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New Treatment for Chronic Eczema

...osteroid with high anti-inflammatory effects and a low incidence of adverse effects. Results from the study show an increase in the median time to relapse from six weeks for patients using the emollient only to more than 16 weeks for those adding fluticasone propionate to their maintenance regimen. Thos...

Study supports vegetable diet

A vegetarian diet high in soluble fibre and low in saturated fats can lower bad cholesterol as effectively as some commonly prescribed drugs, a new study found, suggesting medication-free cholesterol control may be viable for some people. Researchers from the University of Toronto showed that a di...

Lowering Risk of Breast Cancer Recurrence

...ven further reduced. Dr. Cole says, "You're taking low estrogen and you're making it even lower. Now, why does that matter? Well, breast cancer cells that are hormone-sensitive can sense even those very small amounts of estrogen." Patients are still being enrolled in the trial. Researchers across the co...

Test tube babies, 25 years later

...IVF babies have a higher risk of birth defects and low birth weight, but researchers aren't sure why. The cost is another obstacle. IVF is rarely covered by insurance and treatments can range from $5,000 to $8,000, with an additional $2,000 for drug costs.Even so, many infertile couples hoping to have a...

Wait Between Pregnancies

...tions such as premature birth, neonatal death, and low birth weight. Even women who did not have complicated first pregnancies were at an increased risk for premature birth and neonatal death. Authors of the study say women should be informed about the potential risk of complications. They say contracep...

Fitness Level Predicts Stroke

...is a major public health concern. Poor fitness and low cardiorespiratory levels have been connected to he...rt disease and hypertension. Now a new study finds low cardiorespiratory fitness is also a risk factor for stroke. Cardiorespiratory fitness level is measu...

Herb 'does not lower cholesterol'

...dummy pill. The researchers found that levels of low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) increased in both groups taking the extract....

Low-Dose Hormones Help the Bones

...he study. Researchers found women who were on the low dose of estrogen had an increase in their bone min...oups. Study authors conclude these results show a low dose of estrogen is effective at preventing bone loss. They hypothesize that lowering the dose of es...

Optimum Timing for HIV/AIDS Prognosis

...six months after starting HAART than patients with low CD4 counts. They also found lower viral load indicated a better prognosis. However, study authors say the measurements of the CD4 cells and the viral load at the beginning of therapy was not indicative of prognosis. Study author Matthias Egger from ...

Smoking and its Effects

A new study shows young adults who had very low birth weights are likely to experience more damage... among this group. A study of 60 individuals with low birth weight, defined as weighing less than 2.2 pounds, yielded these results. Respiratory function ...

Good carb, bad carb? Experts debate.

...hoot twice as high after a high-GI meal as after a low one, and that unleashes metabolic havoc: The body responds with a surge of insulin, which prompts it to quickly store the sugar in muscle and fat cells. The high sugar also inhibits another hormone, glucagon, which ordinarily tells the body to burn i...

Same molecule found in meat, milk, tumors

...d 'red meat']," said researchers. Levels were very low or undetectable in poultry and fish, vegetables and hen's eggs. Autoimmune diseases "The small amounts of Neu5Gc in normal tissues also raise the possibility that anti-Neu5Gc antibodies are involved in autoimmunity," the researchers said. Autoi...

ICU Survival can be improved by Antibiotic use

...d with 31 percent among those who did not. A very low rate of antibiotic-resistant bacteria was seen in ...e of preventive antibiotics is safe in ICUs with a low prevalence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. The authors conclude preventive antibiotics are approp...

Weight and Blood Pressure

... to control blood pressure. The study also reports low birthweight and low socio-economic status during childhood can also contribute to higher blood pressure in the future.//...

Low Birth Weight infants could have Problems in the Future

...ween learning and school problems and an extremely low birth weight in children from different countries....clude school difficulties are a serious concern of low birth weight infants in all four countries. They add, as doctors continue to save low birth weight i...

Evening,the best time to take Cholesterol Drug

...because concentrations of total cholesterol and of low density lipoprotein are significantly greater when it is taken in the morning....

Promising Treatment for Diabetes

... effective, but they also carry increased risk for low blood sugar, or hypoglycemia, particularly as people age. This study, published in this month’s Diabetes Care, shows older people with type 2 diabetes who received a continuous infusion of a gut hormone called glucagon-like peptide 1, or GLP-1, had s...

Selective eating just an evolutionary trait?

...ch a good idea now, and may be contributing to the low levels of vegetable and fruit consumption in children ....

Radiation after Breast Reconstruction

...on rate for breast implants is that not only is it low compared to other studies involving radiation after reconstruction, it is also low when considering the rate of major complications following reconstruction when radiation is not a fa...

New Test for HIV Patients

...ests to determine the CD4 cell count are needed. A low CD4 cell count indicates a need for more intensive treatment while a high CD4 cell count indicates reasonable immune function. In less developed countries, such a test is not available in areas where there is not a lab to perform it. The tests are al...

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