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B Vitamin protects and lowers toxicity of Arthritis Drug

...id and 12% of patients taking folinic acid. It was also found that patients taking the placebo had higher ...icate toxicity to the liver. The researchers also came out wiht the fact that any possible negative effect of folate supplementation on the efficacy o...

Big and Bright

...ge, race, education and socio-economic status were also taken into account. Many studies have s...in the population as a whole. The findings might also help shed light on the connection between foetal growth and brain development....

New FDA Approved Drug NATRECOR For Heart Failure Patients

...n helps blood flow from the weakened heart. But it also can cause seriously low blood pressure. Two years ago, the FDA rejected approval of Natrecor because it caused so many cases of hypotension rates of 8 percent to 14 percent, depending on the dose used. Hence studies were conducted in another study...

Early detection of prostate cancer

...ough a PSA test alone. Low levels of IGFBP-3 might also identify men at high risk of developing prostate cancer in the future. <br...

Young womens woes

...ain, gray colour and increased sweating, women can also experience general malaise, nausea, abdominal pain and excessive fatigue. It may also be, they said, that women are more at risk of death after heart attack because of increased depressi...

Garlic a day keeps cancer away

...is best known for staying off heart disease and it also has powerful anti-cancer properties.A substance called diallyl disulfide in garlic is known to make the gut produce enzymes that clear out cancer-causing particles. Now two New Zealand scientists have fed varying levels of disulfide to rats and foun...

Young women's woes

... chest pain, gray colour and sweatiness, women can also experience general malaise, nausea, abdominal pain and excessive fatigue. It may also be, they said, that women are more at risk of death after heart attack because of increased depressi...

Male infertility in relation to cancer

... to father children at all. Poor sperm quality was also associated with an increased risk of cancers of th...tility, and shape were assessed. Cancer rates were also studied and compared with those expected for the whole population of Britain to determine levels of ...

Headache decreases appetite

Researchers have found that headache stimuli also affect the appetite centre of the brain.It is alwa...t just brain cells that transmit pain signals, but also those involved in appetite suppression. Headache stimuli lead to an acute fall in food intake during...

Bayer Voluntarily Withdraws BAYCOL - A Drug Associated With 50 Deaths

..., fever, weakness and vomiting. This condition can also lead to kidney failure. The FDA said fatal reports with Baycol had been reported most frequently when the drug was used at higher doses, in elderly patients, and especially when taken in combination with another cholesterol-lowering drug called gem...

Depression and heart failure

...tients, the rates were 13% and 26.1%. Depression also increased the risk of being re-admitted to hospital. While 36.5% of non-depressed patients were re-admitted within three months, and 52.3% within a year, the figures for the depressed patients were 52.2% and80.4%. The Duke researchers feel that all...

Say "no" to x-rays

...bad heath status. The group not given radiography also reported being more satisfied with the care they received. The authors suggest radiography reinforces or encourages the patient’s belief that they are unwell and may lead to a greater reporting of pain and limitation of actvities. The authors said t...

Dark skin protects

...ty in humans, suggesting a link between the two.He also points out that darker-skinned people are less lik...h fair skin to develop serious skin diseases. It also explains why all do not have black skin. Melanin is made from the amino acid tyrosine, which is als...

Early detection of heart attack

...eby allowing ealry discharge of these patients and also allowing beds and resources to be devoted to those who have had a heart attack....

Chaste plant a boon

... week published a study on the agnus castus fruit, also known as “Chaste tree”, showing that more than hal... which both alleviates the symptoms of PMS and may also help increase fertility. The plant also contains a substance which controls lutenising hormone. This...

Gene HPA-2 Met linked to cardiac arrest

... attack or coronary heart disease prematurely were also more likely to carry HPA-2 Met. However, the majority of men in this study had other risk factors, like smoking or diabetes. But it does not mean that this gene variant is a caution for death. Till now there is no screen for HPA-2 Met, but if a tes...

Vaccination reminder for anyone over 65..

...e a 'flu jab. Doctors at the Mayo Clinic in the US also urge people over 65 to have a pneumococcal vaccination.// The jab protects you from pneumonia, meningitis, and various other serious infections. The Centre for Disease Control and Prevention official recommends it for anyone over 65. If you are oth...

Tea drinkers have lower rates of heart disease

...levels of antioxidants in tea. Antioxidants, found also in fruits and vegetables, mop up the harmful free radicals produced by the body's chemistry. Left unchecked, free radicals damage cell components like DNA and protein molecules, causing cancer. Black, green and oolong tea all come from the same bus...

'Sweaty palms syndrome' can be cured by surgery

...e associated with excessive sweating. The probe is also fitted with a cutter that is used to sever the nerve, thus stopping the signal from the brain to the hands. Since the nerves to the feet take a different route, the feet often continue to sweat after surgery.The side effects of such surgery are comp...

New Modality in Migraine Management

...atients can go right back to work," Krusz added.He also said that he had taught the doctors in his hospital how to use it and he is confident in implementing the same modality to the comfort level of use. May this be a good find to wind up the miseries for those migraine sufferers....

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