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Drinking milk: Good or bad?

... those countries where milk produced contained the alternative A-2 protein. They also found significant correlation between the A-1 milk consumption and childhood diabetes that requires treatment with insulin. Researchers indicated that Guernsey, in the Channel Islands, where cow’s milk has virtually no A-1 pro...

Ways to whiter teeth!

... the dentist bonds to the tooth enamel, is another alternative to keep teeth white and shining....

Bones repair themselves with bone marrow cells

...blems involved in obtaining it. Therefore, such an alternative method developed by Juliette van den Dolder to treat bone defects is of considerable significance. However, there are some more questions to be answered before the method is fully accepted for use. For instance, questions like whether the increase in...

New fertility drug development techniques by Organon

... the process of developing oral tablet formulation alternative to the injectable hormone hCG (human chorionic gonadotropin). hCG has been used, in the past 30 years, to make ovulation and final oocyte maturation take place with precise timing. However, it has only been available in the injectable form due to its...

Treatment for fibroids with "Abortion Pill"

...ysterectomy or removal of the fibroid, now have an alternative of shrinking the fibroid with the drug Mifepristone. Lead researcher Steven H. Eisinger, MD, said that fibroids are a common and vexing problem in women and fibroid relief accounts for about 30% of all hysterectomies in the U.S. Women who are symptom...

A new way out for heroin addicts

...ng-term addicts. A new study has now found that an alternative drug therapy combined with psychosocial treatment is effective in helping heroin addicts. Investigators// from Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, Sweden, conducted a study to measure the effectiveness of the drug buprenorphine in treating heroin addi...

Hyaluronan supplementation therapy for Knee Osteoarthritis

...ciated with osteoarthritis of the knee. This is an alternative treatment to oral pain relievers and anti-inflammatory drugs. Now, a new study by researchers from the University of Miami School of Medicine evaluated hyaluronan supplementation therapy for osteoarthritis. The researchers found that the available l...

Leptin is "new breast cancer indicator"

...’s accumulation of fat over the years and offer an alternative means of testing for breast cancer risk. The amount of leptin found in a woman’s bloodstream can indicate her accumulation of fat over the years. Measuring current body weight and fat intake doesn’t offer that kind of perspective, says Dr Hajek. The...

Alternative Therapy in HIV Patients

...re HIV-infected patients turn to complementary and alternative medicine, researchers have set out to determine the prevalence and factors associated with such use. In this study, researchers evaluated CAM use among nearly 3,000 patients enrolled in the HIV Cost and Services Utilization Study. Using this sample ...

Adding contrast improves ultrasound's ability to detect prostate cancer

...r, "it seems to be a reasonable and cost-effective alternative to the current standard of care," they add....

Herbal Remedy Risky for Cancer Patients

...." Black cohosh is one of the most commonly used alternative supplements to treat hot flashes and other menopausal symptoms. The herb is native to North America and is extracted from a perennial plant...

The Downside of Asthma Medication

...achieve its effects. These researchers suggest an alternative mechanism. Their study finds the increased airway hyperresponsiveness seen in some regular users of beta-2 agonists may be due to increased expression of a substance called phospholipase C-beta (PLC-beta) in the smooth airway muscle that occurs with ...

Flu Shots Best for Protection

...ly work on influenza A, but these are a reasonable alternative if patients cannot afford the newer drugs, say researchers. Doctors, say despite the cost, anti-flu drugs are a reasonable strategy for treating older patients with the flu. However, they say, "The best advice for older adults is to get a flu shot e...

A voice saving surgery

...x and communication, as they know it. Here's a new alternative that's giving patients their voices back. For five years, five months and 13 days, Amy Hancock had no voice. "Some things you do not forget, and that is something she says she will never forget. Diagnosed with cancer of her vocal cords, Hancock had...

Hormone Replacement Therapy -- What to do?

...toms there are over-the-counter options as well as alternative therapies. For people with moderate to severe symptoms, defined as more than seven hot flashes a day or three to four night sweats each night, low-dose antidepressants have been found to ease the symptoms in 30 percent to 60 percent of patients. I...

New Test for HIV Patients

...ood stored on filter paper may be a field-friendly alternative for CD4 cell count assessment. Study author Alimuddin Zumla from University College London, says: "Our results are very encouraging as they point the way towards making cheap CD4 count testing available to people receiving antiretroviral therapy in r...

Partial-Breast Irradiation an Unproven Therapy

... irradiation, and proponents see it as a promising alternative treatment for breast cancer patients who've just had a lumpectomy.// Thousands of women have already sought out the therapy, which requires just one week or less of radiation after breast cancer is diagnosed, instead of the six or seven weeks requi...

An Alternative to Warfarin

A new study shows a new drug alternative to warfarin in reducing stroke among people with a...ng at the drug clopidogrel may provide yet another alternative to warfarin....

Uterine Fibroid Embolization Gaining Popularity

...el says.Uterine fibroid embolization has become an alternative for most patients because it’s less painful and less invasive. One of the main advantages is you can treat multiple fibroids at multiple different locations. Now, new key players are these tiny beads called “microspheres.” Unlike larger materials us...

Vasopressin Found To Boost Survival In Sudden Cardiac arrest

...on revised its guidelines to add vasopressin as an alternative first drug. That was partly because epinephrine sometimes increases irregular rhythms and decreases oxygen supply to the brain after resuscitation. Researchers studied 1,186 cardiac arrest patients treated in 33 communities in Austria, Germany and ...

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