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Safe for people with asthma

... group got the flu injection while the other got a placebo injection. After 15 days, the two groups swapped over, and hence everyone got both injections, in a different pattern.// Every day for two weeks after each injection, the patients were monitored for peak expiratory flow, asthma symptoms and time of...

Simvastatin Plus Niacin May Lower Heart Risks

...imvastatin-niacin were 60% to 90% less likely than placebo patients to have a heart attack or stroke, need artery-clearing surgery or to die from causes related to their artery disease. These patients also showed a slight regression in their artery blockages, while on average all of the other groups showed w...

Protein and fat improve memory

...and protein drinks of equal calories compared to a placebo with no food energy, regardless of the drinks’ effects on blood glucose levels. The positive results occurred in verbal recall tests administered 15 minutes after the participants - 11 males and 11 females, aged 61 to 79 - consumed each type of drin...

Evidence supporting H.pylori eradication

...i eradication with omeprazole triple therapy or to placebo treatment with omeprazole for one week. The patients continued on NSAID treatment for six months. Dr Chan’s team said that treatment of H.pylori infection could substantially reduce the risk of ulcers in patients commencing long-term NSAID treatment....

FDA Approves Elidel Cream for Eczema

...ey were mild when compared to those who received a placebo cream....

Magnesium sulfate offers no help in migraine treatment

...sium sulfate or 20 mg of metoclopramide and saline placebo at 15-minute intervals. The infusion was stopped a...nalogue pain scores demonstrated that those in the placebo group showed greater pain reduction than those in the magnesium group.// Commenting on this unexpec...

Nervous disorder being treated

... then switched to a placebo, the rest began with a placebo but were then given IVIg. In both cases, the patients had significantly less problems with stiffness and spasms when they were taking the IVIg therapy. 19 of the 22 patients who finished the study became less stiff and more mobile, and were able to ...

An aide to cold

... to make a speedier recovery than those taking the placebo and the chances of re-infection following a cold were significantly pared. Mr Josling said the results of his research could metamorphose future treatments of the common cold. He said: "We have been searching for a cure for the common cold for year...

Arginine food bar assists people with angina

... with angina received either the arginine bar or a placebo bar twice a day for two weeks, then crossed over to the other treatment for another two weeks. Blood flow increased in the arteries for those consuming the arginine bar as did exercise capacity. Quality of life also went up, although there was no o...

Safeguarding anti-inflammatory users from ulcers

... antibiotic group, compared to six per cent of the placebo group. After six months, the probability of ulcers in the antibiotic group was just 15 per cent, compared to 30 per cent in those on placebo. The study strongly suggests that clearing up H.pylori infection will make NSAID use a safer option for those...

Lifestyle variation can cut diabetes hazard

... diabetes was 10 cases per 100 person years in the placebo group. In the metformin group, the corresponding case number was 7 and in the lifestyle modification group it was just 4 cases. This means a 50 per cent reduced incidence in diabetes after lifestyle modification. So if you've been diagnosed with high...

New treatment for muscle spasms

... then switched to a placebo, the rest began with a placebo but were then given IVIg. In both cases, the patients had significantly less problems with stiffness and spasms when they were taking the IVIg therapy. 19 of the 23 patients who finished the study became less stiff and more mobile, and were able to...

Cholesterol Drug Helps After Angioplasty

...y in Atlanta, Serruys said doctors gave patients a placebo or fluvastatin, a proven cholesterol-lowering medication. After about four years of treatment, Serruys found: * A 22 percent reduction in death, heart attack or requiring another heart procedure, either open heart bypass surgery or another angioplas...

Heart Drug has grave side effects

...orghiade, the study is one of the few to compare a placebo with a drug for worsening heart failure, a condition that sends about 1 million Americans to the hospital each year. Despite the poor results, it shows that such studies can and should be done on similar drugs. An accompanying editorial says the use...

Lactobacillus Supplements shorten the duration of diarrhoea

...wo thirds of a day, when compared with an inactive placebo treatment. No side effects were observed. Whether the same benefits would result from consumption of store-bought yogurt containing Lactobacillus remains unclear. But some yogurts on the market may not contain enough of the bacteria to have an effect...

Vitamins suppress artery injury after transplant

...ant take either supplements of vitamins C and E or placebo for one year. The supplement comprised 500 milligr...ctioning. At the end of the study, those in the placebo group had an eight per cent increase in the intimal index, showing that arteriosclerosis was worseni...

Gene variation simulates cholesterol response to oestrogen

...over 300 women with heart problems who took HRT or placebo showed that those with a specific gene variant had dramatic increases in high density lipoprotein (HDL or 'good' cholesterol). The gene concerned is called the oestrogen receptor alpha and, in this study, 20 per cent of the women carried it. They had...

Hypertensive drugs may cause cough

... disappeared. There was no such improvement in the placebo group. The researchers say that iron decreases levels of nitric oxide, a hormone that is known to irritate the lungs. It is very difficult to state that iron should be recommended to patients on ACE inhibitors who are troubled by a cough. Since ...

A hormone may decrease Menopause Symptoms

...nt, compared with less than 10% of patients in the placebo group. The trial results were presented at a mee...isted of a three-week screening period, a one-week placebo period and a 12-week treatment period. The lotion, either active or placebo, was applied daily to ea...

Good treatment for leg ulcers

...ared pentoxifylline and compression bandaging with placebo and bandaging and showed the drug in combination w...aling. Three trials compared pentoxifylline with placebo and in this case the drug was 50 per cent more effective in producing complete healing or substantia...

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