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Recommendations for Treatment of Blood Pressue

...ry also agrees with current NHBPEP guidelines that recommend diuretics as a first-line treatment for ISH and the need to individualize treatment. Other recommendations in the new advisory are: (a). Blood pressure at all ages should be kept at below 140/90. (b). Treatment for hypertension must begin early to pr...

Cinnamon May Help Diabetics

...abolism by about 20 times. While it is too soon to recommend the spice as a regular treatment for type 2 diabetes, patients can try adding 1/4-1 teaspoon of cinnamon to their food. The worst that will happen is it won't do any good and the best is that it will help dramatically. Clinical trials using a cinnamo...

Consensus on "Combination Therapy" for Breast Cancer

...ding on a woman's stage of the disease the experts recommend surgery along with either chemotherapy or hormonal therapy. To help in the decision-making, experts came up with their own recommendations as follows: 1. Women whose breast tumors contain estrogen receptors, regardless of other factors, are reco...

Researchers urge caution in using ear tube surgery

...ondition for more than three months as a reason to recommend ear tube surgery. Tubes' effect on hearing debated Perrin wrote in his editorial that the issue of surgery is an important one since it's often overused. A 1994 study found about one-fourth of ear tube insertions were inappropriate. "I think the st...

New Laser Techniques cure degeneration of the eye

...ly self-diagnosis. This is effective, when doctors recommend patients to visit an optometrist or eye specialist if they notice any change in the clarity of their vision....

Vaccination reminder for anyone over 65..

Experts in the US recommend that everyone over 65 should get a pneumococcus vaccination.As you get older, your immune system may weaken, making you more prone to infection. That's why it may be wise to take a 'flu jab. Doctors at the Mayo Clinic in the US also urge people over ...

Relieve hot flashes

... Based on their review of the subject, the authors recommend trying vitamin E for mild hot flashes, as it is safe, inexpensive, and has some demonstrated efficacy....

Health Officials Recommend Flu Vaccine

...be plentiful by early next month, health officials recommend waiting to get a flu shot....

Too much coffee is too bad

...mine each person’s VDR genotype, physicians should recommend both adequate dietary calcium and moderate caffeine comsumption for their elderly patients. ...

Pharmacies in for a dose of bitter medicine

...acist (in the absence of a doctor) is qualified to recommend medicines, the dosage and even prepare a concoction particular to a patient. There are certain scheduled anti-biotics, tranquilisers, sedatives, anti-histamines, anti-hypersensitivity and anti-acidity medicines which seem to be common stuff, but ca...

Cinnamon combats Diabetes

...said lead scientist Richard Anderson. He said: "We recommend people take a quarter to a full teaspoon a day of cinnamon, perhaps in orange juice, coffee, or on oatmeal." Other researchers have found that the spice appears effective against the E.coli bacterium, which can cause food poisoning....

The superior steroids

...rom allergens. For best results, experts generally recommend that you use either an inhaled steroid or an antihistamine on a continuous, long-term basis. But the researchers point out that most people tend to wait until symptoms appear before taking allergy medications. This may be one reason for the superio...

Thumb Sucking in children Lead to Overbite

...ccording to researchers, some dental organizations recommend that kids stop this type of sucking by the age of 5 to 8 years. "Previously, sucking habits were not thought to be very important until children reached the age where their permanent teeth began to come in, as it was believed that once a habit was s...

Babies Need Vaccination

...nt years, no new shots are recommended; both lists recommend a series of seven vaccine shots starting in infancy for all U.S. children. The list is published in January's Pediatrics. The recommendation for hepatitis B shots was made out of concern that some infants of mothers mistakenly thought to be disease-...

Heart Surgery Is Getting Safer for the Old

...ients and family members contacted said they would recommend the surgery for others in their age group. The researchers also found significant improvements in post-operative death rates compared with surgery that took place a decade ago on patients in this age group. In addition, the researchers found that t...

Aspirin deflated

.... Heart attacks are caused by clots. Doctors often recommend daily use of aspirin to help prevent heart attacks.// Aspirin works by blocking the formation of thromboxane A2, a chemical in the body that makes platelets sticky and promotes blood clotting. The study found that as many as 75% of patients showed ...

Fat findings

...ctor in heart 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....

FDA debates status of decongestant drugs

...e-counter decongestants is unsafe, and it plans to recommend further review by the FDA. The FDA Non-Prescription Drugs Advisory Committee met to discuss a new five-year study by Yale University researchers that found phenyl-propanolamine (PPA), an active ingredient in non-prescription drugs, can increase the ...

Possible benefits of Hormone Replacement Therapy

...rdiovascular disease. Manson and other experts now recommend that women go on HRT only for relief of menopausal symptoms or prevention of osteoporosis fractures, although other treatments are available for the latter. WEST researchers, funded by the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, stu...

Vitamin C maintains healthy lungs

...ed servings of fruit and vegetables. US guidelines recommend 2 to 4 servings of fruit and 3 to 5 servings of vegetables each day. The study did not show any effect of magnesium, vitamin E or vitamin A on the decline of lung function over time. An important area of future research, the authors point out, will ...

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