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Democrats Balk at Bush's Health Insurance Proposal

...ocrats will face pressure to come up with a better option or risk possible voter wrath for a lack of action on health care as the 2008 presidential campaign nears. Bush's proposal was loosely based on a similar plan recommended by his bipartisan tax-reform panel in 2005. The Democratic co-chairman of t...

A 'Damaged' Brain May Ease Urge To Smoke

...ch//. Obviously brain damage is not a treatment option for nicotine addiction, but the new results may offer leads for therapies to help smokers kick the habit or for monitoring smokers' progress while using existing therapies, say reports in latest issue of the journal Science. The study was largely in...

Regular Acupressure May Reduce Agitated Behavior in Dementia

...e of dementia patients as it provides an effective option that, following training, can be carried out at home or in long-term care facilities." Source-Eurekalert SR...

Skipping Breakfast and Fast Food Consumption - Leads to Weight Gain

...ors note. "Fast food is a quick, easy, and tasty option for aging adolescents who may be used to relying on Mom or Dad to prepare their meals," says Niemeier. "As adolescents enter the workforce or college, breakfast may be looked at as an unnecessary hassle and easily skipped. However, skipping breakfast...

Alcohol Can Save Life Too!

...der such circumstance, using alcohol is a suitable option as it is less expensive and also safe, he added. After finding that the muscles of left ventricle - one of four chambers in the human heart - had enlarged, the doctors injected 4 ml of alcohol in the artery, which supplied blood to thickened muscles...

Yes, Chicken Soup Can Help

...uding aspirin, ibuprofen and naproxen, also are an option but can cause stomach upset. Decongestants help ease stuffiness. They shrink swollen tissue inside the noses. But decongestant sprays or drops can worsen congestion if used more than two or three days. Talk with your doctor before using a decongest...

Technology Making LASIK Safer for Those Who Have Had Previous Eye Surgery

...plasty [PKP], are now able to consider LASIK as an option for visual rehabilitation,” he said. “This holds a lot of promise for those whose last resort was corneal transplantation.” Technology Improving ResultsAccording to Kanellopoulous, the two main areas of improvement have been in the delivery of the p...

Party Over –now Its How to Get Ove’ the Hangove!

...like drinking water, then sports drinks are a good option because they replace essential salts and minerals that were flushed out of your body during frequent urination. Non-acidic fruit juices are another good choice because the sugar in them helps prevent hypoglycemia and feeling weak and lightheaded. Avo...

Surgery, the Best Option for Kids With High Blood Pressure

...dren with high blood pressure, surgery is the best option for those with renal artery obstructions, causing a rare but especially dangerous form of hypertension. That's the conclusion of a new study published in the Journal of Vascular Surgery by a University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center team that is a...

A Novel Vaccine to Combat Bird Flu in the Pipeline

... bestow life long immunity. The only other current option is a vaccine that has to be repeatedly administered every year. The injection is yet to be tried on humans. The first clinical tests will be tried out by scientists from biotech firm Acambis in Britain and Flanders Interuniversity Institute for B...

For Kids With High BP, Surgery Can Help When Medicines Fail

...dren with high blood pressure, surgery is the best option for those with renal artery obstructions, causing a rare but especially dangerous form of hypertension. That’s the conclusion of a new study published in the Journal of Vascular Surgery by a University of Michigan Cardiovascular Center team that is a...

Anti-rejection Therapy a Boon for Patients With "anti-donor" Antibody Levels

...San Francisco area said transplantation was not an option because a donor organ would be rejected by her hyper-vigilant immune system – a prospect faced by about one-third of the more than 70,000 patients on the nation’s kidney transplant waiting lists. But Soraya conducted an Internet search and found that...

Therapy Modulates Highly Sensitized Immune System to Let Mother Give Kidney to Daughter

...San Francisco area said transplantation was not an option because a donor organ would be rejected by her hyper-vigilant immune system – a prospect faced by about one-third of the more than 70,000 patients on the nation’s kidney transplant waiting lists. But Soraya conducted an Internet search and found that...

Novel Brain Scan to Diagnose Alzheimer's Disease

...utopsy. Currently memory tests are the only other option available to physicians in order to assess Alzheim...utopsy. Currently memory tests are the only other option available to physicians in order to assess Alzheimer’s Disease. The researchers did a follow up PET...

Herbal Supplements Fail to Relieve Hot Flushes

...er recruits were enrolled in the trial without the option of a menopausal hormone therapy group. Newton and colleagues found no significant difference between the number of daily hot flashes and/or night sweats in any of the herbal supplement groups when compared to the placebo group. At the end of one ye...

Gov. Ed Rendell Plan Would Widen Health Insurance

...rough CHIP or Medicaid. Cover All Kids provided an option for children not covered under other programs. While applauding those efforts, Jessica Seabury, executive director of the Consumer Health Coalition, said that more outreach is needed to enroll young people through Cover All Kids. SRI...

Survival Rate Better In Men Treated For Prostate Cancer Than Who Opt For ‘Wait And Watch’ Approah

...t observation or 'watchful waiting' was the safest option for elderly patients with early prostate cancer," said Yu-Ning Wong , a medical oncologist of the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia, who led the study. "This suggests there may be a benefit of treatment, even in this age group." It is general...

New Study Shows Efficacy of AROMASIN on Early Breast Cancer

...erapy, such as Aromasin, is an important treatment option for early breast cancer. About Aromasin Aromasin is currently indicated for the adjuvant treatment of postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive early breast cancer who have received two to three years of tamoxifen and are switched to...

Options Improving for Patients With Acromegaly and Gigantism

...es with a professional counselor, and we offer the option of cosmetic surgery, especially for the jaw,” said Melmed. “We also have patient days that give patients the opportunity to meet with our physician experts and the coordinators of our support groups.” Nearly all cases of acromegaly are caused by tu...

Cases of Cancer in N.S. Are On The Rise

... sustainable to meet this demand would be a better option now. The report also highlighted the changes in the health care systems of the province with the growing population of survivors living with cancer. The treatments, follow-up care, screening and disabilities of those patients would put heavy dem...

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