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Steroid Use Fails to Boost Pregnancy Rates in Infertility Treatments

...nd immune responses, so many fertility specialists prescribe them in hopes of making the lining of the uterus m...s, who was not involved in the review and does not prescribe glucocorticoids routinely in his practice. The compiled studies included couples who were inferti...

Health-Care Workers Exposed to HIV on Job Need Preventive Treatment

...nts typically take more than one drug, and doctors prescribe multiple drugs as prophylaxis for exposed health-care workers, too. While there’s no research suggesting whether that’s a good idea in the latter case, the reviewers still recommend a multiple-drug regimen because it works in HIV-infected patients. ...

Homeopathy and Hypnosis Come to Dentistry

...and hypnotise, look for disrupted energy flows and prescribe homeopathic remedies//. Of course, such behaviour renders their more traditional-minded colleagues sceptical. Sometimes, there's only one thing they all agree on. "We drill just like ordinary dentists," says Werner Becker of the Cologne-based Ger...

Allergies Not Just for Children Anymore

...gic sensitivity. The allergist-immunologist will prescribe the correct medications to control symptoms in patients with various allergies. This may include nose sprays, inhalers, ointments and even specific pills or capsules. All these medications are designed to reduce or eliminate symptoms, as well as to m...

Doctors Still Deny Older Patients Tests and Treatment

...ecisions on whether to send a patient for tests or prescribe treatment. Patients over 65 were managed differently from those who were younger. The findings are based on a survey of almost 90 general practitioners, specialists in care of the elderly, and cardiologists from across Southern England and the Midl...

Health Issues That Can Impact Sexual Satisfaction

...hese problems. For those who do, doctors often can prescribe different dosages or different drugs to minimize the side effects. 4. Alcohol. As anyone who has ever seen a beer commercial knows, alcohol and sex are linked in the minds of many people. Indeed, Rockwell says, many people believe that alcohol will...

Drugs Policy, Turning a Blind Eye?

...that Nice do not have to have approval for PCTs to prescribe it. It is something that PCTs are hiding behind." Earlier research had linked the drug to an enhanced risk of stroke, but the treatment has also shown positive results when used on AMD patients. "I am really worried that we are now into an Ameri...

Study Reviews Seasonal Affective Disorder

...of treatment is effective for SAD. Doctors often prescribe antidepressants such as Zoloft for SAD. But most of the clinical studies have compared the drug therapy to a placebo pill rather than to light therapy, making it difficult to determine if one treatment is better, the review said. Source-Eurekaler...

New Tests Promise Rapid and Accurate Detection of Malaria

...specialists say some field technicians continue to prescribe expensive anti-malarials despite a negative reading by the RDTs. Ruebush says, “whether a clinician or health worker in a rural health clinic will pay attention to the results of a microscopic examination of the blood or of an RDT is another matte...

Aspirin Saves Life Even in Cancer Patients

...or the clotting process, physicians do not eagerly prescribe aspirin as a standard treatment. In this study, however, the investigators at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, found that 9 of 10 cancer patients with thrombocytopenia (low platelet count) who were experiencing a heart attack a...

Hip Fractures Not Caused By Benzodiazepine

...for, and use serially numbered triplicate forms to prescribe benzodiazepines. Pharmacists forward one copy of the prescription to state health authorities for surveillance, allowing for monitoring of each physician's prescribing, each pharmacy's dispensing, and each patient's receipt of benzodiazepines. The...

Watchdog to Be Set on Oral Chemotherapy, Warns Experts

... surprised to find variations in how organizations prescribe and monitor the use of these agents," said Dr Saul Weingart, the president of patient safety at Dana-Farber. An example was that on prescriptions for the six most common oral chemotherapies: Only 26 percent of the centers required a patient's diagn...

Parents to Exercise Caution While Giving Cold Medicine to Infants

...cs has always warned the medical fraternity not to prescribe cough suppressants or OTC drugs to children due to the varied side effects. The best solution for parents is to make the children consume a lot of fluids and spend quality time with them while they are suffering from bouts of cold or cough. JYT...

A New Therapy for CFS

...he swelling of her lymph nodes, Montoya decided to prescribe valganciclovir. "I thought by giving an antiviral that was effective against herpes viruses for a relatively long period of time, perhaps we could impact somehow the inflammation that she had in her lymph nodes," said Montoya. Within four weeks, th...

Rajasthan Doctors to Prescribe Medicines by Generic Name

...rnment-run hospitals in Rajasthan will now have to prescribe medicines by their generic names instead of a bran...ies," Singh told IANS. The doctors will have to prescribe the name of the salt, and not the brand names. Failure to do so would call for stern action, he said...

NHS Could Save 'Millions' Through Generic Drugs

...-busting statins. Primary Care Trusts (PCTs) can prescribe generic versions of the drugs pravastatin and simv...y increasing the percentage of cases in which they prescribe generic statins. <B...

Researchers Devise Safer Way to Dose Lifesaving Heart Drug

...n the UIC College of Pharmacy will help physicians prescribe the proper amount of the powerful heart drug digoxin. The medication helps an injured or weakened heart to work efficiently, strengthening the force of the heart muscle's contractions and helping to restore a normal, steady heart rhythm. Digoxin c...

Study Reveals That Folate Does Not Prevent Heart Attacks

... new cells by the body. Some medical practitioners prescribe it to prevent cardiac problems. Dr. Lydia Bazzano, working at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans led a research on 17,000 people comprising 12 trials since 2002. The results of the study proved that peopl...

Contact Lenses For Younger Children Also

..., dancing etc. “Optometrists traditionally don't prescribe contact lenses to children until they are at least 12 years old,” said Jeffrey Walline, an assistant professor of optometry at Ohio State University. “But we found that younger children are just as responsible with their lenses.” Jeffrey Walline ...

Doctors in Scotland Prescribe Homeopathic or Herbal Remedies

60% of doctors’ surgeries in Scotland prescribe homeopathic or herbal remedies and the Researchers...at a substantial number of Scottish family doctors prescribe homeopathic and herbal remedies” says co-author Dr James McLay from the University’s Department of M...

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