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Helping Cancer Patients Fight Fatigue

... living and has profound // effects on a patient’s ability to function in usual roles and activities for months or years. New research finds energy conservation and activity management called ECAM is beneficial for cancer patients going through drug therapy. Energy conservation is the deliberate, planned m...

A Solution For Patients Suffering From Shingles

...n the older adults who practiced tai chi and their ability to carry out day-to-day tasks, tai chi was also found to offer protection against other viruses....

Wrestling found To Be Good for the Immune System

...er was paired with a partner of similar weight and ability for a six minute match. Natural killer cells are the body’s first line of defense against cancer cells and cells infected by viruses. They search out the equivalent of a "flag" carried by normal cells, and those without are blasted with a powerful c...

Viagra Also Found To Be Effective For Treatment of Lung Diseases

...l trial in India, showed that Viagra increased the ability of patients to exercise by about 40 percent. The authors said that was greater than the effect seen with other drugs in different trials. Although the trial involved only 22 patients, it was the first randomized test to compare Viagra against a place...

Stroke Prevention

... the vessel walls and plays a key role in vessels’ ability to relax and constrict. For the study, researchers recruited 38 young adults, half of whom had early stage hypertension. The patients randomly received the drug or placebo for seven days. The blood flow in their retinal vessels was measured before ...

A Drug Used To Treat Heat Problems May Benefit Stroke Patients

...low to the brain. Patients can be left without the ability to function on their own. //Now, a new study shows patients who are on statin therapy when they have a stroke appear to regain more functional independence than those not on the drug. For the study, researchers evaluated the outcomes of 167 stroke p...

Reducing Depression In Seniors

...four out of five newly disabled seniors regain the ability to live independently within six months of their disabling episode. Researchers say this recovery rate is higher than previously reported. Thus researchers say only short-term success was observed in the seniors and they feel more needs to be done...

Exercising Good For Stroke Survivors

...e strokes are recurrent. Strokes can // reduce the ability to perform daily functions that consume lots of energy, such as dressing, bathing, walking and doing household chores. Recent research shows , stroke survivors should be urged to exercise more at least 20 minutes of aerobic exercise, three to seven ...

Complications Of Diabetes

...ents, the speed of processing information, and the ability to recognize spatial pattern, may be affected more in people with diabetes. However researchers say they found that diabetes was related to decline in some cognitive systems but not in others but since all participants have agreed to brain donation...

Life Quality For Patients With Multiple Sclerosis

... well-being, vitality, social functioning, and the ability to perform essential activities of daily living. Results from the MS patients were then compared to results taken from a sample of people in the general population. Multiple sclerosis patients in the quality of life survey did report more problems i...

Risks Of An Enlarged Heart

...gy identification of disease causing genes and the ability to identify at risk patients and prevent sudden death has greatly improved. Thus researchers say with a better understanding of the disease process, targeted treatments to treat symptoms and prevent disease development can be easily devised ....

Epilepsy Drugs Found To Lead To Bone Loss

...but they speculate the drugs may impair the body’s ability to metabolize vitamin D or absorb calcium....

Studying The Causes Of Autism

...disorder characterized by severe impairment in the ability to socialize and communicate with other people. Most people who have the // condition are diagnosed around the age of 3 or 4 when they fail to develop normal social and communication skills. Several studies have shown autism runs in families, leadi...

Seizures in Children , Sensed By Dogs

...s. About 15 percent of the dogs overall showed the ability to anticipate a seizure in the children they lived with. The study also shows quality of life was higher in families with a dog that responded to seizures. Researchers also found that in dogs anticipation occurred early and was both sensitive and spe...

Early Detection Of Facial Abnormalities in a Fetus

... and 93 percent. Many variables play a role in the ability to see the malformation including amniotic fluid volumes, fetus position, mother’s physical characteristics, and shadows from bones. Researchers say it is important to detect cleft lip and palate prenatally in order to screen for associated syndrome...

Drug That Is Found To Reduce Heart Damage from Chemo

...addition, dexrazoxane did not reduce doxorubicin’s ability to cure the children. However researchers say this is not a perfect solution but it is promising as it is found to reduce the incidence of heart damage from 50 percent to about 25 percent with dexrazoxane ....

Effective Pain Relief For Patients Suffering From Multiple Sclerosis

...er quality of life with dronabinol. The functional ability of the patients was not affected. Adverse effects, dizziness being the most common, were more frequent with dronabinol than with placebo. Acute or chronic pain, including musculoskeletal pain, pain associated with spasms and central pain, occur in 3...

Diabetic Ulcers A Probable Cause Of Depression

...patients were given the SF-36 test, which measures ability to learn and follow directions, happiness and depression. Results indicate that those with diabetic foot ulcers usually experience the same depression levels as people who have undergone lower-extremity amputation. Researchers believe this may be att...

Protein Found To Improve Muscle Loss

...archers say these older muscles had a regenerative ability similar to that of younger muscle. Researchers conclude saying that their findings could help those who experience muscle atrophy such as the elderly, astronauts, and patients who are put on bed rest....

Water Exercise Found to be Effective for Patients with Osteoarthritis

...an those in the control group. Researchers say the ability to walk is extremely important in these patients because it allows them to increase and maintain independence while increasing muscle strength around affected joints. Patients in the gym group reported increased thigh muscle strength in both legs, w...

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