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Steroid Treatment after head injury may be fatal

...of Witten-Herdecke, in Germany, is that "we should avoid trusting in underpowered clinical trials with surrogate rather than clinical endpoints, and transferring evidence from one disease to another."...

The Side Effects Of Asthma Medication

...scle might lead to the design of new agonists that avoid negative effects of beta2AR activation while enhancing events that lead to relaxation....

Being Overweight Could Lead To Irregular Heartbeats

...on. But since weight loss programs can help people avoid obesity, the potential exists to reduce the incidence of AF....

Exercising The Best Form Of Treatment For Low Back Ache

...ivity levels. But many people with lower back pain avoid exercise because of the pain involved. A new study suggests people with low back pain can benefit from regular exercise, even if it hurts.This study was conducted among the employees of an airline company in the Netherlands. About 135 workers who ha...

X – Rays Found To Increase Cancer Risk

...wever, they agree that a general goal should be to avoid unnecessary X-ray procedures. For example, they point out that up to 30 percent of chest X-rays may not be necessary and doctors need to think carefully about the benefits for and the risk to their patients for each examination....

New Non – invasive Test To Detect Colon Cance

...r detecting colon cancer. But many patients try to avoid the test as it is a very invasive test.// Recently, a fecal occult blood stool test has been used. This test looks for blood hidden in the stool. However, the test misses a majority of cancers. The new test looks for DNA mutations in the stool. Resea...

Albendazole Effective In Reducing Seizures Caused By A Common Parasite

...shows an antiparasitic drug appears to help people avoid seizures caused by a common parasite Taenia solium.// Researchers speculated treatment with the antiparasitic drug albendazole which they thought might help these patients reduce the number of seizures they experience. They randomized 120 patients ...

Analyzing The Risk Factors For Diabetic Neuropathy

... may not be the only thing diabetics need to do to avoid the painful condition known as diabetic neuropathy...weight, and stopping smoking could all help people avoid the diabetic complication....

Doctors warned of fluoride toxicity

...de among cancer patients and otherwise in order to avoid the fluoride toxicity from overdose. Fluoride toxicity is often characterized by digestive disorders, inability to swallow, soreness in the joints and muscles, especially that of legs, and general feeling of unwell. Fluoride toxicity affects patien...

HIV-positive Parents Require More Counseling

...ils due to these fears. About 40 percent said they avoid these and other behaviors at least some of the time. In conclusion researchers say their findings point to a need for physicians to talk with HIV-positive parents to reassure them about the safety of certain types of intimate contact with their chil...

Crooked teeth may be due to evolution and overcooked meals

...for malformed dental structure are often those who avoid eating fibers and raw vegetables. These require much munching and tearing and thus shape our teeth. In keeping with anthropologist Lucas, who has authored Dental Function Morphology: How Teeth Work, on an average the body part that requires most sur...

Testing Of Saliva May Predict Dental Caries

...vention of cavities. However, it is important to avoid extreme measures to prevent dental caries. Total avoidance of sugar in diet has not been related to lesser dental problems. Similarly, even excess brushing your teeth can do more harm than good, by eroding the enamel cover of your teeth. Link: ht...

Caesarian sections may not help in reducing post-pregnancy blues

...gnant women opted for a planned caesarian birth to avoid the depression. A new study that comes in the recent issue of British Medical Journal says that this may not be the case. According to Deirdre Murphy of Dundee University, who had led the team of researchers in the study, says that no significant re...

The Benefits of Alcohol Consumption Questioned

...ndividuals who do not currently consume alcohol to avoid starting to drink alcohol. In conclusion researchers say their results suggest there may be a biological explanation for the link between alcohol consumption and heart disease....

More Errors From Computerized Prescriptions

...ht that computerized prescription could be used to avoid medical mistakes, but now it seems computerized prescription systems // may lead to even more errors. It is known that adverse drug events injure or kill more than 770,000 people in hospitals each year. One way hospitals are trying to cut back on th...

Pre-pregnancy folic acid intake does not increase rate of having twins

...o increase the chances of having a twin baby or to avoid //neural tube defect. A new study published in journal Epidemiology says that there is no proof for this common belief. The study was conducted to monitor the possible adverse effects of this vitamin, especially because there are some countries wer...

Onions to prevent osteoporosis

...rats suggests that eating onions may be the key to avoid the risk of bone disease of// osteoporosis. Researchers have identified a compound in onions, a peptide called GPCS that seems to prevent the bone disease. The study had involved segregation of bone cells of newborn mice that were treated with parat...

Breast cancer is associated to consuming food with high glycemic index

...e more of food which are low in glycemic index and avoid foods that have high GI value, as the former are considered to be healthier than the latter. This is the first time research has associated such food with incidence of breast cancer. The researchers are of the opinion that the risk of breast cancer ...

Fortified iron in diets may increase the risk of cancer

To avoid iron deficiency in people, lot of dietary ingredients these days contain fortified iron in the ingredient. // A new study done by researchers of Medical University of South Carolina, US, had found that in a state of transferrin saturation of 60% or m...

Working in shifts may cause damage to your health

...et some healthy benefit out of the situation is to avoid frequent change of shifts to allow the body clock to settle down. However the scientists also feel that there may not be a blanket solution for all, and the results will vary with the state of health of the workers concerned. Reference: New Scientis...

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