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More to Garlic than warding of Dracula

... blood pressure. It may also help keep blood thin, reducing the risk of blood clots and stroke, and function as an antioxidant. However, not all studies have demonstrated a link between garlic and a lower risk for heart disease....

Drug May Make Breathing Easier for Millions

... be safer and better at improving breathing and at reducing infections and hospital visits than the best current treatment, researchers said. They were addressing scientists at the World Congress on Lung Health recently. The inhaled drug, Spiriva, could be available by the year 2002. And if it turns out to b...

Vitamins-The answer to Heart Disease?

...ating heart disease. They are believed to do so by reducing the level of an amino acid called Homocysteine , which has been implicated as the culprit, increasing clot formation in blood vessels. Ongoing research is however to confirm the claim. Scientists remain skeptical about the superior benefits of th...

Miracle cure for Alzheimer’s around the corner

...made headlines sometime ago, as being efficient in reducing plaque formation in mice, which is characteristic of Alzheimer’s. Latest reports say that it also improves mental functioning. It has gone into human testing ,the first stages of which have been successful and the vaccine declared safe to be administ...

New vaccine helps allergy and asthma patients

... of new options to get on with life. By helping in reducing both symptoms and the treatment aspects this wonder vaccine has come to stay as the, " in thing" for asthmatics. Lets breathe easy!!!...

New vaccine helps allergy and asthma patients

... of new options to get on with life. By helping in reducing both symptoms and the treatment aspects this wonder vaccine has come to stay as the, “ in thing” for asthmatics. Lets breathe easy!!...

And now they say infections can cause heart disease!!!!

...tion can lessen the chances of infections there by reducing the risk of contracting heart disease. So the next time you have a nagging infection, don’t ignore it consult your doctor. As the golden rule goes, prevention is better than cure!!! ...

And now they say infections can cause heart disease!!!!

...tion can lessen the chances of infections there by reducing the risk of contracting heart disease. So the next time you have a nagging infection, don’t ignore it consult your doctor. As the golden rule goes, prevention is better than cure!!! ...

Skinny people need to exercise too

...ople need to exercise to stay trim and fit thereby reducing the chances of developing heart diseases. Lean, couch potatoes who don’t work out are at greater risk that lean people who are on the move. Nearly 620 people from different races were studied and they were put through various tests. Their aerobic fi...

ATG useful in transplant patients as substitute for steroids

... appears to be as effective as routine steroids in reducing rejection of transplanted organs without any of the side effects, according to Dr. James Eason of the Ochsner Multi-Organ Transplant Center in New Orleans. In the largest study on steroid-free treatment of liver transplants, Dr. Eason found patients ...

Mystery behind Preeclampsia uncovered

...dies would focus on the possibilities of vitamin C reducing the risk of preeclampsia....

TIZANIDINE - New solution to chronic headache

...the patient, it seemed to work more efficiently on reducing the frequency of the most severe headaches', said Lake. Hence don’t worry migraineites !...

Protein in urine foresees heart disease

...is may help protect them," says Dr. Banga. Thereby reducing the degree of microalbuminuria reduces the risk of heart disease....

Risk of Cancer can be reduced to 40% with a High Fiber Diet

...dy showed that fiber was particularly important in reducing cancer of the colon and rectum. Medical experts believe up to 30% of all cancers in the developed world are associated with nutritional factors and could be avoided by better-balanced diets. // EPIC (European Prospective Investigation of Cance...

Heart Attacks during Menstruation!

... this, oestrogen has been iplaying a vital role in reducing the risk of heart disease and heart attacks. Indeed, it is thought that heart disease is rare before menopause, partly owing to the protective effects of oestrogen in the blood. ...

Sponging Cattle betters spraying in eradicating Malaria

...down cows with insecticide is just as effective at reducing malaria infection as spraying the insides of houses. Since DDT has largely been replaced with more expensive insecticides, home spraying has become more costly.Therefore researchers led by Dr. Mark Rowland at the London School of Hygiene and Tropica...

