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Liver transplant oversight urged

...r higher than for kidney donors. ``It is still not clear exactly how safe it is to donate a large part of one's liver,'' he wrote....

A remedy to overcome dandruff

...e a conditioner as well. And if your scalp doesn't clear up within six weeks, it's worthwhile seeing your doctor for either a prescription shampoo or a topical medication....

Novel biopsy technique for prostate cancer

... come back for a second biopsy - when the first is clear but cancer is still suspected....

Sleepwalking has genetic roots

...n a control group of non-sleepwalker. It's not yet clear just how this immune variant affects the body's sleep cycles. But it's also interesting to note that many of these patients also suffer from REM (rapid eye movement) sleep disorder - where their muscles are not paralysed (as they usually are) during ...

Cancer patients pursue smoking inspite of risks

... poorer quality of life than non-smokers. It's not clear if they smoked for this reason, or whether smoking leads to these emotional problems. Many of those who smoked wanted help in stopping, while fewer than ten per cent of those who drank wanted to give up alcohol. The study suggests that doctors shou...

Chewing gum found to increase brainpower

...her important tasks. "The results were extremely clear and specifically we found that chewing gum// targeted memory," Andrew Scholey of the university's Human Cognitive Neuroscience Unit said. "People recalled more words and performed better in tests on working memory." Peppermint gum, menthol or spearmi...

Lyme disease is a persistent problem

...as feel that this treatment would not be enough to clear up the problem.// They studied 40 Lyme patients, some of whom were assigned to the antibiotic ceftriaxone while the rest took a placebo. The antibiotic group improved, relative to the controls, regarding fatigue levels - but the level of infection ...

Assessment for hearing aid implants in the process

...on and infection. On the whole, however, there are clear benefits for those with hearing loss in having an implant....

Healing a painful neck

...he cause of the pain, most of the time there is no clear diagnosis. Many physicians try to treat the condition with pain relievers but may also refer patients to physical therapists or manual therapists for exercise therapy or manual treatment. The latter consists of hands-on techniques such as mobilizatio...

Decrease of 'Hunger Hormone' after Obesity Surgery

...early a third more food than usual. But it was not clear what happened to levels after dieting or in people who had gastric bypass surgery. A team of investigators measured levels of ghrelin in the blood of 10 obese individuals before and after a 5-month weight loss program, in 6 adults who had lost weigh...

Risk of heart diseases due to loneliness

...he cardiovascular system in this way is not really clear - it may be that lonely people experience the world as a threatening and non-supportive place, thereby affectsand this conditions their response to stressful situations....

More Vitamin C in organic oranges

...nge is brighter and about twice as big. It's not clear why organic oranges are more vitamin C rich. The researchers think it may be to do with the fertiliser used by conventional farmers, which draws more water up into the fruit. So the vitamin content might be diluted. However, there's no real cost bene...

Role of Diet in Oral Cancer

...ther factors supporting their findings include the clear demonstration of two previously established causes of mouth cancer (tobacco and alcohol) and similar results from comparable studies done recently in the United States and elsewhere....

Ultrasound test may detect heart condition early

...nvolved in HCM have been identified, there isn't a clear genetic test because so many different mutations are involved. Therefore, another way was needed to determine if the disorder is present. According to Solomon, Doppler tissue imaging "allows us to look at something we haven't really been able to eva...

Look out for sepsis

...nd vomiting. Be concerned if an infection does not clear up within a few days, or seems to be getting worse. Sepsis can take hold very rapidly, so prompt medical attention is essential....

Quicker healing with active bandages

...ogel bandages speed up healing.They look like thin clear plastic when dry, but expand six times and become pliable when wet.// Unlike regular bandages, which just keep moisture in and germs out, the hydrogel dressings actually penetrate the wound and enhance the healing process. The researchers believe t...

Special proteins to fight TB identified

...erable to our own natural immunity, enabling us to clear the infection. This research assumes importance because of the fact that tuberculosis kills more people than any other infectious disease in the world. But the sad part is that a third of the world's population is carrying the disease without any s...

Clinical trials need to be more frank

...s. Researchers in the US felt that it's not always clear to the patient that the doctor is getting a cash benefit from their participation and this is wrong. It goes against the idea of informed consent - because the patient doesn't have all the facts - and it could lead to conflict of interests....

Heart attack risk starts at 20

...esterol monitoring begin at age 20, but "it's very clear that there's an underassessment and undertreatment of risk factors in general," Pearson said. For those over 40, doctors should look at all the risk factors and assess their potential for developing heart disease within 10 years. This can be used to ...

Gene researchers make Malaria-resistant mosquito

...on of the human malaria parasite. Also, it is not clear if there is a safe and effective way to spread such genes into mosquitoes in general, and because the technique wasn't 100% effective at blocking transmission, the parasite could become "resistant" to the treatment. Much work needs to be done to det...

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