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New insights into herbal supplements

...he past decade has seen a sharp rise in the use of alternative treatments and research is under way all over the globe to scientifically document the effects of hundreds of herbs and other dietary supplements. However, until now, there was// no easy access to current, comprehensive information about these agents...

Heart valve surgery may be replaced by new heart therapy

...l, will be used only in patients who have no other alternative and would die if it is not done, and hence would not replace conventional surgery. Dr. Katzen said that efforts are at present concentrated on using this technique for aortic valve replacement though it can be used for mitral valve replacement also....

Arsenic in drinking water

...ter including interfering solutes, availability of alternative sources of low arsenic water, mitigation technologies, amount of water to be treated, etc. Control of arsenic is more complex where drinking-water is obtained from many individual sources (such as hand-pumps and wells) as is common in rural areas. Lo...

New birth control to limit women's periods

...nger spans of time.// Seasonale would be another alternative for women seeking birth control. "For women who desire prevention of pregnancy and are comfortable taking a hormonal contraceptive, then this gives them an option," say researchers. "We see it as a [choice] for those wanting the convenience." First...

Yet Another Use For Botox

...tigue. Some doctors are now turning to Botox as an alternative to drug therapy. Botox has a very local treatment, so you do not get side effects related to it, and it works right in the area that is involved with gastroparesis. Botox is injected into the muscle that sits at the end of the stomach. There, it goes...

The Potential Of Cadaver Transplantation Programme In India

...tion and the will to seriously consider this as an alternative to living organ donation. There has been a lack of initiative from the Government after the act was passed. Whenever there is a kidney scandal there is a knee jerk reaction from various quarters, there is some media outcry and if the allegations se...

Red Clover- A Future Remedy For Menopause And An Alternative To HRT

...e. If successful, it might turn out to be an ideal alternative to the current hormone // replacement therapy instituted. It has been a problem of concern as regarding what to recommend for patients who are not willing for hormone therapy. This study has been initiated taking into account the fact that these wo...

Remifemin, An Indian Herb For Hormone Replacement Therapy

...dians for hundreds of years could // provide a new alternative therapy for women going through menopause. As synthetic HRT use is under controversy due to its link to causing breast cancer. Professor John Eden from Sydney’s Royal Hospital for Women says that the study was done for a period of weeks on 304 pat...

A Move To Help Commercial Sex Workers Quit Their Business

...on begin training sex workers in the state to seek alternative employment. The move has been accelerated followin...years. // The decision to train sex workers on an alternative employment scheme has been taken up after the representatives of sex workers recommended that they b...

The Effects Of Alternative Medicine Questioned

Alternative medicine may no longer be truly alternative shows a recent Consumer Reports survey of more tha... helped them feel much better. Of all the hands-on alternative therapies, acupuncture was found to have the most scientific support. Readers also reported good r...

Will bicycling affect your sexual health?

... lifetime. May be it is time to switch over to an alternative mode of transportation for approximately 57 million people / 27.3% of the population who are using the bicycle....

General Anesthesia For Heroin Detoxification Is No Good

... over a safer, cheaper, and potentially outpatient alternative using buprenorphine as a bridge to naltrexone treatment. Taken together with the results of earlier studies, the findings suggest that general anesthesia for rapid antagonist induction does not currently have a meaningful role to play in the treatmen...

Drugs As Alternative To Surgery After Miscarriage

...stomach ulcers in people may // also be used as an alternative to conducting surgery after a miscarriage. The study appears in the August edition of New England Journal of Medicine. The drug, misoprostol, has been used to reduce the risk of stomach ulcers that occur in people who take certain pain relievers f...

The Link Between Caffeine Drinks And Obesity

...cup of coffee or lemonade on the first day and the alternative on the second day of testing. Lemonade contains around the same amount of sugar as energy drinks and is also carbonated but it contains no caffeine unlike cola drinks. The sugar in both drinks was absorbed rapidly into the bloodstream - within a minu...

Obesity Can Be Caused By Consumption Of Energy Drinks

... energy drink or lemonade on the first day and the alternative on the second day of testing. Lemonade was chosen because while both drinks contain the same amount of sugar and are carbonated, it doesn't contain caffeine. "When the women drank the energy drink or lemonade, the sugar was absorbed into their syste...

Low Cost Tissue Culture Vaccine For Encephalitis

..., which is produced by China and Korea which is an alternative to expensive mouse brain vaccine, which is produced by Central Research Institute, (CRI) in India. ‘‘The Drug Controller General of India is taking a view on the matter. The permission can be granted only after analyzing the safety and efficacy data ...

Initiation Of New Study To Help Children With Sickle Cell Anaemia

...tor) while the other half will be treated with the alternative treatment (hydroxyurea and phlebotomy). The study is supported by a grant of more than $18 million from the National Institutes of Health (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute) and includes 20 major pediatric sickle cell centers. SWiTCH hold...

Children With Epilepsy Can Be Treated With Nerve Stimulation

...(VNS) with significantly better results.// As an alternative to medication, the FDA had approved the implantation of a vagus nerve stimulator (VNS) in patients older than 12 to help control or reduce the seizures that occur because of epilepsy, but until recently, there was no data to illustrate how children y...

Alcohol based sanitizer found to reduce illness in families

...a and viruses on the skin. They are a convenient alternative for busy parents who are unable to get to a sink while caring for sick children. Simple practices like hand washing using an alcohol based sanitizer can go a long way in preventing major diseases. This holds especially valuable in a nuclear family ...

Less Stomach Infections If Hand Sanitizer Gel Is Used

...ria and viruses on the skin. They are a convenient alternative for busy parents who are unable to get to a sink while caring for sick children. Source: Newswis...

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