Iron supplements proves helpful in dry cough .

...scular medicine.It improves the survival rates and reducing complications in patients with cardiovascular conditions such as hypertension and heart failure.But however this drug produces dry cough as its most frequent side effect.// In most cases, patients with this troublesome complication discontinue the d...

Increased Heart Attack Risk From Celebrex,Vioxx

...tis and adult rheumatoid arthritis. By effectively reducing the pain, inflammation and stiffness of arthritis, celebrex can help you through the day with activities like standing, walking or climbing stairs, and through the night while sitting or lying in bed. Since their introduction in 1999, the drugs, wh...

Relieve hot flashes

...ional units (IU) per day, is modestly effective in reducing hot flashes, the team reports, on average cutting ...ional units (IU) per day, is modestly effective in reducing hot flashes, the team reports, on average cutting the number of hot flashes by one per day. Based ...

Radiation before surgery cuts cancer recurrence

... may help improve the patient's quality of life by reducing the rate of cancer recurrence at or near the original tumor site in the rectum. In about 15% to 45% of patients who undergo conventional surgery to remove rectal tumors, they return. To prevent recurrence, surgeons have developed a technique called ...

Genetics and cholesterol levels

...o take cholesterol-lowering drugs. It's known that reducing fat intake can reduce cholesterol levels. But there is also a genetic condition called familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) which leads to high cholesterol.// People with FH cannot usually get their cholesterol down by diet alone - they usually need m...

New Drug ALT-711 decreases blood vessel stiffness

...vascular stiffness could have a major influence on reducing deaths from heart disease. For the current study, investigators at nine U.S. clinical centers recruited 93 people over the age of 50 who showed evidence of vascular stiffening, including high systolic blood pressure and pulse pressure of at least 60 ...

Stop smoking and reduce weight

...ine found that a treatment program that focuses on reducing women's concerns about weight is the first treatme... this assumption is not correct, and that directly reducing the concerns about weight, rather than the weight gain itself, is what will help these women quit sm...

New pancreatic surgery

...in hospital for all of them. And there are ways of reducing complications - using different methods to heal the surgical wound....

Relating heart protection and antihypertensive drugs

...f a meta-analysis the team compared blood pressure reducing drug treatments in 136,124 patients from 27 studies. When comparing the different drugs used in treatment they found that calcium-channel blockers and ACE inhibitors provided the same overall protection against cardiovascular complications as diureti...

Estrogen Does Not Prevent Recurrent Strokes

...established benefits of hormone replacement are in reducing menopause symptoms, such as hot flashes, and in preserving bone mass....

Contraceptives have dual effects

... the body, it blocks the growth of cancer cells by reducing the amount of bile acids, which have been linked to colon cancer. The oestrogen may also help to reduce levels of a hormone called IGF-I that has also been linked to an increased risk of bowel cancer. They focused on the results from 19 internationa...

Quit coffee and help your heart

...you are a heavy coffee drinker you should consider reducing your consumption of coffee.// In the study, the researchers evaluated blood samples from 222 non-smoking coffee drinkers between the ages of 25 and 70. The otherwise healthy volunteers were randomly split into three groups. One group consumed no cof...

New therapy for pimples

...re seems to be most effective treatment for acne - reducing the number of spots by three-quarters.As many as one in 18 adults have persistent pimples, which can prove stubbornly resistant to both creams and antibiotics. Some acne does clear up significantly when exposed to UV light. The new treatment, test...

A new treatment for liver cancer

... per cent success rate in either reducing tumour size or the number of tumours. Till date, it has many patients have undergone this treatment with advanced liver tumours, who cannot be treated by any other means. TheraSphere involves injecting millions of microscopic glass beads containing...

Low-radiation treatment for brain tumours

...thod of treating childhood brain tumours, aimed at reducing the risk of damage to normal tissue, is to be trialled at hospitals around the US. Researchers will enrol 50 children suffering from medulloblastoma – the most common malignant childhood brain tumour – who will be treated with lower radiation and inc...

