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Progression of Glaucoma could be controlled with early detection

...why some patients had their disease progress while others did not. The Early Manifest Glaucoma Trial had included 255 patients from 50 to 80 years old who had early stage glaucoma in at least one eye. Half of the patients were treated with medicines and laser to lower eye pressure and the other half of the ...

Kidney function can be affected by lead exposure

...some who had a normal body burden of// lead, while others were found to have an elevated level of lead. The subjects in the group were given either a placebo or chelation therapy - a method of removing lead. They found that those on chelation therapy had an improved glomerular filtration rate (GFR) compared...

New way to control hospital infection

...tics or removal of a device like a catheter, while others lead to overwhelming bacteremia and death. He indicated that central venous catheters are one of the prime culprits, which are used in 3 million people yearly, out of which, 150,000 will cause infections. This is because central venous catheters caus...

Cancer gene mystery to be cracked!

...interference to switch off certain genes and leave others unaffected. This process was first identified as taking place in the nematode worm. It was discovered that the worm used tiny pieces of double-stranded RNA to switch off rogue genes that would otherwise harm it. Subsequently, researchers found that s...

Oxygen helps heal wounds

...dergoing surgery to repair the wound, while eleven others did not heal, and three patients died during the study. The researchers concluded that advantages of topical oxygen include convenience for the patients to receive treatment at home and minimal risks associated with use of the device. They believe t...

Melanoma caused by low DNA repair capacity

...not been clear why some people are more prone than others to melanoma. Researchers have now found out through a study involving a group of 312 people with melanoma that those with fair skin// have lowered DNA repair capacity and are more likely to develop skin cancer. They analysed the DNA repair capacity o...

Marriage does not have much impact on life satisfaction

...oup of 12,000 German residents some native Germans others immigrants. They found that getting married, as an event, does increase people's happiness. However the level of life satisfaction tends to settle down to what it was long before marriage. The same is true for other life events like winning a lot of ...

Stroke and the Pill

...ages 15 to 55 who had experienced a stroke and 234 others who had not experienced a stroke. All were asked to provide a history of birth control pill use, along with information on other health conditions and health-related lifestyle factors. Results showed no statistically significant stroke risk related ...

Let Anger go, Save the Headache

...ger may be more likely to have a heart attack than others who calmly deal with frustrating situations....

Let Anger go, Save the Headache

...ger may be more likely to have a heart attack than others who calmly deal with frustrating situations....

Some more sensitive to pain

...t some people are much more sensitive to pain than others and should help doctors in calibrating patients' descriptions of their pain. "One of the most difficult aspects of treating pain has been having confidence in the accuracy of patients' self-reports of pain," said Robert Coghill, an assistant profess...

Preventing Childhood Deaths

...nd rehydration therapy for those with diarrhea and others would save the lives of a significant number of children in the countries most responsible for the high mortality rates. The investigators say, "Our findings show that about two-thirds of child deaths could be prevented by interventions that are ava...

Study reveals how stress can make you sick

...the stressed caregivers compared with blood of the others in the test. Previous studies have associated IL-6 with several diseases,// including heart disease, arthritis, osteoporosis, type-2 diabetes and certain cancers. The study also found the increase in IL-6 can linger in caregivers for as long as thre...

ICMR along with other International Research organisation with drug development for Neglected Diseases

...seases by taking on drug development projects that others are unable or unwilling to pursue. DNDi, like WHO/TDR, will seek to strengthen existing R&D capacity in developing countries affected by the diseases. Prof N.K. Ganguly, Director-General ICMR, an active member of DNDi’s Founding Partners group, exp...

Study reveals how stress can make you sick

...the stressed caregivers compared with blood of the others in the test. //Previous studies have associated IL-6 with several diseases, including heart disease, arthritis, osteoporosis, type-2 diabetes and certain cancers. The study also found the increase in IL-6 can linger in caregivers for as long as thre...

Switching drugs regularly improves HIV treatment

...ital Germans Trias I Pujol in Badalona, Spain, and others examined this alternating strategy among HIV patients who //were randomized to one of three regimens. Regimen A consisted of continuous treatment with didanosine, stavudine, and efavirenz. For regimen B, patients were administered zidovudine, lamivu...

AIDS vaccine falls short but shows some promise

...roduce different results. Why are some protected, others not? "This is the first time we have specific numbers to suggest a vaccine has prevented HIV infection in humans," said Phillip Berman, inventor of the vaccine called AIDSVAX. "We're not sure yet why certain groups have a better immune response." If...

Overcoming Chronic Fatigue

...ble improvement and have gone back to work, and in others it's been less effective." It's working for Cueto. She got her real estate license, and she's already doubled last year's sales. She says, "I've got my life back. I'm working full time. I'm enjoying life."...

Hormone-replacement therapy could hurt heart

...py //to help combat heart disease. This study and others like it "clearly tell us that estrogen and progestin should not be used to treat atherosclerosis in women who already have cardiovascular disease," noted Dr. Howard Hodis, who led the study. Hormone therapy in healthy women is most often used to ease...

Bowel diseases linked to bug in milk

...ortly to test it on mice. Research by his team and others suggests that MAP, which infects cattle, is infiltrating water supplies and defeating the milk pasteurisation process. Links between MAP, which has been found in 2% of pasteurised milk cartons, and Crohn's disease have been investigated for some year...

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