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New Drug in Diabetic Neuropathy
...nful condition which is a very agonizing nighttime pain seen in diabetics. However, new hope lies with exp...ocks NMDA receptors, which are believed to mediate pain effects in diabetic neuropathy being researched by Central Arkansas Research, Arkansas. This drug sh...Fibroids unlikely to Turn Cancerous
...hs in the uterus which sometimes cause discomfort, pain and bleeding. According to Dr. Kevin Reynolds, chief of gynecologic oncology at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, in Ann Arbor, removal of fibroids is the largest single reason hysterectomies are performed in the United States. ...Painkillers Do Not Shorten Dying Patients' Lives
...f the study."This study dispels the myth that good pain control at the end of life means killing the patie...t. People should not fear that taking morphine for pain need shorten life, and any doctor with such a worry about one of their patients should seek speciali...Serum Progesterone Helps Stratify Ectopic Pregnancy Risk
...resented to an emergency department with abdominal pain or vaginal bleeding. Patients were monitored until intrauterine or ectopic pregnancy was confirmed. Follow-up showed that, altogether, 61% were viable intrauterine pregnancies, 32% were nonviable intrauterine pregnancies and 7.3% were ectopic pregnan...Pancreatitis: Minimially Invasive Procedure Offers Long-Term Pain Relief
...rn to a minimally invasive operation for long-term pain relief, according to a new study by Johns Hopkins ...dominal and back pain. In many cases, Kalloo says, pain may be caused by elevated pressures in the pancreatic duct. For these patients, endoscopic therapy t...Fight Heart disease and Pain with Meditation
...ental meditation says it is possible to fight body pain and a host of risk factors of heart disease includ...rteries and also plays a major role in alleviating pain in many patients. Researchers from the College of Maharishi Vedic Medicine in Fairfield, Iowa, cond...Gujarat quake-Rescue teams give up hope of finding more survivors
...ers are still arriving at Gujarat to help ease the pain of the victims of India’s worst quake ever. The prime minister of India, Atal Behari Vajpayee, has announced that a special tax proposal will be introduced to help the state of Gujarat tide over this calamity and the union home minister, Lal Krishn...Doctors operate upon patients in candlelight- latest from the quake scene
...octors who work round the clock trying to ease the pain of the thousands who survived the quake. While the actual treatment might end in a few hours, for the injured to recover it might well take several weeks or even months before they become normal again. Even if they do it is unlikely that anyone of ...Not all tooth pain may have dental origins!!
...t dentists only with terminal problems or when the pain becomes unbearable.A small problem is easier to cu...ornia, while addressing the participants told that pain that appears to be tooth-related could often be traced to another problem entirely. Pain radiating t...Spirituality helps lessen arthritic pain
... religion or spirituality to cope with the chronic pain of rheumatoid arthritis can reduce their pain and boost their sense of well being, the researchers say. Dr. Francis says, "One might expect that ......ars or so. The main obstacle of these tests is the pain and discomfort associated with them. But researche...reasingly been developing new ways to minimize the pain from those finger pricks with a growing arsenal of glucose monitors, lasers and lancets. One of the...Fight arthritic pain with acupuncture
Arthritic pain is one of the worst types of chronic pain. Many pe...is enough evidence to suggest acupuncture relieves pain for some arthritis sufferers. It has proven least effective against immune system-related arthritic ......ing 12 weeks of interferon treatment reported less pain and fewer instances of gastric irritations. They also reported less confusion or memory problems and slightly less fatigue than people who didn’t get the antidepressants...Paracetamol May Cause Live Damage Warns Consumer Education and Research Centre
...dvent of ‘Crocin 1000’ which is been promoted as a pain reliever for chronic conditions like osteoarthritis and rheumatic arthritis. Recent studies by Dr Eliam Lee of the University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Centre, has documented that 38% of acute live failure cases in 22 hospitals in the United St...Vedic vibration technology- the new cure for arthritis
