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Chinese-food Lovers, Beware

...wo, and bring home half for tomorrow.” The group offers several tips for making a meal healthier: -Look for dishes that feature vegetables instead of meat or noodles. Ask for extra broccoli, snow peas or other veggies. -Steer clear of deep-fried meat, seafood or tofu. Order it stir-fried or braised. ...

FDA Approves First-of-its-Kind Drug to Treat Rare Blood Disorder

...ed States. "This product is important in that it offers a treatment other than blood transfusion that may help this small population of patients who are often very ill," said Steven Galson, M.D., M.P.H., director, Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, FDA. "This approval is one of multiple examples of ...

GMO Corn Causes Liver, Kidney Problems in Rats: Study

...te other crops. The industry says the technology offers vast potential benefits, poses no health risk and has never been shown to contaminate other crops. "All the experts agree that the maize in question is as safe as traditional maize," Yann Fichet, director external relations for Monsanto France told...

eSie Touch Elasticity Imaging, and a Promise of Avoiding Breast Biopsies

...he stiffness of breast lesions. The Siemens method offers a significant improvement in the acquisition of th...sies are negative. As a result, elasticity imaging offers a huge potential to improve patient care and lower costs at the same time. eSie Touch Elasticity I...

A Novel Treatment for KSHV-infected Lymphomas

...have discovered that activation of the p53 pathway offers a novel effective treatment modality for KSHV-infected lymphomas. The findings by the research group of Dr. P?ivi Ojala (University of Helsinki) in collaboration with the groups of Professor Marikki Laiho (University of Helsinki), Dr. Pirjo Laakkon...

Neurological Recovery Aided by Manliness

...ncies were the barriers to good health, this study offers a new dimension to this issue. Generally it has been said that men don’t take care of their health. But the same quality is said to aid in their recovery in traumatic brain injuries. Good conducted his study on fifty middle aged rural white men....

SMS Help-line to Provide Answers for HIV/AIDS Queries

... Mumbai socialite Parmeshwar Godrej, the help-line offers specific advice on HIV/AIDS by a panel of qualified counsellors while ensuring privacy. It works on the Specific Query Response (SQR) system. It urges people to seek specific information about HIV/AIDS by simply sending an SMS "ASK" to 7827. "We ...

EU Considers Allowing Cloned Meat, Milk on Market

...of meat and other products, such as dairy. Cloning offers the possibility of creating strains of animals with increased disease resistance and other qualities. However consumer resistance is bound to pose a problem, as happed in the case of attempts to introduce genetically-modified foods in the bloc. T...

Stem Cells Hold Promise for Treating Neurodegenerative Diseases

...s and Regeneration at Burnham. "In fact, our study offers the first evidence that stem cells employ multiple mechanisms -- not just cell replacement - which collaborate to benefit disease. These findings also raise the possibility - somewhat counter-intuitively -- that stem cells may inherently exert an ant...

Parents Should Do Their Homework to Aid Autistic Child's Education

...hildren who have no functional speech or language, offers these tips for parents trying to ensure their children receive strong educational and therapeutic support: * Work with your school system to ensure that your child is being taught several forms of communication. Since nearly half of all children wi...

Physical Activity Reduces Hypertension Risk in Young Adults

...s they burned through exercise weekly. The study offers “one more reason to follow existing recommendations to increase physical activity — not only for healthy weight and overall cardio health, but to prevent the incidence of high blood pressure as we go from young adulthood to middle age,” said Michael ...

Medical Personnel Can Save More Lives by Screening for Oral Signs of Disease

... which she does as often as time permits. She also offers in-person health care provider continuing education on HIV-related topics through Cicatelli Associates. "While HIV/AIDS is no longer in the news as much, it is still an epidemic that needs to be contained, and education is key," she explained. The ...

Health Care Systems for Critically Ill Patients Need Restructuring

...hythms, and situations of these three trajectories offers a promising way to improve outcomes for patients sick enough to die, they say. If a community can build a care system that reliably serves patients in each trajectory in their area, then almost everyone there could count on good care in the last phas...

Nonsurgical Therapy Highly Effective for Pain and Infertility in Men

...cal embolization is ninty-eight percent effective, offers a lower recurrence rate and much quicker recovery than surgery// for the treatment of varicoceles (varicose veins in the testicle and scrotum). This condition in men can cause pain, testicular atrophy or fertility problems—and can greatly impact qual...

Neck Pain Treatment Safer Without Significant Risk of Paralysis

...r normal routines. “Although the other approach offers pain relief, there is increased risk of major complications such as paralysis. This study shows the translaminar approach is just as effective, but without the risk,” explained lead researcher William M. Strub, M.D., of the University of Cincinnati, ...

Edmonton Health Center Offers Hope to Spastic Patients

...relax. The Glenrose’s Regional Spasticity Center offers botox as one form of treatment for the condition. Botox injections can ease muscle tension for up to six weeks. Another treatment is called intrathecal baclofen. A programmable pump feeds the drug baclofen through a catheter to an area surroundi...

Care During Last Phase of Life Needs to Be Uplifted

...hythms, and situations of these three trajectories offers a promising way to improve outcomes for patients sick enough to die, they say. If a community can build a care system that reliably serves patients in each trajectory in their area, then almost everyone there could count on good care in the last phas...

Time Dependent Medical Devices in Danger –hospitals and Individuals Warne

... care', the agency adds. The solution the agency offers is that individuals check their medical devices to see if they use or display time. If they do, they are advised to contact the device's manufacturer to see if a patch is needed to update the software. ANN...

UCI Scientists Reconstruct Migration of Avian Flu Virus

... the National Academy of Sciences. This research offers the first statistical analysis detailing the geographic distribution of influenza A H5N1, the bird flu strain. While previous work informally identified H5N1 strains by location, the UCI analysis is the first to systematically track the migration of ...

J591- an Antibody Exclusively Targets Tumors

...other tissues, J591 armed with a drug or radiation offers a way to selectively target cancer while leaving healthy tissues unharmed, thereby resulting in very low levels of toxicity and fewer side effects for patients. While the study, published in the Feb. 10 issue of the Journal of Clinical Oncology, wa...

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