Alcoholism Drug Fails To Prevent Drinking Relapses

...seling naltrexone could help control alcoholism by reducing drinking days and increasing days without liquor. The drug was also shown to suppress cravings and prevent relapses. In fact, the latest study was intended to learn not whether the drug was effective, which was assumed, but for how long.The study say...

Red Wine Helps Fight Heart disease

...plenty of the pigment, was markedly less potent in reducing endothelin-1 than red wine. The researchers said that something in the winemaking process changes the pigment's properties. Researchers believe the pigment comes from red wine skins. In white wine and rose, the grape skins are taken out before ferm...

Choose the correct hypertensive drug

...g differences between these drugs when it comes to reducing the risk of complications of high blood pressure -... inhibitors are more effective than other drugs in reducing the risk of heart attack. And the long-acting calcium channel blockers are linked to a 20 per cent h...

ZYDUS enters female health care segment

...receptor modulator. It maximises bone mass thereby reducing the risk of breast cancer and decreases total and LDL cholesterol. Currently international trials are on to explore its use as a drug to prevent and treat breast cancer. Bonmax comes to India with an international experience of around four years. T...

Unnatural death common in mentally ill

... factors is many of these deaths. Strategies for reducing suicide risk among the mentally ill continue to be important. But this study suggests that we also need to look at how to reduce other types of unnatural death in the community....

Less sodium,less pressure

... (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) says by reducing salt intake and following a good diet pattern are as effective in decreasing blood pressure as antihypertensive medications.In addition, following these dietary guidelines// could lead to a 20% decrease in the prevalence of heart disease and a 35% de...

A new study surpasses Gene Therapy Hurdle

...s immune response to developing cancer vaccines to reducing the danger of rejecting transplanted organs. Blood stem cells form the core of the blood system.// They can give rise to any of the various types of cells in the blood, including immune cells. In principle, genetic modification of stem cells could ...

Smoking Linked To Low Infant Birth Weight

... causes of low birth weight and ultimately lead to reducing the tragedy of infant mortality....

Nasal Spray Beats Antihistamine

...teroid preparation that fights allergy symptoms by reducing the inflammation that occurs in the nose when a person is exposed to an allergy trigger such as pollen or dust mites. Antihistamines block the effects of histamine, a compound released from immune system cells during allergic reactions. Antihistamine...

Particulate matter affects lung development

....So, air quality can affect lung growth rates, and reducing community air pollution can make a measurable difference,”he said. They found that as a group, students who had moved to areas with less particulate matter (microscopic particles in the air such as dust and smoke) showed increased growth in lung fun...

Sensible drinking staves off strokes

...the way cholesterol is carried in the bloodstream, reducing the risk of the build-up of fatty deposits in the blood vessel walls. But larger amounts, especially if drunk in one go, increases blood pressure, the main risk factor for stroke. Dr.Redahan led researchers said:"To help reduce your risk of stroke ...

Exercise lowers Risk of Ovarian Cancer

...ss levels. Now a new study says it's also good for reducing our risk of ovarian cancer. Right now screening tests for ovarian cancer are not very appropriate. That makes it all the more important to concentrate on strategies to prevent the disease. Now, according to a new study, there's something all women ...

Drug Combo Works Better for children with ADHD, Tics

...85 percent showed improvement. And when it came to reducing the severity of a child's tic symptoms, the most effective treatment also appeared to be a combination of Ritalin and clonidin....

Lifestyle variation can cut diabetes hazard

According to researchers reducing weight and increasing exercise cut the risk of diabetes by over half. People who have elevated blood sugar are known to be at increased risk of developing diabetes.// Given that diabetes has serious even life-threatening complications, it would be ve...

FDA Approves New Anti-Clotting Drug

...val of Arixtra (fondaparinux sodium) Injection for reducing the risk of blood clots after orthopedic surgery for hip fracture, hip replacement, and knee replacement. Arixtra is the first synthetic anticoagulant indicated for use in these types of surgeries.// The formation of clots in the deep veins of the l...