...ients treated and at least 60 per cent relief from pain in 70 per cent cases. The study was recently conducted in Berlin and Paris in co-ordination with scientists from The Netherlands, Albuquerque, Iowa, New York and Massachusetts. Arthritis is a chronic, disabling condition characterized by stiff, pai...Distraction therapy found very effective in postoperative patients
Controlling pain in patients following surgeries has been effective...ounds from nature and have successfully controlled pain in patients following a painful procedure called bronchoscopy, which involves inserting the tube int...Analgesic abuse - cause for chronic headache in children
Over the counter pain medications such as aspirin, acetaminophen(paracet...en by each patient was 28 each week, with 16 using pain medication daily. They stopped all the analgesic medications and found that the headache symptoms de...Acupuncture superseeds massage therapy for short term relief of pain
Chronic neck pain often remains a therapeutic challenge for many pra...en its stride. Acupuncture vs massage for treating pain has been widely debated with some practitioners. Dr. Dominik Irnich of Ludwig-Maximilians Universit...Leptospirosis epidemic feared in mumbai - 12 killed
...ase include high grade fever, headache, diarrhoea, pain in the joints or muscles. The disease is present in the urine of rats and is transmitted to humans through dogs, cattle and on contact with contaminated water....Antifever drug betters stroke outcome
Over-the-counter pain reliever and fever reducer Paracetamol, whose active ingredient is Acetaminophen is found effective in the prognosis of the stroke. The fever-reducer acetaminophen lowers body temperature in people who have had a stroke, according to a new study cond...Moderate Use of Analgesics - Not Associated With Kidney Dysfunction
...occasional use of aspirin, acetaminophen, or other pain relievers for everyday aches and pains is not asso...studies have suggested that regular use of popular pain killers such as aspirin, acetaminophen, and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs(NSAIDs) may i......ncluding ligament damage, bone chips and recurrent pain from end-stage arthritis. An arthroscope is a tub...last resort to relieve persistent and debilitating pain in the ankle for patients with end-stage arthritis. Stienstra says arthroscopy improves the success ......also experience general malaise, nausea, abdominal pain and excessive fatigue. It may also be, they said, that women are more at risk of death after heart attack because of increased depression, social isolation and lack of support once they leave hospital. Because heart attacks are less common among wom......also experience general malaise, nausea, abdominal pain and excessive fatigue. It may also be, they said, that women are more at risk of death after heart attack because of increased depression, social isolation and lack of support once they leave hospital. Because heart attacks are less common among wom......eveal, in a study,// the changes in the brain when pain takes away your appetite. From a group of migraine...r even in its absence. Then the researchers gave pain stimuli to rats and discovered that they activated not just brain cells that transmit pain signals, ......found that giving x-rays to people with lower back pain can appear to worsen the outcome. The study track... of patients - 421 in all - who had had lower back pain for over six weeks. One group was given radiography, the other was not. Researchers found that afte...Strong pain killers likely to cause miscarriage
... English expert says that certain over-the-counter pain killers should carry warnings that they can increase the risk of miscarriage. The comments follow a study by Danish reseacher Gunnar Lauge Nielsen and colleagues published in this week's British Medical Journal which studied the effect on women of t...Early detection of heart attack
Researchers have found a new test to assess chest pain is accurate in more rapid diagnosis of a heart attack.Chest pain does not always signify a heart attack. It can be caused by indigestion or a panic attack. But the s......an or other animal has any sensation- from feeling pain to hearing a sound or remembering something millions of neurons are sending signals in the form of neurotransmitters,Jorgensen said.The strength of a signal depends on the number of neurotransmitter filled membrane balloons released by each neuron.So...Heart Attacks during Menstruation!
