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Fetal Heart-Cell Enzyme and Onset of Heart Failure

...as been used for years to treat seizures. Most CHF medications are aimed at regulating blood pressure, but very few are targeted at the heart-muscle cells themselves. About 5 million Americans are living with CHF today, according to the American Heart Association. “To understand how to better treat heart disea...

Pregnancy Hormone Offers Hope to MS Patients

...nd whether it can be administered with existing MS medications that target the immune system. It is not known what impact the hormone will have on men. Says Weiss: “If the next series of studies looks promising, we may be prepared to study prolactin in (human) trials.” AN...

Spearmint Tea To Combat Hirsutism

...rsutism. Currently oral contraceptives and other medications are used to bring down hirsutism. According to the researchers, spearmint could work as a natural alternative in women suffering from this condition. More studies in this subject are needed to corroborate this finding. JYT...

Rhythms of Life

... chronotherapy. Life style modifications and medications are also known to bring relief. Plants and animals have liased with nature , to live in harmonious symphony. But in his quest for a better tomorrow at a frenetic pace, man has antagonized and slipped out of synchrony with nature and has gone on ...

The FDA Warns Consumers Against Purchase of Drugs on Web

...asing sleep aids, antidepressants and anti-anxiety medications over the Internet.// The drugs advertised as sle...Ambien-a sleep aid, Xanax and Ativan- anti-anxiety medications and Lexapro an antidepressant were all made of haloperidol, the schizophrenia drug. The fraud came...

Genes for Nicotine Dependence Identified

...s using information about genetic traits to tailor medications to individuals could make them significantly more effective. "The type of variant you have at this particular receptor — the alpha-5 nicotinic receptor — may actually predict whether or not you will do well on nicotine replacement therapy," she says....

Compulsive Gambling Linked to Parkinson's Disease Medications

... develop pathological gambling as a side effect of medications used to treat their condition. Behaviors associa...bling—have been associated with dopamine agonists, medications used to treat Parkinson's disease. In studies examining the relationship between dopamine agonists a...

Generic Drug Utilization On The Rise

...plans through the third quarter of 2006. Generic medications are as effective as their brand-name counterparts ...ith generics, and to find the plans that cover the medications they need." Norwalk adds, "The increased use of generics is great news for both consumers who are ...

Surgeons Develop Simpler Way to Cure Atrial Fibrillation

... two-fold higher risk of death. For some patients, medications can control the abnormal heart rhythms and the risk of clotting associated with atrial fibrillation, but unlike the Cox-maze procedure, the drugs do not cure the disorder. Damiano says their most recent study of Cox-maze IV is unique because the su...

Chemo Combination Improves Survival in Asbestos-Related Cancer

...rage 2.8 months longer. Patients receiving both medications also reported improved quality of life in terms of fatigue, loss of appetite, pain and cough. During the early stages of the trial, patients receiving pemetrexed had serious symptoms of toxicity, including drug-related death. Other side effects in...

Medications for Restless Legs Syndrome may Trigger Compulsive Gambling

...ambling in RLS patients who are being treated with medications that stimulate dopamine receptors in the brain. The extent of this problem is unknown. Apparently, it occurs only in a small number of RLS patients treated with drugs called dopamine agonists. Considering this potential side effect of dopamine agon...

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

...es of these patients 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 ...

Health Issues That Can Impact Sexual Satisfaction

... side effects that impact sexual health, including medications that treat blood pressure, heart conditions and de...ith selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRI) medications – such as Prozac, Paxil, Celexa and other drugs – or other antidepressants, side effects can include...

Is Extreme Irritability - a Childhood Bipolar Disorder?

...ed to have SMD. Mood-stabilizing and antipsychotic medications are used to treat children with BD, although the data on their effectiveness are limited and several studies are underway. Since SMD was only recently defined, there are no systematic studies on its treatment, and children with SMD are often treated ...

New HIV Threat Found in King County

...velop drug resistance over time, often from taking medications inconsistently, Wood said. But there is no evidence the strain is rapidly spreading. The four known cases were found over the course of more than a year. These were the only such cases reported in the state. Wood said all of the infected men are ...

“Binging is a Common Eating Disorder”, Says a Survy

...ral practices. The other two therapies are through medications and corrective surgeries. JYT...

Latest Research on Insomnia/Narcolepsy

... the United States. So far there have not been any medications to help narcoleptics to lead a consistent and fully normal state of alertness. Now, a drug patented by a Swiss drug company is been developed for blocking the brain receptors, which respond to orexin. This may help treating narcoleptic and insomni...

HIV Dementia Alarmingly High in Africa

...kely to practice safe sex. Before antiretroviral medications were available in the United States, the U.S. rate of HIV dementia was similar to what was discovered in this study in Uganda, says Sacktor. Unfortunately, he says, only 20 percent of people infected with HIV in the world are getting treatment. “We...

Researchers On The Path To Building Bone

...or its predecessor, osteopenia. While there are medications available to treat these conditions by slowing bone loss, there are no agents that contribute to building new bone and increasing bone density after it has already been lost. Clemens stresses that this research is in the very early stages and it c...

Newer Class of Antidepressants Similar in Effectiveness, Side Effects Differ

...gs is insufficient for clinicians to predict which medications will work best for individual patients. Second-generation antidepressants, which include selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) and serotonin and norepinephrine reuptake inhibitors (SNRIs), are often prescribed because first-generation ant...

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