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Another ray of hope for Arthritis Sufferers

... people, taking glucosamine report their arthritic symptoms diminished quickly, from a few days to a few weeks. For more information about glucosamine www.inovnatprod.com....

One in Three Heart Attack Patients Have No Chest Pains

...alf may never have such pains. The report examined symptoms in more than 400,000 people who were treated for heart attacks in U.S. hospitals from 1994 to 1998. It found that patients who had no chest pains were more likely to have delays in treatment and were less likely to receive lifesaving therapies such a...

Low Cholesterol Linked to Severe Depression and Violent Behavior in Men

...evels were up to seven times more likely to report symptoms of severe depression. Edward Suarez, PhD from Duke University Medical Center in Durham, N.C. Said, "I think that at some point, measurement of cholesterol and the cholesterol profile may be used as a screening tool for depression," Vivian Mitropou...

Epileptic Seizures Can Be Duec to Heart Problem

...epsy who did not respond well to medication or had symptoms unusual for the disorder. They found that more tha...eople who are believed to have epilepsy, but whose symptoms are not controlled by medication, should be considered for several relatively simple tests to see wh...

Feeling depressed? You may be at higher risk of STROKE

Those who suffer symptoms of depression are at an increased risk of stroke, according to researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In particular, depressed African Americans showed the largest increase in stroke risk. Those people with the highest lev...

Antibiotics Helps Autism

...th autism. Antibiotcs seem to treat or prevent the symptoms of autism in some patients. One in every 150 chi...py works, they hypothesize that it may be that the symptoms of autism are caused by a neurotoxin-producing bacteria (a bacteria that inhibits the function of ce...

Laboratory Testing Can Identify Risk of Pre-Term Labor and Delivery

...ts from 22-30 weeks' gestation, and for women with symptoms of pre-term labor from 24-35 weeks' gestation. High-risk asymptomatic patients with a low fFN reading may be advised to continue with additional repeat follow-ups, with a repeat of the test if the patient becomes symptomatic....

Levothyroxine Thyroid Hormone Replacement, Approved for Hypothyroidism

...ten difficult to control, and sometimes results in symptoms of hyperthyroidism. Levothyroxine sodium (Unithroid) is identical to a natural thyroid hormone produced by the body. During initiation of replacement therapy with levothyroxine, blood tests are usually performed every six to eight weeks in adults...

What happens when Asthmatics consume Aspirin?

... asthma. Asthmatics not only suffer from the usual symptoms of the disease but they are unfortunate in more ways than one. It is common knowledge that asthmatics are warned to stay away from aspirin and other non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. What happens when they take aspirin? And further more if consu...

Patient’s perception of health status helps in better recover

...s were significantly less likely to be relieved of symptoms if they had low SF-36 scores and low social network scores preoperatively, according to Dr. Lindsay and colleagues. "These indices may be helpful in addition to other clinical factors in identifying high-risk patients," they infer. "Interventions to ...

Vaccine for Alzheimer’s diseas

... that such vaccines could delay or prevent similar symptoms in people. The vaccines reduces the build-up of protein deposits in mouse brains -the other major indicator of Alzheimer’s diseases. The pharmaceutical company Elan, based in Dublin, Ireland, is poised to begin human clinical trails of a potential t...

New vaccine helps allergy and asthma patients

...ar period the difference was startling. While the symptoms came down by 49% in the group, which received the ...uirements came down by 80% and the asthmatic chest symptoms like coughing and breathing difficulties came down by 90%. For patients who have been suffering chr...

New vaccine helps allergy and asthma patients

...r period the difference was startling. While the symptoms came down by 49% in the group, which received the ...uirements came down by 80% and the asthmatic chest symptoms like coughing and breathing difficulties came down by 90%. For patients who have been suffering chr...

Nasal Spray Could Take Drugs Direct to Brain.

...tor and sensory reflexes to determine if the rats' symptoms were decreased, indicating that the drug had reached its target. The test results indicated that the drug had “been successfully diffused in brain tissue,” Frey said. Asked about the implications of Frey's work, Dr. Philip Gorelick, director of the ...

Nearly all asthma deaths preventable

...ir quality and increasing levels of pollution, the symptoms are worsening and number of asthmatics needing hospitalization is increasing. The doctors who assisted the survey say that underestimation of the severity of asthma can lead to dangerous and life threatening situations....

TB coupled with AIDS soars in Africa

...of drugs used to treat tuberculosis. The classical symptoms are gradual loss of weight, evening rise of body temperature, and moderate to severe cough. The disease spreads through air as droplets when a person coughs or sneezes and the sputum carries the bacteria, which spread the disease. Nearly 2 billion p...

Women suffer from sexual dysfunction too

...There are numerous treatments that can help reduce symptoms caused by genital atrophy, including water-based lubricants such as those used by gynecologists in their routine examinations; estrogen-based creams; slow-release estrogen rings that are placed inside the vagina and secrete estrogen into the surround...

Patients often assume wrongly that they are allergic to penicillin

...presence of antibodies in the body, may cause such symptoms as breaking out in severe rashes and breathlessness. However if a person develops rashes or an upset stomach three days after taking penicillin injections then it is very unlikely to be a drug hypersensitivity reaction. The eruptions could be due to...

Experimental treatment for Ebola Virus Shows promising results in mice

...ded Ebola virus killed thousands in Africa and the symptoms of Ebola infection are high fever, chest pain, vomiting and extensive bleeding. Most victims die after several days....

Special proteins to fight TB identified

...d's population is carrying the disease without any symptoms and without being aware of the fact that they are harboring the infection within themselves....

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