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Valerian was first epilepsy drug

...esearchers did not know the active ingredient; the dose needed to control epilepsy may be many times higher than used for sedation; and doctors do not know if valerian can cause a bad reaction when mixed with other medicines. Courtesy : CoABC Science Online...

Eliminating Eye Infection With Antibiotics

...he infection is endemic to be treated with an oral dose of azithromycin. Researchers treated nearly 98 percent of the people living in the community with the medication or, if they could not tolerate the drug, with a tetracycline eye ointment. Researchers measured results over the next two years by testin...

Eliminating Eye Infection With Antibiotics

...he infection is endemic to be treated with an oral dose of azithromycin. Researchers treated nearly 98 percent of the people living in the community with the medication or, if they could not tolerate the drug, with a tetracycline eye ointment. Researchers measured results over the next two years by testin...

Reducing The Frequency Of Angina Attacks While Exercising

... Researchers found that when added to a standard dose of frequently prescribed antianginal drugs, ranolazine can reduce both the angina frequency and nitroglycerin consumption. When compared to the placebo results, the decrease in angina attacks were slightly less than one per week for those in the 750 ...

Green Tea Might Help Patients With Prostate Cancer

...mor. Research done in the past shows that an oral dose of green tea achievable in humans resulted in significant inhibition of prostate cancer and progression of the disease. Prostate cancer usually strikes older men, thus researchers believe substances such as green tea that are capable of holding off t...

Understanding The Harmful Effects Of Radiation Exposure

...n. Researchers say, “Irradiation of the brain with dose levels overlapping those imparted by computed tomography can, in at least some instances, adversely affect intellectual development.” Thus researchers conclude that although formal diagnostic protocols do not advocate computed tomography in cases o...

Shorter Radiation Schedules Found To Be More Effective For Patients With Breast Cancer

...orporated boost. An incorporated boost is a higher dose of radiation that is given to the site of the original tumor where the lumpectomy was performed. This boost usually prolongs radiation for one to two weeks. However, in this study, researchers gave the boost each day during the same four weeks of the...

Report on the Safety and Effectiveness of Melatonin supplements

... individual's age, type of primary sleep disorder, dose or length of treatment. Sleep efficiency refers ...latency in either adults or children—regardless of dose or duration of treatment. On the other hand, the hormone does appear to increase sleep efficiency mo...

Preventing Colon Cancer With Estrogen

...the most effective in preventing colon cancer. The dose of estrone used was similar to the levels used in hormone replacement therapy. The mice that consumed soy protein and developed colon cancer had fewer and smaller tumors than those mice that did not have soy protein. Thus researchers conclude sayin...

Preventing Colon Cancer With Estrogen

...the most effective in preventing colon cancer. The dose of estrone used was similar to the levels used in hormone replacement therapy. The mice that consumed soy protein and developed colon cancer had fewer and smaller tumors than those mice that did not have soy protein. Thus researchers conclude sayin...

Relief From Asthma With New Combo Therapy

... require medical attention, using a corticosteroid dose that was one-fourth the amount in the budesonide/terbutaline combo. Another positive finding from the study was that there was no evidence of a tolerance developing to the bud/form treatments, with patients maintaining their results for one year....

Arthritis Drug – Rofecoxib , Found To Increase Heart Attack Ris

...eart attack. The effect was more pronounced as the dose of Vioxx increased. Researchers also found no increased risk of heart attack among individuals who used Vioxx in the year prior to the study but discontinued use. The use of aspirin along with low-dose Vioxx seemed to mitigate the heart attack risk....

Blood Thinning Medication Could Prevent Strokes

...rin without the need for coagulation monitoring or dose adjustment. In another study, researchers studied the effectiveness of ximelagatran compared to warfarin for prevention of strokes in patients with atrial fibrillation.It was found that the primary event rate for strokes associated with ximelagatran...

Drug Used To Improve Lung Function In Infants Could Slow Down Motor Coordination

...travenously every 12 hours for one week. Then, the dose was tapered over the next three weeks. It was observed that children in the dexamethasone group had significantly poorer motor skills, motor coordination and visual-motor integration than those who did not receive the therapy and children in the de...

Oily Fish Is Set To Cure Arthritis

...atty acids in conjunction with daily intake of low dose aspirin works wonder for patients with heart problems. Prompted by such a discovery, scientists had taken up the study of the omega-3 fatty acids and its relation to other diseases. Their study found out a class of lipids called resolvins that are sy...

Doubts Cast On Benefits Of Vitamin E

...l the participants in the trial were given a daily dose of natural source of vitamin E or matching placebo. The study results show that in patients with cardiovascular disease or diabetes mellitus, higher doses of vitamin E supplements taken for a long time do not show any positive effect in preventing c...

Angioplasty death risk reduced by doubling drug dose

... angioplasty. It was found that doubling the usual dose of an anti-clotting drug before the procedure is t...s new study, patients received either the standard dose of 300 milligrams or received a dose of 600 milligrams before the procedure. Following angioplasty...

Angioplasty death risk reduced by doubling drug dose

...ngioplasty.// It was found that doubling the usual dose of an anti-clotting drug before the procedure is t...s new study, patients received either the standard dose of 300 milligrams or received a dose of 600 milligrams before the procedure. Following angioplasty...

New Treatment For People Allergic To Cats

...ffering from cat allergies. When taken in a single dose the treatment blocks the release of histamine that causes allergic reactions. As a result the allergic person may no longer sneeze or have watery eyes or nose. When applied the treated patients did not have an allergic reaction even after being expos...

Drug for osteoporosis can reduce memory loss in elderly women

...sult was not so evident for those who had a lesser dose of the drug raloxifene. In postmenopausal women, mild cognitive disability over the years develops into memory loss and other forms of dementia.The results of the study were published in the current issue of The American Journal of Psychiatry. Re...

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