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Look out for gout

...oes tend to affect middle-aged men and some people find an attack follows eating foods such as anchovies, sardines or liver. Typically gout affects the big toe joint which becomes hot, red, swollen and very painful. // But gout affects other joints too and if it is not treated it will leads to permanent ...

Detection of Cancer

...e and gives many false positives, while many women find a mammogram awkward," Professor Parish explained. The value of mammography for breast cancer screening is also under debate, as reported in The Lancet this week.The clinical trial, which will involve 1,450 people and be run by the National Health Sci...

Genetics helps in attacking cancer

...ug on the genes that are activated in cancer. They find that specific genes and cellular pathways are affected by ceflatonin. These experiments have been done in human colon cancer cells and on tumour growth// and gene expression in cancer cells grown in mice. The experiments show how drug dose and admin...

Cipro Has Cheaper Cousins to Treat Anthrax

...ctors sometimes use Cipro when they are waiting to find out exactly what type of bacteria they're dealing with. It's especially effective against anthrax because it may take days for scientists to discover what kind of strain is involved in an attack. According to experts, all known strains are vulnerab...

Creating brain cells from bone marrow

...t. The researchers say they were very surprised to find the cells could be persuaded to turn into neurons//, it flies in the face of much of what we know about development of tissues and organs. However, once the right growth factor cocktail had been concocted, it took just an hour to turn 100 per cent ...

Sex life enhanced by cycling

... blood flow is restricted, in other words they may find it hard to get an erection. The problem is that many of these men cannot take the anti-impotence drug sildenafil because it interacts with medication for heart failure. Researchers in France reported on the study of the effects of exercise// on men...

Chlamydia toxin- a secret killer

.... Armed with this information, researchers can now find new ways of breaking Chlamydia's hold - perhaps by...c secrets in increasing numbers, researchers would find new measures to fight against them....

The best treatment for migraine

... the triptans, covering over 18,000 patients. They find that in comparison with the 'gold standard' sumitriptan, a standard dose of rizatriptan was more effective and reliable, and equally tolerable.// Eletriptan was also more effective - but less tolerable. And a third drug almotriptan was similar in its...

Altering genes through calories

...ight have their cake and eat it if researchers can find drugs that mimic dieting’s effects. Cutting calories is known to increase lifespan and reduce age-related disease in experimental mammals. Researchers at the University of California, Riverside probed how gene activity changes when an elderly mouse ...

Tai chi helps arthritis

Researchers in Texas find that a tai chi programme improves pain and daily living activities in people with arthritis. Tai chi is an ancient Chinese system of gentle exercise which has been long held to have a wide range of health benefits. Now researchers at University in Te...

Safe for people with asthma

...hat the flu jab can make people's asthma worse. To find it this out researchers at Cleavland University School of Medicine did a thourough study in over 1000 patients, aged from 4-50. One group got the flu injection while the other got a placebo injection. After 15 days, the two groups swapped over, and h...

Hike in drug licence fee could hit several SSI units in TN

...ditions and intense competition, these units would find it difficult to pay the licence fees....

Back injury cured by engineers

...roblem. People who have had a back problem tend to find it recurs. Researchers at the Biodynamics Laboratory have found that this is because they tend to protect their injury by creating a big stress on their spine afterwards.// This study comparedhe movement of injured and uninjured people. The enginee...

Genetic disorder related with sleep patterns

...order which they say is responsible for people who find it impossible to stay up late or sleep in. The findings could lead to new treatments for jet lag//, insomnia and seasonal depression. The researchers from the University of Utah say people who cannot stay awake much after 8.30pm and who wake up arou...

Antidepressants-important role

... patients may not respond to one of these SSRIs or find they have side effects. The doctor can now switch them to one of the others, knowing there is a good chance the alternative will produce the desired improvement....

Choose the correct hypertensive drug

...researchers at Texas University it is necessary to find out which to prescribe.Recent trials show that there are striking differences between these drugs when it comes to reducing the risk of complications of high blood pressure - stroke, heart attack and heart failure. For instance, angiotension convert...

Coffee enhances memory

... University of Arizona have found that coffee can find out memory performance throughout the day. They ...o repeat these experiments with brain scanning, to find out what effect caffeine really has on brain function and blood flow....

No link between blood groups and prostate cancer

...ad had a prostatectomy at the State Hospital. They find that men with type A are no more likely to get cancer. And when they looked at the stage of the cancers, they also learned that type A men did not have more aggressive tumours. So men can be reassured on that count. There are more risk factors for pr...

Genes for Vision discovered

... how the genes work, the better we will be able to find ways to treat, and possibly, prevent disease,” said Cepko. Information about how the genes work inside photoreceptors - which genes are turned on and when -could even lead to ways to replace dead or damaged cells. “Can we manipulate these genes in su...

Defence against free radicals

... he said. “However, we need to do more research to find practical or medical applications of these exciting new findigs.”...

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