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Clotting Protein plays a role in nerve repair

...in in the brain. According to him, fibrin has two effects on the repair process. As it does in other types of injury, the protein helps stop bleeding, he said. But fibrin also helps choreograph the repair process, he explained. The presence of fibrin tells neurons and supporting cells that there has been a...

Surgery beneficial in Meniere's disease

...n Ear Institute in the US have been looking at the effects of such surgery for Meniere's disease. They asked 165 patients of average aged 50 years undergoing endolymphatic surgery about their quality of life following the procedure. The vast majority - 85 per cent - said their quality of life increased after...

Microwave radiation has no hazards

...itute in Maryland, found little, of adverse health effects resulting from microwave frequencies. One exception reported by Tarone and his colleagues, however, was that aviation electronics technicians, one group of highly exposed veterans, were more than twice as likely as other men to develop a type of can...

A new drug for bladder cancer

.... This might be why there were few, if any, side effects linked to gemcitabine in this trial. Standard trea...ments for bladder cancer cause a number of adverse effects such as fever, pain on urination and reduced white blood cell counts. Gemcitabine works by blocking ...

Healing a painful neck

... results are seen in this study then indeed due to effects specific to manual therapy, further studies should be done to determine which of the eclectic collection of manual techniques used contributed to a successful outcome....

Decrease of 'Hunger Hormone' after Obesity Surgery

...t research into whether these drugs will mimic the effects of gastric bypass surgery or result in unexpected medical consequences is needed. It is also unclear how gastric bypass surgery leads to a reduction in ghrelin levels. Nonetheless, the findings indicate that the hormone contributes to hunger and pla...

Beer guards against Colon Cancer

... acids and minerals, may have advantageous dietary effects and even chemo-preventive properties for carcinogenesis. He suggested certain ingredients in beer act on a molecular level to thwart cancer-causing molecules from doing bad things in the colon. Another researcher, Hyuntae Kim, at the Arizona Cance...

Mild Depression may guard aged women

...hanging levels of depression and seemed to have no effects on the mortality of the study's male subjects. Dr...rent data indicate depression has multiple harmful effects on physical health, from heart disease to suppressing the immune system. Therefore it can speed up t...

Herbal treatment should be estimated

...ilarly effective, with participants reporting side effects from the antihistamines but not from the butterbur...rhinitis, particularly in cases where the sedative effects of antihistamine need to be avoided....

Birth weight may be influenced by genes

...or preventing low birth weight, Ha said, since the effects of environmental factors may vary depending on a person's genes....

Family planning with folate

...ntrol and paralysis of the legs. In some cases the effects can be more severe.Folate supplements can reduce this ill effect says, Judith. Folate is needed for healthy cell growth and development of men, women and children and folate is recommended in their daily diet. However it is also very important for w...

Ginseng aids Diabetes

...Ginseng tea has been shown to have many beneficial effects on health. Diabetes is a major health problem worldwide. The condition affects about 8% of the U.S. population and 5% of the population in other nations.// The vast majority of people with diabetes more than 70 percent -- have type 2 diabetes, which ...

Guard against heart attacks

...itic conditions. Researchers in Quebec studied the effects of naproxen versus other NSAIDs //in the prevention of acute myocardial infarctions (AMI), or heart attacks, in older patients. The study evaluated all patients in Quebec over age 65 who had been hospitalized between 1995 and 1998 for a heart attack....

A ray of 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...

A new genetic label for stroke

...lps HDL (the good cholesterol) combat the damaging effects of LDL (the bad cholesterol).// Although most strokes occur in older people, stroke is not a rare event in younger individuals. Health officials estimate 4percent to 29 percent of the most common form of stroke, those caused by a blood clot breaking ...

New breast cancer drug appears encouraging

...e University Hospital of Denmark, have studied the effects of oxygen on 200 patients with smoker's lungs - where the blood becomes deficient in oxygen. //The oxygenation was begun in an outpatient clinic, then continued at home. Having oxygen therapy, for at least 15 hours a day, proved to be beneficial. T...

The advantages of oxygen therapy

...e University Hospital of Denmark, have studied the effects of oxygen on 200 patients with smoker's lungs// - where the blood becomes deficient in oxygen. The oxygenation was begun in an outpatient clinic, then continued at home. Having oxygen therapy, for at least 15 hours a day, proved to be beneficial. T...

Vitamin E is healthy for all

...n heart attacks. Three new studies prove theuseful effects and the health benefits of nuts. The first followed over 600 residents in Texas, and finds that those with the highest vitamin E //intake had a 40 per cent lower risk of dementia compared to those with the lowest intakes. In the second study, over ...

High Levels of Protein Linked to Brain Shrinkage

...lp Alzheimer's patients, but Miller noted that the effects of the vitamin have not yet been established. A second study published in the same journal included 36 healthy elderly people who underwent homocysteine testing and brain scans to detect brain atrophy. Participants with more extensive brain atrophy ...

Hypertension drugs could lower Disability

...niversity of Hopkins has suggested new, beneficial effects of (Angiotensin Converting Enzyme) ACE-inhibitor /...which are widely used for hypertension, beneficial effects on muscle strength and overall physical performance in older adults. This research must be confirmed...

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