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TB coupled with AIDS soars in Africa

... its destructive mission. Full-blown cases of AIDS coupled with TB is killing on an average three million people a year in Africa alone. What is alarming is that the death rate has gone up by 10% in 2 years and there are no signs of the destruction slowing down. Health experts argue that the two diseases ne...

Pharma cos must forge Strategic alliances

...fordability. The country's traditional capability coupled with the modern facilities were making Indian medicines cheaper. Lauding the export performance of the chemical industry, he said it could even exceed the target of 28 per cent for the current fiscal. He said 14 per cent of the total export earning...

Diabetes on the rise

...nsive to the regulatory effects of insulin. This, coupled with a tendency to produce less insulin overall, again leads to levels of glucose sugar in the bloodstream becoming too high, eventually causing tissue damage. Some type II diabetics can control the problem with diet restrictions and exercise, but ma...

Chewing gum found to increase brainpower

...s could be attributed to an increase in heart rate coupled with a surge in insulin to the brain. The experiments involved 60 people split into groups of non-chewers, real chewers and "sham" chewers. Prior to undergoing the 20-minute test, the two chewing groups spent 3 minutes working their real or imaginar...

Heart may pull Cells from Body to Self-repair

...ale cells and were therefore probably electrically coupled and functioning with other heart muscle cells. Bohm's team concludes that "these results challenge the dogma that the heart is not able to regenerate." They added that although the percentage of regenerated cardiomyocytes is rather low, it might be ...

Sage Improves Memory

... centuries ago," say researchers. These findings, coupled with earlier sage research, are encouraging scientists to look closer at sage as a potential treatment for Alzheimer's disease. Many of the current Alzheimer's drugs on the market, such as donepezil, have unpleasant side effects on patients such as d...

Hormones A Predictor Of Heart Problems

...mptoms. However they say that, this exam should be coupled with others for the most effective early detection....

Sage Found To Improve Memory

...those who didn't. Researchers say these findings, coupled with earlier sage research, are encouraging and have to looked at as a potential treatment for Alzheimer’s disease. Many of the current Alzheimer’s drugs on the market, such as donepezil, have unpleasant side effects on patients such as diarrhea, nau...

Relief From Asthma With New Combo Therapy

An inhaled corticosteroid (budesonide) coupled with a long-acting beta2-agonist (formoterol) can actually provide significant improvement of // asthma symptoms with less reliance on high doses of inhaled steroid, say researchers according to a new study. For the study the effects of various comb...

Exercising is good for you at all ages

...at affect their health. Moderate physical exercise coupled with an active lifestyle can reduce the rapid deterioration of the ability to move for the elderly people. The research done was a pert of the Health, Aging and Body Composition Study that followed the health of 3075 people in the age group of 70 an...

Leisure walks with low cardiovascular exercises work best for weight loss

...with swinging their legs in wider arcs. This, when coupled with heavier legs and wider stances are carried on for a mile or two, exert less pressure on the legs and joints and prevent arthritis for heavy people. When they walk at a faster pace, as in walking for exercise, obese people tend to alter their pos...

Guide for physicians launched to help them identify alcohol disorders

... and patients. When correct method of screening is coupled with appropriate interventions, research reports have showed that then it becomes possible to reduce drinking levels and alcohol related health problems significantly. According to the new guide, the screening for alcohol is a single question about ...

New Discovery May Help Treat Infertility

...gen receptor beta. The results of this blood test, coupled with information from other medical tests and evaluations conducted by the physician, will help diagnose infertility and better determine treatment options. Studies done over the years have shown that the hormone estrogen plays an important role i...

Hearing Problems Of Middle Age Are Affecting The Younger Generation

... place to study and minimize the use of headphones coupled directly to the ear." Novak says adults should ask themselves the following questions to determine if they should contact their hearing health-care provider for a hearing screening: 1) Do you frequently have to ask people to repeat themselves? 2) ...

New Tools To Identify Flu Strains

..., or the type C causes mild respiratory infections coupled with fever and subsides in a few days. This is generally treated symptomatically and is not fatal, if treated on time....

Use parathyroid hormone to fight brittle bone disease

.... One recent study showed that parathyroid hormone coupled with estrogen replacement worked better than estrogen alone in boosting bone mass and preventing fractures among women with osteoporosis. At the end of the study, Neer's team found that besides having fewer spinal fractures, women on parathyroi...

Constitution of memory

...ence annual meeting this year.// The researchers coupled a number of different brain parts involved in the very complex process of creating and storing memories. In their tests, healthy men and women were shown a list of words or pictures while they were scanned using functional magnetic resonance imaging ...

Brain scans show why we always have room for dessert

...sual pictures of little intrinsic significance and coupled those to food smells," said Dr. Jay Gottfried of Imaging Neuroscience at University //College London. Gottfried was trying to explain what he calls the "restaurant phenomenon." You sit down to your eight-course meal for your birthday and you have g...

New Gene Silencing Mechanism To Prevent Cancer

...iate methods, would be an ideal solution. Diseases coupled with cell division and cell proliferation, such as various types of cancers, appear to be controlled by heterochromatin formation and it’s functioning. Understanding the role of gene silencing might thus pave a way to use it as a possible therapy fo...

Valporic Acid Blocks Latent HIV Replication

...ication of antiretroviral therapy with a new drug, coupled with the addition of valproate, can reduce the numbers of resting, infected cells - is feasible. Source: The Lancet...

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