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Soy supplements no longer ensure relief from symptoms of menopause. This was revealed by a study undertaken under the leadership of Dr. Silvina Levis, director of the Osteoporosis Center at the University Of Miami Miller School Of Medicine. So far soy was considered a natural alternative to hormonal replacement therapy, to treat disorders arising from menopause, because of its plant based estrogen.
The study was done on 248 women in the menopause age group of 45 to 60 years, put into two groups, chosen randomly to take 200mg of soy supplements or placebo tablets for two years. At the end of the study period it was observed that there was no improvement in symptoms of menopause in either of the two groups. The frequency of hot flashes remained the same for women in the soy supplement group. It however decreased for the group taking placebo. To overcome symptoms of menopause exercises and yoga was recommended as well as intake of calcium and vitamin supplements.

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Sudden deaths due to cardiac arrests on the playing field have been affecting the young players as well as the elderly. The recent happening of sudden deaths wherein former Japanese defender Naoki Matsuda collapsed while undergoing training and that of a young basketball player in the US, who collapsed all of a sudden after sinking the game winning ball, are cases of sports related cardiac arrests.
A study by Eloi Marijon and his colleagues from the Paris Cardiovascular Research Center, has researched on 820 cases on sports related sudden deaths over 5 years. Of these 50 cases of sudden death occurred in the athletes aged 10 to 35 years. 9 out of 10 cardiac arrests happened during running or biking. The rest happened in the range of 35 to 65 years. Out of the 820 cases, 253 sportsmen made it to the hospital alive and 128 of them finally lived to see the day.

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The Chest Pain Emergency Room that opened at Shands on Wednesday will be using a novel and effective method for testing patients coming with chest pain.
Earlier a patient coming with chest pain would be tested for immediate health risks and those with lower risks would be prescribed an outpatient stress test whereupon it was the patient's discretion to return for more tests.
Now a patient coming to the emergency complaining of chest pain, would undergo an EKG test, whereupon if the risks of a heart attack are less, a physician would evaluate his condition with the help of CT scans or other stress tests and advice him suitably.
The main aim of the Chest Pain Emergency Room is to cut down on unnecessary hospital admissions and costs and diagnose each case more accurately.