...om England. Angina is a heavy, squeezing chest pain which occurs when there is insufficient oxygen supply to the heart. It is more common in patients //with a history of heart disease. Researchers from the Cardiothoracic Centre report in the journal Heart, studied a phenomenon where angina is more lik...New Modality in Migraine Management
...ms of valproate sodium every 5 minutes until their pain was relieved. By the end of the study, he found t...r symptom relief was 88%, and 59 reported complete pain relief. No problems with drowsiness or euphoria were reported, although most patients said they felt...Increased Heart Attack Risk From Celebrex,Vioxx
...REX (celecoxib capsules) is used for relief of the pain and inflammation of osteoarthritis and adult rheum...cally inhibit only the COX-2 (which is involved in pain and inflammation) while not affecting the first (which is involved in protecting lining of the stoma...Novartis files application with FDA for Zometa
...tures, compression of the spinal cord, severe bone pain and hypercalcemia.// Zometa is a new generation intravenous bisphosphonate that was approved by the FDA just two weeks ago (20 August 2001) for the treatment of hypercalcemia of malignancy (HCM), the most common life-threatening metabolic complicat......ignificantly greater improvement in motion-related pain compared with massage, but surprisingly, not with ...re were no significant differences in mobility and pain between the groups. A related commentary in the journal points out that laser acupuncture was a go......s for such people. If the anticipation part of the pain response can be removed, it would reduce the overall "pain load".......mes allows doctors to spot those people with chest pain who are really having a heart attack. Only 10 to 1...those who show up in the emergency room with chest pain are actually having a heart attack. Other causes of chest pain are gastrointestinal, kidney, rib or ...Frozen food invite food poisoning
...he UK. It causes diarrhoea, vomiting and abdominal pain and even complications like arthritis and Guillain-Barre syndrome, a type of temporary paralysis. The Public Health Laboratory Service (PHLS) has done one of the first studies of the sources of Campylobacter . They examined 7,000 reported cases in ....... "The cannabis extracts can produce high-quality pain relief, symptom control, and improvement in the qu...ract was given over eight weeks, and participants' pain levels monitored. Asked to rate their improvement in pain relief on a scale from one to 10, the majo...Wake-up call for peripheral artery disease
...ful to start with, it's the best way of easing the pain and fatigue in their leg and arm muscles.......ue. This is done in an area of the palate with few pain fibres so it doesn't hurt like the more standard treatment. And radiofrequency treatment works well - most patients in the trials experienced a significant decrease in snoring, which was maintained for several months following the surgery....Heat therapy relieves back pain
... the backbone. It works on a specific type of back pain called internal disk disruption (IDD), which is re... age. It leads to the growth of new tissue full of pain receptors and to irritation of the spinal nerves. The IDET treatment destroys the painful tissue a...Fructose cause digestive problems
... might explain common digestive symptoms like gas, pain and bloating.Researchers at the University of Iowa have been investigating the link between fructose intolerance and the symptoms of irritable bowel syndrome (IBS), a common disorder characterised by abdominal discomfort, bloating and changes in bowe......fective medications for gout that both relieve the pain and stop the condition from recurring. So if you get a sudden joint pain, consult your doctor - you may be experiencing an attack of gout....Over-The-Counter Drugs May Prevent Alzheimer's
Certain over-the-counter pain relievers commonly used to counter the pain and inflammation of rheumatoid arthritis also may cut the risk of getting Alzheimer's disease. In ad...Levels Of Blood Proteins May Help Heart Disease Care
...t supply blood to the heart, and can lead to chest pain and heart attack. In the first study, researchers identified interleukin-6 (IL-6)//, an immune system protein that plays a role in inflammation, as a risk factor for death from CAD.They suggest that patients with elevated levels of IL-6 may be can...New Drug PP188 Helps Sickle Cell Disease
...er and obstruct blood vessels, the result is often pain severe enough to require hospital admission. // Researchers from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill studied more than 250 patients with sickle cell disease. Half of the patients received a drug known as purified poloxamer 188 (PP188), ...An effective way to treat angina
A new way of relieving pain of angina- pulse waves are delivered through thigh...ple who have angina, experience episodes of chest pain on exertion or during stress because the blood supply to their heart cannot cope with the oxygen dem......upropion is an effective treatment for neuropathic pain (nerve pain).Neuropathic pain or nerve pain is commonly treated with tricyclic antidepressants(TCAs) But these drugs have side e......sions, internal scar tissue that can cause chronic pain or intestinal obstruction. Various adhesion-preventing treatments already are sold, but Intergel is the first liquid one. It is only for use during open gynecologic operations -- not the increasingly common "keyhole" surgeries where doctors operate...'Disprin Plus' is now 'Disprin Paracetamol'
