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Ear infection- a new treatment

...th of the pathogens responsible for ear infections can be used successfully and may help reduce the use of antibiotics. Acute Otitis Media is one of the most common bacterial infections in young children, and is often treated// with large amounts of antibiotics. It is caused by the spread of Streptococc...

Bayer Voluntarily Withdraws BAYCOL - A Drug Associated With 50 Deaths

...has been linked to approximately 50 deaths. Baycol can cause a muscular side effect called rhabdomyolysis...pain, fever, weakness and vomiting. This condition can also lead to kidney failure. The FDA said fatal reports with Baycol had been reported most frequen...

Say "no" to x-rays

... that giving x-rays to people with lower back pain can appear to worsen the outcome. The study tracked two groups of patients - 421 in all - who had had lower back pain for over six weeks. One group was given radiography, the other was not. Researchers found that after three months, patients who had in...

Strong pain killers likely to cause miscarriage

...unter pain killers should carry warnings that they can increase the risk of miscarriage. The comments follow a study by Danish reseacher Gunnar Lauge Nielsen and colleagues published in this week's British Medical Journal which studied the effect on women of taking strong non-steroidal anti-inflammatory...

Early detection of heart attack

...st pain does not always signify a heart attack. It can be caused by indigestion or a panic attack. But the symptom is always treated as a medical emergency, and a series of tests is given to the patient to determine whether they have indeed suffered a heart attack.// These tests normally take a minimu...

A boost to quit smoking

...ncouraging news, because it shows that your health can start to benefit almost straight away. Hence this can motivate people to quit smoking....

Action of nerve cells

...rotein unfolds or opens the syntaxin protein so it can aid the release of neurotransmitter from one nerve cell to another. When a human or other animal has any sensation- from feeling pain to hearing a sound or remembering something millions of neurons are sending signals in the form of neurotransmitte...

Heart Attacks during Menstruation!

...earch has already shown that the time of the month can profoundly affect the symptoms of migraine, asthma and cardiac arrhythmia.The early follicular phase - the week during or immediately after a period-produced the worst exercise performance and the quickest time to angina pain: 290 seconds. This phase...

Reversing heart failure

A heart pump can do more than just provide a bridge to a transplant...ry raises the intriguing possibility that the LVAD can actually be a cure for heart failure than a support device....

New Modality in Migraine Management

...f it is there's no altered consciousness. Patients 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 thos...

B Vitamin Supplementatoin Saves Money and Lives

... with the B vitamins folic acid and cyanocobalamin can lower homocysteine levels. Fortifying foods with B vitamins and giving additional supplements to people with heart disease could save lives and money.// Dr. Jeffrey A. Tice from the University of California, San Francisco, the lead author of the st...

Sponging Cattle betters spraying in eradicating Malaria

... . Sometimes the most severe forms of this disease can lead to death even .This is a common disease in the tropical countries.// Hence eradication of this disease involves the control of breeding of this mosquitoes and spraying insectisides.Typically, in southern Asia, villagers spray the inside of thei...

Eat Vitamin C and stay young

... a day. Eating a variety of fruits and vegetables can more than satisfy the recommended allowance, said Dr. Mark Levine, lead author of a new study supporting the increase for women.'We've been recommending, as have other groups, that both men and women consume at least five varied servings of fruits an...

Increased Heart Attack Risk From Celebrex,Vioxx

... inflammation and stiffness of arthritis, celebrex can help you through the day with activities like standing, walking or climbing stairs, and through the night while sitting or lying in bed. Since their introduction in 1999, the drugs, which are known technically as COX-2 inhibitors, have been among /...

Herbs for Rememberance

... neurotransmitter chemicals dopamine and serotonin can also be affected. Smoking and other drugs can speed up the onset of memory loss, as can prolonged anxiety, grief and negative emotions. Recentl...

Dental exam reveals stroke risk

...men. Many of them have no warning symptoms. So how can women at risk be detected?// One way may be thro...ts in the carotid arteries serving the brain. This can be picked up through a dental x-ray. Researchers in California have assessed dental x-rays and medic...

Obesity a risk for pancreatic cancer

...ity raises the risk of pancreatic cancer, but this can be modified by exercise.Only one person in 20 can expect to live for more than five years after pancreatic cancer has been diagnosed and little has be...

Role of zinc in development

...igin such as meat, seafood and poultry. Since iron can interfere with zinc absorption, it would make sense in communities where zinc intakes are likely to be low, to provide a supplement that contained both iron and zinc....

Minor mutations in HIV virus

...ts General Hospital (MGH), published a study-- HIV can mutate key proteins in order to hide from an immun...HIV fragment. The study indicates that the virus can learn //how to evade the immune response in one person, and that it retains this ability even after ...

Uncontrolled blood pressure

...oorly controlled. Drugs and lifestyle modification can help control high blood pressure (hypertension) ye...doctors, are more aware of the condition, and what can be done to control it....

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