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Drug Found To Bring Relief For Individuals With Early Parkinson’

... of Parkinson’s disease. Doctors have been slow to prescribe selegiline to patients because previous studies have linked it to an increased risk of death. However, selegiline did not increase the risk of death for patients in the current study. Researchers analyzed 17 trials that compared MAOBIs to a placebo ...

Cancer Patients and Sleeplessness

...doctor's attention and they should be able to also prescribe the right medication....

The Use Of Antibiotics Questioned

...procedures to treat sore throats were too quick to prescribe antibiotics // unnecessarily. Out of an estimated 6.7 million annual sore throat patients, 70 percent received antibiotic prescriptions. Doctors also researched the use of throat cultures and rapid tests to detect streptococcus in children and adults...

Antibiotics Overload For Kids Questioned

...ion with antibiotics, the panel recommends doctors prescribe amoxicillin for most children, because it’s generally effective, safe, low in cost, and has an acceptable taste for most kids....

HRT Found To Increase Recurrence of Breast Cancer

...halted on December 17, 2003. Noting some doctors prescribe HRT for their breast cancer patients with severe menopausal symptoms because observational studies have suggested no harm from the treatment, specialists say , “This study will no doubt change that. It is large enough and clear enough to show that HR...

Disease Management Programs – Effective for Heart Patient

...k only when these health professionals are able to prescribe cholesterol-lowering drugs. Researchers looked at a program in which patients received their medications from their physicians and were only “coached” by nurses and dieticians on factors aimed at improving their cardiovascular health. The research ...

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

...plain of feeling weak and tried, and doctors often prescribe //an anemia treatment to relieve these symptoms however a new study suggests otherwise. Since anemia has been associated with worse prognosis after radiotherapy, the doctors assumed the treatment would make patients feel better and improve results o...

Anemia Treatment for Cancer Patients

...ain of feeling weak //and tried, and doctors often prescribe an anemia treatment to relieve these symptoms. A new study suggests that may not be a good idea. Since anemia has been associated with worse prognosis after radiotherapy, the doctors assumed the treatment would make patients feel better and improve ...

Anemia Treatment for Cancer Patients

...ain of feeling weak and tired,// and doctors often prescribe an anemia treatment to relieve these symptoms. A new study suggests that may not be a good idea. Since anemia has been associated with worse prognosis after radiotherapy, the doctors assumed the treatment would make patients feel better and improve ...

Antibiotics May Help Prevent Strokes

Doctors usually prescribe antibiotics for problems like pneumonia, but new research suggests that these drugs, especially penicillin, may also protect against strokes. How could a drug that kills bacteria prevent a problem that involves the blockage of blood vessels supplying...

Women with diabetes could benefit from HRT

...gs are however less likely to encourage doctors to prescribe HRT with this benefit in mind as HRT is thought to slightly increase the risks of both heart disease and breast cancer. Dr Alka Kanaya, who led the research said that the potential benefit to patients for one health outcome needs to be weighed agains...

Myth of 'female impotence' created to boost sales

... myth is that it is likely to encourage doctors to prescribe drugs to change sexual function when attention should be paid to other aspects of a woman's life such as stress, tiredness or threatening behaviour from their partners. However, a spokeswoman for one of the leading pharma companies denies such rep...

Accomplishment of nicotine replacement therapy

...on, the doctor could offer support counselling and prescribe appropriately to the smokers....

Demand for universal flu vaccination

...mong the over-65s. First, nurses should be able to prescribe the vaccine to elderly people in hospital. Next, set up special flu clinics and use 'standing orders' for repeat vaccination in doctors' offices, he says. Not only should we prepare for the next flu pandemic, but there's the ugly possibility of facin...

Preventing 'white coat' hypertension

..., or the patients themselves, at home. Doctors can prescribe or change medication, but they should not be the ones to take the blood pressure measurements if they want to make the right decisions on treatment....

Outcome of common medications

...ons. In the end, the investigators urge doctors to prescribe beta-blockers when necessary and to monitor patients for the side effects....

Care for footwear not required diabetic patients

...ed. It's been the custom in the United States to prescribe special footwear - with inserts and extra room in the toe area - to people with diabetes. A study from the University of Washington now suggests this may not be strictly necessary for most of those with diabetes. They had two groups, out of 300 patie...

Light therapy decreases depression during pregnancy

...epression. However, doctors are often reluctant to prescribe antidepressant medications to pregnant women for fear of their effect on the fetus. Previous research has suggested that bright light exposure may help people suffering from major depression or from postpartum depression. But the perfect mechanism ha...

Prefiguring Alzheimer's disease

.... The finding may be useful in allowing doctors to prescribe drugs that hold back dementia before it develops fully. But the researchers stress that not all cases of mild cognitive impairment will turn into full-blown dementia. It may, in some cases, be a condition in its own right. But it should not be seen a...

FDA Imposes New Restrictions On Roche's Accutane

...amme work, the FDA said that physicians wishing to prescribe the drug would receive yellow "Accutane Qualification Stickers'' that must be placed on the prescription as a means of verifying the negative pregnancy test and that the patient received the appropriate counseling. ''This sticker will indicate to the...

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