Fat findings

...art disease risk. For now, researchers recommend reducing the amount of processed and fried foods in your diet and cooking with healthier fats such as olive oil and canola oil. Eating plenty of antioxidant rich fruits and vegetables also helps fight plaque build up....

Aspirin surpasses Modern Anti-clotting Drugs

...ients was not significantly better than aspirin in reducing further strokes, and the company has twice been cautioned by the FDA not to promote the drug. Finally, the British Medical Journal concluded that addition of dipyridamole to aspirin produced no significant further reduction in vascular events compare...

Vitamins enhances recuperation of organ transplant patients

...ns C and E provide a clinically useful approach to reducing arteriosclerosis after cardiac transplantation. "Antioxidant therapy with these vitamins may also be useful in other solid-organ allografts [transplants], such as kidney, lung, and liver transplants."...

Meningitis C vaccine a cost-effective success

...meningitis C vaccination campaign is succeeding in reducing the incidence of the disease in the targeted age groups in a cost-effective anner....

Fish Oil Fights Arrhythmias, Sudden Death

...ere not due to changes in cholesterol levels or by reducing potentially fatal blood clotting. The new analys...he lifesaving benefit of n-3 PUFA is likely due to reducing episodes of potentially fatal irregular heartbeats, called arrhythmias. Instead, the association re...

Exercise is necessary in daily life

...a day can make a real difference to your health by reducing the risk of obesity, diabetes and heart disease....

Drug stabilizes cancer growth

...ng cells, normal healthy cells are left untouched, reducing side effects. However, patients in the study did experience some nausea and fatigue. "I am encouraged that this drug appears to have so few side effects," said Dr. Ronald Bukowski, director of experimental therapies at the Cleveland Clinic's Taussi...

The hazards of using disinfectant hand gel

...n each patient is thought to be a major advance in reducing hospital infections.// Soap and water is used in US, while in Europe, an alcohol-based rub is more common. Both have drawbacks soap and water is time consuming, the rubs are drying to the skin. That's why disinfectant gels might be initiated. But a...

Sharing injection equipment spreads Hepatitis C

...t active injection drug users to the importance of reducing or eliminating all equipment-sharing practices. Currently in the US, injection drug users are the group at highest risk for infection with HCV, with experts attributing more than 60% of new HCV cases to people who inject illicit drugs. HCV causes de...

Liver key to extending life

...Couteur said.His team is exploring avenues such as reducing food intake, using antioxidants designed to work specifically in the liver at time of digestion, improving blood flow to the liver, and using substances that return the healthy holes in liver blood vessels. Interestingly, alcohol is one such substan...

Elevated Ozone Levels Hurt Sperm Count

...und that ozone can adversely affect a man's sperm, reducing their numbers as well as their crucial ability to move or "swim,". "Our most significant finding was that as the ozone level went up, the sperm concentration went down," said Dr. Rebecca Z. Sokol, a professor of medicine and obstetrics and gynecolog...

Ulcer Surgery connected to danger of Pancreatic Cancer

...ulcer surgery may help induce pancreatic cancer by reducing the amount of acid the stomach produces. This creates a friendly environment for certain bacteria that have been linked to pancreatic cancer. In addition, smoking is a significant risk factor for the development of both pancreatic cancer and peptic ...

Zinc helps in curtailing diarrhea in children

...a new study, zinc supplements could play a role in reducing the number of childhood deaths from diarrhea aroun... during acute episodes of diarrhea is effective in reducing the duration and severity of the illness. These investigators, from Texas and India, compared the ef...

Ginseng aids Diabetes

... and effective blood sugar control is essential to reducing the risk of these complications. Throughout history, many cultures have used the root of Asian ginseng to treat type 2 diabetes because of its anti-diabetic properties. Investigators from the University of Chicago extracted the key component in gins...
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