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Testosterone Cream – Ineffective in Enhancing Libido in Female Cancer Survivor

...desire for sex. The finding revealed, there was no difference in libido between the two groups. Instead both groups showed a marginal increase in libido, portraying a placebo effect, rather than the effect of the testosterone cream. Explaining that the ineffectiveness of the testosterone cream could be attrib...

Anti-inflammatory Drug Fails to Improve COPD Symptoms

... At the end of six months, there was no meaningful difference in the quality of life among those taking the drug and those taking the placebo as measured by the Chronic Respiratory Questionnaire (CRQ). The questionnaire, which was the primary endpoint, assesses health-related quality of life in patients with fu...

Drinks and Breast Cancer – How It Happen

...sis." In other words, the scientists suggest the difference in tumor weight is a result of jacked-up growth in blood vessels due to alcohol consumption. That’s because when a rodent, or a human, gulps down a drink, the cells in their bodies go into overdrive to get rid of the “toxins.” The stressed-out cells ...

Shortage of Veterinarians Worry Public Health Experts in US

...l animal medicine, though surveys indicate the pay difference is largely unfounded. There is no denying, however, that working with food animals can mean days and nights of messy, back-breaking work. Two years ago, a writer had wondered, "who can blame young vets for eschewing the helter-skelter, jack-of-all-...

Teenagers Do Not Heed to Sex Abstinence Talks

... study, released in April, found that there was no difference in sexual behavior between those who attended the abstinence talks and those who did not. They had sex at the same age and with approximately the same number of partners. "These programmes are all about denying young people information about condom...

Aspirin Therapy for Heart Disease Found More Effective for Men Than Women

...surprised him. "I was surprised by how big of a difference it was for females," said Dorsch, who has appointments at the U-M Health System and the U-M College of Pharmacy, and started the study as a resident at the University of North Carolina. "This is another piece of information that affirms we need more ...

Cancer Patient’s Life Improved With Anti-reflux Valv

...struction in whom life expectancy is limited, this difference may translate into fewer procedures to maintain bile duct patency. That means a better quality of life for these cancer patients,” says Dr. Dua. “Our next step is to do electron microscopic analysis of clogged standard and anti-reflux stents to eva...

Mayo Clinic Study Finds Heart Transplant Patients Benefit from New Approach to Immunosuppression

...ease in rejection of the transplanted heart and no difference in heart function. A second study found gradual transition to sirolimus in 29 patients also greatly impaired the development of the proliferative changes found in transplant coronary artery disease. "Based on our findings, patients should still r...

Novartis Drug Diovan Shows Superior Benefits

...e events (2.5 percent overall) with no significant difference in tolerability between the groups. According to investigators, these effects were reported independently of blood pressure reductions. Says Gordon McInnes, Professor of Medicine at the Western Infirmary in Glasgow, Scotland:"The results of this t...

Black Cohosh-Black Magic Against Breast Cancer

...e fact whether the use of these supplements make a difference (good or bad) in a woman’s likelihood of developing breast cancer, which is also largely regulated by estrogen.On the negative side, the herb can have side effects, and animal studies have suggested it may affect breast cancer severity. "Substanti...

Anti-anginal Drug Not Effective in Reducing Major Cardiac Events

...ot differ between the two groups. There was little difference in the total number of deaths between the ranolazine and placebo groups (172 vs. 175, respectively). "The results of this robustly powered, randomized trial do not support the use of ranolazine for acute management of ACS or as disease-modifying th...

Baby Foods That Prevent Obesity and Diabetes in Adulthood to Hit the Market Soon

...d dams gained weight and developed diabetes. The difference boils down to energy expenditure. The offspring of leptin-treated mothers burn up more energy. 'The infants are permanently inefficient in terms of using energy,' says Cawthorne. Leptin-based products may also find their way into the pet obesity m...

Popular Anemia Drug Dodges The Dagger

...cancer. It concluded that there was essentially no difference in survival between those who received Aranesp and those who received a placebo. Although Roger M. Perlmutter, Amgen’s executive vice president for research and development, said in a statement that the results contributed to “reinforcing the neut...

Alcohol Abuse During College Days Leads to Heart Disease in Later Life

...- or low drinkers had CRP levels of 0.85 mg/L, the difference between them and moderate drinkers was not signifi... than those who consumed moderate amounts, but the difference wasn't statistically significant." The researchers also found these CRP relationships: 1· CRP ...

Bypass Surgery, Drug-eluting Stents Possess Similar Risk and Outcome

...rms of survival, with no statistically significant difference between the drug-eluting stents and bypass groups. Researchers reported that the death rate at three years with bypass was 6.6 percent and 9 percent after drug-eluting stent therapy. The research suggests that if doctors use drug-eluting stents in...

Dental X-rays of Carotid Artery Cannot Estimate Stroke Risk

...thors' inclusion criteria and found no significant difference in the incidence of cerebrovascular diseases between subjects with CCAA and subjects without CCAA. This issue is complicated because there are many risk factors that predispose a person to generalized atherosclerosis and plaque formation that also...

Chances of Survival for Melanoma is High When Detected by Dermatologists

...cent. "From a health policy perspective, whether a difference in melanoma outcome is associated with a patient’s...d colleagues attempted to determine whether such a difference exists using data from two sources: Medicare enrollment and claims files from the government and a N...

No-scalpel Vasectomies by Skilled Surgeons may Speed Recovery

...omies in the trial. The smaller study showed no difference in postoperative results between the two techniques, but this, review authors say, could have been due to the small numbers of participants. Another important factor was the lack of experience that participating doctors had in the no-scalpel techniqu...

Electronic Mosquito Repellents Fail to Prevent Malaria Transmission

...laboratory. All studies “found that there was no difference in the number of mosquitoes that landed on the bare body parts of the human subjects with or without an EMR,” Enayati said. “Hence, these devices do not work in repelling mosquitoes. As EMRs do not repel mosquitoes, they would not prevent malaria.” ...

Emergency Contraception Does Not Reduce Unintended Pregnancy Rate

...hose concerns. “We found there was absolutely no difference in sexually transmitted infection rates between the two groups. There’s absolutely no difference in terms of unprotected sex, condom use or changes in use of other contraceptive methods,” Polis sai...

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