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A treatment for blindness

... the retina.If this is not treated , the condition can lead to legal blindness in about 60 percent of patients. A surgical procedure Cryotherapy, is employed in which a freezing probe is placed on the surface of the eye to destroy cells within the retina that produce the irregular blood vessels.// Re...

Novartis files application with FDA for Zometa

...ncerous cells from the original tumor to the bone, can lead to serious complications called skeletal rela... in more than 30 countries. "Bone complications can be extremely debilitating to cancer patients, and seriously impact their day to day activities. Zome...

How to diagnose heart failure?

...physicians' attention towards simple measures that can detect those patients most at risk. In this study, these two signs heralded an increased risk of death from heart failure....

Early puberty linked to nutrition

...r health, because the long exposition to estrogens can increase the risk of developing breast cancer. Besides the excess of body fat is a source of extra feminine hormones, because its secretion doesn’t only depend of the activity of the ovaries. In the adipose tissue a complex biochemical mechanism ta...

Wrinkle cure

...uction of a chemical called arachidonic acid which can lead to the formation of wrinkles. Vitamin C can easily be added to a diet by consuming more Vitamin C-rich fruits and vegetables such as strawberrie...

Osteoporosis in men

...ind in his lifetime. Fractures due to osteoporosis can lead to chronic pain, loss of independence and, in the case of hip fractures, can be life-threatening. In people age 65 and older, 80 percent of hip fractures in men can be attribute...

Is acupuncture safe?

..., there were no serious adverse events. The public can be reassured by these studies - it shows acupuncture is at least as safe as routine drug treatment. But the research has not yet proved that whether acupuncture actually works. Source- Medical Journal...

Dentist's note for vegetarians

...warned vegans that are very low in animal products can be short of the calcium necessary to make vitamin ...an adult on a vegetarian diet for a prolonged time can be at risk of periodontal disease. Teeth may soften when there is a shortage of vitamin D, becoming ...

Stay young the Chinese way

...e natural substance extracted out of grape-stones, can sweep out redundant free radicals in the human bod...h no toxins or side effects, the patented medicine can go into blood and be digested by the human body within 20 minutes after application, according to th...

Quitting smoking stops lung decline

Quitting smoking for a year at a time can keep lungs from deteriorating and reduce the risk of death, according to American researchers. At the University of Ohahio, Dr.Margit Pelkon and collegues investigated the effects of quitting smoking. They studied more than 1,000 Finnish participant...

Ecstasy shrinks brain!!-researchers unveil the secrets of MDMA.

...ood flow to parts of the brain and that the effect can persist for weeks. ECSTASY is the name in vogue for the chemical substance methylenedioxymethamphetamine or MDMA.The drug became popular over the past 10 years// among young people attending all-night parties known as "raves." The drug creates a s...

Air pollution affects the heart

...ave a diameter of less than ten micrometres. These can cause problems with lung and heart function, by entering the circulation, especially in people with pre-existing disease. According to a new study by researchers at Harvard University now reveals that the adverse effects of pollution may affect eve...

Grains do good

...egetables like broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage - can reduce stroke risk by about 32%. According to a study of a group of 65,000 women, those who ate the equivalent of two to three slices of whole-grain bread each day were 30% to 40% less likely to have an ischemic (blocked artery)or stroke than wome...

Acupuncture for conception

... add on the emotional aspect of trying to conceive can cause stress, making it more difficult to conceive... certain parts of the body. Acupuncture treatments can be once or twice a week and are designed to help restore the flow of energy that acupuncture special...

Avacado a day

...ify the active compounds in the fruit so that they can be produced as a drug or a supplement. However, this is not the best way to get these nutrients. It is nearly always better to get them by using the whole food, since there are likely many beneficial substances working synergistically. Watermelon, w...

Right drugs drastically cut stroke risk

...his therapy. With the finding that normal patients can be benefited, people can greatly cut their exposure to strokes and heart attacks by taking these simple medicines as preventi...

Antioxidants found in chocolates

... absorbed by the body, and remain active. So one can willingly include chocolate in a healthy diet. The main reason for limiting chocolate consumption is that it is high in fat and sugar. The darker types of chocolate are best, since they have less sugar....

Radiation before surgery cuts cancer recurrence

...8.2%. They concluded that radiation before surgery can improve local control of the disease. Drs. Heidi Nelson and Daniel J. Sargent of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, wrote in an accompanying editorial that the preliminary results show that radiation therapy does provide an additional benefit:...

Link between Constipation and Parkinson's Disease

... first prospective study to show that constipation can predate symptoms of Parkinson's by many years. But we can't conclude or yet know that whether exposure to something early in life left the men vulnerable to both conditions or perhaps constipation in men is an early sign of a predisposition to Parkin...

Need to use defibrillators

Defibrillator use can help those who have a cardiac arrest and are easier to use. Nearly quarter of a million people die from cardiac arrest each year in the United States.// Many lives could be saved if prompt action is taken to restart the heart, using an automated ele...

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