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Ideal therapy for warts

...cid remain the treatment of choice for this common medical condition. Viral warts are benign lesions of the skin that will usually clear up eventually on their own. Anyhow, warts that appear on hands or feet can cause social problems for people because those are on such visible parts of the body. Warts on t...

The issue of urinary incontinence

...ery old, but it has not been a popular subject for medical research. Anyhow, much progress has been made and, in fact, an old people's ward need not 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 ...

Spreading knowledge to doctors about herbal medicine

...he Harvard Medical School and other prestigious US medical centres, has set up an internet-based education programme for doctors. They devised a set of email questions,something like a questionnaire,and a list of links that would help answer them. A group of 450 doctors took part in the study and soon incr...

Relief of pain for suffering patients

A medical ethics group in Canada is trying to clarify the gu...eated pain makes the patient worse, and it is good medical practice to do everything possible to relieve it. It's to be hoped that others will adopt the Toront...

Skipped heartbeats should not be ignored

...n there is a sustained heart rhythm abnormality,// medical advice is immediately needed. Most people will have experienced so-called arrhythmias from time to time, in other words a missed heart beat, or a feeling of fluttering in the chest. Arrhythmias arise from a lack of co-ordination of the electrical act...

Back pain treated with Opioids

... that there is a great deal of prejudice among the medical community and the public against the widespread use of opioids, even for cancer. The drugs have an 'illicit' image and it's often believed their use will lead to addiction. Yet they are powerful relievers of suffering and deserve to be made available...

Treating varicose veins

...ose veins may look unsightly but are not usually a medical threat. If you have symptoms, like throbbing, cr...ing arising from your varicose veins, then do seek medical advice. Similarly, see your doctor if you're troubled by the appearance of varicose veins. Standard ...

Space research leads to needle-free blood tests

...searchers want to take blood samples in space, for medical research. For this purpose, they are looking at near infrared light, which can penetrate the skin and gain chemical information about blood and tissues. We already use near infrared, in the pulse oximeter. This measures how much oxygen there is in ...

Laser may stop macular degeneration

All around the United States, researchers at 24 medical centers hope to arbitrate whether a laser can stop the development of macular degeneration before it progresses. There are two forms of macular degeneration, wet and dry. //The dry form makes upto75 percent of all cases and is characterized by the fo...

Alternative to blood Transfusions

...uring and after surgery. It can also fill an unmet medical need when compatible red blood cells are not readily available or when there is a need or preference to avoid blood transfusions."...

Clean air protects lives

...ar deaths. In a second study reported in the same medical journal, researchers from the Netherlands observed the link between traffic-related air pollution and death. Between 1984 and 1995, they studied 4,500 people and found 15 percent of the study population died during the follow-up. Of those, people who...

Smoking risk precedes colon cancer

...de colon cancer. Researchers at Texas analysed the medical records of 1,232 consecutive patients attending for colonoscopy. They found the incidence of polyps// - growths in the colon or rectum that may precede cancer - to be greater among current smokers than in ex-smokers and non-smokers. Moreover, the s...

Quitting the smoking habit

...c residents. The counseling sessions consisted of medical management sessions in which the internal medicine residents reviewed the reasons for prescribing the antidepressants and followed up to see if people were complying with the treatment. Psychiatric residents conducted group sessions covering educatio...

How to arrest cough

Some coughs are harmless, while others merit medical attention. A cough is a very common, and irritatin...hs, however, may signify a more serious underlying medical condition. Doctors at the Mayo Clinic point out the situations where a cough needs prompt medical ...

Taking the help of pharmacist

...h certain foods? Will it have an adverse effect on medical conditions other than the one it's prescribed for? Remember, your pharmacist's expertise goes far beyond just dispensing the drug - he or she has a wealth of experience with what has been prescribed for you, and may have more time than your doctor to...

Gastrointestinal conditions affect sleep

...er a physical examination and providing a detailed medical history, each study participant spent a night in a sleep lab. Researcher Geoffrey S. Raymer, M.D., says they found a significant relationship between GERD and excessive daytime sleepiness and insomnia. He added, "We also found a connection between p...

Drinking wine beneficial in dementia

According to a major medical study by researchers it is observed that drinking wine may have some health benefits. The latest from researchers in Denmark, observe that people who drink wine// now and again may have a lesser risk of developing dementia and Alzheimer's disease. Pe...

Pregnancy shouldn't be dissuaded in older age

...ording to a new study shows there is no conclusive medical reason, based on age, why women in their 50s shoul... cases of 70 post menopausal women with no chronic medical conditions who had a total of 125 embryo transfer techniques. 85 of the eggs used were fresh and 32 ...

Air pollution combined with greater medical needs

... a large group of the population. They looked at medical records and pollution measures in 185 metropolitan areas. They found that there was little difference in surgery rates between cities with the most pollution and those with the least. But there was a 20% difference in admissions to hospital for respi...

Emphysema surgery - unfavourable

...y effective. People had either surgery or standard medical management for their condition. The first report o...e who survive surgery will do better than those on medical management in the long term remains to be seen. In the meantime, it appears that surgery should not ...

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