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New Drug Found To Benefit Patients With Osteoarthritis

... the bones rub against each other causing pain and loss of movement.// An international, multi-center study shows an effective treatment for osteoarthritis is the COX2 inhibitor lumiracoxib, also known as Prexige. The drug was found to reduces gastric complications that often occur with other treatments....

Food Supplements Can Prevent Alzheimer’

...ed the mice against the synaptic damage and memory loss that should have resulted from their Alzheimer’s genes. Researchers say DHA is easy to add to the diet and can be found in oily fish such as salmon and sardines or can be taken in supplement form. Thus researchers suggest more people consider increa...

Calcium-rich Diet Good For Youngsters

...ir calcium intake may protect themselves from bone loss and osteoporosis later in life, and they could even help ensure they reach their full potential in terms of height. Data from the study show most girls ages 9 to 13, only take in about 70 percent of the daily recommended amount of calcium and older g...

Treatment Options For Retinitis Pigmentosa Questioned

...in-A-plus-DHA group had a slower decline in vision loss than those in the control group. These effects lasted over the first two years but not into years three and four of follow-up. Researchers conclude saying that for patients with retinitis pigmentosa beginning vitamin A therapy, addition of DHA, 1,20...

WHO acts to reduce the maternal death toll

...h time, such a gathering reminds us vividly of the loss of lives of those we cared for and our beloved ones. It is time for all of us to turn technical knowledge into action to save the lives of the women who give life," said Dr. Luc de Bernis, one of the authors of Beyond the numbers from WHO...

Vitamin E Could Restore Sudden Hearing Loss

...hree days or less. The cause of the sudden hearing loss can be identified in only // 10 percent to 15 perc... role of antioxidants in idiopathic sudden hearing loss and determining the most effective antioxidant and its optimal dose....

Hope For Patients With Multiple Sclerosis

...eople with early stages of multiple sclerosis from loss of brain tissue.// Researchers followed up on a ...e over the same period. Researchers measured brain loss through magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). People on the active medication were also less likely to ...

Stopping The Progression Of Parkinson's Disease

...e rigidity, and tremors. Patients also suffer from loss of facial rigidity // and a shuffling walk. A dru...igram per kilogram administered once a day. Neuron loss was completely averted in mice that received the drug. Thus researchers say that their results sugge...

Weight Reduction Surgery Also Treats Metabolic Syndrome

... treated for obesity with one of two common weight loss surgeries -- laparoscopic vertical banded gastroplasty, which creates a small pouch in the upper stomach to limit food intake, or laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery, which limits the absorption of calories by causing food to bypass most of the intes...

Before Weight Loss Surgery One Should Get Tested for Bacteria

People who are considering weight loss surgery should probably be tested to see if they c... people undergoing gastric bypass surgery a weight loss operation in which food is directed past most of the intestinal tract . Researchers assessed 99 pat...

Controlling High Blood Can Reduce Eye Problems In Diabetics

...the benefits of blood pressure control in reducing loss of vision from diabetic retinopathy....

Treating Depression In Children Could Lead To Poor Bone Development

...like fluoxetine, has been linked to increased bone loss at the hip in elderly women, decreased bone density in men, and decreased skeletal growth in children. In conclusion researchers say more research is needed on the use of these drugs in children since bone development early in life is believed to de...

Being Overweight Could Lead To Irregular Heartbeats

...tentially deadly heart condition. But since weight loss programs can help people avoid obesity, the potential exists to reduce the incidence of AF....

Loss Of Brain Tissue Linked To Obesity

...ese can increase the risk of dementia. Significant loss of brain tissue was seen among elderly // women wi...ssue, mainly in the temporal lobe. Women with this loss of brain tissue had an average BMI of 27, about one- to 1.5-points higher than women without the bra...

New Treatment Option For Alzheimer's Disease

...iesterase have the potential to prevent the memory loss characteristic of Alzheimer's disease....

Less Sleep Could Lead To Weight Gain

...d pasta. In conclusion researchers say that sleep loss due to voluntary curtailment of time in bed has become a hallmark of modern society, and they believe that their findings indicate a need for greater attention to sleep ....

New Treatment for Alzheimer's Disease

...terase do have the potential to prevent the memory loss characteristic of Alzheimer's disease....

The Link Between COPD And Osteoporosis

...ce of osteoporosis in the group was also linked to loss of fat-free mass, which can occur in COPD patients...g disease severity. In conclusion researchers say loss of fat-free mass and bone mineral density are related, as are urinary markers of cellular and bone c...

Arithmetic Skills Found To Diminish With Progression Of Alzheimer’s Disease

...calculations declines. These findings suggest that loss of calculation abilities in Alzheimer’s disease is a function of disease seveity....

Effective Treatment Option For Macular Degeneration

...s the leading cause of irreversible, severe vision loss in people 50 years of age and older. // Two new st...eatment. Pegaptanib also reduced the chance of the loss of 15 letters or more of visual acuity, which is considered a moderate loss. It also reduced the cha...

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