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AIDS drugs linked to heart attack risk

...f the pill combinations.// New research raises the possibility that life saving AIDS drugs may also increase the risk of heart trouble, though experts say the medicines' benefits outweigh any danger. Researchers are at odds over whether the drug combinations are bad for the heart. The drug combinations have be...

Vitamin E decreases high blood pressure in kidney failure

...dney-damaged rats. The study opens up the exciting possibility that you might be able to treat high blood pressure and even kidney failure in humans with antioxidant therapy....

High Cholesterol linked to Alzheimer’s diseas

...veloping Alzheimer’s disease. The study raises the possibility that the cholesterol-lowering drugs known as statins can also ward off mental decline. Researchers at the University of California, San Francisco, looked at more than 2,000 women and found that high cholesterol levels appear to harm the brain and l...

New device for discerning Osteoarthritis

...d earlier and management started sooner. The other possibility is to use DEI to test new Osteoarthritis drugs, to see if they can slow down the erosion of cartilage....

Further support for use of statins in Alzheimer’s disease

...t to cause Alzheimer's disease. But there's also a possibility that statins might help slow the memory loss and other symptoms in people who already have the disease. Studies to test that theory are under way...

Chewing gum found to increase brainpower

...unction," he told Reuters. Scholey added the other possibility was that chewing gum induced a surge of insulin due to the mouth watering in anticipation of a meal....

Pancreatic Cancer may be linked to Diabetes

...formation will help physicians remain alert to the possibility of pancreatic cancer in that age group whenever they see a new case of diabetes....

Look out for sepsis

...lgium, thinks everyone should be more aware of the possibility of sepsis. Symptoms include fever and shaking chills, reduced mental alertness might be with confusion nausea and vomiting. Be concerned if an infection does not clear up within a few days, or seems to be getting worse. Sepsis can take hold very rapi...

Nightlights could ward diabetic blindness

...abetes and eight healthy controls. It opens up the possibility that some kind of transmission of light through closed eyelids, during sleep, could protect the retina from damage by reducing the oxygen requirements of the rod cells.....

High Levels of Protein Linked to Brain Shrinkage

...ned. According to the report, the study raises the possibility that vitamin B6 supplements would help Alzheimer's patients, but Miller noted that the effects of the vitamin have not yet been established. A second study published in the same journal included 36 healthy elderly people who underwent homocysteine t...

Effective therapy for Huntington's disease

...art of the brain affected by HD. This opens up the possibility of a cure for not just HD, but also other neurodegenerative disorders, like Alzheimer's disease, and Parkinson's disease. A related compound, known as ursodeoxycholic acid is already approved for the treatment of liver disease. But the neuroprotectiv...

Demand for universal flu vaccination

...re for the next flu pandemic, but there's the ugly possibility of facing bioweapons consisting of the flu virus, which could devastate whole communities....

Taking the help of pharmacist

...or supplements - they can quickly alert you to the possibility of any interactions or adverse effects. And when you are prescribed a new medication, talk to your pharmacist about it. Might it interact with drugs you are already taking or with certain foods? Will it have an adverse effect on medical conditions ...

Brain changes observed in people with sleep apnoea

...eart and lung function. This raises the intriguing possibility that these changes may actually cause sleep apnoea, rather than resulting from the condition. In other words, the condition may have its origins in the brain....

Myostatin gene could hold the key to treatment for DMD

...scle. While Kathryn believes that there is a real possibility for moving forward in clinical trials with myostatin inhibition, Khurana is more cautious, noting that the myostatin-blocking antibodies he used were made in mouse cells to target mouse myostatin and that it is necessary to make specific human antibo...

Resistant tumors could be treated with the discovery of a new molecule within cancer cells

...onfirmed in cancer patients, raises the additional possibility that new drugs which inactivate the molecule could boost the response of cancer cells to treatment....

Asthma not just a childhood condition

...for the first time at any age. There also exists a possibility where many people don't realise they have asthma.// However, around two-thirds of those surveyed thought asthma was only a children's condition. Only 4% were aware that is a common problem in those aged 50 or over. Furthermore, while 88% knew that wh...

Risk Of Schizophrenia due to Gene Variation

...ed separately. In the past few years, however, the possibility that the same genes contribute to both disorders has gained favor....

Better Prostate Cancer Test

... PSA -- a protein that when elevated indicates the possibility of prostate cancer. "Every time they take a section through the prostate the needle clicks, You hear it, //and then you feel the stab of pain," says Bob Miles. Miles says it’s an unpleasant experience, but says it’s nothing compared to the pain of w...

Baltimore doctors perform three simultaneous kidney transplants

...r loved ones receive a kidney and were open to any possibility to make that happen," Montgomery said....

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