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Impotent? No Problem – Have An Injectio

...lasmid into the corpus cavernosum of the penis and monitored for 24 weeks.” Patients who were given the two highest doses showed sustained improvement in erectile function. No serious side effects were observed. PR...

Memory Improves After Sleep Apnea Therapy

...escribed CPAP machines, and adherence was covertly monitored using internal microprocessors within each device. After treatment, patients were divided into three groups based on their 3-month CPAP adherence: (1) poor users (n=14), patients who averaged fewer than 2 hours/night of CPAP use; (2) moderate users (...

Ebola-Outbreak Kills 5000 Gorillas

...these doubts because it was conducted in a closely monitored gorilla population where genetic tests confirmed Ebola as the cause of death. Bermejo and colleagues from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology and Uppsala University first showed that 93% (221 of 238) individually known gorillas at ...

Delhi Hospital Reattaches Amputated Penis

...ting of blood circulation. The reattached part was monitored closely on an hourly basis for 48 hours after the surgery," Khazachi added. Experts also said that in the case of an amputated organ, the severed part should be kept in a dry cool condition till the patient is taken to a hospital. The part should b...

Vitamin E Precursor Alpha-TOS Found Effective Against Breast Cancer Cells

...eated over a three week period and tumour size was monitored every three days by ultrasound imaging. The high resolution ultrasound allows for more accurate measurement of tumour volume than any other non-invasive technique. The research team found that while alpha-TOS is effective alone, it can be delivere...

Mifepristone Reliable For Treating Uterine Fibroids

...hors noted that adverse events should be carefully monitored during follow-up studies. A few deaths have been reported among women taking mifepristone at much higher doses (200-600 mg.) for pregnancy termination. However, medical authorities have not established a causal relationship between mifepristone and...

Fears That Connect Cell Phone With Cancer Risk Baseless: Reports Study

Over 420,000 cell phone users were closely monitored by scientists in Denmark from the Cancer Epidemiology in Copenhagen to study //the harmful effects of cell phone usage. Almost half a million, were regular users of cell phones for over a decade. Few were using cell phones for almost 2 decades. It...

Technology To Aid Cancer Patients

...nts undergoing chemotherapy in remote areas may be monitored using a mobile phone.// The system includes the patient sending a text of his symptoms according to their severity, and advice would be organized by means of a red alert sent to medical staff, or an ambulance may be arranged as well. This wonder ...

Violent Video Games Leave Deep Impressions in Brain

...riations in the activity of the brain were closely monitored . The teenagers who were assigned to watch violent varieties of video games showed a definite change in the MRI image, signaling a significant arousal in emotional level. Also the area that controls focus, concentration and self control showed a dep...

Relax! Straight Talk About Back Problems

... studies on 22 healthy adults. The volunteers were monitored using a specialized MRI scanner that could record their images as they assumed various postures for the purpose of study. The researchers specifically scrutinized the effects of three different postures while sitting down. Sitting hunched forward, si...

For Smokers Only: is Quitting = Cutting Down?? a 'grave' Issue

...er methods like, oral medication, and also closely monitored counseling. To sum up, it can be safely said that heavy smoking is always a grave issue, with all pointers pointing to the grave! <B...

Fetal Oxygen Monitors Not Helpful To Prevent Mishaps In Labor:Says Study

...y. Since three decades now, doctors have routinely monitored a baby’s heart sound before it was delivered .However, its an accepted fact that the slightest variation in the rhythm or strength of the heart sound could make a cautious doctor to consider doing a C-section to avoid risk to the baby. Advances in...

Hypertension During Pregnancy Increases Later Heart and Kidney Disease Risk

...uggest that women with hypertensive pregnancies be monitored closely for asymptomatic cardiovascular events and treated aggressively for modifiable risk factors.' Source-Newswise RM...

Adolescent Girls More Active If Neighborhoods Have Parks

...rs-devices that measure physical activity-and were monitored for six days. The study sites include Minneapolis, Minn. (2.2 parks within a half-mile radius of participants); Baltimore, Md. and Washington, D.C. (1.8 parks); San Diego, Calif. (1.2 parks); New Orleans, La. (0.9 parks); Columbia, S.C. (0.7 parks)...

Pregnant Women With Lupus Are At Greater Risk

...be considered a high-risk population and should be monitored closely by both a rheumatologist and an obstetrician who specializes in caring for high-risk patients. "Pregnant women with lupus should never try to go through their pregnancy alone and simply hope for the best," said study leader Megan Clowse, M....

Sugary drinks increase Pancreatic cancer risk

... people, in good health, from 1997. Their diet was monitored till June 2005. 131 people had developed pancreatic cancer by then. “The researchers have now been able to show that the risk of developing pancreatic cancer is related to the amount of sugar in the diet,” the institute said in a statement.“Despi...

Skin-patch vaccines may replace injectable ones in future…

...nderbilt University, a vaccine expert who has long monitored the field."It is what I would call an alluring technology." "The approach is novel and may be the way many vaccines are given in the future," says Dr. Herbert DuPont of the University of Texas Health Sciences Center in Houston. A specialist in diar...

Low Iron levels in infants lead to brain defects

...Their learning, thinking and memory functions were monitored by regular, age-appropriate cognitive tests. Though, the iron deficiency in the kids was detected early and treatment was given, they never made up to the normal levels. A comparative study of 53 chronic iron deficiency babies with 132 normal kids ...

Canadian Waistline Watch - Getting Bigger, But Not So Fast

... as they did earlier. //Adults between 18-64 were monitored for weight gain every two years from 1996 to 2005 . The data showed that they have put on weight steadily , but during the last two years , the amount of weight gain has decreased. This welcome news is thought to be due to the fact that only 44% of ...

Menstruation Increases Chances Of Sports Injury

...en considered and the players' injuries were being monitored closely. However she was uncertain whether women could definitely consider themselves at higher risk during menstruation, though performance could be affected slightly. SRM...

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