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Painkillers Do Not Shorten Dying Patients' Lives

...tish researhers increasing doses of painkillers to ease the agony of terminally ill patients does not shorten their lives.Some health professionals have criticized the practice, comparing it to euthanasia, but doctors at St Christopher's Hospice in London claim patients receiving higher doses of drugs suc...

Acupuncture May Help Chemotherapy Side Effects

...ture along with commonly used medications may help ease the distressing and disabling side effects of chemotherapy for breast cancer patients, if researchers at National Institute of Health (NIH) are to be believed. According to Dr. Joannieshen MD, MPH, research associate at NIH, electro-acupuncture was...

Gujarat quake-Rescue teams give up hope of finding more survivors

...r volunteers 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, L...

Doctors operate upon patients in candlelight- latest from the quake scene

...diet of doctors 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 a...

New FDA Approved Drug NATRECOR For Heart Failure Patients

...d a genetically engineered drug called NATRECOR to ease the breathing of hospitalized congestive heart failure patients. Congestive heart failure is a condition // in which the heart can't pump enough blood to meet the needs of the body's other organs. Most of the patients with congestive heart failure ...

Gene Therapy For Cystic Fibrosis

...tored key chemicals in cells to levels that should ease symptoms of the fatal disease. Still, it's too early to know whether the same technique will work in people. In this study, scientists at the University of Iowa used a harmless virus to carry a corrected genetic information into the gene associated w...

New Drug, Pleconaril speeds recovery from common cold

...ual. Unlike many over-the-counter remedies, which ease cold symptoms by drying up plugged noses and soothing aches, pleconaril attacks a large group of viruses known as the picornaviruses. Among these is the rhinovirus, the bug that causes about half of all colds.// Since the medicine doesn't make the ...

Acupuncture to bring relief to patients with dry mouth

...ce as well has suggested that acupuncture can help ease a range of conditions, from arthritis pain and migraine to morning sickness. But researchers are still trying to apprehend it works. "When we try to explain the relief of (dry mouth) using ear acupuncture, we presume it is a function of a subtle acti...

Aspirin surpasses Modern Anti-clotting Drugs

...veloped that can even be compared to the efficacy, ease of use, and price of aspirin. From the meta-analyses, and to many stroke experts and biostatisticians in this field, aspirin remains the drug of choice. Extensive advertising has been promoting three other prescription drugs, also platelet inhibito...

Herbs With Estrogen Action Aggravate Cancer Risk

... While all the plants can successfully be used to ease a wide variety of symptoms, particularly those associated with menopause and the corresponding drop in natural estrogen levels, researchers say women who want to limit estrogen exposure should think twice before using these herbs. The study was an ...

Heart patients should play Golf

... at 100 per cent of their capacity - and needed to ease off their exertions a little, maybe by using a motorised cart. The message is to work out the right level of exercise for you with your health care provider....

Gene testing kit specific for Doctors

...vice has been made small the size of a shoebox for ease of use in doctors' offices or drugstores. Initially, it's thought that it will be used to test for viral DNA, to see what kind of infection the patient has. But it could also be applied to prescribing. Some people have variants of genes for liver enz...

Care with a touch!

...ssage and touch therapies hold a potential to help ease suffering among patients and that more clinical trials are necessary to examine the efficacy and effectiveness of these therapies....

More information sought by patients on medical errors

...e more information to patients and put patients at ease and restore doctor-patient trust....

ICMR along with other International Research organisation with drug development for Neglected Diseases

...from across the world are looking for solutions to ease the plight of the poor suffering from tropical diseases. DNDi’s six founding partners are primarily from the public sector and have already been working tirelessly in the field of public health and research. As DNDi, they will work with WHO/TDR, and ...

Hormone-replacement therapy could hurt heart

...one therapy in healthy women is most often used to ease the uncomfortable side effects of menopause, such as hot flashes. The results of the other study released yesterday offered equally little encouragement for healthy women. The study of 16,000 women, expected to take eight years, was called to a halt...

New Treatment for Some Cancers

...n people with bone metastases. The radio-isotopes ease pain by accumulating in the area of the tumors. But the radioactivity of standard radio-isotopes currently used in this treatment doesn't have enough energy to slow down or destroy tumors. Bone metastases act like a magnet to this kind of radioactiv...

Nitrous Oxide for Kids

...e is used in addition to other pain medications to ease the anxiety and decrease the pain. When a child does need to have a shot, nitrous oxide can be given to reduce the pain and anxiety before the shot is administered.....

Hormone Replacement Therapy -- What to do?

...night, low-dose antidepressants have been found to ease the symptoms in 30 percent to 60 percent of patients. In the future, Doctors say other options will be available to help more women without the systemic side effects found with HRT. These treatment options include a gel that would be rubbed on the a...

Comparing Psoriasis Treatments

... terms of side effects, long-term adverse effects, ease of administration, and costs can be used to guide treatment decisions in individual cases."...

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