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The Link Between Hormone Therapy And Urinary Incontinence

..., night sweats, and vaginal dryness. MHT was often prescribed specifically to improve the symptoms of urinary incontinence. Researchers conducted a study to determine the effects of MHT (estrogen and progestin or estrogen alone) and the severity of symptoms of stress, urge, and mixed UI. Stress incontinence o...

Study links Ritalin to Cancer

Ritalin, the common drug prescribed to children suffering from attention deficit hyper.... In the 12 children they tested who were taking prescribed doses of Ritalin, the results show increase in chromosomal aberrations. Chromosomal aberrations are ...

Study Proves That MMR Vaccine Is Not Connected To Autistic Babies

...s to be given to children before they turn two, as prescribed by WHO. An edition of the journal Lancet in 1998 had published a paper relating the MMR vaccine to rise of autism in children. Based on the report, there had been considerable fall in vaccinating children with MMR (Measles, Mumps, Rubella) leading t...

Epilepsy Drug Valproate and Lamotrigine Linked To Malformed Fetus

...te has been linked to malformation of fetus //when prescribed to pregnant ladies. For pregnant women with epileptic seizures, often the drug Valproate is prescribed. The new study shows that women who took the drug in their first trimester of pregnancy often gave birth to malformed babies. Data for the stud...

Aspirin For Treating Blocked Brain Arteries

...aspirin or warfarin. Warfarin is the standard drug prescribed in these procedures. In a following up process that took 1.8 yrs, warfarin treatment had an increased number of adverse events like myocardial infarction or sudden death, death from vascular causes, and death from nonvascular causes. When treated wi...

Ibuprofen to lower risk of Parkinson’s diseas

...ds to be studied in detail before ibuprofen can be prescribed as a preventive measure. The study was presented in the American Academy of Neurology 57th Annual Meeting this year....

Vitamin D, calcium don’t prevent fractures in elderl

...high risk of having fractures, are often routinely prescribed vitamin D and supplemental// calcium as a preventive measure. Recent study had brought to light the fact that this may not be true. Calcium and vitamin D may not be successful in preventing fractures in the elderly people. The study had looked into ...

Combination of Clopidogrel-aspirin is better for preventing stroke than only aspirin

...he arteries also. At present aspirin is routinely prescribed to patients who have a high risk of stroke, although aspirin seem to prevent an attack of stroke or ischemic heart attack by only 20%. It is for this reason the scientists of the research feels that there should be new ways for prevention of clotting...

Gene responsible for depression

... called serotonin transporter. The antidepressants prescribed to depressive patients function as a block for this protein. When a person inherits a gene it has got two parts, a short version and a long version. The short version of this gene increases the risk of depression by almost two times. New research ha...

Aspirin may reduce he risk of colon cancer

... 830 patients with stage III colon cancer who were prescribed post-operative adjuvant chemotherapy. Consistent aspirin use was reported by 8.7% of the patients while 4.3% took regular doses of selective cyclo-oxygenase-2 (COX-2) inhibitors like celecoxib or rofecoxib. Other than aspirin, some beneficial effec...

Elderly people with chronic pain can use narcotics safely

..., researchers have suggested that narcotics may be prescribed for sever chronic pain in the elderly in little doses with no health hazards. The results of the study shows that 60% of the elderly people show less risk of opioids doses from rising than young adults. The results of this study will be seen in the ...

Harmful chemicals change the genetic response to hormone estrogen

...hen exposed to it early in life. The drug DES was prescribed to women for prevention of miscarriages, from the year 1938 to 1971. Research says that daughters of women who had used the drug are at increased risk from reproductive tract abnormalities, ectopic pregnancy, pre-term delivery, infertility, and rare ...

Treatment for chemobrain may be possible

...r circles of chemotherapy when the drug d-MPH were prescribed and administered to them. Researchers confirmed th... had shown the drug to be safe and effective to be prescribed to treat “chemobrain “ conditions to patients who need help. The report was presented at the annual...

Eating food rich in calcium and vitamin D helps fight PMS

... forms of cancers, it is recommended that these be prescribed to women of all ages to take them as essential nutrients for their physical health. The research is being published in the current issue of Archives of Internal Medicine of American Medical association. Reference: Archives of Internal Medicine, Jun...

Justifying the use of letrozole for inducing ovulation

... a particular drug for a particular disease, to be prescribed by a particular section of doctors. Letrozole could be prescribed only for treating breast cancer and not for inducing ovulation as per the permission given by the Dr...

Drug regulatory officials giving the nod for sale of Unapproved drug formulations in India

...controversial non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug prescribed in India to treat // fever and pain the health min...ory agency and not evaluated for effectiveness are prescribed and sold across the country. Social Jurist, a group of lawyers in New Delhi had filed a public int...

Yoga Can Be Good For Breast Cancer Patients

...ring from breast cancer. I have been doing Yoga as prescribed by the doctors. It has helped me a lot. I can sit and concentrate for hours, which was not possible earlier. This has helped me a lot". Researchers from the Bangalore and Texas institutes are currently looking at a randomized trial to look at the e...

Folk medicine is given more to UTI patients

...he condition is generally treated with antibiotics prescribed by the clinicians. Reference: Ambulatory Pediatrics, July 2005...

Death Of Singaporean Woman After Mysterious Illness

...bsequently developed gastric pain. In all, she was prescribed about six types of drugs for her systems, but did not improve. Rushed to Tan Tock Seng Hospital with a worsening fever and rash, the skin on her inner arm started to peel after she was admitted. "Her skin turned black from head to toe," said her ...

Patients Are Given Catheter Longer Than Necessary

...he condition is generally treated with antibiotics prescribed by the clinicians. Catheter: This is a flexible tube used to deliver fluids into or withdraw fluids from the body. For more information read: http://www.medindia.net/patients/ patientinfo/urinaytractinfection.asp...

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