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Let Anger go, Save the Headache

...ait anger and hostility did not differ between the groups after researchers controlled for depression and anxiety. Previous research shows people with headaches may experience more problems with anger and how they express it when compared to people without headaches. Recent studies show anger may also be b...

Let Anger go, Save the Headache

...ait anger and hostility did not differ between the groups after researchers controlled for depression and anxiety.. Previous research shows people with headaches may experience more problems with anger and how they express it when compared to people without headaches. Recent studies show anger may also be b...

Drug Reduces Risk of Clogged Arteries, Veins

...e placebo group. The incidence of bleeding in both groups was 0.2 percent....

Switching drugs regularly improves HIV treatment

... or regimen B, so the researchers pooled these two groups when evaluating the results. The rate of virologic failure - that is, a rise in the amount of virus in the blood above a defined level - was 3.5 higher during the following year in the pooled group than in the alternating therapy group. Dr. Martinez-...

Cancer Patient Exercises for the Throat

...ises they believe have an impact on certain muscle groups in the throat. One exercise is called a hard swallow. Researchers place some aerated bulbs at the top of the mouth that measure pressure and tongue strength. Then, patients place their tongue to the roof of their mouth and hold it there for about fiv...

Study to look at early surgery to treat epilepsy

...e remaining 100 will continue on medications. Both groups then will be monitored for two years to determine which treatment is more effective at eliminating seizures and improving quality of life. Participants will be people who have had seizures for no more than 2 years and are unable to bring them under ...

AIDS vaccine falls short but shows some promise

...ne called AIDSVAX. "We're not sure yet why certain groups have a better immune response." If the numbers are certified by independent experts, it could be significant for Africa, where the epidemic is skyrocketing. But the vaccine would require some additional work.In Africa, where the strain of HIV is sli...

Lowering Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence

...ence. He says about 20 percent of patients in some groups will have recurrences after five years. He tells Ivanhoe that this is the first trial of this kind in this setting but says the results in terms of effectiveness are years away. "It will take a while before there is enough follow-up to be able to hav...

Music Makes you Smarter

...The researchers saw no differences between the two groups when it came to the visual memory test. All of the participants had been playing instruments for one to five years. There was a direct relationship with the number of years of playing and the verbal memory skills. Children who had only been playing ...

Radiation Not Needed for Childhood Cancers

...th treatments. But the long-term outcomes for both groups were quite high.The second study found the risk of hospitalization for psychiatric disorders is no higher among survivors of cancer in childhood or adolescence. //The one striking exception was among those who had had brain tumors, for which radiatio...

Herb 'does not lower cholesterol'

... lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) increased in both groups taking the extract....

Therapy Boosts Chemotherapy Effects

...lating factor, or G-CSF. While patients in the two groups initially showed similar response rates, a long-term follow up showed those in the G-CSF group had better results over time. The investigators conclude, "Sensitization of leukemic cells with growth factors is a clinically applicable means of enhanci...

Angioplasty Should be the Standard

... patients. Little difference was noted between the groups in death or stroke rates....

Drug Effective for Vascular Dementia

...t a month. Results showed both of the active drug groups had improvements in cognitive function as measured by standard tests when compared with those who received the placebo. The 10-milligram per day dose resulted in additional treatment benefits on a test aimed at measuring dementia severity. The drug w...

Drug Effective for Diabetic Foot Ulcers

...bo group saw an improvement. Five patients in both groups had their ulcers get worse. As for amputation, two patients in the dalteparin group had their foot amputated compared to eight in the placebo group. Study authors write, "The present study shows for the first time that treatment with dalteparin impr...

An hour of exercise a week cuts hypertension

... exercised regularly. They divided them into five groups who got a range of exercise from none to two hours and more a week. The volunteers in the four groups that exercised worked out with a trainer at a health club for eight weeks. Those in the group that ...

Teens' vitamin D deficiency an epidemic

...iency, as are blacks and other dark-skinned ethnic groups whose pigmented skin doesn't absorb sunlight as easily as whites. Ironically, so are kids who follow the advice of moms and doctors to slather on sunscreen to avoid skin cancer, because it can block the absorption of ultraviolet rays. But while too...

Return of SARS possible this fall

...ates and sparked travel bans against Asian tourist groups and conference participants worldwide."...

Music soothes labour pain

...ay accompany childbirth.// The study included two groups of women, aged 20 to 30, all having their first baby. Women in one group chose from among five types of calming music and listened to it for the first three hours in hospital after their active labour started. The women in the second group received ...

Teen dies after complications from abortion pill

...red to stop the patient's bleeding. Anti-abortion groups insist that the pills "offer a whole new set of significant risks," and makes abortion seem too simple. A report on the group's Web site says the pill gives "supporters of abortion a chance to change the image of abortion, making it seem as simple as...

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