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Drinking arsenic water leads to cancer

...port published last September. Diagnosis of this condition is often delayed because the diseases take several years to develop symptoms. While there is no known cure, researchers suggest increased use of vitamins A, C and E and proteins may help the body resist the onset of the diseases. Bangladesh, a low-l...

New FDA Approved Drug NATRECOR For Heart Failure Patients

... failure patients. Congestive heart failure is a condition // in which the heart can't pump enough blood to meet the needs of the body's other organs. Most of the patients with congestive heart failure suffer flare-ups in which they gasp for breath and need hospitalization. The U.S. Food and Drug Administ...

Bayer Voluntarily Withdraws BAYCOL - A Drug Associated With 50 Deaths

...re muscle pain, fever, weakness and vomiting. This condition can also lead to kidney failure. The FDA said fatal reports with Baycol had been reported most frequently when the drug was used at higher doses, in elderly patients, and especially when taken in combination with another cholesterol-lowering drug c...

'Sweaty palms syndrome' can be cured by surgery

Hyperhidrosis is a debilitating condition that causes excessive sweating of the hands and feet.These people look like they have just run their hands under a faucet and have not dried them.These people look like they have just run their hands under a faucet and have not dried them. One perso...

Reversing heart failure

... keep the patient going - it actually improves the condition of the heart muscle. The researchers looked at heart tissue from two groups of transplant patients - one group had received LVAD support, the other had not. In the first group, the heart muscle had a stronger contracting mechanism than in the secon...

Prevention of cataracts

... for the development of cataracts. A cataract is a condition in which the lens loses its clearness and often occurs late in life. Researchers found the prevalence of cataracts was significantly lower in the group who ate the most amount of nutrients than the group who ate the lowest amount. The nutrients stud...

A treatment for blindness

A surgical technique to correct a blinding condition in premature babies appears to have long-term bene...surface of 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 e...

Silicon eye implants

...le who had lost their vision due// to a hereditory condition called retinitis pigmentosa,said that implanting three more people will give them a large data. He would be doing the implant of these micro chips in one woman and two men suffering from retinitis pigmentosa .The whole procedure would be about 2-1/2...

Osteoporosis in men

...ngth without showing any symptoms. Osteoporosis, a condition that causes bones to thin, weaken and break easily, affects women and men, nearly half of all people over the age of 75. One in eight men over age 50 will have an osteoporotic fracture of some kind in his lifetime. Fractures due to osteoporosis can ...

Genetics and cholesterol levels

...ce cholesterol levels. But there is also a genetic condition called familial hypercholesterolaemia (FH) which leads to high cholesterol.// People with FH cannot usually get their cholesterol down by diet alone - they usually need medication too. Left untreated, FH often leads to early development of heart dise...

Dementia - a global problem

...enough coping with dementia in the West, where the condition has been common for many years. Imagine trying to cope in a developing country, where there are few - if any - support systems for the affected family. That's why the 10/66 Dementia Research Group, funded by the World Health Organisation, and led b...

Vitamin C for the heart

...tery disease (PAD) is a form of atherosclerosis, a condition in which fatty build-up accumulates inside the arteries and obstructs blood flow. In PAD, blood flow in the legs and feet is impaired, which can cause lameness and pain. PAD is also associated with an increased risk of death and disability caused by ...

Treatment for Meniere's disease

... treating Meniere's disease.Meniere's disease is a condition of the middle ear, affecting the hearing apparatus...ng the value of a particular treatment is that the condition is very unpredictable - it may resolve spontaneously and then suddenly reappear. Researchers in Ital...

Diet Can Influence Allergic Skin Reactions

People who are plagued with a skin condition called contact dermatitis may benefit from ridding their diets of foods such as citrus fruits and tomatoes, according to the results of a small study.// Individuals with contact dermatitis experience inflamed, red, itchy, scaly skin when they come in...

The new born nightmare

...has linked use of this drug to pyloric stenosis, a condition that affects about 1 in 400 newborns and it is the most common cause of abdominal surgery in infants. Using the Regenstrief Medical Record System – a comprehensive database that stores information on diagnoses, operative reports, pharmacy records a...

Treatment for pre-menstrual syndrome is ineffective

...aid the vast majority of women who suffer from the condition did not need to take drugs at all. 90% of women suffer from mild symptoms such as irritability. The team examined 14 studies on the effectiveness of the treatment, which has been routinely prescribed by doctors since the 1960s. They concluded that th...

Angiotensin-II-receptor blockers - Treat kidney failure

...ents with early signs of kidney disease showed the condition was less likely to progress than in similar patients on placebo. The trials offer new hope to people with diabetes, for there has been no treatment for kidney complications till now. They also underline the need for the earliest possible diagnosis of...

Omega-3 fatty acids impair immunity

...nefit those with arthritis, a painful inflammatory condition of the joints. Yet the inflammatory response is a key component of the immune system in fighting infection. // The Missouri team studied how mice responded to bacterial infection when given diets containing either fish oil or no fish oil. Those on ...

Helping the neurology of kidney failure

...ignal - interacts with free radicals so creating a condition called oxidative stress, which damages brain cells. However, if rats with kidney failure are treated with an antioxidant drug, much of this damage can be prevented. Further research is needed to see whether the antioxidant treatment is applicable t...

Heat therapy relieves back pain

...hich is responsible for 40 per cent of cases. This condition is caused by shrinkage of the 'buffer' tissue between the disks, which usually happens increasingly with age. It leads to the growth of new tissue full of pain receptors and to irritation of the spinal nerves. The IDET treatment destroys the painfu...

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