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Magnetic resonance angiography in clinical medicine

...rge volume, similar to a conventional angiogram.It does not require the injection of an external contrast because MRA uses the natural magnetic properties of the hydrogen atoms present in our bodies to create (with the help of a computer) images of the blood vesels. It is a special type of MRI study and ...

Letrozole Beats Tamoxifen in Breast Cancer Therapy

...tly to prevent certain kinds of breast cancer than does tamoxifen. This new drug, Letrozole shrank tumors better and helped more women survive. The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Femara as first-line hormonal treatment for advanced breast cancer in postmenopausal women. At that time, an F...

Cure for Hepatitis B

...d Interferon - because it is highly affordable and does not have the usual side-effects such as aches and pains and hair loss.The new drug is expected to be put on the Indian market by early next year, after which it will move to pharmaceutical counters around the world....

Olive oil does good

...spects of their diet. "We suggest that olive oil does have independent protective affects."...

New drug may stop alopecia

...By applying GW8510 directly to the scalp, the drug does not enter the bloodstream and affects only the hair cells and not the cancer cells....

A new hearing device improves hearing

...ring aid. But, since it's surgically implanted, it does cost quite a bit more. Please refer to the specific consultant and discuss it whether this is applicable in your case....

Body can reshape heart damage

...he body works to repair a damaged heart much as it does other organs came after Dr. Federico Quaini and his colleagues examined tissue from eight men who had received heart transplants from women. Because female cells lack the Y chromosome that carries the genetic code for male characteristics, the resear...

Infection linked with heart attack

...hose with more advanced atherosclerosis. The study does not show that infection causes heart disease. But it shows that the infection and heart disease link is worthy of further investigation....

New technique to diagnose heart disease

...scan in addition. The new imaging technique, which does not involve any injections, was 63 per cent accura... to several hours for conventional methods. And it does not require an injection of material to make the X-ray visible....

Immunisation to prevent cot deaths

...r Fleming said "Our data suggest that immunisation does not contribute to the risk of sudden infant death syndrome and may protect againstit." Although some traditional advice was to lay a baby on its front in its cot to relieve digestive problems such as colic, parents are now urged to lie the baby dow...

Diet plays a role in kidney stones

...o a few researchers, lessening calcium in the diet does not help prevent the return of kidney stones. Kidney stones are made of a chemical called calcium oxalate and one approach to preventing this painful condition// is to reduce the amount of calcium in the diet. But since calcium is important for keepi...

Take care of constipation

..., said: "However, if people have constipation that does not respond to use of laxatives along with other factors, such as a family history of the disease or other motor problems, then they may be at higher risk of developing the disease."...

Lower surgical volume linked to higher death rate

... carrying out 40 such operations. But this alone, does not explain the high death rates, which was a low-...to be drawn from the study are unclear and that it does not necessarily follow that concentrating resources in fewer centres will lead to lower death rates....

Immune cells halt round in space

...he immune cells which help protect us from disease does not generally work the way they should in space travellers and it could be something to do with their shape. Researchers at NASA's Johnson Space Center (JSC) have been studying how immune cells behave in microgravity as part of their research on the...

Vaccination to prevent strokes

...ontribute to a risk factor for stroke, but however does not have any effect on the people over 75 years of age....

Less sleep increases mortality rates

...ave a significantly increased death rate. Insomnia does not appear to be a risk, but those who took sleeping pills were more likely to die sooner. It is not clear why sleep has this effect upon mortality, although the highest risk seemed to be linked to sleeping longer, rather than shorter, hours. More ne...

Senior drug card saves little

...des health insurance to all Americans over age 65, does not cover prescription drugs used outside the hospital. Last year, Democrats and Republicans, including President Bush, campaigned for office with promises to add drug coverage to Medicare. So far no plan has made it even out of a congressional commi...

New swift therapy limits stroke damage

...when administered within an hour of symptom onset, does protect the brain from damage. A larger trial is now planned and its hoped that this advance may turn out to decrease mortality and disability after a stroke....

Anthrax vaccine produced

...ree key proteins that together make the toxin that does the damage to humans infected with anthrax. The protective antigen, lethal factor and edema factor. Individually, the proteins are non-toxic, but in combination they can be deadly. The vital protein is protective antigen, which binds to host cells an...

Northfield Labs Receives FDA Comments

...lf life than blood, requires no cross matching and does not transmit disease. // Northfield Laboratories Inc. reported that it received comments from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER) on its Biologics License Application (BLA), submitted August 2...

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