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Chronic back pain may be relieved by special physiotherapy

...ti-inflammatory medications, acupuncture, epidural injections and rest. This is the time when patients are reported to have lower pain and more physical fitness that had made them enjoy the things they could not do previously because of the backaches. Researchers feel that if the procedure could consistently ...

Botox for children with neurological impairments

... in their drooling conditions. The dosage of Botox injections however is dependent on the condition and requirement of each of the children. However, the researchers feel the higher the dosage used and more in frequency, the better results are seen. This may be one of the first non-invasive successful treatmen...

Lower risk of cardiovascular disease from tight glucose control

...d glucose levels is through at least three insulin injections a day or an insulin pump that follows the frequent self-monitoring for the blood glucose levels. The results had showed that for the participants who had an intensive treatment of glucose control had almost fifty percent less incidence of cardiovasc...

Placebo for relief from emotions

...n be in the form of harmless tablets, saline water injections etc. In the new research done by the scientists of Karolinska Institute, researchers have shown that placebo treatment can effectively control the impact of negative experiences by controlling the expression of emotions generated through the exposur...

Two New Human Papilloma virus (HPV) vaccines to prevent cervical cancer

...e due to high cost, the dosages required are three injections and creating a cold chain for transport to rural areas. This vaccine should be modified to give protection against more HPV types and must be cheaper and easier to administer. Experts say though this vaccine may be effective for prevention of infec...

Good News For Those Suffering From Excessive Sweating

...d, placebo-controlled clinical trial. Repeat Botox injections were administered when the clinical effect of a previous injection diminished and patients reported a score of 3 or 4 on the Hyperhidrosis Severity Scale (HDSS), indicating their underarm sweating was barely tolerable or intolerable and frequently ...

Transplant helps diabetes

...betes, is a type of disease, that requires insulin injections daily. Researchers are slowly heading towards closer to a cure for this disease. Some medical research centers in the U.S. and Europe conducted experiments on people with severe Type I diabetes by transplanting insulin-producing islet cells combined ...

Now insulin can be inhaled

...iseases can be treated and daily administration of injections can be stopped.Diabetes apart, other diseases that can be treated using the same method are cystic fibrosis, osteoporosis, emphysema and multiple sclerosis....

Malignant virus in polio vaccine combined to Cancer

...timated 90 million Americans received Salk vaccine injections and as many as 30 million were exposed to the virus. In laboratory tests, hamsters injected with SV40 developed a variety of malignant tumors, but early government studies indicated that the virus appeared to have no negative effect in humans who ha...

Obesity Hormone -' Leptin' may treat Metabolic Disorder

...ering agents. But her team found that 4 months of injections with the engineered leptin boosted patients' blood levels of the hormone, cut their triglycerides and improved their blood sugar levels. And during leptin treatment, the women were able to discontinue on their diabetes therapies. The treatment "reall...

Botox Found To Be Effective for Voice Tremors

...cial tremors. Participants in the study were given injections of Botox in each vocal cord in varying doses. Results were evaluated using a patient tremor rating scale (on a five-point scale). All of the participants reported an effect from the injection, with an average improvement of 1.6 points after six weeks...

Good News For Those Of You Suffering From Rheumatoid Arthritis

...placebo plus methotrexate. In addition, adalimumab injections slowed progression of joint damage as revealed by joint X-rays. Rheumatoid arthritis is an autoimmune disease, which develops when certain cells of the immune system malfunction and attack healthy joints. The cause of rheumatoid arthritis is unknown...

Brain Fever or Encephalitis Spreading in North India

...nted by means of an inactivated vaccine given in 3 injections followed by a booster three years later. Improved management for irrigation of water resources can be undertaken to reduce the transmission of disease, in South, South East, and East Asa....

Initiation Of New Study To Help Children With Sickle Cell Anaemia

...oing treatment must later be combined with nightly injections of a drug (Desferal ?) that eliminates excessive i...--a condition called haemochromatosis. The nightly injections of Desferal, an iron chelator (molecules that bind to metals so they can be eliminated from the body...

Exubera could mean the end of an insulin injection era for diabetics

...known as Exubera, would mean an end to the insulin injections taken by millions worldwide. The product works by releasing an insulin-powder cloud inhaled via a handheld plastic machine similar to the inhalers used for asthma and allergy. The drug has been in development for a decade and is now backed by a joint...

Can Green Tea Prevent Alzheimer's?

...ing Alzheimer’s mice for several months with daily injections of pure EGCG, the researchers observed a dramatic decrease -- as much as 54 percent -- of brain-clogging Alzheimer’s plaques. Green tea contains many antioxidants, including those known as flavnoids that can protect against free radical damage to th...

Protection against Alzheimer’s could be as simple as drinking green te

...brains of Alzheimer's victims. Several months of injections reduced plaque formation by as much as 54 percent, a significant finding. Drinking ordinary tea would not provide similar health benefit because it does not contain the required ingredients. Clinical trials have been directed towards development of ...

Novartis MS Drug Shows Promising Results

...es of 30% in two-year studies and require frequent injections ranging from daily to weekly. FTY720 Phase II study results The results are from a large Phase II study conducted at 32 centers in 11 countries (Europe and Canada). In the initial, placebo-controlled part of this study, 281 patients were random...

A first for India - IVF baby born of surrogacy

...d for the collection of eggs and was given hormone injections to produce multiple eggs.The maturity of the eggs was monitored by serial transvaginal ultrasound and blood oestrogen. Subsequently, the eggs were collected by ultrasound guided aspiration. Simultaneously, the second woman, acting as the surrogate,...

New Hope For Patients With Relapsing Multiple Sclerosis

...es of 30% in two-year studies and require frequent injections ranging from daily to weekly. Data from the extension of a Phase II study to 12 months conducted by Novartis Pharma confirm the significant effects of FTY720, a novel oral medication, for the treatment of patients with relapsing MS. The data, presen...

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