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Spiritual views aid after bereavement

...resence,// or absence, of strong spiritual beliefs helped these people cope when their loved one died. Those who had a strong spiritual belief reported steady progress in coming to terms with their loss over a period of 12 months. But those who had no beliefs had problems in coping. Those who had low leve...

Latest device for identifying Melanomas

...earch organization, the CSIRO. Leanne Bischof, who helped write the software, described it as "one of the most exciting and rewarding projects we've worked on. We had to ensure it wasn't garbage in, garbage out." Dr. Scott Menzies, senior lecturer in melanoma and skin oncology at the University of Sydney, ...

New cholera strain identified

A group scientists have recently helped the Communicable Diseases Centre (CDC) at Atlanta identify a rare strain of cholera, which wreaked havoc in coastal US and Japan early this year. The new cholera pathogen, transmitted through sea food, has become a major cause of concern for scientis...

The issue of urinary incontinence

... smell at all. Professor Malone-Lee and his team helped introduce the incontinence pad and, after many years of research into absorbent materials, have banged upon a synthetic polymer. The technology came from the disposable nappy now in very widespread use. But doctors were slow to accept that adults cou...

Spreading knowledge to doctors about herbal medicine

Recently an internet-based learning exercise has helped a group of doctors increase their knowledge of herbal remedies and food supplements. Many people take herbs and other dietary supplements, but find their doctors are lacking in knowledge// about these complementary medicines. A group called the Longw...

Early therapy aids eyesight

...se with an aggressive form of the disease were not helped much by treatment. The most common form of glaucoma affects nearly 1.0 million people over age 45. While doctors find treating eye pressure may help slow the disease, they do not believe elevated eye pressure necessarily is the cause of the disease....

Quitting the smoking habit

...ssions covering education on smoking cessation and helped participants develop a personal plan for quitting, which was revised as the year progressed. Despite intermittent success, however, none of the treatments in the study was able to help people stay off cigarettes consistently for the entire study per...

Recognizing heart risk in dialysis patients

...e at high risk of a cardiac event and hence can be helped to avoid such happenings....

Latest drug shows promise in multiple myeloma

...zomib, in a group of 180 patients who had not been helped by other forms of treatment. In the first sub-group, consisting of 65 patients, 30 per cent showed at least a partial response, with some showing a complete response, in which no sign of active disease could be detected. In all, 78 per cent either ...

Research on causes for falling helps develop preventive strategies

...th could also contribute to a fall. The study has helped the researchers discover effective ways of preventing falls or reducing injuries during a fall. One such discovery is the "hip bag", which acts a protective cushion that is triggered to inflate when someone slips. If they fall, it prevents injury. Sp...

Gene connected to Multi-System disorder discovered

...rchers, during the course of this study, have also helped identify a faulty connexin gene as the cause of a skin and deafness disorder known as "KIDS" (for keratitis, ichthyosis and deafness syndrome), while previous findings by others have linked a connexin to Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease. The researchers ...

Imitating celebrity mums may prove unsafe for mom and child

...y with cropped tops and clingy dresses, it has not helped ordinary women, who have started feeling inadequate and under pressure to look good. In some cases, it has even prompted women to to diet while pregnant, putting their own and the baby's health at risk. A marketing company, which has started a campa...

More compelling reasons to lower blood pressure

...nding of the study is that lowering blood pressure helped younger people more than they did for the elderly and that it's benefits weren't limited to people who brought their blood pressure down from unhealthy levels. The researchers saw a protective effect of lower blood pressure until it hit about 115/75 ...

Way out of winter depression

...ure to bright light from a specially designed box, helped three out of four of those with SAD. The light has to be as intense as the light outdoors just after dawn or before sunlight. The exposure needed for a therapeutic effect varies from 15 minutes to two hours a day. SAD, whether mild or severe, has ser...

Cervicogenic headache can be identified with a fibromyalgia test

...or those who had headache and neck pain. The X-ray helped determine the disc which was causing the cervicogenic headache. Dr. McFadden believes that once patients are made to understand the relationship between headache and neck pain, treatment options can be evolved. He concluded that this study prompted ...

Guangdong health official says SARS can be prevented and treated

...nts fevers to quickly drop, and respirators, which helped patients rapidly recover. China is the worst affected nation in the global health crisis which has affected some 32 countries. Total cases in the country reached 1,268 with 53 deaths....

Tea helps protect Heart disease

...cluding apples, onions, and broccoli. Drinking tea helped the blood vessels to relax may have an anti-clotting effect.// In an observational study made on 1,900 individuals, which included both men and women, the researchers found an inverse relationship between tea consumption and mortality. The heaviest ...

Antidepressant Helps Relieve Hot Flashes

A popular antidepressant helped reduce the frequency of hot flashes in menopausal women, a drug company-funded study said on Tuesday, though an independent researcher said the drug's effectiveness was limited. Alternative treatments to hormone replacement therapy for menopausal sym...

Longer Lung Cancer Survival

...f life. It’s not a magic bullet, but it really has helped a lot of patients with lung cancer." Marcie takes the drug every day. She says, "This drug has given me renewed life and renewed hope and renewed faith. I live now with a love of life and enjoy every day and try not to take any day for granted." Wit...

Heart disease diagnosed by dentist?

...tion between gum disease and heart problems. "I've helped patients with heart conditions by diagnosing dental problems// that were causing local infections," said Dr. E. Mac Edington, a Clarksville, Tennessee, dentist . "By eliminating a local infection involving a tooth or the gums, patients have been ab...

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