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Relief from Migraine

...sted may have done migraine sufferers everywhere a big favor.// A new study shows the medication works best when taken at the first sign of pain, rather than waiting until pain is moderate to severe, as was the requirement of the original study. Previous research on the use of drugs known as serotonin ...

New Drug to Stop Gambling!

Gambling is big business in America -- earning the gaming industry nearly $51 billion in net revenue each year. Like most addictions, once you start, it's hard to stop.// Now, a drug treatment could get gamblers back on their feet. Pulsing music. Flashing lights. A...

Just standing next to a large person can be bad for one's image

...en use to describe obese people. The man with the big woman was rated 22 percent more negatively than the same man with the thin companion. When seen with the large woman, he was more likely to be described as miserable, self-indulgent, passive, shapeless, depressed, weak, insignificant and insecure. "...

People with skin cancer at higher risk for other types

..."I was told to forget it," she recalled. "It was a big fat nothing." Now it's something to think about. "It's not the kind of thing I will stay up worrying about," she said. "But some people will."...

WHO and UNAIDS unveil plan to get 3 million AIDS patients on treatment by 2005

...ateral agencies, WHO and UNAIDS are taking another big step forward in the global movement to increase access to prevention and treatment services. "The lack of HIV treatment is without a doubt a global emergency," said Dr Peter Piot, UNAIDS Executive Director. "We firmly believe that we stand no chanc...

Magnetic Stimulation Found Effective for Parkinson’

...sease of the brain, of the mind, and it plays very big games on your head.” Criner recently joined a new study with a neurologist who was testing transcranial magnetic stimulation. “We think that TMS makes patients’ brains more sensitive to the medication he or she is already taking,” says specialists ...

Life After Testicular Cancer

...have him," John says. Specialists says it makes a big difference for men who want to have children. "We're both saving the patient's life because we're curing him of his cancer, and we're giving him the opportunity to create new life in the future," they say....

Will Your Baby Grow Up To Be A Future Einstein ?

...all in the books ,emotional development // plays a big role in raising intelligent kids. Researchers say we need to realize that our emotions are the fuel that gives rise to social behavior but also to different levels of intelligence. Genetics also plays a role, but its future is not written in his DNA...

Tissue Transfer for Skin Cancer

... 58 percent were cancer-free. "Instead of having a big wad of tissue there you have something that at least molds in and looks more acceptable, and fulfills those functions of letting people breathe through their nose, or even drink and get food down," he says. Fahland says, "I thought it was extraordi...

The Size Of The Heart Does Matter

Having a big heart is usually considered a good thing, however a new study finds blacks with high blood pressure are significantly more likely than whites // to have an enlarged heart, putting them at increased risk for heart attack and stroke. Results from a st...

Mobile Phones Found To Reduce A Man’s Fertility by 30

...rs such as social class and age range would have a big impact on the results anyway. Maybe the type of man who walks around with his phone switched on all day has a stressful job with many other factors that could influence his sperm count....

Magnetic Stimulation For Parkinson’s Diseas

...sease of the brain, of the mind, and it plays very big games on your head.” Criner recently joined a new study with a neurologist who was testing transcranial magnetic stimulation. “We think that TMS makes patients’ brains more sensitive to the medication he or she is already taking,” says specialists ...

WHO hopes to wipe away Iodine deficiency diseases by 2005

...g this target by next year is likely to be a very big challenge for WHO. Source: http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2004/pr93/en/Contact:debenoistb@who.int ...

The Bio-probe –“ Boon to women ?

...Pap test. If it is, this small device could make a big difference. The bio-probe was originally created to measure changes in the menstrual cycle and has been used to help couples with infertility. Temple University will also look at using this technology to help prevent premature births by measuring ce...

Energy Therapy For Quicker Healing

...he healing response. Tiny fields [of energy] have big effects on cells hence, therapy can be done with less energy and more effectiveness . Treating a shoulder injury could be a matter of getting the right amount of energy in the right place. In conclusion researchers say practitioners should use their ...

More Errors From Computerized Prescriptions

...n warnings. Plus, no more paper could translate to big savings for many health institutions. It was found that computerized order systems resulted in reducing medication errors by as much as 81 percent. However, handwriting aside, the new systems are leading to other kinds of medical errors. About 22 di...

Surgery for early stage prostate cancer is better than waiting

... beneficial in reducing the rate of mortality by a big margin, this procedure is substantially more advantageous in reducing the spread of the disease. , prostatectomy, prostate cancer, metastasis, rate of mortality, early stage, rate of survival...

Spray on contraceptive clears Phase I trial

.... The transdermal delivery system for drugs is a big market worth over $3 billion a year in the US alone and is growing at a rapid pace. The transdermal delivery of drugs has some distinct advantages over oral or intravenous dosing of drugs. It avoids issues such as gastric irritability due to change...

Need for better support for chronic pain in children’

... The pain causes psychological distress, which has big impact on siblings and parents. Adding to agony, there are no clinical practices for this management, although some paediatric centers have chronic management programmes. Epidemiological studies by Professor Christopher Eccleston, Director of the pa...

Clampdown On Fake Drugs Manufacturers In India – New Bill Enacte

...government is only protecting the interests of the big pharma by bringing in trademark offences under the spurious drug bill and that if the government was really serious about knowing the exact magnitude of spurious drug manufacturing, they would have ordered for the national survey which was recommende...

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