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Possible benefits of Hormone Replacement Therapy

...erage. They stopped receiving the estradiol or the placebo if they had a stroke. Researchers reported that a...fered a non-fatal stroke, compared with 100 in the placebo group, a difference that could have been due to chance. However, there was a "borderline" statistica...

Iron supplementation quite necessary

... 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 ray of light on Cardiology

...ACE inhibitor in addition to standard therapy with placebo and vitamin E in a sample of about 7,580 high-risk...owever, 91 per cent of the patients who received a placebo experienced prevention or regression of LVH, which the researchers said was “intriguing” but was mor...

Herbal extract aids in rheumatoid arthritis

...tis was assigned to either high or dose TWHF or to placebo capsules. In rheumatoid arthritis, which most ofte...a 25 per cent improvement in symptoms. None of the placebo group experienced benefits. Side effects, such as hair loss and diarrhoea, were seen in all three gr...

Gel assists head and neck cancer

...the tumor. Other patients received injections of a placebo gel. Tumors were injected up to six times per week...y a 5 percent response for those who received the placebo gel. Treatment goals for patients included pain control, wound care, symptom relief and better physi...

Gingko languishs memory test

... College in Massachusetts, tested gingko against a placebo pill in a group of 90 men and 130 women - all of w...thy and aged 62 or over. They took gingko - or the placebo - for six weeks and had tests of memory, concentration and learning before, during and after the tri...

Tamoxifen reduces breast cancer risk

...a, New Zealand and Europe took either tamoxifen or placebo for five years. All the women were considered as b...r - 10 cases in this group compared to five in the placebo group. These numbers are small, but tamoxifen use was also linked to increased frequency of blood cl...

Tamoxifen reduces breast cancer risk

...a, New Zealand and Europe took either tamoxifen or placebo for five years.// All the women were considered as...r - 10 cases in this group compared to five in the placebo group. These numbers are small, but tamoxifen use was also linked to increased frequency of blood cl...

Naltrexone effective for drinking problems

...ing pattern. Half were given naltrexone and half a placebo for 13 weeks. After this time, only 8% in the nalt...resorted to heavy drinking, compared to 20% in the placebo group. This is the first study to show that naltrexone is an effective treatment for heavy drinking ...

Coenzyme Q10 may reduce risk of Parkinson's disease

...oenzyme Q10 (300, 600 or 1200 milligrams a day) or placebo for 16 months, assessing various aspects of their ... coenzyme Q10 had far better ratings than those on placebo - being 44 per cent better at the end of the study. The researchers believe that the compound actual...

Chinese herbal remedies aids in cancer treatment

...cipants are receiving either a herbal extract or a placebo powder. Preliminary results show that the herbal remedy lead to a moderate reduction in symptoms such as nausea, vomiting or loss of appetite. The researchers are now investigating in depth with more subjects for this study....

Pain relieved by ionized bracelets

Ionized bracelets appear to be no better than a placebo when it comes to the relief of aches and pains. Ac...en an ionized bracelet, while the other received a placebo bracelet that looked identical. The participants were asked to rate their pain at intervals during...

Tentative inhaled steroids is worse for lung patients

..., they either continued the steroids or received a placebo inhaler for the next five months. During this ti...of their condition, compared to 50 per cent in the placebo group. In fact, 20 of the patients in the placebo group worsened to the extent of having to be place...

Enduring anti-clotting treatment avails heart patients

...iving either the anti-clotting drug clopidogrel or placebo for a year after PCI. All of them also received aspirin. At the end of the study, there were significantly fewer adverse events, such as heart attack, clotting or need for further intervention, in the clopidogrel group. Researchers feel that what was...

Sun burns treated with creams

... 0.15 percent tazarotene cream or treatment with a placebo cream for comparison purposes. All applied the cre...out due to skin irritation, compared to one in the placebo group. Blood levels of the medication, however, remained in the acceptable range. After the initial...

New therapy improves quality of life for cancer

...e patients received injections of the drug, some a placebo injection. After their course of treatment, those on the epoetin alfa had significant improvements in their energy levels, ability to do everyday tasks and in their overall quality of life. There are already drugs that can help with the severe nausea...

Cure for Bacterial Meningitis

...50 patients who were either given dexamethasone or placebo 15 to 20 minutes before, or with the first dose of...methasone group died compared to 50 percent in the placebo group. As for side effects, gastrointestinal bleeding occurred in two patients in the steroid group ...

Cholesterol-lowering therapy benefits older people also

...ck or stroke. Half received pravastatin and half a placebo and all were followed up for an average of just over three years. Pravastatin lowered low density lipoprotein (LDL, or 'bad' cholesterol) by about a third, and reduced a combination of coronary death, non-fatal heart attack and stroke by 16 per cen...

Hormones do not guard against heart failure

...fferd a previous attack. A daily dose of HRT or a placebo was given to these women and the frequency of a recurrent heart attack or cardiac death over that period was studied. It was reported that there was no significant difference, either in the number of women who suffered another heart attack or in the ...

Dealing with personality disorders

...st randomly and unknowingly given fluvoxamine or a placebo for six weeks. This was followed by another six we...ong lasting decrease in rapid mood shifts, but the placebo did not. It was also found that the drug did not have any impact on impulsivity and aggression. This...

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