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Same molecule found in meat, milk, tumors

...amounts of Neu5Gc in normal tissues also raise the possibility that anti-Neu5Gc antibodies are involved in autoimmunity," the researchers said. Autoimmune diseases occur when the body mistakenly attacks healthy tissue and include type-1 or juvenile diabetes and some types of arthritis. But much research has fo...

Some pets found to be SARS carriers

...most identical to the SARS virus. Because of the possibility that animals can spread the respiratory virus, WHO has suggested that animals in China and elsewhere be tested for SARS and other diseases before they are eaten. For the Nature study, researchers inoculated six cats and six ferrets with the virus c...

China says patient may have SARS

...iting for more results to come in.// "There is a possibility that the patient may have contracted the SARS coronavirus," Xu Ruiheng, deputy director of the Guangdong centre for diseases prevention and control, said on Hong Kong cable television, citing results from viral gene sequencing. A 32-year-old televis...

Mad Cow Disease Might Be Linked to Blood Transfusions

... study. In two studies, investigators outline the possibility that the variant form of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease...ion from a donor who later died of vCJD raises the possibility that this infection was transfusion transmitted.” The second study, conducted in monkeys, found th...

Aspirin Induced Asthma , A Little-Known Inducer

...nts diagnosed with asthma should be alerted to the possibility of aspirin-induced asthma by their health care professional say researchers and simple, standardized warnings on packs of aspirin and NSAIDs should be made alerting asthmatic patients to the potential risks....

Life After Testicular Cancer

...removed, they will have no hormonproduction and no possibility for fertility. With the new technique, doctors can remove the malignant tumor and still preserve and treat the remaining testicle. To prevent doing the severe procedure unnecessarily, researchers combined two common surgical methods. Researchers sa...

Does Your Prescription Have An Inappropriate Medicine?

...drugs used to treat anxiety. Researchers say, “One possibility is that physicians are used to prescribing the older drugs and inappropriate drugs in these classes and may not be aware of their risks.” Researchers say the above findings suggests the need for quality improvement efforts that address these specif...

Radiation Therapy An Effective Solution For Recurrent Prostate Cancer

... radiotherapy [radiation after surgery] offers the possibility of cure for a substantial proportion of patients. Thus researchers conclude saying the most important finding from the study is early treatment is better for prostate cancer patients....

The Benefits Of Calcium Supplements

...have a very clear idea as to how calcium acts, one possibility is that calcium prevents the irritating and cancer-promoting effects of bile acids and other fats in the bowel....

The Latest Preventative Treatment Option for Prostate Cancer

...e agent like toremifene is a first step toward the possibility of stopping prostate cancer before it starts and gives patients and doctors a chance to fight this pervasive disease."...

The Link Between Eye Disease And Sleepiness

...alth care professionals should be sensitive to the possibility of daytime sleepiness or insomnia, particularly in patients with severe optic nerve disease.” Researchers add that these findings also suggest the need to try to maintain any remaining vision in people with optic nerve damage as it plays a crucial ...

Tsunami Survivors Face Pneumonia Threat

...anization issued statements alerting people to the possibility that diarrhoea-type diseases, particularly cholera, would spread rapidly. Cholera outbreaks typically begin to appear one to two weeks after a catastrophe, as unclean drinking water and damaged sewage systems accumulate the bacteria that cause the di...

Doctors warned of fluoride toxicity

...tal Association (JADA), doctors are warned against possibility of fluoride toxicity while prescribing fluoride dosage //to patients with oral problems. High concentrations of fluoride dosage are often prescribed to patients to check caries, especially those suffering from mouth cancer. In the recent issue of J...

Study links Ritalin to Cancer

... hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), had been linked to possibility of cancer. // Although the drug Ritalin, in the ... the journal Cancer Letters, have investigated the possibility of the health risk for the drug Ritalin. They investigated possibility of chromosomal abnormality in...

Sleepiness May Be Associated With Visual Impairment

...alth care professionals should be sensitive to the possibility of daytime sleepiness or insomnia, particularly in patients with severe optic nerve disease. Researchers also add that these findings suggest the need to try to maintain any remaining vision in people with optic nerve damage as it plays a crucial rol...

Diabetes and Alzheimer’s linked to each other

...tes in the central nervous system. This raises the possibility of "type 3" diabetes which is believed to open the way for targeted treatment to the brain....

Obesity can lead to knee damage

...ive Medicine, says that obese people have a higher possibility of tearing their ligament called meniscus, which bears most of the load in the knee joint. As the body mass index increases the chances of a knee damage also rises. The overweight people with a BMI of more than 25 are three tiomes more likely to have...

Chronic cough can lead to depression

...onic coughs for months or even// years have a high possibility of being depressive also. In the research conducted by the researchers of Montefiore Cough Center, US, have reported that of the 100 people who had chronic cough for an average of nine years, 53% of them were also suffering from depressions. The res...

Cancer survivors may have cognitive impairment

...orted significant cognitive damage, suggesting the possibility that cognition malfunctions may become sever with time for cancer survivors. The research is published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute....

Antibiotics help combat dangerous tropical disease

...ter than what was measured: "we cannot exclude the possibility that several patients became re-infected in the months following treatment with doxycyclin. It is therefore quite possible that all the worms were killed and the remaining 20% are the result of re-infection, which would no longer occur if infection w...

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