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Low-dose Growth Hormone (GH) with diet and exercise may help weight loss

... a calorie-restricted diet, and either human GH or placebo administered by nightly injections for six months. Thirty-nine completed the protocol. After 6 months, subjects in the GH arm had lost about 5 pounds and the shed pounds did not return during the 3-month GH-free follow-up period. Importantly,the we...

Drug Reduces Risk of Clogged Arteries, Veins

...s, compared with 10.5 percent of the people in the placebo group. The study also found that the drug reduced... in the study group compared with 6 percent in the placebo group. The incidence of bleeding in both groups was 0.2 percent....

Low-Dose Hormones Help the Bones

...women taking the low-dose estrogen compared to the placebo group. Furthermore, researchers report the number of adverse effects was similar in both groups. Study authors conclude these results show a low dose of estrogen is effective at preventing bone loss. They hypothesize that lowering the dose of estrog...

Drug Effective for Diabetic Foot Ulcers

...ovement. In contrast, 20 of the 42 patients in the placebo group saw an improvement. Five patients in both gr... had their foot amputated compared to eight in the placebo group. Study authors write, "The present study shows for the first time that treatment with daltepa...

Black tea said to lower cholesterol

... when the individuals consumed tea rather than the placebo blend, the researchers said. Separately, scientists also tested another group to rule out the effect of caffeine. In that group, 12 of the original 15 individuals were given water-flavored-like tea with caffeine levels similar to what is found in te...

Anemia Treatment for Cancer Patients

...1 patients who received either erythropoietin or a placebo about two weeks before undergoing radiotherapy for head and neck cancers. While the drug was effective in treating the symptoms of anemia among the patients, the poorer outcomes seen in the drug group led researchers to conclude the benefits may not ...

Anemia Treatment for Cancer Patients

...1 patients who received either erythropoietin or a placebo about two weeks before undergoing radiotherapy for head and neck cancers. While the drug was effective in treating the symptoms of anemia among the patients, the poorer outcomes seen in the drug group led researchers to conclude the benefits may not ...

Anemia Treatment for Cancer Patients Might Not be a Good Idea.

...1 patients who received either erythropoietin or a placebo about two weeks before undergoing radiotherapy for head and neck cancers. While the drug was effective in treating the symptoms of anemia among the patients, the poorer outcomes seen in the drug group led researchers to conclude the benefits may not ...

Extended Therapy for Blood Clots

... examines the use of the oral drug ximelagatran or placebo as a treatment after the six-month standard treatm...e drug ximelagatran and the other half was given a placebo for 18 months. Researchers then analyzed how the patients did on the drug compared to those on the p...

Steroid Treatment for Wheezing Questioned

...ws a course of steroids was no more effective than placebo in reducing respiratory symptoms or the need for h...igned to a five-day course of oral prednisolone or placebo to be given at the start of a wheeze attack. Parents then recorded their children's respiratory symp...

Liquid Drano for Your Arteries

...t of plaque on their artery walls. Patients in the placebo group saw no significant change. Researchers say the 4-percent reduction actually represents years of plaque buildup. Current drugs that are used to treat heart disease -- called statins -- take years to produce more modest results. Authors of the s...

Reducing Pain from Knee Surgery

...ther eight days. The remaining patients received a placebo at the same times. Results show patients receiving the NSAID rofecoxib had significantly less pain, consumed fewer painkillers, and had significantly fewer sleep disturbances. Those taking the drug also had an increased range of motion of the knee a...

Reducing Pain From Knee Surgery

...ther eight days. The remaining patients received a placebo at the same times. Results show patients receiving the NSAID rofecoxib had significantly less pain, consumed fewer painkillers, and had significantly fewer sleep disturbances. Those taking the drug also had an increased range of motion of the knee a...

Help for Psoriasis

...ved weekly injections of efalizumab (Raptiva) or a placebo for three months. Researchers evaluated the extent...st 75 percent, while only 4 percent of patients in placebo group achieved this score. Patients who took efalizumab also reported a better quality of life than ...

Drug Stops Herpes

...her 500 milligrams of valacyclovir once a day or a placebo for eight months. Susceptible partners were evalua...wever, 16 out of 741 participants who were given a placebo developed the virus. Overall, type 2 herpes was observed in 14 of the susceptible partners who recei...

Drug Found To Reduce The Transmission Of Herpes

...her 500 milligrams of valacyclovir once a day or a placebo for eight months. Susceptible partners were evalua...wever, 16 out of 741 participants who were given a placebo developed the virus. Overall, type 2 herpes was observed in 14 of the susceptible partners who recei...

Epilepsy Drug May Relieve Chronic Headaches

... were randomly selected to receive gabapentin or a placebo for six weeks. After that period, none of the patients received either treatment for a week, and then each group switched to the opposite treatment for a second six weeks. Results showed 36 percent of the patients taking 2,400 milligrams of gabapen...

Snail venom Found To Ease Pain In Cancer Victims

...de patients, compared with about 18 percent of the placebo group. Serious side effects occurred in 22 ziconotide patients and four placebo patients. Subsequent research has shown that starting patients on lower doses reduces the risks, and...

Antiparasitic Drug Effective In Reducing Seizures In Neurocysticercosis Patients

...r drug, dexamethasone, per day for 10 days, or two placebo drugs. Investigators noted a 46-percent reduction in the number of seizures in the albendazole group, although they say this number is not statistically significant. However, the active treatment did lead to a significant reduction in seizures clas...

New Medication May Decrease The Frequency Of Angina Attacks

...chronic angina were randomly assigned to receive a placebo or one or two doses of ranolazine. Patients receiv...nd nitroglycerin consumption. When compared to the placebo results, the decrease in angina attacks were slightly less than one per week for those in the 750 mg...

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