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New Drug in Diabetic Neuropathy

...NMDA receptors, which are believed to mediate pain effects in diabetic neuropathy being researched by Central Arkansas Research, Arkansas. This drug showed a definite reduction of pain compared to placebo. What does this mean for India? Well, my uncle, the neurologist, will be pretty happy....

Another ray of hope for Arthritis Sufferers

...ver the world. Anti-arthritic drugs can cause side effects and surgery can be expensive, however there is hope from a natural product liquid glucosamine and chondroitin sulfates. Some excellent results with an approach based on a combination of the two supplements have been reported by many doctors from Euro...

New hope on the Horizon for People Wishing to Quit Smoking

...king is currently used to help to reduce withdrawl effects of smokers trying to give up smoking. Methoxsalen is not yet approved for long-term use in humans. So further testing will be required to determine whether or not this drug will be beneficial and safe for people who wish to quit smoking. Alan I. Le...

Lean Protein Could Be Key to Obesity Drugs

...as 44-57 percent less.The mice experienced no side effects from the increased UCP3. They had 70 percent lower cholesterol levels than normal mice and seemed to be using their insulin more efficiently."That is important to us because the majority of obese patients go on to develop Type 2 diabetes," Clapham sa...

Thyroid hormone treatment hastens recovery after cardiac surgery

...to a clinical trial published in The Lancet. The effects were greatest in the patients who underwent long and difficult surgeries. Following trauma or surgery or during a critical illness, thyroid hormone concentrations plummet. Many experts thought this was an adaptive response by the body to minimize met...

Inhaled Steroids Safe & Effective for Children with Asthma

...orticosteroids in treating asthma, their long term effects in children were not clear, and questions have been raised about their possible effects on growth," said Dr. Claude Lenfant. "CAMP confirms their effectiveness while providing reassuring e...

Acupuncture May Help Chemotherapy Side Effects

...s may help ease the distressing and disabling side effects of chemotherapy for breast cancer patients, if researchers at National Institute of Health (NIH) are to be believed. According to Dr. Joannieshen MD, MPH, research associate at NIH, electro-acupuncture was more effective in controlling vomiting tha...

Spirulina may be the next immune boost on the block

...n in cultured immune system cells. To evaluate the effects of spirulina on the immune system, immunologists a...ina are needed to determine whether these dramatic effects extend beyond the laboratory." With such wonderful properties it is just a matter of time before it ...

What happens when Medications go wrong?

...atment were administered to them regularly and the effects of the drugs were studied. The study went haplessly wrong with many developing incurable cancers and the matter was hushed up with the President offering an apology and huge sums of money were silently paid as compensation to those unfortunate victim...

Prince Charles lends support to Alternative Medicine

...ion) to fund a five-year research program into the effects of alternative medicine. The world is now sitting up and taking notice of holistic medicine and Prince Charles’s support to fund research in this field has come as a shot in the arm for these crusaders of integrated medicine. Charles, a long-standin...

Multi billion-dollar suit filed against cell phone firm for causing brain tumours

...m if the manufacturers had known about the harmful effects of the radiation emitted, then these people should be punished severely- they say. Whichever way the case goes, it is sure to open up a Pandora’s box and will also attract world wide attention. Because these days cell phones have become extensions of...

Contraceptives via Internet

...ntraceptives have major contraindications and side effects and in most cases these are not available over the...ral contraceptives are known to have a lot of side effects apart from having a lot of beneficial effects. Enthusiastic customers who bypass the tried and teste...

Sexual abuse affect health for a lifetime

...xual abuse and a reduced risk of hypertension. The effects are not only due to sexual abuse but also related to stress-related hormonal alterations. It was evaluated that counseling to an extent may improve the health of those who are sexually abused early and it needs further advance research....

HIV infected patients can travel safely abroad

...iral therapy and that they don’t manifest any side effects of the same. Also they need to be counseled before they travel and most importantly they can travel only if their physicians tell them that their immune status is good. Otherwise they would be exposing themselves to unnecessary risks. Lastly it is ...

Nasal Spray Could Take Drugs Direct to Brain.

...ance may protect human brains from the devastating effects of stroke, but no one has been able to figure out a way to deliver the drug. “It stops at the blood-brain barrier,” Frey said. “The only way to get it to the brain would be by drilling a hole in the skull and putting the drug in that way. Not a very...

Are cancer patients being taken for a ride?

...n for a very long period of time, the harmful side effects become apparent only later and at times many lives are at stake. This issue of drug trials has already opened up a Pandora’s box and it is sure to be a raging debate for a long time to come...

Gene linked to early puberty in girls

...terone, the male hormone, in the body and also the effects of a gene, which induces the onset of puberty, det...st development.The scientists are now studying the effects of this gene on puberty in boys. Using the same yardstick they reason out that those with CYP1B1 gen...

Smoking a greater risk than HIV? Yes say health experts!!!!

... million a year. The short term and long term side effects of smoking are well known and a recent study says that smoking has startling and immediate side effects on the cardio vascular system. While the Indian government is coming down on smoking in public place...

Depression may cause delayed wound healing

...ychological factors could have direct and indirect effects on the rate of wound healing, according to the researchers. Depression and other psychological problems have been shown to affect the immune system, which may keep a wound from healing on time, they note. Another possibility, according to them, is t...

Fight arthritic pain with acupuncture

...s conducted a study and research on the beneficial effects of acupuncture. Acupuncture was first practiced in China more than 2,000 years ago. According to traditional theory, the human body has thousands of acupuncture points along pathways called meridians. And these pathways conduct energy throughout the...

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