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Biologics valuable treatment option for patients with inflammatory bowel disease

...tory bowel disease (IBD) may benefit patients, but doctors need to consider the potential associated side effects in determining treatment course, according to a consensus paper published in this month’s issue of Gastroenterology , the official journal of the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) I...

A new century of Alzheimer's disease research

...tersen. Through these studies, Dr. Petersen hopes doctors will be able to provide answers to those worried about developing Alzheimer’s disease -- something no one has ever been able to do. “Having a predictive equation will allow us to say, ‘You have a certain probability of developing Alzheimer’s,’” he ...

First Baby Born from Eggs Matured and Frozen in the Lab

...ne injections that are routinely used by fertility doctors to obtain mature eggs. Researchers led by Hananel Holzer isolated unmatured egg cells from the woman's ovaries and used hormones to wheedle them to maturity in the laboratory. They froze the eggs and thawed for use. Though the maturation of eggs...

Those Who Cure can Kill Dire Prophesy of the doctors Plot

...t Islamic groups. To add to the unease among the doctors from Asia and the Middle East, Prime Minister Gordon Brown himself ordered a review of recruitment procedures by NHS. Brushing aside a statement by NHS Employers, the new Prime Minister told the Commons that the national health service would be ask...

Jharkhand Village Shocked to Know About Its Huge HIV Positive Population

...ported, none of the authorities are informed. Even doctors do not care about the victims. Unemployment is the main reason behind the spread of this disease. The cases are not made public because of fear of social boycott," said Nand Kishore, a social worker. Authorities have stepped in with medical assist...

Chavez Threatens to Nationalize Private Hospitals in Venezuela

... service, such as building new clinics and sending doctors to provide free care to poor people. Following his re-election for a six-year presidential term in December, Chavez launched a nationalization drive in such key fields as telecommunications, electricity and oil....

Test-tube Babies: Mood Swings are Key to Fertility Choice

...y compared to a single embryo transfer. Canadian doctors at the London Health Sciences Centre in London, Ontario, carried out research into the emotional factors that can drive a woman to one or either of these options. Reporting at a major conference, they investigated the emotional state of 129 female ...

Daily Dose of Dark Chocolate Helps the Heart: Study

...hat eating chocolate can lower blood pressure, but doctors have worried that any benefit could be offset by high doses of sugar, fat and calories. The study conducted by German researchers at the University of Cologne sought to examine the effect of consuming small amounts of dark chocolate -- which has lo...

Embryo Protection Law in Germany

...erformed when a woman has a multiple pregnancy and doctors consider it necessary to reduce the number of foet...emaining ones surviving. It is also performed when doctors discover that foetuses are abnormal. Professor Ricardo Felberbaum, from the German IVF registry an...

US Traveler With Deadly TB Has Less Serious Strain

...ous strain of the disease than initially thought, doctors said on Tuesday. Andrew Speaker's wedding travel...nd in the thick of planning his May nuptials, when doctors found in January he was infected with TB. Because treatment was ineffective, he decided to check int...

Egyptian Clerics Say Female Circumcision Un-Islamic

...o the time of the pharaohs, was banned in 1997 but doctors were allowed to operate "in exceptional cases." Health Minister Hatem al-Gabali has no decided to ban every doctor and member of the medical profession, in public or private establishments, from carrying out a clitoridectomy, a ministry spokesman t...

Stray Kerala Dogs Face Keyhole Surgery to Control Birth Rate

...ted here recently by SPCA officials and veterinary doctors at the Mattancherry Veterinary Hospital by conducting keyhole surgeries on eleven stray dogs - seven female and four male. The dogs are first given vitamins vaccinations and devorming medicines a day before the operation. By applying local anaesth...

UK Uneasy Over Involvement of Doctors in Terror Attacks, but Not Panicking Over Non European Medics

...least not yet, in the matter of employing overseas doctors or taking in students from countries under the sc...onal heath service that has long relied on foreign doctors to fill its understaffed hospitals. The seven men are physicians, according to the official, who s...

Former US Vice President Al Gores Son Continues to Be Dogged by Drug Abuse Problem.

... Baltimore, Maryland. As a result of the accident, doctors were forced to remove approximately 60% of his spleen. He also sustained a concussion and fractures to a leg and a rib, as well as bruises to the lung, kidney, and pancreas. His father chose to stay near him during the recovery, bypassing a possibl...

Patients Find Healthy Vein in Old Austrian Mine

...Rieser. Depending on the gravity of the illness, doctors recommend up to 12 trips of one hour each to the mine over a four-week period, a course which could cost up to 600 euros (800 dollars). Patients come from all over for the treatment, Rieser added, remembering "one 81-year-old woman who came all the...

Diabetics Risking Health by Using Alternative Medications Without Consultation

...s in Taiwan, also observed that people feared that doctors would not be interested in discussing alternative medicines, or that they might 'get into trouble' for taking them. "The evidence is that patients are using these products and may even reduce their conventional medicine doses and modify the timing...

Lab Tests Throw Up New Path for Parkinson's

Finnish doctors say they have identified a new protein that, in rats, rescues brain cells whose death causes Parkinson's disease , the tragic degenerative disorder of the central nervous system. The new molecule, called conserved dopamine neurotrophic factor (CDNF...

Pre-packed Sandwiches Saltier Than Crisps

...s Action on Salt and Health (CASH), an alliance of doctors and scientists that lobbies the food industry to use less salt. They surveyed 140 readymade sandwiches made for BBC and found that a total of 40% of sandwiches tested had 2g or more of salt, or a third of an adult's recommended daily requirement. I...

New "second-line" AIDS Drug Shows Promise in Trials

...ibitors (NNRTIs). An international consortium of doctors has been testing etravirine on NNRTI-resistant patients in two 48-week trials, the third and final phase of a long and complex process to assess new drugs for safety and effectiveness. The volunteers in the DUET 1 and 2 trials are divided into two ...

Scientists Find Single Circuit Channeling Depression in Rats

Scientists and doctors long baffled by the multiple causes and brain proc...ingle circuit for depression could lead to methods doctors could use to better diagnose and quantify the problem in their human patients. "The holy grail of ...

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