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Clinical-trials Show Increased Therapeutic Activity of Pycnogenol than Daflon

...rchers at L'Aquila University in Italy conducted a comparative analysis by supplementing 86 patients with severe CVI with Pycnogenol? and Daflon?. Each group supplemented daily for eight weeks. Patients who supplemented with Pycnogenol? received either 150 mg or 300 mg, while Daflon? patients supplemented with 1...

Doppler ultrasounds found to be accurate in detecting anemia in fetus

...sity Medical Center in the Netherlands conducted a comparative study of the two methods in 165 fetuses. The finding revealed that the Doppler ultrasound was far more accurate in detecting anemia, especially in severe cases, than the amniocentesis test. Doppler ultrasound is found to be a highly reliable option i...

Fewer numbers of neurons in autistic boys, study

...cket of 10 to 44 with that of 10 normal males. The comparative study checked out if the brain cells were smaller in size or if they were lesser in number. While there is a possibility that autistic people are born with fewer neurons in the amygdala, it is also possible that the degenerative process in the brain ...

Higher-Dose Copper IUDs Provide Better Pregnancy Protection

...ing and pain, the review found. “In general, the comparative analyses suggest higher effectiveness and similar side effect profile with high-copper IUDs compared to low-copper ones,” concluded the review authors. The review appears in the current issue of The Cochrane Library, a publication of The Cochrane C...

A Human Brain Gene Could Hold Clues On The Evolution Of Brain Capacity

...putational strategy for using the chimp genome and comparative genomics to identify regions of the human genome that had evolved rapidly. "When we developed this computational method, we weren't sure what we would find. It was very rewarding to find that this region that came out at the top of our list is pote...

Memory loss may portend onset of dementia

... others who were absolutely healthy people. The comparative study revealed that certain brain regions of those who complained of memory loss bore resemblance to those who suffered early dementia. The researchers opine that complaints of memory loss may portend early signs of dementia, even though tests may be...

Treatment of SARS Still a Mystery

...ured treatment procedures needed to make a proper, comparative research was absent during the crisis because of the disease's chaotic onset. She said, "The studies were not done in a way that doctors could attribute a patient's recovery to the treatment that was used. Through no fault of the physicians that w...

Prenatal Multivitamins to prevent risk of Brain Tumors In Kids

...dulloblastoma. Dr.Bunin and her team conducted a comparative study on 315 children diagnosed with those tumors before age six and equal number of their normal counterparts. The Children's Oncology Group, a multicenter collaborative organization of pediatric cancer programs in the U.S. and Canada had enrolled t...

Exercise alleviates Anemia in Breast cancer patients

...rsity of Michigan-Flint and colleagues conducted a comparative study of the effect of exercise versus no exercise during radiotherapy on red blood cell levels and on maximum oxygen capacity, a measure of physical fitness. This study was carried out in 20 women with breast cancer. The results showed that there ...

Psoriasis raises risk for heart attack

...associated with inflammation. The results of the comparative study of over 1,30,000 adults with psoriasis and over 5,00,000 adults without this condition, revealed that a 30-year-old with a severe form has 3 times higher risk for heart attack than a person without the condition. In the study, ruling out othe...

Levels of Thyroid Hormone Forecasts Life Span

...ulates the metabolic rate. The study engaged in a comparative study of the levels of thyroid hormones in rodents that belonged to different groups and age groups as well. The study measured the thyroid levels for each animal. The finding revealed, there was a marked variation among all the groups with a shorter...

Premature Delivery due to Oily fish

...nt of mercury in the hair of these women and did a comparative analysis with the date of delivery.The chances of having twofold the average mercury level in hair was 3 times higher in women who gave birth more than two weeks early. In general, these women seemed to consume more oily fish, especially canned fish....

Antipsychotics – not effective in treating Alzheimer'

...ticipated, because it provides the first long-term comparative look at the three major antipsychotic drugs now used...

Bottleneck for Neck Stents - May Enhance Risk of Stroke, Says a Study

...with blockages in the carotid artery. To make a comparative study, researchers used stents and a surgical method to clear the blocks in the carotid artery. Alarmingly the researchers found that strokes and death risk increased two fold in patients who were treated with stents. In the normal treatment, to cl...

Team Tracks Genetic Origins of Eye Cancer

...niques: fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), comparative genomic hybridization (CGH), and spectral karyotyping (SKY). FISH involves the fluorescent labeling of a piece of DNA to determine where that piece of DNA is found and how many copies there are. CGH is essentially an expanded version of FISH, with en...

Is the urge to binge as strong a craving as sex and recreational drugs to addicts?

...ie according to Dr. Tamas Horvath, chairperson of comparative medicine at Yale University's school of medicine, in New Haven, Conn. In the investigations done as part of the research which was co- sponsored by the National Science and Engineering Research Council of Canada, Dr Horvath, a veterinarian and neur...

Flu vaccine safe for kids

...ts used the health record of the kids to conduct a comparative study of problems at three phases: 42 days after vaccination, at a later period and at the time prior to vaccination. Of the 45,000 cases, only 13 cases reported mild nausea and diarrhea. In the U.S., flu vaccines are now recommended for every kid ...

Brain stem Defects associated with SIDS

... Hospital and Harvard Medical School carried out a comparative study of the tissues obtained from 31 infants who died from SIDS and 10 who died due to some other ailments, during the period 1997-2005. The lower brain stem helps control breathing, heart rate and blood pressure. The findings revealed that the br...

A 100 years after the first diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease

...ing a transgenic model for the disease, conducting comparative aging studies and detecting early symptoms of the disease." Source-Eurekalert...

The need to revamp cervical cancer prevention programs

...etection of curable pre-cancerous alterations. A comparative study of screening programs in Australia and Britain was done that revealed same levels of reduction in death rates over a period of 10 years, in spite of certain parts of U.K. recommending 3-yearly Pap smear. The study carried out by the Cancer Co...

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