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Tag: "preventative" at medical news

Misleading anti-malarial drug

...blished into the drug’s effectiveness as a malaria preventative in non-immune populations from countries such as the UK where the disease is not endemic. The publication warns that it is not known if Malarone is as effective as the previous main choices – mefloquine and doxycycline. Professor Joe Collier, edito...

Tamoxifen does not adversely affect the brain

...beforehand, 27 were healthy women who had received preventative oestrogen-based hormone replacement therapy (HRT) for at least two years and 33 were healthy women who had received neither tamoxifen nor HRT. Dr Ernst and colleagues found that women who had received tamoxifen or oestrogen had lower levels of myo-i...

The importance of vaccines

..., write. However, the future of vaccination as a preventative strategy is uncertain, and there is not a great deal of enthusiasm about vaccine development among those who actually have the capability to develop and produce vaccines. The researchers attribute much of the problem to the lack of economic incentiv...

Oncologists Overlook Clot Risk

...e aware of the risk of blood clots and to evaluate preventative measures used by the physicians. About 40 percent ... blood thinners, such as aspirin or warfarin, as a preventative measure for patients treated with chemotherapy. Seventy-nine doctors did not recommend the medicatio...

ICU Survival can be improved by Antibiotic use

Intensive care unit patients who receive a preventative round of antibiotics aimed at ridding their digestive tract of harmful bacteria are more likely to survive their ICU stay. // That’s the finding from a new study that compared results between ICU patients who were given antibiotics and those who re...

HDL - Key to Longevity

...eded, these findings may provide key insights into preventative and therapeutic interventions of several age-related diseases that cause significant mortality in the elderly....

Key to Long Life

...eded, these findings may provide key insights into preventative and therapeutic interventions of several age-related diseases that cause significant mortality in the elderl....

Preventing Vision Loss

...y say, would go on to develop advanced AMD without preventative treatment. The investigators’ model suggests more than 300,000 of these people could avoid advanced AMD over the next five years if they took the vitamin supplements recommended by the earlier study. They write, "Avoiding the development of advance...

Preventing Vision Loss

...y say, would go on to develop advanced AMD without preventative treatment. The investigators’ model suggests more than 300,000 of these people could avoid advanced AMD over the next five years if they took the vitamin supplements recommended by the earlier study. They write, "Avoiding the development of advance...

Prevention of Vision Loss

...y say, would go on to develop advanced AMD without preventative treatment. This suggests more than 300,000 of these people could avoid advanced AMD over the next five years if they took the vitamin supplements recommended by the earlier study.Thus researchers conclude, “Avoiding the development of advanced AMD c...

Poor Preventive Measures Taken By Diabetics

... shows only 7 percent of diabetics take the proper preventative measures to avert // circulation and blood vessel problems. Researchers stressed continued negligence by diabetics increases their risk for vascular disease including retinopathy, neuropathy, nephropathy, coronary heart disease, stroke, and lower ext...

Infant Fevers Found to Reduce Allergy Risk Later In Life

...hypothesis and, after more research, could lead to preventative therapies for asthma and allergies. Researchers say they are working on another study to determine if early exposure to pets, as well as high levels of bacteria, could lower allergy risk. Researchers also say that if they can determine which enviro...

Patients With Severe Hemophilia At Risk Of Developing Osteoporosis

...g well. Researchers believe that integrating these preventative measures will mean healthier, stronger bones for children with severe hemophilia....

Cancer Patients At A Greater Risk Of Developing Blood Clots

...e aware of the risk of blood clots and to evaluate preventative measures used by the physicians. About 40 percent ... blood thinners, such as aspirin or warfarin, as a preventative measure for patients treated with chemotherapy. Seventy-nine doctors did not recommend the medicatio...

Diabetics Should Adopt Better Preventive Measures

... shows only 7 percent of diabetics take the proper preventative measures to avert circulation and blood vessel problems. // Researchers stressed continued negligence by diabetics increases their risk for vascular disease including retinopathy, neuropathy, nephropathy, coronary heart disease, stroke, and lower ext...

The Latest Preventative Treatment Option for Prostate Cancer

.... Fortunately, these results offer a promising new preventative approach to prostate treatment. A chemopreventive agent like toremifene is a first step toward the possibility of stopping prostate cancer before it starts and gives patients and doctors a chance to fight this pervasive disease."...

More Importance To Be Given To Prenatal Nutrition

...ance of prenatal care as well as the importance of preventative maintenance with those born underweight....

Cancer Patients Prone To Developing Blood Clots

...e aware of the risk of blood clots and to evaluate preventative measures used by the physicians. About 40 percent ... blood thinners, such as aspirin or warfarin, as a preventative measure for patients treated with chemotherapy. Seventy-nine doctors did not recommend the medicatio...

Phase II trails of new HIV vaccine to be held in South Africa

...dates given the medical and humanitarian promise a preventative vaccine holds," said Eftyhia Vardas, a doctor at t...pment of an AIDS vaccine, estimates that around 30 preventative HIV vaccine candidates are in human trials in six continents. The South African trial follows posit...

Benzene Slick In China Highlights Water Pollution

...ck the safety of production procedures, and better preventative safeguards such as creating wetland buffer zones". "We call upon industries and those who regulate them to work together with other stakeholders to prevent this from happening again," he said. (DPA) ...

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