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U S Government Allows Non-prescription Diet Pill

...s of bowel control. Consuming a low fat diet could lessen the side effects to certain extent. A multivitamin tablet is recommended along with this drug. Alli is for people who are eighteen years of age and above. This drug is not intended for diabetics and for people who have undergone organ transplantati...

Drug Used in Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery may Increase Risk of Death

... according to the use of three medications used to lessen bleeding—aminocaproic acid and tranexamic acid, aprotinin, or no anti-bleeding agent. "During five years, 223 deaths occurred among 1,072 aprotinin-treated patients (20.8 percent), a death rate nearly two-thirds greater than control patients (128 d...

Remicade Therapy Effective in Treating Severe Psoriasis

...ng both skin disease and nail disease, may greatly lessen the patients' overall burden of disease." The progressive improvements in nail psoriasis observed in patients receiving REMICADE 5 mg/kg were consistent with normal nail growth rates, and the improvement was sustained over time. Treatment also resu...

Cancer Death Rates High in African-Americans

...ng educational opportunities that can help further lessen cancer’s unequal burden on African Americans.” Socioeconomic factors that can affect cancer prevention and early detection include behaviors such as tobacco avoidance and maintenance of a healthy body weight. The proportion of overweight US adults ...

Young People Who Died Suddenly, Inexplicably Had Genetic Heart Defects

...el of heart function. Molecular autopsies can help lessen grief burden of families because data show that they exposed the lethal mutations as the cause of death in 35 percent of cases in which conventional autopsies could not ascertain cause of death. “The fact that conventional autopsy fails to provide an...

Experts Use Weather to Predict Disease

... fighting disease. Health officials were able to lessen the impact of an ongoing outbreak in Kenya of Rift Valley Fever, a deadly hemorrhagic fever, after NASA scientists noticed exceptionally warm sea temperatures and elevated rainfall in east Africa four months ago. When flooding in Kenya started soon...

Avoid Diuretic Pills During Pregnancy

...fore it appears, rather than searching for ways to lessen its effects, said Lisa Bodnar, Ph.D., a maternal n...ere are no changes that a woman can make that will lessen symptoms or 'cure' her disease once she has overt preeclampsia. The dietary modifications that women...

Nine Ways to Relieve Joint Stress

...n do yourself—apart from taking your medication—to lessen joint pain. Following are some time-proven steps from a newsletter called Arthritis Advisor, brought to you by Cleveland Clinic. 1.Control your weight. Obesity puts extra stress on weight-bearing joints, such as the back, hips, knees and feet. 2....

Oral Hygiene Can Prevent Tooth Decay for Patients With Cleft Conditions

...n before birth, patients with cleft lip/palate can lessen the chance of dental caries by adopting the above strategies. Preventive dental care is even more important in patients with cleft problems compared with patients without clefts. Source-Newswise RM...

Exercise Both Brain and Brawn to Stay Fighting Fit

...keep our brains healthy and potentially prevent or lessen the cognitive decline that often comes with aging. We are encouraging people to take steps to improve brain health as part of their overall fitness regimen for the New Year." The Alliance for Aging Research has advised all and sundry to eat food ric...

Pros and Cons of Therapy for Lead Exposure

...from the body as quickly as possible to prevent or lessen lasting damage to the developing brain. High-lead exposure from peeling lead-based paint can lead to coma, convulsions and even death. At lower levels, lead exposure causes attention deficits, delinquency and difficulty regulating emotions and can lo...

Compellis Pharmaceuticals Gets Patent for Obesity-Fighting Nasal Spray CP404

... nasal formulation to block olfactory activity and lessen food intake. SRI...

Knee Osteoarthritis More Painful for Smokers: Study

...t's an additional reason to stop smoking as it may lessen the pain and rate of cartilage loss," he added. Osteoarthritis - degenerative arthritis - is caused by the breakdown and loss of cartilage in one or more joints. Source-IANS...

Anti-Craving Drug, Naltrexone Helps Women Quit Smoking

...y finds that the anti-craving drug, Naltrexone may lessen cessation-related weight gain and negative moods and women who are trying to quit smoking appear //to benefit more than men. As a first step towards individualized medicine, scientists are focusing on gender differences in nicotine addiction and in t...

Disability Factor Among Older Americans Shows Improvement

...o over the next several decades will significantly lessen the societal impact of the aging of the baby-boom generation.” The analysis also showed that from 1982 to 2004/2005: Chronic disability rates decreased among those over 65 with both severe and less severe impairments, with the greatest improvemen...

Nestlé clinches an esteemed brain research pac

... enhance brain power in children. Also research to lessen the impact of brain degenerative disorders or completely offset them with nutrients will form the core of this study. Mainly, study will focus on finding the vital nutrients required by the brain to maintain a high order of efficiency. Peter van Bla...

Dementia Care Intervention Eases Burden for Families

...vention that can improve their quality of life and lessen the burden of caregiving can make meaningful differences in their ability to better care both for themselves and their loved ones,” he said. The findings are significant, according to the researchers, because not only is caring for a loved one wit...

Childhood Survivors Of Brain Tumors More At Risk For Strokes Later In Life

...g the use of radiation therapy, a move designed to lessen learning problems associated with radiation therapy. "It would be interesting to see whether it may also impact the occurrence of strokes," Dr. Bowers said. Researchers are now formulating a follow - up study to identify a way of screening patie...

Joslin Diabetes Center Launches Veraxa Health

... eye disease and to develop and test treatments to lessen the risks of visual loss. Founded in 1898 by a single physician, Elliott P. Joslin, M.D., Joslin Diabetes Center is an independent non-profit institution affiliated with Harvard Medical School. Joslin Research is a team of more than 300 people at t...

Obese Women Fall Sick Often

...disability expenditures, improve productivity, and lessen the indirect costs associated with overweight and obesity,” according to researchers. SM...

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