important to avoid missing a heart attack.
Scientists found that the new test could detect far lower levels of troponin in the blood than, and they wanted to know if detecting troponin levels of less than 5 ng/L or less in patients with chest pain would predict that the patient was not at risk of a heart attack.
The probability that patients were not at risk of heart attack or subsequent death from a heart condition after 30 days was evaluated through reference to a range of troponin concentrations. 

A troponin threshold of less than 5 ng/L identified 61% of patients at very low risk of heart attack, with a negative predictive value of 99.6%, regardless of any prior complaint or condition. A year later, the same patients still had a three times lower risk of heart attack and cardiac death than those who had troponin levels of 5 ng/L or higher.
 
Lead author Dr. Aroop Shah, from the University of Edinburgh in the UK, comments that until now, there has not been a quick way to rule out a heart attack within emergency departments.
He says:

"We have identified a cardiac troponin concentration below which patients are at very low risk of heart attack either during the admission or in the ensuing 30 days. These patients are therefore potentially suitable for immediate and safe discharge from the emergency department. These findings could dramatically reduce unnecessary hospital admissions and provide substantial cost savings for health care providers."

Earlier this year, the BHF showed that the same test could double diagnosis rates of heart attacks in women. They found that using different criteria for a positive test improved diagnosis rates so that 1 in 5 women were diagnosed. 

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