...is year to replace Disprin (350 mg aspirin) in the pain relief segment. Mr. Barua said Disprin CV (100 mg aspirin) will not be launched till the new brand 'Disprin Paracetamol' is completely established.......rs in Texas find that a tai chi programme improves pain and daily living activities in people with arthritis. Tai chi is an ancient Chinese system of gentle exercise which has been long held to have a wide range of health benefits. Now researchers at University in Texas report on one of the first studies ......warn that the trendy tattoos can lead to months of pain and discomfort. The problem is not the henna dye itself but the chemical para-phenylene diamine (PPD) which is sometimes added to make the tattoo darker. Henna tattoos are a long established practise in India, where it is called mehendi. Dr Bjorn H...Support therapy helps breast cancer patients
...wever, women in the therapy groups did report less pain and emotional distress -- especially if the levels were high to start with. // Dr. David Spiegel of Stanford University, who led the study, said improvements in both treatment and social acceptance of cancer may explain the difference between his r...More Elderly Take Inappropriate and Harmful Medications
...ong-acting drugs to bring down blood sugar levels, pain relievers and drugs to quell nausea. Patients in poor health, women and those who took the most medications were more likely to have been prescribed a potentially dangerous drug. The fault lies with doctors, patients and researchers conducting stud...Ibuprofen weakens aspirin's effect
...tacks. Ibuprofen belongs to a widely used class of pain relievers known as nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory ...r arthritis and other aches and pains. The popular pain reliever ibuprofen blocks the heart-protecting effects of aspirin, according to a study that sounds ...Artists prone to cubital tunnel syndrome
...fference between normal discomfort and detrimental pain should be understood. And last but not the least is an evaluation from a physician is a must. ......ested 400 patients admitted to hospital with chest pain or heart attack for eight different infective organisms. Four were viruses - two types of herpes, cytomegalovirus (a serious problem in those with compromised immunity) and Epstein-Barr virus. The four bacteria tested for were: Haemophilus influenzae......// Inflammation, tissue swelling is accompanied by pain and heat, is the body’s response to a host of insults: invasion by bacteria or viruses, injury, or reactions to one’s own tissues. Chronic inflammation is characteristic of such disorders as asthma, chronic hepatitis, lupus and rheumatoid arthritis.......re of a disk presses on the spinal nerves, causing pain in the lower back, numbness or weakness in the leg... pressure so it doesn’t pinch the nerve and so the pain is taken away.Lower back pain is one of the most common ailments affectig adults; as many as four ou......adaches are characterised by a sudden excruciating pain on one side of the head around the eyes, temple or cheek, and can last for 20 minutes to 4 hours. Affecting 0.2% of the population - mainly men - they recur over a period of weeks or months before disappearing,// hence the name. A research suggests...Other ContentstissuestissuestissuestissuestissuestissuestissuestissuesbiologicsbiologicsbiomassbiomassbiomassbiomassbiomebioremediationbiospherebiospherebiotastressstressstressstressstressstressstressstressstressstressOther TagseMedeMedupsupsupsupsupslurelurelurelureWaitCTOCTOCTOCTOCTOCTOCTOCTOOther Tagsearlier 2earlier 3earlier 4earlier 5earlier 6earlier 7earlier 8earlier 9earlier 10safer 2safer 3safer 4safer 5safer 6safer 7safer 8safer 9safer 10getting 2getting 3getting 4getting 5getting 6getting 7getting 8getting 9getting 10germ 2germ 3ancient 2ancient 3ancient 4ancient 5ancient 6ancient 7
(Date:5/15/2008)...he human race was divided into two separate groups...e, says a Tel Aviv University mathematician. Clima...itions may have caused and maintained the separati...thematical Sciences at Tel Aviv University, worked...cal Center to analyze African DNA. Their goal was ...
(Date:5/15/2008)..., Ill. (May 15, 2008) Argonne National Laboratory...th Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) to co...gement research projects in support of critical U....nt national priorities. , "The MOU allows Argonn...Argonne director Robert Rosner said. "Argonne has ...
(Date:5/15/2008)... Institute researchers Karen Staehling-Hampton, Ph...livier Pourqui, Ph.D., Investigator, collaborated ... genes known to cause spinal mutations in chick an...in human patients with congenital vertebral abnorm... the Web site of the American Journal of Human Gen...
(Date:5/15/2008)... business practice usually reserved for boosting p...ucing their energy use? Writing in the Internation...(IJSSCA), researchers in India provide an answer. ...shik of NC College of Engineering in Haryana, Indi...t the forefront of company efforts. In a global ec...
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(Date:5/16/2008)...ulticenter Phase III clinical trial has found that...001) significantly delays cancer progression in pa... had worsened on other treatments. The study was ...t Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSKCC), ...ual meeting of the American Society for Clinical O...
(Date:5/16/2008)...swire-USNewswire/- "Huh, what did you,say?" is a p...arly our,children. More than 30 million Americans,...ing loss and the numbers are growing at a dramatic...en have some form of hearing,loss. An effort to br...blem,is what led Kathlyn Maguire, who has profound...
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