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Heart test may detect death risk

...Cleveland, observed in a recent study, that a test commonly used to diagnose heart attacks may also identify patients at increased risk of death after balloon angioplasty, a new study shows.// Blood levels of the enzyme creatine kinase-MB rise after a heart attack. The rise indicates injury to the heart muscl...

New drug for hypertension

...n therapy for the treatment of hypertension, it is commonly associated with side effects like headache, dizziness, flusing and abdominal pain, they said.But clinical study of S-Amlodipine has shown that none of the patients in the treatment group reported any such side effects, they said adding, NCL has alrea...

Screening of Lazy Eye

... percent of the population is born with amblyopia, commonly called lazy eye. Many countries routinely screen for lazy eye. The goal is to restore vision to as normal as possible in that eye. Some, but not all, countries place high importance on screening and treating because of the concern that the person m...

Flesh-eating virus

...etimes known as 'flesh-eating disease', because it commonly enters the body through broken skin. More than 35 ...er of cases concentrated in Glasgow. The disease commonly begins in an established wound or broken skin before penetrating the tissues beneath the skin, causi...

Risk of heart disease prediction needs updating

...s and use to counsel them. The team compared two commonly used heart disease prediction models - one is called TIMI, and it's based upon clinical trial data. The other, known as PREDICT, comes from whole population data. The researchers compared these in a group of people from Olmsted County, recording 1134...

Eczema patients lack natural antibiotic in skin

...y, itchy and easily irritated skin. It occurs most commonly in infants and young children, but can persist int...e proteins associated with the immune response and commonly secreted by atopic dermatitis patients’ cells. "These findings indicate that atopic dermatitis patie...

Prostate cancer and Vitamins

... For the vitamin would have interacted with a drug commonly given before the treatment, raising the risk of haemorrhage. The story shows that doctors and patients alike need to be better informed about the potential risks of complementary therapies....

Restless Legs Syndrome - Help at hand

...chers in Spain have now discovered that medication commonly used to treat seizures may help patients suffering from RLS. Researchers studied 24 patients who were given either a placebo or the medication gabapentin for a six-week period. Physical and neurological examinations were done at the beginning of the...

New AIDS vaccine may be in the offing

...reported that the new vaccine uses a type of cell, commonly found in the skin, called dendritic cells or DCs. The main job of DCs is to grab foreign substances and turn them in to the immune system, which triggers a chain reaction that starts a powerful immune attack on similar substances. In the study, the r...

New oral antiviral treatment of cold sores approved

...k. Cold sores, also known as herpes labialis and commonly referred to as fever blisters, are ulcers or blisters on the lip and outer edges of the mouth caused by the herpes simplex virus. People who develop cold sores are advised to exercise high levels of caution, like washing hands immediately after touch...

Survival rates in breast cancer patients improved with "Dose Dense Chemotherapy"

...educing the interval between successive doses of a commonly used chemotherapy regimen to improve survival rates in breast cancer// women. This study was conducted as follow-up of a mathematical model which was developed in the 1980s that suggested the value of increased dose density. Researchers tested both ...

Children who used anaesthesia drugs could suffer brain damage

... drugs. The researchers, who studied the effect of commonly used anaesthesia drugs in paediatric surgery, on infant rats, found that the rats suffered from learning and memory problems. The researchers anaesthetized 7-day-old rats with a combination of anaesthesia drugs - midazolam, nitrous oxide and isoflura...

Marijuana 'gateway' theory strengthened by study of twins

...48 per cent of the early marijuana users, the most commonly used harder drugs were cocaine and other stimulants as compared to 26 percent of the non-early marijuana users. Hallucinogens were the second most common, used by 35 percent of the early marijuana twins versus 18 percent of the others. The study, wh...

Type of inhaler used in asthma treatment crucial

...h the traditional "press and breathe" devices more commonly prescribed by doctors. Professor David Price, who led the study, said that there are a wide variety of inhaler devices available for the delivery of medication into the lungs and using the correct inhaler was crucial. He added that outcomes were con...

Lower chance of bone fracture with Vitamin D supplementation

... hip, wrist, forearm or vertebrae - sites that are commonly affected by osteoporosis. Researchers concluded that using Vitamin D supplementation is a cost-effective strategy for reducing disabling bone fractures among older people....

SARS: India's drugs in demand

...battling with the exact cure for SARS, macrolides, commonly used for treating lower respiratory tract infections, seems to have emerged as a preferred drug// in treating SARS. Indian pharmaceutical companies have reported that order inquiries have gone up by four to five times from China and Southeast Asia,...

Asthma is not just a childhood condition

...te poorly controlled asthma. There seems to be a commonly held misconception that asthma only affects children. The condition not only affect all ages, it can start for the first time at any age. It may be the case that many people have asthma but don't realise they have it. It is vital people recognise the...

Vitamin D Wipes out Cancer Cells

...up that received radiation alone. Radiotherapy is commonly used to treat breast cancer, both before surgery to reduce tumor size and after surgery to reduce tumor recurrence. However, some remaining cells are often resistant to radiation. In addition to wiping out radio-resistant cells, researchers have modi...

Alternative Therapy in HIV Patients

... CAM during the course of the study. The four most commonly used methods were relaxation, spiritual healing, self-help and herbal medicine. More than one-fourth of the patients used CAM with the potential for side effects and 3 percent reported using CAM in lieu of conventional HIV therapy. More than one-half...

Herbal Remedy Risky for Cancer Patients

...dverse effects." Black cohosh is one of the most commonly used alternative supplements to treat hot flashes and other menopausal symptoms. The herb is native to North America and is extracted from a perennial plant...

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