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Vaccine to quit smoking?

...aceutical company, promises new hope in preventing people from relapsing. The vaccine (NicVAX) binds nicotine and prevents it from reaching the brain, where it causes its stimulatory effects. In animal control experiments, the vaccine was effective in preventing brain distribution of nicotine. For India? W...

Is Diabetes the Leading Cause of Kidney Failure in India

...tension (high blood pressure) increase the risk of people with diabetes developing ESRD. Hypertension is a particularly dangerous complication for diabetics. Early detection of kidney disease and treatment of hypertension are essential for diabetics....

Another ray of hope for Arthritis Sufferers

...nd the surrounding tissues and affects millions of people all over the world. Anti-arthritic drugs can cause side effects and surgery can be expensive, however there is hope from a natural product liquid glucosamine and chondroitin sulfates. Some excellent results with an approach based on a combination of ...

One in Three Heart Attack Patients Have No Chest Pains

... The report examined symptoms in more than 400,000 people who were treated for heart attacks in U.S. hospitals from 1994 to 1998. It found that patients who had no chest pains were more likely to have delays in treatment and were less likely to receive lifesaving therapies such as clot-busting drugs or the ...

Low Cholesterol Linked to Severe Depression and Violent Behavior in Men

...evated cholesterol levels, she found that a lot of people taking the drugs were dying of causes unrelated to cardiovascular system. Another researcher added that, "A lot of them seemed to be smashing their cars into bridges and doing all sorts of impulsive and violent things." It is possible that choleste...

Epileptic Seizures Can Be Duec to Heart Problem

British researchers have said that Many people thought to have epilepsy may have a heart problem instead. In a study, researchers closely examined people diagnosed with epilepsy who did not respond well to medication or had symptoms unusual for the disor...

Bad News for Short People

...er stature face higher mortality rates than taller people from most causes except cancer. In a study of more than 30,000 men and women undertaken by Dr.Pekka Jousilahti and his colleagues from the National Public Health Institute in Helsinki, Finland, it was found that there was an association between adult...

Feeling depressed? You may be at higher risk of STROKE

...showed the largest increase in stroke risk. Those people with the highest levels of depression had a 73% increase in their risk of stroke. However, it is not clear if the depression actually caused the stroke, or if some unknown factor related to stroke risk prompted depression prior to the event. "Our res...

PRIMARY PULMONARY HYPERTENSION GENE DISCOVERED

...g age, although it is known to also affect men and people of all ages, including young children. Because its incidence is low, learning about the disease has been difficult. Although there may be more than one cause of PPH, the identification of a gene that is associated with the inherited form of the dis...

Amphetamines Help Recovery of Stroke Patients

...e also says it is known from previous studies that people learn better on amphetamines and therefore may be able to re-learn faster and better on the drug.However the exact mechanism of why amphetamines are effective in stroke patients in unknown....

New hope on the Horizon for People Wishing to Quit Smoking

...r or not this drug will be beneficial and safe for people who wish to quit smoking. Alan I. Leshner, M.D., director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), says, "This research opens up an exciting new avenue of treatment that can help smokers substantially reduce their exposure to tobacco smoke whi...

New CPR Guidelines issued by Heart Association

...ncies. Untrained bystanders and CPR-certified lay people will no longer have to check an unconscious person...e already successfully deleted pulse checks by lay people from CPR training. Pulse check is not effective. Even health care workers have difficulties. And whe...

Feeding channel created by malaria parasite - a new target for malaria treatments

...ating disease. Malaria kills more than one million people each year, most of them under age 5, and the disease is becoming resistant to many of the drugs used to treat it. This important finding provides a new target for potential new malara treatments. In addition to causing enormous human suffering, malar...

Drug May Make Breathing Easier for Millions

An experimental drug could make millions of people suffering from smoker’s lung breathe much easier. ...ema and chronic bronchitis. In tests involving 500 people who had suffered from COPD for more than a decade, the drug appeared to be safer and better at impro...

Check if your “Favourite medical web-site” is indulging in Quackey

... Internet. Now a millennium project by like minded people have listed 500 health related web-sites that are such havens of quackery! This information should serve as a guideline for surfers to be weary of tall claims made out by such sites. The information can be accessed on http://www.ratbags.com/rsoles/c...

More Accurate "PROSTATE CANCER" Test can save Unnecessary Biopsies

...st, at the UCLA School of Medicine says, "A lot of people have a high PSA and don't have cancer. The free PSA helps you discern those people from the people who do have cancer. Free" PSA levels are lower in men with cancer than in those with...

Kissing can cause Kaposi’s Sarcoma in AID

...nal organs. The virus rarely causes sickness among people with normal disease defenses but attacks those wit...d six years ago. Almost 30% to 50% of HIV-infected people who catch herpes virus 8 will eventually get Kaposi’s sarcoma. The study found that those who involv...

Inhaled Steroids Safe & Effective for Children with Asthma

...matory medications for long-term asthma control in people with frequent asthma symptoms, although data on their long term effects in children were limited. Said Lenfant, " CAMP provides scientific evidence regarding the long term effectiveness and safety of inhaled corticosteroids for children. Physicians, ...

Spirulina may be the next immune boost on the block

... the most sought after drug in our pharmacies. Are people queuing up already?...

Debate Rages over firing of HIV infected health care workers

...ake notice. Especially in the health care industry people don’t bat an eyelid when someone is fired because of ones HIV serostatus. Many nurses and doctors and allied health personnel are politely (at times rudely) asked to stay away from work once it is known that they have the dreaded virus. In one issue ...

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