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Tag: "effects" at medical news

Wonder drug - could end in disaster

...l companies argue that because no evidence of side effects has been uncovered, that proves their drugs are safe....

Drugs disrupt formation of blood vessels

...id: " We've shown that these drugs have beneficial effects when used to treat mice developing organ-specific cancer ". The work on mice is significant because scientists believe it closely mirrors the conditions found in human tumours. Mice used in the study were genetically engineered to produce a form of c...

Drug abuse leads to long standing changes in the brain

...ournal of Psychiatry. Researchers found that these effects are seen even in methamphetamine addicts who have ... and potential users to the long-lasting, profound effects of this drug." Methamphetamine, also known as "speed," "meth" or "chalk" (and, in its smoked form,...

Quit Smoking

... cigarettes a day. The drug poses possible side effects such as dry mouth, headache and insomnia, but half...uffer none of them and in most of those who do the effects are short-lived and not serious. It should not be taken by pregnant or lactating women, or people w...

Wake-up call for peripheral artery disease

...y increase the ability to walk with ease. Positive effects are seen within three months. // Unfortunately, say physicians at Johns Hopkins University in the US, too few patients with PAD are diagnosed and, even if they are, physicians are not prescribing the walking treatment. Somehow patients have to be...

Snake venom a treatment for digestive disease

...lp reduce vomiting and other gastrointestinal side effects of cancer chemotherapy....

Omega-3 fatty acids impair immunity

...a-3s for many years now and know that one of their effects is to damp down inflammation. That's why fish oils - rich in omega-3s - often benefit those with arthritis, a painful inflammatory condition of the joints. Yet the inflammatory response is a key component of the immune system in fighting infection. /...

Toxic effects common with AIDS treatments

High levels of toxic effects associated with antiretroviral treatment for HIV h...similar, treatment choice will depend on the toxic effects of the drugs. Therefore, the data may be useful as a reference for future analyses of adverse effect...

Fright could be more harmful

...s."The current uncertainty over the chronic health effects of low level exposure to toxic agents will further...irmed or controversial hypotheses about the health effects of exposure to chemical and biological weapons will probably become belligerent scientific and media...

Have sex and stay young

... will also benefit from the physical and emotional effects of sexual intercourse. "There are physiological factors too," said Dr Weeks. "Sex is the most intense kind of pleasure and that triggers certain chemicals. In women it produces a human growth hormone which helps the process." Regular, loving sex ca...

Health at heights

...dy is at rest. Altitude itself also has negative effects on health. If the human body is left exposed at high altitude without acclimatisation, the effects can be devastating. Sometimes the combination of high altitude and lower atmospheric pressure causes...

Diabetes on the rise

... the body become less responsive to the regulatory effects of insulin. This, coupled with a tendency to produce less insulin overall, again leads to levels of glucose sugar in the bloodstream becoming too high, eventually causing tissue damage. Some type II diabetics can control the problem with diet restri...

Smoker's are prone to Alzheimer's

...the chemistry of the brain and defused some of the effects of Alzheimer's. Another reason could be the fact that many smokers do not live long enough to develop the disease, which particularly affects the very elderly....

New gene for hairloss

...e hormone. It may be a key factor in the hormone's effects in both brain and skin....

Biotechnology on the lead

...and it also in animals protects against the lethal effects of the toxin itself. This is very exciting work. We can take a non-toxic fragment of the molecule and produce a safer, but still very effective vaccine that has no toxicity in and of itself."...

Anti-Cancer Drug Restores Normal Cell Growth

...growth regulation has gone awry. The drug's side effects were comparable to those seen with other types of chemotherapy and included fatigue, nausea and vomiting, lowered platelet count and abnormal heart rhythm, the researchers add. "These results suggest that is a novel and potentially effective therapy ...

Drugs For Anthrax May Interfere With Oral Contraceptives

... There have not been any clinical studies on the effects of Cipro, an anti- infective medication, on the failure rate of oral contraceptives. However, because Cipro is similar to antibiotics in several ways, including the types of bacteria that it targets, some healthcare providers suggest that it could in...

Hydroxyurea derivatives kill colon cancer cells

...ug, hydroxyurea, shows potent colon cancer-killing effects in the laboratory and in mice, according to researchers. The new compounds seem to be very interesting for the treatment of these tumors. // Previous drugs derived from hydroxyurea were extremely active in blocking the same cell targets as hydroxyu...

Better Treatment for obesity

...atments for eating disorders and obesity. // The effects of OEA are striking and profoundly different from ... to determine whether OEA has appetite-suppressing effects in humans, the researcher noted....

Woman gets cancer from transplanted kidney

...s due to a suppressed immune system as well as the effects of anti-rejection drugs are thought to account for some of this increased cancer risk....

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