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Ecstasy shrinks brain!!-researchers unveil the secrets of MDMA.

...t damage,for the researchers to investigate in the days to come....

Decision making made easier

...ake important decisions about their treatment. The days when doctors told you what treatment to have are long gone. Patients today expect to participate in the decision-making process.// But sometimes this is difficult, when the clinical evidence gives conflicting messages and new research comes up all th...

Probiotics can help

...eam found there was no difference in the number of days spent with diarrhoeal or respiratory symptoms. But the children given the probiotic had less severe disease – that is, they had fewer absent days, fewer complications of colds such as middle ear infections, and required less antibiotic treatment....

Emphysema surgery - unbeneficial

...ng function- have a higher risk of death within 30 days of the operation compared to those who don't have surgery. Whether those who survive surgery will do better than those on medical management in the long term remains to be seen. In the meantime, it appears that surgery should not be regarded as a uni...

Surgeons implant second artificial heart

...the implant were critically ill with fewer than 30 days to live. The first patient, 59-year-old diabetic Robert Tools, was given the AbioCor plastic and titanium heart device on July 2. Tools has exceeded initial estimates that the heart would extend his life by about a month and was transferred out of...

Acupuncture can ease cancer

...number of sickness bouts during the five following days was six, 11 for those receiving the less intense acupuncture, and 16 for those simply taking anti-emetics. The authors are now recommending that hospitals offer the treatment to patients in whom conventional drugs have failed to prevent vomiting. M...

Health at heights

...s a hazardous business. Crew members have to spend days together in a confined space, and if a health prob...w's bodies are put under immense strain during the days of a major flight. This means they must get proper rest and avoid stressful situations as much as po...

New gene for hairloss

...ir-loss disorders when it is disabled.Gone are the days when scientists were finding it diificult to treat ordinary baldness. So far, even with the new work, there is no evidence of a direct link between the hairless gene and typical baldness. In fact, this new study does not explain why the gene causes t...

Pollution- hazardous for diabetics

...etes should check pollution reports and be wary on days when particulate exposure is likely to be high....

Biotechnology on the lead

... identifying the nature of any attack from several days to just a few hours. "The way people have detected bacteria in the past is that they have grown them, to see what they look like, smell like, what properties they have," he said. "But with knowledge about the genetic code, we can multiply the amount ...

Is Smallpox Threat Real ?

..." Symptoms of smallpox typically appear about 12 days after infection and include high fever, fatigue, a...haracteristic rash also appears about two or three days later on the face, arms and legs. The rash starts with flat red lesions, but then become pus-filled ...

Fifth US Patient Receives Artificial Heart

... implant must be critically ill with fewer than 30 days to live. // "The operation went well and the artificial heart is performing flawlessly," Dr. Louis Samuels, director of the cardiac transplant team at MCP Hahnemann University, said in a statement. "However, despite restored strong circulatory supp...

Cipro Has Cheaper Cousins to Treat Anthrax

...ally effective against anthrax because it may take days for scientists to discover what kind of strain is involved in an attack. According to experts, all known strains are vulnerable to Cipro, although the drug must be given before symptoms develop or shortly thereafter to be most effective. Before Cip...

New Drug PP188 Helps Sickle Cell Disease

...inful episodes were reduced from an average of 6.2 days to 5.3 days and symptoms were more often resolved within a week in those who received PP188. Researchers reali...

Miscarriage linked to late embryos

... to the lining of the womb anywhere from six to 12 days after ovulation, the researchers from the National... successful pregnancies implant eight, nine or ten days after the egg's release from the ovary, with those implanting on day eight having the greatest chanc...

Irregular Periods Linked to Diabetes

...rcise and weight control. // Menstrual cycles 40 days or longer or irregular cycles appear to be markers for some sort of underlying metabolic abnormality. "Over an eight-year follow-up, the risk was twice as high, even after we adjusted for body mass and other factors," says Dr. Caren G. Solomon, an as...

First Artificial Heart patient has Major setback

... his brain in the same area damaged by a stroke 10 days ago. The latest setback caused swelling and made t...ad been given little chance of living more than 30 days without it. Tools improved after the implant and had even been able to dine out at restaurants and g...

Pioneering artificial heart patient dies

...ive one month. Doctors had said if he lived for 60 days with the new heart, it would be a major success. H...rpassed doctors’ expectations by surviving for 151 days on the device. His progress has been followed by millions. ...

Alcoholism Drug Fails To Prevent Drinking Relapses

...could help control alcoholism by reducing drinking days and increasing days without liquor. The drug was also shown to suppress cravings and prevent relapses. In fact, the late...

Fight against E.coli

... cinnamon killed 99.5% of the bacteria after three days at room temperature. When the same amount of cinnamon was combined with either of the preservatives sodium benzoate or potassium sorbate E. coli was reduced to an undetectable level. Professor Daniel Fung, an expert in food science at Kansas State, ...

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