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Tai chi helps arthritis

...ai chi group reported significantly less pain, and fewer difficulties in activities of daily living. They also had improved abdominal strength and balance in comparison to the controls, though there were no difference in flexibility, upper muscle or knee muscle strength. Evidently older people can benefit ...

A new treatment for liver cancer

...patient treatment requiring no surgery. Given that fewer than 10 per cent are suitable for conventional cancer surgery because of the nature of their tumours, the TheraSphere offers them the first real hope of survival....

A boon to epileptics

... after the magnetic treatment, nearly all suffered fewer seizures. One patient showed a 25% decrease, three improved by between 20% and 50%, and in three patients, the number of seizures was reduced by more than half. However, the effects of the treatment wore off after six to eight weeks, and two patien...

Teen smoking declines

...ompson said. Thompson added that "the finding that fewer teenagers are smoking is very encouraging as more teens are making smart choices that will help them avoid tobacco-related health threats." Glen Hanson, acting director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, added: "We hope that our concerted eff...

The superior steroids

...used the inhaled steroid experienced significantly fewer allergy symptoms and reported less impact on their quality of life than those who took the antihistamine. During the four-week study, 88 participants took either the steroid nasal spray or antihistamine on an as-needed basis. They kept a daily diary ...

Progestin protects against ovarian cancer

... pills with lower levels of hormone generally have fewer side effects. The researchers found that the cancer risk was cut by about 50 percent in all women taking pills containing the hormones estrogen and progestin. However, women who took pills containing high levels of progestin reduced their risk of ova...

Beverage protect against bladder cancer

...te smoking was more than double in those who drank fewer than two cups of coffee a week compared with regular coffee drinkers. Smokers who drank coffee were three times as likely to develop bladder cancer as non-smoking coffee drinkers. But smokers who didn't drink coffee were seven times as likely to deve...

Medications for depression

...ue to the introduction of new antidepressants with fewer side effects. By contrast the number of patients receiving psychotherapy for depression declined from 60 per cent to 50 per cent. Physicians now seem to be more involved in depression treatment .This may be the reason why medication is being prefer...

Rubella nearly wiped out

...iminating rubella by 2000. From 1992 through 1997, fewer than 300 cases were reported annually, with an all-time low of 128 cases in 1995. As of January 2001, 44 of 47 countries in the Americas had childhood rubella vaccination programs, though most have been in effect for less than three years....

Lower surgical volume linked to higher death rate

...necessarily follow that concentrating resources in fewer centres will lead to lower death rates....

Shortage of MMR vaccine

...gs, with shortfalls caused by production problems, fewer drugmakers// and pharmaceutical companies choosing to stop making some products. The situation is so bad that 8 of the 11 recommended childhood vaccines are in short supply, including tetanus, diphtheria and a pneumococcal vaccine used to prevent ba...

Laser to help in root canal treatment

...e Waterlase may reduce the need for anesthesia and fewer instruments can be used for treatment, according to Biolase. Postoperatively, it may reduce pain, discomfort, swelling and the need for antibiotics. Dr. Jeffrey Hutter, chair of the ADA Council on Scientific Affairs and president of the American Ass...

Contraceptive pill to reduce PMS

...ects should be minimal. "The main advantages are fewer periods per year - four versus 13 - less blood loss, fewer pads, and less risk of the side effects of menstruation such as anaemia. "Moreover, the hormonal flu...

Surgery-Rigged pulley helps patients

...oll says only 5 percent of those patients relapse, fewer than with traditional surgical cleft repair....

Vegetables decrease Tobacco Toxins

...Gluc, and a third called cotinine. People who ate fewer than two servings of cruciferous vegetables a week had higher urinary concentrations of the tobacco toxins but the levels begin to drop when people consume two or more servings. Stephenson said a typical serving is "about the size of a fist." Some st...

Drug dilemma confronts users of painkillers

.... The FDA said that Merck can claim that Vioxx has fewer gastrointestinal complications// than one older non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, naproxen. But the FDA also decided that the Vioxx label must mention that it might be linked to an increased risk of heart attack or high blood pressure. Manufactu...

Oestrogen to help mental health

...idone and found those taking oestrogen as well had fewer symptoms. "Several patients in the oestrogen group went from having terrible voices and hallucinations to that subsiding over a few days."That was very striking. With antipsychotic drugs you may get an initial sedative effect, but you are usually w...

Gene variation simulates cholesterol response to oestrogen

...t yet known whether the current findings will mean fewer heart attacks for these women. The study may explain why previous research has shown no particular benefit from HRT in women with established heart disease - such research focusses on all women, not just the subgroup with the gene variant. The dramat...

One IV treatment a year rather than a pill a day

...em according to instructions. The IV treatment has fewer side effects. The drug, sold by Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp. as Zometa, is in a class called bisphosphonates. Two other drugs in this class are used as once-a-day pills to treat osteoporosis; one also is available as a once-a-week pill. Novartis s...

Chemotherapy Pill Has Fewer Side Effects Than IV

...hose on standard chemotherapy, but the pill caused fewer side effects.// Capecitabine is the oral form of 5...apecitabine is both convenient to use and produces fewer side effects, and that's a big attraction for patients. Given these results, patients slated to rece...

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