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Common contraception

...e designed to disrupt it would have far fewer side effects than a hormone-based contraceptive. Hormones are found in many different tissues.// Working with mice, the researchers discovered that the sperm of mice without the CatSper gene were unable to penetrate the outer covering of the egg, called the zona...

Dampness related to asthma

...edical evidence is growing on the insidious health effects of home dampness on young people.// Just 2.8% of students who lived in adequate housing said they suffered from asthma - double this number had asthma in the damper homes. One in seven of the undergraduates studied said they had suffered four or mo...

More about HIV

... even greater side effects. And with greater side effects comes greater stress reactions and the risk of ill... Firstly, many patients suffer worse physical side effects that they did with AZT, which adds to the already emotional stress associated with the disease. In s...

Aspirin and Warfarin Are Equally Effective for Stroke Prevention

...s been used for over 100 years, but its beneficial effects to prevent stroke and heart attack only started to be recognized in the 1970s. Coumadin, known generically as warfarin, has been used for about 50 years to combat stroke. Numerous previous studies have proven that use of aspirin reduces recurrent s...

A new contraceptive

...e designed to disrupt it would have far fewer side effects than a hormone-based contraceptive. Hormones are found in many different tissues. Working with mice, the researchers discovered that the sperm of mice without the CatSper gene were unable to penetrate the outer covering of the egg, the zona pellucid...

New Way To Treat Lupus

...eting of immune function. And the drugs carry side effects such as nausea, hair loss and an increased risk of infection and cancer. Suppressing only interferon-alpha could potentially provide a more targeted treatment. The findings suggest that a drug that would act against immune system protein called inter...

Bupropion relieves nerve pain

...c antidepressants(TCAs) But these drugs have side effects and don't always relieve the burning, stabbing and shooting sensations associated with nerve pain. Now researchers at the University of Texas have revealed that bupropion SR (sustained release) is effective against nerve pain in a trail of 30 patie...

New light on Cardiology

...ary heart disease.// The HOPE study compared the effects of the ACE inhibitor in addition to standard therapy with placebo and vitamin E in a sample of about 7,580 high-risk patients with cardiovascular disease.In the HOPE sub-study, conducted by Dr James Chadwik and colleagues from the University of Balti...

FDA Approves New HIV Drug, Viread

...circulating HIV by about 75%. The most common side effects included nausea, diarrhea, vomiting and flatulence. The drug has demonstrated a significant antiviral response, even in patients who may no longer respond well to available therapies due to the development of viral resistance....

Sex life enhanced by cycling

...Researchers in France reported on the study of the effects of exercise// on men with heart failure and sexual dysfunction. They studied 50 men in their mid to late-50s who had heart failure. 20 followed an exercise programme consisting of two one hour sessions a week on a stationary exercise bike. For the fi...

Comparison between warfarin and aspirin

...fective at preventing stroke, but causes more side effects and is more expensive.// Many research has shown that warfarin works better than aspirin in patients who have atrial fibrillation (AF) - a heart rhythm abnormality. According to a study carried out by doctors in Toronto, covering over 1,500 patients...

Altering genes through calories

...our weeks in old mice mimicked most of the genetic effects of a lifetime of calorific abstinence.Even old people may be able to benefit rapidly from switching to a calorie-restricted diet they speculate.Drugs could be rapidly screened for those that reproduce the gene-expression profile of calorie restrictio...

Tai chi helps arthritis

...in Texas report on one of the first studies of the effects of tai chi in osteoarthritis. Seventeen patients, average age 54, did 10 weeks of a tai chi programme especially designed for use in arthritis, and were compared to 10 controls who did not do the exercises//. At the end of the study, the tai chi gr...

FDA Approves New Arthritis Drug, Bextra

...gs are believed to sidestep the stomach-irritating effects of other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), such as aspirin. The drug would also be indicated for treating rheumatoid arthritis and menstrual pain. The exact launch date and price per dose has yet to be determined....

Research of Ritalin

New evidence about the effects of Ritalin, a drug used to treat children with ADD... motivation. "These data do suggest that there are effects of Ritalin on cell function that outlast the short term and we should sort that out," Dr Walker sai...

How do patients benefit of clinical trials

...nt realised that they might// experience some side effects from an experimental treatment. But virtually all were happy with the informed consent process. Greater knowledge and understanding of what the cancer trial was all about was linked to having a college education, speaking only English at home, and ...

Women more susceptible to brain damage from ecstasy

...he heavy use of MDMA is associated with neurotoxic effects on serotonin neurons, that women might be more susceptible than men, and that MDMA-induced neurotoxic changes in several brain regions of female ex-MDMA users are reversible....

Ritalin May Lower Cocaine Abuse

...t treatment in childhood may blunt the pleasurable effects of cocaine in adulthood. // Many children and te...ior. But there remain concerns about the long-term effects of ADHD medications, including whether they might make kids more prone to taking illegal drugs with ...

Teens listen to parents about smoking

...e study has contributed to this by emphasizing the effects of peers on adolescent smoking.// This study offers hope by suggesting that parents can decrease the chances their children will smoke by communicating that they feel strongly their children should not smoke and doing this consistently over time. T...

A new treatment for liver cancer

...ers have found they can dramatically decrease side effects by better targetting of the beads and by splitting the dose, so that only certain sections of liver are irradiated. It is also easier on the patient that TheraSphere is an outpatient treatment requiring no surgery. Given that fewer than 10 per cent a...

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