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Obesity better handled with gastric bypass surgery

...bed. The weight-loss operation was also found to offer cure to obesity-related health problems such as high blood pressure, diabetes, serious stomach problems due to gastroesophageal reflux disease and sleep apnea. Indeed, the exploding gastric bypass surgery industry has been tempting for a number of ...

Making Fortification Mandatory In Order To Reduce Birth Defects

...rchers say fortifying milk with folic acid //could offer an accessible source of the vitamin. Although adding folic acid to foods is not currently permitted in many European markets, in some places like US and Canada it is still added to flour order to prevent neural tube defects in babies. Ireland is cu...

Children's Waistlines A Predictor Of Future Heart Disease

The size of children's tummies may offer a simple method of identifying whether they are in danger of heart// disease and diabetes at a later age.Among adults, fat around the waist is a warning sign of heart and artery disease. Some studies suggest that it is a better indicator of risk than...

Cow's vein used in man to treat varicose ulcer.

...ays. Apart from this center only few other centers offer this bovine transplant. Admitting that the procedure is still several years away from widespread use doctors say that the next step will be to increase the number of patients and the number of places where the procedure is performed....

AIDS research and genetics...

...ottest things in AIDS research.” He adds that they offer a lot of hope. But till anything substantial happens lets hope the new approach to control HIV/AIDS works. It is early days yet. ...

Blood Test May help Heart Prediction

...demonstrating that the ratio of apoB to apoA-1 may offer better predictive value for the development of coronary disease than most other data we commonly track,'' said Dr. David A. Meyerson, a Johns Hopkins University cardiologist and American Heart Association expert who was not connected with the study. ...

A vaccine for lymphoma

...e treatment will be without side effects, and will offer the patient immunity against their cancer for life. "We will start with patients in their first remission following treatment for low grade follicular lymphoma. "It is fairly easy to induce remission in these patients and then our vaccine will be u...

Malignant virus in polio vaccine combined to Cancer

... The scientists added that their findings may also offer hope for new therapies for the malignancies. The Salk polio vaccine, administered by injection in the United States and worldwide from 1950 through 1960, was grown on minced kidney tissue from rhesus monkeys. At the time, the manufacturing process w...

Chemo may not assist in fighting cancer

...cer that is affected by estrogen, chemotherapy may offer no benefit and a five-year course after surgery of tamoxifen, which obstructs the hormone, may be the only therapy needed. This finding could mean that some of the thousands of American women// diagnosed each year with breast cancer could avoid the d...

Soy, Omega 3s convalesce artery health

...ence." Ultimately the supplements not whole foods offer the benefits. This holds true for getting enough omega 3 fatty acids and isoflavones. She also said it might not be only the isoflavones in soy protein that are producing a cholesterol-lowering effect, but other compounds as well....

Angioplasty plus stenting better than thrombolysis for elderly patients with AMI

...is equipped and staffed with personnel prepared to offer immediate therapy 24 hours a day." Am Heart J 2003;145:862-867....

Yet Another Use For Botox

...f nausea, upset stomach and bloating. Medications offer relief but often with side effects like restlessness and fatigue. Some doctors are now turning to Botox as an alternative to drug therapy. Botox has a very local treatment, so you do not get side effects related to it, and it works right in the area ...

Drugs Manufacturers Capitalizing On The Surge In Demand For Bone Health Care

...d include other actives from the herbal segment to offer additional benefits. br>...

Surgeons Presented Guidelines For Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation

...the latest issue of journal Chest. The researchers offer specific guidelines relating to cardiac pacing, anticoagulation therapy // , pharmaceutical prophylaxis, intraoperative interventions, and pharmacologic control of ventricular rate and rhythm. Over one third of patients suffer from AF after cardiac...

Physicians Lack Clinical Guidelines For Treating Elderly With Multiple Illnesses

...s could result. For the present, widely used CPGs offer little guidance to clinicians caring for older patients with several chronic diseases. The use of CPGs as the basis for pay-for-performance initiatives that focus on specific treatments for single diseases may be particularly unsuited to the care of ...

Donated Mothers Milk To Hit The Market

...geles Times reported. The company, Prolacta, will offer regular and high-fat varieties for infants who need// extra calories. The milk will be collected by donor nursing mothers at a network of hospitals around the US, be frozen and shipped to Prolacta's California headquarters for pasteurisation and d...

East Or West Yoga Is The Best

.... Yoga for pregnant women and children has been on offer for years. "Business yoga for managers is really popular," according to Schramm. -(DPA)...

Researchers Feel The Need For Standards Of Practice In Immunoglobulin Therapy

...the Administration of Intravenous Immunoglobulin," offer an in-depth examination of all aspects of IVIG treatment, including the benefits and risks, and the roles of physicians, nurses and patients in achieving best results from therapy, as well as a comprehensive look at the expanding use of IVIG therapy ...

Gene Decides How Much Exercise In Needed For The Elderly People

...how well activity helps preserve. This finding may offer new opportunities to explore treatments to help older adults maintain their function. The results are from the ongoing Health Aging and Body Composition Cohort Study, conducted in the metropolitan areas of Memphis, Tenn., and Pittsburgh, Pa. The stu...

Get Into Bed And Sleep Like A Baby

...s changed their lives. The device has much more to offer to those for patients with sleep disorders. Source: IANS...

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