Heat therapy relieves back pain
...s increasingly with age. It leads to the growth of new tissue full of pain receptors and to irritation of the spinal nerves. The IDET treatment destroys the painful tissue and is less invasive than traditional surgery for lower back pain, taking just 45 minutes to perform. In the current study, patient...Aggressive blood pressure treatment needed
...otally against the patient's interest according to new research from Wake Forest University. They have us...on reduces adverse events like heart attacks. This new study divides patients into four groups, depending on their cardiovascular risk. Treating those in......m infection may set the scene for heart disease. A new study uncovers a link between the mouth and the he...s the vessels. In fact, CRP is now being used as a new 'marker' for heart disease - the higher CRP is, the more likely you are to have a heart attack. The ...Suicide risk in panic disorder
...ion is a huge risk factor in suicide. However, a new study by doctors at Cleavland State University suggests that other mental health factors are at work when people with panic disorder think of suicide, or attempt it. The overall level of anxiety, a fear of having a panic attack, a dread of certain se...Radiotherapy helps in colon cancer
According to new analysis, it is better to give radiation therapy before surgery rather than afterwards. Hitting colon cancer with radiation as well as surgery can reduce the risk of recurrence. Generally the timing of radiotherapy varies when it comes to practice. I...Micro-camera provides new breast imaging technique
...e endoscope, less than 1mm in diameter, presents a new opportunity for the early detection of breast canc... can then take place. Doctors have speculated the new endoscope may allow cancer to be identified long before it becomes physically detectable in the form......he build up of fatty deposits in the arteries. The new research suggests that smoking has a double whammy effect - it stimulates clogging of the arteries, and sabotages the body's attempts to tackle the problem. Amanda Sandford, of the anti-smoking charity Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), said: "Thi...Depression disturbs heart rate
Researchers have shed new light on how depression worsens the outlook in hea...ashington University School of Medicine now have a new clue as to why your state of mind may affect the health of your heart. They followed a subset of par...According to American dermatologists, there is a new high-tech way of smoothing out the wrinkles in you... Cleavland University//, there are now a number of new technologies that can reverse the signs of skin ageing. Why not give non-ablative skin resurfacing...A new study shows that cells exposed to high doses of iron are more responsive to infection. Iron is vital for the binding and release of oxygen by red blood cells and iron deficiency is a relatively common health problem especially in younger women and o...Breast Cancer Surgery Causes Psychological problems
...oughts and anxiety following surgery, according to new research. Dr. Erica S. Breslau of Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, and colleagues reported the findings at the American Public Health Association's annual meeting. // The researchers asked 266 women who had undergone breast cancer sur...Smoker's are prone to Alzheimer's
...ease as people who have never smoked, according to new research. The study - the largest ever of its kind and the first major research to look at people before they develop Alzheimer's - followed 5,369 men and women aged 57 and over. None of the people had Alzheimer's, the most common form of dementia,...... to treat ordinary baldness. So far, even with the new work, there is no evidence of a direct link betwee... hairless gene and typical baldness. In fact, this new study does not explain why the gene causes the rare hair-loss disorders when it malfunctions. Accoe......ance for academic research, for the development of new drugs and materials, and are being used in many in...nts are of great importance for the development of new drugs and materials....Estrogen Does Not Prevent Recurrent Strokes
...eplacement might lower stroke risk in older women, new research shows that estrogen therapy does not protect women from recurrent strokes and may instead carry some risks. The findings add to growing evidence that hormone replacement therapy does not have the cardiovascular benefits doctors once believed...Poisonous Parkinson's molecule discovered
... blocking its action could turn out to be a useful new form of therapy....Fluoride Found Effective in Osteoporosis
...researchers report. Fluoride is known to stimulate new bone formation, but concerns about its safety have limited its use in the elderly, according to Dr. Craig D. Rubin from University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, and others who contributed to the research.// There is no FDA-approved ......ape from infected cells. This could develop into a new drug to tackle HIV. "We have found a drug that blocks the channels HIV may use to spread to uninfected cells," said Professor henry.Budding is the method by which viruses spread. After working their way into cells and making copies of themselves, th......octors at the University of Cleavland have tried a new technique to improve voice quality in a group of 1...ction to make a difference. The surgeons think the new procedure, which does not require a general anaesthetic, is very promising for many Parkinson's pati......ublished a version of the human DNA sequence, said new advances in biotechnology could speed up the proce...oncern today about the issue of emerging diseases, new diseases that cross borders and come into our country. "One of the agents that we worry about is a g...