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Diet for Autism

... not well comprehended, researchers are willing to consider the notion that gluten and casein may aggravate the symptoms in autistic children, even if it is only by intensifying the gastro-intestinal discomfort. Scientific research has been initiated recently with the hope that it will provide the much...

FDA Requests Recall of All Shelhigh Medical Devices

...lined. FDA recommends that doctors and hospitals consider using alternative products. Physicians and patients concerned about Shelhigh devices can visit www.fda.gov/cdrh/safety/041907-shelhigh.html and www.fda.gov/cdrh/medicaldevicesafety/atp/041907-shelhigh.html for more information, including a list of th...

Despite Being Effective Electroconvulsive Therapy is Underused for Severe Depression

... but it is a treatment health professionals should consider in their therapeutic arsenal," Dr. Kimball writes. "[ECT] is one of the oldest treatments currently in modern psychiatry, but also one whose time has come."...

Gluten Intolerance Cases Diagnosed Late in UK

...ng but doctors do find it a difficult condition to consider for diagnosis as its symptoms are also mimicked by many other common disorders. "However, more needs to be done and can be done. I would urge all doctors to be more vigilant about this condition and to request the simple blood test which can clinc...

Childhood Strokes Linked to Whiplash, Other Traumatic Injury

...ness in one side of the body. If symptoms occur, consider it a medical emergency, Jordan warns, and get the child to an emergency room to reduce the likelihood of permanent brain damage....

Hepatitis C Carries Another Risk-Cancer Of The Immune System

...d be one more piece of evidence that might make me consider treatment, though hepatitis C treatment can be difficult and is often unsuccessful. On the other hand, the risk of these cancers is so small; I wouldn't panic if wasn't getting treatment either. The overall risk is low. According to Giordano ,chron...

Majority of Herb Users Don't Follow Evidence-based Indications, Researchers Find

...es during the last 10 years, but most people dont consider evidence-based indications before using them, according to a University of Iowa study published in this months Mayo Clinic Proceedings. Two-thirds of people who use herbs dont do so in accordance with scientific guidelines, according to the article...

Swallowing The Bitter Pill-Oral Sex Linked To Oral Cancer

...easing incidence of the cancer, authorities should consider programs to vaccinate boys as well as girls against some of the most dangerous strains of HPV, the authors opine. Proponents of Gardasil, the Merck vaccine drug recommended for young teenage girls against cervical cancer (caused by HPV) could not b...

Dabur India Q4 Profit Surges 31%

...rectors of Dabur India Ltd (DIL) met here today to consider the audited financial results of the company for the quarter and the full year ending March 31, 2007. Dabur India Limited is one of Indias leading FMCG Companies. Building on a legacy of quality and experience for over 120 years, Dabur today is In...

Depression Common Among Pregnant Women, but Frequently Undiagnosed

...omen should be encouraged to discuss feelings they consider brief or mild in order for clinicians to develop effective interventions for these sub-clinical symptoms, says study author Kathie Records, Ph.D., R.N. Supportive relationships were shown to minimize prenatal depression, though there was no correla...

Debate Focuses on Door-to-balloon Time in Heart Attack Treatment

...y intervention (PCI) within that time frame should consider treating patients with clot-busting medications, rather than transporting them to a PCI-capable hospital. "Otherwise, those patients are paying a penalty for using PCI," he said. That would be an undesirable consequence of an overly rigid goal, acc...

Mumps Breaks Out In Canada

... has recommended that provinces seeing an outbreak consider offering an additional dose of the measles-mumps-rubella (MMR), vaccine to those considered at high risk. Meanwhile, the National Advisory Committee on Immunization, which advises the country's chief public health officer, will meet next month to r...

National Rural Health Mission Project Requires 200,000 Nurses

... achievement awards once again. He further said: I consider myself fortunate for organizing this ceremony in its own grace and also to name it as "Florence Nightingale Award". His Excellency Dr. A P J Abdul Kalam the President of India, presented the awards to seventeen nursing personnel for their meritorio...

Now a Green Agenda for Mental Health

...valid treatment for mental distress. * GPs should consider prescribing green exercise as a treatment option for every patient experiencing mental distress. * People on care plans should be supported in accessing green space. * Referral to care farms should be incorporated into health and social care referr...

Sylvester Stallone Admits He Tried to Smuggle Banned Growth Hormone to Australia

...n AIDS patients. But this has led many athletes to consider using the hormone as a performance-enhancer, increasing their muscle size and strength. Because of the importance of the HGH to the body's biochemistry, HGH has also been promoted as an anti-ageing treatment. Many of the claims made for HGH have a do...

Risk of Heart Attack, Death High Among Extremely Anxious Patients

...ults of this study demonstrate that we may need to consider more thoroughly evaluating patients with mood disorders such as anxiety, as treatment may very well reduce the risk of heart disease," said Dr. James L. Januzzi, M.D., F.A.C.C. and an associate professor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and dire...

Boiling Makes Broccoli to Loses Its Anticancer Properties

...ooking your vegetables boiling is out. You need to consider stir frying steaming or micro-waving them," Professor Thornalley said....

Gene Thought to Help Kill Cancer Cells may Actually Help Them Thrive

...and some had not. At this point researchers didn't consider whether the patients actually had malignant tumors or had been treated with chemotherapy. However, they found that the gene expression profiles of the tumors clustered the chemotherapy-treated patients into two groups: those whose profiles were sim...

Women Less Likely to Control LDL Cholesterol Levels Than Men

... care for women and a reason to encourage women to consider seriously how to manage their risk factors, such as elevated cholesterol especially the LDL portion of cholesterol. The American Heart Association's Web site, GoRedForWomen.org, can help. It offers resources and tools for women to understand their ri...

Extra Time for Students With Learning Disabilities Does Not Skew SAT Scores

... both groups. College admissions officers should consider these results as evidence that scores from an extended-time administration of the SAT have the same meaning, and therefore can be interpreted in the same way, as scores from standard time administrations, says Lindstrom. In recent years, disagreeme...

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